JPH0974986A - Dumpling-making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the workability of a dumpling making machine and increase production efficiency of dumplings. SOLUTION: This dumpling-making machine is provided with a dimension- adjusting unit 120 which adjusts the width and thickness of dumpling dough extruded out beneath a hopper by an extrusion roller. The main body 122 constituting the adjusting unit 120 having a rectangular opening 123 is equipped with a thickness-adjusting plate 124 and a width-adjusting plate 125 which are movable in its longitudinal direction, respectively. A long hole 129 inclined toward the moving direction is formed on the width-adjusting plate 125. A small plate 126 for adjusting the width is set up so that its movement is regulated by a movement-regulating plate 127 only in the widthwise direction of the opening 123. A projection 130 is formed on this small plate 126 for adjusting the width and inserted into the long hole 129 on the width-adjusting plate 125 so that the movable small plate 126 may rise and set on both sides of the opening 123.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention forms a dumpling,
The present invention relates to a dumpling machine for producing skewered dumplings made from these dumplings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A dumpling making machine is one in which dumpling dough is continuously extruded from an hopper by an extruding roll, which is fed into a forming roll, pierced with a skewer bar, and then sent to a finishing roll to produce a skewer dumpling. . A general structure of a conventional dumpling making machine is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a hopper for supplying the dough, reference numeral 2 is attached to the hopper 1, and is an extrusion roll that rotates inwardly to push out the dough put in the hopper 1 downward, and reference numeral 3 is It is a drive motor. Here, the drive motor 3 is a chain wheel 4-chain 5
-Chain wheel 6-Bevel gears 7,8-Chain wheel 9-Chain 10-Chain wheel 11-Gear 12,13-Interlocking gears 14,15 communicate with shafts 16,17 of said extrusion roll 2.

Further, at the position of the hanging passage of the dumpling dough extruded by the extruding roll 2, a forming roll 18 for extruding the dough sent out by the extruding roll 2 into a dumpling shape,
19 are arranged side by side diagonally, and these forming rolls 18, 19
The shafts 20 and 21 of the drive motor 3 are connected to the chain wheel 4-
Chain 5-Chain Wheel 6-Bevel Gear 7,8-
The crank mechanism 22-the ratchet feed mechanism (intermittent feed mechanism) 23-the intermittent interlocking gears 24, 25 are connected to each other. The molding rolls 18 and 19 are provided with a plurality of molding dies (not shown) for molding the dough into a dumpling shape at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface.

On the other hand, reference numeral 26 is a supply roll of the skewer bar 27 which puts the skewer bar 27 in the concave groove 28 and sends it out to the slide groove 29.
The shaft 30 of the supply roll 26 is connected to the drive motor 3 by a chain wheel 4-chain 5-chain wheel 6-bevel gears 7, 8-transmission gears 31, 32-crank mechanism 3.
3-Communication via a ratchet feed mechanism 34.

Further, reference numeral 35 is a concave groove 2 of the supply roll 26.
A claw piece that receives the skewer bar 27 from 8 and guides it to the slide groove 29,
Reference numeral 36 is guided by the guide rod 37 to move and slides in the groove 29.
A movable member which pushes the skewer bar 27 put in the inside between the forming rolls 18 and 19 and pierces the skewer bar 27 into the center of the dough-like material, reference numeral 38 is a passive rail fixed to the movable member 36. The movable member 36 is moved along the guide rod 37 in response to the rotation of the crank arm 40 attached to the shaft 39 of the bevel gear 7.
Further, in the window portion 1a formed below the hopper 1 of the dumpling making machine, an adjusting piece 1b for adjusting the width dimension of the window portion 1a to adjust the width of the material extruded by the extrusion roll 2 is provided with a thumbscrew. It is fastened and fixed by 1c. When the width of the cloth is adjusted by the adjusting piece 1b, the thumbscrew 1c is loosened, and the adjusting piece 1b is aligned with the adjustment piece 1b.

Reference numeral 41 denotes a roller fitted into the passive rail 38 and attached to the tip of the crank arm 40.
Reference numeral 42 designates a rotary shaft on which the bevel gear 8, the transmission gear 31, the chain wheel 43 and the like are fixedly mounted on a shaft, and reference numerals 44 and 4
5 is a finishing roll and a finishing table for receiving the dumpling-like material sent out from the forming rolls 18 and 19 after being pierced by the skewer bar 27, and a finishing table, and reference numeral 46 is the finishing roll 4
Reference numeral 47 is a rotary shaft having 4 attached thereto, and the reference numeral 47 is stretched between a chain wheel 48 of the rotary shaft 46 and a chain wheel 43 of the shaft 39 to transmit the rotation of the drive motor 3 to the rotary shaft 46 to rotate the finishing roll 44. A chain 49, which is a chain, is a housing case of the skewer bar 27 provided on the rear side of the apparatus.

[0008]

By the way, in this type of dumpling making machine, when the width of the dough fed from the hopper 1 is adjusted according to the size or the number of dumplings to be manufactured, the device is stopped. In this state, the thumbscrew 1c must be loosened to adjust the position of the adjustment piece 1b, and the adjustment work of refastening the thumbscrew 1c must be repeated until the cloth has an optimum width, which requires a great deal of labor. Was. Moreover, the dough has a different softness depending on the time of day due to the influence of the amount of water and the like, so it is necessary to frequently adjust the width of the dough. I had to do some adjustment work.

Further, in the above-described dumpling manufacturing apparatus, when a plurality of types of dumplings having different diameters are manufactured, the forming rolls 18 and 19 are pitched so as to obtain a desired dumpling shape in accordance with the diameters of the manufactured dumplings. It is necessary to change to the one having the molding die, but in the dumpling manufacturing machine, the pitch of the intermittent rotation of the molding die must be changed at the same time, so that the ratchet feed mechanism 23 together with the molding rolls 18 and 19 is changed. There is also a problem that the claw wheel provided on the vehicle must be replaced, which requires a great deal of work. Further, in this device, since the storage case 49 for the skewer bar 27 is formed on the rear surface side, a working space is secured also on the rear surface side of the device, and the operator stores the skewer bar in this rear surface side work space. It had to be put into the inlet of the case 49, and the work was extremely complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a dumpling maker having good workability and excellent production efficiency.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, a dumpling maker according to claim 1 continuously extrudes a dough dough from an hopper by an extrusion roll, and forms two juxtaposed doughs. It has a dumpling forming mechanism that bites into a roll and performs split forming, and a skewer piercing mechanism that is driven in synchronization with the forming roll and that pierces the skewer rod that has been thrown into the skewer hopper into the dumpling that is formed by the forming roll. In the dumpling making machine, an adjusting device for adjusting the width and thickness of the dough material extruded by the extrusion roll is provided below the hopper, and the adjusting device has a rectangular opening. An adjusting device main body, a thickness adjusting plate that is movably supported by the adjusting device main body in the thickness direction of the opening, and an end of which can be retracted into the opening, and both sides of the opening of the adjusting device main body. To the department It is characterized by having a width adjustment Komaita and retractable thereof in the width direction of the opening portion is movably supported respectively in the opening.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dumpling machine according to the first aspect, wherein the pitch changing mechanism changes the rotational pitch according to the forming rolls formed at different pitches depending on the size of the dumpling to be formed. An operating lever for operating the device is provided on a front plate of the device main body, and an input port of the skewer bar to the skewer hopper is provided on the front plate of the device body provided with the operating lever. .

The dumpling maker according to claim 3 is the dumpling maker according to claim 2, wherein the dumpling forming mechanism is provided on the rotary shaft of the forming roll, and a plurality of pawls are provided on the outer periphery of the pawls having different numbers of teeth. A plurality of ratchet wheels formed as described above, and are respectively provided on the outer peripheral sides of these ratchet wheels and are reciprocally moved in the circumferential direction and are urged by the outer circumference of the ratchet wheel to engage with the ratchet wheels of the ratchet wheel. And a ratchet feed mechanism for rotating the forming roll in one direction at the pitch of the claws of the ratchet wheel by reciprocating the claws.
The pitch changing mechanism biases the hanging claw to the outer periphery of any one of the ratchet wheels selected by the operation lever, thereby causing the ratchet feed mechanism to select the forming roll. It is characterized by rotating with.

The dumpling maker according to claim 4 is the dumpling maker according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the skewer mechanism is formed with a plurality of skewers inserted into the skewer hopper on an outer peripheral surface thereof. And a skewer supply roll for feeding one by one into a concave groove and feeding it to a recess provided on the side of the dumpling forming position by two forming rolls, and a dumpling forming position by two forming rolls in the recess It is characterized in that it comprises a movable member that pierces the dumpling formed between these forming rolls by moving it in the direction and pushing out the skewer.

The dumpling maker according to claim 5 is the dumpling maker according to claim 4, wherein a skewer guide plate for guiding the skewer bar conveyed by the skewer feed roll to the recess is provided on the skewer feed roll. It is characterized in that it is provided on the outer circumference of the skewer supply roll along the circumferential direction thereof. The dumpling maker according to claim 6 is any one of claims 1 to 5.
The dumpling maker according to the item, is characterized in that a removable tray is provided below the forming roll.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a dumpling maker according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 51
Is a dumpling making machine. A front plate 52 of the dumpling making machine 51 is used as a control panel portion, and various button switches 53, adjustment knobs 54, various levers 55, etc. are provided on the front panel 52 which is the control panel portion. There is. The type of dumpling to be manufactured can be selected by operating the pitch changing mechanism 70, which will be described later, with the two operating levers 72 and 74 of the lever 55 provided on the front plate 52. .

The front plate 52 is provided with a skewer bar input port 56 so that the skewer bar 27 to be inserted into the dumpling can be charged into the skewer bar hopper 57 from the skewer bar input port 56. . Further, the dumpling making machine 51 is provided with a removable tray 58 below the forming rolls 18 and 19 and the round-finishing roll 44.

Further, the forming rolls 18 and 19 are provided with dough guide plates 140 on both sides of the forming rolls 18 and 19, and the dough extruded from the hopper 1 by these dough guide plates 140 is provided. Forming roll 1
It is surely guided and supplied between 8 and 19.

Next, the mechanism around the pitch changing mechanism 70 operated by the operation levers 72 and 74 will be described.
In FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the symbol S indicates the forming rolls 18 and 1.
9 is a forming roll drive shaft for transmitting a drive force to the drive mechanism of FIG. At one end of the forming roll drive shaft S, the ratchet wheel 60a of the first ratchet feed mechanism R1 and the first ratchet wheel 6 are provided.
The ratchet wheel 60b of the second ratchet feed mechanism R2 having a different number of teeth from 0a is fixed. The first and second ratchet feed mechanisms R1 and R2 are provided with first and second ratchet wheels 60a and 60a.
The parts other than b are configured similarly.

The structure of the first ratchet feed mechanism R1 will be described below with reference to FIG. A large number of claws 61 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the ratchet wheel 60 a, and a first hanging claw 62 that engages with these claws 61 is provided. The first hook 62 is fixed to a claw fixing plate 63a, and the claw fixing plate 63a is rotatably supported by a shaft 63b. Further, the claw fixing plate 63a is connected to the crank mechanism 22 that reciprocates as the transmission gear 31 rotates. In addition, on the outer peripheral surface of the ratchet wheel 60a, a second wheel engaging with the hook 61 is formed.
The hooking claw 64 is disposed with its tip urged to the outer peripheral surface.

Further, the first hanging claw 62 and the second hanging claw 64 are formed with projections 65a and 65b projecting on the end faces thereof along the axis of the ratchet wheel 60a. At the tip of these protrusions 65a and 65b, the cylindrical diameter expansion member 6
6a and 66b are attached.

On the other hand, on the end face of the ratchet 60a, the ratchet 60
A moving member 67 having an arc shape coaxial with a is disposed with its outer peripheral surface in contact with the side surfaces of the diameter expanding members 66a and 66b. One end of the moving member 67 is supported by the first fulcrum shaft 68. As a result, the moving member 67 can move in the direction of arrow E in FIG. 3 about the first fulcrum shaft 68. Further, the other end of the moving member 67 is connected to one end of the lever base portion 70a via a connecting member 69, and the lever base portion 70a
The other end of is supported by the second fulcrum shaft 71. as a result,
The second fulcrum shaft 71 can be moved in the direction of arrow F in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a first lever 72 is fixed to the second support shaft 71.

A cylindrical shaft 73 is provided outside the second support shaft 71.
Are provided coaxially with the second support shaft 71. The second support shaft 71 and the cylindrical shaft 73 are fitted so as to be rotatable relative to each other. As shown in FIG. 2, the moving member 67 of the second ratchet feed mechanism R2 is provided at one end of the cylindrical shaft 73.
A lever base portion 70b for supporting the lever base portion 70b via a connecting member 69 is fixed, and a second operation lever 7 for rotating the lever base portion 70b via the cylindrical shaft 73 is attached to the other end of the cylindrical shaft 73.
4 is fixed.

Next, the skewer bar 2 inserted into the input port 56
A skewer mechanism for sticking 7 into a dumpling will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. In the drawing, reference numeral A is a skewer mechanism in the dumpling making machine of the present invention, and reference numeral 81 is a skewer guide plate. The skewer guide plate 81 is provided on the outer circumference of the skewer feed roll 26 along the circumferential direction and in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the skewer feed roll 26. The skewer guide plate 81 moves from the position above the skewer supply roll 26 to the disengagement position 8
It is covered over the entire movement path of the skewer bar 27 up to 2. A spring 89 is provided at the end of the skewer guide plate 81, and the skewer guide plate 81 is rotated about a rotation shaft 87 provided above the skewer supply roll 26 by the urging force of the spring 89. It is pressed by the supply roll 26.

The separating position 82 is provided on the side of the skewer feeding roll 26. Below this separation position 82, 2
A holding member 84 having a recess 83 for horizontal movement of the skewer bar 27, which is provided coaxially with the dumpling forming position by the two forming rolls 18 and 19, is provided.
A guide plate 85 is provided on the skewer supply roll 26 side of the skewer supply roll 2 at the separating position 82 by the guide plate 85.
The skewer bar 27 separated from 6 is guided to the recess 83 of the holding member 84.

A pressing plate 88 having an L-shaped cross section for pressing the skewer bar 27 held in the concave portion 83 and piercing the dumpling dough held between the forming rolls 18 and 19 is inserted into the concave portion 83. Is slidably provided. This pressing plate 88
Is a plate-like member fixed to a movable member 89 of a drive mechanism 90 described later, and is reciprocated along the piercing direction while sliding in the recess 83 by the reciprocating movement of the movable member 89 in the horizontal direction. It is designed to move. Also, this pressing plate 8
8, an engaging cutout portion 91 that can be engaged with the rear end portion of the skewer bar 27 is formed at the tip portion of the skewer bar 27 in the piercing direction.

The drive mechanism 90, as shown in FIG.
The reciprocating movement of the movable member 89 and the forming roll 1 are performed by the driving force of the motor 93 provided in the lower part of the manufacturing machine.
8, 19 and the skew supply roller 26 are driven in synchronization with each other. A groove cam shaft 95 is rotatably connected to the motor 93 via a chain 94. A rounded shaft 97 is rotatably connected to the groove cam shaft 95 via a chain 96. A disc-shaped round roll 98, which rotates integrally with the round shaft 97, is fixed to the round shaft 97. This round roll 98
On the outer peripheral surface of the skewer supply roll 26, forming rolls 18, 1,
Rotating shafts (not shown) 9 are in contact with each other so as to be driven and rotatable. At the center of the groove cam shaft 95, a groove cam 99 having a diameter expanded several times as large as that of the groove cam shaft 95 is fixed.

A cam follower 101 mounted on a pusher lever 100 for reciprocating the movable member 89 is provided in a cam groove (not shown) formed on the outer peripheral surface of the groove cam 99.
Are fitted. The pusher lever 100 is a plate-shaped member arranged vertically in the dumpling manufacturing machine, and has a lower end rotatably attached to a pin 102 so as to be rotatable in a vertical plane. The upper end of the pusher lever 100 is rotatably attached to the movable member 89 via a pin 103. Movable member 89
Is a guide bar 10 installed horizontally above the dumpling machine.
4 is horizontally movably connected, and is linearly reciprocated in the longitudinal direction of the guide bar 104 in conjunction with the reciprocating movement of the pusher lever 100 within a certain angle due to the rotation of the groove cam 99.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the finishing table 45 for receiving the dumpling-like material sent from the forming rolls 18 and 19 and cooperating with the finishing roll 44 to finish the skewered dumpling is provided on the lower side. Support bars 15 provided before and after
Supported by 0. Each of these support bars 150 is provided with a detachable locking plate 151 at the tip thereof,
The locking plate 151 locks the outside of the finishing table 45. An adjustment ring 152 is rotatably provided at the base of the support rod 150. A plurality of pins 153 having different lengths are projected on the side surface of the adjustment ring 152, and by rotating the adjustment ring 152, any one of the pins 153 of the finishing table 45 is moved. It is brought into contact with the inside and holds the finishing table 45 together with the locking plate 151. That is, when the finishing rolls 45 having different widths are installed together with the finishing rolls 44 according to the size of the dumplings to be manufactured, the adjustment ring 152 is rotated to select an appropriate pin 153, so that the finishing is extremely easy. The table 45 can be held together with the locking plate 151.

Further, the dumpling making machine 51 is provided with an adjusting device 120 below the hopper 1. The adjusting device 120 adjusts the width and thickness of the dough extruded from the window 1a of the hopper 1 by the pushing roll 2 from the hopper 1, and rotates the adjusting screw 121 protruding toward the front side of the dumpling manufacturing device 51. By moving it, the width and thickness can be adjusted.

Next, the structure and structure of the adjusting device 120 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. In the figure, reference numeral 122 is the adjustment device body. This adjusting device body 12
The reference numeral 2 is a plate body having a rectangular opening 123 communicating with the window portion 1a of the hopper 1, and a thickness adjusting plate 124 is provided in the central portion on the lower surface side thereof. Width adjusting plates 125 are provided on both sides of the adjusting plate 124. These thickness adjusting plate 124 and width adjusting plate 12
5 is moved forward and backward of the adjusting device main body 122 by rotating the adjusting screw 121, respectively, and by moving the thickness adjusting plate 124 forward and backward, the thickness adjusting plate 124 is moved. The curved end of the device is adapted to appear in and out of the opening 123 formed in the adjustment device body 122. That is, the thickness adjusting plate 124
Since the end of each of the protrusions appears in the opening 123, the opening 1
The thickness of the dough that passes through 23 is adjusted.

On the lower side of the width adjusting plate 125,
Width adjustment piece plates 126 are provided, and the adjustment device main body 12 is provided below the width adjustment piece plates 126.
Opening 127a communicating with the opening 123 formed in
A movement restricting plate 127 having is fixed to the adjusting device main body 122 with screws. The movement regulating plate 127 is formed with a movement regulating groove 128 in the left-right direction, and the width adjusting piece plate 126 is slidably arranged in the movement regulating groove 128. That is, these width adjustment piece plates 126
The movement restricting plate 127 holds the adjustment device body 122 so as to be movable only in the left-right direction.

Further, the width adjusting plate 125 is formed with a long hole 129 inclined with respect to the moving direction, and the long hole 129 has a protrusion provided on the upper surface side of the width adjusting piece plate 126. 130 has been inserted. Therefore, the width adjusting plate 125 is adjusted by the adjusting screw 121.
2 is moved in the front-rear direction, the protrusion 130 is inserted into the elongated hole 129 of the width adjusting plate 125 and the movement restricting plate 12 is moved.
The width adjustment piece plate 126 whose movement is restricted only in the left-right direction by 7 moves left and right with respect to the adjustment device main body 122,
The width of the dough for the dumplings that appears on both sides of the opening 123 and passes through the opening 123 is adjusted.

The periphery of the opening 123 on the upper surface side of the adjusting device main body 122 is recessed downward so that the cloth fed by the recess 131 is guided to the opening 123. Further, each adjusting screw 121 has its root portion rotatably supported by the thickness adjusting plate 124 and the width adjusting plate 125, and the male screw formed at the tip thereof is formed on the adjusting device body 122. It has been screwed into a screw.

Next, a method of manufacturing dumplings by the dumpling manufacturing machine 51 having the above structure will be described. First, the operating levers 72 and 74 provided on the front plate 52 are operated to select one of the first and second ratchet feed mechanisms R1 and R2, and the forming rolls 18 and 1 are selected by the selected ratchet feed mechanism.
Rotate 9 When any one of the operation levers 72 and 74 is selected, the forming rolls 18 and 19 having a pitch that matches the rotation pitch set by the selected operation levers 72 and 74 are selected and attached. Here, in order to operate the forming rolls 18 and 19 by the first ratchet feed mechanism R1, the first operating lever 72 is moved upward to the state shown in FIG. 3, and then the drive motor 3 is driven. When the transmission gear 31 rotates, the crankshaft 22 reciprocates,
The claw fixing plate 63a and the first hanging claw 62 use the shaft 63b as a fulcrum, respectively, in the directions of arrow A in FIG. 3 and arrow B in FIG.
The first hanging claw 62 presses the claw 61 in the arrow Y direction in FIG. As a result, the forming roll drive shaft S is driven to rotate in the Y direction. On the other hand, the rotation of the forming roll drive shaft S in the X direction is prevented by the action of the second hooks 64.

When changing the forming diameter of the dumpling during the forming operation, the drive motor 3 is stopped and the first operating lever 72 is returned to its original position, and then the forming rolls 18 and 19 are formed.
Are replaced, one of the first and second operation levers 72 and 74 is selected, a suitable ratchet feed mechanism is selected, and the drive motor 3 is driven.

Here, as described above, these forming rolls 1
The rotation of 8 and 19 is performed by the first and second operation levers 72 and 74.
These molding rolls 1
The feed amount is determined according to the interval between the molding dies provided on the Nos. 8 and 19. In addition, the forming rolls 18 and 19
The operations such as dough feeding and skewering work change in synchronization with the change in the rotation of the.

Therefore, according to the dumpling making machine 51, the first and second operation levers 72, 7 provided on the front plate 52 are provided.
Since the forming rolls 18 and 19 can be rotated at a desired feed amount only by operating 4, it is possible to easily manufacture the dumplings having different diameters with one unit. Further, since the first ratchet feeding mechanism R1 and the second ratchet feeding mechanism R2 are driven by the same driving force of the driving motor 3, it is possible to save space.

Next, the operation of the skewer piercing mechanism for piercing the skewer bar 27 through the dumpling formed as described above will be described. By driving the pusher lever 100, the skewer feeding roll 2
6, rotation of forming rolls 18 and 19 and movable member 89
The reciprocating movements of are synchronized with each other. Forming roll 18,
In order to stab the skewer sticks 27 through the dumpling dough held between 19, the skewer sticks 27, which are bundled into the skewer stick input port 56 provided on the front plate 52 of the dumpling maker 51, and are fed, are not shown. At skewer feeding roll 2 by putting them one by one in groove 28
6 conveys to the disengagement position 82, and at this disengagement position 82, the skewer bar 27 disengages from the groove 28 and drops into the recess 83.

After that, the pressing plate 88 moves in the concave portion 83 as the movable member 89 moves backward from the rear side in the piercing direction after the drop of the skewer bar 27, and the concave portion 83 in the engaging cutout portion 91. The skewer bar 27 is fitted into the rear end portion of the skewer bar 27, and while holding the skewer bar 27, the skewer bar 27 is pressed forward in the piercing direction to pierce the dumpling dough. When the piercing of the skewer bar 27 is completed, the pressing plate 88 is again moved backward in the piercing direction.
Hereinafter, by repeating the above-described operation, the skewer stick 27 is pierced through the dough material continuously.

As described above, according to the dumpling manufacturing machine 51, the skewer bar 27 is inserted into the skewer bar input port 56 provided in the front plate 52.
It is possible to supply the skewer bars 27 to the skewer piercing mechanism simply by bundling them and inserting them. That is, the skewer bar 2 to the skewer mechanism
It is possible to improve the efficiency of the supplying work of No. 7 and to eliminate the need for a work space on the rear side of the apparatus, and to effectively use the space in the factory. Further, the skewer guide plate 81 is provided on the skewer supply roll 26.
The skewer bar 27 to cover the removal position 82 and the vicinity thereof.
As a result of being securely held in the recessed groove 28 up to, the disengagement position 82 and the recessed portion 83 can be brought close to each other, so that the height difference between them becomes small and the skewer bar dropped into the recessed portion 83. 27 is stationary in a short time, and the piercing operation by the pressing plate 88 can be performed immediately after the skewer bar 27 is dropped into the recess 83. As a result, it is possible to increase the number of piercing operations in a certain period of time and improve the production efficiency of dumplings.

A guide plate 85 is provided between the concave portion 83 and the edge portion on the skewer supply roll 26 side, and the skewer bar 27 is guided by the guide plate 85 so that the concave portion 83 can be reliably and accurately formed.
Since it can be held inside, the delay time from the detachment of the skewer bar 27 until the pressing plate 88 starts to move forward in the piercing direction can be set to be shorter, and the number of piercing operations in a certain time can be set. Can be further increased.
Further, the engagement notch 91 provided on the pressing plate 88 always holds the skewer bar 27 in a predetermined direction during the piercing operation of the skewer bar 27, so that the working accuracy is improved.

As described above, according to the above-mentioned dumpling making machine 51, the width and thickness of the dumpling dough extruded from the hopper 1 by the extrusion roll 2 are adjusted by the adjusting device 120.
Can be adjusted very easily by. Accordingly, the width and thickness of the dumpling dough can be easily adjusted according to the size of the dumpling to be manufactured or the softness of the dumpling dough that varies depending on the date and time, and the dumpling having the optimum width and thickness can be formed in the forming rolls 18 and 19. The dough can be sent out and the product can be maintained in high quality. Also, on the front plate 52 of the device,
The operation levers 72 and 74 for selecting the ratchet feed mechanisms R1 and R2 according to the type of dumpling, and the skewer rod hopper 57 into which the skewer rods 27 skewered by the skewer mechanism are bundled and thrown in are inserted. Since it is provided, the operation work by the operation levers 72 and 74 and the skewer bar 27
Can be efficiently supplied.

That is, as described above, since the work can be performed on the front side of the apparatus, it is possible to eliminate the work space on the rear side of the apparatus unlike the conventional case, and to effectively use the space of the factory. Can be achieved. Furthermore, the forming rolls 18 and 19 for forming the dumplings and the rounded roll 4
Since the removable tray 58 is provided on the lower side of the sheet 4, it is possible to easily collect the dough that falls during the dumpling molding, and it is possible to significantly reduce the labor required for the cleaning work.

[0045]

As described above, according to the dumpling maker of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. According to the dumpling manufacturing machine of the first aspect, the width and thickness of the dumpling dough extruded from the hopper by the extrusion roll can be adjusted very easily by the adjusting device. As a result, the width and thickness of the dumpling dough can be easily adjusted according to the size of the dumpling to be manufactured or the softness of the dumpling dough, and the dumpling dough with the optimum width and thickness can be fed into the forming roll. The product can be maintained at high quality.

According to the dumpling manufacturing machine of the second aspect, the size of the dumpling to be formed can be adjusted very easily by operating the operation lever. Further, since the operating lever and the skewer inlet of the skewer hopper are provided on the front side of the apparatus main body, the operation by the operating lever and the skewer feeding work can be efficiently performed. That is, since the work can be performed collectively on the front side of the device,
Unlike the prior art, the work can be performed without going around the rear side of the device, and the work space on the rear side of the device can be eliminated, and the space in the factory can be effectively used.

According to the dumpling maker of claim 3, the pitch changing mechanism is operated by the operation lever.
It is possible to easily select the forming roll rotated by the ratchet feed mechanism and perform the forming operation according to the type of the dumpling. According to the dumpling maker of claim 4, the skewer fed from the skewer hopper to the recess by the skewer supply roll is reciprocally moved by the drive mechanism to reciprocally move the skewer extremely easily and accurately. The skewered dough can be pierced through the intervening dumpling-shaped dough to produce a skewered dumpling.

According to the dumpling maker of claim 5, since the skewer guide plate covers the skewer supply roll up to the vicinity of the separating position and the skewer bar is securely held in the concave groove until the separating position is reached. By setting the release position of to a low position,
The height difference between the detached position and the recess can be reduced, and the skewer bar that has dropped into the recess can be stopped for a short time and the piercing operation can be performed immediately after it has dropped into the recess. As a result, the number of skewer stick piercing operations in a certain period of time can be increased, and the production efficiency of dumplings can be improved.

According to the dumpling machine of the sixth aspect, since the tray is removably provided below the forming roll for forming the dumpling, the tray is dropped when forming the dumpling dough into a dumpling shape. Receive the dough on the tray,
It can be removed and cleaned on a regular basis, and the workability of cleaning the material that has fallen during dumpling molding can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dumpling maker for explaining an embodiment of a dumpling maker according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a ratchet feed mechanism of a dumpling maker and an area around the ratchet feed mechanism for explaining an embodiment of the dumpling maker according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the structure of the ratchet feed mechanism of the dumpling maker and its surroundings for explaining the embodiment of the dumpling maker of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cutaway side view showing a skewering mechanism of a dumpling maker for explaining an embodiment of the dumpling maker of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged side view showing a holding member, skewer guide plate, and pressing plate of the dumpling maker for explaining the embodiment of the dumpling maker of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a holding member and a pressing plate of the dumpling maker for explaining the embodiment of the dumpling maker of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a support mechanism portion for supporting the finishing table of the dumpling maker for explaining the embodiment of the dumpling maker of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view of a support mechanism portion for supporting the finishing table of the dumpling maker for explaining the embodiment of the dumpling maker of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the adjusting device for explaining the configuration and structure of the adjusting device provided in the dumpling manufacturing machine for explaining the embodiment of the dumpling manufacturing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the adjusting device for explaining the configuration and structure of the adjusting device provided in the dumpling manufacturing machine for explaining the embodiment of the dumpling manufacturing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing a general structure of a conventional dumpling making machine.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view showing a general structure of a conventional dumpling making machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Hopper 2 Extruding Roll 18, 19 Forming Roll 26 Skew Supply Roll 27 Skew Bar 28 Groove 51 Dumpling Machine 52 Front Plate (Front Side) 56 Input Port 57 Skew Bar Hopper 58 Tray 60a, 60b Claw Wheel 61 Claw 62, 64 Hanging claw 70 Pitch changing mechanism 81 Skew guide frame 83 Sliding surface 89 Movable member 120 Adjusting device 123 Opening part 122 Adjusting device main body 124 Thickness adjusting plate 126 Width adjusting piece plate R1, R2 ratchet feed mechanism

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A dumpling forming mechanism for continuously extruding dumpling dough from an hopper by an extruding roll, and feeding the dumpling dough into two juxtaposed forming rolls, and driving the dumpling dough in synchronization with the forming rolls. A dumpling machine having a skewer mechanism that pierces a skewer thrown into a skewer hopper into a dumpling formed by the forming roll, and below the hopper, a dumpling dough extruded by the extrusion roll. An adjusting device for adjusting the width and thickness of the adjusting device is provided. The adjusting device includes an adjusting device main body having a rectangular opening, and the adjusting device main body is movable in the thickness direction of the opening. A thickness adjusting plate that is supported so that an end thereof can project in and out of the opening, and both sides of the opening of the adjusting device main body that are supported so as to be movable in the width direction of the opening and project in the opening. Dumpling making machine, characterized by comprising the capability width adjustment Komaita. 2. An operating lever for operating a pitch changing mechanism for changing a rotation pitch according to forming rolls formed at different pitches depending on the size of the dumpling to be formed is provided on the front plate of the apparatus main body, and the skewer bar is provided. 2. The dumpling maker according to claim 1, wherein an opening for inserting the skewer bar into the hopper is provided in a front plate of the apparatus main body provided with the operation lever. 3. The dumpling forming mechanism is provided on a rotary shaft of the forming roll, and has a plurality of pawls each having a plurality of pawls formed on the outer periphery with different numbers of teeth, and an outer peripheral side of each of the pawl wheels. It has a hook that is provided and is reciprocated along the circumferential direction and is urged by the outer periphery of the ratchet wheel to engage with the hook of the ratchet wheel. A ratchet feed mechanism for rotating the ratchet wheel in one direction at the pitch of the ratchet wheel, wherein the pitch changing mechanism is provided on the outer circumference of any one of the ratchet wheels selected by the operation lever. 3. The dumpling maker according to claim 2, wherein the ratchet feed mechanism causes the forming roll to rotate at the pitch of the claws of the selected ratchet wheel by urging the. 4. The skewer inserting mechanism puts the skewer bars put into the skewer bar hopper in a plurality of recessed grooves formed on the outer peripheral surface and conveys them one by one, and the skewer sticks are formed at a dumpling forming position by two forming rolls. A skewer supply roll that is fed to a concave portion provided on the side, and a dumpling formed between the molding rolls by moving the skewer rod in the concave portion toward the dumpling molding position direction by two molding rolls. 4. A movable member for piercing a skewer bar through the arm is provided.
The described dumpling making machine. 5. The skewer supply roll is provided with a skewer guide plate which guides a skewer bar conveyed by the skewer feed roll to the recess along the circumferential direction of the skewer supply roll. The dumpling maker according to claim 4, wherein 6. A removable tray is provided below the forming roll.
A dumpling maker according to any one of 1.