JPH0275Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a crab meat-like paste product having a texture similar to crab meat.

(Prior art) Prior to this application, the applicant had already filed an application regarding an apparatus for manufacturing a crab meat-like paste product (Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
No. 60-102171).

This conventional device has a shredding section that forms strip-shaped meat into shredded strip-shaped meat, a laminated binding section that laminates and binds the shredded strip-shaped meat to form shredded laminated meat, and a shredded laminated meat that is cut in an oblique direction. a diagonal section that cuts the short fiber blocks to form short fiber block meat; a redirection conveyance section that rearranges and conveys the short fiber block meat so that the cut surface becomes a side surface; and a diagonal conveyance section that connects the short fiber block meat in series. A connecting part that wraps the continuous block of meat into a continuous block of meat, a packaging part that wraps the continuous block of meat in a film and forms it into a packaged continuous block of meat, and a packaging part that cuts the packaged continuous block of meat into a certain length to make a crab meat-like paste product. The sizing cut portions to be formed were arranged on a series of lines.

In this case, the direction change conveyor includes an intermittent conveyor that intermittently conveys the short fiber block meat formed in the diagonal section in the fiber direction, and a rotary disk having a plurality of receiving plates. When the cut short fiber block meat is transferred to the end by the intermittent conveyor, it is scooped up from below by a receiving plate on one side of the rotating disk, and then transferred from the receiving plate to the next conveyor on the other side. It was structured as a hand-off.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional direction change conveyance section described above, precision is required for timing setting of intermittent transition of the intermittent conveyor and rotation of the rotating disk.
In addition, a mechanism for keeping each receiving plate of the rotating disk in a horizontal state is required, resulting in a complicated structure, which is disadvantageous in terms of cost.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and for this purpose, the crab meat-like paste product manufacturing apparatus of the present invention is configured to continuously transport the crab meat-like paste product in a parallel state. a shredding portion in which a plurality of strips of meat are cut into noodle string shapes by a shredding means to form a plurality of shredded strips of meat; and a shredded layer in which the plurality of strips of meat are laminated and bound. a laminated binding portion formed on the meat; a diagonal cutting portion cutting the shredded laminated meat in a direction oblique to the shredding direction to form short fiber block meat; and a diagonal cutting portion for cutting the short fiber block meat in a direction oblique to the shredding direction. a direction change conveyance section that rearranges and conveys the short fiber block meat so that the cut surface becomes the side surface; a connecting section that connects the short fiber block meat rearranged in the direction change conveyance section in a series to form a continuous block meat; a packaging unit that applies film wrapping to the continuous block of meat to form a packaged continuous block of meat;
A sizing cutting section that cuts the packaged continuous block meat into a predetermined length to form a crab meat-like paste product as a product is disposed on a series of lines. The direction change conveyance section includes a fast-feeding roller conveyor that conveys the short fiber block meat formed at the diagonal section in the fiber direction at a speed faster than the conveyance speed of the shredded laminated meat, and a short fiber block meat at the end of the roller conveyor. and a direction change conveyor provided parallel to the cutting surface of the meat block, and the fast-feeding roller conveyor has a terminal end that is connected to the direction change conveyor in a step-like shape along the conveyance direction of the direction change conveyor. The structure was formed.

(Function) In the apparatus for producing crab meat-like paste products of the present invention, the terminal end of the fast-feeding roller conveyor is formed in a step-like shape along the conveyance direction of the diversion conveyor.
The sheets can be transferred from the rapid-forward roller conveyor to the direction change conveyor while being rearranged so that the cut surfaces are on the sides.

Therefore, the direction change conveyance section can be configured with two conveyors, a rapid-feeding roller conveyor and a direction change conveyor, and the short fiber block meat can be accurately rearranged while having a simple structure. .

(Example) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the manufacturing apparatus A of this embodiment includes a shredding section 1, a laminated binding section 2, a diagonal cutting section 3, a redirection conveying section 4, a continuous section 5, a packaging section 6, The structure is such that the sections 7 are arranged on a series of lines.

As shown in FIG. 2, the shredding section 1 has a structure in which a pair of shredding cutters 11, 11 are disposed below the cutting cutter 8, and the shredding section 1 has a structure in which a pair of shredding cutters 11, 11 are disposed below the cutting cutter 8. After the meat N is divided into a plurality of (eight pieces in the example) strip-shaped meat N ₁ by the dividing cutter 8, the strip-shaped meat N ₁ is passed between the shredding cutters 11, 11 as the shredding part 1 while remaining in a parallel state. By doing so, each strip of meat _N1 is shredded into noodle strips at a time, and each strip of meat _N1 is formed into shredded strips of meat _N2 .

Note that the cutting cutter 8 is disposed close to the shredding section 1, and in this case, the cutting cutter 8 is disposed close to the shredding section 1, and in this case, the cutting cutter 8
A support shaft 82 is horizontally suspended above the tip of the belt conveyor 81 provided following the above, and a cutter arm 83 is attached to each of the support shafts 82 so that the tip side of the belt conveyor 81 is connected to the support shaft 82.
A circular cutter 84 is rotatably attached to the tip of the cutter arm 83, and the circular cutter 84 presses against the tip of the belt conveyor 81 to move the belt conveyor 81. The cutter arm 83 is biased downward by a spring (not shown) so as to rotate as the cutter arm 81 moves.

As shown in FIG. 2, the laminated adhesive part 2 is disposed below the shredded part 1, and is made by twisting each shredded strip of meat _N2 formed in the shredded part 1 at right angles and horizontally The endless chain 2 includes a guide roller 21 for changing the direction and a receiving mold 23 having a groove 22 formed on the upper surface.
4 and 24, and the guide roller 21
The laminated receiving conveyor 25 suspended in the twisting direction of the shredded strip meat N ₂ and the groove 2 of the receiving mold 23
A bottom receiving belt conveyor 26 suspended in the same direction and at the same transfer speed as the stack receiving conveyor 25 in contact with the bottom surface of the stack receiving conveyor 25, and the guide roller 2
A presser roller 27 is provided at a position further forward than 1 and is pivotally supported so as to fit slightly into the groove 22 of the receiving mold 23.

Then, each of the shredded meat strips N ₂ fed out from the shredder 1 is twisted at right angles by the guide roller 21 , and then the shredded meat N ₂ is received by the groove 22 of the receiving mold 23 . are sequentially laminated, and then the shredded strip-shaped meat N ₂ in this laminated state is pressed by the press roller 27 to form shredded laminated meat N ₃
will be formed.

Note that the bottom receiving belt conveyor 26 closes the joint between the receiving molds 23 and 23, and presses the presser roller 27.
This prevents the formation of seams in the shredded laminated meat N ₃ due to the pressure applied by
Make the delivery smoother.

The diagonal section 3 is the shredded laminated meat from the laminated binding section 2.
After passing _N3 on conveyor 90,
The shredded laminated meat _N3 is cut in a direction inclined at 45 degrees with respect to the shredding direction to form short fiber block meat _N4 , as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
A cutter 33 is attached to a rotating arm 32 that is directly connected to a motor 31, and the rotating surface of the cutter 33 is used for shredding laminated meat.
It is formed to cross at an angle of 45 degrees to the longitudinal direction of _N3 .

In addition, 34 and 34 are respectively waste removal rolls,
A cutter 33 is placed between a pair of sponge rolls 35, 35.
The sponge roll 35 is formed so as to remove meat debris adhering to the cutter 33 by passing through it, and water is dripped into the sponge roll 35 from a drip nozzle 36.

Further, in the delivery conveyor 90, a roller conveyor 92 is connected to a belt conveyor 91, and the end of the roller conveyor 92 is formed in the shape of a step along the rotating surface of the cutter 33.

The deflection section 4 rearranges and conveys the short fiber block meat _N4 formed at the diagonal section 3 so that the cut surface 40 thereof becomes the side surface. A fast-feeding roller conveyor 41 that conveys the meat N ₄ in the fiber direction at a faster speed than the conveyance speed of the delivery conveyor 90 of the diagonal section 3.
Then, at the end of the rapid-feeding roller conveyor 41, parallel to the cut surface of the short fiber block meat _N4 ,
A direction changing conveyor 42 is provided in a direction inclined at 45 degrees with respect to a fast-feeding roller conveyor 41.

The rapid-feeding roller conveyor 41 is formed in the shape of a staircase with a starting end facing the terminal end of the delivery conveyor 90 while maintaining a cutter passage gap 37;
Further, the terminal end rollers a, b,
The lengths of c, d, and e are formed to become shorter in stages.

Therefore, when the short fiber block meat N ₄ cut by the cutter 33 of the oblique section 3 is transferred to the rapid-feeding roller conveyor 41, a constant interval is maintained between the adjacent short fiber block meat N ₄ , N ₄ . Each short fiber block meat
When N ₄ is transferred from the fast-forwarding roller conveyor 41 to the direction changing conveyor 42, it is rearranged so that its cut surface 40 becomes the side surface.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the connecting portion 5 includes a slip conveyor 53 in which a large number of free rollers 52 are mounted between a pair of drive chains 51, 51, and a terminal end portion of the slip conveyor 53. A pair of opposing belts 56, 56 having a holding part 55 whose opposing interval is approximately the same as the width of the short fiber block meat _N4 are provided, following the receiving part 54 whose facing interval is gradually narrowed; and the opposing belt 5
The structure is such that the transfer speed of the slip conveyors 6 and 56 is set slower than the transfer speed of the slip conveyor 53.
Then, the short fiber block meat N ₄ transferred from the direction changing conveyance section 4 to the slip conveyor 53 via the transfer conveyor 93 moves on the slip conveyor 53 and is received by the clamping section 55 of the opposing belts 56 , 56 . When the short fiber block meat is
N ₄ is conveyed at the transfer speed of the opposing belts 56 , 56 while causing a slip between it and the slip conveyor 53, and as a result, the distance between the short fiber block meat N _{4 and the short fiber block meat N 4} conveyed later is The short fiber blocks _N4 are gradually connected in series to form a continuous block _N5 .

Next, the packaging section 6 uses a conventionally known packaging machine, and places the continuous block _N5 on the film 61 that is sequentially fed out, wraps the continuous block N5 from both sides, and then wraps the continuous block _N5 on the top surface. Seal with heat rolls 62, 62 to form a continuous packaging block.
Form into _N6 .

In this packaging section 6, the continuous block _N5 is colored in parallel with the packaging operation.

Next, for the fixed size cutting section 7, a conventionally known cutting machine is used, and the sequentially delivered packaging continuous block _N6 is cut into arbitrarily set fixed sizes by the rotary cutter 21 to cut the crab meat product. paste product
Form into _N7 .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

The manufacturing apparatus A of this embodiment is capable of manufacturing a plurality of strips of meat N ₁
is shredded into noodle strips in the shredding section 1 to produce shredded strip meat.
Next, this shredded strip-shaped meat _{N 2 is} bound in a laminated state with the lamination binding part 2 to form shredded laminated meat N ₃ , and then this shredded laminated meat N ₃ is diagonally tied. At cutting section 3, short fiber block meat _N4 is formed by cutting in a direction inclined at 45 degrees with respect to the shredding direction.Next, this short fiber block meat _N4 is rearranged in a direction changing conveyance section. A continuous block _N5 is formed by connecting the blocks in a series at the connecting section 5, and then this continuous block _N5 is wrapped in a film at the packaging section ₆ to form a continuous package N6.
Finally, a series of production lines is constructed in which this continuous packaging block _N6 is cut into a fixed size by a fixed size cutting section 7 to produce a product _N7 . Therefore, the crab meat-like paste product produced in this way
As shown in Figure 6, _N7 is a product in which a large number of short fiber meats n are bundled in a direction inclined at 45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal direction of the product. The cutting direction is diagonal to the fiber direction of the short fiber meat n, that is, the longitudinal direction of the product _N7 , and the tearing occurs along the short fiber meat n. When chewing, it has the texture of short fibers unique to crab meat, so even though it is a paste product, it has the texture of real crab meat.

In addition, regarding the direction changing conveyance section 4, since the terminal end of the fast forwarding roller conveyor 41 is formed in a step shape, the fast forwarding roller conveyor 41 and the direction changing conveyor 4 are connected to each other.
Although it has a simple structure consisting of two conveyors 2 and 2, the short fiber block meat _N4 can be appropriately and smoothly rearranged and conveyed to the next connecting section 5.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention may be modified without departing from the gist of the invention. included in the technical scope of the invention.

For example, regarding the layout of the production line, it is possible to interpose a conveyor belt or the like between each component as appropriate depending on the size and shape of the factory. In the embodiment, a transfer conveyor is interposed between the direction changing conveyance section and the connecting section, but this is not necessarily necessary, and the transfer may be carried out directly.

Furthermore, there is no limitation on the dividing portion for dividing the strip-shaped meat into a plurality of pieces, and a known method may be used.

In the example, each strip of meat is completely shredded at the shredding section, but the cuts may be made to the extent that a portion of the strip of meat remains, and the number of strips of meat may also be set to 4. If it is more than one sheet, the purpose can be fully satisfied.

Furthermore, in the example, the cutting method using the diagonal section is 45
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the point is that the shredded laminated meat may be cut in a direction oblique to the shredding direction.

(Effects of the invention) As explained above, in the manufacturing apparatus of the invention, the changing direction conveyance section is composed of two conveyors, a fast-forward roller conveyor and a changing direction conveyor, so the structure can be simplified. Moreover, since the end of the rapid-feeding roller conveyor is formed into a step-like shape, the short fiber block meat can be appropriately and smoothly rearranged and conveyed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an overall plan view showing a manufacturing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view showing a shredding section and a laminated binding section in the embodiment device, and Fig. 3 is a diagonal section and a slanted section in the embodiment device. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the direction changing conveyance section; FIG. 4 is a front view of a diagonal section in the embodiment apparatus;
The figure is a plan view of a connecting portion in the apparatus of the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a crab meat paste product produced by the apparatus of the embodiment. A: Manufacturing equipment, 1: Shredding section, 2: Lamination binding section,
3: Diagonal section, 4: Direction change conveyance section, 41: Rapid feed roller conveyor, 42: Direction change conveyor, 5: Connection section,
6: Packaging section, 7: Sized cutting section, N ₁ : Strip-shaped meat,
_N2 : Shredded strip meat, _N3 : Shredded laminated meat, _N4 : Short fiber block meat, _N5 : Continuous block, _N6 : Continuous packaged block, _N7 : Crab meat-like paste product.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A shredding unit that cuts a plurality of strips of meat that are continuously conveyed in parallel into noodle strips using a shredding means to form a plurality of shredded strips of meat; a laminated binding part for laminating and binding shredded strip-shaped meat to form shredded laminated meat; and a laminated binding part for laminating and binding the shredded laminated meat to form shredded laminated meat, and cutting the shredded laminated meat in a direction inclined to the shredding direction to form short fiber block meat. a diagonal section, a direction-changing conveyance section that rearranges and conveys the short fiber block meat so that the cut surface by the diagonal section becomes a side surface, and a series of short fiber block meat rearranged in the direction change conveyance section. a connecting part that connects the meat to form a continuous block of meat; a packaging part that applies film wrapping to the continuous block of meat to form a wrapped continuous block of meat;
A sizing cutting section for cutting the packaged continuous block meat into a predetermined length to form a crab meat-like paste product as a product is disposed on a series of lines. The direction conveyance section includes a fast-feeding roller conveyor that conveys the short fiber block meat formed at the diagonal section in the fiber direction at a speed faster than the conveyance speed of the shredded laminated meat, and a short fiber block at the end of the roller conveyor. a direction change conveyor provided parallel to the cutting surface of the meat, and the fast-feeding roller conveyor has a terminal end that becomes a connecting part with the direction change conveyor formed in a step shape along the conveyance direction of the direction change conveyor. An apparatus for producing a crab meat-like paste product.