JPH0723868A - Food casserole device and housing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To bake in casserole a food such as a dupling stuffed with minced pork, etc., with narrow space and with high efficiency. CONSTITUTION:This casserole divice is provided with a molding machine 40 for a dumpling stuffed with minced pork 1 at a carrier means 10, and also, a steam part 50 which steams the dumpling stuffed with minced port 1 being carried advancing in a carrying diredtion, a baking part 60 in casserole part which bakes in casserole a steamed dumpling struffed with minced port 1, and a tray packing part 70 which packs the dumpling stuffed with minced port 1 baked in casserole in a tray. Spurge uniform distribution pipes as a steam means are provided at prescribed intervals in the carrying direction in a box at the steam part 50. The spurge uniform distribution pipe as the steam means and a plate heater as a baking means are provided in the box at the casserole part 60.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food steaming and baking apparatus for manufacturing grilled gyoza and the like for frozen foods and a container filling apparatus for packing the grilled gyoza and the like in a tray or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, frozen gyoza frozen foods are
Wrap the ingredients in the skin to make raw dumplings, steam the raw dumplings in the steaming process, add a burn mark in the baking process to make grilled dumplings, and manually stuff the steamed dumplings in a tray. In this state, it is transported to the freezing process and frozen.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional technique for producing gyoza dumplings is enormous because a steaming machine and a baking machine are provided corresponding to the steaming step and the baking step, respectively. A line space was required and the manufacturing efficiency was poor.

Further, the quality of the grilled gyoza is generally good if it is steamed in a frying pan at the same time, but in the conventional technique for mass production lines in factories, steaming and grilling are performed separately. Therefore, it was not possible to produce good quality gyoza.

Further, manually packing the gyoza into the tray as in the prior art requires manual intervention, which is not economical. Although there is a device that grabs the seams of raw gyoza and packs it in a tray, packing grated gyoza in the tray with such a device causes a problem that the gyoza skin is damaged and the commercial value is lost. Therefore, conventionally, there has been a demand for a device that efficiently packs gyoza into a tray without impairing the commercial value.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a food steaming apparatus which can steam food efficiently in a small space.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a container packing device which can efficiently pack items to be stored in a tray.

[0008]

The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and a food steaming and baking apparatus of the present invention is a belt conveyor having a heat-resistant conveyor belt for conveying food, and a conveyor. A box body that covers the upper part of the belt in a substantially sealed state, a steaming unit provided with steaming means for steaming the food conveyed by the conveyor belt, and a food steamed by the steaming section conveyed by the conveyor belt. And a steaming / baking section provided with the steaming means.

As the steaming means provided in the steaming section and the steaming section, the conventionally used steaming section can be used, and the steaming section and the steaming section may be the same or different.

The baking means provided in the steaming and baking section may be any means capable of raising the temperature of the conveyor belt to a predetermined temperature. For example, a heater is provided adjacently, heating is performed by direct flame, hot air is applied, or the like. can give.

Further, if the steaming means and the baking means are provided on the entire box and only the baking means is used in the baking section, the ratio of the steaming section to the steaming section can be easily changed on the conveyor belt. You can Further, the steaming means can be provided with a water spraying means for spraying water on the food. For example, when steaming the dumplings, it is possible to prevent the seam portion of the skin of the dumplings from becoming dry and crispy, which is preferable. Furthermore, in the steaming section and the steaming section, drainage grooves on the conveyor belt, through which water flows, can be provided on both sides of the conveyor belt. This drainage groove prevents the food from being soaked in water on the conveyor belt and spoiled.

The conveyor belt has only to have heat resistance enough to heat the dim sum, and for example, a polytetrafluoroethylene resin belt, a stero belt, or a ceramic belt can be used. Further, the conveyor belt itself or the surface can be formed into various shapes, for example, a net shape, whereby a burn mark of any shape can be attached to food.

The container stuffing device of the present invention comprises a conveyor belt for carrying the articles to be stored wrapped around a pulley, a container covering means for covering the articles to be stored on the conveyor belt with a container, and a conveyor belt for conveying the articles. And a reversing guide that is provided adjacent to the end and guides the container covered with the article to be housed to be reversed while being substantially in contact with the conveyor belt.

It is sufficient that the guide can be inverted while the container is substantially in contact with the conveyor belt (that is, the article to be stored does not protrude from the covered container). For example, the guide can be formed substantially concentrically with the pulley or can be elastic. The tray may be biased toward the conveyor belt by using a rubber-like string with a groove.

The food in the food steaming apparatus of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is a food to be steamed and baked, and examples thereof include dumplings, dim sum such as rice dumplings, broiled eel such as eel, hamburger and fish.

Items to be stored in the container filling apparatus of the present invention are not particularly limited as long as they can be stored in a container in an aligned state, and include, for example, foods, medicines and various small items.
In particular, dumplings and the like that are easily collapsed by being sandwiched are preferable.

The containers in the container packing device of the present invention include, for example, trays and boxes.

[0018]

In the food steaming apparatus of the present invention, the conveyor belt conveys the food, the steaming means steams the food in the conveying process, and the steamed food is steamed by the steaming means. The box body holds the steam when the food is steamed and prevents the steam from spreading.

In the container packing apparatus of the present invention, the container covering means covers the container to be stored on the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt reverses the container to be stored. Keeps the container substantially in contact with the conveyor belt and reverses the container to pack the items to be stored in the container.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the food steaming and baking and container filling device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a grilled gyoza manufacturing apparatus as a food steaming and baking apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the grilled gyoza manufacturing apparatus.
3 is a side view of the roasted gyoza manufacturing apparatus, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the steamed portion of the roasted gyoza manufacturing apparatus, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the steamed-broiled portion of the roasted gyoza manufacturing apparatus, and FIG. 6 is a roasted gyoza as a container filling device. It is an expansion side view of a tray packing device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is a conveying means for conveying the gyoza 1 as food, which is adjacent to an end portion (hereinafter referred to as a base end portion) from which the conveying means 10 feeds out. , A meat mixing machine 20 that mixes minced meat that serves as a gyoza ingredient, chopped cabbage, and the like, and a noodle mixing machine 30 that mixes flour, water, and the like for making dumpling skin to produce a dough. I am Also, the transportation means
Above the base end of 10, there is a gyoza forming machine 40 that makes a skin from the dough sent from the noodle mixing machine 30 and wraps the ingredients sent from the ingredient mixing machine 20 with this skin to form a dumpling. It is provided. Further, the conveying means 10 has a steaming section 50 for steaming the gyoza 1 being conveyed from the gyoza molding machine 40 in the conveying direction,
Steaming part 60 for steaming the steamed dumplings 1 and tray packing part 70 for packing the steamed dumplings 1 in the tray 2.
Is provided. Further, a gyoza tray transfer means 80 for transferring the tray 2 accommodating the gyoza 1 to the freezer is provided adjacent to the end of the transfer means 10 on the transfer side (hereinafter referred to as the leading end).

The conveying means 10 is provided with a large-diameter drive pulley 11 for driving on the tip end side and a small-diameter base end pulley 12 on the base end side.
A belt 13 made of polytetrafluoroethylene resin is wound around 11 and a base end pulley 12. Further, a return roller 14 is provided at a predetermined interval below the return-side conveyor belt 13, and a belt cleaning tank 15 is provided in the traveling path of the return-side conveyor belt 13. The belt cleaning tank 15 has a cleaning liquid. 16 is stored, and the cleaning roller 17 is provided so as to be half-immersed in the cleaning liquid 16.

The ingredient mixer 20 and the noodle mixer 30 are the same as those conventionally used, and the ingredient mixer 20 has a conveying pipe 21 and a conveying pump 22 for conveying the ingredient to the gyoza forming machine 40. The noodle mixing machine 30 is provided with a transport pipe 31 and a transport pump 32 for transporting the dough to the dumpling molding machine 40.

The dumpling molding machine 40 has a hopper 41 for receiving the ingredients sent from the ingredient mixing machine 20 and a dough sent from the noodle mixing machine 30 to make a skin by circularly expanding the dough. It comprises a molding section 42 for wrapping the ingredients and molding the dumplings, and a dumpling transfer section 43 for arranging the molded dumplings 1 on the belt 13 of the conveying means 10.

As shown in FIG. 4, the steaming section 50 covers the upper portion of the conveyor belt 13 in a substantially sealed state and forms a box 510.
The box body 510 includes a side wall 511 formed parallel to the transport direction, and an upper door 512 that is opened and closed in the upper part by rotating around one side wall 511. The upper door 512 is provided with a handle 513 at its opening-side end, and a retractable and fixable opening shaft 514 is rotatably provided at substantially the middle portion. The other end of the opening shaft 514 is It is rotatably attached to a beam (not shown) fixed integrally with the side wall 511.

Immediately above the conveyor belt 13, sparging equalizing pipes 521 as steaming means are provided at predetermined intervals in the conveying direction, and inside the sparging equalizing pipes 521 are provided sparge pipes 522, which are supplied by steam. It is connected to a steam source (not shown) via a pipe 523. Upper door 5 above the sparging uniform distribution pipe 521
An inner lid 530 is provided below 11 and this inner lid 530
Has a chevron-shaped surface cut at a right angle to the transport direction,
Water droplets adhering to the lower surface of the inner lid 530 flow down toward the side edges. Further, the inner lid 530 is rotatably provided around one side end, and the handle 53 is provided on the other side.
1 is formed.

In the steaming section 50, drainage grooves 540 for draining the water accumulated on the conveyor belt 13 are provided at both ends of the conveyor belt 13, and the drainage grooves 540 are connected to the cable duct 541, The water accumulated on the top 13 is finally discharged out of the box 510.

As shown in FIG. 5, the steaming / baking section 60 is provided with a box 610, a sparge equalizing pipe 621, a sparge pipe 622, a steam supply pipe 623, and an inner lid 630, similar to the steaming unit 50. Two spray nozzles 651 for spraying water onto the dumplings 1 are provided at predetermined intervals in the width direction of the belt 13 between the sparging equalizing pipe 621 and the inner lid 630. (Not shown).

A plate heater 661 serving as a baking means is provided below the conveyor belt 13, and the plate heater 661 is fixed to an upper portion of a mounting frame 662. The mounting frame 662 is screwed into the screw shaft 663 at both end portions thereof, and is vertically movable by the rotation of the screw shaft 663. Therefore, the plate heater 661 moves up and down by the rotation of the screw shaft 663, and the solid line in the figure represents the uppermost position,
In the figure, the chain double-dashed line represents the position at the bottom. Then, when the plate heater 661 is located at the uppermost stage, its upper surface is in close contact with the lower surface of the conveyor belt 13. Further, drain grooves 640 for discharging water on the conveyor belt 13 are provided at both ends of the plate heater 661.

As shown in FIG. 6, the tray packing unit 70 includes a tray covering mechanism 710 for covering the dumplings 1 placed on the conveyor belt 13 with the trays 2 and a tray 2 covering the dumplings 1 with the trays 2 covered by the dumplings 1. Inversion guide 7 to invert without spilling
20 and are provided. The tray covering mechanism 710 is provided with four tray storage boxes 711 in which the plurality of trays 2 are stacked and stored so that the bottom is on the lower side in the width direction of the conveyor belt 13. Below the tray storage box 711, rotatable and stretchable suction members 712 are respectively provided, and the suction members 712 suck the tray 2 and cover the dumplings 1.
The reversing guide 720 is formed in a substantially semicircular shape that is substantially concentric with the drive pulley 11 and is spaced from the belt conveyor 13 by the tray 2.
Are arranged so that the depths of the two are approximately the same.

The dumpling tray transfer section 80 is composed of a belt conveyor 81, the base end of which is located below the reversing guide 720 and the front end side of which is connected to a freezer (not shown).

The operation of manufacturing grilled gyoza by the above-mentioned dumpling manufacturing apparatus and packing it in the tray will be described.

First, add the minced meat, chopped cabbage and the like to the ingredient mixer 20 to produce the ingredient, and mix the noodles 30
Add flour, water, etc. to the dough to produce a dough. The ingredients and the dough are respectively sent to the gyoza forming machine 40 and formed into the raw gyoza 1 in the forming section 42, and then in the gyoza transferring section 43 the conveyor belt.
13 rows are arranged in 2 rows and 20 lines.

The raw dumplings 1 arranged are the conveyor belt 13
Are conveyed by the steam generator to the steaming unit 50. In the steaming section 50, a sparge pipe 522 is used to install a sparge equalizing pipe 521.
Steam the gyoza 1 by spraying steam through. At this time, since the box 510 is in a substantially sealed state, the steamed dumpling 1 is sufficiently steamed without steam leaking to the outside. Also,
The water that has cooled and accumulated on the conveyor belt 13 is drained.
The water droplets discharged to the outside via the 540 and attached to the inner lid 530 are formed obliquely, and therefore move to the side end and then drop, and do not drop on the raw dumpling 1.

Next, the raw dumpling 1 steamed in the steaming section 50 is sent to the steaming and baking section 60. In the steaming section 60, the plate heater 661 heats the belt conveyor 13 while steaming as in the steaming section 50, so that the lower surface of the raw dumpling 1 which is the contact surface is baked by the conveyor belt 13. In addition, at this time, water is sprayed from the spray nozzle 651 to moisten the joint portion of the skin of the raw dumpling 1 and prevent peeling due to drying. The drainage is substantially the same as the steaming unit 50.

Thus, the baked gyoza 1 is completed, and the baked gyoza 1 is further sent to the tray packing device 70 by the conveyor belt 13. In this tray packing device 70, first, the suction member
After the tray 712 adsorbs the tray 2, it is rotated half a turn to cover the gyoza 1 on the belt conveyor 13. At this time, tray 2
Stores gyoza 1 in an array of 5 in 2 rows (2 × 5 = 10). Then, the tray 2 is conveyed on the belt conveyor 13 in a covered state, and while being guided by the guide 720 at the leading end, the drive pulley 11 is rotated about half a turn, and the top and bottom are reversed. Therefore, the dumplings 1 are packed in the tray 2 to be in a state. In this state, it is dropped onto the belt conveyor 81 of the tray transfer section 80 and is transferred to the freezer by the belt conveyor 81.

[0038]

The food steaming apparatus of the present invention can efficiently steam food in a narrow space.

Further, the container packing apparatus of the present invention can very easily pack the items to be stored in the container in an aligned state. In particular, even in the case of food that easily breaks due to being sandwiched, it can be packed without losing its shape, and in the case of grilled gyoza, it is possible to arrange the grilled surface (face) on the top surface. Can strongly attract the purchaser's willingness to purchase.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an apparatus for producing gyoza, which is an embodiment of the apparatus for steaming food according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an apparatus for producing gyoza, which is an embodiment of the apparatus for steaming food according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of an apparatus for producing gyoza, which is an embodiment of the apparatus for steaming food according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a steaming portion of a grilled gyoza manufacturing apparatus which is an example of the food steaming apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a steaming / baking section of a grilled gyoza manufacturing apparatus which is an embodiment of the food steaming / baking apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a gyoza tray packing device which is an embodiment of the container packing device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Gyoza 2 ... Tray 10 ... Conveying means 20 ... Mixing device 30 ... Noodle mixing machine 40 ... Gyoza forming machine 50 ... Steaming part 521 ... Sparge equalizing pipe 60 ... Steaming part 621 ... Sparge equalizing pipe 661 ... Plate heater 70 … Tray packing section 80… Tray transport means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Masahiko Suyama 1873 Nishi, Nagao-cho, Okawa-gun, Kagawa Ajinomoto Frozen Foods Co., Ltd. Shikoku Factory (72) Inventor Kenju Chiba 1222 Yoshida, Oizumi-cho, Gunma-ken Ajinomoto Frozen Food Co., Ltd. Frozen Food Development Laboratory

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A belt conveyor having a heat-resistant conveyor belt for conveying food, a box body for covering the upper part of the conveyor belt in a substantially sealed state, and a steaming means for steaming food conveyed by the conveyor belt. A steaming section provided with a steaming section provided with a steaming means and a baking means for steaming the food steamed by the steaming section being conveyed by the conveyor belt and baking through the conveyor belt. Characteristic food steaming equipment 2. The food steaming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the steaming section is provided with water spray means for spraying water on the food. 3. The food steaming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein drainage grooves into which water flows on the conveyor belt are provided on both sides of the conveyor belt of the steaming section and the steaming section. 4. A conveyor belt for transporting an article to be stored wrapped around a pulley, a container covering means for placing a container on the article to be stored located on the conveyor belt, and adjacent to an end portion in the conveyor belt conveying direction. A container packing device, comprising: a reversing guide that guides reversing of a container that is provided and covers the article to be stored while being substantially in contact with the conveyor belt.