JPH10262557A - Volumetric feeder for powdery or granular cheese - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a volumetric feeder capable of automatically and continuously supplying powdery or granular cheese to small packaging containers. SOLUTION: This volumetric feeder for powdery or granular cheese is composed of a raw material feeding part to introduce the powdery or granular cheese A into a metering part B while stirring with a stirring rod 10 provided with a nitrogen gas blowing nozzle 21, a metering part composed of a longitudinally oscillating measure plate 3 having a number of measuring holes 20 and a shutter plate 4 positioned under the measure plate and a funnel part to introduce the cheese from the metering part into a plastic container 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic cheese filling method in which a powdery cheese is made of polystyrene or polypropylene and its opening is 40 mm to 50 mm. The present invention relates to an apparatus for quantitatively supplying powdered and granular cheese that can be supplied to a packaging process of a packaging and sealing machine. Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for quantitatively supplying powdered and granular cheese in which the quantitative change of one package unit can be easily performed.

[0002]

Conventionally, powdered and granular cheeses have been supplied and sold in large containers, not only for business use and home use. However, there has been an increasing demand for small quantities to be supplied in packaging units for the following reasons. B) The powder is liable to solidify due to its properties such as containing oils and fats. B) Once opened, it is easily oxidized. C) The flavor gradually flies when opened. Furthermore, since the powdered and granular cheese has a large particle size and is bulky even in a small amount, when the volume of one packaging unit is reduced, the variation becomes large, and it is difficult to package a small amount of cheese. The present invention provides a powdered cheese having the above-mentioned properties in a small packaging unit, particularly from 3 grams to 10 grams.
The present invention relates to a powdered cheese quantitative supply apparatus according to the present invention, which can automatically and continuously supply a gram packaging unit to a packaging container.

[0003]

Means for solving the problems: A raw material supply section for stirring the powdered cheese A with a stirring rod (10) provided with several nitrogen gas jetting nozzles (21) at an end thereof and feeding it to a measuring section;
A measuring section comprising a moving measuring plate (3) having a number of measuring holes (20) formed therein and a shutter plate (4) located below the measuring section;
This is a device for quantitatively supplying powdery and granular cheese comprising a funnel provided with a filling funnel (5) that moves up and down to be fed into 4).

[0004]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The powdered cheese A is sprayed with a nitrogen gas jet nozzle (2
1) A raw material supply section which is stirred by a stirrer (10) and fed to a measuring section, and a measuring plate (3) which moves back and forth with a number of measuring holes (20) formed therein and is located below the measuring plate. It comprises a metering section composed of a shutter plate (4), and a vertically moving funnel provided with a filling funnel (5) fed from the measuring section to the resin molding container (14). The raw material supply unit simultaneously rotates the shooter (1) for supplying the powdered cheese A to the filling hopper (2) and the stirring rod (10) provided with several nitrogen gas ejection nozzles (21) in the same direction. It comprises a stirring motor (12), a stirring drive gear (16) and a filling hopper (2) for receiving raw materials. The stirring rod (10) has a structure in which nitrogen gas can enter from a nitrogen gas supply port (11) and can be ejected from a nitrogen gas ejection port (18). A stirring rod (10) constantly inside the filling hopper (2)
Is rotated and the ejection nozzle (21) is turned into the powdered cheese A.
Is mechanically stirred and nitrogen gas is ejected from a nitrogen gas ejection port (18) at the tip of the ejection nozzle (21) to enhance the fluidity of the powdered cheese A. After a certain period of time, the density of the powdered cheese A inside the filling hopper (2) becomes uniform. The weighing section is located below the raw material supply section, and the measuring plate (3) and the air cylinder (7) for moving the weighing plate (3) back and forth, and the shutter plate located below the weighing plate (3). (4) and an air cylinder (6) for moving the shutter plate (4) back and forth. The weighing plate (3) has a large number of weighing holes for weighing a portion where holes are not formed to serve as a shutter plate so that the lower portion of the filling hopper (2) of the raw material supply unit is sealed. (21) is divided into perforated portions.
This measuring plate (3) is a shutter plate (4)
At the same time, it moves back and forth to serve as a shutter plate for the raw material supply unit, and the portion where the measuring hole (21) is drilled at the lower part of the filling hopper (2) moves to allow the powder cheese A to be measured. Transfer to (21) and measure. The powdered cheese A that has entered the measuring hole (21) is supplied to the air cylinder (7) such that the measuring plate (3) and the shutter plate (4) are simultaneously positioned with the measuring hole (21) above the filling funnel (5). ) And (6). When the measuring hole (21) moves over the filling funnel (5), only the shutter plate (3) moves to open the lower part of the measuring hole (21) and the powdered cheese A contained therein.
Enters the filling funnel (5). At that time, powder cheese A
Is provided with a vibrator (9) in order to prevent it from being attached to the measuring hole (21) due to properties such as containing fat. In addition, measuring holes (2
By changing the measuring plate (3) having a different size in (1), quantitative change of one package unit can be easily performed. The funnel has a measuring hole (2) formed in the measuring plate (3).
The same number of filling funnels (5) as in 1), a funnel mounting plate (22) for supporting the funnel, and an air cylinder (13) for moving the funnel mounting plate (22) up and down.
Consists of The filling funnel (5) is moved downward by the air cylinder (13) when the weighing plate (3) and the shutter plate (4) move upward, and the powdered cheese A is transferred to the resin molding container (14). The filling funnel opening (23) is in close contact with the flange (19) so as not to scatter outside. Next, only the shutter plate (4) moves, so that the powdered cheese A in the measuring hole (21) passes through the filling funnel (5) and is provided on the funnel mounting plate (22). The vibrator (9) vibrates and the powdered cheese A is supplied to the resin molding container (14) while not remaining in the filling funnel (5).

[0005]

As described above, the apparatus for quantitatively supplying powdered cheese according to the present invention makes the state of powdered particles uniform by stirring the powdered cheese with nitrogen gas and mechanically in the raw material supply section. The quantification can be performed automatically and continuously in the next step. Moreover, since the quantitative change can be performed very easily by changing only the measuring plate, the practical and economical effects are extremely large.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of the entire apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a raw material supply device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a raw material supply device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a measuring unit.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the entire apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a resin molded container sheet B.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List A powdered cheese B resin molded container sheet 1 supply shooter 2 filling hopper 3 weighing plate 4 shutter 5 filling funnel 6 shutter operating air cylinder 7 weighing operating air cylinder 8 air cylinder piston 9 vibrator 10 stirring rod 11 nitrogen gas Supply port 12 Stirring motor 13 Air cylinder for vertical operation of filling funnel 14 Resin molding container 15 Stirring unit 16 Stirring drive gear 17 Stirring rod gear 18 Nitrogen gas outlet 19 Flange 20 Measuring hole 21 Nitrogen gas ejection nozzle 22 Filling funnel mounting plate 23 Filling funnel opening

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A chute (1) for supplying powdered cheese A to a filling hopper (2) and a stirring rod (10) provided with several nitrogen gas jet nozzles (21) are simultaneously rotated in the same direction. The raw material supply unit constituted by the stirring motor (12), the stirring driving gear (16), and the filling hopper (2) for receiving the raw material, the measuring plate (3) and the measuring plate (3), which are the driving parts to be driven, are moved back and forth. A measuring unit composed of an air cylinder (7) for moving the shutter plate, a shutter plate (4) located below the measuring plate (3), and an air cylinder (6) for moving the shutter plate (4) back and forth; Sho plate (3)
The same number of filling funnels (5) as the number of measuring holes (21) drilled in the
2) A quantitative cheese powder feeding apparatus comprising a funnel for feeding a resin molding container (14) of a resin molding container sheet B composed of an air cylinder (13) for moving a funnel mounting plate (22) up and down.