JPH04218338A - Laver feeder of apparatus for rolling rice confectionery in laver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable automatic feed of laver to a conveyor device in an apparatus for automatically rolling rice confectionery in the laver in the course of transfer of the conveyor device. CONSTITUTION:Sheets of laver 10 in a laminated state are supported by supporting rods 56 projected from chains 51 and (51A) located between a pair of left and right endless chains 51 and (51A) and housed. The sheets of laver 10 are lifted by the endless chains 51 and (51A) so as to keep the laver upper limit position constant by operating a pulse motor 54 based on a signal from a sensor 57. An attraction arm 68 is moved to the side of a laver housing part 47 by its reciprocation synchronously with the conveyor device 1. The attraction arm 68 repeats operations as follows. The attraction arm 68 moves to the side of the laver housing part 47, attracts the laver 10 in the topmost part and then moves to the side of the conveyor device 1 to feed the attracted laver 10 onto a positioning pedestal 5.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seaweed supplying device for a rice cracker and seaweed rolling device.

0002

[Prior technology] Seaweed-wrapped rice crackers are made by wrapping and adhering seaweed to the surface of rice crackers that have been seasoned with seasoned soy sauce and baked, using the adhesiveness of the surface. It is being On the other hand, the applicant has proposed a device for wrapping rice crackers with seaweed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2-111043, which uses edible glue to wrap seaweed around rice crackers that do not have sticky surfaces, such as fried rice crackers. ing.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned prior art has a conveyor device that places rice crackers on seaweed and transfers the rice crackers, and wraps the seaweed around the rice crackers while the conveyor device is transporting the rice crackers. However, the task of sequentially placing seaweed on a conveyor device was done manually, which hindered automation of this type of device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a seaweed supplying device for a rice cracker and seaweed wrapping device that enables the automatic feeding of seaweed in a device that automatically wraps seaweed around rice crackers.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has a conveyor device for placing and transporting rice crackers on seaweed, and a rice cracker and seaweed rolling device that wraps the rice crackers around the rice crackers while the conveyor device is transporting the rice crackers. A seaweed storage section is provided on the transfer start end side of the conveyor device to store a large number of horizontal seaweed stacked vertically, and a seaweed lifting device is provided to raise the seaweed so as to keep the upper limit position of the seaweed substantially constant. , a seaweed adsorption and transfer device is provided which operates in synchronization with the conveyor device to adsorb the uppermost seaweed stored in the seaweed storage section and supply it to the conveyor device.

[0006]

[Operation] With the above configuration, when the upper limit position is kept approximately constant by the operation of the seaweed lifting device, the seaweed suction and transfer device operates in synchronization with the conveyor device, and this seaweed suction and transfer device moves into the seaweed storage section. The operation of sucking the uppermost stored seaweed and supplying it to the conveyor device is repeated, and the seaweed supplied to the conveyor device is wrapped around the rice crackers while being transferred by the conveyor device.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0008] First, a device for wrapping seaweed around rice crackers during transportation on a conveyor device will be explained.

In FIGS. 1, 5 to 9, 1 is a conveyor device, in which an endless chain 3 is stretched along a transfer path of a frame 2 via a plurality of sprockets 4, and a drive device (not shown) such as a motor is connected to the conveyor device 1. It can be transported by. Reference numeral 5 designates a number of positioning seats 5 that are attached and fixed to the endless chain 3 at equal intervals. It has a rear wall 8 that is formed upright at the rear end, and side walls 9 that are formed upright before and after both ends of the mounting plate 7. Then, a piece of seaweed 10 is placed on the placing plate 7 between the front and rear side walls 9 in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor traveling direction, and the placing plate 7 is placed over the seaweed 10 so as to be located in the center of the seaweed 10. Rice crackers 6 are positioned and placed on top. Guide rails 11 are arranged on both sides of the upper part of the pedestal 2, and both sides of the nori 10 are guided along the guide rails 11. Reference numeral 12 denotes a positioning belt device, which is disposed approximately in the center of the pedestal 2 and directly above the guide rail 11. On each guide rail 11, an endless belt 13 is connected to a pair of pulleys 14 and The endless belt 13 is formed to move in the conveyor traveling direction via a pair of pulleys 14 and a drive device (not shown). Both sides of the seaweed 10 are sandwiched between the guide rail 11 and the guide rail 11, and the seaweed 10 is transported in a positioned state. 15 is a gluing device located on one side of the positioning belt device 12 and provided on the pedestal 2; this has a nozzle-shaped gluing tool 16 correspondingly arranged above the inner surface of the other side of the nori 10; This glue applicator 16 is connected via a flexible pipe 17 to a glue supply device 18 consisting of a tank, a pump, etc., so that glue 19 is automatically supplied. Further, the glue fitting 16 is attached and fixed to the mounting plate 20, and this mounting plate 2
0 is connected to an elevating device 22 having an eccentric cam 21 driven by a drive device (not shown) such as a motor.
It is designed to be raised and lowered. 1 sheet of seaweed with this glue tool 16
The glue 19 applied to 0 is an edible glue, for example, sweet potato starch is liquefied and saccharified, then heat sterilized, filtered, decolorized, ion purified,
Those manufactured by passing through the concentration process and heat sterilization are used. Reference numeral 23 denotes a positioning leaf spring located on the delivery end side of the positioning belt device 12 and provided on the pedestal 2. This positioning leaf spring 23 is arranged horizontally and has a tapered portion 24 at the front. The rear part is formed into an upwardly curved part 25, and the rice cracker 6 to be transferred is brought into contact with the rice cracker 6 from above to position it. Reference numeral 26 denotes a positioning coil spring device provided on both sides of the pedestal 2 in correspondence with the positioning plate spring 23. This device has an endless chain 27 that moves horizontally along a transfer path, and this has a plurality of sprockets 28. The conveyor device 1 is stretched by a drive device (not shown).
It operates in synchronization with the transport of Further, a large number of plate-shaped coiled springs 29 are provided at equal intervals around the endless chain 27, and the coiled springs 29
It can be transported while being clamped and positioned. 30 is a rising guide member provided continuously on each guide rail 11 corresponding to both sides of the positioning plate spring 23;
A bent part 31 is formed in the vertical direction so that the height gradually increases from the rear end, and a pair of folding guide rods 30 are formed on the front side.
A bent portion 32 is formed in the width direction so that the width is reduced. Then, as both sides of the seaweed 10 are transferred along the pair of rising guide members 30, the side sides of the seaweed 10 are gradually guided upward and are formed into a rising position by the small width portion, so that the seaweed 10 is formatted into glyphs. 33 is the other side wrapping device, which is provided on the pedestal 2 so as to be located on the other side of the seaweed 10, that is, on the side to which no glue is applied, corresponding to the tapered part 24 of the positioning leaf spring 23. The proximal end of an arm 35 with the other side winding member 34 fixed to its tip is connected to the eccentric cam 36 by a pivot 37, and the approximately central portion of this arm 35 is connected by a link arm 38 and a pivot 39. , the eccentric cam 36 is synchronized with the conveyance of the conveyor device 1 by a drive device (not shown).
By rotating the other side wrapping member 34, the other side wrapping member 34 moves in an elliptical direction toward the other side of the seaweed 10 via the link arm 38, and as a result, the other side wrapping member 34 rises with the rising guide member 30 and moves the formed seaweed 10. Fold the other side inward and make rice crackers 6.
Wrap it around. Reference numeral 40 designates a U-shaped regulation leaf spring that is installed on the pedestal 2 and located immediately adjacent to the conveyor advancing side of the leaf spring 23, and is wound around the rice cracker 6 on the lower surface of the lower horizontal part of the leaf spring 40. The other side of the seaweed 10 is brought into sliding contact and adjusted.

Reference numeral 41 denotes a one-side wrapping member fixed to the leaf spring 40, which is arranged so as to correspond to one side of the seaweed 10 and intersect diagonally with respect to the transfer path, so that the glue 19 spreads along with the transfer. One side of the applied and formed nori 10 is gradually folded inward along the one-side wrapping member 41, wrapped around the rice cracker 6, and superimposed on the other side of the nori 10. Reference numeral 42 denotes a long pressing device disposed along the transfer direction from the vicinity of the end of the one-side wrapping member 41. This is located at the top of the transfer path and is provided on the pedestal 2. An endless belt 43 made of the same material is stretched between a pair of rollers 44 and guided by a plurality of guide rollers 45. The overlapped portions of the seaweed 10 wrapped around the rice cracker 6 are elastically pressed and slid onto the lower surface of the belt 43, whereby both sides of the seaweed 10 are adhesively fixed by the glue 19.

[0011] Then, seaweed 10 is placed perpendicularly on each positioning seat 5, which is sequentially transferred by the drive of the conveyor device 1, by a seaweed feeding device, which will be described later, and a rice cracker is placed in the center of the seaweed 10. 6 is placed manually. The seaweed 10 is transported in this set state, and both sides of the seaweed 10 are guided by guide rails 11. When the nori 10 reaches the positioning belt device 12, both sides of the nori 10 are sandwiched between the guide rail 11 and the endless belt 13, and transported in a regulated state. Glue 19 is applied to the inner surface by the operation of the gluing device 15. In other words, when the seaweed 10 reaches the position corresponding to the glue applicator 16, the glue applicator 16 is lowered by the lifting device 22 synchronized with this, and the tip of the nozzle-shaped glue applicator 16 comes into contact with the inner surface of one side of the seaweed 10. Application of glue 19 is performed.

Thereafter, when the positioning seat 5 moves forward, the rice cracker 6 slides into positioning contact with the positioning plate spring 23 and its position is regulated, and the positioning coil spring device 2 operates in synchronization with this.
The rice cracker 6 is aligned in the width direction by the coil spring 29 of the rice cracker 6 and guided to the center position of the nori 10. In such a position adjusted state of the rice cracker 6, both sides of the nori 10 are guided by a pair of rising guide members 30. It is shaped into a U-shape along the line. Immediately after this, the other side of the nori 10 in the rising state is transferred to the other side wrapping device 33.
The other side of the seaweed 10 is folded inward and wrapped around it by the other side winding member 34, and the other side of the wrapped seaweed 10 immediately enters under the adjustment leaf spring 40 to adjust its position. At the same time, one side of the nori 10 in the standing state is attached to the one side wrapping member 41.
The seaweed 10 is folded inward and wrapped around the seaweed 10 that has already been folded in, and then it is inserted under the endless belt 43 of the pressing device 42, and the overlapping part is made elastic by the belt 43. The rice crackers 6 with the seaweed 10 wrapped around them are thereby obtained.

Next, the seaweed feeding device will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

The seaweed supplying device 46 is installed at the transfer start end side of the conveyor device 1, and includes a seaweed storage section 47, a storage section lifting device 48, and a seaweed adsorption and transfer device 49.

The storage section lifting device 48 extends from the front surface of the guide plate 50 to the left and right of the front surface of the transfer start end of the conveyor device 1 through a frame body 50A having a guide plate 50 disposed at a slight inclination at the transfer start end of the conveyor device 1. A pair of endless chains 51, 51A are installed vertically at the side positions, and each endless chain 51, 51A is connected to the frame body 5.
Driven sprockets 52, 52A pivotally supported above 0A
and drive sprockets 53, 53A that are pivotally supported below. This drive sprocket 53, 53A
The rotational force from the pulse motor 54 is transferred to the rotation transmission mechanism 55.
is transmitted through the endless chain 5 on the left.
1 is the endless chain 51A on the right in the counterclockwise direction.
Rotation in opposite directions is transmitted to the drive sprocket 53 and the drive sprocket 53A so that the drive sprockets 53 and 53A rotate clockwise, respectively. On the left and right endless chain 51, a plurality of supporting rods 56, each consisting of a pair of front and rear pairs, are arranged outwardly at equal intervals at opposite locations. It constitutes a storage section 47. This seaweed storage section 47 stores a large number of horizontal seaweed 10 stacked vertically on each support rod 56 between the left and right endless chains 51, 51A on the front surface of the guide plate 50. Further, above the frame body 50A, there is provided a seaweed detection sensor 57 consisting of a photoelectric switch or the like for detecting the presence or absence of seaweed 10 at the upper limit position of the seaweed 10 stored in a stacked state in the seaweed storage section 47. ,
When the seaweed detection sensor 57 outputs a no seaweed signal, the pulse motor 54 rotates one step, and the endless chains 51, 51A move to remove the seaweed 1 in a stacked state.
0 increases by a predetermined amount. Further, the frame body 50A is provided with a seaweed detection sensor 57A for detecting the presence or absence of seaweed 10 at the lower limit position, and when a no seaweed signal is output from the seaweed detection sensor 57A, an alarm unit (not shown) is activated. It is designed to notify that 10 sheets of seaweed need to be replenished. In addition, on the frame body 50A, there are sheets of seaweed 10 located on the left and right sides of the topmost seaweed 10.
A regulating piece 58 is provided to protrude inward to prevent overlapping.

The seaweed adsorption and transfer device 49 has a drive shaft 59 supported in parallel with the sprocket 4 on the transfer starting end side of the conveyor device 1.
are connected by a chain 60 and a sprocket 60A. A main rotating body 61 is fixed to one end of the drive shaft 59, and a subordinate rotating body 61A is supported by a frame body 50A apart from the main rotating body 61. The secondary rotary body 61 is connected by a pivot portion 63 via a pivot portion 63, so that the slave rotary body 61 reciprocates by a predetermined angle, for example, approximately 100 degrees, with one rotation of the main rotary body 61A. A shaft 64 is rotatably supported on the frame body 50A between the conveyor device 1 and the seaweed storage section 47, and this shaft 64 and the shaft of the slave rotary body 61 support a chain 65 and a sprocket 65A. connected via. The base end of a swinging arm 66 is fixed to the shaft 64, and at the tip of the swinging arm 66, the lower side of a tubular suction arm 68 having a suction body 67 at its lower end is connected to a bearing 70 via a connecting arm 69. It is pivoted by. Further, a mounting plate 71 is erected on the frame body 50A, and the base end of a link arm 72 is connected to the upper end of this mounting plate 71 by a pivot portion 73. are connected by a pivot 74. A plurality of suction ports 75 are formed in the suction body 67, and these suction ports 75 connect to the suction arm 68.
It is connected to the internal air intake passage. The suction arm 68 is connected to the intake pipe 77 via a flexible hose 76.
At 7, intake force is introduced by a compressor 78. A disc 79 serving as an intake switching valve is fixed to the drive shaft 59, and an opening 80 formed at a suitable position of the intake pipe 77 faces the disc 79. One opening 81 is formed that can communicate with the. In this one rotation, the drive shaft 59 rotates the positioning catch 5 once.
It is synchronized with the conveyor device 1 so that it is pitch-transferred, and one rotation of the drive shaft 59 moves the adsorbent 67 from the seaweed storage section 47 to
The opening 80 of the intake pipe 77 corresponds to the opening 81 so that the intake force is cut off when the suction body 67 moves back and forth from the positioning seat 5 to the seaweed storage section 47 and reaches the positioning seat 5. It has become. In the figure, 82 is a guide plate that guides both sides of the seaweed 10.

Next, the operation of the seaweed supply device 46 will be explained.

First, the seaweed 1 is placed along the guide plate 50.
0 is stored in a laminated state in a seaweed storage section 47 and supported by a support rod 56. When the conveyor device 1 is driven in this state, the drive shaft 59 is moved one pitch through the chain 60 and the sprocket 60A in response to the one pitch movement of the positioning catch 5.
Rotate. As a result, the main rotary body 61 fixed to the drive shaft 59 rotates once, and the slave rotary body 61A reciprocates by a predetermined angle via the rod 62 accordingly. The rotation of the slave rotary body 61A is transmitted to the swinging arm 66 via the chain 65 and the sprocket 65A, and the swinging arm 66 is
As shown in the figure, from the state where the adsorbent 67 has adsorbed the topmost seaweed 10 out of the 10 groups of seaweed stored in a stacked state in the seaweed storage section 47, it rotates about 180 degrees about the shaft 64, thereby adsorbing it. Arm 68 is link arm 72
As shown in FIG. The opening 81 communicates with the open port 80 of the intake pipe 77 and the suction force is temporarily cut off, and the seaweed 1 that had been adsorbed on the adsorbent 67 is removed.
0 is placed on the positioning seat 5. After this, the swing arm 6
6 returns to the state shown in FIG. 3, and this operation is repeated. As described above, by operating the seaweed adsorption and transfer device 49 in synchronization with the transfer of the conveyor device 1, the seaweed 10 is sequentially supplied to the positioning seat 5.
By manually placing the rice crackers 6 on top of the
The seaweed 10 is wrapped around the rice cracker 6 by the operations shown in FIGS. Further, the seaweed lifting device 48 operates to keep the upper limit position of the seaweed 10 stored in the seaweed storage section 47 in a stacked state based on a signal from the seaweed detection sensor 57 at a substantially constant level.

In this case, a hot air injection nozzle 84 connected to the compressor 78 via a hose 83 containing a heater 83A is connected to the endless belt 43 as shown in FIG.
By facing the starting end of the seaweed 10, when both sides of the seaweed 10 are wrapped around the rice crackers 6 and inserted into the endless belt 43, the warm air from the hot air jet nozzle 84 is directed toward the overlapped portions of the seaweed 10 on both sides. This spraying prevents the peeling of both sides of the seaweed 10, and ensures that both sides of the seaweed 10 are press-bonded by the endless belt 43. and,
By heating the seaweed 10 and the endless belt 43 with warm air, peeling of the seaweed 10 is further prevented and both side portions of the seaweed 10 are bonded well. Further, when the apparatus is stopped, power is cut off to the heater 83A.

As described above, in the above embodiment, in which the seaweed 10 is automatically wrapped around the rice crackers 6 during transportation by the conveyor device 1, the seaweed supplying operation that was conventionally performed manually is now performed by the seaweed supplying device 46. Since this process can be performed automatically, automation in the production of seaweed-wrapped rice crackers can be advanced and work efficiency can be improved. In addition, seaweed supply device 46
is equipped with a seaweed lifting device 48 that operates to keep the upper limit position of the seaweed 10 stored in the seaweed storage section 47 substantially constant, and a seaweed adsorption transfer device 49 that adsorbs the seaweed 10 and supplies it to the conveyor device 1. Therefore, stable operation is possible.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, it can be applied to a variety of products, such as rice crackers, which are flavored with soy sauce containing seasonings and then baked, and wrapped with nori seaweed on the surface using the adhesiveness of the surface. Further, although the seaweed storage section and the seaweed lifting device are shown as being of an endless chain type, the case-shaped seaweed storage section may be raised by screw feeding or the like, and the structure may be selected as appropriate. Further, the synchronization structure and the suction and transfer structure between the conveyor device and the seaweed adsorption and transfer device can be selected as appropriate.

[0022]

Effects of the Invention The present invention provides a rice cracker and seaweed rolling device which includes a conveyor device for placing rice crackers on seaweed and transporting the rice crackers, and wraps the rice crackers around the rice crackers during the conveyance of the conveyor device. A seaweed storage section for storing a large number of horizontally stacked seaweed in a vertical direction is provided on the transfer start side of the device, and a seaweed lifting device is provided to raise the seaweed so that the upper limit position of the seaweed is kept substantially constant, and the conveyor device A seaweed adsorption transfer device is provided which operates in synchronization with the seaweed storage section to adsorb the uppermost seaweed stored in the seaweed storage section and supplies it to the conveyor device, and automatically wraps seaweed around rice crackers. It is possible to provide a seaweed supplying device for a rice cracker and seaweed rolling device that enables automatic feeding of seaweed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a seaweed supply device.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the seaweed adsorption state of the seaweed supply device.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the seaweed supplying state of the seaweed supplying device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which seaweed and rice crackers are set on the conveyor device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a glued state.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which one side of seaweed is wrapped around a rice cracker.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the state in which the other side of the seaweed is wrapped around a rice cracker.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a seaweed-wrapped rice cracker.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Conveyor device 6. Rice crackers 10 Seaweed 46 Seaweed supply device 47 Seaweed storage section 48 Seaweed lifting device 49 Seaweed adsorption transfer device

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A rice cracker and seaweed rolling device comprising a conveyor device for placing and transporting rice crackers on seaweed, and wrapping the rice crackers in the rice cracker during the conveyance of the conveyor device, comprising:
A seaweed storage section for vertically stacking and storing a large number of horizontally oriented seaweed is provided on the transfer start end side of the conveyor device, and a seaweed lifting device is provided for lifting the seaweed so that the upper limit position of the seaweed is kept substantially constant; A rice cracker and seaweed rolling device characterized in that it is provided with a seaweed adsorption and transfer device that operates in synchronization with a conveyor device to adsorb the uppermost seaweed stored in the seaweed storage section and supply it to the conveyor device. Seaweed feeding device.