JPH06327409A - Apparatus for preparation of stick cake - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare a stick cake having uniform and excellent appearance at a low cost in a mass using an easily operable simple apparatus. CONSTITUTION:The objective apparatus is provided with a dipping mechanism to vertically reciprocate and transfer a stick cake (a) in suspended state through an oleaginous material tank 4 to attach the oleaginous material to at least a part of the surface of the stick cake (a), an oscillation mechanism 5 to oscillate a clamper 1 supported by a feed conveyor 3 and a discharging mechanism 7 to release the clamper 1 from the feed conveyor 3 after passing the clamper with the feed conveyor 3 through a cooling tunnel 6. Oleaginous material such as chocolate or food grains having uniform quality can be attached to the stick cake without forming defective product having inferior appearance. The apparatus is suitable for the mass-production of stick cakes. Stick cakes having high added value, excellent appearance and good palatability can be produced in large quantities with a simple apparatus at a low cost.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to stick-shaped confectionery, in particular stick-shaped baked confectionery such as baked biscuits, for example, sticks coated with an oily confectionery material such as chocolate,
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a stick-shaped confectionery manufacturing apparatus that enhances the commercial value by decorating the peripheral surface of a stick-shaped confectionery by attaching food grains, linear shapes, wavy shapes, or other patterns as necessary.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, bar-shaped confectionery is known to be coated with oil-based confectionery materials such as chocolate on the surface of bar-shaped biscuits, or nuts or other food particles are attached to the periphery of the bar-shaped biscuit to form plits. However, conventionally, the upper end of the stick-shaped confectionery is grasped and transported while hanging downward, immersed in the oily material and lifted to remove excess material by vibration or blowing air, and then suspended in a cooling tunnel. It is often used to transfer and cool and solidify.

[0003]

However, if a large number of bar-shaped confectioneries are arranged and gripped and they are attempted to be immersed in the oily material at one time, the bar-shaped confections may fall when they are closer to the center of the arranged bar-shaped confections. There is a lot of considerable holding force, and if the holding force is too strong, the product yield will be greatly reduced due to damage to the stick-shaped confectionery, etc. There is a drawback that the unevenness of the alignment is likely to occur, the level of the oily material is not even, and the coating state is not constant, which lowers the commercial value. The present invention is intended to eliminate the conventional defects, it is possible to adhere oily materials and food particles such as chocolate of uniform quality without generating defective products with poor appearance,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus which is suitable for mass production and has a high value-added appearance and an excellent shape, and which can inexpensively manufacture a stick-shaped confectionery having a favorable texture.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a clamper for sandwiching and arranging a large number of bar-shaped confections at a predetermined interval, a slide bracket for mounting and guiding the clamper, and a continuous or continuous state by locking the clamper. An endless feed conveyor that moves intermittently is provided, and the stick-shaped confectionery is placed in a downward hanging state and moved up and down in the oil-and-fat material tank to attach the oil-and-fat material to at least a part of the surface of the stick-shaped confectionery. A device equipped with a depping mechanism and provided with an oscillating mechanism for vibrating the clamper supported by the feed conveyor, and a discharge mechanism for separating the clamper from the feed conveyor through a cooling tunnel of a route transferred by the feed conveyor. Is.

[0005]

[Operation] When a large number of baked stick-shaped confectioneries are inserted and arranged in the block stand at intervals, the clapper is sandwiched and lifted at one end of the arranged many stick-shaped confectionery, and the stick-shaped confectionery is placed on the slide bracket. Immerse it in a storage tank for oily materials such as chocolate directly below and pull it up, place the clamper on the feed conveyor and transfer it. Transfer oily material while dripping, streaking and other patterns as necessary,
Alternatively, sprinkle food materials such as nuts and attach them, convey them to the cooling zone and solidify them, remove the clamper from the feed conveyor with the discharge mechanism, open the clamper and take out the product and carry it out as a product such as Plitz El Marble or Pritz El Nut. To do.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a stick-shaped confectionery manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a clamper 1 for sandwiching and arranging a large number of stick-shaped confectioneries a at a predetermined interval, and mounting the clamper 1 thereon. Slide bracket 2 that guides by guide, and the clamper 1
And the endless feed conveyor 3 that moves continuously or intermittently by locking the rod-shaped confectionery a by moving the rod-shaped confectionery a downwardly in the oil-and-fat material tank 4 and moving it up and down. An oscillating mechanism 5 provided with a depping mechanism for adhering an oily material to at least a part of the surface thereof and for vibrating the clamper 1 supported by the feed conveyor 3 and a cooling tunnel of a route transferred by the feed conveyor 3 Via 6 to clamper 1 to feed conveyor 3
The stick-shaped confectionery manufacturing apparatus is provided with the discharging mechanism 7 that is further separated.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 9, the clamper 1 includes a pair of slide brackets 2 and a supporting rod 11 which can be placed on the chain of the feed conveyor 3, and a block in which a large number of bar-shaped confectioneries a are inserted and supported. The stick-shaped confectionery ends projecting from the stand b are collectively clamped, and each of them is composed of a pair of clamping pieces 12 and 12 that are relatively disposed so as to be able to come into contact with and separate from each other. One of the clamping pieces 12 is fixed to the supporting rod 11. , A lever 1 provided with the other holding piece 12 rotatably provided on the support rod 11.
A movable piece in which 3 is urged and connected by a link 14 and a spring 15 is provided with a support shaft 19 so that a bar-shaped confectionery a can be attached and detached between the holding pieces 12 and 12 by the handle 18, and the holding piece 1
2 is an elastic member 17 made of rubber or synthetic resin,
1 is attached and deployed to a support piece provided in parallel via an arm, and holds a large number of stick-shaped confectioneries a at intervals. Considering that the stick-shaped confectionery a can be safely held. is there.

The vibrating mechanism 5 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, a rail 50 that guides the supporting rod 11 of the clamper 1, a spring pedestal 51 that elastically supports the rail 50, and a vibration motor 5 that vibrates the spring pedestal 51.
2, the supporting rod 11 of the clamper 1 disposed in the path of the feed conveyor 3 is conveyed in a state of being slightly floated above the feed conveyor 3, and the vibration of the vibrating mechanism 5 causes the stick candy a to move. Excessive coating oil-and-fat material is dripped so as to be transmitted, and the material is applied to the shooter 40.
It can be collected in the tank 4 via the.

The feed conveyor 3 uses a roller chain that travels on the receiving rail 31, and the chain is hooked on the wheels 30 and 30 and communicates with the wheel of the drive motor 32 to transfer the bar-shaped confectionery a. Clamper 1
Are designed to be transported. Further, the tank 4 having the slide bracket 2 is used as the tepping mechanism as the chocolate adhering part, but the slide bracket 2 is provided with an elevating mechanism (not shown) so that the clamper 1 is automatically converted into chocolate liquid. It may be an automatic conveyance mode in which it is immersed and pulled up.

That is, in the chain of the feed conveyor 3, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, locking claws 33 are provided in a protruding manner, and the supporting rod 1 of the gripper 1 is provided between the locking claws 33, 33.
The gripper 1 mounted on the slide bracket 2 with the position 1 positioned thereon is conveyed and run. The gripper 1 is manually supported and mounted on the slide bracket 2 so that the gripper 1 is supported by the chain. However, if necessary, the lifting mechanism lifts the clamp support rod 11 to move the gripper 1 onto the slide bracket 2. Uncooked or unloaded on a stick-shaped confectionery a
May be used as a supply unit capable of automatically suspending and deploying, and a pair of guide rails 50, 50 into which the supporting rod 11 can be inserted and sandwiched in the traveling path are supported by an elastic base composed of a spring 53 and a spring receiving base 51 on a column 54. Suspended by shaft 55, vibration motor 5
The vibration generated by the drive of the vibration generating motor 52 connected to the gear 2 is transmitted to the bar-shaped confectionery a held by the gripper 1 via the guide rail 50 and the supporting rod 11 so that the shaking operation can be performed.

The chain of the feed conveyor 3 is endlessly mounted on wheels 30, 30 which are driving wheels and driven wheels, is supported by upper and lower receiving rails 31, 31, and both ends thereof serve as a supply portion of the gripper 1. Although it serves as a discharge part, a tray 41 or a tank for the oily material is provided below both parts to assist the material recovery. Further, the wheel 30 of the driven wheel is movably provided by a slide bearing 34 so that tension can be adjusted in the chain.

Further, at the discharge end of the feed conveyor 3 of the gripper 1, a pair of guide rails 36 for supporting the supporting rod 11 of the gripper 1 are provided as shown in FIGS. In order to prevent the gripper 1 coming in from being transferred and caught in the wheel 30 of the driving wheel, the gripper 1 is taken out from the transport line by a manual operation or a lifting mechanism such as a lifter or a shooter that can be raised and lowered, and the stick-shaped confectionery a is removed from the gripper 1. It is installed so that it can be removed and sent to the next process as a product.

The wheel 30 of the drive wheel is connected to a drive motor 32 having a main gear 39 via a tension gear 37 and an intermediate gear 38 so that the feed conveyor 3 can be operated safely. Further, the structure of the clamper 1 allows the product to be removed manually or automatically, and the supply of the stick-shaped confectionery and the automation of the clamping work can be easily provided with an automatic supply mechanism or an unloading mechanism. Further, in the chocolate cooling, a cooling tunnel 6 is provided in the middle of the feed conveyor 3, and a gripper supply part and a gripper discharge part are formed at both ends to pass the gripper 1 which is sequentially conveyed to finish the stick-shaped confectionery a. I am able to do well.

The chocolate tank 4 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the jacket type tank is used as a separable inner / outer tank, and the chocolate overflowing from the inner depping tank 42 is received by the outer tank 43 and circulated through the circulation path 4.
Return to the depping tank 42 using the pump 45 at 4,
It is good to keep a predetermined liquid level. In addition, the stick-shaped confectionery a is led out from the stick hopper at the supply unit and inserted into the block sundado b, or is clamped together by a clamper while being conveyed by a belt conveyor (not shown) so that it can be easily operated. There is. In this case, as the block stand b, as shown in FIG. 8, a block which is exchangeable depending on the stick size is provided on the gantry, and a protruding hole c for removing the stick cutting residue is formed in communication with the insertion hole d. It is convenient to use.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the transport mechanism having the feed conveyor 3 includes a depping section, that is, a chocolate liquid adhesion processing section, a shaking section for dropping excess chocolate solution, a decorator section and a plurality of cooling sections. After that, the plant may be connected to the product take-out section so that the vehicle can run freely, and the plant may be connected to the product line-up take-out conveyor. In the example of the pretzell nut plant that attaches food particles such as nuts to the stick-shaped confectionery a, the depping section, A nut sprinkling portion may be interposed after the shaking portion, and the product take-out portion may be obtained through the primary, secondary, and tertiary cooling portions, the depping portion, and the cooling portion.

In the figure, 46 is a stirrer, 47 is a stirring motor, and 48 is a chocolate supply section.

[0017]

According to the present invention, a clamper for sandwiching and arranging a large number of bar-shaped confectioneries at predetermined intervals, a slide bracket for mounting and guiding the clamper, and a continuous or intermittent movement by locking the clamper. An endless feed conveyor is provided, and a depping mechanism is provided to vertically move the stick-shaped confectionery into a downwardly-moving state in an oil-based material tank and attach the oil-based material to at least a part of the surface of the stick-shaped confectionery. And a discharge mechanism that separates the clamper from the feed conveyor through a cooling tunnel of a route transferred by the feed conveyor, and a vibrating mechanism that vibrates the clamper supported by the feed conveyor. Adhesion of oily and fatty materials such as chocolate and food particles with uniform quality without the occurrence of defective products with poor appearance, Can high and appearance excellent shape-value suitable for mass production, and a rod-shaped confectionery with a preferred texture can be produced at low cost by a simple apparatus.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the example of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view showing an operating state of the clamper.

5 is a side view of the use state of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory front view of one operating state of the clamper.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory front view when a depping operation is performed.

10 is a side view of the vibrating mechanism of the example of FIG. 1. FIG.

11 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the discharging mechanism.

FIG. 13 is a front view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a bar-shaped confectionery b block stand 1 clamper 2 slide bracket 3 feed conveyor 4 tank 5 vibrating mechanism 6 cooling tunnel 7 discharge mechanism 11 support rod 12 sandwiching piece 17 elastic member 18 handle 19 spindle 30 wheel 31 receiving rail 32 drive motor 33 Support claw 40 Shooter 50 Guide rail 51 Spring support 52 Vibration motor 53 Spring 54 Strut 55 Support shaft

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A clamper for sandwiching and arranging a large number of bar-shaped confections at a predetermined interval, a slide bracket for mounting and guiding the clamper, and an endless shape for locking the clamper to move continuously or intermittently. With the provision of a feed conveyor, the stick-shaped confectionery is placed in a downward hanging state, and a depping mechanism for transferring the greasy material to at least a part of the surface of the stick-shaped confectionery by moving up and down in the oil-based material tank is provided.
Further, the stick-shaped confectionery is provided with an oscillating mechanism for vibrating the clamper supported on the feed conveyor, and a discharge mechanism for separating the clamper from the feed conveyor through a cooling tunnel of a route transferred by the feed conveyor. Manufacturing equipment. 2. A configuration in which the clamper includes a pair of slide brackets and a supporting rod that can be mounted on the feed conveyor chain, and clamps the ends of the stick-shaped confectionery projecting from a block stand in which a large number of stick-shaped confectioneries are inserted and supported. The device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The clamper is composed of a pair of sandwiching pieces that are relatively disposed so as to be able to come into contact with and separate from each other, and one sandwiching piece is fixed to the supporting rod, and the other sandwiching piece is rotatably provided on the supporting rod. 3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the lever is provided on a movable piece that is urged and connected by a link and a spring so that the bar-shaped confectionery can be attached and detached between the sandwiching pieces. 4. The sandwiching piece is one in which an elastic member made of rubber or synthetic resin is attached and arranged on a supporting piece provided in parallel to the supporting bar via an arm, and a large number of bar-shaped confectioneries are arranged at intervals. The device according to claim 2, which holds the device. 5. The vibrating mechanism comprises a rail that guides a supporting rod of the clamper, a spring base that elastically supports the rail, and a vibration motor that vibrates the spring base. The device according to claim 2, 3 or 4, which is arranged in a path of a feed conveyor.