JPH041825Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing stick-shaped rice in a state before covering the outer periphery of a sushi roll with sheet-shaped nori.

(Prior Art) Many of the take-out sushi rolls sold at supermarkets and the like are made by rolling rice into a stick around an ingredient using a special device, and then wrapping a sheet of seaweed around the stick.

The above-mentioned apparatus for automatically producing bar-shaped rice includes a hopper that stores rice, a conveyor belt that takes out the rice from the hopper, a pressing roller disposed above the belt, and a seaming section disposed downstream of the conveyor belt. It is made up of.

The rice taken out on the belt is pressed into a plate shape with a pressure roller, the ingredients are placed on the plate-shaped rice by hand or using an automatic machine, and the plate-shaped rice is formed with the ingredients as the core by the tightening part. Roll into a stick.

The above-mentioned device had no problems in making a typical sushi roll in which the ingredients were rolled in such a way that the ingredients were located in the center.

However, the variety of sushi rolls has diversified, and the sushi rolls served at celebratory occasions are made with 80% cherry starch, as shown in Figure 6.
3. Sushi rolls (hereinafter referred to as "designed sushi") that appeal to the beauty of the sushi rolls are preferred by appropriately arranging seaweed 82, spinach 83, etc. so that these ingredients appear in a floral pattern on the cut end. .

However, designed sushi cannot be made using conventional equipment, and everything must be done by hand, which is inefficient and costly, making it impossible to sell in large quantities at supermarkets and the like.

The purpose of the present invention is to efficiently manufacture designed sushi sushi and provide it at low cost by improving the shape of the pressing roller of the conventional device.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The stick-shaped rice manufacturing device of the present invention conveys the rice by a conveyor belt 5 and presses the rice into a plate shape by the pressing roller 2 disposed above the belt 5. The pressurized plate-shaped rice 8 is wound into a rod shape by a known winding section 6 provided on the downstream side of the belt 5.

The feature of the present invention is that a plurality of grooved lines 21, 21 are provided around the circumferential surface of the pressing roller 2, and are recessed in the center of the roller 2 and perpendicular to the axis. 22, and a rice pressing surface 23 is formed on the outside of the concave lines 21, 21.

To make the flower pattern sushi shown in FIG. 6, as shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, the pressure roller 2 is provided with two grooved lines 21, 21 around the circumference so that two grooves are formed, and the roller grooves are moved toward the center in the width direction of the plate-shaped food 8, as shown in FIG. 2
Parallel protrusions 81, 81 are formed on the rice corresponding to 1, 21.

As shown in FIG. 5, a sheet of seaweed 82 is placed over the ridges 81 and 81 of the plate-shaped rice 8 with enough room, and cherry starch 83 is placed on top of the nori between the ridges. Spinach 83 is placed on the outside of the protrusions 81, 81 along the protrusions 81, 81.

The plate-shaped rice 8 loaded with ingredients as described above is transferred to the conveyor belt 5.
When the plate-shaped rice 8 is continuously delivered to the winding section 6 and rolled by the winding section 6 so that both edges of the rice are brought together, as shown in FIG. A stick-shaped rice with a flower pattern is formed, with the spinach 83 serving as the leaves and the seaweed 82 serving as the stem.

By wrapping the above-mentioned stick-shaped rice in sheet-shaped seaweed, designed sushi is completed.

(Effect of the invention) A plurality of grooves 21, 21 are provided on the outer periphery of the pressure roller 2 near the center of the roller.
Since the pressing surface 23 of the rice is formed on the outside of the rice plate 1, the plate-shaped rice 8 pressed by the pressing roller 2 has parallel protrusions 81, corresponding to the grooves 21, 21 of the roller 2.
81 is formed into a raised shape.

Further, by the pressing surfaces 23 at both ends of the roller 2, a mounting portion for the ingredients lower than the protrusions 81, 81 is formed on both sides of the plate-shaped rice 8.

When different types of ingredients are placed on the plate-shaped rice 8 to form the pattern of the designed sushi, the protruding stripes 81 serve as a partition wall, and when the plate-shaped rice 8 is rolled up, the designed sushi with a sharp pattern can be formed.

(Example) FIG. 2 shows an example of the device of the present invention, and the basic configuration of the device is known from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-51858.
The description of the entire device will be simplified, and the press roller 2 will be described in detail as a feature of the present invention.

A rice hopper 1 is disposed above the upstream side of the circulating conveyance belt 5, and a winding part 6 is disposed on the downstream side of the belt 5.

The lower surface of the hopper 1 is open, and a gap 10 is formed between the lower end of the front surface on the seaming part 6 side and the belt 5 through which rice is discharged.

The rice stirring means 11 is built into the hopper 1.

A pressure roller 2 is disposed downstream of the gap 10 of the hopper 1.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, two grooves 21, 21 are formed around the circumferential surface of the pressure roller 2 toward the center of the roller 2. A pressing surface 23 is formed at approximately the same height as the partition wall 22 formed between the grooves 21, 21.

The pressing roller 2 is connected to a drive device (not shown) and rotates in a direction that sends out the rice to the seaming section 6 side.

The winding unit 6 includes a plurality of pairs of drum-shaped winding rollers 60, 60, 60, on a guide plate 7 that guides the belt 5.
60 is disposed perpendicular to the circumferential direction of the conveyor belt 5, and the conveyor belt 5 is passed between the tightening rollers 60, 60, 60, 60 so as to reduce the belt width.

Using the above apparatus, designed sushi can be manufactured as follows.

The conveyor belt 5 is rotated, and the press roller 2 and stirring means 11 are driven.

The rice in the hopper 1 is pressed by a pressure roller 2, formed into a plate shape, and transported out of the hopper 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, parallel protrusions 81, 81 are formed in the central part of the plate-shaped food 8 due to the concave shape of the pressing roller 2.

As shown in FIG.
81, the sheet-like seaweed 82 is stretched over between the protrusions 81, 81, and the protrusions 81, 81 are covered.
Place Sakura Starch 83 in between.

Furthermore, spinach 83 is placed on both sides of the ridges 81, 81.

The plate-shaped rice 8 is wound into a round bar shape so as to be wrapped around the circumferential belt 5 at the winding part 6.

Cut the rice rolled into a round bar shape into a predetermined length,
Wrap seaweed around the surface of the cut stick-shaped rice to complete the designed sushi.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment in which three protrusions 81, 81, 81 are formed on the plate-shaped food 8 by a pressure roller 2 having three concave shapes on the surface, corresponding to the concave lines 21, 21. As an example, by decorating this plate-shaped rice 8 with cherry starch 83 and spinach 83 as described above, a designed sushi having two petals can be formed as shown in FIG.

The types of ingredients are cherry starch 83 and spinach 8.
Of course, the material is not limited to 3, and various materials can be used in consideration of the color scheme.

It goes without saying that the configuration of each part of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but can be modified in various ways within the scope of the claims for utility model registration.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the main parts of the device, Figure 2 is a side view of the device, Figure 3 is a front view of the rollers, Figures 4 and 5.
6 is an explanatory diagram of the manufacturing procedure, FIG. 7 is a front view of another embodiment of the pressing roller, and FIG. 8 is an end view of another designed sushi. 1...Hopper, 2...Press roller, 21...
Concave strip, 22... partition wall section, 5... conveyance belt.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] While the rice is conveyed by the conveyor belt 5, the rice is pressed into a plate shape by the pressing roller 2 disposed above the belt 5, and the pressurized plate-shaped rice 8 is disposed on the downstream side of the belt 5. In the device for winding the roller into a bar shape at the tightening section 6, a plurality of concave stripes 21, 21 are provided on the pressure roller 2 around the circumferential surface thereof, and the concave strips 21, 21 are placed near the center of the roller 2 and perpendicular to the shaft. , partition part 22 between the grooves 21, 21
A device for producing bar-shaped rice in which a pressing surface 23 of the rice is formed on the outside of the concave stripes 21, 21.