JPH0717092U - Sushi roll making equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To efficiently manufacture sushi rolls. [Structure] A first intermittent circulating belt conveyor 11 arranged on a base 1, a second intermittent circulating belt conveyor 12 arranged on the downstream side in the vicinity of the first conveyor 11, and a first conveyor.
A strip of long seaweed drawn from the upstream side to the downstream side on 11
A drum 7 around which 81 is wound; a leveling roller 23 that is disposed above the first conveyor 11 to level the rice 82 supplied from the hopper 21 onto the seaweed 81 on the first conveyor to a substantially uniform thickness; First
A cutting device 3 which is provided between the conveyor 11 and the second conveyor 12 and moves the rotary blade 32 in a direction orthogonal to the conveyor to cut the seaweed 81 and the leveled rice 82 on the seaweed, and the second conveyor 12
Of the leveling device 4 which is placed above the second conveyor and is stopped on the second conveyor, and a tool feeding device 4 for loading the ingredients on the leveled rice, and the second conveyor 12 which is in contact with the conveying surface of the second conveyor and A clamping die that is arranged close to and away from each other orthogonally to the orbiting direction, and has round bottom groove-shaped recesses 52 that are long in the conveyor conveying direction on the opposite surfaces.
It is composed of 50 and 51.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an apparatus for continuously producing rolled sushi.

[0002]

[Prior art and problems to be solved]

 The applicant has previously used, as shown in FIG. 5, a seaweed supply device (91) that puts sheet-like seaweed (84) one by one on an aligning conveyor (90) and sequentially sends out the seaweed, and a conveyor provided above the aligning conveyor. A rice feeding device (92) that feeds cooked rice onto the sheet-shaped laver that is placed and conveyed, and a flexible belt (93) that is placed downstream of the alignment conveyor is stretched endlessly, and the transition of the belt is performed. We proposed a sushi roll manufacturing device composed of a winding device (95) equipped with guide members (94) (94) that push up the belt edges from both sides of the road and roll them in the width direction (Actual Publication No. 1-262625).

In the seaweed supply device (91), the seaweed bundle housed in the stocker (92) is supplied to the aligning conveyor (90) one by one. The seaweed is transferred to the flexible belt (93) of the winding device (95) by the alignment conveyor. During this time, the rice (82) is supplied onto the seaweed (84) by the cooked rice supply device (92), and if necessary, the utensils are manually placed on the rice (82). When the seaweed on which the rice is placed passes through the draft members (94) (94), the belt (93) is rolled in the width direction to form sushi rolls.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the above-mentioned sushi roll manufacturing apparatus, the sheet-like seaweed (84) placed on the alignment conveyor (90) is likely to be displaced until rice is placed, and when the seaweed is displaced, the seaweed is eaten from the seaweed. There was a problem that the rice was put on the table when it was taken out, and it was not rolled up even if it was rolled, resulting in poor yield.

When the flexible belt (93) is forcibly rolled in the width direction and the seaweed and the rice are wrapped in the belt (93), the rice is squeezed to the upstream side and rolled tightly. Was not possible. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and clarifies a roll-sushi manufacturing apparatus which has a good yield and can be wound tightly.

[0006]

[Means for solving the problem]

 The sushi roll manufacturing apparatus of the present invention comprises a first intermittently-circulating belt conveyor (11) arranged on a base (1) and a second intermittently-circulating circuit arranged at a downstream side in proximity to the first conveyor (11). A belt conveyor (12), a first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11), a drum (7) around which a strip-shaped long seaweed (81) is drawn from the upstream side to the downstream side, and a first intermittent circulating belt conveyor. A leveling roller (23) arranged above the (11) and leveling the rice (82) supplied from the hopper (21) onto the seaweed (81) on the first conveyor (11) to a substantially uniform thickness. ) And the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12), and the rotary blade (32) is moved in a direction orthogonal to the conveyor to form the seaweed (81) and the seaweed. A cutting device (3) for cutting the upper leveled rice (82) and a leveling device which is arranged above the second intermittently circulating belt conveyor (12) and is stopped on the second conveyor. On the conveyor surface of the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12) and the ingredient inserting device (4) for inserting the ingredients onto the rice, they are arranged close to and away from each other at right angles to the circulation direction of the conveyor. It is constituted by a clamping die (50) (51) having a round bottom groove-like recess (52) directed in the transport direction.

[0007]

[Action and effect]

 The strip-shaped seaweed (81) drawn from the drum (7) is drawn from the upstream side to the downstream side of the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11), and the rice is leveled to a substantially uniform height by a leveling roller (23). Then, put it on the seaweed. At this time, the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) is circulating in the direction of transporting the seaweed to the downstream side.

The first intermittent circulation belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittent circulation belt conveyor (12) alternately repeat the circulation of a distance corresponding to the length of one roll of sushi and stop for a certain period of time. return. The first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12) have the same timings of circulation and stop.

The tip of the seaweed is delivered to the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12), and then the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12) are stopped. In the meantime, the rotary blade (32) of the cutting device (3) rotates and moves in the direction orthogonal to the belt conveyor to cut the seaweed and the leveled rice. Also, during this period, the ingredient (83) is introduced from the ingredient insertion device (4) onto the leveled rice.

The second intermittently circulating belt conveyor (12) circulates, and then the rice with the ingredients (83) is on standby until the conveyor (12) stops. Located in between. At the same timing as the stop of the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12), the clamping dies (50) (51) approach each other and clamp the rice. The rice is clamped into a round bar shape corresponding to the round bottom groove-like recesses (52) of the clamping dies (50) (51).

The clamping molds (50) (51) are opened, the conveyor (12) is operated, and the clamped rice is conveyed to the downstream side. The above operation is repeated for each intermittent operation of the first and second intermittently circulating belt conveyors (11) and (12), and sushi rolls can be efficiently manufactured.

[0012] Since the band-shaped seaweed (81) is pulled out onto the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) and the rice is placed on this, it is cut into one roll of sushi, so that a rectangular sheet is used as in the past. It is possible to solve the problem caused by the displacement of the seaweed on the way of transporting the seaweed on the conveyor.

Further, since the rice on the seaweed is clamped by a pair of clamping molds (50) (51) to form a sushi roll, the flexible belt (93) that is rotating in the conventional manner is used. The rice can be rolled tightly without being squeezed to the upstream side, unlike the case where the seaweed and rice are wrapped in a belt (93) and the rice is forcibly rolled in the width direction.

[0014]

【Example】

 As shown in FIG. 1, on a base (1), a first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) and a second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12) are arranged in a row in close proximity to each other. The first intermittent circulation belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittent circulation belt conveyor (12) repeat the circulation of a distance corresponding to the length of one roll of sushi and stop for a certain period of time. The belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittently circling belt conveyor (12) have the same timing for the circulation and the stop.

A rice feeding device (2) is provided above the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11). The rice feeding device (2) includes a hopper (21) for storing rice, a stirring blade (22) provided at a discharge port of the hopper (21), and a uniformizer arranged downstream of the stirring blade (22). It consists of a roller (23).

The leveling roller (23) and the stirring blade (22) are forcibly rotated by a rotation driving device (not shown), and the leveling roller (23) is conveyed by the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11). The height is adjustable from the surface.

A cutting device (3) is provided between the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12). The cutting device (3) is provided with a rotary blade (32) which is movable along the guide member (31) in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the belt conveyor, and the rotary blade (32) is provided with a motor (not shown). It is configured by connecting.

The lower edge of the rotary blade (32) is located between the downstream end of the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) and the upstream end of the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12) on both conveyors (11) ( Move to a position slightly lower than the height of the transport surface in 12). A receiving shaft (33) is provided in the transition path at the lower edge of the rotary blade (32) so as to face the rotary blade (32).

A tool insertion device (4) is provided on the downstream side of the cutting device (3). The tool feeding device (4) has two orbital chains (41) and (41) arranged in parallel to each other at right angles to the orbiting direction of the belt conveyor (12), and is placed between the orbital chains (41) and (41). The tray-shaped trays (42) are arranged at equal intervals so as to be reversibly hung, and a hitting roller (43) is projected from one end surface of each trough-shaped tray (42).

Above the substantially center in the width direction of the conveyor belt (12a) of the second intermittent circulation belt conveyor (12), the transfer roller (43) of the trough-shaped tray (42) is exposed to the transition path. The baffle member (44) is provided, the contact roller (43) hits the baffle member (44), the trough-shaped tray (42) is inverted, and the tool (83) stored in the trough-shaped tray (42). Is put on the leveled rice (82) on the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12).

A detector (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of the tool (83) is provided near the transition path of the trough-shaped saucer (42) through a hole opened in the trough-shaped saucer (42). The empty trough-shaped saucer (42) is allowed to pass through, and the saucer (42) containing the tool (83) is always waiting in front of the baffle member (44). Make sure to add the ingredients.

A mold clamping device (5) is provided on the downstream side of the tool input device (4). The mold clamping device (5) slidably contacts the conveyor belt (12a) of the second intermittently-circling belt conveyor (12), and a pair of clamping molds (50) (on both sides in the width direction of the belt (42) ( 51) are arranged so that they can approach and separate from each other. Round-bottom groove-shaped recesses (52) corresponding to half the shape of sushi rolls are formed on the inner surfaces of the fastening molds (50) (51) facing each other in the circumferential direction of the belt.

A mounting plate (54) is mounted on the rear surface of the fastening molds (50) (51) via a block (53), and the cylinders (55) (56) are connected to the mounting plate (54). It The cylinders (55) (56) reciprocally move the piston rod once in response to the stop timing of the second intermittently circulating belt conveyor (12), and close and open the clamping dies (50) (51).

A taper surface (51a) whose upper end is inclined outward is formed at the upper edge of the inner surface of one of the clamping dies (50) and (51). When the mold is clamped, the tapered surface (51a) smoothly guides the edge of the seaweed rising along the round bottom groove-shaped recess (52) of the other mold (50) to the outside of the mold, When the mold is opened, it plays a role of allowing the edge of the seaweed to overlap well with the inner edge of the seaweed.

A discharge part (6) is provided on the downstream side of the mold clamping device (5). In the discharge part (6), a projecting plate (61) is arranged so as to be capable of reciprocating, orthogonal to the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12).

However, the strip-shaped seaweed (81) drawn from the drum (7) is drawn from the upstream side to the downstream side of the first intermittently-circling belt conveyor (11), and is made to have a substantially uniform height by the leveling roller (23). Place the rice on the seaweed while leveling the rice. At this time, the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) is circulating in the direction of transporting the seaweed downstream. The first intermittent circulation belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittent circulation belt conveyor (12) repeat the circulation for a distance corresponding to the length of one roll of sushi and stop for a certain period of time.

The tip of the seaweed is delivered to the second intermittent loop belt conveyor (12), and then the first intermittent loop belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittent loop belt conveyor (12) are stopped. In the meantime, the rotary blade (32) of the cutting device (3) rotates and moves in the direction orthogonal to the belt conveyor to cut the seaweed and the leveled rice. At the time of cutting, the seaweed and rice are placed on the receiving shaft (33), and the rotary blade (32) moves on the receiving shaft (33), so that the cut end can be cut beautifully.

Further, during this time, the ingredient (83) is introduced from the ingredient inserting device (4) onto the leveled rice. The rice with the ingredients (83) placed on the mold clamping device (5) is rotated by the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12) and then the second intermittent circulating belt conveyor (12) is stopped. . The clamping dies (51) (51) approach each other at the same timing as the stop of the second intermittently circulating belt conveyor (12) to clamp the rice. The rice is clamped into a round bar shape corresponding to the round groove-shaped recess (52) of the clamping die (51).

The clamping dies (51) (51) are opened, the second intermittently circulating belt conveyor (12) is operated, and the clamped rice is conveyed to the downstream side. The projecting plate (61) projects the sushi roll on the belt conveyor (12) and discharges it. The above operation is repeated for each intermittent operation of the first and second intermittently circulating belt conveyors (11) and (12), and sushi rolls can be efficiently manufactured.

As described above, the device of the present invention pulls out the strip-shaped seaweed (81) onto the first intermittently-circulating belt conveyor (11), puts the rice on this, and cuts it into one roll of sushi. Therefore, it is possible to solve the problem caused by the displacement of the seaweed during the transportation of the rectangular sheet-shaped seaweed by the conveyor as in the conventional case.

In addition, since the rice on the seaweed is clamped by a pair of clamping molds (50) (51) to form sushi rolls, the flexible belt (93) that is rotating in the same manner as in the past is used. It is possible to roll the rice tightly by rolling it in the width direction and winding the rice with no seaweed and rice wrapped in the belt (93). The present invention is not limited to the description of the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims for utility model registration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sushi roll manufacturing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a mold clamping device and a tool feeding device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a mold clamping state.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a fastening die.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) Base (11) First intermittent revolving belt conveyor (12) Second intermittent revolving belt conveyor (2) Leveling roller conveyor (32) Rotating blade (4) Tool insertion device (5) Clamping device (7) ) Drum

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A first intermittent circuit belt conveyor (11) arranged on a base (1) and a second intermittent circuit belt conveyor (12) arranged on the downstream side in the vicinity of the first conveyor (11). ), And a drum for winding the strip-shaped long seaweed (81) drawn from the upstream side to the downstream side on the first intermittent circulation belt conveyor (11)
(7) and the rice (82) provided above the first intermittent circulating belt conveyor (11) and supplied from the hopper (21) onto the seaweed (81) on the first conveyor (11) are omitted. Leveling roller (23) for leveling to a uniform thickness
, And the rotating blade (32) is arranged between the first intermittently circulating belt conveyor (11) and the second intermittently circulating belt conveyor (12) in a direction orthogonal to the conveyor, and the seaweed (81) and the seaweed A cutting device (3) for cutting the leveled rice (82) and a tool placed on the leveled rice which is arranged above the second intermittently circulating belt conveyor (12) and stopped on the second conveyor. On the conveying surface of the tool feeding device (4) and the second intermittent circulation belt conveyor (12), the circular bottom grooves are arranged close to and away from each other orthogonal to the circulation direction of the conveyor, and face each other on the opposing surface in the conveyance direction of the conveyor. An apparatus for making sushi rolls, which comprises a tightening die (50) (51) having a groove (52).