JPH04126065A - Device for molding food raw material into bar-like shape - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the subject device capable of molding a powdery or granular food raw material into a bar-like shape before the food raw material is fried, baked, etc., by disposing a measure, an extruder, a discharging gate, a cutter, etc. CONSTITUTION:Since the cavity of a region surrounded by the front presses 24, 25 of an extruder 2, the tapered surface 103A of a plate-like press 103 and a measure 6 is gradually contracted, a water-containing starchy raw material 900 is successively transferred from the most front position of the plate-like press 103 in the most pressed state. The raw material kneaded thus is brought into contact with a cutter 104B at a gate 104, and the new water-containing powdery raw material 900 is extruded with an extruder 2. When the kneaded raw material is discharged from gate 104 in the process, the kneaded raw material is molded into a square cross section with bars and lines composing the cutter 104B and simultaneously extruded on a forward-traveling receiving plate 4.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Purpose of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention provides a method for frying powdered or granular food raw materials.
The present invention relates to a food material molding device that molds the same raw material into a rod-shaped body prior to a manufacturing process such as baking.

(Conventional technology) Edible powder (hereinafter referred to as powder raw material) processed into granules or powder the size of a grain of rice using a freeze-drying method, etc. is kneaded with hot water etc. to make bread dough-like dough. Thereafter, fried food products that are molded into a desired shape such as a rod shape and fried in oil are well known, and apparatuses for producing the same are also known.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, the molding equipment found in conventional equipment has a very complicated structure and requires many drive sources, resulting in large-scale equipment and manufacturing costs. However, because of the high cost of food, it was difficult to easily produce food ingredients for a small number of people.

The present invention was invented with the aim of solving the problems in view of the fact that conventional devices had a number of problems that made them unsuitable for use by a small number of people.
The problem to be solved is miniaturization.

Structure of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems) As a means for solving the problems described above, the present invention provides an upper part and a front and rear part provided below a powder raw material supply hopper so as to be horizontally movable in the front and back direction. An open rectangular, flat measuring chamber is equipped with an extruder having a press surface for kneading material at the front that moves horizontally in the front and back direction independently in the measuring chamber, and a water-containing powder in the measuring chamber. A plate-shaped pressurizing body for water-containing powder raw material is sequentially pressurized from above, and a plate-shaped pressurizing body for water-containing powder raw material is provided with a gate for discharging the completed kneaded material at the forefront, and the gate is closed when the water-containing powder raw material is pressurized. a gate closing means, and a pressurizing body that divides the kneaded material pressurized by the pressurizing body and extruded by the extruder into horizontal formations or vertically as well, and molds the same material into a rod-shaped body having a rectangular cross section. a cutter provided on the gate; and a receiving plate located below the gate that moves horizontally in synchronization with the material and receives the material below when the material that has been formed is extruded by the extruder. It adopted a configuration with the following features and achieved its intended purpose.

(Function) When the weighing chamber and extruder move horizontally toward the front below the powder raw material supply hopper, the powder raw material falls into the weighing chamber, and the lower end of the hopper and the upper end of the weighing chamber collide. In between, the powder raw material is ground and weighed. The powder raw material is made hydrated by adding the required amount of water before or after measurement. Subsequently, when the weighing chamber is moved forward and the front portion of the weighing chamber engages with a gate provided at the forefront of the pressurized body of the water-containing powder raw material, the gate is closed by the closing means. At this time, the measuring chamber stops moving forward, and after that, only the extruder continues to move forward, so that the water-containing powder raw material is distributed on all four sides (front, rear, left, and right) by the left and right side plates of the measuring chamber, the closing means, and the pressing surface of the extruder. In a restrained state, the water-containing powder raw material is sequentially pressurized by the plate surface of the plate-shaped pressurizing body, and the water-containing powder raw material becomes a flat cube-shaped kneaded material.

Next, when the closing means opens the gate, the dough material is extruded horizontally from the gate by the extruder that moves forward independently, so that the dough material is finely divided into rectangular cross-sectional shapes by the cutter provided on the gate and made into rod-shaped pieces. While being molded, they are sequentially received by a receiving plate that moves horizontally synchronously.

(Example) FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal sectional front view of the entire apparatus, which includes a hopper 1 for supplying raw material powder, a sliding body 100, and a pressurizing body 103 for wet raw material powder having a cutter function. Equipped with:

The hopper 1 is filled with granular S-age potatoes mixed with seasonings, spices, rope materials, etc. manufactured by freeze-drying, for example, as a powder raw material 900. The opening IA provided on the lower surface of the hopper 1 is formed on the same plane as the top plate 101 provided for closing the upper surface of the sliding body 100.

The sliding body 100 is composed of an extruder 2, a receiving plate 4, and a weighing chamber 6, and is provided below the hopper 1 so as to be horizontally movable in the front-rear direction. This sliding body 100 is connected via a bracket 29 to a wire 108 that is drivingly connected to a reversible motor 105, and moves forward under the pressure body 103 toward a gate 104 to complete a predetermined work. It is now possible to retreat to the original position.

In FIG. 1, numeral 3 denotes a fryer for frying food materials formed into rod-shaped bodies by the apparatus of the present invention in edible oil.The main parts thereof are an oil tank 301 and a lid 313, but this lid 313 is flat. A hollow body with a rectangular cross section, whose −
A front surface is oriented so as to face the gate 104, and a screw shaft 318 for vertically moving the can is attached to the upper part of the surface.

FIG. 1 shows the state when the lid body 313 is raised to an intermediate position, and the screw shaft 318 is connected to an inner circumferential screw (not shown) of a gear 108 of a reduction mechanism connected to a reversible motor 317. When they are screwed together and the gear 108 rotates, this screw shaft 318 moves up and down, making it possible to move the lid 313 up and down.

A reference numeral 313A is formed on one surface of the lid 313 facing the gate 104, and a front end surface 1 of the gate 104
04C is a recessed portion that allows engagement from the lateral direction, and by catching the gate 104 with this recessed portion 313A, the gate 104 can be opened.

Although other configurations of the flyer 3 will not be described in detail, after the kneaded material 901, which is extruded by the extruder 2 that forms a part of the sliding body 100 and is molded as described below, is transferred onto the receiving plate 4. , receiving plate 4
As it retreats, it falls onto the wire mesh 500 of the fryer 3 and is fried in high-temperature cooking oil.

Reference numeral 304 is the filter of the fryer 3, and 315 is the lid 31.
The gas vent hole 905 provided in 3 is the oil level of the cooking oil filled in the oil tank 301, and when the frying process is started, the lid body 313 is in airtight contact with the upper end surface of the oil tank 301. At this point, the oil level 905 reaches the wire mesh 50.
The rod-shaped food material is raised above the food material resting on the food material, so that the food material is placed in an immersed state.

The extruder 2 of the sliding body 100 is connected to the hopper 1
Blind board 2 in contact with the bottom surface of the top plate 101A provided at the bottom of the
It has 7. This blind plate 27 is arranged horizontally behind a rubber plate 25 provided horizontally at the front of the extruder 2, and is fixed to the upper surface of a substrate 21, which will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the sliding body 100 with the blind plate 27 removed, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are left and right side views. The extruder 2 and the receiving plate 4 are connected by a connecting member 28. Also, below the receiving plate 4, the receiving plate 4
A bracket 29 is attached for attaching the wire 106 to the wire 106 (see FIG. 1). The extruder 2 is attached to a substrate 21 (see FIGS. 6 to 8) in which a pair of recesses 21A are formed, and to the bottom surface of the substrate 21, and is attached to a slider 1.
A slider 22 having a groove 22A in the moving direction of 00, a lower pressing body 23 attached to the front of the substrate 21, an upper pressing body 24 provided on the upper part of the lower pressing body 23, a lower pressing body 23 and an upper part. A compression coil spring 26 is provided between the pressing bodies 24 and biases the upper pressing body 24 upward, and a compression coil spring 26 is provided between the pressing bodies 24 to bias the upper pressing body 24 upward. In order to allow for deviation, a lid rubber plate 25 is provided which can be deformed in the direction of deviation by a method such as adhesion.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower pressing body 23 and the upper pressing body 24 are provided with a plurality of alternating protrusions and recesses on their front portions, which are fitted into each other. When the upper pressing body 24 is pressed from above by the plate-shaped pressing body 103 against the elastic force of the compression coil spring 26, the lower pressing body 2
The distance between 3 and the upper pressing body 24 becomes closer, and eventually the two sides 23 and 24 come into contact and become the same plane (elevated surface), at which time they form a pressing surface for the kneaded material.

Figures 9 to 11 show a weighing box 6 and a bottle 990, which will be described later.The weighing box 6 is a flat body formed by a rectangular frame, and the top, front and rear parts are open, and the weighing box 6 is a so-called flat mallet. It has a shape. Reference numeral 61 is the bottom plate of the weighing box 6.

A notch 61A is formed at the rear center of the bottom plate 61 of the weighing chamber 6, and a bracket 64 is fixed to the end of the notch 61A. The engaging portion (protrusion) 64A of the bracket 64 is
As shown in FIG. 5, it is engaged with the groove 22A.

Side plates 62 and 63 each having a U-shaped cross section are attached to the upper left and right sides of the bottom plate 61 of the weighing chamber 6 so as to face the left and right ends IB (see FIG. 9) of the opening IA of the hopper 1 from below. There is.

At the rear of the side plates 62 and 63 attached to the weighing chamber 6, flat small holes are formed to penetrate in the inner and outer directions. , an engaging member 65 formed on the front surface with a tapered surface portion 65A facing inward is horizontally inserted so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. Reference numeral 66 is a stay that supports the engagement member 65.

The left and right engaging members 65, 65 are normally biased inward (in the direction of arrow X in FIG. 9) by resilient means such as springs.

Thus, in the sliding body 100, the engaging portion 64A of the weighing box 6 configured as described above is inserted into the groove 22A from the rear of the extruder 2 before it is attached to the receiving plate 4, and then the extruder 2 is inserted into the groove 22A. It is attached to the receiving plate 4 via the connecting member 28, and furthermore, the distal end portion 65 of the engaging member 65 is
B is assembled by engaging the recess 21A of the extruder 2.

Therefore, when the weighing chamber 6 is horizontally moved forward together with the extruder 2 and then stopped, the engagement member 65 provided on the bottom plate 61 disengages from the recess 2LA, and the extruder 2 and the receiving plate 4 You will be able to move forward independently.

In addition, in FIG. 5, reference numeral 107 is a guide rail that horizontally supports the receiving plate 4 and the weighing chamber 6 so as to be slidable in the front-back direction.

In FIG. 1, the shower head 8 is provided horizontally orthogonally to the direction of movement of the weighing chamber 6, and is mounted on a frame 102 in front of the opening IA of the hopper 1. A hot water supply pipe (not shown) is connected to this shower head 8, and the measuring cup 6 is sequentially sent out forward.
The required amount of hot water can be uniformly sprinkled onto the raw material powder 900 above.

A plate-shaped pressurizing body 103 is provided in front of the shower head 8 to pressurize the powder raw material 900 in a water-containing state from above. The lower surface 103A of this pressurizing body 103 is formed into a tapered surface that gradually becomes lower toward the front with the gate 104 provided therein, so that the water-containing powder raw material 900 can be pressurized sequentially from above.

The pressurized body 103 of the water-containing powder raw material is provided with a gate 104 at the front thereof. This gate 104 engages with the front side of the weighing chamber 6 at its rear side. Engagement recess 10
4, and is normally biased rearward (in the direction of arrow T) by a resilient means such as a spring. Therefore, when the sliding body 100, more specifically, the weighing chamber 6 advances to the most advanced position, the front surface of the weighing chamber 6 engages and is pressed into the engagement recess 104A, resisting the action of the resilient means. It is designed to move forward.

The pressurizing body 103 is provided with a front end surface portion 104C that comes into contact with the recess 313A, and a cutter 104B for finely dividing the kneaded material 901 into rod shapes.

This cutter 104B is made up of several (see FIG. 12) or ten or more rods, or stretched rigid rods arranged in parallel at equal intervals, and the rods or rods are held vertically. or by arranging them in a horizontal and vertical grid.
The kneaded material 901 extruded by the extruder 2 is finely divided into about 2 to 3 stages in horizontal formation or in the vertical direction, and this cutter divides the opening of the gate 104 into several to more than 10 regions. By doing so, the kneading material 901 passing through the gate 104 is regulated by the gate 104 and the cutter 104B, for example, when one side is 5 to 5.
It can be divided and molded into rod-shaped bodies having a rectangular cross section of about 71 mm and a length corresponding to the length of the measuring square 6.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 13 to 15.

In this device before startup, the front part of the extruder 2, that is, the lower pressing body 23 and the upper pressing body 24 are located behind the opening IA of the powder raw material supply hopper 1. At this time, since the upper pressing body 24 is pressed downward by the top plate 101, the upper surface of the rubber plate 25 forms the same plane as the upper surface of the blind plate 27.

When the sliding body 100 retreats, the opening I of the hopper 1
Since A opens to the weighing chamber 6, the powder raw material 900 filled in the hopper 1 is transferred to the bottom plate 61, side plates 62, 63 of the weighing chamber 6, and the rubber plate 2 on the top surface of the extruder 2.
5 falls within the quantitative area defined by 5 and 5.

When the sliding body 100 is located at the rearmost position as shown in FIG. Even if the front part of the weighing chamber 6 is open, the powder raw material 900 will not flow out to the front of the weighing chamber 6. Also, when the sliding body 100 starts driving, the lid 3 of the fryer 3
13 is raised to an intermediate position so that the receiving plate 4 can enter between the lid body 313 and the oil tank 301.

When the motor 105 is started, the sliding body 100 is operated by the operation of the wire 106, and the weighing box 6 and the extruder 2 are moved forward. At this time, a required amount of hot water is sprayed from the shower head 8 onto the powder raw material 900 on the measuring square 6, and the raw material powder becomes hydrated.

When the sliding body 100 continues to move forward and the front side of the extruder 2 passes below the opening IA of the hopper 1, the opening IA is closed by the blind plate 27.

When the sliding body 100 moves forward, the front part of the extruder 2 touches the tapered surface 103A of the pressurizing body 103 for water-containing powder raw material.
The front part of weighing box 6 is located below gate 1.
It engages with the engagement recess 104A of 04. The gate 104 is further advanced by the pressing force from the rear of the weighing chamber 6 along with the pressurizing body 103, and the front end surface 104 of the gate 104 is moved forward.
When C engages with the recess 313A of the lid body 313 waiting at the intermediate position, the forward movement of the weighing chamber 6 is stopped, and the gate 10
4 is closed by a lid body 313 (see No. 13e!!l).

At this point, the bin 990 (see Figure 9) fixed in a predetermined position comes into contact with the inclined portions 85A of the pair of engaging members 65 and 65 symmetrically provided on the weighing box 6 and presses them in the horizontal direction. , the engaging members 65, 65 move symmetrically in both left and right directions of the weighing chamber 6.

By this operation, the engagement member 65 and the extruder 2 are disengaged, the connection means between the extruder 2 and the weighing chamber 6 is released, and the extruder 2 and the receiving plate 4 are separated from the weighing chamber 6 by the operation of the wire 106. and continue moving forward. Therefore, on the weighing box 6, the water-containing powder raw material 900 sprinkled with hot water is
With the front section closed by the lid 313, the left and right side plates 82, 63 of the weighing chamber 6, the tapered surface 103A of the pressurizing body 103, and the upper and lower pressers 23 of the extruder front section are connected.
, 24 from above and below, right and left, and also from the front and rear directions, it reaches the lower part of the plate-shaped pressurizing body 103 whose lower surface is a tapered surface 103A.

The extruder 2 reaches the most advanced position and the powder raw material 90
0 reaches below the pressurizing body 103, the water-containing powder raw material 90
0 means that the one located at the forefront receives the strongest pressing effect.

Subsequently, when the sliding body 100 moves back a little and the front surface 104C of the gate 104 separates from the engagement recess 313A of the lid 313, the lid 313 moves into the cutter 104B shown in FIG.
rise to the highest position that does not face the sides of the

Here, when the sliding body 100 starts to move forward again, the weighing box 6 has already disengaged from the extruder 2 and the receiving plate 4, so the extruder 2 and the receiving plate 4 leave the weighing box 6 in the retracted position. The plate-shaped pressurizing body 103 starts moving forward.
The vehicle moves forward toward the gate 104 provided at the front of the vehicle. When the extruder 2 starts moving forward in this way, the upper pressing body 24 provided on the front surface of the extruder 2 moves the plate-shaped pressing body 1 as the extruder 2 moves forward.
The water-containing powder raw material 900 is pressed from behind while being pressed downward by the tapered surface 103A of 03. As a result,
Since the volume of the area defined by the front pressing bodies 24 and 25 of the extruder 2, the tapered surface 103A of the plate-shaped pressing body 103, and the measuring cup 6 is gradually reduced, the water-containing powder raw material 900 is pressed into a plate-shaped pressing body. The most pressurized state starts from the one located at the frontmost part of the body 103, and the dough material 901 is made into a kneaded material 901.The kneaded material 901 sequentially contacts the cutter 104B from the one that enters the gate 104, and In the process of pressing the subsequent water-containing powder raw material 900 by the extruder 2, when the kneaded material 901 is discharged from the gate 104, it is shaped into a rectangular cross section by the rods and stitches that constitute the cutter 104B. , and are pushed out onto the receiving plate 4 which moves forward synchronously (see Fig. 14).

When the molding is completely completed, only the receiving plate 4 advances further, and the finished food material reaches a position where it is completely accommodated within the lower surface of the lid 313 of the fryer 3.

Here, when the sliding body 100 retreats, this sliding body 100
With the retreat of the gate 10 provided on the plate-shaped pressurizing body 103
4 retreats together with the receiving plate 4, but the pressurizing body 103 stops when it comes into contact with the shower head 8, and at this time, the lid 313 of the fryer 3 descends to the intermediate position shown in FIG.

When the sliding body 100 continues to retreat thereafter, the food material formed into a rod-shaped body is blocked by the inner peripheral surface of the lid 313 that has descended, and the receiving plate 4 is moved back to the lid 313
As it moves away from below, it transfers to the wire mesh 500 provided at the top of the oil tank 301 of the fryer 3, and then,
It will be fried by fryer 3.

When the sliding body 100 reaches the most retracted position shown in FIG.
From the opening IA of the hopper 1, the powder raw material 900 is again supplied into the weighing chamber 6.

The frying process is performed by moving the curved surface 905 up and down once to several times as necessary, and after the frying process is completed, the oil level 905 is positioned below the wire mesh 500. Finished fried food after frying process is wire mesh 500
It is transferred to a food tray (not shown) with the food still on top.

In this embodiment, the extruder 2 and the receiving plate 4 are integrated, and the extruder 2 and the weighing box 6 are connected using an engagement member 65, so that one motor 1
05, extruder 2, receiving plate 4, measuring box 6 3
However, if the receiving plate 4 is moved using a drive source separate from the extruder 2, at least When extruding the kneaded material 901, the receiving plate 4 is advanced, and when the food material after molding is positioned inside the lid 313, the advancement of the receiving plate 4 is stopped and the lid 313 is lowered to an intermediate position. After that, the receiving plate 4 may be moved backward.

Further, the water-containing powder raw material 900 is pressurized by bringing the gate 104 into contact with one side of the lid 313, so that the closing means for the gate 104 is connected to the lid 313 of the fryer 3.
3, the closing means for the powder raw material discharge gate may be formed separately by separating the fryer 3 from the flyer 3.

Effects of the Invention The present invention has a relatively simple configuration and can easily mold food materials into rod-shaped bodies, and also allows relative horizontal movement of a flat measuring device and extruder, and pressurization while being restrained by a pressurizing body. The pressure action makes it possible to pressurize the water-containing raw material powder from six sides, and this combined with the fact that the gate also functions as a cutter makes it possible to create an extremely compact structure. This contributes to miniaturization and weight reduction, making it extremely effective as a device for a small number of people.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the sliding body with the blind plate removed.
Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in Figure 2 of the sliding body, and Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the sliding body.
5 is a left side view of the sliding body, FIG. 6 is a plan view of the board and slider, FIG. 7 is a front view, and FIG. is also a side view,
Figure 9 is a plan view of the weighing box, Figure 1051i is a front view, Figure 11 is a left side view, Figure 12 is a front view of the gate, and Figures 13 to 15 show the forming process of food materials in order. FIG. 1...Hopper, IA...opening, 2...extruder, 3...flyer, 4...receiving plate,
6...Weighing, 8...Shower head, 23.2
4...Upper and lower pressing bodies, 100...Sliding body, 103.
... Pressurized body for water-containing raw material powder, 103A... Taber surface portion, 104... Gate, 104A... Engagement recess, 1
04B... Fine division cutter 104C... Front part,
313... Lid, 313A... Recess, 900...
・Powder raw material, 901...Kneaded material.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A square flat weighing box with an open top and front and rear parts installed below the powder raw material supply hopper so as to be horizontally movable in the front and back direction. Equipped with an extruder that independently moves horizontally in the front and back direction and has a press surface for the dough material at the front, and a gate that sequentially pressurizes the water-containing powder raw material in the weighing chamber from above and discharges the completed dough material at the front end. a plate-shaped pressing body for the water-containing powder raw material, a gate closing means for closing the gate when the water-containing powder raw material is pressurized, and a kneaded material pressurized by the pressing body and extruded by the extruder in a horizontal formation a cutter installed at the gate of the pressurizing body for forming the same material into rod-shaped bodies with a rectangular cross-section by dividing the same material into vertically or vertically; A food material rod-shaped body forming device comprising a receiving plate that moves horizontally in synchronization with the material and receives the material below when the material is extruded by an extruder.