JPH09301540A - Automatic feeder for food with dressing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically feed food with dressing by a specified quantity by providing a scooping part, longitudinally protruded with a specified space, on the outer surface of an endless conveyor belt of a conveyor. SOLUTION: A specified quantity of chopped vegetables and dressing are mixed up, and a mixed vegetable salad is thrown into a hopper 12. When a conveyor 14 is driven, a specified quantity of vegetable salad uniformly mixed in advance is scooped by a scooping part 26 in an initial stage. Then with the lapse of time, the accumulation 20 of dressing is generated to the apex 19 of the hopper 12. While scooping the dressing in the accumulation 20 by the scooping part 26, the vegetables dripping with the dressing is conveyed in the direction or an arrow mark A by a scooping conveyor belt 21, conveyed outward from an opening 1 and filled in a pack disposed at the other end part 24 of the conveyor 14. One packed product is thus completed. The above process is repeated to automatically manufacture products one after another.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic feeder for seasoning liquid-adhered foods, and more specifically, it supplies an appropriate amount of seasoning liquid according to the amount of the seasoning liquid-adhered foods such as vegetable salad, vinegared food, and stewed food. The present invention relates to an automatic feeder for seasoning liquid-adhered food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, so-called potion type vegetable salad pack products, in which cabbage, cucumbers, etc., cut into julienne, and a seasoning liquid such as dressing are mixed and packed, are sold. The process of such a product mainly comprises a process of chopping vegetables, a process of supplying a predetermined amount to a pack, and a process of sprinkling seasoning liquid such as dressing. However, in the case of a vegetable salad, the production efficiency is poor if the product is sprinkled with the seasoning liquid for each pack in which the chopped vegetables are supplied. Also, the vegetables and seasoning liquid are not well compatible. Therefore, it is desirable that a large amount of chopped vegetables and seasonings are mixed by stirring before being supplied to the pack, and the seasoning liquid is evenly mixed with the vegetables, and then a predetermined amount is automatically supplied for each pack. . A delivery device for efficiently supplying a large amount of shredded food packs is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-22930. This device is equipped with a roughly rectangular parallelepiped supply tank in which shredded food such as shredded ginger is suspended in a liquid, and a number of hooks that scrape off the shredded food in the supply tank are projected, and one end is immersed in the supply tank. The other end is guided to the pack by a conveyer. However, when this device is applied to a vegetable salad, etc., the seasoning liquid is pre-filled in the supply tank and the vegetables to be added are soaked in the seasoning liquid. Therefore, it is not economical. Further, it is difficult to take out a predetermined amount of food having a higher specific gravity than the seasoning liquid.

Further, there is a device in which the chopped vegetables and the seasoning liquid are mixed and filled in the hopper, and a fixed amount is taken out from the bottom of the hopper using a piston mechanism or a screw mechanism. However, when such a device is used, the seasoning liquid adhering to the surface of the vegetables flows downward with the passage of time and accumulates at the bottom of the hopper. That is, the vegetables and the seasoning liquid in the hopper become substantially separated over time. The vegetables supplied in this separated state are
Since it is filled with a large amount of seasoning liquid, the seasoning liquid to be filled with vegetables is insufficient in the latter stage of filling, and it is not possible to continuously supply a vegetable salad in which the seasoning liquid is evenly blended. In other words, an appropriate amount of seasoning liquid cannot be automatically supplied for each pack according to the amount of vegetable salad supplied. On the other hand, in order to prevent such separation, if the inside of the tank is stirred continuously or after a predetermined time elapses, a large amount of vegetable salad products may be caused due to damage to vegetables and the like, or line stoppage due to stirring. Cannot be supplied efficiently.

[0004]

Therefore, in view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to automatically supply a predetermined amount of seasoning liquid-adhered food such as vegetable salad while adjusting the supply amount of the seasoning liquid for each product. The object is to provide an automatic supply device that can perform.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems,
In the automatic feeder for seasoning liquid-adhered foods such as vegetable salad of the present invention, the upper end is open, and has a hopper that tapers downward, one end is in the tapered portion of the hopper bottom, the other end Further has a conveyer conveyor that extends obliquely upward through the opening of the hopper, the conveyer conveyor having a scraping portion protruding on the outer surface of the endless conveyer belt at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction. is there. Furthermore, it is preferable that the scraping unit forms a concave scoop in the advancing direction of the endless conveyor. In addition, the hopper has a flat side surface, and the conveyor conveys along an inner wall surface of the side surface of the endless conveyor belt with the side going from the one end to the other end facing upward. It is good to be arranged.

[0006]

According to the automatic feeder for seasoning liquid-adhered foods such as vegetable salad of the present invention, the hopper is tapered downward, and one end of the conveyor is positioned at the tapered portion of the bottom of the hopper. At one end, the seasoning liquid and vegetables collected by the scraping part of the endless conveyor belt are scraped up by a predetermined amount and transported toward the other end, thereby sequentially supplying the vegetable salad to which the seasoning liquid is evenly applied. As a result, it becomes possible to automatically supply the seasoning liquid according to the salad supply amount. Also, as the vegetable salad is supplied by the endless conveyor belt, the chopped vegetables gradually fall to the bottom of the tapered portion where the seasoning liquid has accumulated, so you can always take out only the vegetable salad with the seasoning liquid, It is possible to prevent variations.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings, taking a vegetable salad as an example.
1 and 2, the vegetable salad automatic supply device 10
Is a hopper 12 that opens at the top and tapers downwards.
And a conveyor 14 that conveys the vegetable salad from the hopper 12 to the outside. Tapered hopper 1
2 has a rectangular opening 16 and four triangular side surfaces 18
By providing the surface, a pyramid having the apex 19 formed below is formed. The inner volume of the hopper 12 may be appropriately selected according to the amount of vegetable salad to be supplied and the like. Vegetables chopped through the opening 16 and a dressing which is a seasoning liquid are stirred in advance, and the mixed vegetable salad is filled in the hopper 12. After filling,
With the lapse of time, the seasoning liquid reservoir 20 is formed on the bottom of the hopper 12. Transport conveyor 14
Is a conventionally known type provided with an endless conveyor belt 21, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted, but one end portion 22 is at a tapered portion at the bottom of the hopper 12, that is, at the apex 19,
The other end 24 extends obliquely upward through the opening 16 of the hopper 12 and is arranged along one of the side surfaces 18 of the hopper 12. The conveyor 14 is connected to the rotary drive motor 25 at the other end 24 via a belt 27, and extends in the direction of arrow A, that is, from one end 22 to the other end 2 of the endless conveyor belt 21.
The side going in the direction of 4 is facing upward.

The conveyor 14 is an endless conveyor belt 21.
The scraping portion 26 is provided on the outer surface of the sticking portion 26 and projects at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction. The scraping section 26 preferably forms a concave scoop in the advancing direction of the endless conveyor 14. As a result, the pool 2 is formed at the one end 22.
The vegetables are scraped while scooping the seasoning liquid in 0, and the vegetable salad with the seasoning liquid can be carried out. Note that the transport conveyor 14 may be capable of adjusting its transport speed and the like by a known control device (not shown) in order to adjust the supply amount of vegetable salad. In order to supply a vegetable salad by the automatic vegetable salad feeder 10 having the above configuration, first, a predetermined amount of chopped vegetables and the seasoning liquid are stirred, and the mixed vegetable salad is put into the hopper 12. Then, the conveyor 14
When is driven, a predetermined amount of vegetable salad mixed in advance in the initial stage is scraped by the scraping unit 26. Then, with the passage of time, a pool 20 of the seasoning liquid is generated at the apex 19 of the hopper 12, and the scraping portion 26 scoops the seasoning liquid in the pool and scrapes up the vegetables in which the seasoning liquid has dripped up and conveys the conveyor belt 21. Is carried in the direction of arrow A, carried out from the opening 16 to the outside, and filled in the pack arranged at the other end 24 of the carrying conveyor 14. This completes a one-pack product. By repeating the above steps, products can be automatically produced one after another. In addition, the seasoning liquid according to the amount of vegetables to be filled is filled in the container in advance, and it is possible to fill the bottom with a predetermined amount of vegetables that are chopped, and in this case, the vegetables and the seasoning liquid Stirring can be omitted.

When the consumer actually eats, the vegetable salad and the seasoning liquid are separated in the pack, and the seasoning liquid accumulates at the bottom of the pack. Since the supply is secured, if the inside of the pack is stirred immediately before eating, it can be eaten with the seasoning liquid sprinkled evenly. Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications may be made to the disclosed embodiments within the scope of the technical matters described in the claims without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention. be able to. For example,
The shape of the container has a tapered shape downward, as long as a pool of seasoning liquid in which one end of the conveyor is immersed in the bottom can be formed,
It may be a curved surface such as a cone.

[0010]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the automatic feeder of the present invention, a vegetable salad or the like can be prepared without sprinkling the seasoning liquid on each pack supplied with a predetermined amount of vegetables or the like.
The seasoning liquid according to the amount of the product can be automatically supplied, and as a result, the production efficiency of the product can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a partial cross-section of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Automatic Vegetable Salad Supply Device 12 Hopper 14 Conveyor 16 Opening 18 Side 19 Apex 20 Reservoir 22 One End 24 One End 24 Rotation Drive Motor 26 Raking Part 27 Belt 28 Rising Part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A transfer conveyor having an upper end opening and a hopper tapering downward, one end of which is a tapered portion of the bottom of the hopper and the other end of which extends obliquely upward through the opening of the hopper. The automatic conveyor of seasoning liquid-adhered foods, wherein the conveyor further comprises a scraping portion protruding on the outer surface of the endless conveyor belt at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction. 2. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the scraping unit forms a concave scoop in a traveling direction of the endless conveyor. 3. The hopper has a flat side surface, and the conveyor conveys the endless conveyor belt in such a manner that a side of the endless conveyor belt moving from the one end to the other end is directed upward. The vegetable salad automatic feeder according to claim 1 or 2, which is arranged along a wall surface.