JPH073911Y2 - Rice clamping device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for clamping rice to form triangular rice balls, round bar-shaped rice or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various instruments and devices for clamping rice to mold a triangular rice ball and round bar-shaped rice have been put into practical use. However, in all of these, rice is packed in a mold cavity formed in the device and pressed from above to form the product, and there is a problem in productivity.
The present invention discloses a device for clamping and forming rice that can improve productivity by pinching the rice on the belt conveyor from both left and right sides with clamping molds.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an intermittently circling belt conveyor (4) mounted on a base (1) and a belt conveyor.
A hopper (21) arranged above (4) for storing rice, a leveling roller (25) for leveling the rice fed from the hopper (21) onto the belt conveyor (4) to a substantially uniform thickness, On the downstream side of the roller (25), the recesses (52) formed on the opposing surfaces are arranged close to and away from each other, close to the conveying surface of the belt conveyor (4) and orthogonal to the orbiting direction of the belt conveyor (4). It is composed of a pair of clamping dies (51) for clamping the rice in a corresponding shape.

[0004]

[Operation and effect] The rice fed on the belt conveyor (4) is leveled by the leveling roller (25) to a substantially uniform height and is conveyed to the downstream side. The rice stops at the position corresponding to the clamping dies (51) (51), and the clamping dies (51) (51) approach each other to pinch the rice. The rice is formed into a shape corresponding to the recess (52) of the tightening die (51). The clamping molds (51) (51) are opened, the belt conveyor (4) is operated, and the clamped rice is conveyed to the downstream side. The above operation is repeated for each intermittent operation of the belt conveyor (4),
The rice can be efficiently clamped into a predetermined shape.

[0005]

EXAMPLE As shown in FIG. 1, a belt conveyor (4) is provided on a base (1), a rice feeding section (2) is provided on the upstream side of the belt conveyor (4), and a mold clamping section (on the downstream side). 5) is provided.

The rice supplying section (2) has a hopper (21) for storing rice.
And a stirring blade (22) provided at the discharge port of the hopper (21)
And a leveling roller (25) provided on the downstream side of the stirring blade (22).

The stirring blade (22) is constituted by a plurality of stirring shafts (24) protruding from the outer periphery of the rotating shaft (23).

The rotating shaft (26) of the leveling roller (25) and the stirring blade (2
The rotating shaft (23) of 2) is the box (12) attached to the base (1).
Through the side wall (11) of the leveling roller (25).
6) is pierced through a long hole (not shown) of the support wall (11) so as to be movable in the vertical direction and is connected to the rice thickness adjusting device (3).

In the rice thickness adjusting device (3) shown in FIG. 2, the base ends of the two arms (32) are rotatably fitted to the rotating shaft (23) of the stirring blade (22), and the arms (32) ( The free end of 32) is connected by the connecting plate (27) to form the lever (31), the hanging shaft (34) is connected to the connecting plate (27), and the upper end of the hanging shaft (34) is connected to the box (12). The ceiling plate (13) is pierced and is fixed with a nut (35). A universal joint (33) is provided in the middle of the suspension shaft (34).

The rotating shaft (26) of the leveling roller (25) is an arm (32).
It is rotatably attached to the lever (31) through the middle part of (32). Turn the nut (35) in the tightening direction to
The free end of (31) rises, that is, the leveling roller (25) also rises, and if the nut (35) is turned in the loosening direction, the leveling roller (25) will lower.

The drive roller (41), the stirring blade (22) and the leveling roller (25) of the belt conveyor (4) are rotationally driven by one motor (43), and the motor (43) is controlled by a controller (not shown). The rotation time is controlled by (No.) to intermittently rotate.

The mold clamping unit (5) approaches the conveyor belt (42) of the belt conveyor (4), and a pair of clamping molds (51) (51) approach each other on both sides in the width direction of the belt (42). Deploy so that they can be separated. A recess (52) corresponding to half the shape of a triangular rice ball is formed continuously on the inner surface of each of the tightening dies (51) (51) in the circumferential direction of the belt.

Attaching plates (53) (5
4) is attached, and the cylinder (55) is attached to the attachment plate (53) (54).
(56) is connected. The cylinders (55) (56) reciprocate the piston rod once in accordance with the timing of stopping the belt conveyor (4) to close and open the clamping molds (51) (51).

In the embodiment, the mold pressing plate is provided above the mold clamping portion (5).
(6) is arranged so that it can be raised and lowered. The embossing plate (6) is a flat plate
Triangular convex parts (62) are continuously provided on the lower surface of (61) in the circumferential direction of the belt conveyor (4), and a protruding shaft is provided substantially at the center of the convex part (62).
It has (63). A cylinder (64) is connected to the flat plate (61) and descends in accordance with the closing timing of the clamping dies (51) (51) to press the rice from above.

However, the rice fed on the belt conveyor (4) is leveled by the leveling roller (25) to a substantially uniform height and conveyed to the downstream side. The rice stops at the position corresponding to the clamping dies (51) (51), and the clamping dies (51) (51) approach each other to pinch the rice. Further, the embossing plate (6) descends and the lower surface convex portion (62)
Then press the rice from above.

As shown in FIG. 5, the rice has a dent (5)
It is formed into a shape corresponding to 2), and a hole is formed in the upper surface by the protruding shaft (63) of the embossing plate (6). This hole is for inserting a tool in a later process.

As the embossing plate (6) rises, the clamping die (51)
(51) opens, the belt conveyor (4) operates, and the cooked rice is conveyed to the downstream side. The above operation is repeated for each intermittent operation of the belt conveyor (4), so that the rice can be efficiently clamped into a predetermined shape.

In the above embodiment, the clamping die (51) is open to the upper side and the mold pressing plate (6) is required, but the clamping die (51) is designed so as not to be opened upward. Then, the embossing plate (6)
Is unnecessary.

Further, in the above embodiment, the clamping dies (51) (51) are
Each time it is closed, multiple triangular rice balls of the same shape can be produced, but the shape of the dents (52) (52) of the clamping die (51) is gradually deformed from the upstream side to the downstream side to form each dent (52). Then, by clamping the rice in order, it is possible to perform the clamping in a complicated shape that cannot be obtained by single clamping.

FIG. 6 shows another example of the clamping dies (51) (51), which have round bottom groove-shaped recesses (52) (52) formed on the opposing surfaces. It can be clamped to the round bar-shaped rice (90) shown in FIG. If the ingredients are placed on the widthwise central portion of the plate-shaped rice before the mold clamping, the ingredients (93) are located at the central part of the round bar-shaped rice (90) when the mold is clamped. 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 the device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the thickness adjusting device.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view in which the embossing plate is turned upside down.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a triangular rice ball.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the fastening die.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of round bar-shaped rice.

[Explanation of symbols] (21) Hopper (22) Stirring blade (4) Belt conveyor (51) Tightening die (6) Embossing plate

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An intermittent circulating belt conveyor (4) provided on a base (1), a hopper (21) provided above the belt conveyor (4) for storing rice, and a belt from the hopper (21). A leveling roller (25) for leveling the rice fed on the conveyor (4) to a substantially uniform thickness, and a belt conveyor that is close to the conveyor surface of the belt conveyor (4) on the downstream side of the leveling roller (25). It is composed of a pair of clamping dies (51) and (51) that are arranged close to and away from each other orthogonally to the orbiting direction of (4) and clamp the rice in a shape corresponding to the recesses (52) formed on the facing surfaces. Rice clamping device.