JPH07246068A - Preparation of rice ball and apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an apparatus capable of easily preparing a sandwich-shaped rice ball in high quality despite that the apparatus has only one supplying position for a half-quantity cooked rice, which is about a half quantity of the cooked rice to be used for one rice ball. CONSTITUTION:A rice ball forming apparatus is provided with intermittently rotating plural female molds 2 on a fixed table board 1. In this rice ball forming apparatus, a half-quantity cooked rice 3 is supplied into every female mold 2 at the stopping position of the female mold 2. The upper side of the half-quantity cooked rice 3 is molded in every other female mold 2 by pressing and an ingredient 4 is supplied onto the molded cooked rice. The half- quantity cooked rice 3 provided with the ingredient is moved and stopped, together with the female mold 2, above a rising hole 5 which is opened in the fixed table board 1 and through which a male die 8 rises. The half-quantity cooked rice 3 with the ingredient is once lowered into the rising hole 5 and, in this state, the half-quantity cooked rice 3 of the following female mold 2 is brought and stopped above the half-quantity cooked rice 3 with the ingredient in the male-die hole 5 and a rice ball containing the ingredient 7 is formed. The lower side of the formed rice ball 7 containing the ingredient is pushed up into the female mold 2 by a male die 8. In this state, the female mold 2 is further rotated up to a cutout part 9 of the fixed table board 1 and stopped there. The objective rice ball 7 containing the ingredient is taken out downward.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing a sandwich-shaped rice ball and an apparatus therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a manufacturing method and apparatus for sandwich-shaped rice balls (musubi sand) have been developed and mass-produced, but a plurality of female molds are slid on the bottom plate, and the bottom plate is at the final demolding position. It is fixed until just before, and the method of supplying and pressing in order of 1/2 amount rice, ingredients, 1/2 amount rice in order from above in the female mold, and because it is a turntable and a conveyor device, 1/2 amount rice It requires at least 6 work sites: supply, press, ingredient supply, 1/2 amount rice supply, press and drop.

In particular, since two ½ quantity rice supply work places are required, a ½ quantity rice supply device such as a rice supply hopper, a constant quantity supply basin, and a constant quantity supply shutter is provided at two separate positions. , There is a possibility that the upper and lower half of the sandwiched rice may become uneven, and the equipment becomes complicated and huge.
There is a problem that it requires a large space.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the working place can be reduced to 5 places by consolidating the 1/2 rice feed position into one place, and the 1/2 rice feed device can be bundled into one place. By doing so, it is possible to obtain a sandwich-shaped sushi rice of good quality while maintaining the uniformity of the rice above and below the sandwich-shaped sushi rice, and to simplify the equipment.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a rice cooker forming apparatus in which a plurality of intermittently rotating female dies are provided on a fixed base plate, and each female die is at a stop position of the female dies. About half the amount of rice cooked in the rice is supplied into the inside, and the upper surface of the above half amount rice is press-molded at every other one of the female molds, and the ingredients are supplied to the forming part.
Further, 1/2 the amount of this ingredient supply is stopped along with the female die on the male-type elevating hole formed in the fixed base plate,
The state that the two-meal rice is once housed in the lifting hole is lowered,
In that state, supply approximately half of the rice in the subsequent female mold to the above ingredient 1
/ 2 Hold the lower surface of the rice cooked in the female mold by the male mold by stopping the rotation on the cooked rice to form the cooked rice, and in that state, further stop the female mold to fix the fixed rice plate. The manufacturing method of rice cooked rice comprising the step of unloading the rice cooked rice with the ingredients downward from the notch of the above method. The rice cooker according to the first or second invention, wherein the rotation is stopped on the fixed base plate and the upper surface is pressed, and in that state, the female mold is further stopped and unloaded downward from the cutout portion of the fixed base plate. Method The rice cooker manufacturing method according to each of the first to third inventions, in which every other one of the female dies is pressed against the upper surface of the ½ amount of rice to form a flat ingredient supply surface. The method for producing rice cooked rice according to the fourth invention described above, wherein the notch is a through hole, respectively. The method of manufacturing rice cakes in which intermittently turning female dies are continuously provided on a fixed base plate, and the fixed base plate has at least one male-type elevating hole and a notch, and two female dies have the above-mentioned male dies. A male die that moves up and down to the lower end of a female die that fits the male die elevating hole is fitted to the male die elevating hole, and the male die elevating hole is fitted to the male die elevating hole. A stamp for dropping rice is provided that moves up and down from above the female die toward the cutout portion, and at least one female die that has stopped matching is placed in the elevating hole and one female die is placed in the subsequent female die. A rice-manufacturing device in which a rice top surface forming stamp that moves up and down is provided and is formed so as to supply the rice into each subsequent female mold at the position of the stamp. Rice cooker manufacturing apparatus according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, which is formed so as to supply a tool to a female mold stopped midway from the position of the stamp. 7th or 8th invention, wherein a male base raising / lowering hole corresponding to the subsequent female die at the position of the stamp for stamping is formed in the fixed base plate, and the upper surface of the male die is movable up and down in the middle of the female die. Rice sushi manufacturing device: The rice cooker according to each of the seventh to ninth inventions, wherein the lower surface of the stamp for forming the rice top surface is flat. A relatively wide downward convex portion having a downward step along the inner circumference of the female die on the lower surface. The rice sushi manufacturing apparatus of the said 10th invention which has said It is comprised by the rice sushi manufacturing apparatus of each said 7th-11th invention whose notch part is a through hole.

[0006]

In the present invention, the female die is rotated to stop it at a position corresponding to the male elevating hole formed in the fixed base plate, and that position is provided at a supply position (a ') of approximately half the amount of rice cooked. And At this position, the male die is raised from the lifting hole into the female die, and the upper surface of the male die is stopped at the middle level of the female die. A half quantity container is formed, and the above half quantity rice can be laid and supplied.
This supply is performed for each of the female dies that sequentially rotate in the direction of arrow a.

Then, after lowering the upper surface of the male die into the ascending / descending hole, the female die is rotated to the pressing position (b ') and stopped, and the rice top surface stamp is raised and lowered into the female die. Thus, the upper surface of the ½ cooked rice is entirely flat or a relatively wide and shallow recess having a downward step is formed flat along the inner circumference of the female mold. The lifting and lowering operation of this stamp is performed every other female die which rotates from the supply point (a ') to the press position (b').

The female die is further rotated and stopped, and the tools are evenly fed into every other female die in which all of the upper surface or the concave portions are flatly molded. ').

The female mold that holds the above-mentioned 1/2 amount rice
It further rotates and stops at a position corresponding to the second male type lifting / lowering hole, and the ingredient feeding ½ amount rice is lowered by its own weight or a stamp (not shown), and its upper surface is inside the lifting / lowering hole. It is housed in and stored in that state (Fig. 1 (d) shows this state).

In this state, the vacant female die rotates, and the subsequent female die rotates and stops, so that the female die conforms to the elevating hole. The lower surface of the approximately 1/2 cooked rice housed in this succeeding female mold contacts the upper surface of the ingredient-supplied 1/2 cooked rice in the raising / lowering hole directly below to form a sandwich-shaped cooked rice (see FIG. ) Shows the state). Then, the male mold rises and the lower surface of the polymerized rice is accommodated in the female mold (the state is shown in Fig. 1 (f)). The position shown in FIGS. 1 (d), (e), and (f) is the position of the second male-type lifting hole, which is the same position, and the sandwich-shaped or central ingredient-filled rice forming position (d '). (H ') (H') is formed.

The female die containing the above-mentioned polymerized rice is further rotated and stopped on the fixed base plate, and the upper surface is pressed with a stamp as shown in FIG. The mold is further rotated to stop on the through hole or the notch, and the stamp is moved up and down to drop the above-mentioned polymerized rice as a sandwich-like or rice with central tool on the lower conveyor, and this is carried out and carried out. ) Is formed.

The female mold emptied by the drop further rotates and stops at the supply point (a '), and the same operation as described above is repeated.

[0013]

EXAMPLE A fixed base plate 1 is provided on a machine frame, and a disk-shaped intermittent rotation table 2'is supported on an upper surface thereof by an upright shaft 12, and eight female dies 2 are intermittently rotated every 45 degrees in a direction of an arrow a. It can be moved (FIG. 2) or the six female dies 2 (FIG. 3) can be intermittently rotated every 60 degrees. The female die 2 is formed by a triangular through hole formed along the outer circumference of the table 2 '.

A plurality of the female dies 2 are installed between two endless chains, and the chains form a conveyor suspended between the intermittent drive sprocket and the floating sprocket, and the female dies 2 are provided at the upper transition part of the conveyor. At least 5 pieces are formed so as to be supported on the rectangular fixed base plate, and one of the final female molds 2 is arranged in the space between the end of the fixed base plate and the drive sprocket, and the cutout portion of the fixed base plate is formed by the space. To be done. This space may be a through hole formed in the fixed base plate that matches the final female mold.

The fixed base plate 1 is provided with first and second male type elevating holes 6 and 5, and is a through hole or cutout 9 for dropping rice.
To form. The female molds 2, 2, 2 are directly above the ascending / descending holes 6, 5 and the notch 9, and the other female molds 2 are supported on the upper surface of the fixed base plate 1 and the bottom of the female mold 2 is closed. .

In the first male mold raising / lowering hole 6, a male mold 8 which moves up and down to a mid-level inside the female mold 2 which is stopped in conformity with the raising / lowering hole 6.
1) is provided at the upper end of the cylinder 8 ', and the inside of the female mold 2 is used as a measuring container for approximately half the amount of rice 3 as shown in Fig. 1 (a). / 2 amount of rice 3 can be supplied, and the supply point (a ') is provided for each female die 2.

Each of the female dies 2 supplied with the above-mentioned 1/2 amount rice 3 is sequentially stopped to rotate, and as shown in FIG.
A rice top stamp 11 having a relatively wide downward convex portion 11 ″ having a flat bottom surface or a flat bottom surface is lowered by the cylinder 11a to every other one of the female dies 2 and the pressing position (Ro ').

The upper surface is flattened at the press position (b '),
Alternatively, the 1/2 rice 3 having a central tool insertion hole or a flat concave portion 4'having a relatively large diameter formed along the inner surface of the female die 2 is further stopped after the stamp 11 is lifted. The tool 4 is supplied to a flat or concave portion 4'formed at every other position of the female mold 2 at that position, and this position is referred to as a tool supply position (c ').

Female mold 2 holding the above-mentioned ingredient supply 1/2 amount rice 3
Is further rotated and stopped at a position corresponding to the second male type lifting hole 5, and as shown in FIG. 1 (d), the above-mentioned 1/2 amount rice 3 is fed by its own weight or a stamp (not shown). It descends into the ascending / descending hole 5 and is supported by the upper surface of the male die 8 in the hole 5, and in this state, the upper surface of the ingredient 4 on the 1/2 cooked rice 3 is the same as or slightly higher than the lower end of the female die 2. It is held at the lower level.

In this state, an arrow "a" is placed at a position where approximately half the amount of rice 3 in the subsequent female die 2 coincides with the elevating hole 5.
It rotates in the direction and stops.
As shown in FIG. 1 (e), a sandwich-shaped or central ingredient-containing sushi rice 7 is formed on the upper surface of the cooked rice 3, and immediately after that, the male die 8 rises to form the sandwich-shaped or central ingredient. The rice cooked rice 7 is pushed into the female die 2, and the upper surface of the male die 8 is stopped in conformity with the upper surface of the fixed base plate 1 (the state is shown in FIG. 1F), and the second male die is lifted. The position of the hole 5 forms a sandwich-shaped or central ingredient-containing rice ball forming device (d ') (e') (e '). This position (d ') (e') (f ') is the only position, which is the position of the center line c of the second elevating hole 5, and the ingredient supply 1/2 quantity 3 and the following ingredient 1 / 2 amount of rice 3 is polymerized.

In this state, the sandwich-shaped or central-tool-holding rice-holding female mold 2 further stops rotating in the direction of arrow a and stops on the upper surface of the fixed base plate 1, and at that position, as shown in FIG. The elevating stamp 13 descends, presses the upper surface, and then ascends every other female die 2,
The position is defined as the stamp position (to ').

The sandwich-shaped or central rice-filled rice 7 having a flat top surface or formed with a tool-insertion hole is further rotated in the direction of the arrow a along with the female mold 2 and placed on the through-hole or notch 9. At this position, the rice-rice drop stamp 10 descends and rises to push the rice-cake 7 through the through hole or the notch 9 onto the lower conveyor 14 so that it can be carried out of the machine. It will be the carry-out section (h '). After that, the female mold 2 which has become empty rotates in the direction of arrow a to the original supply point (a ′) and repeats the same operation as described above.

The male molds 8, 8, stamps 10, 11, 1
3 is an air cylinder 8 ', 8', 1 by a solenoid valve control device
By 0 ', 11a, 13', the elevation, the elevation sequence and the elevation level are automatically controlled in conjunction with the intermittent rotation device of the upright shaft.

[0024]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention is based on the above-mentioned method and apparatus, there is only one supply point (a ') for approximately half the amount of hand-picked rice, and each female mold is provided at that point (a'). Homogeneous above 1
/ 2 amount of rice is supplied and every other one in each female mold
By supplying the ingredients on the two-sided rice, it is possible not only to mass-produce sandwich-type sushi rice with good quality with the upper and lower halves of the rice being uniform, but also for the production of general-purpose rice balls with ingredients in the center. There is also an effect that can be applied. It does not take up space and can simplify the device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a process diagram of a method for manufacturing rice balls of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a rice-cake making device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the above device in the case of six female molds.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Fixed base plate 2 Intermittent rotation Female type 3 Approximately 1/2 amount of rice 4 Tools 4'Recesses 5, 6 Male type lifting hole 7 Sandwich-shaped holding rice 8 Male type 9 Notch 10 Rice ball drop stamp 11 Rice top surface molding Stamp 11 'Downward Step 11 "Downward Convex

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A rice cooker forming device comprising a plurality of intermittently rotating female dies provided on a fixed base plate, wherein approximately half the amount of rice cooked in the rice cooker is fed into each female dies at a stop position of the female dies. The upper surface of the above-mentioned 1/2 amount rice is press-molded on every other female mold, and the ingredient is supplied to the forming part. Further, this ingredient-supplied 1/2 amount rice is punched on the fixed base plate along with the female die. The rotation is stopped on the established male-type lifting hole, and the ingredient supply ½ amount rice is temporarily lowered and accommodated in the raising and lowering hole. Is stopped on the above-mentioned rice supply 1/2 amount to form cooked rice, and the lower surface of the rice is pushed up and accommodated in the female mold by the male mold, and in that state, the female mold is further stopped. A method for manufacturing rice with rice, which comprises the step of unloading the above-mentioned rice with ingredients from the notch of the fixed base plate. 2. The filling rice ball is sandwich-shaped.
(1) The method for manufacturing rice balls as described. 3. The lower surface of the cooked rice containing ingredients is pushed up and accommodated in a female mold,
The rotation is stopped on the fixed base plate to press the upper surface, and in that state, the female mold is further stopped to rotate and the lower part is unloaded from the cutout portion of the fixed base plate. (1) or (2) The manufacturing method for rice balls. 4. A flat ingredient supplying surface is formed by pressing the upper surface of said ½ amount rice every other female mold to form a flat ingredient supplying surface.
The method of manufacturing rice balls described in (3). 5. The tool supply surface is the bottom surface of a shallow recess.
(4) The method for manufacturing rice balls as described. 6. The method for producing rice cooked rice according to claim 1, wherein the notch is a through hole. 7. An intermittent rotation female die is continuously provided on a fixed base plate, and the fixed base plate has at least one male-type elevating hole and a notch portion, and the two female dies are the above-mentioned. A male die that moves up and down to the lower end of the female die that fits the male die elevating hole and the above-mentioned cutout portion is fitted to the male die elevating hole. A gripping rice dropping stamp that moves up and down from above the matching female mold toward the cutout portion is provided, and at least one stopped female mold is placed in the lifting hole and one of the female molds is placed in the subsequent female mold. An apparatus for making rice meal, comprising a rice top surface forming stamp that moves up and down for placing, and is formed so as to supply the rice into each subsequent female die at the position of the stamp. 8. The rice cooker according to claim 7, wherein the rice cooker is formed so as to supply the ingredient to the female die stopped midway between the position of the male die lifting hole and the position of the molding stamp. 9. A male base elevating hole corresponding to the succeeding female mold at the position of the rice top surface forming stamp is formed in the fixed base plate, and the upper surface of the male mold is formed to be movable up and down in the middle of the female mold. The rice cooker according to claim 7 or 8. 10. The rice cooker according to claim 7, wherein the lower surface of the rice top surface stamp is flat. 11. The rice cooker according to claim 10, wherein the lower surface has a relatively wide downward convex portion having a downward step along the inner circumference of the female mold. 12. The cutouts are through holes (7) to (11).
Rice sushi manufacturing equipment described in each.