JPS6211436Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a machine for damaging the outer skin of plum fruits used for confectionery.

Plum fruits that are served as confectionery, such as pickled green plums, are generally made by soaking the plums in sugar syrup, leaving them to absorb enough honey, and then serving them individually as confectionery. However, it takes a considerable number of days for the honey to permeate through the outer skin of the plum fruit, and during the period of soaking, the unique aroma of green plums is eluted, leaving the fruit with only the sweetness of honey with a weakened aroma. It was usually served as a plum.

For this reason, the applicant continued to conduct intensive research to create a sweet pickled product that retains sufficient aroma and sweetness by scratching the outer skin of the plum fruit to allow the honey to penetrate quickly. Plums that have been damaged by this process have the disadvantage that the pulp dissolves in the honey, causing the fruit to lose its shape and become unsightly. For this reason, we considered creating pores in the outer skin of plum fruit using a needle. Plum fruits damaged in this way allow the honey to permeate quickly, are fragrant, and produce ideal sweet pickles with a good shape, but it requires manual labor to make dozens of puncture holes in each plum fruit. It had the disadvantage that the work could not be completed with only one hand.

The present invention provides a machine for damaging the outer skin of plum fruit by automatically making puncture holes in the outer skin of plum fruit and efficiently producing sweet pickles of good quality.

The present invention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 shows a side view of the whole, and FIG. 2 shows a plan view thereof. In the figure, 1 indicates the machine frame, and this machine frame 1
A pair of forming rolls 2 and 2' are provided on the upper part of the roller. (In the figure, two sets are provided on the left and right sides of the machine frame 1.) These forming rolls 2, 2' have semicircular grooves 3 carved on their circumferential surfaces; The rolls face each other to form a circular shape, through which plums (described later) pass. As shown in FIG. 3, a nail 10 is planted into this groove 3 from the inside of the groove 3 so that its tip is exposed.
When planting the nails 10, it is better to use long nails and short nails separately for the sides and bottom of the groove 3, and to align the lengths of the nail tips exposed on the 3 sides of the groove. Plum fruits do not get caught when forming holes on the fruit, and the plum fruits can be smoothly supplied and discharged.

One of the pair of forming rolls 2, 2', 2', supports a sliding shaft 8 by a spring 7 and slides slightly back and forth. 9 is a gutter for supplying plum fruit A, and its discharge port is connected to the forming roll 2,
The plum fruit A falls from the gutter 9, passes through the groove 3 of the forming rolls 2 and 2', and is attached to the nail 1.
0 makes many holes in its outer shell and falls downward. A′ in the figure indicates a plum fruit with holes opened (scarred).

The forming rolls 2, 2' are driven by the operation of a motor M provided on the machine frame, which transmits power through a belt 4 and a gear 5, and rotates a roll shaft 6 and a sliding shaft 8 to drive the forming rolls.

To give an example of the arrangement of the grooves 3 of the forming rolls 2, 2' and the nails 10, the grooves 3 are carved in a semicircular shape with a radius of 18 mm, taking the average size of a typical plum, and the opposing grooves are When 3 are put together, it becomes a 36mm round shape.When large pieces of plum fruit pass through, one of the forming rolls 2' moves together with the sliding shaft 8 due to the action of spring 7 due to resistance, and the plum fruit is removed. allows the passage of In addition, since the nails 10 are arranged in five rows on the circumferential surface of the groove 3 and planted all around the circumference at equal intervals of about 7 mm, the plum fruit A only passes between the rolls. Approximately 30 to 50 scratches are made on the outer skin surface of plum fruit A.

Since the plum fruit hulling machine of the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, the plum fruit A is rotated by the rotating forming roll 2,
Many nails can be easily made by simply passing through the groove 3 of 2', and the molding efficiency is extremely high, and it is possible to form uniform scratches regardless of the size of the plum fruit, making it a popular choice in the manufacturing industry. It is very practical, and the depth of the wound on the outer skin of plum fruit is almost constant, and there are no irregularly shaped wounds other than puncture wounds, so when soaked in honey etc., the pulp does not dissolve, and plum fruit Prevents the shape from deforming,
Because it has many scratches, honey permeates through it in a short period of time, producing aromatic sweet ume pickles, which is an unprecedented and outstanding effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows an overall side view of the scarring machine of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a plan view thereof. FIG. 3 is a side view showing a partial cross section of the forming roll. 1... Machine frame, 2, 2'... Forming roll, 3...
Groove, 7...spring, 10...nail.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A pair of forming rolls 2 having semicircular grooves 3 carved on the circumferential surface thereof are driven by a motor M on a machine frame 1;
2', and nails 10 are provided in the grooves 3 of the forming rolls 2, 2'.
is planted from the inside so that its tip is exposed, one roll 2' of the pair of forming rolls 2, 2' is supported by a spring 7, and the forming rolls 2, 2' are supported by a spring 7.
This plum fruit hulling machine is characterized in that a gutter 9 is disposed above the joint of a semicircular groove 3 carved on the circumferential surface of the plum fruit 2', and the plum fruit A is introduced falling through the gutter 9.