JPS5840869Y2 - Water soaking device for cracked rice crackers - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an apparatus for continuously producing cracked rice crackers with uniform quality, and for immersing the dough of the rice crackers in water immediately before the baking process.

Conventionally, when manufacturing cracked rice crackers, the rice cracker dough was soaked in hot water just before the baking process, which was done manually, and the quality was unstable due to relying on manual labor. , and it was not possible to save labor.

The present invention was devised in view of these shortcomings.The sides of the packet containing rice cracker dough are triangular, and several pieces of dough are stored upright in a diagonal manner, and a tank is provided to continuously store the dough into packets. The device is intended for the honzuke of cracked rice crackers, in which the cracked rice crackers are automatically fed into the container and then immersed in water, and the water is drained during the packet's progress to the inverting section, after which the packet is inverted and the dough is released.

Next, drawings showing an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Reference numeral 1 designates a frame, in which two sets of upper sprockets 2 face each other at an arbitrary interval on the upper right side of the center of the frame 1 and form an upper horizontal transport path, and similarly two sets of lower sprockets 2 form a lower horizontal transport path. A pair of tension sprockets 4 are installed approximately in the middle of the sprocket 3 and the upper and lower sprockets 2 and 3, and a pair of endless chains 5 is wrapped around each sprocket 2, 3, and 4. sprocket 2.3
Between 0 and 0, left and right inclined conveyance paths are formed to serve as a dough input port and an inversion section.

A plurality of triangular packets 6 rotatably supported at a constant interval between a pair of carriers 50 have a longitudinal width shorter than the length of one side of the both sides plates 1 between the left and right inclined sides of the equilateral triangular side plates 1. Two frame plates 8 are fixed, and a cage body 9 having a V-shaped cross section and a lattice shape is fixed inside both frame plates 8 with a locking tool 10.
A drainage hole 11 is formed in the pointed bottom of the side plate 7, a support holder 12 is fixed near the center of the horizontal side of both side plates 7, and a protrusion 13 is provided near the oblique side of one side plate T.

The triangular packet 6 is rotatably supported between the carriers 5 by loosely fitting support pins 14 inserted from the carriers 5 into each support holder 12 .

The interval between each triangular packet 60 is set between a horizontal line passing through the support point P of one triangular packet and the support point of the other triangular packet, in order to prevent the rice cracker dough a, which is continuously fed from the hopper, from falling outside the triangular packet. If the length PO from the intersection O with the vertical line passing through P' to the support point P of one triangular packet is L, then the distance between the support point P of one triangular packet and the support point P' of the other triangular packet is They are installed so that the lengths p and p' are 2L, and in this case, the conveyor 5 is installed at an inclination angle of 60 degrees at the hopper input port (see FIG. 5).

A hopper 15 equipped with a vibrator 16 is installed at the upper left side of the frame 1, and by the operation of the vibrator 16, the fabric a in the hopper 15 is automatically transferred into the hopper input port 1T in the appropriate number of 10 to 15 fabrics. And it is continuously supplied into the triangular packet 6.

A tank 18 is provided in the center of the frame 1 and below the lower sprocket 3, and has a partition plate 19 therein.
The amount of water in the main section, which is automatically and continuously supplied with 0°C hot water, is adjusted to always maintain a constant amount of water based on the height of the partition plate 19, and excess water is overflowed from the partition plate 19. There is a main drainage pipe 20 in the main part, and an overflow drainage pipe 21 in the overflow part.
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A continuously variable transmission 22 equipped with a driving sprocket 23 is provided below the tank 18 in the frame 1, and a transmission sprocket 24 opposite to the shaft provided below the tank 18 is provided.
, and an interlocking sprocket 25 is provided at one outer end of the shaft that connects and fixes the lower sprocket 3 of the one set, and a drive chain 26 is provided to one of the drive sprocket 23 and the transmission sprocket 24 of the continuously variable transmission 22. , and the transmission chain 21 is passed around the other transmission sprocket 24 and the interlocking sprocket 25 of the lower sprocket 3, respectively.

At the upper right side of the frame 1, there is provided a reversing guide member 28 having an inclined side that slides on the protrusion 13 of the triangular packet 6 and a protrusion 29 that contacts the support holder 12 of the triangular packet 6 to invert the triangular packet 6. That's what happens.

When the conveying body 5 is driven by the operation of the continuously variable transmission 22, which is set to the optimum conveying speed in order to select the pickling time in accordance with the difference in dough quality, each triangular packet 6 is moved by the upper sprocket. 2 from the upper horizontal conveyance path to a fabric input port inclined at 60 degrees, where appropriate several pieces of fabric a are continuously and automatically fed from a hopper 15.

The triangular packet 6 containing the fabrics a standing up in a substantially oblique manner moves forward in the tank 18 located in the lower horizontal conveyance path of the lower sprocket 3, and each fabric a standing up in a substantially oblique manner is uniformly heated in hot water in the tank 18. Honzuke is pickled.

During the advance from the tank 18 via the tension sprocket 4, each fabric a in the cylinder body 9 of the triangular packet stands up in a substantially oblique manner, so that the drainage holes 11 of the triangular packet
And water can be sufficiently drained from the cylinder body 9.

The triangular packet 6 which has finished draining the water from each dough a further advances and reaches the reversing guide member 28, whereupon the protrusion 1 of the triangular packet
3 slides along the inclined side of the reversing guide member 28, and is pulled by the conveyor 5 which is above the top of the reversing guide member 28 and moves forward at an inclined angle, tilting the triangular packet 6, and simultaneously supporting one side of the triangular packet. When the tool 12 comes into contact with the protrusion 29 of the reversing guide member 28, the triangular packet 6 is reversed by the further advancing carrier 5, pushing up the pointed bottom part using the support point P serving as the support pin as a fulcrum, and the triangular packet 6 is reversed. The dough a is released from the opening of the triangular packet 6 (see Fig. 6).

As described above, the present invention allows for free rotation by placing a fixed interval between the conveying bodies that are circulated at predetermined locations within the frame, while also making the sides triangular and forming drainage holes to allow the fabric to be roughly tilted. A plurality of triangular packets are stored upright in a shape, a hopper is used to charge dough into the triangular packets, a tank is immersed into which each triangular packet advances from the input port of the hopper, and each triangular packet is advanced while draining from the tank. Since it consists of an inversion guide member that inverts the cracked rice crackers, it is possible to continuously produce a large amount of cracked rice cracker dough with stable quality, and the triangular packet allows each dough to be stored upright in a substantially diagonal manner. Honzuke can be made evenly, and water can be drained sufficiently even when draining.

In addition, by simply adjusting the conveyance speed of the conveyor, the pickling time can be easily adjusted even when the texture is different, making it possible to further promote uniformity of quality. This has the advantage of being able to automate and save labor.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view showing a section longitudinally, Fig. 2 is a side view, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing an enlarged triangular packet, and Fig. 4 is a front view showing an enlarged triangular packet. The figure is a longitudinal side view of the same part, FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the main part, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the operating state of the reversing guide member. In the drawings, 1 is a frame, 5 is a conveyor, 6 is a triangular packet, 9 is a cylinder,
11 is a drainage hole, 13 is a protrusion, 15 is a hopper, 18 is a tank, 19 is a partition plate, 22 is a continuously variable transmission, 28 is a reversing guide member, and a is a rice cracker dough.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A plurality of triangular structures are rotatably supported at regular intervals between the conveying bodies that are circulated at predetermined locations within the frame, and the side surfaces are triangular and drainage holes are formed to accommodate the dough in an approximately oblique shape. A packet, a hopper for charging dough into the triangular packets, a tank for immersing each triangular packet advancing from the input port of the hopper, and an inversion guide member for inverting each triangular packet advancing while draining water from the tank. Honzuke for Naruhihi rice crackers is a device.