JPH0614832B2 - A device that conveys semi-solid materials at intervals. - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an article supply apparatus, and more particularly, in a manufacturing apparatus for stacking a plurality of materials such as fish meat grind and thin cheese to make a multi-layer product, those materials are kept constant. A device for feeding at intervals.

Technical background Some fish paste products are not only made of a single type of fish meat material, but are multi-layer products formed by stacking or sandwiching other types of products such as cheese. .

In the case of producing the product P1 as shown in FIG. 3 in such a product, as a general method, the first material A such as fish meat ground which is the lower layer part of the product is provided on the belt conveyor. The second material B sandwiched inside cheese or the like is continuously supplied over the first material, and further, the fish meat pickles to be the upper layer of the product, etc. The third material C is supplied to form an elongated sandwich as a whole, and this is cut into an appropriate length to form.

However, the product P1 produced by such a method has the second material B sandwiched inside the cut surface as shown in the figure.
Will be exposed.

On the other hand, it may be desired to make a product P2 as shown in FIG. That is, in this product,
The material sandwiched in the middle is not exposed to the outside. When making such a product, the material B placed in the middle is
It is cut into a predetermined length in advance, and this is supplied onto the elongated first material A conveyed by a belt conveyor at an appropriate interval, and then the third material C is supplied onto the elongated first material A to form a continuous elongated object. It is made and cut at an intermediate position of the intermediate material B.

Therefore, when manufacturing such a product, it is important to supply the intermediate material at precise intervals, but in the conventional apparatus, an apparatus for supplying such material at appropriate intervals has been developed. It was usually done manually by the workers. Furthermore, when the intermediate material is softer than a certain level, it is difficult to supply it by hand, and therefore,
It was not possible to make product P2 as described above using such materials.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide an apparatus capable of conveying semi-solid materials such as continuously supplied cheese at a required interval. To do.

Structure of the Invention That is, the apparatus according to the present invention is a nozzle for continuously supplying a semi-solid material such as kneaded cheese (indicated by reference numeral 36 in the examples described below; A transport roller which is rotatable around and is rotated at a peripheral surface speed substantially equal to the supply speed of the semi-solid material supplied from the nozzle, and at a predetermined position of the upper half part thereof, from the nozzle. A transport roller (40) for receiving the supplied semi-solid material; a means for cutting the semi-solid material received by the transport roller at regular intervals in the transport direction (implemented as piano wire 38 in the same embodiment); At the position where the semi-solid material is conveyed upward through the lowest part of the conveying roller, the semi-solid material conveyed by the conveying roller is separated from the conveying roller. Stage (4
6) and: The semi-solid material which is set at the lower position of the conveying roller, is peeled by the peeling means and hangs downward, and the received semi-solid material is faster than the peripheral surface speed of the conveying roller. A means for transporting at a speed, wherein the transport direction at the part for receiving the semi-solid material is
Conveying means arranged so as to be in the same direction as the rotation direction of the roller at the lowest part of the conveying roller (in the embodiment, the conveying roller 42 is embodied, but conceptually, the conveying roller is excluded. Can be implemented as the belt conveyor 12, and in this case, the conveyance direction of the belt conveyor is opposite to that in the illustrated example).

The operation and effect of the invention The apparatus according to the present invention is configured as described above, and the semi-solid material such as cheese that is continuously supplied is received by the conveying roller and has a constant interval in the conveying direction. It is cut, peeled off from the conveying roller by the peeling means, and transferred to the conveying means set below the roller and conveyed. The conveying means is adapted to convey the received semi-solid material at a speed higher than the peripheral speed of the conveying roller, until the next semi-solid material is peeled from the conveying roller and its tip reaches the conveying means. Since the semi-solid material received earlier is advanced forward, the semi-solid material sequentially received on the conveying means is conveyed with a certain interval.

Therefore, if this apparatus is used for manufacturing the above-mentioned multi-layer product, the intermediate material B can be supplied at intervals.

The peeling means is set at the position as described above, and the conveying direction of the conveying means is set as described above by peeling the semi-solid material at the position where the conveying roller passes through the lowermost portion, When the material moves upward in the direction passing through the lowermost portion and then bends downward so as to hang downward, and when the rearmost portion of the material is peeled by the peeling means, the tip of the material is This is because the material reaches the conveying means so that the material is not subjected to a tensile force as much as possible, and further, the front end of the material received by the conveying means is located ahead of the rear end.

Examples Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an apparatus 8 for producing a multi-layer product such as the product P2 described above, specifically a fish paste product with cheese sandwiched therein.

This manufacturing apparatus includes a hot water tank 10 for heating a supplied material to obtain a final product, a belt conveyor 12 for supplying a multi-layer material M to the hot water tank, and a book for further supplying the material to the belt conveyor. And an article conveying device 14 according to the invention.

The belt conveyor 12 places the first material, ie, the fish meat surimi A, which is the lower layer portion of the above-described product P2, which is supplied from the nozzle 16, and continuously conveys it. On the other hand, the article conveying apparatus 14 according to the present invention supplies the second material, that is, the cheese B, which is the intermediate material, onto the first material at regular intervals. The manufacturing apparatus 8 further includes a nozzle 26 for supplying the third material, that is, the fish meat surimi C, and a cutter 30 for cutting the stacked materials to obtain the multi-layer material M. There is.

The article conveying device 14 according to the present invention includes a pump 32 for supplying kneaded cheese, a sheet nozzle 36 for discharging the kneaded cheese supplied from the pump into thin sheet cheese, and a sheet nozzle 36 for discharging the cheese. Cutter or piano wire 38 for cutting sheet cheese into appropriate length
A first transport roller 40 for placing and transporting the rectangular cheese cut by the cutter, and placing and transporting cheese that is supplied separately from the first transport roller,
Second transport roller 4 for feeding the first material at regular intervals
2 and.

The first conveying roller 40 has its peripheral surface speed substantially equal to the discharging speed of the sheet cheese discharged from the sheet nozzle 36, and the soft sheet cheese supplied onto the roller is stretched, Alternatively, it prevents the cheese from wrinkling.

On the other hand, the second conveyor roller 42 has a peripheral surface speed higher than that of the first conveyor roller so that the sheet cheese supplied to the second conveyor roller is the first conveyor roller. Make sure they are transported at a greater distance than when they are above. Even if the transport speed of the second transport roller is set as described above, the cheese supplied onto the roller is cooled to some extent on the first transport roller and hardened to some extent, and as described below. By the cheese transfer method from the first transport roller 40 to the second transport roller, the cheese is not substantially stretched.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a piano wire 46 as cheese separating means is provided on the peripheral surface of the lower half portion of the first conveying roller.
Is set so as to be in contact with the peripheral surface, and the cheese supplied from the sheet nozzle 36 and attached to the peripheral surface of the first conveyor roller and conveyed is separated from the peripheral surface to the second conveyor roller. I am going to move. The set position of the piano wire is such that the set angle θ with respect to the vertical line passing through the central axis 40 'of the first conveying roller is about 20 to 90 degrees. By setting the piano wire to such a setting position, the cheese once passes the lowest point of the first transport roller,
After moving upward, it is separated from the peripheral surface of the first transport roller by the piano wire. Therefore, the cheese thus separated reaches the second transport roller 42 in a curved state. Therefore, even if the peripheral surface speed of the second conveying roller is made higher than the peripheral surface speed of the first conveying roller, and thus the speed at which the cheese is discharged from the first conveying roller, the end of the cheese is the first. The transfer of the cheese takes place with almost no pulling force until it is separated from the transport rollers, so that the cheese is not extended.
The relative position between the first and second conveying rollers is 15 degrees to 4 degrees with respect to the vertical line passing through the central axis 40 'of the first conveying roller.
It is preferably about 5 degrees. Further, the distance between the central axes is the length L of the cheese supplied from the sheet nozzle.
Determined by

As described above, the rotation speed of the second transport roller 40 is set to the first
By setting a constant speed that is higher than the rotation speed of the transport roller, the material B supplied from the first transport roller to the second transport roller is spaced at regular intervals. Therefore, in the operation, the second transport roller is operated. By properly adjusting the rotation speed of, the above interval can be properly adjusted.

In the above embodiment, the transport rollers 40 and 42 are shown as the first and second transport means, but a short belt conveyor may be used instead of the rollers.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an apparatus for producing a multi-layer product provided with an article conveying apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sheet-like cheese transfer between the first and second conveying rollers. FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a multi-layer product, and FIG. 4 is a view showing another multi-layer product. 36 ... Nozzle; 38 ... Cutting means; 40 ... Conveying roller; 42 or 12 ... Conveying means; 46 ... Peeling means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A nozzle for continuously supplying a semi-solid material such as kneaded cheese; and a supply speed of the semi-solid material supplied from the nozzle, which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis. A transport roller which is rotated at a peripheral surface speed equal to, and which receives a semi-solid material supplied from a nozzle at a predetermined position of an upper half thereof; and a semi-solid material received by the transport roller. Means for cutting at regular intervals in the conveying direction; at a position where the semi-solid material is conveyed upward through the lowest portion of the conveying roller, the semi-solid material conveyed by the conveying roller is conveyed by the conveying roller. Means for peeling from: the semi-solid material which is set at a position below the conveying roller and which is peeled down by the peeling means and hangs downward; Conveying means for conveying the solid material at a speed higher than the peripheral surface speed of the conveying roller, wherein the conveying direction at the portion for receiving the semi-solid material is at the lowermost portion of the conveying roller. An apparatus for conveying a semi-solid material at intervals with a conveying means arranged so as to be in the same direction as the rotation direction of the roller.