JPH09224590A - Konjak food and method and device for its production - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide konjak food which is formed by stranding many threads of konjak and the method and device for its production. SOLUTION: Plural planetary gears 21 are supported rotatably on a nozzle cylinder 13. As the nozzle cylinder 13 is rotated as shown by an arrow 23, the respective planetary gears 21 which engage the peripheral surface of a sun gear 20 by friction rotate clockwise on their axes and also revolve along a revolution track 24. Therefore, threads of viscous konjak paste extruded from >=2 nozzle holes 22 bored in each planetary gear 21 are stranded linearly into a cord shape by the rotating motion of the planetary gear and cords of konjak are further twisted in two dimensions by the revolving motion.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a konjac food product formed by twisting a large number of thread konjacs, and a method and an apparatus for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 63-174268 discloses a device shown in FIG. That is, the nozzle 1 having a hollow inside pushes out the viscous thread konjac 3 into the alkaline boiling water 2 through the many holes on the lower surface, and the many viscous thread konjac 3 is twisted by the rotation of the nozzle.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional example, when the twisted portion 4 is made thicker, the nozzle 1
Since it is necessary to form a larger number of konjac extrusion holes in the thread, the thread 3 extruded from near the center of the nozzle
The actual length difference between A and the yarn 3B extruded from the peripheral surface of the nozzle and concentrated obliquely toward the center becomes larger as the twisted portion 4 becomes thicker, and the yarn closer to the center is loosened and has a good tightness. It's hard to get a twisted konjac.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The konjac food product of the present invention is a konjac string formed by twisting a plurality of thread konjacs so that the contact portions of their peripheral surfaces adhere to each other, and two or more of them. The konjac strings are further twisted together, and the contact portions of the konjac strings are adhered to each other.

Further, the method for manufacturing the above-mentioned product is such that two or more planet wheels that revolve while revolving in the orbit around the solar car,
One-dimensional twist and two-dimensional twist are given to the viscous thread konjac extruded into the boiling water from the two or more nozzle holes opened in each planet wheel by the rotation and the revolution. To do.

Another method is to use two or more nozzles that revolve while rotating on a circular orbit, and a viscous thread konjac that is extruded into boiling water from two or more pouring holes formed at the tip of each nozzle. One-dimensional twist is imparted by the rotation motion, and two-dimensional twist is imparted by the revolution motion.

Further, the apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a sun wheel located at the center of the nozzle tube, and two or more planets rotatably supported by the nozzle tube and frictionally engaged with the circumferential surface of the sun wheel. In the nozzle cylinder, a wheel and a means for continuously rotating the nozzle cylinder so that each planetary car revolves around the orbit of the sun wheel by the rotational movement of the nozzle cylinder and revolves around the orbit of the solar car. The means for continuously extruding the viscous konjac material to be supplied to the inside of the boiling water from two or more nozzle holes provided in each planetary car.

Another device is a support plate rotatably arranged around a center point and two rotatably supported by the support plate so as to be located on a circular orbit around the center point. The above nozzles, a means for continuously rotating the support plate so that each nozzle revolves on the circular orbit, an interlocking gear fixed around each nozzle and meshed with each other, A ring which is arranged around the revolution path of each nozzle and whose inner surface teeth are engaged with a drive gear provided only in a specific nozzle to cause each nozzle to rotate by the revolution movement force, and the tip of each nozzle. And a means for supplying the viscous konjac material to each nozzle in order to push it out from the two or more pouring holes.

[0009]

In the manufacturing apparatus shown in FIG. 3, a viscous konjac material that swells and gels when mixed with an alkaline agent is filled in the nozzle cylinder, and a constant pressure is applied to the viscous konjac material Plural pieces of viscous thread konjac are extruded continuously from the holes of each of two or more planetary wheels arranged around the vehicle.

Therefore, when each of the planet wheels is rotated and revolves around the sun wheel by rotating the nozzle cylinder, first, the plurality of viscous thread konjac extruded from each planet wheel is rotated by the planet wheel. The twisted strings are twisted one-dimensionally to form a twisted string, and the twisted strings are twisted two-dimensionally by the revolution of each planetary car, and then heat-treated with boiling water.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the apparatus shown in FIG. 3, a cylindrical nozzle cylinder 13 is rotatably supported by two upper and lower bearings 11 and 12 fixed to a machine base 10 and is fixed so as to be wound around the nozzle cylinder.
The pulley 14 and a prime mover (not shown) are connected via a belt 15 to form a means for rotating the nozzle cylinder.

A rotary joint 16 is provided on the upper end of the nozzle cylinder 13.
The supply pipe 17 connected via the means supplies the viscous konjac material into the nozzle cylinder 13 at a constant pressure, and pushes it out into the alkaline boiling water 18 below the nozzle cylinder 13 in the form of konjac.

A sun wheel 20 is fixed to the lower end of a shaft 19 arranged in the center of the nozzle cylinder 13, as shown in FIG. 1, and three planet wheels 21 are arranged around the sun wheel and supported by the nozzle cylinder. Each of these has two or more nozzle holes formed in a vertically penetrating manner.

Since the sun wheel 20 is made of a strong magnetic material and the planet wheel 21 is made of a magnetic metal,
The sun wheel 20 and each planet wheel 21 attract each other and frictionally engage each other. Therefore, when the nozzle cylinder 13 rotates in the direction of the arrow 23, each planet wheel 21 rotatably supported by the nozzle cylinder 13 revolves along the revolution track 24 around the sun wheel 20, and the sun wheel 20 is magnetized by the magnetic force. The adsorbed planet wheels 21 rotate clockwise due to friction with the sun wheel.

As shown in FIG. 2, the closing plate 25 provided so as to close the lower end opening of the nozzle cylinder 13 forms three holes 26 around the sun wheel 21, and the planet wheel 21 is located in these holes 26. Is rotatable.

Therefore, the viscous konjac material filled in the nozzle cylinder 13 in FIG. 1 and extruded from the nozzle hole 22 of the planet wheel is one-dimensionally twisted by the rotation of the planet wheel 21 to become the konjac string X in FIG. , Each planet 21
As shown in FIG. 6, each string X is twisted two-dimensionally by the revolution action of
It becomes twisted konjac food Y.

Such a konjac food has a better texture when edible than the conventional mere one-dimensional twisted yarn konjac.

In FIG. 1, the embodiment in which the sun wheel 20 and the planet wheel 21 are frictionally engaged by the magnetic force has been described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the sun wheel 20 and the planet wheel 21 are connected to the gear 27,
When 28 is engaged, the slip is more reliably eliminated.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, a plurality of planet gears 32 having two or more nozzle holes 31 are provided, and a central sun gear 33 is provided.
And the internal gear 3 formed on the inner surface of the nozzle cylinder 34.
5 is an embodiment in which 5 is engaged.

In the above embodiment, the closing plate 36 that rotatably supports the planetary gears 32 is also rotatable with respect to the nozzle cylinder 34, and rotates the sun gear 33 and the nozzle cylinder 34 in opposite directions. As a result, the planetary gear 32 rotates and revolves around the sun gear 33.

In the above embodiment, the sun gear 33 is rotated in the same direction as the nozzle cylinder 34 with a speed difference,
Further, the relative speed between the rotation and the revolution of the planetary gear 21 can be adjusted by setting the rotation speed of the sun gear 33 to be variable.

The planetary gear 32 can be revolved by rotating one of the sun gear 33 and the nozzle cylinder 34 and rotating them independently.

FIGS. 7 to 10 show an embodiment different from the examples described so far. As shown in FIG. 8, a circular support plate 52 is rotatable within a crown-shaped support body 51 fixed to a machine base 50. The four cylindrical nozzles 53 are rotatably supported on the support plate 52.

As shown in FIG. 7, a four-forked branch pipe 56 is connected via a rotary joint 55 to the lower end of a supply pipe 54 that is pressure-fed toward the viscous konjac material, and the four pipes below the branch pipe are connected. Each of the nozzles 53 is connected to the branch pipe 57 via a rotary joint 58.

The motor 5 installed on the side of the supply pipe 54
The pinion 60 is fixed to the shaft of 9, and the gear 61 fixed around the upper end of the branch pipe 56 is engaged with the pinion 60. Therefore, by driving the motor 59, the four nozzles 53 revolve on a circular orbit 62 drawn around the center of the support 51, as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, gears 63 fixed around the four nozzles 53 mesh with each other. Therefore, the rotation of one nozzle 53 causes the other three nozzles to rotate together.

The gear 6 is attached to one specific nozzle 53.
A drive gear 64 having a diameter slightly larger than 3 is provided, and the drive gear 64 is engaged with the inner surface teeth 66 of the ring 65 on the peripheral surface of each nozzle. Therefore, as described above, when each nozzle 43 starts to revolve on the circular orbit 62, the respective nozzles automatically rotate in opposite directions.

As shown in FIG. 7, the output pinion 68 of the variable transmission 67, which is rotatably supported by the support 51 that supports the ring 65 and is connected to the shaft 80 that receives the power from the motor 59, is Engages with teeth on the outer circumference of the annulus 65.

The handle 6 provided on the variable transmission 67
By operating 9, the output rotation direction of the pinion 68 can be switched between the forward and reverse directions, and the other handle 70
Can change the output speed of the pinion 68 within a certain range. In addition, the clutch inside the device 67 is moved, and the pinion 6
It is also possible to stop 8, the direction and speed of rotation of the nozzle can be adjusted by such an operation, and the twist degree of the viscous thread konjac extruded from the spout hole 71 at the lower end of each nozzle can be adjusted in one and two dimensions. .

In FIG. 10, gears 63 around each of the three nozzles 53 are engaged with each other by disengaging one gear 72. In this case, the center of the upper nozzle 53a is circular orbit 6.
Although slightly deviated from 2, the drive gear 6 provided in the specific nozzle
By engaging 4 with the internal gear 66 of the ring 65, the orbital motion of each nozzle 53 causes these nozzles to automatically rotate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along line I-I in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the device

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a different embodiment.

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 Partial front view of konjac food

FIG. 7 is a front view of a different embodiment.

8 is a sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of FIG.

9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG.

10 is an explanatory view of the same position as FIG. 8 in a different embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

13 ... Nozzle cylinder 18 ... Cooking water 20 ... Solar car
21 ... Planetary wheel 22 ... Nozzle hole 24 ... Revolution orbit 32 ... Planetary gear 33 ... Sun gear 34 ... Nozzle cylinder 51 ... Support 52 ... Support plate 53 ... Nozzle 62 ... Circular orbit 63 … Gear 64… Drive gear 65… Ring 67… Variable transmission 71… Spout hole

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A konjac string formed by twisting a plurality of thread konjacs so that the contact portions of their peripheral surfaces adhere to each other, and further twisting two or more konjac strings together. A konjac food product in which the contact parts of each konjac string are adhered. 2. Two or more planet wheels that revolve while rotating on the orbit around the sun wheel, and a viscous thread konjac that is extruded into the boiling water from two or more nozzle holes that are respectively opened in each planet wheel, A method for producing a konjac food product, wherein a one-dimensional twist is imparted by the rotation movement and a two-dimensional twist is imparted by the revolution movement. 3. Two or more nozzles that revolve while rotating on a circular orbit, and a viscous thread konjac that is extruded into boiling water from two or more pouring holes formed at the tip of each nozzle,
A method for producing a konjac food product, wherein a one-dimensional twist is imparted by the rotation movement and a two-dimensional twist is imparted by the revolution movement. 4. A solar car located in the center of the nozzle cylinder,
Two or more planet wheels that are rotatably supported by the nozzle cylinder and frictionally engage with the peripheral surface of the solar car, and each planet car is integrated with the nozzle cylinder by the rotational movement of the nozzle cylinder, and the orbit around the solar car. Means for continuously rotating the nozzle cylinder in order to cause rotation while revolving, and viscous konjac material to be supplied into the nozzle cylinder into the boiling water through two or more nozzle holes provided in each planetary car. An apparatus for producing konjac food, which comprises means for continuously pushing out. 5. A sun gear located in the central portion of the nozzle cylinder, an international gear formed on the inner surface of the nozzle cylinder, and a gear between the sun gear and the periphery of the sun gear and the inside of the internal gear so as to mesh with these gears. Two or more planetary gears intervening between, a means for rotating the nozzle cylinder to cause the planetary gears to rotate while revolving around the orbit of the sun gear, and a viscous konjac material supplied into the nozzle cylinder. An apparatus for producing a konjac food product, which comprises means for continuously extruding it into boiling water through two or more nozzle holes provided in each planetary gear. 6. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising means for synchronously rotating the nozzle cylinder and the sun gear in opposite directions. 7. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising means for adjusting the rotation direction and speed of the sun gear. 8. A support plate rotatably arranged about a center point, and two or more nozzles rotatably supported by the support plate so as to be located on a circular orbit around the center point. , Means for continuously rotating the support plate so that each nozzle revolves on the circular orbit, gears for interlocking fixed around each nozzle and meshed with each other, and revolution of each nozzle A ring which is arranged around the track and whose inner surface teeth are engaged with a drive gear provided only in a specific nozzle to cause each nozzle to rotate on its own axis by the revolution motion force, and two or more rings at the tip of each nozzle. An apparatus for producing konjac food, which comprises means for supplying a viscous konjac material to each nozzle in order to push it out from a pouring hole. 9. The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising means for adjusting a rotation direction and a rotation speed of the ring.