JPS61149034A - Machine for molding dough of viscous fluid of confectionery or fishery kneaded product - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a dough forming machine for viscous fluids such as confectionery or fish paste products.

[Background of the invention]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, dough forming machines used for automatic manufacturing equipment for mass-producing confectionery such as donuts are well known. This dough forming machine has a dough tank that stores dough for confectionery such as donuts and sends the dough downward from a bottom opening by applying pressure from above, and a guide cylinder attached to the bottom of the dough tank. The device is equipped with a cutter device that guides the dough to the dough forming/cutting section at the lower end and forms and cuts the dough in a predetermined manner using a sleeve cutter that moves up and down. There is a general method in which a ring-shaped material is led out from between the opposed disks around the entire circumference, or as proposed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 59-47490, the lower end of the guide tube and There is a method of inserting a molded cylinder between the disks and cutting off a cylinder with a shape that fits the molding opening of the cylinder wall.

By the way, in the current situation where the tastes of consumers are diversifying and food trends are becoming more popular, even donuts are changing their shape and creating visual characteristics as described above. There is a growing desire to provide products that not only provide the desired taste, but also have a different taste.

However, with conventional molding machines, although it is possible to adjust the flavor of the dough, it is not possible to create changes such as partially dividing and imparting multiple flavors to one donut, for example. There is a limit to the ability to impart changes in taste.

In addition, this problem is not limited to confectionery such as donuts, but also applies to seafood dough products that are manufactured using the same method, that is, products in which active dough is formed into a predetermined shape and then fried, steamed, or baked. There are also things that are.

[Purpose of the invention]

From the above-mentioned viewpoints, the present invention provides a dough forming method that can be made by sectioning two or more different flavor parts into stripes or the like in a viscous fluid such as a confectionery such as a donut or a fish paste product. The purpose is to provide a machine.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dough forming machine that can produce a decorative effect by varying the colors of the different flavoring parts.

Still another object of the present invention is to realize efficient mass production by storing dough exhibiting different flavors in separate dough tanks and guiding the dough to a plurality of power and tar devices.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dough forming machine with a structure that is easy to disassemble and assemble, so that it can be easily cleaned.

[Summary of the invention]

The gist of the viscous fluid dough forming machine for confectionery, fish paste products, etc. according to the present invention, which has been made to achieve these various objects, is that the dough is formed at the lower end of a vertical guide cylinder. a cutter device having a cut-off portion and dividing the inside of the guide cylinder into a plurality of vertical passages by partition plates; A dough forming machine comprising a dough distributing device that feeds a predetermined dough from an upper part, and at least two dough tanks for different kinds of dough disposed above the dough distributing device, the dough distributing device comprising: an upper horizontal plate having a plurality of upper openings facing the dough lead-out portions of each of the dough tanks; a lower horizontal plate having a plurality of lower openings facing the upper dough introduction portions of each of the vertical passages; It is provided in a laminated structure of a communication passage forming body which is laminated and fastened between lower horizontal plates and connects the upper opening and the lower opening in a plurality of groups.

The dough dispensing device of the present invention is formed by laminating and fastening a plurality of thin plates having appropriate openings and thick plates having elongated holes extending horizontally and penetrating vertically. This device has the function of connecting each dough tank and the longitudinal passage inside the guide cylinder of the cutter device in several groups, and is easy to disassemble and assemble, and is easy to clean. It also has the advantage of being easy to perform. This provides extremely large practical benefits compared to the entire case of using gibs etc. for the relational connection of the dough tank and the longitudinal passage as described above.

[Embodiments of the invention]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a donut dough forming machine will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows a dough forming machine which is an embodiment of the present invention as an exploded view of its parts.The right side of the figure is the dough tank, the center of the figure is the dough dispensing device, and the left side of the figure is the dough forming machine. 1 and 2 respectively indicate cutter devices.

The structure of the dough tank 1 is known, and the main body 2 has a round body shape with a bottom and has a dough outlet hole 4 in the center of the bottom plate 3, and a pressure lid 5 is firmly attached to the upper part by a lid fastener 6. It is said that it can be sealed tightly. 7 is a lid, and 8 is a pressure air introduction nozzle.

The feature of the dough tank 1 in this example is that two dough tanks are used to store different kinds of dough, respectively, in relation to a dough dispensing device to be described later. Tank lA+I
It shall be distinguished and indicated as B.

Next, the cutter device 10 will be explained. This cutter device 10 is also a known device except that it incorporates a partition plate indicated by the symbol, and the cutter device 11 is a guide cylinder with an open top and bottom. On the upper side, a cutter mounting flange 12 connects a dough dispensing device and a melt 13 to be described later.
It is fastened and fixed.

The cutter nozzle 11 also includes a horizontal rod 14 horizontally fixed at an intermediate position between the upper and lower sides inside the cylinder, a disk support building 15 hanging downward from the center of the horizontal rod 14 along the cylinder axis, and It is integrally provided with a disk 16 fixedly supported on the lower end of the build 15 and provided so as to maintain a predetermined gap with the lower edge of the cutter nozzle 11.

Reference numeral 17 refers to a force, which is a cutter sleeve mounted on the lower end side cylindrical portion of the tar nozzle 11, which is moved up and down by the cam mechanism 19, and when moving downward, the lower end edge is tightly fitted to the outer peripheral edge of the disk 16. , acts to cut off the fabric deflected in a circular manner radially outward from the upper surface of the disk.

The cut fabric becomes ring-shaped. 18 is a cam mechanism 19
is the groove on the top of the cutter sleeve that is operatively engaged.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a partition plate (separator) fitted into the upper half of the cutter nozzle 11, which is a guide cylinder of the cutter device 10.
It is fixed by placing an upright plate with a planar cross shape on the horizontal rod 14, and divides the inside of the cylinder into a total of four vertical passages of 14 circles. In addition, in order to prevent such force, the device 10 may further be provided with an auxiliary partition plate on the upper surface of the disk 16.

This auxiliary partition plate is made up of, for example, a short cylindrical body that is fitted and fixed to the lower end of the disk support bolt, and four blade plates that extend radially outward from this cylindrical body. By matching the posture (position in the circumferential direction) with the posture of the upper partition plate 20, it is possible to clearly distinguish between successive portions of different types of fabrics.

Next, the dough dispensing device will be explained. The dough distributing device of this example includes an upper horizontal plate 21, a lower horizontal plate 25, an upper dough separator 22, a shield plate 23, and a lower ceno-arm plate 24, which are laminated in three layers between the upper horizontal plate 21 and the lower horizontal plate 25. The shield plate 23 and the upper and lower separators 22 and 24 form a communication passage forming body.

The above-mentioned two dough handles 11 are fixedly attached to the upper horizontal plate 21 via tank mounting flanges 28, and a lower opening 26A r 268 is provided so as to face the dough outlet hole 4 of the dough tank. is provided.

27, 27, . . . are screw holes around the upper part to which the fastening build 29 of the tank mounting flange 28 is anchored.

Note that 30 is a washer.

The lower horizontal plate 25 has the cutter mounting 7 flange 12.
Two sets of cutter devices are attached and fixed through the cutter nozzle 11, and two sets of cutter devices are attached and fixed to one cutter device so as to face the upper openings of the four longitudinal passages partitioned by the partition plates 20 in the cutter nozzle 11. Lower opening 31^r 31A * 3
1B+318 is provided. Reference numeral 32 denotes a screw hole around the lower opening where the fastening bolt 13 of the tar mounting flange 12 is engaged. In addition, 33.33... is an upright built with a total of 6 installed near the periphery of the lower horizontal plate 25 and 1 installed in the center. Melt holes 34 are formed up to the separator 24, respectively, and the lower horizontal plate 25 has melt holes 34 formed therein. The upper plates of the seat 33 are stacked one on top of the other by fitting their built holes 34, and are fastened with nuts 35 to fix and integrate the plates.

Lower opening 26A + 26B of upper horizontal plate 21 and lower opening 31A + 31A r 31m + 3 of lower horizontal plate 25
1B, the upper dough separator 22, the shield plate 23, and the lower dough separator 2.
4 is formed as follows.

First, the lower opening 26A connected to one dough tank has a Y-shaped elongated hole 3 formed in the upper dough separator 22.
Two through holes 3 formed in the shield plate 23 are located at the end of each arm of the Y-shaped elongated hole 36A.
7m, 37A is facing us. The through holes 37 and 37A are aligned with the through holes 38 at the same position in the lower fabric separator 24.

It communicates with the lower openings 31 and 31 of the lower horizontal plate 25 through the holes 38 and 31. Therefore, the fabric A from one fabric tank introduced into the lower opening 26mm will reach the through hole 37A137A within the elongated hole 36A, and will pass through the through hole 37□ to 38mm and reach the lower opening 31mm. .

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the flow state of this raw MAA.

On the other hand, the upper opening 26m connected to the dough tank IB is an elongated hole 3 with a Y-shaped plane formed in the lower dough separator 24.
6i+, the upper opening 26m and the lower opening 31 are opened in the same way as above.
1a 31m... is connected. 371°388
are through holes formed in the upper fabric separator 22 and the shield plate 23, respectively, and the lower opening 26 and the T-shaped elongated hole 3.
It communicates with the 6m leg end.

Therefore, the dough B from the dough tank 1 introduced into the upper opening 26m passes through the through hole 37B + 38i+ and reaches the lower opening 31m + 31m... in the elongated hole 36m, completely separate from the passage of the IA dough tank. .

In the dough dispensing device, the dough A is distributed by the upper dough separator 22 and the dough B is distributed by the lower dough separator 24 through one dough inlet (upper opening). When introducing the dough coming in through the multiple dough outlet ports (lower openings) as in this example, if the dough is active and allows for smooth flow, a path with a complicated shape is used. This is because it is not preferable to make the holes as straight as possible, and it is better to make the overlapping (crossing) of the communication paths for the fabric A and the fabric Bρ staggered at the upper and lower positions.

According to the dough forming machine including the dough distributing device as described above,
For example, if putter-flavored dough is stored in the dough tank IB and chocolate-flavored dough is stored in the dough tank 111, and a donut ring is cut off with a force and tar device while being fed out at any time by air pressure, as shown in numeral 39, A molded dough having a shape in which two crosspieces of dough are arranged alternately can be obtained continuously and with high productivity. The formed dough is then deep-fried in the usual manner. Bye.

According to this configuration, it is only necessary to fill one dough tank with a single dough, and replenishment of dough can be performed easily. It can also be used as is, making it favorable in terms of equipment costs.

Furthermore, since the fabric dispensing device is made up of a plurality of similar pieces stacked and fastened together, it is easy to disassemble and assemble.
When disassembled, the holes in each plate can be easily cleaned, making the device extremely easy to handle.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the dough dispensing device, in which dough A is distributed from two dough tanks (not shown) to four cutter devices (not shown).

This is a case where the molded dough similar to that of the previous example was molded by guiding B, and the structure is substantially the same except that the number of elongated holes, through holes, lower openings, etc. is increased. The members are indicated by adding 100 to the reference numerals of the above embodiments,
Detailed explanation will be omitted.

The feature of this example is that one lower opening 126 mm (or 126 m
) between the upper horizontal plate 121 and the upper dough separator 122, the first separator 140
The lower opening 126mm of the upper horizontal plate 121 faces the center of the elongated hole 142A of the first-stage separator 140, and both ends of the elongated hole 142A are connected to the first-stage shield plate 141. Through hole 1 of plate 141
43A to face the leg end of the Y-shaped elongated hole 136^ of the upper fabric separator 122. Similarly, for the other lower opening 1261, both ends of the elongated hole 1421 of the first stage separator 140 are connected to the through hole 1431 e.
It faces the leg end of the Y-shaped elongated hole 136BO of the lower fabric monolayer 124 via 137m + 138m.

According to the configuration of this example, four pieces of molded dough indicated by reference numeral 139 can be molded at once using two dough tanks, making it possible to efficiently perform mass production.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and the grooves formed in each separator may have other shapes, or three or more types of fabrics may be formed into one ring-shaped fabric. The number of longitudinal passages of the cutter device is not limited to four, but may be two to four or more. Furthermore, in addition to using plate-shaped plates as they are for each of the 7-4 plates, they may also be made by punching out unnecessary parts to make them lighter. The dough tank does not have a structure in which pressure is applied directly, but may have a structure in which the upper part is open, a rotary pulp or the like is provided at the outlet, and pressurizing air is introduced underneath.

The target dough may also be dough for confectionery such as donuts, or dough for seafood products.

The shape of the formed dough to be cut off by the cutter device may also be ring-shaped.
It is also possible to use the pre-molding method described in the above publication.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the dough forming material of the present invention,
Its practical effects include the ability to give donuts, etc. two or more different flavor parts, and even different color parts, and increase the added value of donuts, etc. by diversifying tastes and bamboo-like effects. is extremely large.

Further, the use of the dough dispensing device has the advantage that it is suitable for mass production, and that cleaning work can be easily performed due to the ease of disassembly and assembly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is an exploded view of parts of a dough forming machine showing one embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram explaining the flow of dough in a dough distribution device, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the dough distribution device. FIG. 1: Dough tank, 4: Dough outlet, 5: Pressure lid,
7: Otoshi lid, 11: Power, tar nozzle, 12
: force, tar mounting flange, 16: force, tar disk, 1
72ka2. ter sleeve, 19: cam mechanism, 2
0: Partition plate, 21: Upper horizontal plate, 22: Upper fabric seno plate, 23: Sheet 9 plate, 24: Lower fabric separator, 25: Lower horizontal plate, 26 Upper opening, 28: Tank mounting flange, 31: Lower Opening, 33:
Fastening bolt, 35: Nut, 36: Y-shaped slot, 37, 38: Through hole, 140: First stage separator,
141: First stage shield plate.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) The vertical guide cylinder has a cut-off part of the fabric at the lower end,
and a cutter device in which the interior of the guide cylinder is divided into a plurality of vertical passages by partition plates, and a fabric disposed above the cutter device to feed a predetermined fabric from above to the husbands of the vertical passages. A dough forming machine comprising a dispensing device and at least two dough tanks for different types of dough disposed above the dough distributing device, the dough distributing device facing a dough outlet portion of each dough tank, respectively. an upper horizontal plate having a plurality of upper openings, a lower horizontal plate having a plurality of lower openings facing the upper fabric introducing portions of each of the longitudinal passages, and a laminated and fastened between the upper horizontal plate and the lower horizontal plate, A dough forming machine for viscous fluid such as confectionery or seafood paste products, characterized in that the upper opening and the lower opening are divided into a plurality of sets and provided in a laminated structure of communication passage forming bodies that are connected relationally. (2) A patent claim characterized in that the communicating passage forming body includes a communicating passage that is a horizontal elongated hole that opens vertically, and one end of the communicating passage faces the upper opening and the other end faces the lower opening. Dough forming machines for viscous fluids such as confectionery or seafood paste products as described in item (1).