JPS5825415B2 - Painting equipment for cakes - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention is particularly applicable to the production of a texture cake.
This relates to a side surface coating device for slowly moving creamy confectionery material (hereinafter referred to as cream) to the side surface of a cake, and its purpose is to slowly move creamy confectionery material (hereinafter referred to as cream) to the side surface of the cake, which was conventionally slowly moved manually to the side surface of the cake. To provide a slow moving device for a cake that automatically moves cream slowly to save labor in the manufacturing process of a tecoration cake or the like.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawing, 1 is a tray for placing cake C, and in this example, cream is slowly poured onto cake C in the middle of the cake production line. The tray 1 is supported on the upper surface of a cake conveyor 7 such as a turntable or a belt conveyor that runs intermittently so that the cake can be stopped, and the tray shaft 2 is rotatably supported on the cake conveyor 7. It is arranged so that it can be rotated horizontally.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a fixed gear rotatably supported perpendicularly to a stop position T for slowly moving the cream onto the side circumferential surface 6 of the cake C during the conveyance of the cake C, and a drive device (not shown). is fitted on a fixed shaft 5 driven by a sprocket wheel 4, and when the saucer 1 is conveyed to the stop position T, it is fitted on the lower part of the saucer shaft 2 facing the fixed gear 3. The receiving tray 1 can be rotated horizontally by meshing with the driven gear 9.

Next, the slow motion device of this example provided at the stop position T will be explained according to FIGS. A horizontal pipe 12a of a T-shaped connecting pipe 12 is connected to the right end of the feed pipe in the drawing.

13 is a movable pipe connected to the feed pipe 10 via the connecting pipe 12, and is fitted to the vertical pipe 12b of the connecting pipe 12 via a bearing sleeve 14 having a communication port 14a so as to be vertically slidable. When the movable tube 13 slides up and down
The feed pipe 10 is always connected to the elongated hole 15 opened on the right side in the figure.
It is possible to communicate with

Reference numeral 16 denotes a nozzle which is fitted in the vicinity of the lower part of the movable tube 13 so as to be horizontally rotatable.The nozzle 16 is installed so as to be able to be separated from the side circumferential surface 6 of the cake C, and the discharge port 16a at the tip thereof is attached to the side circumferential surface 6 of the cake C. Face 6
When facing the nozzle hole 16b at the base end thereof, the nozzle hole 16b at the base end communicates with the discharge port 13a opened at the lower part of the movable tube 13 so as to be able to discharge cream, while the nozzle 16 is horizontally rotated so that the discharge port 16a When separated from the side peripheral surface 6,
Communication between the nozzle hole 16b and the discharge port 13a is cut off, and discharge of the cream is interrupted.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a connecting piece rotatably fitted to the lower part of the movable tube 13, and a pin groove 17a is horizontally recessed at the left end in the figure.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a swinging rod that is swingably attached to a fixed support shaft 19 fixed to the frame F, and a connecting pin 20 extending laterally at the right end in the drawing is inserted into the pin groove 17a of the connecting piece 17. The upper end portion 21a of the rod 21, which is vertically supported with respect to the frame F, is connected to the left end portion of the rod 21.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a cam provided below the rod 21, which is driven by a drive device (not shown) to move the rod 21 up and down guided by a profile 22a formed on its circumferential surface, and to swing the swinging rod 18. and move the movable tube 13 to the nozzle 1.
The discharge port 16a of the cake C is vertically movable so that it can move up and down along the side peripheral surface 6 of the cake C.

Reference numeral 23 denotes an upper moving piece fitted to the lower end of the movable tube 13, and a rotating groove 24 is recessed in a twill shape at the right end in the figure.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a connecting rod that projects upwardly from the protruding piece 27 that is protruded from the base end of the upper moving piece 23, and near the upper end thereof is a protruding piece that is protruded from the proximal end of the nozzle 160. It is attached to 26,
The nozzle 16 and the upper movable piece 23 are connected to be integrally rotatable, and the relative positions of the nozzle 16 and the upper movable piece 23 can be adjusted up and down.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a lower moving piece that is arranged parallel to and spaced apart from the upper moving piece 23, and is fitted onto the upper end of a rotating shaft 29 that is supported perpendicularly to the frame F.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a rotating pin installed vertically at the right end of the lower moving piece 28, and the upper moving piece 23 moves up and down at each position of the vertical movement when the upper moving piece 23 moves up and down together with the movable tube 13. Rotating piece 2
The upper movable piece 23 is fitted into the rotary groove 24 of the upper movable piece 23 so that the upper movable piece 23 can be rotated.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a rotating lever fitted to the lower end of the rotating shaft 29, and its tip 31a is coaxial with the piston shaft 32a of the air cylinder 32, which is attached to the frame F by the shaft 33.
When the piston shaft 32a moves back and forth, the rotary shaft 29 rotates and is connected to the piston shaft 32a. 16a is rotatable so as to be spaced apart from the side circumferential surface 6 of the cake C.

In addition, in the side peripheral surface coating sieve device of this example, the cake C on the saucer 2 is
Detecting the presence or absence of the cake C side circumferential surface 6 at the stop position T
A detection device 8 is attached to the device 8 for instructing a slow movement operation for the cake. While giving a ventilation command to the air cylinder 32 to discharge 5 and giving a start command to the cream feeding device P, when the cake C leaves the stop position T, the nozzle 16
The air cylinder 32 is given an exhaust command so that the discharge port 16a is separated from the side circumferential surface 6 and cream discharge is interrupted.
In addition, it is possible to issue a stop command to the cream feeding device P.

Next, the effects of the embodiment having the above configuration will be explained.

Now, during the intermittent running of the cake conveyor T, the cake C is transferred to the tray 1.
When the cake C on the tray 1 is placed on top and carried to the stop position T, the driven gear 9 of the tray 1 engages with the fixed gear 3 and the cake C on the tray 1 starts rotating, while the cream is supplied by a command from the detection device 80. When the device P is started, cream is discharged from the discharge port 16a of the nozzle 16 facing the side circumference 6 of the cake C, and as a result of the nozzle 16 being moved up and down by the guide of the cam 22, the side circumference of the cake C is The cream is applied to the surface 6 in an uneven pattern, and a pattern M is formed on the side peripheral surface 6.

Then, when the gradual movement with respect to the side circumferential surface 6 is completed and the cake conveyor 7 starts traveling again and the cake C leaves the stop position T, the fixed gear 3 and the driven gear 9 are disengaged and the receiving tray 2 is moved. While the rotation stops, the cream feeding device P is stopped by a command from the detection device 80 that detects the separation of the cake C, and as a result of the piston shaft 32a of the air cylinder 32 being removed, the discharge port 16a of the nozzle 16 is filled with cake Side peripheral surface 6 of C
As the distance increases, cream discharge is interrupted.

Therefore, it is possible to improve the slow movement state of the slowly moving cream at the terminal end and to eliminate cream discharge loss.

When the gradual movement of the side circumferential surface 6 is completed, the cake C is carried out to the next process, while a new cake C is carried into the stop position T, and the above-mentioned gradual movement of the side circumferential surface is repeated.

Therefore, it is possible to automatically slowly move the pattern M to the side circumferential surface 6 of the cake C, thereby saving labor in the gradual movement process for the side circumferential surface, and to accurately move the pattern M to the side circumferential surface of a plurality of cakes. It has the advantage of being able to be reproduced and mass-produced decorated cakes, etc., in which cream is slowly moved in a uniform uneven pattern.

Note that the shape of the pattern M can be varied in various ways by appropriately combining the number of rotations of the saucer, the vertical speed and stroke of the nozzle 16, the cream discharge amount and discharge width, the profile 22a of the cam 22, and the like.

That is, in the present invention, a tray 1 for placing a cake is horizontally rotatably supported on a cake carrier T, and a nozzle 16 for discharging creamy confectionery material is attached to a side peripheral surface 6 of the cake. When the nozzle 16 moves back and forth while the saucer 1 is rotating, the side peripheral surface 6 of the cake is gradually moved by the creamy confectionery material discharged from the nozzle 16. The gradual movement device is configured to move the discharge port 16a of the nozzle 16 away from the side surface 6 when the gradual movement toward the side surface 6 is completed. By providing means and means for blocking the flow path in the nozzle 16 in order to interrupt the discharge of the creamy confectionery material from the nozzle 16 in synchronization with the withdrawal of the discharge port 16a, the side peripheral surface of the cake This is an extremely excellent invention as a slow moving device for cakes because it automatically slows down the cream in the cream and contributes to labor saving in the cream slow moving process for cakes.

The slow motion device of the above embodiment can be applied to a circulation type production line where the cake is circulated in a circle on a turntable, a linear type production line where the cake is conveyed linearly on a conveyor, etc., and a receiving tray. It can be applied to any fixed position fixed type production line.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned side peripheral surface coating sieve device can be applied both when slowly applying cream directly onto the surface of a sponge cake, etc., and when slowly applying cream to a cake that has been pre-coated with one or more layers of cream. can.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a plan view of a road body, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line X--X in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view. 1... saucer, 6... side peripheral surface, 16... nozzle, C
···cake.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A saucer 1 for placing a cake is horizontally rotatably supported on a cake carrier T, while a nozzle 16 for discharging creamy confectionery material is attached to the side peripheral surface 6 of the cake.
When the nozzle 16 moves back and forth while the saucer 1 is rotating, the side peripheral surface 6 of the cake is gradually moved by the creamy confectionery material discharged from the nozzle 16. The gradual movement device is configured to move the discharge port 16a of the nozzle 16 away from the side surface 6 when the gradual movement toward the side surface 6 is completed.
The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with means for moving the confectionery material a, and means for blocking the flow path within the nozzle 16 in order to interrupt the discharge of creamy confectionery material from the nozzle 16 in synchronization with the withdrawal of the discharge port 16a. slow motion device for making cakes.