JPS6070027A - Molding of soft food dough into spherical form - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a molding apparatus for soft food dough, and more particularly to a molding apparatus for soft food dough.

This invention relates to a new device that can mechanically form soft food dough, such as habutae mochi dough or flour dough, into a spherical shape.

[Prior art and problems to be solved] It is difficult to mechanically mold soft food dough, especially sticky food dough such as Habutae mochi, which is flexible and has poor shape stability. It is believed that

The present inventor has been conducting research for many years on mechanical processing technology for soft food dough with such characteristics1. ``Soft fabric skin processing machine''
1.055 Publication), "Foreskin Food Wrapping Device" that wraps different types of food while folding the dough skin produced by the same processing machine (Refer to Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-3099), and furthermore, ``Foil-filled mochi sweets extrusion device'' that continuously extrudes mochi sweets with a roadside into a stick shape (Jikkosho 5L-5)
(See Publication No. 1) has already been successfully put into practical use.

[Features of the present invention]

The present invention is positioned on the same line as the above-mentioned inventions and ideas in that it aims at mechanical molding processing of soft food materials, but its most characteristic point is that it extrudes soft food materials into rod shapes and extrudes them. The object of the present invention is to cut the rod-shaped material into a certain size and roll it to form it into a lump.

[Configuration and Examples of the Present Invention]

That is, two configurations of the present invention will be explained according to the illustrated embodiment: A cylindrical crossing groove 1 is provided over the entire outer periphery, and cutting edges 2 are provided at regular intervals. The resulting pair of crawler belts A-B are connected to the crawler belts 1 and 1 of the same crawler belt A.
... and Groove 1 of crawler bell I-B are installed side by side on the left and right so as to form pipe-shaped rolling chambers R and R... in tandem by meeting each other. - Groove 1, which forms the rubbing chamber R-R, moves downward at the same speed, moving belts A and B back and forth in one width direction in a frictional manner, and outputs to the output 3 position. One side is configured to be able to move in a circular manner so that it can be separated at the other end.

Above the input 4 position where the crawler belts A and B face each other, there is an extrusion die D of an extruder 5 that continuously extrudes the soft dough material F into a rod shape.

The rod-shaped soft fabric material F extruded from there is dropped into the input 4 of the crawler belt A-B, and is cut into a certain size by the cutting edges 2 and 2 that engage with each other, and the soft fabric material F that has been cut by the bran is The dough material F is rolled in the rolling room R-
Groove 1 introduced into R... to form the wall of the same room...
This relates to an apparatus for forming soft food dough into a spherical shape, characterized in that the dough is formed into a ball by moving it back and forth in a frictional manner, and is sent out from the output 3 of the crawler belt A-B. be.

The illustrated embodiment will now be described in more detail.

The concrete constructions of the crawler bells A and B are shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

The crawler belt AB shown in FIG.

It is composed of group constituent pieces 11, 11... and chains 12, 12 that connect these constituent pieces in an endless row, each having a pair of upper and lower sprockets 3, 14.
And it was set up on 15th and 16th. In the case of the one shown in Figure 1, the driving sprocket 14.1 is on the lower stage side.
6. Follower sprockets 13 and I5 are arranged on the upper stage side, and the follower sprockets 13 and 15 are supported by swing links T, 1 and L2 so as to be able to rise and fall. Therefore, if it is necessary to remove the crawler belt AB, it can be easily done by laying down the swing links L1 and L2.

On the other hand, group constituent piece 11. It has a substantially pentagonal cross section and is connected to the chain 12 at the bottom. The top edge of this croup component 11 is a cutting edge 2, and quadrant-shaped crossing grooves 1 are formed on both sides of the cutting edge 2.

Next, a specific example of the sliding movement mechanism and circulation movement mechanism of the crawler belt in the apparatus of the present invention is shown in FIG. Although only the movement mechanism of the crawler belt A is shown in FIG. 3, the movement mechanism of the crawler belt B also has a similar configuration.

In FIG. 3, 6 is a transmission sprocket, and 61 is an intermediate gear fixed coaxially with the transmission sprocket 6, which is provided for synchronously driving the crawler belt B in circulation. A spline shaft 7 is engaged with a spline cylinder 62 fixed to the transmission sprocket 6 so as to be slidable in the axial direction.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a reciprocating rod that moves forward and backward by the swinging of the cam floor 81, and causes the entire crawler bell A to move forward and backward together with the sprockets 13 and 4. In this case, although a mechanism for moving the crawler belt B back and forth is not particularly shown, it is naturally configured to move in the opposite direction to the crawler belt B. 9 is the cam floor;
81, and performs movement around the axis by a required angle in forward and reverse directions by reciprocating the swinging lever 9I.

In the apparatus of the present invention, the extruder 5 for extruding the soft dough material F is composed of a main material extrusion part 51 and a sub-extruder part 52 in the illustrated example, and the sub-extruder part 52 is the main material extrusion part. Filling, jam, cream, ice cream,
Other soft auxiliary material F2 is injected, and the center part from the lower end of the extrusion die D is F2. The outside is extruded as a cored soft fabric material F with the fabric main material F1.

However, in the present invention, the sub-extruder portion 52 is not an essential requirement, and is employed only when producing a soft food with a core.

The main material extrusion section 51 includes a hopper 5 into which the dough main material F1 is fed.
3, and the main fabric material F that was put into the popper 53.

It is composed of a gear pump 54 that continuously pumps out the water to the die D. Note that 1 m is a knob for adjusting the flow direction of the main material F1, which rotates the ladder plate m1 disposed in the main material distribution chamber G1 and flows from each die D-D according to the turning angle. The amount of the main material F1 to be extruded can be appropriately balanced.

In Figure 1, there is a dusting bell 1- which conveys the dusting powder from the dusting device C to the input 4 position of the crawler bell I-A-B and sprinkles it thereon. Also.

A sub-extruder portion 52 is optionally employed.

An auxiliary material hopper 55 into which the soft auxiliary material F2 is introduced, a screw blade 56 which pressure-feeds the auxiliary material F2 introduced therein,
The secondary material F2, which has been pressure-fed from the secondary material hopper 55, is transferred to the conduit 5.
8 to the branch chamber G2, and further to the branch pipe P...
The rod-shaped dough main material F! is fed from the secondary material injection die D2 through the It consists of an extrusion gear pump 57 that extrudes in a core shape at the center of the. Further, n'n... is an adjustment cock for adjusting the amount of the auxiliary material F2 flowing into the first branch pipe P.

Specific examples of the device of the present invention are generally as described above, but the present invention is by no means limited to the illustrated embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. There are 9 examples.

It would be expected, of course, that the crawler belt be integrally molded from a semi-rigid flexible plastic material and driven in circulation by a well-known timing pulley mechanism.

C Effects of the present invention] As explained above, in the three inventive devices.

A pair of crawler belts A-B are used, each of which is equipped with a crossing groove 1 which forms a pipe-shaped rolling chamber R-R by coming together.
Since a mechanism is adopted in which each groove 1 of the belt is moved forward and backward in the width direction at the meeting point and moved in a predetermined direction at a constant speed, the belt is extruded from the extruder 5 in a rod shape. The soft fabric material F is dropped into the input 4 of the crawler belt and immediately cut into a certain size by the engagement of the cutting edges 2 and 2. It is rolled and rolled in a forward and backward movement and formed into a desired lump state. Therefore, it becomes possible to industrially mass-produce various soft foods in the form of easy-to-eat products.

In this way, according to the present invention, even spherical habutae mochi, which could only be produced by hand, can be mass-produced mechanically and continuously. Since it can be manufactured without touching it by a single person, it also has the benefit of preventing the contamination of germs and providing a sanitary product that lasts for a long time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view of the apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the crawler belt portion in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the movement mechanism of the crawler bell I in the device of the present invention, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the mechanism of the extruder in the device of the present invention, and FIGS. FIG. 3 is a structural diagram showing the structure near the die. Agent Patent Attorney Ko Togawa

Claims (1)

[Claims] A pair of crawler belts A-B each having a cylindrical crossing group 1 over the entire outer periphery and provided with cutting edges 2 at regular intervals. , Groove 1 to the same crawler belt.
... and the groove 1 of the crawler belt B are installed side by side on the left and right to form vibrator-like rubbing chambers R-R... in tandem by meeting each other, and these crawler belts While moving A and B back and forth in one width direction, Groove 1 forming the rubbing chamber R-R moves downward at the same speed to produce output 3.
One side configured to be capable of circular movement so as to be separated in position. Above the input 4 position where the crawler belts A and B face each other, there is an extrusion die D of an extruder 5 that continuously extrudes the soft dough material F into a rod shape. The rod-shaped soft fabric material F extruded from there is dropped into the input 4 of the crawler belt A-B and cut into a certain size by the cutting edges 2 and 2 that engage with each other, and the thus cut soft fabric material Rub material F in room R-
Groove 1 introduced into R... to form the wall of the same room...
An apparatus for forming a soft food dough into a spherical shape, characterized in that it is formed into a ball by moving it back and forth in a frictional manner, and is sent out from the output 3 of a crawler belt A-B.