JPH0690700A - Production of pulverized spice and its apparatus for production - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the deterioration in aroma and obtain a high-quality pulverized spice excellent in the aroma by dividing the spice whole into a fruit part and a seed coat part, separately pulverizing the parts under specific conditions and then mixing both. CONSTITUTION:The spice whole is fed to a roll mill 3 with a feeder 2 to open the coat and a fruit part and a seed coat part are taken out while being roughly crushed to discriminate the fruit part and the seed coat part with a vibrating type sifter 6. The fruit part is pulverized with a roll mill 7 at <=45 deg.C in a substantially hermetically sealed state and the seed coat part is pulverized with a high-speed pulverizer 10 to weigh and mix both in a mixer 11.

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 high-quality ground spices such as aroma.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-166442 uses a roll mill and another mill behind the roll mill so that the amount of coarse particles generated during sieving is branched and returned to a roll mill and a second mill. In the two-stage crushing method and apparatus described above, the sum of the amount of coarse particles of the new material is controlled to be kept constant, and the distribution of the amount of coarse particles to the two branched flows is made constant with the driving force of the roll mill. Control of brittle materials 2
The present invention relates to a step grinding method and apparatus. With this technology, the energy required for crushing the material can be saved, but the material can be crushed in two steps at a time, so in spice halls, etc.
It takes a lot of energy to crush both the fruit part and the seed coat part. When the spice is crushed with such a large energy, there is a problem that the aroma of the fruit portion is likely to be impaired. In addition, the above-mentioned pulverization method has a problem that the mixing ratio of the fruit portion and the seed coat portion of the spice tends to be uneven.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for producing a high-quality ground spice having an excellent aroma with less deterioration of the aroma.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a spice hole is divided into a fruit portion and a seed coat portion, and the fruit portion is crushed in a substantially sealed state without being exposed to high temperature using a roll machine or the like. , Apart from this, the seed coat part is crushed, and by mixing the crushed both, the fruit part is crushed without impairing the aroma, and the seed coat part is also crushed to a uniform particle size, so if both are mixed, It was made based on the finding that the above-mentioned problems can be effectively achieved.

That is, according to the present invention, the spice hole is divided into a fruit portion and a seed coat portion, and the fruit portion is crushed at 45 ° C. or less and in a substantially sealed state, and separately, the seed coat portion is crushed, Further, there is provided a method for producing a crushed spice, which comprises mixing the crushed fruit portion and seed coat portion. Examples of spice holes to be crushed in the present invention include coriander, cardamom, salmon, metch and mustard. The present invention is particularly suitable for coriander, cardamom,
Effective for crushing mustard, etc.

In the present invention, the spice hall is opened to separate the fruit portion and the seed coat portion. This operation can be suitably carried out by using a roll machine as described later, but it may be carried out by another method usually used. The fruit part of the spice is
Grind to final particle size below 45 ° C. and in a substantially sealed state. Here, the substantially sealed state means a state in which the deodorization of the spices can be prevented as much as possible by the wind force during crushing. Further, in the present invention, the crusher for crushing the fruit portion is forcedly cooled or naturally radiated to make the temperature at the time of crushing 45
Do not exceed ℃, preferably 40 ℃. That is,
This is because the fragrance of the spice easily volatilizes or deteriorates when the pulverization temperature exceeds 45 ° C. Such crushing is done by a roll machine,
It can be achieved efficiently by using a mill or stamp mill. In this case, it is desirable to crush the fruit portion to a particle size of 100 to 300 μ.

The seed coat portion of the spice is ground to a desired final particle size separately from the fruit portion. For finely crushing the seed coat part, a disk crusher (colloid mill, rotary crusher, etc.), roller crusher (ring roller mill, ball roller mill, etc.), impact crusher (hammer mill, repulsion crusher, etc.)
A high-speed crusher such as the above can be preferably used. In this case, it is desirable to crush the seed coat part to a particle size of 50 to 300 μ.

As described above, by mixing the separately crushed fruit portion and seed coat portion, a high-quality crushed spice excellent in aroma can be produced. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on preferred embodiments. Figure 1
It is a systematic diagram which shows the Example of the apparatus which can be conveniently used in this invention. First, the illustrated apparatus includes a storage device 1 for storing spice holes, and a feeder 2 for supplying the spice holes from the storage device 1 to the first roll machine described below.
The supply amount is automatically adjusted by the feeder 2.

The first roll machine 3 is for opening the spice hole and taking it out as a fruit part and a seed coat part and for crushing the fruit part. The first roll machine 3 faces the arrow directions d1 and d2 at different speeds. Equipped with two rollers 4 and 5 that rotate
The above process is performed in the gap between these rollers. The preferred embodiments of the rollers 4 and 5 for achieving the above object are as follows. That is, each of the rollers 4 and 5 is provided with a sawtooth-shaped tooth pattern on the surface thereof. In the first roll machine 3, the rollers 4 and 5 having the above-described tooth patterns are a D: D (Dull vs. Dull) meshing system. Driven by. The gap between the rollers 4 and 5 can be freely adjusted, and the opening and the crushing process are performed in the gap between these rollers. In the first roll machine 3, it goes without saying that the temperature does not exceed 45 ° C.

The vibrating shifter 6 is for sieving the fruit portion and seed coat portion of the spices coarsely crushed by the first roll machine 3. If the shifter 6 has meshes of 6 to 28 mesh, the fruit portion and the seed coat portion of the spice can be reliably sieved.
The second roll machine 7 is a crusher for crushing the fruit portion of the spices sieved by the shifter 6 to the final particle size, and rotates facing each other at different speeds in arrow directions d3 and d4.
Book rollers 8 and 9 are provided, and crushing is performed in a gap between these rollers.

The rollers 8 and 9 are the rollers 4 and 5 described above.
Are driven by the S: S (Sharp vs. Sharp) meshing system. As the second roll machine 7, the rollers 8 and 9 may be installed in multiple stages. It should be noted that cooling water is passed through the inside of the second roller so that the temperature at the time of crushing the fruit portion does not exceed 45 ° C. In addition, an enclosure is provided around the second roller so that the fragrance does not move to the outside by crushing in a substantially sealed state.

The high-speed crusher 10 is for crushing the seed coat portion of the spices sieved by the shifter 6 to the final particle size. The measuring and mixing device 11 is for measuring and mixing the fruit portion crushed by the second roll machine 7 and the seed coat portion crushed by the high speed crusher 10. Next, a method for producing ground spices using this apparatus will be described. The spice holes stored in the storage device 1 are supplied to the gap between the rollers 4 and 5 of the first roll machine 3 by the feeder 2.
Then, the roller 4 driven by the above structure and operation,
5, the spice hall is opened and taken out as the fruit portion and the seed coat portion, and at the same time, the fruit portion is crushed. The crushed part of the fruit part is crushed by a roll machine etc. separately from the seed coat part,
It is crushed to the final particle size while preventing the loss of aroma during crushing under appropriate conditions. Also, the seed coat part is surely pulverized by a high speed pulverizer or the like.

Therefore, by mixing the fruit portion and the seed coat portion, which have been respectively pulverized as described above, it is possible to obtain a high quality pulverized spice having an excellent aroma. Further, if the crushed fruit part and the seed coat part are measured and mixed, a crushed spice having a uniform particle size and a mixing ratio can be obtained.

[0014]

EXAMPLES Using the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, the dried holes of coriander stored in the storage apparatus 1 were quantitatively supplied to the first roll machine 3 by the feeder 2. The rollers 4 and 5 were driven by the roll machine 3 in a D: D system, and the coriander was separated into coarsely crushed fruits (particle size: about 1000 to 1300 µ) and seed coats and taken out.

The above-mentioned coarsely crushed fruits are quantitatively supplied to the second roll machine 7, rollers 8 and 9 are driven by the S: S method, and coriander is crushed fruits (particle size: about 150 to 300 μ).
Got At this time, the roller was cooled so that the temperature at the time of crushing the fruit portion did not exceed 45 ° C., and the outer roller was surrounded by a casing so that the aroma did not move to the outside (enclosure not shown). Further, the seed coat of coriander was finely pulverized with a high-speed pulverizer 10 to a particle size of about 100 to 300 μ. The crushed product of fruit and the crushed product of seed coat obtained as described above were blended in the measuring and mixing device 11 at a ratio of 2: 1 (weight ratio) to obtain a product. The product had a pleasant aroma of coriander and was of uniform particle size.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a manufacturing apparatus used in the method of the present invention. In the figure, 3 is the first roll that opens the spice hall, 6
Is a shifter for selecting the fruit part and the seed coat part, 7 is a second roll for crushing the fruit part, 10 is a high speed crusher for crushing the seed coat part, 11 is the crushed fruit part and seed coat part A metering and mixing device for mixing.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor ▲ Sugi ▼ Takayuki Moto 1-5-7 Mikitei Sakae, Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture House Food Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A spice hole is divided into a fruit portion and a seed coat portion, and the fruit portion is crushed at 45 ° C. or less and in a substantially sealed state. Separately, the seed coat portion is crushed, and the above crushing is performed. A method for producing a crushed spice, which comprises mixing the prepared fruit part and seed coat part. 2. A spice hole is opened by a roll machine to be taken out as a fruit part and a seed coat part, and the fruit part is crushed, and the crushed fruit part and the seed coat part are selected, The crushed fruit part is crushed using a roll machine, the selected seed coat part is crushed using a high-speed crusher, and the crushed fruit part and seed coat part are mixed.
The manufacturing method described. 3. A first for opening a spice hole to take out as a fruit part and a seed coat part and to roughly crush the fruit part.
A roll machine, a sorting device for sorting the fruit portion and seed coat portion roughly crushed by the first roll machine, a second roll machine for crushing the fruit portion sorted by the sorting device, and the sorting device A high-speed crusher for crushing the selected seed coat part, and a mixing device for mixing the fruit part crushed by the second roll machine and the seed coat part crushed by the high-speed crusher Equipment for crushed spices.