JPH08168438A - Steaming basket transporter and automatic steaming machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a transporter reasonably constructed to transport and unload steaming baskets and further an apparatus for automating a basket steaming operation by the use of the transporter. CONSTITUTION: This steaming basket transporter is provided with a lift member 6, a movable member 10 vertically movable together with the lift member 6 and relatively laterally movable, an upper support 19 provided on the lift member 6 and capable of retreating, and a lower support 22 provided on the movable member 10. The lower support 22 is provided below the upper support 19 through an interval larger than the height of one steaming basket. Also, the automatic steaming machine is constructed to load, unload and transport the steaming baskets on a steaming bed 14 and provided above or beside with the steaming basket transporter. The upper support 19 is located above or beside the steaming bed and the movable member 10 moves from above the steaming bed 14 to a steaming basket delivering position so that the lift member 6 is lifted higher than the height of a group of steaming baskets stacked on the steaming bed 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an industrial steamer and a steamer for steaming red rice using a silo, and particularly for automatically transporting a steamer containing steamed sweets such as glutinous rice, red rice, and steamed bun. The present invention relates to a steaming device for steaming and a conveying device for a steamer suitable for such a steaming machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A silo has been used for a long time as a container for steaming steamed confectionery such as glutinous rice, red rice and steamed bun.
Ceilers are piled high on the steaming table and steamed, but conventionally, the transport of the silo from the steaming table and the stacking of the silo on the steaming table are performed manually, which is a heavy labor and a certain steaming time. Since the silo must be carried out and stacked every time, the worker must always be waiting near the steaming table, and the time interval for carrying in and carrying out the silo, that is, the steaming time for each silo also varies. There was a problem that it would occur.

As an apparatus for automating such a steaming operation, a steamer is used to continuously transfer rice on a conveyor without heating, and a steam for heating steam is steamed during the transfer (Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-28964). , A device that puts rice in a stainless steel basket and continuously steams it while transporting it (Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-4113).
No. 6) is proposed.

[0004]

However, the apparatus described in the above publication is too large in size and cannot be put to practical use because the equipment cost is too large for small and medium-sized confectionery manufacturers. Many confectionery manufacturers have been steaming using a steamer for many years, and by setting the steaming time based on their experience, each company makes mochi or red rice with a delicate taste and texture. However, in the device as described in the above publication, the experience accumulated by each trader cannot be exhibited, and the subtle characteristics of taste and texture cannot be obtained.

Further, when steaming red rice, water sprinkling is performed during the steaming operation, but the steaming time before and after this water sprinkling also differs from one company to another, and in the device as described in the above publication, delicate adjustment is possible. very difficult.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to obtain a transport device having a rational structure for transporting and loading and unloading a steamer on a steaming table, and further to obtain a device for automating the steaming work of the steamer using this transport device. Even small and medium-sized confectionery manufacturers can install it without imposing an excessive financial burden, and it is possible to easily obtain products with the same taste and texture as conventional ones by utilizing conventional experience, and to steam red rice. It is an object of the present invention to obtain an automatic steamer that can be easily configured with the above device.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A ceylor transfer device of the present invention comprises a base member 2 for guiding an elevating member 6, 58 so as to move up and down.
57, moving members 10 and 59 that move up and down together with the elevating members 6 and 58 and relatively move laterally, and elevating members 6,
Retreatable upper support tools 19 and 61 provided at 58, lower support tools 22 and 62 provided at the moving members 10 and 59,
The lifting drive device 7 for the lifting members 6 and 58, the moving member 10,
59 of the moving drive device 13, and the upper support tool 19, 61
And the lower supports 22, 62 support the collar of the silo 51,
The lower supports 22 and 62 are provided below the upper supports 19 and 61 at a distance larger than the height H of one silo.

Further, the automatic steamer of the present invention has a structure in which loading and unloading of the silo onto the steaming table and carrying to the delivery position are carried out by using the above-mentioned silo carrying device. The upper support members 19 and 61 are provided above or to the side of the steaming table 14 and are located above or to the side of the steaming table, and the moving members 10 and 59 are located above the steaming table 14 at the delivery positions x and y of the steamer. The elevating members 6 and 59 can be moved to a position higher than the height of the silo group stacked on the steaming table 14.

When the first transfer position x and the second transfer position y are arranged on both sides of the steaming table 14, the moving member 10 is provided so as to be movable between the transfer positions x and y.

When steaming red rice or the like, it is necessary to sprinkle water during steaming. When the automatic steamer for red rice is constructed with the structure of the present invention, the first and second steaming stands 14 and 16 are arranged, and the first steaming stand 14 is provided with the first steam steamer 14 on the side opposite to the second steamer. The transfer position x is arranged, the second transfer position y is arranged on the side opposite to the first steaming table of the second steaming table 16, and the water spraying device 39 is arranged between the first steaming table and the second steaming table. Then, the above-mentioned silo transfer device is arranged above the steaming stands 14 and 16, the upper support tool 19 is provided above each steaming stand 14 and 16, and the moving member 10 is moved from the first transfer position to the second transfer position. It is provided so as to be movable between the transfer positions y.

When the steamer for red rice is constructed by an automatic steamer having only one transfer position x and one transfer position, two automatic steamers are used.
A pair is provided, and a second transport device 53 for transporting the silo is provided between the delivery position x of the first automatic steamer and the delivery position y of the second automatic steamer. A device 39 is provided.

When the lid 37 is placed on the steamer on the steaming table,
The lid 37 is mounted on the bases 2 and 57 so as to be able to move up and down above the steaming table 14 so that the lid 37 can be covered by the self weight.
When the lifting members 6 and 58 rise above the height of the silo stacked on the steaming table 14, the lid is locked by the lifting members and lifted.

[0013]

According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the silo transporting apparatus stacks and stacks the silos stacked at a certain position on the uppermost stage and lowers the silo (to the intermediate stage if necessary). It is possible to insert and remove the cylinder. Stacking the new silo on top of the moving member 10, 59
After moving to the delivery position x to lower the elevating members 6 and 58, supporting the silo at the delivery position by the lower support tools 22 and 62, and raising the elevating members 6 and 58 higher than the stacking height of the silo, The operation is performed by moving the moving members 10 and 59 to move the lower support tools 22 and 62 directly below the upper support tools 19 and 61, and lowering the elevating member. The operation of loading and unloading the uppermost silo is performed in the reverse operation. The interference between the lower supports 22 and 62 and the brim of the silo when the elevating member descends can be avoided by slightly deviating the moving member from just above the transfer position. When the elevating member reaches the desired lowering position, the moving member 1
By moving 0 and 59 to the proper positions, the lower support tools 22 and 62 are inserted under the brim of the silo to be transported.

When the new cylinder is inserted into the lowermost stage, the moving members 10, 59 are moved to the transfer position x side, and the upper support 1
The elevating members 6 and 58 are lowered with the 9 and 61 retracted. And the upper support tools 19 and 61 are the lowermost silo 51.
The lowering of the elevating members 6 and 58 is stopped at the position where the upper supporting members 19 and 61 are advanced at the position where the upper supporting members 19 and 61 are moved downward. Further, by accurately positioning the moving member descended at a position slightly deviated from the transfer position at the transfer position x, the lower support members 22, 62 are inserted under the collar of the silo to be inserted. Next, when the elevating members 6 and 58 are raised, the stacked silo groups are supported and lifted by the upper supports 19 and 69, and then the silos to be inserted are lifted by the lower supports 22 and 62. In this state, the moving member 1
0, 59 to drive the lower supports 22, 62 to the upper support 19
When the elevating members 6 and 58 are moved down to a position immediately below, the silo group supported by the upper supports 19 and 61 is placed on the newly inserted silo. The elevating members 6 and 58 are raised while retracting and moving the moving members 10 and 59 slightly to avoid interference between the lower supports 22 and 62 and the collar of the silo. The removal of the bottommost silo of the stacked silo group is performed in the reverse operation.

At the transfer positions x and y, the operation of receiving the silo and the operation of passing the silo are carried out, but this may be carried out at the same position or at two different positions above and below, and they are stacked. The receiving operation and the passing operation may be separately performed at positions on both sides of the silo group.

As described above, in the silo carrier according to the present invention, a new silo is piled up on the silo stacked at a fixed position, an operation of taking out the silo from the lowermost stage and inserting a new silo at the lowermost stage, Since the operation of lowering the uppermost silo is possible, by placing the upper support tools 19, 61 of the above-mentioned silo transfer device above or on the side of the steaming stand, it is possible to place them on the steaming stand 14. It is possible to configure a steamer that automatically stacks and removes the steamer. In this case, when steaming red rice or glutinous rice, it is weak at first and strongly steamed afterwards, so it is an operation to stack the silo on top and take it out from the bottom, and when steaming bun etc., it is strongly steamed first and then weakly, It is an operation to insert the ceilo from the bottom and lower it from the top.

It should be noted that the lower support 22 of the above-mentioned silo transfer device,
62 may be provided so as to be retractable similarly to the upper support. In that case, lower the moving members 10 and 59 in a state where they are moved to the regular transfer position or the stacking position of the silo,
The operation is to advance the lower support tool at a desired position.

When the transfer positions are provided on both sides of the stacking position of the silo, the moving members 10 and 62 (to be exact, the lower support members 22 and 62) are allowed to move between the transfer x and y. There must be. When the delivery position is one place or two places which are different in the vertical direction (the same place in plan view), the carrier only needs to be able to reciprocate between the delivery position and the stacking position of the silo.

In the steamer of the present invention, the operation of stacking or inserting the steamer and the operation of removing or unloading the steamer are repeated at set time intervals. The steaming time of each steamer is determined by the product of this time interval and the number of stages of the steamer stacked on the steaming table. When the lid 37 is provided with the above configuration, when the lifting members 6 and 58 are lifted higher than the height of the silo for stacking or unloading the silo, the lifting member lifts the lid 37. Therefore, the moving members 10 and 59 are provided. After the above movement, the lid lifted when the elevating member is lowered again is covered on the new topmost silo. Such a lid 37 is effective for avoiding the above waste especially when the number of the silos stacked on the steaming table is small.

When steaming red rice, water sprinkling is required during the steaming operation. In order to realize this, two steaming stands are provided, and a watering device 39 is provided in the middle of the transportation of the steam between the first steaming stand 14 and the second steaming stand 16. That is, the silo extracted from the lowest stage of the silo group on the first steaming stand 14 is watered, and this is placed on the uppermost stage of the silo group stacked on the second steaming stand 16. The removal of the steamer from the first steaming table 14 and the stacking of the steamer on the second steaming table 16 need to be performed at the same time interval, so that a new stack of the steamer on the first steaming table and a second steamer are stacked. The time intervals for taking out steamed steamers from the table are all the same. Therefore, the ratio of the steaming time on the first steaming table to the steaming time on the second steaming table is determined by the ratio of the number of stages stacked on both steaming tables.

As described above, in the case of providing the two steaming trays, the construction of the conveying container can be variously modified. The simplest is a structure in which independent steamer transport devices are provided on each steaming stand and the two are operated in synchronization. This structure is a structure in which two automatic steamers according to claims 2 and 3 are provided in series, and the water sprinkling device is arranged between the two automatic steamers. If necessary, a second transfer device 53 is arranged between the two automatic steamers, and a watering device is provided in the part of the second transfer device.

Another construction of the steam carrier when two steaming stands are provided is a structure in which one elevating member 6 which moves up and down on both steaming stands 14 and 16 is provided. Lifting member 6 in this case
The upper supports 19, 19 must be provided above the first steaming table 14 and the second steaming table 16, respectively. The lower support 22 can have both one set and two sets. It is rational to use one moving member 10, and the most rational structure is to provide two sets of lower supports on one moving member.

The operation when two sets of lower supports are provided on one moving member will be described. The lower supports 22, 22 are slightly displaced from the steaming stands 14, 16 and the upper supports 19, 19 are provided.
Lowering the elevating frame 6 in a state in which the upper support tool 19 is retracted, the upper support tool 19 is advanced under the second-stage silo 51a from the bottom, and the lower support tool 22 is positioned on the steaming stands 14 and 16 at the same position. Thus, the lower support 22 is inserted under the bottommost silo 51. When the elevating member 6 is moved upward in this state, first and second silo groups are lifted by the upper support tool 19, and the lowermost silo is lifted by the lower support tool 22 at a slight interval. Then, the moving member 10 is moved to the exit side to lower the elevating member 6.

Next, the upper support 19 is retracted, and the lower support 22
To the loading side of the ceilo. At the same time, the steam carried out from the first steaming table 14 is watered. Next, the lifting member 6
By raising the, the newly introduced silo and the watered silo are simultaneously lifted. When the elevating member 6 is raised to the uppermost stage, the lid 37 that is covered by the uppermost silo is lifted, and then the moving member 1
By moving 0, a new silo and a watered silo are inserted between the lifted lid 37 and the uppermost silo. If the elevating member 6 is lowered in this state, a new silo and a water-polished silo are piled up on the silo groups on the first steaming stand 14 and the second steaming stand 16, respectively, and the lid 37 covers them. Be worn. When the number of silos on the first steaming table and the number of silos on the second steaming table are different from each other, the lower supporting tool 22 on the side of the steaming table, which is to be stacked higher, is provided so as to be movable back and forth, and immediately after the silo is stacked. The lower support is retracted to prevent interference with the lower silo.

[0025]

1 to 5 show a first embodiment of an automatic steamer according to the present invention.
It shows an example. A base frame 2 is erected on the base 1, and a steaming base 14 is arranged in the lower center of the base frame 2.
Sprockets 4 and 4 are axially mounted on the upper and lower sides of the center of the base frame 2, and both ends of a chain 5 wound around the sprocket are guided by guide rods 3 provided along columns of the base frame 2 to move up and down. It is connected to the lifting frame 6. The elevating frame 6 is moved up and down by rotating the lower sprocket by an elevating motor 7 mounted on the base 1.

Inside the side plate of the elevating frame 6, horizontal rails 8 having a U-shaped cross section are provided vertically with their grooves facing each other. On both sides of the elevating frame 6 from the silo transfer position x. A carrier 10 having an extending arm 9 is provided on this rail 8
It is mounted so that it can run freely along. On the side plate of the lifting frame 6, a horizontal chain 11 is provided with front and rear sprockets 12,
The chains 11 are wound and mounted between the chains 12, and the chain 11 is connected to the carrier 10. The carrier motor 13 drives the sprocket 12 to rotate, so that the carrier 10 travels back and forth, and the arm 9 of the chain 9 is transferred to the transfer position x side. Move back and forth.

Inside the arm 9 of the carrier, four lower claws 22 are provided, one on each side and a total of four, which are slidable in the horizontal direction.
A screw rod 24 parallel to the arm 9 driven by the advancing / retreating motor 23 is screwed into each claw 22. The screw rod 24 is provided with screws in opposite directions on the front end side and the base end side.
By rotating 4 the spacing between the two pawls 22 along the arm 9 is widened. In the example shown in the figure, when the distance between the claws 22 is widened, the claws 22 are in a position to engage with the collar 53 of the silo 51, and when the distance between the claws 22 is narrowed, the claws 22 escape to the inside of the collar 52 and are It is a position where 51 and the claw 22 do not interfere with each other.

In the upper portion of the side plate of the elevating frame 6 above the rails 8, a guide bracket 18 is provided at a position directly above the arm 9 when retracted, two on each side, a total of four upper claws 1.
9 is slidably mounted in the horizontal direction. This upper nail 1
9 also has a structure similar to that of the lower claw 22, and is screwed into a screw rod 21 driven by an advancing / retreating motor 20 on the upper claw side to engage with the collar 52 of the silo 51 and a position displaced inward. You can move to.

The upper claw 19 and the lower claw 22 are an upper support and a lower support as referred to in the claims and the like. The position engaging with the collar 52 of the silo is the advanced position, and the position displaced inward is the retracted position. Is. The vertical distance between the upper claw 19 and the lower claw 22 is slightly larger than the height H of the silo.
There is a slight gap between the upper and lower silos when the silo 51 is supported by 2.

The claws 19 and 22 may be structured so as to swing up and down and move back and forth. That is, when it swings downward, it extends horizontally inward from the guide bracket 18 and the arm 9 to support the collar 52 of the silo, and when it moves upward, it retracts to a position where the tip of the pawl does not interfere with the collar of the silo. (See the second embodiment described later). Further, as another structure of this type of support, there is one shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.
In the support shown in FIG. 6, two discs 25 and 26 that rotate around the vertical axis of the elevating frame 6 and the carrier 10 are provided with notches 27 and 28 each having a size corresponding to the collar of a silo.
The notches 27 and 28 are aligned with the positions of the flanges, and the elevating frame 6 is raised to support the silo.

The supporting claws in FIG. 7 are the lifting frame 6 and the carrier 10.
Two strip-shaped claw pieces 2 that rotate around an axis perpendicular to the
9 and 30 are provided, and the claw pieces are closed to raise the elevating frame to support the silo.

When steaming glutinous rice with the apparatus of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the upper claw 19 and the lower claw 22 are retracted while the elevating frame 6 is at the height of the silo transfer position x (home position), and the carrier 10 is run. Then, the arm 9 is advanced to the side of the silo delivery position x, the lower claw 22 is advanced to support the silo at the delivery position x, and the lifting motor 7 is driven to move the lifting frame 6 to the uppermost stage of the steaming table 14. Raise it to a position higher than the Seiro. Next, the carrier 10 is reversely moved to move the arm 9 to the steaming table 14 side, and then the elevating motor 7 is reversely driven to move the elevating frame 6 downward, so that a new silo of the uppermost silo on the steaming table is moved. Put it on top. After that, the lower claw 22 is retracted and the elevating frame 6 is returned to the home position.

After the elapse of a predetermined steaming time, the upper and lower claws 19 and 22 are advanced with the arm 9 retracted into the elevating frame, and the upper claw 19 is attached to the collar of the second silo 51a on the steaming table. Below, the lower claw 22 is located below the brim of the bottommost silo 51. When the elevating frame 6 is raised in this state, the second-stage silo 51a is first lifted, and the lowermost silo 51 is lifted with a slight gap. Then, the carrier 10 is run to advance the arm 9 to the silo delivery position x, the elevating frame 6 is lowered, and the second silo 11a is placed on the steaming table 14. After confirming that the silo carried out to the delivery position x is placed on the placing table provided at this position or removed from the arm 9 and the second stage silo is placed on the steaming table, the upper and lower claws 19 , 22 are evacuated and the carrier 10
Then, the elevating frame 6 is returned to the home position to complete the operation of one cycle.

The above is the steaming method in which a new silo is stacked on the top of the steamers stacked on the steaming table and the one at the bottom is carried out (steaming strongly at the end of the steaming process). It is common to steam strongly at the beginning. When steaming steamed bun with the device of this embodiment, the elevating frame 6 is lowered with the upper and lower claws 19 and 22 retracted, and the carrier 10 is run to advance the arm 9 to the silo delivery position side. After advancing the upper and lower claws 19 and 22, the elevating frame 6 is raised. By this operation, the upper nail 19 supports the silo group on the steaming table 14,
The lower claw 22 supports the silo at the transfer position x. Then, the carrier 10 is run to move the arm 9 to the steaming table 14 side to lower the elevating frame 6. Then, first, a new silo supported by the lower claw 22 is placed on the steaming table 14, and then a group of silos supported by the upper claw 19 is stacked thereon.

After elapse of a predetermined steaming time, the elevating frame 6 is raised until the upper claw 19 is higher than the uppermost silo, and the lower claw 22 is advanced below the brim of the uppermost silo.
After slightly raising, the carrier 10 is moved to advance the arm 9 to the delivery side of the silo, the elevating motor 7 is reversely driven to move the elevating frame 6 downward, and the silo is lowered to the delivery position x. After the silo is placed on the mounting table provided at the transfer position or removed from the arm 9, the lower claw 22 is retracted to retract the arm 9 to the steaming table side, and the lifting frame 6 is returned to the home position for one cycle. To complete the operation.

8 to 12 show a second embodiment of the automatic steamer according to the present invention. This embodiment is an automatic steamer for red rice, and it has a loading table 31, a first steaming table 14, a draining table 15, a second steaming table 16, and a shipping table for the cereal along the longitudinal direction of the base 1. A table 32 is arranged. The position of the carry-in table 31 is the first transfer position x of the first steaming table 14, the position of the carry-out table 32 is the second transfer position z of the second steaming table 16, and the position of the draining table 15 is the first steaming table. The second transfer position y is the first transfer position of the second steaming stand 16.

The transport device for transporting the silo from the carry-in table 31 to the carry-out table 32 is provided with one elevating frame 6 having a length from the carry-in table 31 to the carry-out table 32.
Upper claws are provided at the positions of the steaming table 14 and the second steaming table 16, respectively. Further, the carrier 10 running along the longitudinal direction of the elevating frame has a length from the first steaming stand 14 to the second steaming stand 16, and the lower two sets of steamers 14, 16 are arranged at an interval equal to each other. It has nails.

The four columns 33 of the base frame 2 are formed by the first steamer 1
4 and a side of the second steaming table 16 are erected, and a round rod-shaped guide rod 3 is attached to the facing surface of each column. Inside the base frame 2, a loading table, a first steaming table, a draining table,
A ladder-shaped elevating frame 6 having four connecting members 34 located between the second steaming table and the carry-out table is housed. The elevating frame 6 is a slider 3 that is slidably mounted on the guide rod 3.
It is fixed to No. 5 and can be raised and lowered by being guided by the guide rod. A nut member 36 is fixed near the slider 35 of the elevating frame, and the nut member is screwed with a screw rod 38 provided in the base frame 2 in parallel with the guide rod 3. The four screw rods 38 are synchronously driven by the lifting motor 7.

The connecting member 34 of the elevating frame 6 has a horizontal U-shape with a convex center, and the upper side of the connecting member is the loading table 31 and the steaming table 1
The height is substantially the same as that of the upper sides of the drainage table 15 and the carry-out table 32. An inverted funnel-shaped cover 37 is attached to the upper sides of the two connecting members 34 in the center, and the cover 37 has a size that covers the silo on the draining table 15. A fountain nozzle 39 is attached to the upper surface of this cover, and a water drain hole is provided in the center of the upper surface of the water drainage base 15.

A gear box 4 is provided outside the center of the elevating frame 6.
1 is provided and this gearbox has a pinion 42
Is provided so as to be rotatable and regulate its axial movement.
The pinion 42 is axially slidably and non-rotatably mounted on a vertical drive shaft 43 that is rotated in the forward and reverse directions by the conveyance motor 13 mounted on the base 1. The elevating frame 6 is provided with rails 8 having a U-shaped cross section that extend from above both sides of the carry-in table 31 to above both sides of the carry-out table 32 (see FIG. 12), on which the carrier 10 is movably mounted via bearings 44. It is installed. The carrier 10 has a length from the carry-in table 31 to the draining board 15 when moved to the carry-in table side. The carrier 10 has a rack 45 extending along the rail 8.
The rack and the pinion 42 mesh with each other. When the drive shaft 43 is rotated forward and backward by the transport motor 13, the carrier 10 travels along the rail 8.

At the portion of the upper surface of the elevating frame 6 which is located above the steaming stands 14 and 16, an upper claw 19 is provided via a bracket 46.
Is provided so as to be capable of swinging back and forth, and two pairs of lower claws 22 are provided on the carrier 10 via a bracket 47 at the same intervals as the intervals of the upper claws of the two sets (two sets on one side and a total of four sets). Is provided so that it can swing back and forth. Therefore, when one lower claw 22 of the carrier comes to the side of the first steaming table 14, the other lower claw 2 of the other
2 is located on the side of the second steaming stand 16.

The upper and lower claws 19 and 22 can be moved forward and backward by a cylinder (not shown), and their advanced positions are stoppers 48 and 48.
Is regulated by. Similar to the first embodiment, the upper claw 19 and the lower claw 22 are provided at an interval in the vertical direction that is slightly larger than the height H of one silo.

The upper claws 19 on the steaming trays 14 and 16 are the lowermost ones of the silos stacked on the corresponding steaming trays 5.
It is used to lift the second or more stage silo 51a when carrying out 1. The lower claws 22 attached to the carrier 10 on the side of the first steaming table are used for transporting the silo from the loading table to the first steaming table and from the first steaming table to the draining table, and the lower claws on the second steaming table side. 22 is used for transporting the steamer from the draining table to the second steaming table and from the second steaming table to the carry-out table.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment device will be described with reference to FIG. Place the silo on the carry-in table 31 and move the carry motor 13
To drive the carrier 10 to the loading table 31 side.
After the lower claw 22 is advanced, the elevating frame 6 is raised, the carrier 10 is moved to the first steaming table 14 side, and the elevating frame 6 is lowered to place the silo on the first steaming table 14. After repeating such a procedure and stacking the silo on the first steaming table 14 by a predetermined number of stages, the upper and lower claws 19 and 22 are evacuated and stand by at the home position.

Next, when the steaming time in the first steaming table 14 has elapsed, the elevating frame 6 is lifted to move the upper claw 19 to the second stage siro 51.
It is positioned below the brim of a, and the upper and lower claws 19 and 22 are advanced to lift the first and second stages 51 and 51a. The 3rd or higher stage silo is lifted together with the 2nd stage silo (see FIG. 12).

Next, the carrier motor 13 is driven to drive the carrier 1.
0 is moved to the draining table 15 side, the elevating frame 6 is lowered to put the first-stage silo 51 on the draining table 15 and the second-stage silo 51a on the first steaming table 14. Water is sprayed on the silo on the draining board 15 by the fountain nozzle 39, and the carrier 10 moves to the loading table 31 side in the meantime, the lower claw 22 is advanced, and then the elevating frame 6 is raised to newly install the loading table 31.
The steamer 51 placed on the first steaming table 14
The carrier 10 is stacked on the first-stage steamer, and the carrier 10 is stopped on the side of the first steaming table 14 and waits for a predetermined time (the required steaming time divided by the number of stacked steamers). By repeating such operations, the first steaming and the water spraying are performed.

After the watering is completed, the carrier motor 13 is driven to move the carrier 10 to the second steaming table side, and the lower claw 22
To advance below the brim of the silo 51 on the watering table 15,
The elevating motor 7 is driven to raise the elevating frame 6. Ceylon 5
When 1 becomes higher than the uppermost silo on the second steaming table 16, the carrier 10 is moved to the second steaming table side. Then
The elevating frame 6 is lowered to place the silo 51 on the silo stacked on the second steaming table, and the lower claws 22 are retracted so that the upper and lower support claws are located on the side of the second steaming table. Wait for the prescribed steaming time. After the steaming time has passed, the upper and lower support claws 19,
22 is advanced under the collar of the second-stage silo 51a and the collar of the first-stage silo 51, respectively, and the elevating frame 6 is moved upward to lift the second-stage and the lowest-stage silo at a slight interval. .
The 3rd and higher tiers are supported together with the 2nd tier. In this state, the carrier 10 is moved to the unloading table 32 side and the elevating frame 6 is lowered. First, the first-stage silo 51 is placed on the carry-out table 32, and the second-stage or higher-stage silo 51a is placed on the second steaming table 16. In this way, the first steaming, the water spraying, and the second steaming are performed in the process in which the steamer 51 carried into the carry-in table 31 moves to the carry-out table 32, and the red rice can be automatically produced. The ratio of the steaming times of the first steaming and the second steaming before and after watering is set by the ratio of the number of silos stacked on the first steaming table to the number of silos stacked on the second steaming table.

When the lid 37 is provided on the steamer on the steaming table in the apparatus of the second embodiment, the lid 37 is provided on the guide rod 3 that guides the elevating frame so that the lid 37 can freely move up and down. The lid 37 thus provided is lifted by the elevating frame 6 when the elevating frame 6 rises above the height of the stacked silos, and the elevating frame 6 is lowered after the carrier 10 inserts a new silo in the uppermost stage. At that time, the lid is covered on the new silo piled up on the top.

When the apparatus of Example 1 is used to realize a steamed red rice steamer, two identical steamers are arranged and a second transfer device 53 is provided between the transfer positions x and y of both steamers. Water may be sprinkled on the second transport device. FIG.
3 is a schematic front view of the device configured as described above.
In the illustrated apparatus, the steam transfer positions of the automatic steamers 54 and 55 are located above and below, and the transfer position (delivery position) y on the lower side of the first steamer 54 and the upper side of the second steamer 55. An oblique conveyor 53 that connects the delivery position (carrying-in position) x of the above is provided, and a watering device 39 is arranged in the middle of this conveyor.

The steamer is carried into the apparatus from the transfer position x on the upper side of the first steamer 54, steamed by the first steamer and discharged to the transfer position y on the lower side, and then conveyed by the conveyor 56 to the second steamer. It is transported to the delivery position x on the upper side of the machine 55, is water-sprayed in the middle thereof, is steamed after being sprinkled by the second steamer, and is delivered to the delivery position z on the lower side of the second steamer. .

Although the above embodiment has a structure in which the silo is conveyed by linear movement, it may be structured so as to convey the silo by circular arc movement. FIG. 14 shows a third embodiment having such a structure. In this embodiment, a pole 57 is erected on a fan-shaped base 1, and an elevator platform 58 and a swivel platform 59 that simultaneously ascend and descend along the pole 57 are provided. An upper fork 61 and a swivel platform 59 are provided on the elevator platform 58. Each of the lower forks 62 is provided to be movable back and forth. Upper fork 6
1 is directed to the steaming table 14 side, and the lower fork 62 is rotatable around the pole 57 between the direction toward the carry-in table 31 and the direction toward the steaming table 14. When the forks 61, 62 advance, they advance to both upper sides of the steaming table 14 (the steaming table and the loading table in the lower fork), and are inserted under the collar 52 of the silo 51 mounted thereon. The operation of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the movement of the lower fork 62 is an arc movement.

[0052]

According to the apparatus of the present invention described above,
As in the past, the steaming operation can be automated while the rice cake and red rice are placed in the silo, and the transportation and stacking work of the silo is unnecessary, and the work load can be greatly reduced. Since the steaming operation is performed on the steaming table with the same structure as the conventional one by the same operation as the conventional one, no new skill is required for the operation and adjustment of the device, and the experience of the conventional manual steaming work is utilized as it is. You can inherit the delicate taste and texture of each confectionery manufacturer.

Further, since the device structure is simple and can be provided at a low cost, a small and medium-sized contractor does not place an excessive financial burden on the installation, and a steaming device for red rice which requires watering during steaming is also provided. There is an effect that it can be obtained with an easy and simple configuration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a lower nail mounting structure and an advancing / retreating mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a lower nail mounting structure and an advancing / retreating mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an advancing and retracting mechanism of the upper nail.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another structure of the claw.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing still another structure of the claw.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a second embodiment.

9 is a sectional view of a portion C in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of part D in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of part E in FIG.

12 is an enlarged view of part A of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing a third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Base frame 6 Lifting frame 7 Lifting motor 10 Carrier 13 Transfer motor 14 Steaming table (1st) 16 Steaming table (2nd) 19 Upper claw 22 Lower claw 37 Lid 39 Fountain nozzle 51 Seiro 53 Second transfer device 57 Pole 58 Lifting platform 59 Revolving platform 61 Upper fork 62 Lower fork

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A base body (57) for guiding an elevating member (6, 58) up and down freely, a moving member (10, 59) which ascends and relatively moves laterally together with the elevating member (6, 58), and an elevating member. Retractable upper support (19,61) provided on (6,58), lower support (22,62) provided on moving member (10,59), and lifting member (6,58) It is equipped with a lifting drive device (7) and a moving drive device (13) for the moving member (10, 59), and the upper support tool (19, 61) and the lower support tool (22, 62) are The lower support (22,62) supports the tsuba and the upper support (1
A silo carrier device is installed below 9,61) with a space larger than the height (H) of one silo. 2. The steam carrier of the ceylon conveying device according to claim 1.
The upper support (19, 61) is located above or to the side of this steaming table and is provided above or to the side of the carrier (10, 14).
59) is movable from the steaming stand (14) between the transfer positions (x, y) of the silo, and the elevating member (6, 58) is higher than the height of the silo group stacked on the steaming stand (14). An automatic steamer that can be raised to a high position. 3. The steam carrier of the ceylon conveying device according to claim 1.
The upper support tool (19) is positioned above the steaming table so as to be provided above the steaming table (14), and the first transfer position (x) and the second transfer position (y) are provided on the steaming table (14). The moving members (10) are movable between the transfer positions (x) and (y), and the lifting members (6) are stacked on the steaming table (14). It is possible to climb to a position higher than the height of
Automatic steamer. 4. A first steaming table (14), a second steaming table (16),
A first transfer position (x) located on the side opposite to the second steam table (14) of the first steaming table (14) and a second transfer position (y) located on the side opposite to the first steaming table of the second steaming table (16). And a watering device (39) arranged between the first steaming table and the second steaming table.
Equipped with the above-mentioned ceylor transfer device above the steaming table (14, 16),
The upper support (19) is provided above each steaming table (14, 16), and the moving member (10) moves between the first transfer position and the second transfer position (y). It is possible, and the elevating member (6) can be raised to a position higher than the height of the silos stacked on the steaming table (14, 16). 5. The automatic steamer according to claim 2 is provided with two sets,
The second transfer device (53) is provided with a second transfer device (53) for transferring the silo between the transfer position (x) of the first automatic steamer and the transfer position (y) of the second automatic steamer. Watering equipment
An automatic steamer equipped with (39). 6. A lid (37) which is mounted on a base body (2,57) so as to be able to move up and down above the steaming table (14) and which is covered by a self-weight on a silo.
The lid is engaged with the lifting frame and lifted when the lifting member (6, 58) rises above the height of the silo stacked on the steaming table (14). The automatic steamer described in 2, 3, 4, 5.