JPS6010391Y2 - kneaded food forming machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a molding machine that molds dough foods, such as fish cakes, chikuwa, or hamburgers, into predetermined shapes using a completely new mechanism.

Conventional food paste forming machines commonly used include a rotating drum with a forming mold recessed on its circumferential surface installed inside a hopper into which food materials are fed, and the material is filled into the forming mold using a rotating roll or the like. The molded food is then molded onto a belt conveyor placed below the rotating drum and transported outside the molding machine, but the rotating drum is difficult to manufacture, and is heavy. The molding machine is heavy and has a complicated rotating mechanism, which raises the cost of the entire molding machine.

In view of the above points, the present invention has been developed by eliminating the use of rotating drums (forming drums), which are cumbersome to manufacture and assemble and causing the price of molding machines to rise, and to create a belt for conveying molded foods. The object is to provide an extremely innovative kneaded food molding machine devised to mold food products using a conveyor, and one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, 1 is the body of the molding machine, and 2 is a hopper installed at the top of the machine 1. The inside 2a of the hopper 2 is designed to allow various kinds of wire food materials to be inputted from the input port 2b at the upper end. There is.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a housing section formed in the middle of the upper part of the machine body 1 and having a substantially U-shaped cross section. It faces the upper surface of this accommodating portion 3.

Further, inside the housing portion 3, a base end side of the belt conveyor, generally indicated by reference numeral 5, is arranged.

The belt conveyor 5 includes a pair of left and right rollers 5a and 5b,
An endless belt 5 stretched between both rollers 5a and 5b
The roller 5a, which is constructed by ``°'' and is attached in a cantilevered manner to one side of the housing portion 3, has an idle rotation structure, and the other roller 5b, which projects to the outside of the body 1, is a driving roller.

The drive roller 5b is attached in a cantilevered manner to the tip of a support plate 6 protruding from the side of the machine body 1, and when the motor M installed in the machine body 1 rotates, the drive roller 5b, the driven sprocket 8, and the drive roller 5b are actuated. The belt 5' can be conveyed and rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
*Belt 5', which is passed between 5b and 5b, is designed to be freely replaceable.

The belt 5' of the belt conveyor 5, which is transported and rotated in this manner, moves so as to constantly close the lower opening 2c of the hopper 2 in the storage section 3, and thus the hopper 2 is loaded with To prevent food materials from spilling out of a hopper 2.

Reference numeral 10 denotes forming molds attached at equal intervals to the belt 5' of the conveyor 5. In the illustrated embodiment, three sets of two molds are provided in total, but the number of molds formed is arbitrary.

The opening of the mold 10 and the surface of the belt 5' are on the same plane, and when the mold 10 passes through the lower opening 2c of the hopper 2, the food material stored in the hopper 2 is The inside of the mold 10 is filled.

Reference numerals 11 and 12 denote a pair of left and right rotating rolls installed in the hopper 2. These rolls 11 and 12 are rotated relative to each other by the motor M as shown by the arrows in FIG. The lower side 2c, that is, the lower side opening 2
The action is to send it to the upper side of the belt 5' passing through the portion c.

Next, what is generally indicated by the reference numeral 13 in FIG. 2 and FIG. A disk 13b rotated by the motor M on the upper side of the interior of the disk 13b1 A lifting rod 13c pivoted eccentrically to one side of the disk 13b1 A press plate 13 attached to the lower end of the lifting rod 13c
It is composed of d.

The pressing mechanism 13 formed from the above configuration is configured so that the rotating roll 1
The food material fed into the lower side of the cover tube 13a from the cutout 13a' at the lower end by the action of 1.12 is pushed into the mold 10 provided on the belt 5' by the press plate 13d that descends due to the rotation of the disk 13b. can be pushed into.

Reference numeral 14 denotes an edge provided at the outlet of the hopper 2, and this edge 14 is always in contact with the surface of the belt 5'. (indicated by symbol F) was removed,
The molded food F can be quantified and its thickness can be made uniform.

The molded food F filled in the mold 10 is carried out by the operation of the belt conveyor 5, and is released from the mold 10 by its own weight and a piano wire (not shown) at the inverted portion of the tip. In order to further ensure that
Each mold 10 is equipped with a mold release device as generally indicated by the reference numeral 15 in the figure.

To construct this mold release device, first, a cylindrical mold with an open bottom is used as the mold 10, and the core material 15a is fitted into the mold 10 so as to be vertically movable.

Further, a control plate 15b is fixed to the lower end of the core material 15a, and guide shafts 10b are implanted in the flanges 10a of the mold 10 in holes (not shown) drilled at both ends of the control plate 15b, respectively;
10b, and at the same time, attach adjustment nuts 10C910C to both guide shafts 10b, 10b.

The amount of movement of the core material 15a within the mold 10 is controlled by adjusting nuts 10c, 1 which control the amount of movement of the control plate 15b.
It is determined by the screwing position of 0c, and therefore, if it is desired to adjust the capacity of the mold 10 from the state shown in FIG.

Further, when the entire mold 10 is turned upside down by the movement of the belt conveyor 5, the core material 15a moves downward by its own weight and can release the filled molded food F from the mold.

Furthermore, when using the apparatus as shown in FIG. 3, it is possible to obtain a shaped food product F as shown in FIG.
If the surface of the core material 15a is made into a hemispherical surface, a hemispherical food product F1 as shown in FIG. Can be done.

Furthermore, if two machines as described above are arranged side by side on the path of the belt conveyor 5 and molded, it is possible to obtain a two-layer molded food F3 as shown in the fourth diagram, for example, and the number of machines after molding is By further increasing the number of layers, it is possible to obtain a molded food with multiple layers, or to mold a sandwich-like food with an intermediate food interposed between each layer.

In the drawings, 5a/ and 5b' are relief holes formed in the circumferential surface of each roller 5a, 5b, and each mold 10 enters into the hole 5a', 5b' when the conveyor 5 rotates. It has become.

Reference numerals 16 and 17 indicate intermediate sprockets and chinos that transmit the rotation of the motor M to the rotating rolls 11, 12 and the disk 13b, and in FIG. The transmission mechanism between them is omitted.

Further, the disk 13b is rotated via the transmission mechanism as described above.
The operation timing of the actuator 13d, which is raised and lowered by the belt 5', is adjusted in advance so that it is lowered when the mold 10 of the belt 5' comes to the lower side.

Additionally, in order to prevent the belt conveyor 5 from being bent at the lower opening 2c of the hopper 2, a guide frame (not shown) for holding the belt 5' is provided near the lower opening 2c. There is.

As mentioned above, the present invention eliminates the conventional rotating drum (forming drum) and installs a molding belt on the conveyor belt used for conveying molded foods to mold metal products, so the structure of the molding machine is It is possible to reduce the cost by simplifying the force width, and since the molded product is configured flat on the belt surface, it is formed in a curved shape on the circumferential surface of the conventional drum, making it easier to handle food products than the molded product. It has the advantage that filling of materials can be carried out smoothly and without any hindrance, and that food can be formed uniformly in an attractive manner.Furthermore, when the belt is configured to be replaceable, the molding product can be easily replaced by replacing the belt itself. It is suitable for use in molding and selection of various wire foods.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view;
FIG. 2 is a front sectional view, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the mold release device and the pressing mechanism, and each figure in FIG. 4 is a sectional view of various molded foods. 1... Aircraft, 2... Hopper, 2a.
...Internal, 2c...Lower side opening, 5...
...Belt conveyor, 5'...Belt, 10
...Made by molding, 11.12...One rotation roll, 1
3...Press mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A belt conveyor is disposed at the inner lower opening of the hopper into which the pasted food materials are introduced, and a plurality of forming molds are recessed in the belt surface of the conveyor, and inside the hopper, the pasted food materials are fed into the hopper. A kneaded food forming machine characterized by being provided with a rotating roll that feeds the material downward, and a pressing mechanism that moves up and down intermittently to push the fed food material into the mold of the conveyor.