JPS6144623Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a seasoning device for dried seaweed, in which a powdered seasoning filled in the narrow grooves of a roll is scraped out by a scraping member and sprinkled onto the dried seaweed. be.

(Background of the invention) Dried seaweed seasonings are broadly divided into liquid seasonings such as soy sauce and edible oil, and powdered seasonings such as salt and chemical seasonings. Although it is relatively easy to season dried seaweed by uniformly applying liquid seasoning, it is extremely difficult to season powdered seaweed by uniformly sprinkling it on dry seaweed. In particular, the amount of powdered seasoning sprinkled on dried seaweed is generally extremely small, and conventionally it has been extremely difficult to stably and uniformly sprinkle such a small amount of powdered seasoning on large pieces of dried seaweed for a long period of time.

(Summary of the invention) The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and the purpose of the invention is to provide a device that can uniformly sprinkle powdered seasoning onto dried seaweed being conveyed on a conveyance path. shall be.

(Summary of the invention) For this purpose, the present invention arranges a storage tank for powdered seasoning above the dried seaweed conveyance path, forms an opening at the bottom of the storage tank, and forms an edge at the edge of the opening. A roll with a plurality of narrow grooves for feeding the desired amount of powdered seasoning is brought into contact with the roll and rotated.
The seasoning filled in the narrow groove below the opening is scraped out by a scraping member and sprinkled on the dried seaweed.In this way, a very small amount of the powdered seasoning is stably applied to the dried seaweed for a long time. This allows it to be sprinkled evenly.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be explained along with the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the main parts of this apparatus, in which 1 is a conveyor for transporting dried seaweed 2, and above it is a storage tank 3 for storing powdered seasonings a such as salt and chemical seasonings. is installed. The tank 3 is approximately a long box-shaped body having an upper opening 3a, and an opening 4 for discharging the seasoning a is formed in the lower part of the tank 3 along its length. Reference numeral 5 denotes a cylindrical roll, which is provided below the tank 3 so as to be rotatable about its axis with its outer peripheral surface lightly abutting the edge of the opening 4. One end of the rotating shaft 6 of the roll 5 is rotatably supported by a frame 7 (see Fig. 2), and the other end is supported by a sprocket 3.
4 to rotate.

8 is a narrow groove formed along the circumferential direction on the outer circumferential surface of the roll 5, and each narrow groove 8 is formed in plurality at equal intervals. In this way, roll the narrow groove 8 into the roll 5.
By forming the roll 5 in the circumferential direction, the roll 5 can smoothly rotate around its axis when the roll 5 is in contact with the edge of the opening 4, and the seasoning that has entered the narrow groove 8 can be rotated smoothly. a can be moved below the opening 4. Reference numeral 9 denotes a rod-shaped frame disposed along the front surface of the tank 3, and a plurality of hook-shaped scraping members 10 are attached to the frame 9 at equal intervals. The tip of each scraping member 10 is
Each of the narrow grooves 8 below the opening 4
The seasoning a filled in each narrow groove 8 is scraped out as the roll 5 rotates. In this case, since the narrow grooves 8 are formed in the circumferential direction of the roll 5, the roll 5 can rotate smoothly without any trouble while the tip of the scraping member 10 is fitted into the narrow grooves 8. 11 is a sieve and roll 5
It is located directly below. One end 11 of sieve 11
a is slidably mounted on the frame 12, and the other end 11b is supported by the drive rod 13. The drive rod 13 is an L-shaped plate, and its bent portion is pivotally supported on the frame 40 by a pin 14, and its lower surface is in contact with an eccentric cam 15, so that the drive rod 13 is rotated by a motor (not shown) of the cam 15. At the same time, the drive plate 13 reciprocates around the pin 14, and the sieve 11 also reciprocates in the left-right direction, and the seasoning a that has fallen from the roll 5 is further transferred downward to the dried seaweed 2 that is being conveyed. It looks like it's sprinkled on top.

20 is a scraping device for scraping the seasoning a into the narrow groove 8, which includes a long rod-shaped fixed frame 21 provided above the tank 3 along the length direction of the tank 3; It consists of a plurality of scraping rods 23 as scraping members whose upper ends are rotatably attached to the pin 22 at the upper end thereof. Each scraping rod 23 is connected to the upper opening 3 of the tank 3.
It enters tank 3 from a, and each scraping rod 2
A scraper body 24 consisting of a brush is attached to the lower end of each of the brushes 3. Each scraping body 24 is
It enters the opening 4 and lightly contacts the outer peripheral surface of the roll 5. Reference numeral 25 denotes a drive rod to which a substantially central portion of each scraping rod 23 is pivoted by a pin 26. The left end of the drive rod 25 is a free end, but the right end has a pin 2.
7 is implanted, and a bifurcated engagement plate 28 engages with the pin 27. Reference numeral 36 denotes a spring, one end of which is attached to the fixed frame 37 and the other end to the drive rod 25, and constantly biases the drive rod 25 to the left in FIG. Engagement plate 28
is pivotally attached to the fixed frame 38 with a pin 39, and the upper end of the connecting rod 29 is pivotally attached to the bent portion 28a, and the lower end of the connecting rod 29 is attached to the rotating plate 3.
0 (see Figure 3).

The rear end of the rotary plate 30 is pivotally supported by a frame 41 via a pin 31, and a roller 32 is rotatably pivoted slightly near the tip thereof. Reference numeral 33 is a ratchet wheel, and a large number of claw portions 33a are protruded at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the ratchet wheel 33.
It is in contact with the circumferential surface of 3. A driving sprocket 34 is coaxially attached to the rotating shaft 6 together with the roll 5 and ratchet wheel 33, and is driven and rotated by a motor (not shown) via a chain 35.

This device is configured as described above, and its operation will be explained next.

Driven by a motor (not shown), the roll 5 and ratchet wheel 33 rotate in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
The roll 32 is pushed up by the height of the claw portion 33a. At the same time, the rotating plate 30 connected to the roll 32 rotates slightly counterclockwise about the pin 31 (see the chain line in FIG. 3). When the rotating plate 30 rotates as described above, the connecting rod 29 is pushed upward, and the engaging plate 28 rotates about the pin 39 like a pendulum of a clock. Therefore, the drive rod 25 moves to the right in FIG.
2 in the counterclockwise direction (see the chain line in Figure 2). At this time, the tip of each scraping body 24 slides while lightly caressing the circumferential surface of the roll 5 in the axial direction, so that the seasoning a in the tank 3 is transferred to the scraping body 2.
4 to ensure that it is raked into the narrow groove 8. Further, when the roller 32 disengages from the claw portion 33a and descends to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. It is scraped into 8. That is, although it is difficult for the seasoning a, which is a fine powder, to enter the narrow grooves 8 tightly, by employing the above-mentioned scraping means, the seasoning a can be surely penetrated and filled into the narrow grooves 8. be able to. Makiakire body 2
4 reciprocatingly slides along the outer peripheral surface of the roll 5, clogging of the narrow grooves 8 is prevented, and the narrow grooves 8 are
It is also possible to prevent variations in the amount of seasoning a introduced into the container.

Now, the seasoning a that has been scraped into each narrow groove 8 is
As the roll 5 rotates, it rotates downward in the tank 3, but on the way, it is scraped out from the narrow groove 8 by a scraping member 10 that fits into the narrow groove 8.
It falls into sieve 11 (see Figure 4). That is, the seasoning a once scraped into the narrow groove 8 is
Although it is difficult to fall from the narrow groove 8 due to its adhesive force, by arranging the scraping member 10 in this manner, it is reliably scraped out from the narrow groove 8 and falls downward.

Seasoning a that fell into sieve 11 is
Due to the above-mentioned reciprocating vibration, the dry seaweed 2 being conveyed below is sprinkled. This sieve 11 is used to uniformly sprinkle the seasoning a onto the dried seaweed 2 while dispersing it. The dried seaweed 2 thus seasoned with the seasoning a is conveyed by the conveyor 1 to the next process.

By the way, the amount of sprinkled seasoning a is determined by the size and number of the narrow grooves 8 and the rotation speed of the roll 5, so when using the same roll 5,
By changing the rotation speed of the roll 5, a desired amount of seasoning a can be sprinkled on the dried seaweed 2. Therefore, by forming the narrow grooves 8 small and slowing down the rotation speed of the roll 5, A very small amount of seasoning a can be sprinkled uniformly and stably over the entire surface of dried seaweed 2 for a long time.

(Effects of the invention) As explained above, the narrow grooves 8 according to the invention are formed in the circumferential direction of the roll 5, so the roll 5 is in contact with the edge of the opening 4 of the tank 3. It can be rotated smoothly around the axis, and therefore the seasoning a filled in the narrow groove 8 in the tank 3 can be smoothly rotated and transferred below the opening 4. Further, the scraping member 10 whose tip part is fitted into the narrow groove 8 does not interfere with the rotation of the roll 5, and while the roll 5 is smoothly rotated, the powdered seasoning a that has entered the narrow groove 8 is removed. The scraping member 10 can be used to reliably scrape out and sprinkle dry seaweed uniformly, and with the device according to the present invention, even a very small amount of powdered seasoning a can be sprinkled uniformly over the entire surface of dried seaweed. can.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a front view, FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view, and FIG. 4 is a partial side view. 1... Conveyance path, 2... Dried seaweed, 3... Storage tank, 4
... Opening, 5... Roll, 8... Thin groove, 10... Scraping member, a... Powdered seasoning.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A storage tank for powdered seasoning is arranged above the transportation path for dried seaweed, and an opening is formed at the bottom of the storage tank, and a plurality of narrow grooves are formed below the opening along the circumferential direction. A roll is arranged so as to be rotatable about its axis with its outer peripheral surface in contact with the edge of the opening, and scraping members are arranged below the opening, and the tips of these scraping members A seasoning device for dried seaweed, characterized in that a portion of the seaweed is inserted into each of the narrow grooves.