JPH08299922A - Washing method of capsule for conveying, mixing and discharging raw material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To surely wash the inside of a capsule with no raw material or the like stuck and left on agitating plates and discharge plates by washing the capsule while it is normally and reversely rotated in a state of being inclined at a prescribed angle. CONSTITUTION: In a capsule 1 used for raw material of, for example, powder, agitating plates 4 are arranged on the inner surface of a shell part 2 at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction and discharge plates 5 are attached on an extension line toward a shoulder part. A washing nozzle 6 is formed in an opening 6 of the capsule 1, and the capsule 1 is freely normally and reversely rotated around the center line of the shell part 2 and also is inclined by an angle of about 70 deg. at most. By washing the capsule 1 while it is normally and reversely rotated in an inclined state, the inside thereof is surely washed without the raw material or the like being stuck and left on the agitating plates 4 and the discharge plates 5. In this way, capsules used for a production process for food of the same kind are washed with high efficiency.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a specific raw material conveying and mixing method capable of efficiently conveying, mixing and discharging raw materials having various characteristics and forms in, for example, a food manufacturing process. The present invention relates to a method for cleaning a discharge capsule, and more specifically, the present invention is, for example, mainly in a multi-product food production process capable of producing multi-product foods with high production efficiency, powder, Liquid, solid,
Capsule for transporting pasty raw materials, which can store and transport the raw materials, and at the same time, can effectively mix and discharge the raw materials in each processing step. The present invention relates to a method for efficiently cleaning capsules for carrying, mixing and discharging.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various foods such as liquid foods such as curry, stew, soup and sauce, ketchup,
As a manufacturing device for pasty foods such as mayonnaise, puree, white sauce, kneaded mustard, kneaded yam paste, pizza sauce, and bean paste, it is common to use a transfer pipe for each raw material such as liquid, solid, powder, and paste. Is charged into the compounding hopper using, and the resulting compounding raw material is further transferred from the compounding hopper using a transfer pipe to the next treatment step, for example,
A continuous manufacturing device that uses transfer pipes for many of the transfer processes, such as a device that transfers to a mixing and stirring process step, a heat process step, etc., and sends the obtained processed product to the next step. Has been used.

That is, in general, for example, in a continuous food manufacturing apparatus or the like, the manufacturing apparatus in each processing step is connected by a transfer pipe from the blending of each raw material to the final product, and the transfer apparatus is used. A method of transferring each raw material, a processed product thereof, an intermediate product and the like through a pipe has been mainly used.

[0004] In some cases, a food processing apparatus has been developed in which a stainless steel container is filled with contents, the container is rolled to mix the contents, and then the contents are transferred to each process.

By the way, the continuous type manufacturing apparatus connected by the transfer pipe as described above is suitable for a so-called one kind in which the same product is industrially mass-produced, and mass-production. On the other hand, it has the following problems.

That is, in a continuous type manufacturing apparatus in which each processing apparatus in each processing step is connected by a transfer pipe, since each manufacturing apparatus is connected and fixed by the transfer pipe, It is difficult to change the connection freely. Therefore, for example, in order to simultaneously or sequentially manufacture products in which some of the processing steps are significantly different,
It was necessary to separately arrange a special device suitable for manufacturing the product, or to modify the continuous manufacturing device for the product and use it.

Further, in the continuous manufacturing apparatus connected by the transfer pipe, once the production is started, it is necessary to continuously perform all the steps from the raw material feeding to the final product preparation processing. When the operation of the continuous manufacturing apparatus is started, it is impossible to stop the apparatus in an arbitrary manufacturing process at an arbitrary time. For example, in the case of sequentially manufacturing another type of product, etc. In order to perform required cleaning of equipment and maintenance of some equipment, it is necessary to temporarily stop the equipment throughout the entire process, and as a result, when manufacturing multiple types of products, However, there is a problem that the production efficiency is significantly reduced.

Further, the manufacturing apparatus connected by a transfer pipe is used for cleaning the apparatus after use in each manufacturing step, repairing failures, etc., so that the apparatus is completely disassembled, assembled, etc. over the entire processing steps. Are often required to be performed at the same time, and the work is extremely wide-ranging and cumbersome and time-consuming, which limits the improvement of production efficiency. There was a problem to say.

Further, in the conventional continuous type manufacturing apparatus in which the processing apparatus in each processing step is fixedly connected by the transfer pipe, after the production is stopped, raw materials and the like are inevitably accumulated in the transfer pipe. Therefore, there is a problem that a considerable amount of raw materials and the like are lost.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned stainless steel container is filled with the contents, and the container is rolled to mix the contents,
After that, although the method of transferring to each process is a pipeless method, it is merely a rolling and transferable cooking tank of a normal form that can be sealed, and cooking is performed. It is limited to special ones such as low temperature sterilization cooking, and it was difficult to expand and use this as it is as a general food manufacturing device.

By the way, in recent years, for example, in the field of food manufacturing, as the tendency of diversification of products to be manufactured on a production line, the variety of products, and the improvement of quality of products have been increasing, the conventional method has been used. It is becoming important to establish manufacturing equipment and manufacturing systems suitable for high-mix low-volume production instead of manufacturing equipment and manufacturing systems suitable for the same product and mass production. Since a large-scale continuous manufacturing apparatus with fixedly connected transfer pipes suitable for the above has various problems as described above, it is a manufacturing method that aims at high-mix low-volume production. It is becoming more and more difficult to use as a device or a manufacturing system. Therefore, in the industry, it is possible to surely solve the above-mentioned problems found in the conventional continuous production apparatus for foods, and it is possible to suitably use it for high-mix low-volume production. There was a strong demand for the development of new types of manufacturing equipment and systems.

[0012]

Under the circumstances, the inventors of the present invention have fundamentally solved the above problems found in the conventional continuous manufacturing apparatus connected by the transfer pipe. As a result of intensive research aimed at developing a completely new type of manufacturing equipment and manufacturing system that is suitable for high-mix, low-volume production, as a result of replacing conventional pipes for transfer, a completely new type of multifunction By developing a conveyor system and constructing a new production system in which it is movably interposed between the manufacturing machines in each processing step, multiple kinds of foods can be manufactured simultaneously or sequentially with high production efficiency. Succeeded in developing an apparatus for producing various kinds of food suitable for, and filed a patent application (Japanese Patent Application Nos. 5-313614 and 5-3126).
No. 15, Japanese Patent Application No. 5-313616, Japanese Patent Application No. 5-312
617).

In addition, the present inventors are developing various raw material-conveying capsules that can be suitably used in a manufacturing apparatus for such a variety of foods in the manufacturing process of foods, for example. , Succeeded in developing a new type of raw material carrying, mixing, and discharging capsules that can store and easily carry raw materials, and can perform mixing and discharging operations of raw materials with high efficiency. Raw material transportation,
The present invention has been completed by finding a method for efficiently cleaning the capsule for mixing and discharging.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for efficiently cleaning a capsule for transporting, mixing and discharging a specific raw material which can be suitably used in an apparatus for producing a wide variety of foods. is there.

Further, according to the present invention, a new type of specific raw material transporting and mixing capable of storing and transporting the raw materials easily and effectively mixing and discharging the stored raw materials An object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning method capable of efficiently and surely cleaning a discharge capsule after its use.

[0016]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a capsule in which the body has a substantially columnar shape and the shoulder has a conical shape. The capsule has a stirring plate on the body and further has a shoulder. In the state in which the capsules for feeding, mixing, and discharging the raw material having a discharge plate on the extension line are turned downward and the capsules are tilted at an angle of about 70 degrees, the capsules are rotated forward / reversely at appropriate times, A method for cleaning raw material carrying, mixing and discharging capsules, characterized by inserting and cleaning a cleaning nozzle from the opening,
Is.

Another aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned method for washing the raw material carrying, mixing and discharging capsules, characterized by drying with hot air after washing.

Next, the present invention will be described in more detail. The capsule used in the present invention is, as described above, a container-like container having an upper surface opening in which the body portion is substantially cylindrical and the shoulder portion is conical. As long as the structure has the same effect as this, the shape, structure, etc. are not particularly limited, and an appropriate structure can be used.

The capsule according to the present invention is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape so as to be rotatable around the center of the body in each processing step in, for example, a food manufacturing process. A type in which stirring plates are provided at three locations in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface (inner wall) of the body portion at substantially equal intervals, and a discharge plate for discharging the raw material is provided on the extension line toward the shoulder portion. Used. When the raw material is a liquid or a solid, similarly to the above, a stirring plate is provided at one vertical position on the inner surface (inner wall) of the body, and a discharge plate is provided on the extension line toward the shoulder. The type used is used. Further, when the raw material is a paste, a type in which a discharge plate having a substantially triangular pyramidal cross section is provided in the vertical direction on the inner surface of only the shoulder portion is used.

As described above, the capsule used in the present invention is characterized by specifying the position and number of stirring plates and further specifying the position and number of discharge plates according to the characteristics and form of the raw material. Depending on the type of raw material, it can be designed appropriately so that the raw materials can be efficiently mixed and discharged.

The above-mentioned raw material transfer used in the present invention,
Mixing and discharging capsules are not limited to food raw materials, and if they are similar to them, it is possible to target intermediate products, final products, regardless of their types, characteristics, forms, etc. For example, in the case of powder such as flour, starch, powder protein, powder seasoning, powdered organic / inorganic material, etc., as described above, stirring is performed at substantially equal intervals in the vertical direction on the inner surface of the body. It is important to provide the plates at three places and further to provide the discharge plate on the extension line toward the shoulder portion. By doing so, for example, in the food manufacturing process, the capsule is attached to the body portion of the capsule. When rotated at a predetermined speed around the center, and when the raw materials are discharged by inclining gradually until reaching a predetermined angle while rotating the capsule, the raw materials are uniformly and effectively mixed, It can also be discharged It is impossible to obtain the same effect even provide a stirring plate to discharge plate other than the above.

The raw materials are, for example, seasoning liquids, animal and plant materials, soups, sauces, curries, stews, solid seasonings,
In the case of other liquids or solids, as described above, it is important to provide a stirring plate at one vertical position on the inner surface of the body and a discharge plate on the extension line toward the shoulder. And by doing this, for example,
Even in the food manufacturing process, when the capsule is rotated at a predetermined speed around the center of its body, and when the capsule is rotated and the raw material is discharged in a tilted manner until it reaches a predetermined angle, the ingredients are evenly distributed. Moreover, the raw materials can be mixed and discharged efficiently and effectively, but the same effect cannot be obtained even if a stirring plate or a discharge plate other than the above is provided.

Further, when the raw material is a paste such as crushed puree, vegetable raw material such as ketchup raw material, mayonnaise raw material, sauce raw material, kneaded bean raw material, etc., as described above, only the inner surface of the shoulder portion is used. It is important to provide a discharge plate having a substantially triangular pyramidal cross section in the longitudinal direction of the capsule. By doing so, for example, in a food manufacturing process, the capsule is moved at a predetermined speed with the center of the body part as an axis. When rotated, and when the capsules are rotated and the raw materials are discharged by inclining until reaching a predetermined angle, the raw materials can be mixed and discharged uniformly and efficiently, but Even if a stirring plate or a discharging plate other than the above is provided, the same effect cannot be obtained.

According to the present invention, as described above, the capsule is washed from the opening while the opening is downward and the capsule is tilted at an angle of about 70 degrees while the capsule is rotated normally and reversely at appropriate intervals. It is characterized by inserting a nozzle for cleaning. In the food manufacturing process, etc., after discharging the raw material from the capsule to the next step, the empty capsule is, if necessary, conveyed to the washing step and washed according to the above method, but in this case, the capsule is inverted. , The opening downward, and about 70 degrees angle, preferably 70-75 degrees angle,
With the capsule tilted to the right, the cleaning nozzle is inserted from the opening while rotating the capsule in the forward and reverse directions at regular intervals, preferably about 30 seconds, and the cleaning water is sprayed onto the inner surface of the capsule for cleaning. Required to do. According to the present invention, even if a stirring plate or a discharge plate is provided in the capsule by inversion of the capsule at the above-mentioned specific angle and washing while rotating forward and backward at predetermined intervals, It is possible to surely wash the raw material and the like without adhering to or remaining on the stirring plate or the discharge plate, but the same effect cannot be obtained by a method other than the above.

[0025]

In the food manufacturing process, etc., the raw materials contained in the capsules are efficiently and effectively discharged to the processing device of the next process by tilting the capsules stepwise while rotating the capsules up to a predetermined angle. be able to. Next, in a washing step, the capsule is washed by inserting a washing nozzle from the opening while rotating the capsule forward and backward at appropriate intervals with the opening downward and tilting at an angle of about 70 degrees. As a result, the capsule can be effectively washed.

According to the present invention, the capsule washing operation can be freely performed by appropriately adjusting the rotation speed of the capsule, the tilting angle of the capsule, and the operating time to a predetermined level depending on the type and properties of the raw material used. Can be controlled. It should be noted that any suitable device can be used as the carrying device, rotating device, driving device, etc. for carrying, rotating, tilting or inverting the capsule, as long as it has those functions. However, the type is not particularly limited.

[0027]

EXAMPLES Next, the present invention will be specifically described based on examples, but the present invention is not limited to the examples. Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 1
1 shows an embodiment of a capsule used when a raw material is a powder, in which A shows a vertical cross section of a body 2 of a capsule 1 and B shows a cross section of a body 2 of a capsule 1. . Stirring plates 4 are provided at three positions in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface (inner wall) of the body portion 2 of the capsule 1 at substantially equal intervals, and further, a discharge plate 5 is provided on the extension line toward the shoulder portion 3. As shown in FIG. 1, it is preferable that the stirring plate 4 and the discharge plate 5 are formed continuously, but it is also possible to form them discontinuously. The plate 5 is not particularly limited in its shape and structure as long as it has the same effect.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a capsule used when the raw material is liquid or solid.
A shows a longitudinal section of the body 2 of the capsule 1, and B shows a transverse section of the body 2 of the capsule 1. Stirrer plates 4 are provided at one location in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface (inner wall) of the body portion 2 of the capsule 1 at substantially equal intervals, and further toward the shoulder portion 3 on the extension line thereof, a discharge plate 5 is provided.
Is provided. The stirring plate 4 and the discharging plate 5 are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, it is preferable that they are formed continuously, but they can be formed discontinuously, and the stirring plate 4 and the discharge plate 5 may have the same effect. However, its shape and structure are not particularly limited.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a capsule used when the raw material is in paste form. In the figure, A is a longitudinal section of the body 2 of the capsule 1, and B is the shoulder of the capsule 1. Three
The cross section of FIG. A discharge plate 5 having a substantially triangular pyramidal cross section is provided only on the shoulder portion 3 of the capsule 1. In the drawing, as shown in the cross section B, the discharge plate 5 is formed to have a substantially triangular pyramid shape in cross section. It goes without saying that the above can be changed appropriately.

The capsule is composed of a capsule body, a stirring plate,
It is preferable to use a stainless steel plate including the discharge plate, but the plate is not limited to this, and any other plate having the same effect can be used. In the present invention, the capsule is
As described above, when the raw material is powder, the body 2 of the capsule 1
Since the stirring plates 4 are provided at three locations at substantially equal intervals,
For example, in a food manufacturing process or the like, when the capsule 1 is rotated at a predetermined speed about the center of the body 2 of the capsule 1, the stirring plate 4 can uniformly and effectively mix the raw materials. In this case, it is possible to change the rotation direction of the capsule to either the forward or reverse direction. Further, since the discharge plate 5 is provided at the shoulder portion 3 of the capsule 1 at three places on the extension line of the stirring plate 4, the capsule is tilted to a predetermined angle while rotating and stored in the capsule. When the raw material is discharged, the discharge plate 5 allows the raw material to be discharged efficiently and effectively. Incidentally, FIG.
As shown in, the discharge conditions can be variously changed by appropriately adjusting the angle α when tilting the capsule.

Further, as described above, when the raw material is a liquid or a solid, since the stirring plate 4 is provided at one location on the body 2 of the capsule 1, the body of the capsule 1 is used, for example, in a food manufacturing process. When the center of the part 2 is rotated as an axis, the stirring plate 4 can uniformly and effectively mix the raw materials. Further, since the discharge plate 5 is provided on the shoulder 3 of the capsule 1 on the extension line of the stirring plate 4, the capsule is rotated and tilted to a predetermined angle to discharge the raw material stored in the capsule. At this time, the discharge plate 5 allows the raw material to be discharged efficiently and effectively.

Further, as described above, when the raw material is in paste form, since the discharge plate 4 having a substantially triangular pyramidal cross section is provided only on the shoulder portion 3 of the capsule 1, for example, in the food manufacturing process, etc. The raw materials can be effectively mixed when rotated about the center of the body portion 2 of the capsule 1.
When the capsule is rotated and tilted to a predetermined angle to discharge the raw materials stored in the capsule,
By the discharge plate 5, the raw material can be discharged efficiently and effectively.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the capsule is tilted at an angle of about 70 degrees with the opening portion facing downward.
In the figure, 6 is an opening of the capsule 1 and 7 is a washing nozzle. The capsule can be freely rotated in the forward and reverse directions about the center of the body by an appropriate rotating device and driving device (not shown), and can be tilted up to a predetermined angle. The rotation and driving operation of such a capsule can be appropriately controlled by an automatic control system. The washing nozzle may be of any type as long as it can jet the washing water over the entire inner surface of the capsule, and the type thereof is not particularly limited. In this case, it is desirable to install a temperature adjusting device that appropriately adjusts the temperature of the washing water.
After washing with the washing nozzle, the capsule is dried with hot air. The drying means may be any as long as hot air can be supplied to the inside and the outside of the capsule to dry it, It can be used regardless.

[0034]

Industrial Applicability As described above in detail, the present invention is, for example, cleaning of capsules for transporting, mixing and discharging specific raw materials which are preferably used in a food manufacturing process, particularly a manufacturing process of a wide variety of foods. According to the present invention, according to the present invention, for example, in a food manufacturing process or the like, after the raw materials are discharged by the capsules, in the cleaning process, the capsules are cleaned at a specific angle and while rotating in the normal direction and the reverse direction. Thus, even if a stirring plate or a discharging plate is provided inside the capsule, it is possible to surely wash the raw material without adhering or leaving the stirring plate or the discharging plate. In the present invention, the capsule can be freely transported by a transport device, and can be freely rotated about the center of the body by an appropriate rotation device, and further combined with an appropriate drive device. It is possible to tilt up to a predetermined angle simultaneously with rotation, and according to the present invention, in particular, it is possible to highly efficiently clean the raw material carrying, mixing and discharging capsules used in the manufacturing process of various kinds of foods. It has the advantage that it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example of capsules used when a raw material is powder.

FIG. 2 shows an example of capsules used when the raw material is liquid or solid.

FIG. 3 shows an example of capsules used when the raw material is in a paste form.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the angle of the capsule when the raw material is discharged by inclining the capsule.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the opening is downward and the capsule is tilted at an angle of about 70 degrees.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Capsule 2 Body 3 Shoulder 4 Stirring Plate 5 Discharge Plate 6 Opening 7 Cleaning Nozzle

Front page continued (72) Inventor Yoshiaki Ishino 1-5-7 Mikiteicho, Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture House Foods Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takeshi Nakai 1-5-7 Mikiteicho, Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka House Food Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroaki Kobayashi 1-5-7 Mikitei Sakae, Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture House Food Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A raw material carrier comprising a capsule having a substantially cylindrical body portion and a conical shoulder portion, having a stirring plate on the body portion, and further having a discharge plate on an extension line toward the shoulder portion. , Mixing and discharging capsule with opening downward and about 70
A method for cleaning a raw material carrying, mixing, and discharging capsule, which is characterized by inserting a cleaning nozzle from an opening and cleaning while rotating the capsule in a forward and reverse direction at an appropriate angle in a tilted state. 2. The method of cleaning raw material carrying, mixing and discharging capsules according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning is followed by drying with hot air.