JPS5836351A - Cast molding machine for viscous liquid as fruit pulp - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:The hopper is surrounded with heaters and put into reciprocation to effect rapid casting operation for sheet-like fruit pulp products and to permit the prompt conveyance of the product to the drying process. CONSTITUTION:When the mark of the film sheet 15 is read by the photocell 17, the conveyor 1 stops, the frame 3 comes down and the mold plate 5 comes into contact through the sheet 15 with belt 2. The hopper 7 which is surrounded with heaters 19 moves across the belt 2 in the widthwise direction, the blades rotate to extrude the viscous liquid A in the hopper from the outlet 6 into the casting mold 4. When the hopper 7 goes back to the original position, the blades rotate in the reverse direction and the outlet 6 is closed by the action of the float valve 13. The frame 3 goes up and the film sheet 15 carrying sheet-formed viscous liquid A is cut by the cutter 16 into each piece and sent to the drying process.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a pouring and molding device for spreading a viscous material, particularly a viscous material boiled down such as fruit pulp, or a viscous material mixed with natural cellulose, edible synthetic fiber, etc., into a sheet shape. Regarding.

Conventionally, fruit pulp foods are known in which fruit pulp is boiled to form a jelly, and the raw material is spread on cellophane, for example, in the form of a sheet with a thickness of about 1 wL and dried. For example, the special public service in 1973-
23389 shows its manufacturing method. but,
Although such products are rich in palatability and nutritional value, sales volumes are still small. This is because the material is viscous and has poor workability, making it unsuitable for mass production. In other words, the above-mentioned viscous material whose main component is pulp exhibits a tendency to gel at room temperature, and if it is not held in the path 90C where it is poured into the cutting die, it will not only be difficult to pour it out from the hopper, but also cause it to spread. As a result, unevenness and cracks occur in the sheet-like fruit pulp, making it impossible to obtain a smooth and homogeneous sheet-like product. For this reason, conventionally, it has been necessary to manually spread the viscous material poured out in a predetermined amount from the hopper spout using a spatula and smooth the surface. Therefore, in manufacturing the product according to the present invention, it takes a lot of time to turn the viscous material poured from the hopper into a smooth sheet, which hinders the mass production of this type of product. This is what I used to do.

The present invention has been made in view of these points,
The purpose is to quickly cast the sheet-like pulp product and immediately send it to the drying process, and also to make the pulp product as thin as possible while ensuring a smooth surface. The aim is to improve the mass production of this type of product.

As explained below according to the drawings shown as examples, 1 is as follows:
It is a belt conveyor that performs intermittent motion, and its belt 2
is preferably a chargeable belt. Reference numeral 3 denotes an elevating frame installed above the belt conveyor 1 in a perpendicular direction, and on the bottom of the elevating frame 3 is a template 5 in which a cutting die 4 placed on the belt 2 is punched. It is arranged. This cutting die includes a circular, polygonal, or any other "shaped die. Also, a hopper 7 that moves back and forth within the lifting frame 3 with its spout 6 in contact with this template 5 is inside the lifting frame 3. This spout 6 is bored in the width direction of the belt 2, and preferably has a substantially V-shaped cross section so that the viscous material A always stays in that part. .

On the other hand, inside the spout 6, a chamber 9' is formed which is parallel to the spout 6 and has arcuate inner walls 8 symmetrically opposed to each other.
Inside this chamber 9, two horizontal shafts 10 and 11 are installed in a vertical positional relationship.

The upper □ shaft 10 slides and rotates along the inner wall 8 of the chamber 9 in the direction of squeezing out the viscous material A in the hopper 7 from the spout 6 on the outward path of the hopper 7, and returns to the original position on the return path. Feather 12
is coated. On the other hand, on the lower shaft 11, there is a play valve 13 whose tip is restricted in its rotation range between the edges of the spout 6.
is installed. Reference numeral 14 is a roller provided on the feeding side and winding a film sheet 15 such as cellophane or vinyl sheet on the belt 2. Reference numeral 16 is a cutter for cutting the film sheet 15 to a predetermined length on the feeding side. .

Marks 18 are printed on the film sheet 15 at predetermined intervals to be read by a phototube 17 or the like provided on the delivery side.

19 is a heating device provided around the hopper 7;
This heating device may be of a water tank type that circulates heated water, or may be one that is simply equipped with a heater.

Next, the control system of this apparatus will be explained. First, the elevator frame 3 is reset to the raised position, the film sheet 15 is placed on the belt 2, and the conveyor 1 is driven. belt 2
When the sheet 15 is made of a chargeable material, the sheet 15 is conveyed in close contact with the belt 2 due to the electrostatic effect. When the mark 18 on the film sheet 15 is read by the phototube 17, the conveyor 1 stops, and then the elevating frame 3 descends, and the template 5 provided on the bottom of the elevating frame 3 passes through the film sheet 15 to the belt 2.
contact the top. At this time, the cutting die 4 of the template 5 is located at the center of the belt 2, and the film sheet 1 is placed on the bottom surface of the cutting die 4.
5 is coming too. Further, in this state, the spout 6 of the hopper 7 is in contact with the end of the template 5 and is closed. After the set state of the elevating frame 3 is confirmed by the sensor, the hopper 7 moves across the belt 2 in the width direction. During this forward movement, the rotating blades 12 formed in the chamber 9 inside the spout 6 rotate while sliding on the arc-shaped inner wall 8 in order to push the stored viscous material A out of the spout 6. Therefore,
When the spout 6 crosses the template 5 and extends over the cutting die 4,
A viscous substance A such as fruit pulp is injected into the cutting mold 4. At this time, the play valve 13 is pressed against the mouth edge of one of the injection ports 6 by the viscous material A to be poured out, so that it does not inhibit the pouring of the viscous material A. In this way, the hopper 7 fills the viscous material A into the cutting die 4 on its outward path.

Another sensor confirms that the spout 6 has crossed the cutting die 4, and the hopper 7 returns to its original position.

On this return trip, the rotating blade 12 rotates in the opposite direction. At this time, since the viscous body A is attached to the rotating blade 12, it tries to move from the spout 6 into the chamber 9, but since the play valve 13 is also attached to the viscous body A, it tries to rotate in the same direction. do. However, since the rotation range of the play valve 13 is restricted between the mouth edges of the spout 6, it engages with one of the mouth edges to cut off the adhesion of the rotating blade 12 and the viscous material A. 6 is closed, and only the rotating blade 12 returns to its original position.

On the other hand, when the return of the hopper 7 to its original position is again detected by the sensor, the elevating frame 3 receives a signal from the sensor, rises, and is reset. When the elevating frame is raised, the viscous body A in the cutting die 4 assumes the shape defined by the cutting die 4 and remains on the film sheet 15.

On the other hand, the cutter 16 provided on the delivery side
The belt conveyor 1 may be of a type that moves in the width direction of the belt or a cutting type that uses vertical movement, but it operates during any time period when the belt conveyor 1 is stopped.

Thus, the film sheet 15 carrying the sheet-like viscous material A released from the cutting die 4 is individually cut by the cutter 16 and sent to a drying process.

As described above, in the present invention, since the humidifier 19 is provided around the boppuff, the pulp paste, which tends to gel immediately at room temperature after steaming, can be poured out smoothly from the spout 6. Instead, the pouring is done by rotating blade 1.
2, the amount of injection is quantified, and since the hopper 7 reciprocates, the surface of the viscous material A cast into the poem is smoothed, and when the hopper 7 returns, it is smoothed. Due to the blocking effect of the play valve 13, the cast viscous material A does not move backward from the cutting die 4 into the bopper puff, and the casting and mold release of a homogeneous sheet-like product that is extremely smooth and has no cracks is completed. It is something to do. Furthermore, since this device automatically performs all of these operations, it simplifies these types of operations that conventionally required manual labor, and significantly improves productivity.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a simplified side view of the apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing the moving state of the hopper, and FIG. FIG. 1... Conveyor 2... Belt 3
... Lifting frame 4 ... Cutting die 5
... Template plate 6 ... Pour lower ... hopper 8 ... Inner wall 9 ...
・Chamber 10, 11... Axis 12...
Rotating vane 13... Play valve 14... Mouler 15... Film sheet 16... Cutter 17... Phototube 18... Mark 19...
・Heating device patent applicant Kanguchi Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A heald conveyor, an elevating frame installed perpendicularly above the feeder, and a cutting die of an arbitrary shape fixed to the bottom of the elevating frame and punched at a position on the conveyor belt. A hopper has a heating device around it and is used to store viscous substances such as fruit pulp that move within the lifting frame with a spout in contact with the template, and a film sheet is rolled up to be fed onto a belt conveyor. It consists of rotating rollers and a cutter that cuts the film sheet to a predetermined length on the delivery side of the belt conveyor. When the film sheet is set on the belt conveyor, the lifting frame is lowered onto the belt conveyor, and then When the hopper returns to its original position,
The elevating frame is raised to a reset state, and when this state is detected, the belt conveyor is driven intermittently, while the belt conveyor is stopped, and while the belt conveyor is stopped, the cutter cuts the fed film sheet to a predetermined length. A control device for cutting the hopper is provided, and a chamber is formed inside the spout of the hopper with arc-shaped inner walls facing each other, and a rotary vane and a play valve are mounted in this chamber, and the hopper is mounted within the lifting frame. On the outward journey, the rotary vane rotates while sliding against the inner wall in order to press out the viscous material, and on the return journey, the rotary vane returns to its original position, and the play valve moves between the rim of the spout. An apparatus for pouring and molding viscous substances such as fruit pulp, characterized in that the rotation range is regulated by . 2. An apparatus for pouring and molding a viscous material such as fruit pulp according to claim 1, wherein the belt of the belt conhair is made of a chargeable material. 3. An apparatus for pouring and molding a viscous material such as fruit pulp according to claim 1, wherein the spout has a substantially V-shape.