JPH05317019A - Block piece for continuously dividing rodlike food body and continuous dividing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a block piece useful for producing e.g. melon-flavored bun with good quality in high productivity, having a recessed sliding surface with stairlike section and a projected sliding surface with inverse stairlike section and also having a chipped part at the outside edge of the recessed sliding surface, not adjacent to the projected sliding surface. CONSTITUTION:The block piece with top and bottom flat surfaces parallel with each other, having, over the whole length of the sides adjacent to the above parallel surfaces, (A) a recessed sliding surface 2 with stairlike section, having an edge with a sharp angle to the top flat surface and (B) a projected sliding surface 3 with inverse stairlike section, and also having (C) a chipped part at the outside edge of the recessed sliding surface 2, not adjacent to the projected sliding surface.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a continuous dividing device for a stick-shaped food product, and more specifically, a stick-shaped food product having a double structure is covered with an outer crust on the top and side like a melon pan, and the inner part is exposed at the bottom. The present invention relates to a molding apparatus for such products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a similar one in the technical field of the present invention, there is an encapsulating and cutting means of Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 1-42652, and a double continuous rod-shaped material is encased continuously so that the inner wrapping material is not exposed. Some are designed to be split. However, these means are related to cutting the covering to prevent the inner packaging material from being exposed, and are intended to be completely wrapped with the outer skin, and the upper surface or upper half such as melon bread is covered with the outer skin (cookie dough). The covered product cannot be molded separately.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and has a structure in which upper and lower flat surfaces are parallel to each other with a large thickness, and the stairs are formed over the entire length of the side portions adjacent to each other. A concave sliding surface 2 having a circular cross section, the concave sliding surface 2 forming an acute edge portion with the upper flat surface, and one convex shape having an inverted stepwise cross section over the entire length, which is the reverse of the above. A block piece having a sliding surface 3 is prepared, a means for continuously feeding a rod-shaped food product is provided coaxially at the lower part of the means, and the enclosed space portion 5 from the open state to the closed disappearance state is provided at the center. Repeating the transition, three or more of the divided molding block pieces are joined to the concave sliding surface 2 of one block piece 1 and the block piece 1 '
A slidable annular assembly 4 in which the convex sliding surfaces 3 are sequentially brought into contact with each other, and an annular housing accommodating this annular assembly
A continuous dividing device for a rod-shaped food product, which comprises means for simultaneously sliding 10 and the block pieces 1, 1 ′ of the annular assembly 4 inside the housing 10 and means for vertically moving the housing 10, which are concentric. When dividing a continuous rod-shaped body that is supplied with an inner packaging material, the concave sliding surface of the side portion presses the dough with the decrease in the enclosure, and the outer skin is pressed and moved toward the center, and the top and side of the dough are moved. The part is covered with an outer skin, the edge part is cut, and the inner packaging material is exposed as it is at the bottom part.

[0004]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments. A block piece 1 has a large thickness T, upper and lower flat surfaces are parallel to each other, and a concave sliding surface 2 having a stepwise cross section over the entire length of its adjacent side portions. have. This concave sliding surface 2 is an upper flat surface
11 has an edge portion 201 that intersects 11 at an acute angle.
Adjacent to the bottom of the vertical plane 202 and the downward slope 20 below it.
3 and these constitute the stepwise concave sliding surface 2. The side adjacent to the concave sliding surface 2 is provided with a convex sliding surface 3 having a stepwise cross section opposite to the concave sliding surface over the entire length. The convex sliding surface 3 is a surface 301 that abuts the edge portion 201 of the concave sliding surface 2, the vertical surface 202, and a contact surface 30.
2 and an upward slope 303 that comes into contact with the downward slope 203. 6 pieces of the block pieces 1 are prepared, and the annular assembly 4 in which the concave sliding surface 2 and the convex sliding surface 3 of the adjacent block piece 1'are sequentially brought into contact with each other is fitted into the annular housing 10. The block pieces 1, 1 ′ are slid in the housing so as to repeat the transition from the open state to the closed disappearance state of the enclosed space 5 at the center.

A drive ring 11 is mounted on the annular housing 10. The drive ring 11 has the drive pins 12 at predetermined intervals.
Is attached, and this pin 12 is the block piece 1, 1 '.
It fits into the long hole 24 of. A cam follower 13 attached to the lower part of the drive ring 11 is engaged with a sliding groove 151 of a bar 15 protruding from the rod 14. One end of the rod 14 is an arm
The arm 16 is pivotally attached, and the other end of the arm 16 is axially fitted to the base 17. A cam follower 18 attached at a predetermined position of the arm 16.
Fits in the groove of the cam 19. The base 17 is mounted on the main shaft 20 so as to be vertically movable. A cam 21 is attached to the main shaft,
A cam follower 23 attached to a base arm 22 extending from the base 17 is fitted in the groove of the cam 21. When the cam 21 rotates due to the rotation of the main shaft, the base 17 moves up and down via the cam follower 23 restricted by the groove.

Below the annular housing 10, a receiving conveyor 40 is provided as a receiving stand for the divided food products. The receiving conveyer 40 is carried by the drive device (not shown) intermittently to convey the product, and at the same time, it moves up and down below the housing 10. The vertical movement of the receiving conveyor 40 is set to be adjustable in synchronization with the vertical movement of the annular housing 10 and the opening / closing timing of the annular assembly 4.

Next, the nozzle mechanism of the continuous rod-shaped supply means will be described. The outer cylinder 30, the inner cylinder 31 and the mandrel 32 are coaxially fixed to each other, and the annular shape between the outer cylinder 30 and the inner cylinder 31 is provided. Nozzle assembly 4 in which the gap A is used as a passage for the outer fabric and the annular gap B between the inner cylinder 31 and the mandrel 32 is used as a passage for the inclusion fabric 4
Make up 01. The outer cylinder 30 is constructed by fitting the upper portion 402 and the lower portion 403 thereof, and the inner cylinder 31 is provided in the inner cylinder upper portion 411 and the outer cylinder lower portion 403 of the portion extending inside the outer cylinder upper portion 402. It is composed of the lower part 412 of the inner cylinder. Mandrel 32 is the upper part of the inner cylinder
It is attached to the arm 413 that extends from 411.

The ring gear 33 has a disk shape, and a blade 34 is fixed to the inner ring 331 at the center of the ring gear 33.
The 31 is connected to the outer ring 332 by the spokes 35 and is integrated. Attach this ring gear 33 to the nozzle assembly 401,
The blade 34 is in the annular gap B, and the inner ring 331
A clearance between the outer ring 332 and the outer ring 332 is configured to match the annular clearance A. The gear portion 36 of this ring gear 33 is
It meshes with the gear 37 of the geared shaft 38. Grooves 39 are radially provided on the outer ring 332, and are formed as backflow preventing grooves so that the cloth passing therethrough does not leak toward the gear 36 when the grooves are radially fitted to the assembly 401.

[0009]

2 to 7 show the block piece 1 of the assembly 4 housed in the housing 10 from the open state to the closed disappearance state of the space portion 5. As soon as the surrounding space 5 in which the dough 6 is continuously supplied becomes small, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the projections 204 of the edge portions 201 first gather and the surrounding space 5 disappears. At this point, the receiving conveyor 40 operates so as to rise from the initial position, approach the annular housing 10, and then descend together with the housing 10. Block piece 1 ... has a missing portion 207, so the edge tip
Even after 204 are assembled, as the assembly slides further, the vertical surface
The ends of 202 gather (Fig. 6), and when it goes further, it is a downward slope.
The ends 206 of 203 are gathered together, and the lower depression disappears and becomes flat as shown in FIG. The fabric 6 which is gradually cut by the edge portion 201 and is divided and cut by the edge portion protruding end 204 due to the disappearance of the surrounding space portion 5 moves in the process toward the center of the fabric by the vertical surface 202 contacting and pressing the outer skin 7. Let At this time, the outer skin 7 is moved to the center and the inner cloth 8 flows in the direction of the arrow. The outer wrap 7 covers the inner wrapping material 8 and the dough is divided into upper and lower parts. This inclusion fabric 8
When the sheet moves in the direction of the arrow, since the bottom portion 61 of the cloth does not have the outer skin 7, the inner cloth 8 is pushed to the surface and the bulge exposed portion increases.

The action and effect of the vertical movement of the receiving conveyer 40 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the dough is pushed in the downward arrow direction by the dough pressing of the vertical surface 202 and the downward slope 203. But at this time the conveyor
40 holds the bottom 61 to prevent the material from being pushed or dropped more than necessary. Since the receiving conveyor 40 presses the bottom 61 of the cloth, the downward slope 203 and the cloth are sufficiently pressed and contacted with each other, so that the covering of the outer skin 7 is sufficiently performed by the slope. Also, if the dough is excessively pushed downward from the assembly 4 during the divided cutting, in the case of soft cookie or biscuit dough, the top of the product becomes an elongated horn shape, which may deteriorate the product shape, This problem does not occur when the receiving conveyor 40 presses the cloth and moves it up and down in synchronization with the opening and closing of the assembly 4.

The timing for synchronizing the vertical movement of the conveyor 40 with the housing 10 is selected according to the difference in viscoelasticity of the cloth. That is, in the case of a cloth having a strong elasticity, the cloth can be strongly pressed against the assembly 4 by the conveyer to enhance the covering effect. For soft or sticky materials such as cookie dough, it is possible to prevent the dough from sticking by shortening the pressing time on the assembly. Further, since the enclosed space 5 is reduced and the concavity formed by the pressing of the cloth on the concave sliding surface is reduced in surface area, the upper outer skin 7 is not thinned.
After the vertical planes 202 are assembled, the end of the downward slope 203 is enclosed and the space 5 is continuously closed, so that the bread dough material with high elasticity suppresses the return of the dough after cutting, and the top of the product. The sides are completely covered by the outer skin. As for the thickness of the block piece, the thickness T required for the covering action is selected depending on the property of the material to be divided and the thickness of the material to be supplied.

The product divided and cut by the above-mentioned annular assembly has a top and a side covered with a skin, and a bottom 61 has an edge portion.
By cutting 201, a product is obtained in which the inner wrapping material is exposed without the movement of the outer skin. Further, the dough supplied to the nozzle assembly 401 passes through the annular gaps A and B, respectively, and is supplied from the discharge port 404 as a double stick-shaped food body. At this time, the dough passing through the gap B is sent downward by the rotary blade 34, but the dough 6 is agitated and kneaded by the rotation of this blade, and when this dough is a bread dough, the gluten film of the bread dough is developed. In this embodiment, a melon bread was formed using the outer dough 7 as the biscuit dough and the inner dough 8 as the dough. As a result, it was possible to obtain a good quality melon bread in which the product that had undergone the final step had a volume of bread of the dough for inclusion and the bread dough was sufficiently exposed at the bottom.

[0013]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the top and sides of the product are covered with the outer skin, and the bottom or bottom of the product can surely and efficiently produce a stable melon bread with the exposed shape of the bread dough. It is possible to obtain high productivity and high added value.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of an annular assembly according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the annular assembly according to the present invention when opened.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the annular assembly according to the present invention when it is closed.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

5 is a side sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of a split cutting operation according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of a split cutting operation according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an overall plan view of a split cutting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a partial sectional side view of the split cutting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a side sectional view of a drive mechanism of the annular assembly according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the drive mechanism of the annular assembly according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a side sectional view of a nozzle assembly according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a ring gear and a blade portion according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a side sectional view of a nozzle assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Block Piece 2 Concave Sliding Surface 3 Convex Sliding Surface 4 Annular Assembly 5 Enclosed Space 6 Fabric 7 Outer Skin 8 Enclosing Fabric 10 Annular Housing 11 Drive Ring 12 Drive Pin 13 Pocket 14 Rod 15 Bar 16 Arm 17 Base 18 Cam Follower 19 Cam 20 Spindle 21 Cam 22 Base Arm 23 Cam Follower 30 Outer Cylinder 31 Inner Cylinder 32 Mandrel 33 Ring Gear 34 Blade 37 Gear 38 Geared Shaft 39 Groove 40 Receiving Conveyor 101 Upper Flat Surface 102 Long Hole 201 Edge 202 Vertical Side 203 Downward Slope 204 Edge tip 205 Vertical surface end 206 Bevel end 401 Nozzle assembly 402 Outer cylinder upper part 403 Outer cylinder lower part 404 Discharge port 411 Inner cylinder upper part 412 Outer cylinder lower part 413 Arm

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A concave-concave sliding surface 2 having a stepwise cross-section, which is parallel to the upper and lower flat surfaces and extends over the entire length of the side portions adjacent to each other. The concave-shaped sliding surface 2 forms an acute angle with the upper flat surface. An outer end of the concave sliding surface 2 that is not adjacent to the convex sliding surface 3 and that has an edge portion and is opposite to the above and that has a convex sliding surface 3 having an inverted stepwise cross section over the entire length. A block piece for continuous division of a rod-shaped food product that forms a missing portion in its part. 2. A means for continuously supplying a rod-shaped food product, which is coaxially provided at a lower portion of the means, and which repeats the transition from the open state to the closed disappearance state of the enclosed space 5 at the center. A slidable ring formed by sequentially engaging three or more of the split molding block pieces with the concave sliding surface 2 of one block piece 1 and the convex sliding surface 3 of the adjacent block piece 1 ′. Assembly 4
And the annular housing 10 for accommodating the annular assembly and the block pieces 1, 1 '...
Means for simultaneously sliding inside the housing, and housing
A continuous dividing device for a rod-shaped food product, which comprises means for moving 10 up and down. 3. The continuous dividing device according to claim 2, wherein
The apparatus is characterized in that a food receiving stand which is divided below the housing is provided so as to move up and down in synchronization with the housing. 4. A means for supplying a rod-shaped food product according to claim 2, wherein the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder are coaxially provided, and the mandrel is provided at the center of the inner cylinder. The annular space between the inner cylinder and the inner cylinder is the passage of the outer skin material, and the annular space between the inner cylinder and the mandrel is the passage of the inclusion material and the annular space between the inner cylinder and the mandrel is A continuous dividing device for rod-shaped food products, characterized by having a dough stirring blade in the space.