JPH09238666A - Food-discharging device of food forming machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently transfer a formed product to a discharge part in a uniform prescribed shape and discharge the formed product. SOLUTION: This food discharge device is composed of a supporting table 2 which is freely reciprocative between an intermittent carrying device of a formed product C formed by a forming mechanism and a formed product discharge part and is vertically movably fixed to a holder 1, a forming and nipping mechanism 3 supported in the lower end of the supporting table 2 and an ejector 4 provided with plural pushing-down rods inserting the mechanism 3 and liftably supported to the supporting table 2. The forming and holding mechanism 3 is formed of an upper part fixing mold 12 downwardly opened and a pair of right and left movable molds 13 and 13 and the ejector 4 is formed by attaching a formed product-pushing out plate 22a to the lower end of the pushing-down rods vertically installed from a horizontal lifting and lowering plate 21 to the lower direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food discharge device for an automated food forming machine for producing, for example, sushi rice balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A nigiri sushi forming machine such as that shown in FIG. 6 is known. That is, cooked rice is dispensed from the supply mechanism a onto the conveyor belt b which is intermittently rotated downward by a predetermined amount, and the fixed quantity rice c is formed into a forming mechanism d arranged above the conveyor belt b. The shaped cooked rice c ′ is gripped and shaped at d ′ to obtain a shaped cooked rice c ′, and wasabi (not shown) and a story e are placed on the way while the shaped cooked rice c ′ is conveyed by the intermittent conveyor belt b, and then,
The final forming mechanism f re-holds the cooked rice c'and the material e to form the hand-grip sushi g.

Nigiri sushi g produced in this way is
After being transported to the downstream end by the intermittent transport conveyor belt b, a tray not shown in FIG.
The sheet is transferred to and discharged from a discharging unit such as the packaging device i schematically shown in FIG.

By the way, the conventional food discharging device h is shown in FIG.
And as shown in FIG. 7, the intermittent transfer conveyor belt b
And a cylinder m on both left and right sides of a main body 1 supported by a support shaft k via arms j, j so as to be capable of reciprocating between the upper part of the packaging device i and the upper part of a discharging part of the packaging device i and so on. A pair of openable and closable movable members o and o'connected via n and n'is pivotally provided, and a pair of food holding plates p and p'is fixedly hung on the movable members o and o ', respectively. , The body l
Is provided with a food pushing rod r that can be raised and lowered by a cylinder q fixed to the rear side.

[0005]

However, in the conventional food discharging apparatus described above, as shown in FIG. 7, a molded food g is formed by a pair of holding plates p and p'from the left and right sides thereof. After grasping and lifting upward and transferring to the upper part of the discharging device such as the packaging device i or a tray not shown, a pair of holding plates p,
At the same time as opening the grip to release p ', cylinder g
With the structure in which the pushing down bar r is moved downward to discharge the food g onto the packaging device i or the like, not only the food g is easily deformed by the gripping force of the pair of holding plates p, p ′, but also
The depression force of the push-down bar r makes it easier to form a depression s in the upper part of the food g, which makes it unattractive, and as a result, it may be deformed or packaged with the depression s. Will be imitated.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-mentioned prior art, and can be discharged without deforming or cavities, and the re-molding and the discharging can be realized by the same device and at the same time. Therefore, the working efficiency is improved. An object of the present invention is to provide a food discharge device of a good food molding machine.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the food discharging apparatus of the food molding machine of the present invention forms a material to be molded such as cooked rice, which is dispensed by a predetermined amount, by a molding mechanism,
In a food discharging device of a food molding machine that is designed to transfer and discharge this to a discharging part such as a tray or a packaging device, in the upper part of the intermittent conveying device for conveying the molded product and in the discharging part of the tray, the packaging device, etc. The supporting base fixed to the holder so as to be reciprocally movable between the upper parts and movable up and down, the forming / holding mechanism supported on the lower end of the supporting base, and the forming / holding mechanism are inserted. And an ejector that is supported by the support table so as to be able to move up and down with a plurality of push-down rods, and the forming / holding mechanism includes an upper fixed die that opens downward, and right and left of the upper fixed die. It is formed by a pair of movable molds that can be opened and closed by symmetrically closing inward to grip and re-mold the molded product, and open outward to release the molded product. From its horizontal lifting plate To the lower end of the extruded bar was vertically towards,
It is characterized in that a molded product extrusion plate is attached.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 shows a partially cutaway front view of the apparatus, FIG. 2 shows a partially cutaway side view of the apparatus, and FIG. 3 shows a partially exploded perspective view of the entire apparatus.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the food discharge device includes a support base 2 fitted and fixed to a holder 1.
The gripping mechanism 3 for both molding and re-molding the fixed amount of cooked rice A and the material B and the ejector 4 are main components.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the support base 2 is constructed such that a sliding body 6 is vertically slidable in a vertically elongated cylindrical body 5 and a compression spring 7 interposed in the cylindrical body 5. The slide plate 6 is inserted by urging a pushing force upward, and a support plate 8 of a link, which will be described later, is horizontally fixed by a set screw 9 to the upper end of the sliding body 6 projecting upward from the upper end of the cylindrical body 5. On the other hand, at the lower end of the cylindrical body 5, a support member 10 having a substantially U-shaped front surface and a side surface is fixed by a set screw 11.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a substantially middle portion of the cylindrical body 5 of the support base 2 in the longitudinal direction is symmetrical with respect to the left and right side portions of the cylindrical body 5 with circular cutouts 5a and 5a. Is formed into a substantially oval-shaped cross section, and the oval-shaped portion has a substantially U-shaped planar shape, and the fitting recess 1 of the holder 1 is formed.
The support base 2 is vertically fixed to the holder 1 by being fitted into the holder a.

The gripping mechanism 3 also used for molding is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, the upper fixed mold 12 is formed so as to be elongated in the uniaxial direction and is formed by opening the molding recess 12a downward and to the left and right sides, and the left and right sides of the upper fixed mold 12 are symmetrical. A pair of movable dies 1 which are arranged so as to open and close freely
It is formed by 3 and 13.

The pair of movable molds 13 and 13 are formed in a substantially downward U-shape on the front and are fitted on the upper fixed mold 12 described above.
A fixed portion 13a fixed by screws 14 and a pair of movable portions 13 continuously connected to the outside from the lower ends of the left and right side walls 13b and 13b of the fixed portion 13a in a substantially V-shaped front view.
c, 13c, which are integrally formed of soft plastic or the like, and on the left and right side walls 13b, 13b of the fixed portion 13a.
1 and the pair of movable portions 13c and 13c are connected to each other by the bent portions 13d and 13d. As a result, the pair of movable molds 13 and 13 are shown by a solid line and a chain double-dashed line in FIG. It is opened and closed like this.

Further, in the pair of movable dies 13 and 13, the fixed portion 13a and the pair of movable portions 13c and 13c are separately formed of a metal material or the like, and these can be opened and closed by a pivot or a hinge (not shown). It can also be formed by pivoting.

At the left and right ends of the support plate 8, the upper ends of a pair of links 15, 15 are pivotally attached to a support shaft 16 so as to be rotatable in the left and right directions. At both left and right ends of 10, a pair of two arms, each of which has a substantially T-shaped front face, is formed by a horizontal plate portion 17a and a vertical plate portion 17b that extends downward from a substantially middle portion of the horizontal plate portion 17a. 1
One end of the horizontal plate portion 17a of each of the reference numerals 7 and 17 is pivotally attached to the support shaft 18 in a vertically rotatable manner. The other end of the horizontal plate portions 17a and 17a of the pair of arms 17 and 17 is described above. The lower ends of the pair of links 15 and 15 are rotatably attached by pivots 19 and 19.

The pair of arms 17, 17 described above
The lower ends of the vertical plate portions 17b and 17b in the above and the movable portions 13c and 13c in the pair of movable dies 13 and 13 are fixed with screws 20 ... By moving the support plate 8 up and down, the pair of movable molds 13, 13 is opened and closed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the ejector 4 has strip-shaped lifting plates 21 arranged vertically downward from the lifting plates 21 at regular intervals in the lengthwise direction of the lifting plates 21. It is formed by the three extruded rods 22, 22, 22 described above.

The push rods 22 of the ejector 4
.. is the upper fixed mold 12 in the already-forming gripping part 3
Through holes 12c formed through the top wall 12b of the ...
And a lift plate 21 is disposed between the top wall 12b and the lower end of the support base 2, and a compression spring 23 is interposed between the lift plate 21 and the top wall 12b. As a result, the ejector 4 is pushed upward and biased, and the elevating plate 21 is fitted in the recess 10a formed by opening downward in the support member 10 as shown in FIGS. It is arranged so that it can be moved up and down freely.

Further, each of the push rods 22 ...
At the tip protruding from the through hole 12c of the upper fixed die 12 into the molding recess 12a, a molded product pushing plate 22a is formed.
Are fixed horizontally.

The molded product extruding plate 22a is used when the cooked rice A and the spout B are re-formed by the already-described forming / holding mechanism 3, the mold is opened, and the extruded rods 22 ... 5 (A) is provided in order to prevent depressions from being formed on the surface of the molded product C shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, each of the extruding rods 22 ... Is independently attached, or as shown in FIG. 5B, is commonly attached to each of the extruding rods 22. Then, the molded product extruding plate 22a is arranged horizontally as shown by a solid line in FIG. 5A and FIG.
As shown by the chain double-dashed line in (B), it is formed in a curved shape corresponding to the upper surface shape of the molded product C.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the holder 1 for fixing the food discharging device having the above-described structure is integrally fixed to the upper horizontal support plate 24 with the side plate 23 interposed therebetween. 24 has its base end rotatably supported on the tip of an upper arm 26 fixed to the upper end of a spline shaft 25, and has its tip rotatably supported on the end of a lower arm 28 via a vertical axis 27. There is.

The base end of the lower arm 28 is axially slidable on the spline shaft 25, and is rotatably supported by one end of a boss 29 which is engaged and fixed around the spline shaft. Therefore, the food discharging device is configured such that the upper and lower arms 2 are rotated by the forward and reverse rotations of the spline shaft 25.
It is reciprocally rotated in the directions of arrow a and b shown in FIG.

Further, the holder 1 is vertically provided with a cylinder 31 which pushes down the ejector 4 against the spring force via the ejecting rod 30, while the base end rear surface of the horizontal support plate 24 is provided. In the above, a cylinder 33 is fixedly installed to push down the sliding body 6 against the spring force via the protruding rod 32.

The spline shaft 25 has a boss 34, which is rotatably fitted and fitted at a substantially middle portion thereof, with a fixed cylinder 35 interposed therebetween, near the downstream end of the intermittent transfer conveyor belt b as the intermittent transfer device shown in FIG. Of the packaging device i or the frame u of the packaging device i so as to stand upright, so that the food discharging device is above the downstream end of the intermittent transfer conveyor belt b shown in FIG. , A packaging device i, or a tray or the like (not shown), which is laterally movable above a discharge unit. Although FIG. 6 uses the conveyor belt b as an intermittent transfer device for transferring products as described above, a turntable (not shown) can also be used.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the spline shaft 25 has a horizontal arm 36 integrally fitted on the lower part thereof so as to be rotatable in the axial direction and slidable in the axial direction. At the same time, one end of the lever 37 is rotatably supported on the lower end in the vertical direction.

The base end of the lever 37 described above is attached to the bracket 38 fixed to the frame t of the intermittent transfer conveyor belt b as the intermittent transfer device shown in FIG. 6 or the frame u of the packaging device i, and the lever 37. Are rotatably rotatably supporting the respective base ends of the respective levers 39, and both ends of the connecting rod 40 are rotatably rotatably supported by the tip of the lever 39 and the tip of the arm 36, respectively. The arm 36 and the lever 39
Are connected.

A cam 41 is provided such that the substantially middle portion of both levers 37, 39 is pivotally supported by the frames t, u, etc. so as to be reversible.
Are pivotally supported at respective eccentric positions, whereby the tip of the lever 37 is rotated in the vertical direction by the normal rotation and reversal of the cam 41, and the spline shaft 25 is indicated by arrows C and D in FIG. The lever 39 moves up and down in the axial direction, while the other lever 39 is reciprocally rotated in the left-right direction shown by arrows E and F in FIG. 3, and the arm 36 moves in the left-right direction shown in FIG. The spline shaft 25 is reciprocally rotated, and the spline shaft 25 is normally or reversely rotated in the axial direction.

According to the food discharging device of the food molding machine having the above structure, the molded product C is transferred and discharged as follows. First, by the normal rotation of the cam 41, the spline shaft 25 is lowered via the lever 37, the food discharging device is lowered via the arm 26 and the holder 1, and at the same time, the cylinder 3
When 3 is turned on and the protruding rod 32 is lowered to press the upper end of the sliding body 6 downward, the sliding body 6 is lowered against the spring force of the compression spring 7, and the supporting plate 8, the links 15, 15, The pair of movable molds 13, 13 are respectively rotated inward via the arms 17, 17 to clamp the mold, and the cooked rice A and the material B placed on the cooked rice A are grasped once as shown in FIG.

Next, when the cylinder 33 is turned off while the spline shaft 25 is slightly raised by the lever 37 by reversing the cam 41, the sliding body 6 is raised by the elastic force of the compression spring 7, and the support plate 8 , The pair of movable molds 13 and 13 are rotated outward through the links 15 and 15 and the arms 17 and 17 to open the molds to release the grip of the cooked rice A and the material B.

Then, the forward rotation of the cam 41 causes the spline shaft 25 to descend via the lever 37, and the cylinder 33 to move to the O position.
N, the pair of movable molds 13,
13 is rotated inward and the mold is clamped, and the cooked rice A and the story B are gripped again.

While the above state is maintained, the spline shaft 25 is raised through the lever 37 by reversing the cam 41, and the food discharging device is slightly raised, and the lever 39 is connected through the connecting rod 40 and the arm 36. The spline shaft 25 is rotated about the axis, whereby the arms 26, 28
Is rotated in the direction of arrow B shown in FIG. 3, and after the food discharging device is laterally moved from the upper part of the downstream end of the intermittent conveyor belt b to the upper part of the packaging device i or the like, that is, the upper part of the discharging part,
Cam 41, lever 37, spline shaft 25, arm 26,
When the cylinder 33 is turned off by the 28 and the cylinder 33 is turned off, the sliding body 6 is pushed up by the compression spring 7, and the pair of movable molds 13 and 13 are rotated outward through the support plate 8, the links 15 and 15, and the arms 17 and 17. When the cylinder 31 is turned ON while moving and opening the mold, the ejecting rod 30 descends and pushes the ejector 4 downward against the spring force of the compression spring 23. As a result, each extruding rod 22 ...
The molded product pushing plate 22a attached to the tip end of the molded product C forcibly discharges the molded product C from the molding / holding mechanism 3 to the discharging portion of the packaging device i or the like.

Next, the arms 26, 28 are connected to the cams 41,
Lever 39, connecting rod 40, arm 36, spline shaft 25
3 is rotated in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 3 to move the molded product discharging device from the discharging part to above the downstream end of the intermittent transfer conveyor belt b, and when the cylinder 31 is turned off, the ejector 4 is compressed. It is pushed up by the elastic force of the spring 23 and returned, and is prepared for the next re-forming, transfer and discharge of the cooked rice A and the material B.

[0033]

Since the present invention is constituted as described above, the molded product is gripped and re-molded at the same time by the molding and holding mechanism including the upper fixed mold and the pair of left and right movable molds. As it is transferred to the discharge part of the packaging device etc. in this state, the molded product is not deformed, it is rather shaped into a predetermined shape, and at the discharge part, the molding and grasping mechanism releases the molded product. At the same time, since it is pushed out and discharged by the pushing plate provided at the lower end of the ejector rod of the ejector,
Since there is no dent on the surface of the molded product, it is possible to transfer and discharge the molded product that has a uniform shape and no variation, and has a good-looking appearance to the discharge part. Since molding and discharging can be realized simultaneously with the same device, work efficiency can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a food discharge device of a food molding machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same device.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the entire same apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view showing a discharged state of a molded product by the same apparatus.

FIG. 5 shows an ejector of the same apparatus, (A) is a side view in which independent extruding plates are arranged at the lower end of each extruding rod, and (B) shows a common extruding plate at the lower end of each extruding rod. It is the installed side view.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a food molding machine including a conventional food discharge device.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view showing a food discharge device of a conventional food molding machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holder 2 Support stand 3 Grasping and holding mechanism 4 Ejector 12 Upper fixed mold 13, 13 A pair of movable molds 21 Elevating plate 22 Extrusion rod 22a Molded product extrusion plate b Intermittent transfer conveyor belt as an intermittent transfer device c Molded product i Packaging apparatus

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A food for a food molding machine provided so that a material to be molded such as cooked rice, which is dispensed in a predetermined amount, is molded by a molding mechanism, is transferred to a discharge part such as a tray or a packaging device, and is discharged. In the discharging device, the upper part of the intermittent conveying device for conveying the molded product and the upper part of the discharging part of the tray packaging device and the like are reciprocally movable and vertically movable, and a support base fixed to the holder is provided. The holding device for forming and holding is supported at the lower end of the supporting base, and the ejector is supported on the supporting base so as to be able to move up and down with a plurality of push-down rods that pass through the holding and holding mechanism for molding. The gripping mechanism for both molding and molding is an upper fixed mold that opens downward, and is located on the left and right of the upper fixed mold and symmetrically closes inward to grip the molded product, remold it, and open outward. The molded product can be opened and closed freely The ejector is formed by a pair of movable molds, and the ejector is attached to the lower end of an extruding rod vertically hung down from the horizontal elevating plate, and a molded product extruding plate is attached to the ejector. Ejection device.