JPH077119Y2 - Box rice cake feeding device and box rice cake processing device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) This invention is a box mochi feeder for supplying a box mochi formed in a block shape using a mold to a cutting machine, and the box mochi is demolded from the mold. The present invention relates to a box mochi processing device for cutting with a cutting device.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in order to produce rice crackers such as hail and oysters, a block-shaped box mochi is produced from rice such as glutinous rice or glutinous rice, and then the box mochi is cut into strips. In addition, a dough having a predetermined shape is obtained, and the dough is subjected to treatments such as puffing, baking, and seasoning to obtain a product.

The box mochi usually has a thickness of 70 to 90 mm, a width of 380 to 400 mm, and a length of 45.
It is molded into a block shape of 0 to 500 mm, first cut in parallel with the fore edge surface (surface formed by the thickness and width) into a square plate shape, and then the square plate-shaped rice cake is further divided into a predetermined size. The shape of the fabric.

The cutting of the box rice cake into a rectangular plate shape is carried out by a cutter that moves the box rice cake in a rectangular tube-shaped receiving box that can accommodate the lengthwise direction vertically and moves horizontally below the receiving box. A cutting device that cuts into a predetermined thickness is used.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) In the above, although the box mochi is transferred by a transfer device such as a belt conveyor, there is no device for automatically inserting the box mochi into the receiving box of the cutting device. However, there was a problem that the integrated production line could not be configured due to the discontinuity of the transfer of the product. And since the box mochi that had been transferred to the cutting device had to be put in by the workers one by one at a timely, labor could not be saved, and since the weight of the box mochi was about 12 to 13 kg, there was a problem that heavy labor was forced. It was

Further, since the box mochi was supplied to the cutting device manually, it was not possible to increase the size of the box mochi.

(Means for Solving the Problem) Therefore, in the present invention, a horizontal feeding device and a device for pushing up one end (the rear end in the traveling direction) of the box cake are combined to vertically install the box cake to be horizontally transferred. It was designed so that it can be automatically placed in the rectangular box-shaped receiving box.

That is, the box rice cake feeding device of the present invention has a horizontal feeding device for feeding the box rice cake toward the opening on the outside of the upper opening of the rectangular cylindrical receiving box vertically installed in the box rice cake cutting device. Has been installed,
A push-up device for pushing up the rear end of the box cake is installed from the front end of the horizontal feed device to the receiving box side, and the side plate constituting the receiving box is formed in the upper opening of the receiving box. The front end of the box cake on the horizontal feeder is defined by the receiving piece portion formed by bending the upper end edge of the side plate on the horizontal feeder side toward the horizontal feeder and the upper end of the other side plate facing the side plate. It is characterized in that a guide portion for the front end portion of the Hakomochi is constituted by the abutting portion formed by extending to a height opposite to.

Further, in the box mochi processing apparatus of the present invention, a die cutting apparatus for removing the box mochi from the mold and a cutting apparatus for cutting the box mochi are connected in series via the transfer apparatus, and the cutting apparatus is used for cutting the box mochi. The box rice cake feeding device is provided between the devices.

(Operation) According to the box rice cake feeding device of the present invention, the box rice cake transferred to the horizontal feeding device can be automatically put into the vertically-arranged rectangular tubular receiving box.

Further, according to the box mochi processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to continuously process from the demolding to the cutting of the box mochi.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing the arrangement of the box mochi processing apparatus of the embodiment,
In the figure, 1 is a die cutting device, 2 is a box rice cake cutting device, 3 is a box rice cake feeding device, 4 and 5 are carrier roll conveyors, and the box rice cake 6 demolded by the die cutting device 1 is a carrier roll conveyor 4, 5
Is transferred to the distribution table 7 and the distribution table 7
If necessary, the box mochi cutting apparatus 2 installed on both sides of the box mochi can be supplied via the box mochi supply apparatuses 3 and 3.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the box mochi 6 is formed in a plane direction with a predetermined thickness and has a predetermined thickness. The opening 10 of is provided,
While the box mochi 6 is formed by attaching the plug 11 to the opening 10,
At the time of demolding, the box 11 is pushed so that the stopper 11 is pushed up.
Can be taken out from the mold 8. In the figure, 12 is a cover plate.

The die-cutting device 1 is a device as shown in FIG. 4, in which a protrusion 14 is provided below the mold loading portion 13 so as to face the stopper 11 mounted in the opening 10. While it is installed so as to be able to move up and down via 15, a rectangular frame-shaped flange retainer 16 for holding the flange 8a of the formwork 8 above the formwork loading portion 13 can be moved up and down via a cylinder 17. Installed on the inside of the flange retainer 16 and
A lid plate retainer 18 facing the 12 is installed via a cylinder 19 so as to be able to move up and down. Also, the mold loading section 13
Above the outer side of the table, a transfer table 20 in the form of a flat gate is installed movably in the horizontal direction via a cylinder 21, and an extruding tool 22 is horizontally installed via a cylinder 23 on the upper side of the transfer table 20. It is installed so that it can move in any direction.

The formed box mochi 6 is manually or automatically loaded into the mold loading section 13 together with the mold 8 from the loading table 24. When the loading of the mold 8 is detected, After the flange retainer 16 and the cover plate retainer 18 descend through the cylinders 17 and 19 to retain the flange 8a and the cover plate 12, the protrusion 14 is moved to the cylinder.
It is designed to rise through 15. The cylinder 15 has a diameter larger than that of the cylinder 19 of the cover plate retainer 18, and
14 can be lifted while resisting the descending force of the cover plate retainer 18, and when the rise of the projectile 14 is completed, the box cake 6 is demolded from the form 8, and the stopper 11 and the cover plate 12 are used. It is located above the mold loading section 13 while being sandwiched and supported.

The height of the transfer table 20 is the lower side of the box mochi 6 in the demolded state, and after the lifting of the armature 14, the transfer table 20 is moved below the box mochi 6 via the cylinder 21. The box mochi 6 is moved onto the transport table 20 by moving it to and lowering the thruster 14 via the cylinder 15. Then, when the pushing tool 22 is pushed by the cylinder 23, the box cake 6 can be discharged to the outside of the demolding device 1 and the stopper 11
Can be dropped off and collected in the lower mold 8.

The carrier roll conveyor 4 is at the same level as the transport table 20, and the starting end is exposed to the outside of the demolding device 1. The discharged box cake 6 is received by the carrier roll conveyor 4, and the carrier roll conveyor 4 4 and the carrier roll conveyor 5 can be sequentially transferred to the sorting table 7.

The distribution table 7 is configured by arranging free rollers 26 and feed rollers 27 alternately and in parallel on a rectangular frame 25, and the feed rollers 27 can be driven in forward and reverse directions.
Box mochi feeders 3 are provided on both sides of the sorting table 7.

As will be described later, the box rice cake feeding device 3 is provided with a horizontal feeding device 28 on one side. In the case of the embodiment, the height of the horizontal feeding device 28 and the end portion of the belt conveyor 5 are different from each other. Since the heights are not the same and the horizontal feed device 28 is located higher than the carrier roll conveyor 5, the sorting table 7 has a range of the height of the end portion of the carrier roll conveyor 5 and the height of the horizontal feed device 28. Then, the lifting drive 29
It can be moved up and down via.

Further, the box mochi 6 formed by the mold 8 of the embodiment has a flat rectangular shape, and the length direction of the carrier roll conveyor 5 and the horizontal feed device 28 are both directed in the traveling direction. It is necessary to rotate the box mochi 6 by 90 degrees when transferring. Therefore, the rectangular frame 25 is rotatably supported by the supporting device 30 on the lifting drive device 29, and a cylinder (not shown) is provided between one side of the lifting drive device 29 and one side of the rectangular frame 25. A square frame is formed by inserting and pulling the cylinder.
25 can rotate 90 degrees in the horizontal plane.

Next, the box rice cake feeder 3 is composed of a horizontal feeder 28 and a push-up device 31, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. The horizontal feeding device 28 has a frame 32 in which free rollers 33 and feeding rollers 34 are alternately arranged side by side. The rear end side is adjacent to the sorting table 7, while the front end side faces the box mochi cutting device 2 side. The box-shaped rice cake box cutting device 2 is provided with a rectangular cylindrical receiving box 35 and a space corresponding to a distance of about half the length of the box-cake 6 is maintained. Then, the horizontal feeding device 28
A stopper 36 is movably installed between the front end outside (the receiving box side) between the solid line illustration and the chain line illustration, and the feed roller 37 that constitutes a push-up device 31 is provided outside the stopper 36. It is installed so that it can be projected and retracted by a cylinder 38 that is obliquely installed.

Since the receiving box 35 is formed into a rectangular tube shape by four side plates 41, 41, the side plate 41 on the side of the horizontal feeder 28 and the upper end portion of the side plate 41 facing the side plate are shown in FIG. And is formed as a guide portion 54 for the front end of the box rice cake 6 fed from the horizontal feeder 28.

That is, the upper edge of the side plate 41 on the horizontal feeding device 28 side is bent toward the horizontal feeding device 28 side at an obtuse angle to form the receiving piece portion 41a.
Further, the upper end portion of the other side plate 41 extends to a height facing the front end of the box cake 6 on the horizontal feeding device 28 to form a bump portion 41b.

The box mochi cutting device 2 having the receiving box 35 is a device as shown in FIG. That is, the receiving box 35 has a screw rod 39 and a nut.
The side plates 41, 41, which are movable by 40, are formed in a rectangular tube shape, and the box rice cake 6 can be vertically accommodated and supported by adjusting the facing distance between the side plates 41, 41. A cutting blade 42 faces one side of the lower opening of the receiving box 35, and the cutting blade 42 is placed in the receiving box.
It can be moved back and forth along the lower opening of the 35. The reciprocating movement of the cutting blade 42 is performed by converting the rotational force of the drive motor 44 into the reciprocating linear movement of the cutting blade supporting member 45 via the crank mechanism 43.

Box mochi 6 stored in the receiving box 35 by the reciprocating movement of the cutting blade 42
Is sequentially cut into a rectangular plate shape having a predetermined thickness from the lower end side, and the cut rectangular plate material is transferred to the cutting device 48 side via the discharge conveyors 46, 47, and circular blades 49, 50 and The strip-shaped material is sequentially cut by the circular blade 51 and discharged by the belt conveyor 52.

In the above, the box rice cake 6 transferred from the sorting table 7 to the box rice cake feeder 3 is stopped by the stopper 36 on the horizontal feeder 28.
Is once stopped by. When the box rice cake feeding device 3 receives a signal for requesting a box rice cake from the box rice cake cutting device 2, the stopper 36 at the position shown by the solid line retreats to the position shown by the chain line and the feed roller 34 of the horizontal feeding device 28. Is driven, and then the feed roller 37 is projected by the cylinder 38 in the direction of the arrow 53. As a result, after the box mochi 6 on the horizontal feeder 28 hits the abutting portion 41b of the receiving box 35 from the state of the chain line a, it changes from the horizontal state to the vertical state as shown by the chain lines b and c. Then, the lower surface of the front end is dropped while being supported by the receiving piece portion 41a as shown by chain lines d and e in FIG. 8, and is vertically inserted into the receiving box 35 as shown by a chain line f.

As described above, in the box rice cake processing apparatus of the embodiment, the box rice cake 6 formed by the mold 8 is demolded by the die cutting apparatus 1, and then the box rice cake feeding apparatus 3 receives the box rice cake of the box rice cake cutting apparatus 2. It is automatically put into 35 and is processed into strip-shaped dough by the box mochi cutting device 2 and the cutting device 48.

At the time of loading into the receiving box 35, the front end of the box mochi 6 is a guide portion 54 configured by the receiving piece portion 41a and the abutting portion 41b, which is formed in the opening of the receiving box 35.
While being guided by, convert from horizontal to vertical,
It can be supplied smoothly without causing troubles such as dropping and stopping.

(Effect of device) According to the box rice cake feeding device of this invention, there is an effect that the box rice cake that has been die-cut and transferred can be automatically supplied to the box rice cake cutting device, and the transfer of the box rice cake is performed manually. There is an effect that can be done continuously without. In addition, the weight of the box mochi does not need to take into consideration the force of the operator, so that the box mochi can be increased in size.

In particular, the upper opening of the receiving box is formed with a guide portion consisting of a receiving piece portion formed of a side plate of the receiving box and a bumping portion, so as to guide the front end portion of the box cake to be supplied, so that the dropout, There is an effect that the supply can be smoothly performed while changing the posture from the horizontal state to the vertical state without causing troubles such as stop.

Further, according to the box mochi processing apparatus of the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to continuously perform from the demolding of the box mochi manufactured using the mold to the cutting processing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a box mochi processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a mold in the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the mold, and FIG. The front view of the die-cutting device in the example, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the sorting table and box mochi feeder of the embodiment, FIG. 6 is the same front view of the sorting table and box mochi feeder, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view of the box mochi cutting device in the example, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram when the box mochi is supplied. 1 ... Die-cutting device, 2 ... Hakomochi cutting device 3 ... Hakomochi feeding device, 6 ... Hakomochi, 7 ... Sorting table, 8 ... Formwork, 10 ... Opening part, 11 ... Plug, 14 ... … Spigot, 16 …… Flange retainer 18 …… Lid plate retainer, 20 …… Conveying table 22 …… Extruder, 28 …… Horizontal feed roller 31 …… Pushing device, 33 …… Free roller 34 …… Feed Roller, 35 …… Cage box 36 …… Stopper, 37 …… Feeding roller 41 …… Side plate, 41 a …… Reception piece part 41 b …… Abutting part, 42 …… Cut blade 43 …… Crank mechanism 46, 47 …… Discharge Conveyor 48: Cutting device, 54: Guide

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A horizontal feeding device for feeding box mochi toward the opening is installed outside an upper opening of a rectangular cylindrical receiving box vertically installed in the box mochi cutting device. From the front end of the horizontal feeding device to the receiving box side, a push-up device for pushing up the rear end of the box mochi is installed, and at the upper opening of the receiving box,
Among the side plates constituting the receiving box, a receiving piece portion formed by bending the upper end edge of the side plate on the side of the horizontal feeder toward the side of the horizontal feeder and the upper end of the other side plate facing the side plate are fed by the horizontal feed. A box rice cake feeding device characterized in that a front end of the box rice cake on the apparatus and an abutting portion formed so as to extend to a height facing the box rice cake portion constitute a guide portion for the front edge of the box rice cake. 2. A die-cutting device for removing the box mochi from the mold and a cutting device for cutting the box mochi are connected in series via a transfer device, and between the transfer device and the cutting device. A box mochi processing apparatus provided with the box mochi supply apparatus described.