JPS5929513Y2 - food forming equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention is a food molding device that can easily mold various food materials that have the same hardness and taste as those produced by hand by compacting the raw material of the food into a specific shape. Regarding.

Traditionally, onigiri, makunouchi, sushi, and hamburger.

Croquettes and other similar-shaped foods were processed and shaped by hardening a certain amount of raw materials, such as rice and meat, by hand.

Therefore, molding in large quantities requires a large number of personnel, and the amount of processing is small, making it unsuitable for mass production.

However, processed foods such as onigiri, makunouchi, and nbagu are in great demand due to recent dietary reforms, and food processing and shaping operations are difficult due to rising labor costs. It is becoming.

For example, makunouchi, which is used in makunouchi bento boxes, is shaped like rice cake or a semicylindrical shell, and is very popular as it is used in ekiben.

This makunouchi is to harden four handfuls of rice,
When relying on manual labor, it is inevitable that the shape of the makunouchi will vary in size, and it is not easy to make a large amount of makunouchi money at once.

However, if the process of making makunouchi from rice is mechanized and it becomes possible to quickly make makunouchi money using a constant amount of rice, then makunouchi can be sold at stores as before, and it can also be made at home. It is believed that this will open up not only ways to use the food, but also ways to use it for school lunches at schools and workplaces.

In particular, for school lunches, fair presentation of rice and speedy delivery are required, and the time and effort required to transport tableware from the cooking room to the classroom during one meal cannot be underestimated.Furthermore, washing and organizing tableware is a must. It's complicated.

These factors are hindering the rationalization of school lunches4.

Therefore, through mechanization, you can enjoy everything from rice to Makunouchi without the hassle of manpower. If it were possible to consistently mold the food, it would provide an extremely effective means of rationalizing school lunches.

However, this type of food forming apparatus has hardly been proposed to date.

A conventional method of forming food is to put rice into a wooden mold with a recess formed in the shape of makunouchi, and then forcefully compress the rice from above to make makunouchi.

The makunouchi molded in this way is usually too fragile to achieve the unique taste of makunouchi made by one person.

If we weaken the compression force 4 that hardens the rice in order to adjust the hardness of the makunouchi, the rice grains will fall out of the makunouchi and the shape of the makunouchi will not be maintained.

In addition, mechanical forming mechanisms have been devised in recent years, but
It has the same hardness as if it were made by hand to form the rice into makunouchi.

The one with 4 servings of delicious food was not served at all.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a food molding mechanism capable of molding various food molds that have the same hardness and taste as those molded by hand.

An embodiment of the present invention will be explained below.

In this example, the rice is processed into one of the four shapes. Explain what will be molded.

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the food forming apparatus of this embodiment.

2 and 3 are cross-sectional views of the molding mechanism, which is the main part of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the molding mechanism of another embodiment.

The main body 1 of the molding device has a vertically planar front surface, and rollers 2 and 3 are pivotally supported at the lower left and right sides of the front surface, and a conveyor belt 4 during conveyance is supported between the rollers 2 and 3. It is a winding.

Above the conveyor belt 4, a material supply mechanism 5 and a forming mechanism 6 are arranged at regular intervals in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, the material supply mechanism 5 has a food input section 7 at its upper part, and a pair of side plates 8 connected in parallel with each other at a distance in the front and rear direction on the lower surface of the input section 7.

Each measuring plate 8 has a slightly inverted plate shape with a short lower side, and between this side plate 8, a pair of drive rollers 9 are installed sequentially from the top.
, 10. Tension roller 11.12,13,14
, 15, 16, and guide rollers 17, 18 are positioned respectively.

These driving rollers 9 and 10 are located at a large distance from each other on the left and right sides on the upper part of the side plate 8, and the tension roller 1
1, 13, 15 and guide roller 17 and tension 1
2, 14, 16 and the guide roller 18 are positioned so that the distance between their axes becomes gradually narrower.

Each of these rollers 9 to 18 has a supply bell) 19.
20 are wound, and each feed bell) 19,20 is wound in a symmetrical shape with an upward opening.

Further, operating arms 21 and 22 are positioned near the lower end of the side plate 8 and project horizontally from the main body 2, and at the tip of each arm 2L22 there is a shaktor 23, 24 positioned below the guide rollers 17, 18. is fixed.

Next, the forming mechanism will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, and 4.

The forming mechanism 6 is inserted and held by an angle 25 protruding from the front surface of the main body 1, and is held by an auxiliary rod 26 held vertically.
A slightly rectangular metal base plate 27 is fixed to the lower end of the base plate.

1, the main rod 2 is cylindrically carved on the outer periphery of the secondary rod 26.
8 is slidably inserted therethrough, and a return spring 29 is interposed between the main rod 28 and the base plate 27.

At the lower end of this main rod 28, ears 30 are made to protrude in the shape of a cross in the front, rear, left and right directions.

An actuating body 31 serving as a pressurizing means is rotatably connected to each of the four sides of the base plate 27 by a pin 32 .

Each ear portion 30 and the actuating body 31 are each connected to a link 33.
It is connected by.

It was a cabinet.

The upper surface of a molded body 34 made of natural rubber, synthetic rubber (silicon rubber), sponge, or other suitable elastic material is fixed to the lower surface of the base plate 27, and the molded body 34 has an air portion 35 filled with air metal. On the other hand, a recess 36 for inserting food is formed on the lower surface.

The hollow portion 35 may be an airtight hollow portion completely sealed with air as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, but as shown in FIG. 4, a pressure regulating pipe 37 is attached to communicate with the outside air.

As will be described later, it is more preferable to suck and discharge air in accordance with the operation of the operating body 31.

An arm 38 is connected to the outer periphery of the main rod 28 and is moved up and down by a motor or the like, and a stopper 39 whose position can be adjusted is fixed to the main body 1 at the upper part of the sub rod 26.

Next, one example is under construction.

When the switch is turned on after manufacturing, a motor (not shown) inside the main body 1 operates, and the rollers 2, 3. Drive roller9. In rotation, conveyor belt 4° supply bell) 19
．． 21 respectively move in the direction of the arrow in the figure.

When food ingredients 1, for example, rice and gold are thrown into the food input section 7 in this state, the rice falls between the side plates 8 and the supply bell N9,
It will be piled up in 20 minutes, and rice a will be at the supply bell)
19. It is moved downward along the rotation direction of 20.

Then, at a predetermined interval, the shutter 23.24 opens as the operating arm 21.22 moves left and right, the rice a is compressed and falls from between the guide rollers 17.18, and then the shutter 23.24 closes. This results in cutting by a predetermined amount.

The plate a cut by the shutters 23 and 24 is placed on the belt 4, but since the belt 4 is moving in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the rice a cut into a predetermined amount is placed on the forming mechanism 6. move in the direction.

Rice a is at the bottom of the forming mechanism 6! When positioned at , arm 3
8 is lowered, and the secondary rod 26. Main rod 28 Gold belt 4
Push down in the direction.

The lower end of the molded body 34 contacts the top of the belt 4, and the recess 36
When the rice a enters, the stopper 39 comes into contact with the angle 25, the sub rod 26 stops at that position, and only the main rod 28 is pushed down.

Therefore, the main rod 28 slides on the outer periphery of the sub-rod 26 against the return spring 29, swings the operating body 31 around the 32-metal pin via the link 33, and presses against the outer periphery of the molded body 34.

Here, the molded body 34 is made of an elastic material and has a hollow part 354 filled with air metal, so that it is soft enough to be wrapped and cased, and the same effect as when the metal pipe is twisted by hand is performed without pressure penetrating inside. Mainly, only the external part is pressurized, and the entire part is pressed with uniform pressure.

(Sushi) When making rice balls, etc., by hand, the trick is to apply pressure only to the outside and to prevent it from penetrating into the inside of the pressure plate as much as possible.

) If the formed body shown in FIG. 4 is made of 34-karat gold, the air in the hollow portion 35 will be discharged from the pressure regulating pipe 37 when pressurized, and on the contrary, be sucked in when not pressurized.

We are working on making the food even softer.

Unfortunately, if the molded body 34 has a sound-tight hollow inside, it will be quite difficult to repair if a dent is formed on the circumferential surface of the recess 36, but it will be repaired automatically if the air is sucked and discharged four times. It turns out.

Next, after the rice is held tightly for a predetermined time as described above, the arm 38 rises, contrary to the above, and the angle 25 is separated from the stopper 39, and at the same time the return spring 29 is released.
In this way, the actuating body 31 rotates outwardly and is simultaneously released from the concave portion 36 of the rice ai molded body 34.

The rice a, which has been formed in this way, is removed from directly below the forming mechanism 6 by the belt 4, and the same operation as described above is repeated.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to form the raw material of food into the same shape and taste as when it is compacted by hand, and it can always be compacted to the same size and hardness, and it is hygienic. It has four advantages, such as being good for people.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a schematic front view of the food forming device according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a schematic front view of the food forming device according to the present invention;
3 and 3 are sectional views of the molding mechanism, which is the main part of the same as above, and FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view of the molding mechanism of another embodiment. 6... Molding mechanism, 31... Working body as pressurizing means, 34... Molded body, 35...
...Hollow part, 36...Recessed part for inserting food.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A molded body made of rubber, sponge, or other appropriate elastic material, with a concave part opened on one side for inserting food and a hollow part filled with air metal, and a pressurizer located outside the molded body that applies pressure from around the molded body. A food forming device characterized by comprising a pressure means and a metal fitting.