JPH05260936A - Nethod for introducing ingredient material in appartatus for producing confectionery and the same apparatus for introduction - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically introduce pieces of an octopus into each baking mold while continuously conveying the many baking molds by continuously operating a conveyor chain of an automatic machine for baking octopus dumplings for baking spherical confectioneries such as the spherical octopus dumplings. CONSTITUTION:A recessed part 41 is provided in a rotor 40, rotated and driven 180 deg. and pieces of an octopus in a lower hopper 44 are placed in the recessed part. The rotor 40 is rotated 180 deg. and the recessed part 41 is directed downward. The pieces oil the octopus in the recessed part 41 are scraped out with an ejector 43, dropped and then introduced into each baking mold 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a small piece of animal food material such as octopus, squid, shrimp and cheese (hereinafter referred to as octopus piece) when baking spherical confectionery into a baking mold for baking. Abbreviated as)) and an apparatus for the same, in particular mass production of so-called octopus roast, which is baked by wrapping the ingredients in a pasty dough prepared by dissolving wheat flour in water. However, it can also be applied to okonomiyaki, Akashiyaki, yakisoba, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 2 and 3 are explanatory views of a conventional octopus baking method and a baking tool. The baking mold 1 shown in FIG. 2 has hemispherical recesses, and generally has a structure in which a large number of recesses are arranged on an iron plate. This FIG. 2 depicts one of the recesses. With the concave portion of the baking mold 1 facing upward, pour the lower dough 2 into it, put the ingredient 3 in it, and put the upper dough 4 on it.
And the baking mold 1 is heated from below. The material heated in the baking mold 1 swells as shown in FIG.
It rises above the baking mold 1. This is rotated with a return device 6 in an awl shape as indicated by arrows a and b, and baked in a spherical shape. Firing of the conventional octopus grills described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 is performed on a cottage industrial scale, but recently, a large-scale automatic taco grilling machine was developed, and tens of thousands of daily automatic machines are used. Have been offered to.

However, in the automatic octopus grilling machine, it is difficult to rotate the octopus grill with the turning device as described with reference to FIG. Therefore, the bell-shaped octopus grill 7 as shown in FIG. 4 is fired in the automatic octopus grill. Reference numeral 8 indicated by a virtual line is a baking mold used in an automatic machine. In the present invention, the spherical confectionery is a generic term for a spherical confectionery such as the octopus grill shown in FIG. 3 and a confectionery having a shape similar to the sphere like the octopus grill shown in FIG. 4 (for example, a bell shape). is there. FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view of the baking mold 8 in which a large number of recesses 8b are arranged. 8a
Is a metal fitting for mounting the baking mold 8 on the chain conveyor. FIG. 6 is a schematic view of an automatic octopus baking machine.
A large number of baking molds 8 are arranged on the chain conveyor 21 (six of which are illustrated in FIG. 6), and while being sent in the direction of arrow A, they are sequentially coated below the oil spray 22 to be applied with oil, The lower dough is injected while passing below the dough injector 23, and the first ingredient material such as a piece of octopus is thrown in while passing below the device 24 for inserting octopus and the like. Since the performance is not good, there are many cases in which it is put directly by hand.) While passing below the vegetable thrower 25, a second ingredient such as chopped cabbage is thrown in and the upper dough injector 26 The upper dough is hung on it while passing below, and is heated and burned by the burner 27 while proceeding on the chain conveyor 21 to the right in the figure.

[0004]

The automatic octopus baking machine according to the prior art shown in FIG. 6 is capable of producing several thousand pieces per hour, but it is possible to inject the dough into the baking mold or to make the octopus. , The chopped vegetables are put in, and the baked octopus grill is taken out from the baking mold, so that the chain conveyor 21 is intermittently advanced, so that the production amount is limited. That is, the chain conveyor is stopped while the materials are supplied to the baking mold and the baked octopus grill is taken out from the baking mold, and when these operations are finished, the chain conveyor is advanced by one pitch. , Stop again, perform the above operation, and then repeat such a cycle. It is difficult to change the intermittent operation described above to continuous operation in order to increase the production amount per hour by one machine to 10,000 or more. However, in order to continuously operate the chain conveyor, the following problems must be solved. a. Instantly throwing a predetermined amount of octopus pieces (first ingredient) into a baking mold that is continuously moving. b. Injecting a predetermined amount of chopped vegetables (second ingredient) into the baking mold that is continuously moving. c. Taking out baked octopus grills from the baking molds mounted on the chain conveyor that is continuously advancing. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and aims to dramatically increase the productivity by continuous operation of an automatic octopus baking machine, and cooperates with the improvement of the above items b and c. As a premise, a method for automatically inserting an octopus piece (first ingredient) into a baking mold attached to a chain conveyor that is continuously advancing, and an object for the time being to provide the apparatus. However, it can also be used for intermittent operation.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Above-mentioned purpose (putting an octopus piece (first ingredient) into a baking mold which is continuously moving)
In order to achieve the method of the present invention, in a baking mold being conveyed horizontally, in a method of charging a predetermined amount of small pieces of food material, a rotor having a recess for containing the predetermined amount of food material is provided, With the recess facing upward, while feeding a small piece of food material from above, the small piece is agitated and a predetermined amount thereof is weighed into the rotor recess, and the rotor is rotated to rotate the inside of the recess. It is characterized in that small pieces of food material contained therein are discharged and dropped into a baking mold. However,
When practicing the present invention, it is possible to add only the octopus pieces without adding the vegetables as the second ingredient,
In this case, the first ingredient and the second ingredient are not considered separately.

Further, the device for throwing in ingredients according to the present invention created for carrying out the above-mentioned method of the present invention comprises a rotor, a recess provided in the rotor, and a drive means for rotating the rotor. And a stirring means provided in the vicinity of the rotor.

[0007]

When the above-mentioned charging method is carried out by using the above-mentioned charging device, the octopus pieces are stirred by the stirring means and are weighed into the concave portion of the rotor, and when the rotor is rotated, the concave portion becomes downward. Octopus pieces are released and put into a baking mold. Since octopus, squid, shrimp, etc. are flexible and have elasticity, it is very difficult to automatically and reliably put a predetermined amount of them into them. As far as the present inventor has studied and researched for many years, the present invention makes it possible for the first time. It was

[0008]

EXAMPLE FIG. 7 is a schematic front view showing an example of an automatic octopus baking machine in which the present invention is applied to enable continuous operation of the conveyor 30. A large number of baking molds (not shown) are attached to the conveyor 30 and are circulated as indicated by arrows d and e, and are continuously conveyed without interruption. The baking mold is oiled by an oil wiper 31, and the lower dough pouring machine 3
When passing below 2, the detecting means (not shown) detects the baking mold, and the lower dough pouring machine is operated to inject the lower dough instantaneously. Since the lower dough is in a liquid state, it can be instantaneously injected by using a known technique.
The momentary operation is required for the baking mold to be continuously moved without being stopped intermittently. The baking mold in which the lower dough is injected by the above-mentioned lower dough pouring machine 32 is conveyed to the left side of the drawing, and when it passes under the octopus piece charging machine 33, the hole 1 of the baking mold is detected by a detecting means (not shown). Detecting each row, the octopus piece throwing machine operates, a predetermined amount of octopus pieces are automatically and instantaneously put into each row of the holes in the baking dies, and further fed to the left side of the drawing while being fed into the cake When passing under the vessel 34, the tempura is automatically and instantaneously charged. When the baking mold is further conveyed to the left side of the drawing and passes below the vegetable throwing machine 35, vegetables are automatically and instantaneously charged, and then the baking dough is passed below the upper dough pouring machine 36. Is further conveyed to the left side in the figure at a constant speed and enters the baking machine 37, and is baked while moving in the direction of the arrow d.
Enters and is automatically taken out. A baking mold (not shown) that has passed the octopus grill to the automatic take-out machine 38 circulates in the direction of arrow e, is cleaned after being dipped, and is conveyed below the oil wiping machine 31, and thereafter, the above cycle is repeated.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the detailed construction of the octopus piece charging machine 33. The projections are not necessarily accurate because the structures and functions are drawn for easy understanding.
The baking mold 8 is continuously conveyed in the direction of the arrow d at a predetermined speed, and the rotor 40 is provided above the baking mold 8. 40
Reference numeral a denotes its shaft, which supports the rotor and drives the rotor 40 to reciprocally rotate 180 ° as indicated by a reciprocating arc arrow h. The rotor 40 is provided with a recess 41 having a size capable of accommodating a predetermined amount of octopus pieces. When the rotor 40 rotates clockwise by 180 °, it faces upward as shown in the drawing and rotates clockwise. It turns downward when it is turned 180 °. In the present embodiment, the rotor 40 is rotated clockwise by 180 °, but when carrying out the present invention, the rotating direction of the rotor can be set arbitrarily. The rotation angle can also be set appropriately. B near this rotor 40
The -B cross section is shown in FIG. The rotor of this example is constructed by stacking a large number of rotor elements, and FIG. 8 shows six of them 40A to 40F. These rotor elements are fitted and integrally connected to the shaft 40a and function as an integral member when the apparatus of this embodiment operates, but they are assembled as follows. On a surface of the rotor element 40A facing the rotor element 40B, a notch 41a having a shape obtained by removing a part of the periphery thereof is provided.
The same notch 41b is also provided on the surface of the rotor element 40B facing the rotor element 40A.
a and 41b face each other to form the above-mentioned recess 41 (FIG. 1). Then, the pair of rotor elements 40
A spacer 40b having a thickness g is interposed between A and 40B, and a slit-shaped gap g having a width g is formed between the pair of rotor elements 40A and 40B. In practicing the present invention, the rotor 40 is carved out of a unitary material to carve out the recess 41, and the shaft 40 is passed through this recess.
The slit gap g may be carved along a plane perpendicular to a.
In this example, a cutout 41c is formed in the rotor element 40C and a cutout 41d is formed in the rotor element 40D.
And a spacer 40b is interposed between the two rotor elements to form a slit having a gap dimension g.
Similarly to the above, the notch 41e is formed in the rotor element 40E and the notch 41f is formed in the rotor element 40F.
And a spacer 40b is interposed between the two rotor elements to form a slit having a gap dimension g.
The ejector, which is a plate-like stationary member, is inserted into the slit gap g formed as described above, and is fixed and supported by the base member of the apparatus of this embodiment. 43ab is an ejector arranged between the rotor elements 40A and 40B. Reference numeral 43cd is an ejector arranged between the rotor elements 40C and 40D. 43ef is an ejector arranged between the rotor elements 40E and 40F.

As shown in FIG. 1, a hopper 44 is provided above the rotor 40. In order to distinguish it from the upper hopper 45 described later, the hopper 44 immediately above the rotor 40 is called the lower hopper. In the space surrounded by the lower hopper 44, a stirring rod 42 as a stirring means is provided facing the recess 41 (specifically, the rotor 40 is 180 degrees as indicated by the reciprocating arrow h).
It is reciprocally rotated, and is disposed so as to face the entrance of the recess 41 when it reaches the end of the clockwise rotation stroke). This stirring rod 42 is, as shown by a reciprocating arrow i in the drawing,
It is reciprocally driven in a direction perpendicular to the rotor shaft 40a. However, it does not mean that the rotor shaft 40a and the reciprocating arrow i are orthogonal to each other.
Both are crossed at right angles. When the octopus piece is fed into the lower hopper 44, the octopus piece is lowered by its own weight and is put into the recess 41 by a predetermined amount. This octopus piece is flexible and elastic, and its shape is indefinite, so it is difficult to handle. However, by reciprocating the stirring rod as indicated by the reciprocating arrow i, a certain amount of the octopus smoothly and reliably enters the recess 41. .. At this time, the rotor 40 may be reciprocally rotated by a small angle as indicated by the reciprocating arrow f. Here, the minute angle means that it is significantly smaller than the rotation angle (180 °) of the reciprocating arc arrow h. When the octopus pieces are weighed into the recess 41, the rotor 40 is rotated counterclockwise by 180 ° and the recess 41 is directed downward, but the octopus pieces contained therein are discharged by their own weight. At this time, since the ejector 43 relatively scrapes out the octopus piece in the recess 41, the octopus piece is discharged smoothly and surely. Further, in the present embodiment, when the rotor 40 rotates counterclockwise and reaches the stroke end, the octopus piece in the recess 41 is scraped out by the ejector 43 and is instantaneously discharged. is important. In this way, the predetermined amount of octopus pieces are instantaneously released, so that the octopus pieces can be introduced into the baking mold 8 even if the baking dies 8 are continuously conveyed without being temporarily stopped. As mentioned above, continuously advancing the baking mold without intermittently advancing it has an excellent practical effect of dramatically increasing the production amount without increasing the size and weight of the automatic octopus baking machine. Because it invites. However,
According to the charging device of the present embodiment, it is also possible to charge an octopus piece into the baking mold that is operating intermittently.

In order to stably carry out the operation of weighing a certain amount of the octopus pieces into the recess 41 as described above, it is desirable that the weight load of the octopus pieces applied in the vicinity of the recess 41 is constant. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a level sensor 47 for detecting the amount of accumulated octopus pieces is provided in the lower hopper 44, an upper hopper 45 is provided above the lower hopper 44, and an octopus piece is provided at the discharge port of the upper hopper 45. Supply roller 4
6 is provided. The supply roller 46 of this embodiment has a structure in which two blade-shaped rollers are arranged in parallel and adjacent to each other, and the two blade-shaped rollers are rotated in opposite directions as indicated by circular arc arrows j and j '. It sends out an amount of octopus pieces proportional to the number of rotations. The supply roller 46 is rotated by driving means (not shown), and the level sensor 4 is also rotated.
The hopper 45 is controlled by the output signal of the upper hopper 45 so that the accommodation amount of the octopus pieces in the lower hopper 44 is always constant.
The octopus pieces inside are sent out into the lower hopper 44. In this way, the amount of the octopus pieces in the lower hopper 44 is kept constant, and the weight load of the octopus pieces on the recess 41 is kept constant, so that the accuracy of the octopus pieces weighed in the recess 41 is improved. It is kept high, and as a result, the amount of octopus pieces thrown into the baking mold 8 becomes constant, and the uniformity of the quality of the octopus baked product (the amount of the ingredients mixed) is maintained. Since the octopus piece has an indefinite shape and also has rubber-like elasticity, if the pushing force (distributed load of the octopus piece) into the recess 41 changes, the entering amount becomes unstable. High-accuracy weighing of octopus pieces having such physical properties can be performed only by controlling the storage amount of octopus pieces in the lower hopper 44 to be constant (to keep the upper surface level of deposition constant) as described above. Achieved

In FIG. 8, ejectors 43ab, 43
cd and 43ef must have the strength to withstand the reaction force when scraping out the octopus piece in the recess, but by making it a plate-shaped member arranged along a plane perpendicular to the rotor shaft 40a, It becomes easy to endure the above reaction force. Also, the slit clearance dimension g must be a width dimension that allows the above ejector to slide freely, but since this clearance dimension g can be set wide within the range where the octopus pieces do not enter, the actual design, There is no particular difficulty in manufacturing.
Providing the above ejector has the effect of forcibly and reliably discharging the octopus pieces in the recess 41. However, even if this ejector is omitted, it is possible to drop the octopus piece in the recess by its own weight by rotating the rotor 40 and directing the recess 41 downward.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, if a single rotor 40 is provided with a plurality of recesses and a number of slits and ejectors are provided corresponding to the plurality of recesses, a multiple structure is provided. Since a predetermined amount of octopus pieces can be put into the plurality of concave portions at the same time, it is effective for increasing the production amount. In this case, since it is sufficient to drive one rotor shaft 40a to rotate, the structure of the drive mechanism (not shown) of the rotor 40 is simple, the control is easy, and the manufacturing cost is low.

Regarding the continuous operation of the chain conveyor 30 at a predetermined speed in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the technical difficulty is that the octopus piece inserter 33 instantly moves a predetermined amount of octopus pieces into the moving baking mold. And the vegetable throwing machine 35
That is, a predetermined amount of cut vegetables is instantaneously put into the moving baking mold. FIG. 9 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of the vegetable feeder 35 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, and its DD cross section is shown in FIG. The baking mold 8 has an arrow d
As described above, the base plate 50 is continuously conveyed in a horizontal direction at a predetermined speed, and the base plate 50 is horizontally installed thereon.
On the upper surface of the base plate 50, a large number of grooves 51 parallel to the conveying direction of the baking mold 8 (arrow d) are provided in parallel.
A partition wall 62 is formed between the grooves, and the top portion thereof is not horizontal, and slopes 62a and 62b toward the groove 51 are formed. Providing the slopes 62a and 62b as in this example is convenient for guiding vegetables into the groove 51, but this portion is not necessarily a slope.

A lower hopper 52 having a shape surrounding an upper space of the groove 51 is provided so as to guide vegetables into the groove 51. The slopes 62a and 62b are for guiding vegetables (carved) in the lower hopper 52 into the groove 51. A leveling plate 58 as a leveling tool is provided above the groove 51 so that vegetables can be evenly placed in the groove 51.
a is provided and is reciprocally driven in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the groove 51 via the support bar 58b. In carrying out the present invention, this leveling tool can be configured in a rod shape or a comb shape, but if a vertical plate shape parallel to the groove 51 is used as in this example, the weight of vegetables can be reduced. It does not hinder the flow of descent and has a good leveling effect. The horizontal groove 51 is not necessarily horizontal. A cavity 55 that is substantially vertical to the extending direction of the groove 51 is provided. If attention is paid only to the inner surface shape of this vertical cavity, it may be called a vertical cylinder, but the shape of the outer peripheral surface thereof is not limited and may be, for example, a block shape. In other words, what is required mechanically is a nearly vertical cavity. The groove 51 is
It penetrates the partition wall and communicates with the cavity 55. A pusher bar 53 in the groove direction is arranged in the groove 51, and a link mechanism 54b is formed by the cylinder 54a.
The vegetables in the groove are pushed into the cavity 55 by being driven forward and backward in the groove direction via the. A plunger-shaped pusher bar 56 is provided in the cavity 55, and is vertically reciprocated by a cylinder 57a via a lever 57b to push the vegetables pushed into the cavity 55 into the baking mold 8. When the baking mold 8 approaches the lower part of the cavity 55, the baking mold is detected by a sensor (not shown), and the cylinder 57a is rapidly extended by an electromagnetic valve, so that the pusher bar 56 is rapidly lowered. Then, a predetermined amount of vegetables is instantly released. With this function, it becomes possible to put vegetables into the baking mold 8 which is being continuously conveyed. However, it is of course possible to put vegetables in the baking mold which is being intermittently conveyed. As described above, it is desirable to change the amount of vegetables to be put into the baking dies 8 according to the situation.
In this embodiment, the amount of vegetables to be added is adjusted by changing the operation stroke length of the pusher bar 53 which is arranged in the groove 51 and reciprocates. The stroke length can be changed in any way, for example by providing an adjustable stop. In this embodiment, the cylinder 54
The pin connecting position of the link mechanism 54b with respect to the tip of the piston rod of a can be changed (by selecting the pin hole). As can be easily understood from FIG. 9, when the lower hopper 52 descends into the groove 51 by its own weight and is leveled by the leveling plate 58a, the amount of vegetables measured into the groove 51 is In the reciprocating operation of the pusher bar 53, it is determined by the position when retracted to the right side of the drawing (the position of the tip end surface of the pusher bar 53 at the end of the retract stroke). Then, the vegetables weighed into the groove 51 are pushed into the cavity 55 by the pusher bar 53, and the whole amount is pushed down by the pusher bar 56 and put into the baking mold 8. As is clear from such operation, the baking mold 8 is adjusted by adjusting the reciprocating operation stroke size of the pusher bar 53.
It is possible to change the amount of vegetables to be put in. However, even if the above operating stroke is constant,
There is no change in the effect of instantly adding vegetables.

The above explanation on the adjustment of the input amount of vegetables is based on the assumption that the density of the vegetables (carved) to be weighed into the groove 51 is constant, but the density of the chopped vegetables is It changes with pressure. Therefore, in order to perform the above-mentioned weighing more accurately, the distributed load (weight of vegetables accumulated in the lower hopper 52) acting as a pressure for pushing vegetables into the groove 51 is controlled to be constant. Is desirable. Therefore, in this embodiment, a level sensor 59 for detecting the amount of vegetables is provided in the lower hopper 52, and
An upper hopper 60 is provided above the lower hopper 52, and a supply roller 61 for discharging the vegetables in the upper hopper 60 downward is provided.

Drive unit of the supply roller 61 (not shown)
Is controlled based on the detection signal of the level sensor 59, and operates the supply roller 61 so that the amount of vegetables in the lower hopper 52 is always constant. As a result, the distribution pressure in the groove 51 due to the weight of the vegetables in the lower hopper 52 becomes substantially constant, so that the amount of vegetables to be fed is proportional to the reciprocating stroke size of the pusher bar 53 with sufficient accuracy in practical use. However, the input amount can be controlled.

Next, regarding the automatic octopus grilling apparatus of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the chain conveyor 3 having a grilling die attached thereto
A continuous baking mold transfer in which 0 is circulated at a constant speed will be described. However, in the present invention, in order to distinguish between the intermittent transfer and the continuous transfer of the baking mold, it is basically an intermittent operation to repeat the progress and stop for each pitch dimension p shown in FIG. Is a continuous transfer, but the oil wiper 31, the lower dough pouring machine 32, the octopus piece throwing machine 33, the cake cake throwing machine 34, the vegetable throwing machine 35, and the upper dough pouring machine shown in FIG. When each of the machines 36 is configured in a two-series type or a three-series type according to the row of holes in the baking mold, it can be used in intermittent operation, but in the present invention, the continuous conveyance means that the baking mold is shown in FIG. At the oil wiper 3
From 1 to the automatic unloader 38, it is to be conveyed at a constant speed in the direction of arrow d. Although it is possible to adjust the baking mold conveyance speed at a cycle longer than this,
In the present invention, a larger effect can be obtained by continuous operation. However, even in the case of intermittent operation, since the state is the same as continuous operation in the progress state from the stopped state to the stopped state, it is not possible to apply the present invention to the baking dies that are intermittently operated. Yes, there are significance and effects of application.

The baking mold is continuously conveyed in the direction of arrow d by the chain conveyor 30 and first passes below the oil wiper 31. This oil wiping machine has a structure in which an oil brush impregnated with edible oil is inserted into a concave portion of a baking mold and rotated, but since the baking mold is continuously fed to the left side of the drawing, this example The oil wiper 31 adjusts to the progress of the baking mold to move the oil brush in the direction of the arrow t shown in the drawing to perform an oil wiping action, and ascends in the direction of the arrow u to withdraw from the baking mold and retreat as shown by the arrow v. After that, the box motion of arrows t → u → v → w is repeated, which is inserting into the baking mold as shown by arrow w and rotating.

The baking mold which is continuously conveyed and wiped with oil passes below the lower dough pouring machine 32. The lower dough is a fluid because it is a mixture of Meriken powder in water and seasonings. Therefore, it is possible to inject the lower dough into the baking mold that is being continuously conveyed by the conventional technique.
It can be carried out without undue difficulty. The baking mold filled with the lower dough passes under the octopus piece charging machine 33 while being continuously conveyed. The structure of the octopus piece inserter 33 is as described with reference to FIGS. In the octopus piece inserter 33, the octopus pieces that have been boiled and cut are manually inserted into the upper hopper 45. Since the operation for inserting the octopus pieces is performed intermittently, the storage amount of the octopus pieces in the upper hopper 45 changes periodically. However, due to the action of the supply roller 46 controlled by the output signal of the level sensor 47, the amount of octopus pieces in the lower hopper 44 is always kept constant. Therefore, the recess 41 of the rotor 40
The pressure and distribution due to the own weight of the octopus pieces in the vicinity are almost constant, and a certain amount of the octopus pieces are weighed into the recess 41 due to this pressure distribution and the action of the stirring rod 42. When the baking mold 8 approaches the lower part of the chute 48, the rotor 40 rotates 180 ° in the counterclockwise direction (counterclockwise direction) in the figure, and the recess 41 faces downward. At this time, the ejector 43 is relatively inserted into the concave portion 41, and the octopus piece clogged in the concave portion 41 is scraped out and dropped. In this way, the weighed octopus pieces are instantly put into the baking dies 8 that are continuously conveyed. In the baking mold, generally, as shown in FIG. 5, the concave portions 8b are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions, so that the octopus pieces must be put into a large number of the concave portions that are arranged side by side at right angles to the conveying direction. For this purpose, as in the rotor 40 shown in FIG. 8, a large number of rotor elements 40A to 40F are provided.
A multiple structure in which the shaft is fixed to the shaft 40a is preferable.

The baking mold, into which the lees are put in by the lees pouring machine 34, is further sent to the left side of the drawing and continuously passes under the vegetable dropping machine 35. The structure of the vegetable feeder 35 is as described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. The chopped vegetables are manually put into the upper hopper 60. Since this vegetable feeding operation is performed intermittently, the amount of vegetables in the upper hopper 60 changes periodically. However, while the supply roller 61 is controlled based on the output signal value of the level sensor 59, the vegetables in the upper hopper 60 are discharged and the amount of vegetables in the lower hopper 52 is kept constant.
Vegetables of constant density are pushed into the inside of 1. The amount of vegetables to be weighed in the groove 51 is determined by the pusher bar 53.
Is proportional to the reciprocating stroke length of. In addition, the operating stroke length of the pusher bar 53 is the same as the link mechanism 54b.
It can be changed arbitrarily by adjusting. Groove 51
The vegetables weighed in are leveled by the leveling plate 58a in the direction perpendicular to the groove, and are pushed into the substantially vertical cavity 55 by the pusher bar 53. When the baking mold 8 approaches the lower part of the cavity 55, the pusher bar 56 driven by the cylinder 57a is pushed down by the rapid motion and the vegetables pushed into the cavity 55 are thrown into the baking mold 8. It What is important in terms of the action is that vegetables are instantly put into the baking mold (since it is instantaneously inserted, the baking mold 8 can be temporarily stopped without intermittent feeding. , And the amount of vegetables can be easily adjusted by adjusting the stroke of the pusher bar 53.
It can be adjusted accurately.

In general, a baking mold has a large number of recesses 8b arranged vertically and horizontally as shown in FIG. Therefore, FIG.
A structure in which a large number of grooves 51 are arranged as shown in FIG. 1 and a pusher bar 53 is arranged in each of the large numbers of grooves 51 is preferable. (Refer to FIG. 7) The baking mold to which vegetables have been added by the vegetable inserter 35 continues to be conveyed leftward in the drawing and passes below the upper dough injector 36. The upper dough pouring machine 36 has the same or similar supply as the lower dough pouring machine 32 described above, and pours the upper dough into a continuously moving baking mold. In this way, the baking mold in which the lower dough, octopus pieces, tempura, vegetables, and upper dough are put in order passes through the tunnel kiln-type baking machine 37 at a constant speed,
During this time, the baking mold containing the baked octopus, which is baked during the octopus baking, is continuously fed in the direction of the arrow d and reaches the automatic unloader 38. The conveyor chain 30 is wound around the sprocket 30a, and the baking mold that has advanced in the direction of the arrow d is folded back as shown by the arrow e, and at this time, it is turned upside down. By this upside down, it is easy to drop the takoyaki in the baking mold by gravity, but it is not preferable to disturb the alignment of the takoyaki that is being conveyed in an aligned state and drop it separately, so an automatic unloader Numeral 38 transfers the octopus grill to the carry-out conveyor 39 in an aligned state.

Although illustration is omitted, there are two methods described below for transferring the octopus grill in the baking mold to the carry-out conveyer 39 in the aligned state, both of which are created by the present inventor and separately applied. It is a method according to the inside invention. (No. 1) When the baking mold is rotatably attached to the chain conveyor 30, the baking mold is turned upside down when the chain conveyor 30 rotates along the outer circumference of the sprocket 30a. When this reversal rotation is brought into contact with the stopper at 180 ° and stopped, the takoyaki is released by its own weight and inertial force. A substantially horizontal carry-out conveyor is provided at a position where the octopus grill released at this time is received. (No. 2) If the conveyor for receiving the octopus grill released from the baking mold is arranged so as to face the outer circumference of the sprocket 30a and the drive speed is controlled so that the peripheral speeds of the conveyor and the chain conveyor 30 are controlled, the baking mold The octopus grill released from is transferred to the conveyor without disturbing the aligned state.

As described above, the automatic octopus baking machine according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is constructed so that the octopus baking can be fired while the baking dies are continuously conveyed, and the production efficiency can be improved by this continuous conveyance. Significantly improved (200,000 daily production).
It is mainly the octopus piece throwing machine 33 and the vegetable throwing machine 35 that make this continuous conveyance possible.

[0025]

As described above, in a method of charging a predetermined amount of small pieces of food material into a baking mold being conveyed as described above, a rotor having a recess for containing the predetermined amount of food material is provided, and the recess is formed. While feeding a small piece of food material upward from above, stir the small piece, weigh a predetermined amount into the recess of the rotor, and rotate the rotor to enter the recess. When a small piece of food material is released and dropped into the baking mold, a predetermined amount of octopus pieces can be automatically put into the baking mold that is being continuously conveyed. It allows unmanned octopus to be put in without a person, and in combination with the development of an automatic vegetable feeder, the proportion of ingredients is surely added to improve the taste and make the taste uniform, and the chain conveyor is intermittent. Solve the operational problems such as repeatedly driving and starting and stopping Then, there is the effect of such mechanically and life is long. Therefore, it is possible to dramatically improve the production efficiency of the automatic octopus baking machine. Further, the charging device according to the present invention comprises a rotor, a recess provided in the rotor, a driving means for rotating the rotor, and a stirring means provided in the vicinity of the rotor. Therefore, it is suitable for carrying out the method of the invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view of the method 1 of the present invention carried out using the apparatus of the present invention 1
It is sectional drawing which shows the structure and operation | movement in an example.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a conventional technique of firing octopus grill as an example of spherical confectionery.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a reversing operation in a conventional technique of baking an octopus grill as an example of spherical confectionery.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between an automatic grill and a bell-shaped octopus grill in an automatic octopus grill.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a baking mold in which a large number of recesses are arranged, which is used in an automatic tacho baking machine.

FIG. 6 is a side view of an automatic octopus baking device according to the prior art, which has a structure for conveying a large number of baking dies.

FIG. 7 is a schematic overall view showing an automatic octopus baking machine provided with an embodiment of the charging device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line BB in the automatic dosing device according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the vegetable feeder of the automatic octopus grill according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a schematic partially enlarged view showing a DD cross section of the automatic vegetable feeder shown in FIG. 9.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Conventional baking type, 2 ... Lower dough, 3 ... Tool, 4 ... Upper dough, 5 ... Octopus baking in the prior art, 8 ... Automatic baking type,
30 ... Chain conveyor, 31 ... Oil wiping machine, 32 ... Lower dough pouring machine, 33 ... Octopus piece throwing machine, 34 ... Tempura meal throwing machine,
35 ... Vegetable throwing machine, 36 ... Top dough pouring machine, 37 ... Baking machine, 38 ... Automatic take-out machine, 40 ... Rotor, 41 ... Recessed part, 4
2 ... stirring rod, 43 ... ejector, 44 ... lower hopper, 4
5 ... upper hopper, 46 ... supply roller, 48 ... chute,
50 ... Base plate, 51 ... Groove, 52 ... Lower hopper, 53 ...
Pusher bar, 55 ... Almost vertical cavity, 56 ... Pusher bar, 58a ... Leveling plate, 58b ... Support bar, 60 ... Upper hopper, 61 ... Supply roller, 62 ... Partition wall, 62a,
62b ... A slope at the top of the partition wall.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method for charging a predetermined amount of small pieces of food material into a baking mold which is conveyed horizontally, wherein a rotor having a concave portion for containing the predetermined amount of food material is provided, and the concave portion is provided upward. Toward the upper side, while feeding a small piece of food material from above, the small piece is stirred and a predetermined amount thereof is weighed into the recess of the rotor, and the rotor is rotated to enter the recess. A method for charging ingredients in a confectionery manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that small pieces of food material are discharged and dropped. 2. A rotor, a recess provided in the rotor, a drive means for rotating the rotor, and a stirring means provided in the vicinity of the rotor. The device for feeding ingredients in a confectionery manufacturing device.