JPH06141779A - Production machine for rolled confectionery - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce a rolled Japanese cracker unique in feature by applying vegetable or other edible thin pieces on its surface. CONSTITUTION:The objective production machine is made up of a Japanese cracker baking means A made up of a baking mold conveyor 26 composed of many stationary molds 27 and openable/closabwle molds 28 and equipped with a Japanese cracker takeout device designed to circulate in a specified direction, an edible thin piece feed means B made up of a conveyor 3 composed of many plates 41, 42... designed to place edible thin pieces thereon, an edible thin piece transferring means C having a nozzle supporting member 6 to transfer from the means B to the means A by adsorbing the edible thin pieces, and a rolling means D to make rolled Japanese cracker by rolling Japanese cracker taken out of the baking mold surface having been loaded with the edible thin pieces.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial application] The present invention automatically places seasoned seaweed, young leaves of pepper, shiso and other fragrant vegetables and maple leaves or thinly sliced cucumber, carrots, fruits etc. on one side of the rice cracker dough. The present invention relates to a confectionery making machine that is baked and rolled.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a device in which powdered additives are sprinkled on a rice cracker dough and rolled.

[0003]

However, if the powdered additive in the above-mentioned conventional example can be sprinkled on the rice cracker dough continuously and automatically, the thin plate-like additive can be automatically fed continuously. It was difficult to place it on the rice cracker dough. The present invention addresses the drawbacks of the above-mentioned conventional examples and provides an apparatus capable of automatically and continuously supplying various thin plate-like additives without lowering production efficiency.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A rice cracker baking means having a device for taking out a baked rice cracker from a baking mold, a means for continuously supplying vegetables such as shiso, Japanese pepper and other edible thin pieces such as seaweed, Means for taking out one of the edible flakes from the edible flakes supply means and transferring it to the rice cracker dough during firing, and winding the rice cracker taken out from the baking mold by placing and baking the edible flakes It consists of means.

[0005]

[Function] The rice cracker dough that is being flatly filled by the rice cracker baking means is transferred to a position where it meets the path of a means for supplying edible flakes such as shiso and Japanese pepper, and the edible flakes are edible by the transfer means. After transferring from the thin piece supply means to the rice cracker dough and stacking the rice cake dough, the rice cracker taken out by baking the rice cake dough is rolled up by the winding device.

[0006]

EXAMPLES The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the examples shown in the drawings. First, the rolled confectionery manufacturing machine of the present invention is roughly divided into a means A for baking rice crackers and an edible flakes such as perilla or seaweed. Means B, means C for transferring the edible flakes to the rice cracker dough that is being baked by the rice cracker baking means A, and winding means D for rolling the edible rice cake that has been placed and baked It consists of 4 blocks.

Next, each block will be described in more detail. The rice cracker baking means A has a drive wheel 25 pivotally provided at one end of the frame 24 and pivots at the other end thereof, as shown in FIGS. A baking mold conveyor 26 formed by connecting a large number of molds in a chain shape is stretched so as to circulate in a predetermined direction across the installed driven wheels 25 ′, and a circulation path of the baking mold conveyor 26 is Along the way, a material supply nozzle 30 for supplying a material (kneaded with flour and eggs) from a material supply hopper 29 to the baking mold, a burner device (not shown) for heating the baking mold, an extraction device, etc. are arranged. The baking mold is composed of fixed molds 27, 27, ... and open / close molds 28, 28 ,.

Next, the means B for supplying the edible flakes has a drive wheel 2 pivoted at one end of a frame 1 provided at the side of the rice cracker baking means A so as to be orthogonal to the traveling direction of the baking conveyor 26. , Pivotally provided on the other end of the drive wheel 2 and the frame 1 (not shown)
A plurality of short fence plates 4 ₁ , 4 ₂ , ... Conveyor 3 in which rows are arranged is stretched between the driven wheels and the plates 4 ₁ , 4 ₂ ,.
Is divided into two parts in the longitudinal direction and meshes 5, 5'are provided in each part.

Further, the means C for transferring the edible flakes supplied by the means B onto the rice cracker dough on the baking mold of the rice cracker baking means A is a corner of the intersection of the rice cake baking means A and the edible thin piece supply means B. It is provided at the corner. That is, two parallel links (between the fulcrums) 10, 13 on the horizontal support frame 9 have their base ends 11, 1.
4 and the other ends 12 and 15 are also pivotally connected to the nozzle support 6, respectively, and four pairs of suction nozzles 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ , 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ are attached to the lower surface of the substrate 6 as shown in FIG. And a piston 20 of a cylinder 19 which is pivotally supported by a mounting piece 18 connected to the support frame 9 in the middle between both ends of one link 10 of the two links 10 and 13. The links 20 and 13 are pivotally connected to the outer end of the piston so that both links 10 and 13 are horizontally swung by expansion and contraction of the piston 20, and the horizontal support frame 9 is supported by the frame 1 so as to be vertically movable. It is fixed to the upper ends of the vertical guide rods 17 and 17 of the book, and the intermediate position of the guide rods 17 and 17 of the horizontal support frame 9 is fixed to the upper end of the piston rod 16 of the vertical cylinder 16 ′ fixed to the frame 1. I will support you. Further, the nozzle support 6 connects the central part thereof and the suction port of the blower 23 installed in the lower part of the side part of the rice cracker baking means A through the intake pipes 21 and 22, and applies a negative pressure to the suction nozzle. In addition, the suction force from the intake pipes 21 and 22 is transmitted to the suction nozzles 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ , 7 ₁ and 7 ₂ or the suction force is blocked by the nozzle support tool 6. When the nozzle support tool 6 is on the conveyor 3 of the edible thin piece supply means B, a suction force from the blower 23 is applied to the suction nozzles 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ , 7 ₁ ,
7 ₂ so that the nozzles 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ , 7 ₁ , 7 can be opened.
_{When 2} moves to the rice cracker dough of the rice cracker baking means A, the suction force to the suction nozzles 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ , 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ is cut off. Further, the suction and shutoff operations to the suction nozzle are switched by operating the solenoid valve.
Not limited to this, a blower 23 and an air supply pump (not shown) are provided, and a valve for selectively switching the passages between the nozzle support 6 and the nozzle support 6 is provided in each of the three-way passages leading to the nozzle support 6. A device may be provided so that the nozzle support 6 is communicated with the blower 23 or with the separately provided compressor.

Further, the winding means D for winding the baked rice cracker into a roll forms the rice cracker taken out by the scraper device 32 at the position of the driven wheel 25 'by the scraper device 32 on the supply conveyor 31. It is in a position to be connected and supplied. That is, the edible flakes supply device B has already received the benefits of the edible flakes on the baking conveyor, and the baking dies heat and bake the cake to a certain size. The confectionery is formed by rolling the formed roll 33 into a certain diameter and cooling and solidifying. The means for rolling up the rice cracker has been used in the past for producing rolled confectionery. Therefore, in the present invention, the mechanism of this portion may be a general one. A mesh is applied to the tips of the nozzles 7 ₁ and 7 ₂ as shown in FIG. 7 to prevent the edible flakes from being sucked.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described in detail. In the illustrated example, four pieces are taken at a time. When forming a rolled confectionery, that is, a rolled rice cracker, an edible thin piece b is formed.
Any of ₁ , b ₂ , b ₃ , ... May be used, but here, for example, seasoned seaweed is added to the outside of the rice cracker, and the edible flakes b
_1, b _2, b _3, each plate 4, 4 of ... conveyor 3, ... mesh portion 5,5 'and 5,5', thereby intermittently moving the conveyer 3 in the direction of the arrow and put ... in this case By applying a low negative pressure to the inside of the conveyor 3 to constantly generate an airflow from the mesh portions 5, 5 ', 5, 5'of each plate 4, 4, ... to the inside of the conveyor. The edible thin pieces b ₁ , b ₂ , b ₃ , ... are brought into close contact with the plates 4, 4, ... in a stable manner. In this case, _two edible thin pieces b ₁ , b ₂ , b ₃ , ... are stacked as shown in FIG. And supply in sequence. At this time, the piston rod 16 is in the raised position due to the operation of the cylinder 16 ', and accordingly, the nozzle support 6 is supported by the links 10 and 13 and stands by together with the horizontal support frame 9 in the upper position. The suction nozzles 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ , 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ projecting from the lower surface of the nozzle support 6 have their intake ports separated from the upper surface of the conveyor 3 by an intermittent movement. As shown in FIG. 9, when the most advanced plate 4 ₁ on which is mounted reaches just below the suction nozzle 7 ₂ , the cylinder 16 ′ is operated to lower the piston rod 16 and the suction nozzle 7 ₂ is placed in a higher position. Food slice b ₁
First, the suction nozzle 7 ₂ is dealt with by operating a solenoid valve provided in the nozzle support 6 to apply a negative pressure to each suction nozzle 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ , 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ At the same time as adsorbing the edible thin piece b ₁ , the cylinder 16 ′ is operated again to raise the piston rod 16 and the adsorption nozzle 7 ₂
Once the edible thin piece b ₁ adsorbed on is lifted, the cylinder 16 'is operated,
The link 10 is swung on the baking conveyor 26 of the rice cracker baking means A as shown by the chain line in FIG. At this time, the link 13 includes the link 10, the nozzle support 6, and the horizontal support frame 9
By forming a parallel four-link mechanism between the respective fulcrums by means of, the nozzle support 6 moves to the fixed mold 27 of the baking mold conveyor 26 without changing its direction, and then moves to the cylinder 16 'And the nozzle support 6 is lowered to close the solenoid valves of the nozzle support 6 at the time when the nozzles 7 ₁ and 7 ₂ approach the upper surface of the baking mold.
The suction nozzle 7 is interrupted by interrupting the intake action from 3
_The adsorption action of the edible thin pieces b ₁ by ₁ and 7 ₂ is released, and the edible thin pieces b ₁ are dropped on the rice cracker dough waiting in the baking mold and sent to the next baking means A. In this case, in the above case, the edible flakes are naturally dropped by releasing the suction operation acting on the suction nozzles 7 ₁ and 7 ₂ and placed on the rice cracker dough, but not limited to this. By switching the path of the intake pipe 21 from the blower 23 to an air supply pump provided separately, the edible thin pieces b ₁ adsorbed at the tips of the adsorption nozzles 7 ₁ and 7 ₂ are more positively separated. Is also good. The dough on which the edible flakes of the fixed mold 27 are placed as described above is then baked by closing the opening / closing mold 28 once, and then the edible flakes b are wound by the winding roll 24 of the winding means D. _The rice cracker a is rolled as shown in FIG. 10 by rolling the rice cracker in a roll shape with ₁ as the outside. As described above, when the transfer operation of the edible thin pieces b ₁ and b ₁ adsorbed by the suction nozzles 7 ₂ and 7 ₂ onto the dough is completed, the cylinder 16 ′ is operated again, and the nozzle support 6
And at the same time the cylinder 19 is operated to return the link 10 to the initial position shown by the solid line in FIG.

Next, when the second operation is repeated, the conveyor 3 is in a position advanced by one pitch during that time. Therefore, the frontmost plate 4 ₁ is located immediately below each suction nozzle 7 ₁ , 7 _2.
The upper edible thin piece b ₂ corresponds to the suction nozzle 7 ₁ , the upper edible thin piece b ₂ on the next plate 4 ₂ corresponds to the suction nozzle 7 ₂ , and all the nozzles 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ can be operated at the same time. The thin slices of food are adsorbed and sequentially transferred to the dough on standby in the baking mold by the same operation as described above. As described above, after the second operation, one of the most advanced sheet and the succeeding one sheet are sequentially taken out as a set, and transferred to the baking conveyor 26. By doing so, vacant seats on each plate of the conveyor 3 are eliminated, and efficient supply is achieved.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, two edible flakes such as shiso and seaweed are superposed on a supply conveyor and supplied, so that empty seats cannot be efficiently placed on each plate of the conveyor, and the efficiency is improved. Can be supplied. In addition, since a mesh plate or punching board is inserted into the suction port of the suction nozzle, it prevents deep edible flakes or deformation when negative pressure is applied to the suction nozzle. it can. Further, the inside of the conveyor for supplying the edible flakes is always kept at a lower pressure than the outside, and a mesh is provided at a portion of each plate where the flakes are placed, so that the flakes can be stably held. Other means for moving the flakes from the conveyor that supplies the edible flakes onto the baking conveyor has the effect that the edible flakes can be replaced while maintaining the posture of the edible flakes, and The present invention is not limited to the use example of seaweed, but can be similarly applied to other thin slices of vegetables and the like, and a rolled rice cracker having a different taste from a normal rice cracker can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cutaway plan view of a main part of a rolled confectionery manufacturing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the above.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a nozzle support.

FIG. 5 is an overall plan view of the rolled confectionery manufacturing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a lower end portion of the suction nozzle.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a plate used for a conveyor for feeding edible flakes.

FIG. 9 is an operation diagram showing an edible thin piece adsorption procedure.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a rolled rice cracker baked by the manufacturing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A rice cracker baking means B edible flakes supply means C edible flakes transfer means D winding means 1 frame 3 conveyor 6 nozzle support 21 intake pipe 26 baking type conveyor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rice cracker baking means having a device for taking out a baked rice cracker from a baking mold, a means for supplying edible flakes such as seaweed, shiso, and Japanese pepper, and one edible flakes from the edible flakes supplying means. Transferring means for placing on the rice cracker dough during baking by the rice cracker baking means, and placing and baking the thin pieces, and the plate-shaped still soft rice cake taken out from the baking mold is rolled up and cooled and solidified. A confectionery making machine comprising a winding means.