JPH0316091B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus for forming a thin layer of food dough, and more particularly, to an apparatus for forming a food dough that can continuously form a thin layer of food dough for confectionery and other foods without damaging its structure. .

Conventionally, in the production of confectionery and food products mainly made from wheat flour, starch, etc., the raw material dough is often formed into a thin, continuous strip, and this strip-shaped dough is processed into a predetermined shape. For example, rice crackers,
Kutsky etc. are manufactured continuously by flowing the raw material dough in the form of a belt on a track of steel plates or fibers that move continuously or intermittently, and during this movement, forming it into a predetermined shape by punching, etc., and firing it. ing. In this case, the raw material dough contains a considerable amount of water and is sticky, but in order to form this raw material dough into a thin strip, a combination of rolls is usually used, and while passing between the rolls many times, the material is It is often made thin and formed into a strip. However, when forming the raw material dough in this way, the compression between the rolls is repeated several times, which causes the raw material dough to become fixed due to this compression, making it difficult to obtain a soft structure. Not suitable for confectionery or food. In addition, a molding device equipped with several stages of roll compression mechanisms,
It requires a large number of expensive rolls and rotation mechanisms for the rolls, making it extremely expensive.

The present invention was established in line with the above points, and specifically, it is possible to continuously form raw material dough into a thin and soft product, and moreover, it is an economical food product that does not require rolling means such as rolls. We propose a thin layer forming device for dough.

That is, in the present invention, a pushing roller is provided at the discharge port of the hopper through which food dough, etc. is put in through the opening at the top and discharged from the bottom, and a roller having an uneven surface is provided opposite to the pushing roller. A cutting blade for cutting the strip-shaped fabric into thin layers is provided at a position where the strip-shaped fabric taken out from between the roller and the pushing roller can be cut into thin layers, and the pushing roller and the rollers are relatively close to each other or separated from each other. The present invention is characterized in that the cutting blade is configured to be movable or pivotable.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In addition, FIG. 1 is a front view showing a part of the molding apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention as a broken surface.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the principle of forming the thin layer, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an example of a roller that forms unevenness on the surface.

First, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates hopper sand, the upper part of the hopper 1 is open, the raw material dough 3 is put in through the opening 2, and the opening 2 is normally closed with a lid 4. The hopper 1 is normally squeezed downward as shown in FIG. 1, and the bottom of the squeezed portion is opened, and this open portion is used as a discharge port 5 from which the raw dough 3 is discharged. A push roller 6 is provided in the discharge port 5 so as to be rotatable about its rotation shaft 6a, and a roller 7 is provided opposite the push roller 6.
is provided rotatably about its rotation axis 7a.

As shown in FIG. 3, the surface of this roller 7 is formed with unevenness, and these unevenness are usually configured as linear grooves 7b parallel to the longitudinal direction of the roller.

Incidentally, the unevenness on the roller surface is formed because it is necessary to increase the friction on the surface of the roller 7 compared to the surface of the push roller 6 as described later. Therefore, the parallel linear grooves 7b as shown in FIG.
Even if this is not the case, as long as this condition is satisfied, the unevenness on the roller surface can be formed in any manner.

Next, the roller 7 and the push-in roller 6 are configured so that they can approach or separate from each other, so that either roller or both rollers can be moved together with their rotating shafts.

That is, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the rotating shaft 6a of the push roller 6 is rotatably supported in the housing 8,
The rotary shaft 7a of the roller 7 is movably supported. In this case, a pair of guide members 9a, 9b are attached to the housing 8, and these guide members 9a,
A guide groove (not shown) is formed between 9b. The support member 10 is aligned with this guide groove, and the support member 10
The rotary shaft 7a of the roller 7 is rotatably supported. A guide piece 11 is attached to one end of the support member 10, and this guide piece 11 is pressed by a presser member 12, and an adjustment screw 13 is screwed into the presser member 12. As the adjustment screw 13 rotates, the guide piece 11 is Configure it so that it can move in the direction of the arrow. Although this mechanism does not represent the features of the present invention and will not be described in detail, it can be configured as a mechanism that can convert rotational motion by a screw, worm, etc. into linear motion, for example. With this configuration, the amount of movement of the rotating shaft 7a in the direction of the arrow can be adjusted by adjusting the rotation angle of the adjusting screw 13, and the thickness of the raw material dough when forming a thin layer can be adjusted as described later.

Next, a cutting blade 14 is provided between the push roller 6 and the roller 7, and the cutting blade 14 cuts the roller 6.
In addition, the belt-shaped fabric 3a (hereinafter referred to as the belt-shaped fabric 3a) taken out from between 7 can be cut in its thickness direction.

In other words, the cutting blade 14 cuts the strip-shaped fabric 3a in the thickness direction, and it can be installed at any position as long as this purpose can be achieved, but it is usually installed at the first
As shown in the figure, each center 6 of the rotating shafts 6a and 7a
Position it so that it is slightly offset below the straight line connecting b and 7c. Furthermore, cutting blade 1
4 is configured to be freely movable or rotatable in the length direction between the push roller 6 and the roller 7,
The thickness of the thin layer material 3b cut out from the strip-shaped fabric 3a is adjusted.

In addition, when it is configured to be pivotable, it can be configured as shown in FIG. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the rear end of the cutting blade 14 is attached to a pivot shaft 15, so that it can freely pivot about its center 15a. For this purpose, an operating rod 16 is attached to the pivot shaft 15, a spring 17 is seated on the free end of the operating rod 16, a washer 18 is placed on top of the spring 17, and a screw 1 is attached to the washer 18.
9 are screwed together, and the screw 19 is passed through the spring 18. With this configuration, by rotating the screw 19, the rotation causes the spring 17 to
The operating rod 16 is rotated in the direction of the arrow about the center 15a, and as a result, the cutting blade 14
The cutting blade 14 also rotates in the direction of the arrow, and depending on the degree of this rotation, the cutting blade 14 moves between the pushing roller 6 and the roller 7, and depending on the degree of this rotation, the thickness of the thin layer material 3b from the strip-shaped raw material 3a can be changed as described later. is decided.

Further, as described later, the thin layered material 3b is taken out by adhering to the surface of the push roller 6.
A peeling piece 20 is attached as necessary to peel off the material b from the surface of the push roller 6. This peeling piece 20
The position may be determined depending on the take-out position of the thin-layered object 3b, but when taking out the thin-layered object 3b, a separate winding roller (not shown) is provided without using a peeling piece, and this winding roller is It can also be rolled up.

Therefore, the effects of the thin layer forming apparatus constructed as described above will be explained in detail through its usage mode as follows.

That is, FIG. 2 schematically shows the formation mechanism of the thin layer material 3b in the thin layer forming apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and in FIG. 2, as in the case shown in FIG. A hopper, 3 a raw material dough, 6 a push roller, 7 a roller, and 14 a cutting blade. Therefore, after the thin layer material 3b is peeled off from the surface of the push roller 6, it is placed on the moving band 21 that moves in the direction of the arrow and moves continuously.

First, when the raw dough 3 is discharged from the discharge port 5 of the hopper 1, it is placed on the push roller 6, and as the push roller 6 rotates in the direction of the hour hand, a pushing force in the direction of arrow A is applied to the raw dough 3. Due to this pushing force, the raw dough 3 is wound around the surface of the roller 7 and formed into a belt-shaped dough 3a. That is, the surface of the roller 7 has, for example, linear grooves 7a.
There are irregularities like this, which increases friction. Therefore, the pressed raw material cloth 3 is wound around the surface of the roller 7 in the direction of the hour hand to a predetermined thickness. The wrapped band-shaped fabric 3a rotates with the roller 7 rotating in the direction of the hour hand, and when it reaches the cutting blade 14, it is cut thinly in the thickness direction, and the thin layer 3b is wrapped around the surface of the push roller 6. attached, and is peeled off when it reaches the peeling piece 20,
The thin layer material 3b is placed on the moving band 21 and continuously
is extracted as

Therefore, when the thin layered material 3b is formed as described above, the thin layered material 3b is cut by cutting the strip-shaped fabric 3a on the roller 7 in the thickness direction with the cutting blade 14.
b is formed. Therefore, the raw material dough is hardly pressed, and soft dough can be obtained continuously. Further, since the pushing roller 6 and the roller 7 are configured to be able to approach or separate from each other, the softness of the fabric etc. can be easily adjusted by adjusting the distance between them. Since the cutting blade is configured to be movable or rotatable, the thickness of the thin layer can be easily adjusted by adjusting the position of the cutting blade.

Furthermore, since a thin layer can be formed by the main parts of the two rollers and the cutting blade, the structure is extremely compact, and naturally, it is inexpensive and economical.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a front view showing a part of a molding device according to an embodiment of the present invention as a broken surface, Fig. 2 is an explanatory view showing the principle of forming a thin layer, and Fig. 3 shows an uneven surface. It is a perspective view of an example of a roller. Code 1... Hopper, 2... Opening, 3... Raw material fabric, 3a... Band-shaped fabric, 3b... Thin layer material, 4...
...Lid, 5...Discharge port, 6...Pushing roller, 6a
...Rotating shaft, 7...Roller, 7a...Rotating shaft, 7
b... Linear groove, 8... Housing, 9a, 9b...
...Guide member, 10...Supporting member, 11...Guide piece, 12...Press member, 13...Adjustment screw, 14
... Cutting blade, 15 ... Rotating shaft, 16 ... Working rod,
17...Spring, 18...Washer, 19...Screw, 2
0... Peeling piece, 21... Moving band.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A push roller is provided at the outlet of the hopper through which food dough, etc. is put into the opening at the top and discharged from the bottom, and a roller with an uneven surface is provided opposite to the push roller, and this roller and the pusher A cutting blade for cutting the strip-shaped fabric into thin layers is provided at a position where the strip-shaped fabric taken out from between the rollers can be cut into thin layers, and the pushing roller and the rollers are configured to approach or separate from each other relatively. . A thin layer forming device for food dough, characterized in that the cutting blade is configured to be movable or rotatable.