JPH06296477A - Production of sheet laver and apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a method for producing sheet laver in which the size of the formed sheet laver after dehydrating can always be kept in a constant size regardless of the reared conditions of raw laver and the formed sheet laver of good appearance can be produced and to provided an apparatus therefor. CONSTITUTION:This method for producing sheet laver is to form laver into a sheet on a laver reed screen 11 to form a formed sheet laver 25, then dehydrate the formed sheet laver 25 and subsequently dry the sheet. When the sheet laver 25 is formed, sheet forming frame 21 having slope 23 tilted from the laver reed screen 11 in the direction separate from the screen 11 to the inside on the inner wall surface 22 is used.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing plate laver for processing laver into plate laver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, cut seaweed (raw seaweed) is
Cut into a predetermined size to make nori seaweed, and add water etc. to this seaweed to make the desired seaweed (mixed seaweed),
This compounded seaweed is made into a flat plate (papermaking seaweed), and dried seaweed (board seaweed) is mechanically mass-produced.

[0003] This type of plate laver has the following order of laver processing steps:
It is carried out as follows using a plate laver producing apparatus having a paper making apparatus, a dehydrating apparatus, a drying apparatus and the like. That is, in this plate laver production apparatus, a plurality of laver cages spread on the laver cage holder by the transport mechanism are circulated and transported. Then, first, a sheet-forming machine is used to sheet-form a sheet of the prepared sheet of laver on the seaweed cage to obtain sheet-made sheet of laver. Next, the paper laver is dehydrated with a dehydrating device having a dehydrating sponge, and then dried in a suitable drying device for a predetermined time to produce plate laver. Finally, the dried plate laver is stripped from the laver cage to obtain a product. afterwards,
The seaweed cage is washed with an appropriate washing device and used for the next papermaking.

The plate laver produced in this manner has its outer dimensions and weight kept within a predetermined range depending on the grade of laver, so that shrinkage due to drying is taken into consideration when the adjusted laver is made into paper. Made into paper.

By the way, the harvest period of raw seaweed extends from October to March of the following year, and the autumn sprouts (sprouts) to be cut at the beginning of the harvest period.
In the second bud to be cut the second time, the third bud to be cut in the third time, etc., the growth state of the seaweed is different, and the thickness of the leaf body of the seaweed is changed. Therefore, in the case of producing adjusted laver using the raw laver as a raw material, and using the adjusted laver to make the laver, in order to match the grade of the laver, the size of the papermaking frame used for papermaking is not changed. In addition, the amount of adjusted laver to be fed into the papermaking frame is adjusted according to the growing state of raw laver.

[0006]

However, in the above-described conventional method and apparatus for producing plate laver, the method shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, by inserting a desired amount of adjusted seaweed 3 into a desired papermaking frame 2 placed on an appropriate seaweed cage 1, a flat plate is placed on the seaweed cage 1 as shown in FIG. Although it is possible to obtain a sheet-shaped sheet of seaweed 4, a sheet of sheet-made sheet of seaweed 4 formed on the sheet of laver 1, for example, a sheet of sheet-made sheet of seaweed that uses thin, soft sprouts Means that the amount of the adjusted seaweed 3 put into the papermaking frame 2 is large, and the thickened product is thickly strained. Then, the paper laver 4 using such sprouts is dehydrated with a desired dehydration sponge 5 (FIG. 13) before drying for the purpose of shortening the drying time and improving the dry state. As shown in Fig. 13, since the thick seaweed is crushed, there is a problem that the peripheral surface (outer circumference) of the dehydrated paper-made seaweed 4a expands from the intended original size, and the outer dimension becomes large. It was That is, when dehydrating the paper-made laver 4, the size of the paper-made laver 4a after dehydration changes depending on the growing state of the raw laver, and the desired size cannot be stably maintained. There was a problem that it was not possible to make plate laver with a good appearance.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and overcomes the above-mentioned problems with the conventional ones.
Regardless of the growth state of raw seaweed, it is possible to always maintain the size of the papermaking seaweed after dehydration at a fixed size, and to produce a good-looking plate seaweed production method And to provide a device.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the method for producing plate laver of the present invention according to claim 1 is a method for making laver on a laver cage to form a sheet laver. In the method of producing seaweed, which is the production of plate seaweed by dehydrating the papermaking seaweed and then drying it, when forming the papermaking seaweed, the inner surface is inclined inward in the direction away from the seaweed cage. It is characterized by using a papermaking frame having a sloped surface.

In the method for producing plate laver of the present invention according to claim 2, the laver is made into a paper on a laver cage to form a paper laver, the paper laver is dehydrated, and then dried. In the method for producing seaweed to produce plate laver by, after forming the papermaking laver, before dehydrating the papermaking laver,
It is characterized in that an inclined surface is formed on the peripheral surface of the paper-made laver, which is inclined inward in a direction away from the laver cage.

Further, in the plate laver production apparatus of the present invention as set forth in claim 3, a papermaking means for carrying out the papermaking of the laver into the seaweed cage while transporting the seaweed cage, and a machine for producing the paper laver. In an apparatus for producing plate laver having dehydrating means for dehydrating and drying means for drying laver, the paper making means has an inner surface inclined inwardly in a direction away from the laver cage. It is characterized by having a papermaking frame with a surface formed.

Further, the plate laver production apparatus of the present invention according to claim 4 is a paper making means for carrying out the papermaking of the seaweed on the seaweed cage while transporting the seaweed cage. In a device for producing plate laver having dewatering means for performing dewatering and drying means for drying nori, before dewatering the paper-made laver made on the laver cage by the paper-making means by the dewatering means, It is characterized by comprising shape forming means for forming an inclined surface inwardly inclining the peripheral surface of the paper-made laver inward in a direction away from the laver cage.

[0012]

By operating the plate laver production apparatus of the present invention having the above-described structure in accordance with the plate laver production method of the present invention, the peripheral surface of the paper sheet laver is reduced in the direction away from the laver cage. Paper can be made into a shape having an inclined surface. And, when the papermaking laver is dehydrated, the papermaking laver can be dehydrated to a desired size regardless of the growing state of raw laver, and the finished plate laver becomes a good shape, The size of the papermaking laver after dehydration such as the above does not change, and it is not possible to stably hold the desired size,
In addition, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience of not being able to make a good-looking plate laver.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

This embodiment shows an embodiment in which the method for producing laver seaweed according to the present invention is applied to an apparatus for producing laver seaweed. FIGS. 1 to 4 show an apparatus for producing laver seaweed according to the present invention. 1 shows a first embodiment, FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a main part of a plate laver production apparatus, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of a seaweed cage, and FIG. 3 is used for paper making means. FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an essential part of the papermaking frame, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a dehydration sponge used in the dehydration means.

As shown in FIG. 1, the plate laver production apparatus 6 of the present embodiment comprises a processing section 7 and a drying section 8.

In one processing section 7, a seaweed cage in which a plurality of seaweed cages 11 made by braiding a large number of hollows 9 made of a hollow resin or the like as shown in FIG. 2 with an appropriate number of braiding threads 10 are spread. An endless laver cage holder transfer means 13 for intermittently transferring the holder 12 counterclockwise in FIG. 1 is provided, and an appropriate paper making means 14, dewatering means 15, known peeling means 16 and cleaning means 17 are provided in the transfer direction. They are arranged and formed in order.

The other drying section 8 is provided with an endless nori seaweed holder transfer means 19 for transferring the seaweed seam holder 12 in the desired drying chamber 18 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. There is.

Between the both seaweed cage holder transfer means 13 and 19, desired seaweed cage holder delivery means 20 for delivering the seaweed cage holder 12 are provided in the upper and lower portions, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 3, the papermaking means 14 is provided with a papermaking frame 21 which can be raised and lowered toward the surface of the seaweed cage 11. The papermaking frame 21 has an inner peripheral surface 22 formed in a desired size having a rectangular shape in a plan view. The inner peripheral surface 22 is an inclined surface 23 having an appropriate inclination angle θ, for example, an inclination angle θ = about 80 degrees, which is gradually inclined inward as it goes away from the seaweed cage 11. There is. Further, the size of the contact portion of the inner peripheral surface 22 of the papermaking frame 21 with the seaweed cage 11 corresponds to the desired size of dried plate seaweed (not shown). Further, inside the inner peripheral surface 22 of the papermaking frame 21, an adjusted laver 24, whose amount to be fed can be adjusted according to the growing state of the raw laver, is fed.

In the dehydrating means 15, as shown in FIG. 4, the sheet-made laver 25 made into a sheet on the laver cage 11 is fed into the laver cage 1.
1. An appropriate rectangular sponge 26 for dehydration, which is vertically slidable so as to absorb desired water from the seaweed nori 25, and the seaweed 11 on which the papermaking process is performed. An appropriate dewatering recovery unit (not shown) is provided for recovering the water falling below the seaweed cage 11 when the extracted paper-made seaweed 25 is pressed by the dehydration sponge 26.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above-mentioned structure will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the papermaking laver made into papermaking on the laver cage, and FIGS. 6A and 6B are explanatory views for explaining the dehydrated state of the papermaking laver.

According to the plate laver production apparatus 6 of this embodiment,
As described above, the paper-made laver 2 made into paper on the laver cage 11
No. 5 can be formed in a trapezoidal cross section whose upper surface is narrower than the lower surface. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, when the amount of the adjusted laver 24 to be fed into the papermaking frame 21 is adjusted depending on the growth state of the raw laver, when the adjusted laver 24 using the sprouts is used, The amount of the adjusted seaweed 24 to be put into the frame 21 is increased, and the thickly made paper-made seaweed 25a is formed on the seaweed cage 11. Further, for example, in the case of using the adjusted seaweed 24 using No. 2 buds, the input amount into the papermaking frame 21 is made smaller than that in the case of the adjusted seaweed 24 using new shoots, and the papermaking seaweed 25a using the new shoots is prepared. The thinly made paper-made laver 25b is formed on the laver cage 11. And this both paper nori 25
The inner peripheral surface 22 of the papermaking frame 21 is provided on the peripheral surfaces of both a and 25b.
An inclined surface 27 having an inclination angle corresponding to the inclined surface 23 of the inclination angle θ provided on the is formed, and can be formed in a trapezoidal cross section.

Then, when the papermaking laver 25a, 25b formed in a trapezoidal cross section on the laver cage 11 is dehydrated from above with a dehydration sponge 26, as shown in FIGS. , 25b, inclined surface 2
In the state in which the position of the base end portion 28 in contact with the seaweed 11 of No. 7 is held, the inclined surfaces 27 of both papermaking seaweed 25a and 25b are held.
The upper part of the seaweed expands outwardly and is compressed, so that the peripheral surface can be dehydrated in a state where it is almost perpendicular to the seaweed cage 11.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the size of the papermaking laver 25 after dehydration can be always kept at a desired size regardless of the growing state of raw laver. It is possible to reliably eliminate the inconvenience that the size of the paper-made laver 4a changes depending on the growing state of raw laver. Further, the fact that the size of the papermaking laver 25 after dehydration can be always maintained at a desired size means that the product completed through the post-process after the papermaking is matched with the desired laver grade. However, it is also extremely effective in obtaining good-looking plate laver.

A plurality of papermaking frames (not shown) having different sizes and shapes may be exchanged depending on the growing condition of the raw seaweed. However, in this case, it takes labor to replace the papermaking frame, and the correlation between the growth state of raw nori and the papermaking frame to be selected must be surely grasped.

7 to 10 show a second embodiment of the plate seaweed production apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the essential parts of the plate seaweed production apparatus, and FIG. 8 is a shape forming process. FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an essential part of the means, FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an essential part of the shape forming means, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory view illustrating the shape of the papermaking laver deformed by the shape forming means. .

As shown in FIG. 7, the sheet laver producing apparatus 6a of this embodiment is not provided with the papermaking means 14 of the first embodiment described above. A known paper making means 28 having a frame 2 is provided, and an appropriate shape forming means 2 is provided between the paper making means 28 and the dehydrating means 15.
9 are provided.

In the shape forming means 29, as shown in FIG. 8, an appropriate drive (not shown) is applied to the peripheral surface of the rectangular plate-shaped paper-making laver 4 formed on the laver cage 11 as in the conventional case. A desired shape forming member 30 is provided so as to be freely contactable and separable by each means as indicated by a double-headed arrow in the drawing. As shown in FIG. 9, the facing surface 31 of the shape-forming member 30 facing the papermaking laver 4 has the same laver 11 as the inner peripheral surface 22 of the papermaking frame 21 of the first embodiment. There is formed an inclined surface 23a having an appropriate inclination angle θ that gradually inwards toward the upper side, which is spaced apart from, for example, an inclination angle θ = about 80 degrees. The other structure is similar to that of the first embodiment described above.

In the present embodiment, the paper-making laver 4 made into paper on the laver cage 11 by the paper-making means 28 is conveyed to the next shape-forming means 29 and stopped, and during the stop, the shape-forming means 29 is used. Molded.

That is, the shape forming members 30 of the shape forming means 29 are simultaneously operated during the operation of the paper making means 28, and as shown in FIG. 10, on the peripheral surface of the flat sheet-made paper laver 4, The inclined surface 27a having an inclination angle corresponding to the inclined surface 23a having the inclination angle θ provided on the shape forming member 30 is formed. As a result, the paper-making laver 32a having a trapezoidal cross section similar to that of the paper-making laver 25a, 25b shown in FIG. 5 (in the case of the paper-making laver 25a using sprout), 32b (second bud was used) (For paper-made laver 25a)
Can be formed. Further, in this case, the four shape forming members 30 of the shape forming means 29 are sequentially driven one by one, or two pairs are opposed to each other as one set, or four sets are simultaneously driven. It is good to drive it.

Even with such a configuration, the above-mentioned first
It is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the embodiment, and it is possible to easily replace the shape forming member 30 in which the inclination angle θ of the facing surface 31 is different depending on the growing state of the raw seaweed.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified as necessary.

[0034]

As described above, according to the method and the apparatus for producing plate laver of the present invention, the size of the dehydrated paper laver formed on the laver cage is determined by the size of the raw laver. Regardless of being able to always maintain the desired size, it is possible to produce plate laver with a good shape, which is an extremely excellent effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a main part of a first embodiment of an apparatus for producing plate laver according to the present invention to which a method for producing plate laver according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of a seaweed cage.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a main part of a papermaking frame used for papermaking means.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a dehydration sponge used for dehydration means.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a paper-made laver that is made on a laver cage.

6A and 6B are explanatory views for explaining the dehydrated state of paper-made laver, a is an explanatory view for explaining the dehydrated state of paper-made laver using sprouts of laver, and b is No. 2 of laver. Explanatory diagram explaining the dehydrated state of papermaking laver using buds

FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 1, showing a second embodiment of the plate laver production apparatus according to the present invention to which the plate laver production method according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the main part of the shape forming means.

FIG. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the main part of the shape forming means.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view for explaining the shape of the paper laver deformed by the shape forming means.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view illustrating a papermaking state of a conventional papermaking laver.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a conventional paper-making laver.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an actual dehydrated state of conventional paper-making laver.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Plate Nori Production Equipment 7 Processing Section 8 Drying Section 11 Nori Seaweed 14 Paper Making Means 15 Dewatering Means 21 Paper Making Frame 22 Inner Circumferential Surfaces 23, 23a Slope 24 Adjusted Nori 25, 25a, 25b Paper Nori 26 Dewatering Sponge 27 , 27a inclined surface 28 paper making means 29 shape forming means 30 shape forming members 32a, 32b deformed paper making laver θ inclination angle

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method for producing seaweed, wherein the seaweed is formed on a seaweed cage to form a paper-made seaweed, and the paper-made seaweed is dehydrated and then dried to produce plate seaweed. A method for producing plate laver, characterized in that, when laver is formed, a papermaking frame having an inclined surface inwardly inclined toward the inner side in the direction away from the laver cage is used when forming laver. 2. A method for producing seaweed, wherein the seaweed is formed on a seaweed cage to form a paper-made seaweed, and the paper-made seaweed is dehydrated and then dried to produce plate seaweed. After forming seaweed and before dehydrating the paper-made seaweed,
A method for producing plate laver, characterized in that an inclined surface that is inwardly inclined in a direction away from the laver cage is formed on the peripheral surface of the paper-made laver. 3. A paper making means for making the seaweed into the seaweed cage while transporting the seaweed cage, a dehydrating means for dehydrating the produced seaweed, and a drying means for drying the seaweed. In the apparatus for producing plate laver, the sheet making means has a sheet making frame in which an inner peripheral surface is formed with an inclined surface inclined inward in a direction away from the laver cage. Manufacturing equipment. 4. A paper making means for making nori into the seaweed while transporting the seaweed, a dewatering means for dehydrating the made nori, and a drying means for drying the nori. In a plate laver production apparatus having, before dehydrating the paper-made laver made on the laver cage by the paper-making means by the dewatering means, the peripheral surface of the paper-made laver is separated from the laver cage. An apparatus for producing plate laver, comprising shape forming means for forming an inclined surface which inclines inward.