JPS621912Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a seaweed manufacturing device for automatically turning raw seaweed into sheet-like dried seaweed.

This type of automatic seaweed manufacturing equipment has been provided for a long time, but without exception, conventional automatic seaweed manufacturing equipment uses a method of continuously processing seaweed one sheet at a time (individual processing method). . In other words, raw seaweed is adhered to a flat surface by a paper-making process on one screen for finishing one sheet of seaweed, then each screen with raw seaweed attached is held in a screen holder and dried, and then each of the dried seaweed is A method is used in which the seaweed is peeled off from each screen.

However, this type of conventional device has various drawbacks as described below.

The use of a large number of cages makes the overall structure of the device very complex.

Since the papermaking process is done for each screen, the thickness of the finished dried seaweed tends to vary.

The dried seaweed finished by this device is once piled up, and when it is fed to an automatic roasting seaweed machine or an automatic flavoring machine, an automatic feeder is used to take out the piled seaweed one by one. , the seaweed you try to remove gets stuck on the seaweed underneath, which often causes trouble.

In the drying process, due to space constraints in the drying room, each cage is transported in layers via a cage holder, and hot air is blown in parallel to the nori attached to each cage, so the drying time is very short. It is long and inefficient.

The present invention attempts to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional apparatus, and departs from the conventional idea of individual processing methods and uses a circulating endless belt formed by a cage, on which the seaweed is spread in a continuous band. The present invention aims to provide an automatic seaweed manufacturing device that employs a seaweed forming method.

More specifically, the automatic manufacturing device according to the present invention is configured such that an endless belt formed of a screen circulates between a papermaking section, a dewatering section, a drying section, and a washing section, and in the papermaking section, the belt is rotated. The raw seaweed in the raw seaweed mixed water is crimped and the raw seaweed is adhered to the belt in the form of a belt, the water is dehydrated from the raw seaweed in the dehydration section, and the raw seaweed adhered to the belt is removed in the drying section. In addition to drying the seaweed, the dried strip of seaweed is peeled off from the belt in the belt circulation end area of the drying section, and the belt from which the strip of seaweed has been peeled is washed in the washing section, and the dewatering section has a squeezing roller at least on the side to which the raw seaweed strip is attached, and the drying section includes a hot air supply duct for blowing hot air to the side of the belt to which the raw seaweed is attached, at least in the first half region of the belt circulation; It is characterized by having a hot air circulation device constituted by a hot air suction duct that passes through the raw seaweed and the belt and sucks it to the other side.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

First, the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 8 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this automatic seaweed manufacturing apparatus includes a cutting section A, a dewatering section B, a drying section C, a washing section D, and a dried seaweed removal section E. The endless belt 1 is configured to circulate in the order of the paper cutting section A, the dewatering section B, the drying section C, and the washing section D.

The belt 1 is formed of a screen, as shown in detail in FIG. In other words, two straws of the same length made of natural reed or plastic, etc.
A large number of straws are arranged evenly, and a metal rod 4 is interposed between every few straws, and the yarn 5 is knitted.
Both ends of each metal rod 4 are connected to each chain 3.

The belt 1 includes rollers 6, 7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8, 9, 1 provided at predetermined positions in each part of the device.
0, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, it circulates in the direction of arrow X (FIG. 1). Sprockets 71 as illustrated in FIG. 6 are provided at both ends of each of the rollers 6 to 15, and each chain 3 of the belt 1 meshes with these sprockets 71. Each of these chains 3
is adapted to be driven by a motor 75.

Next, each part of the device will be explained in detail.

Sampling section A Sampling section A is a section for separating the raw seaweed in the raw seaweed mixed water 20 using the belt 1 as a cage, and
The structure is as follows.

That is, the belt 1 is bent into a U-shape between the rollers 6 and 8 by means of sprockets 7' and 7'' which engage each chain 3 of the belt 1 from above at both ends of the rod 72. Tanks 16 and 16' are provided below the raw seaweed mixed water supply nozzle 19 for storing the raw seaweed mixed water 20 sprayed from the nozzle. , 8. As shown in the figure, each tank 16, 1
A U-shaped bottom wall 18 and side walls 17 along the upper surface of the U-shaped bent belt 1 are disposed between rollers 7 made up of a plurality of rollers 7a, 7b, and 7c. , 17'. Then, the rod 72 is connected to each side wall 17,1.
7', and the width between the side walls 17, 17' matches the width of the seaweed 23 to be manufactured. In addition, the bottom plate 18 is chipped at the front side in the belt circulation direction X, as clearly shown in FIG. are in contact with each other. That is, when the belt 1 moves in the circulating direction X, the belt 1 scrapes the raw seaweed in the raw seaweed mixed water 20 and forms a band-shaped raw seaweed 23 of a predetermined width on its upper surface.

A water tray 25 is provided below the U-shaped bent portion of the belt 1, and a trough 7 is provided for receiving water collected by the water tray 25 and discharging it to the outside.
There are 3. Further, each nozzle 19 is attached to a supply pipe 74, and the supply pipe 74
is connected to the raw seaweed mixer 21.

Dewatering Section B The dewatering section B is a section for dehydrating the raw seaweed 23 that has been cut onto the belt 1 in the paper cutting section A, and has the following structure.

A squeezing roller 70 is placed on the side of the belt 1 on which raw seaweed is attached.
However, a water suction duct 26 is provided on the opposite side, and the water suction duct 26 is connected to a gas-liquid separator 28 and a vacuum pump 29 via a pipe 27. The belt 1 and the band-shaped raw seaweed 23 attached to it pass between the squeeze roller 70 and the water absorption duct 26. At this time, the raw seaweed 23 is pressed by the squeeze roller 70, so that its structure becomes dense. Become. The dehydrated water is sucked into the duct 26 through a large number of small holes 26' in the water absorption duct 26 and led to the gas-liquid separator 28, where the water is removed. The water that scatters or flows down in this dewatering section B is received by the receiving tray 25.

Drying section C The drying section C is for drying the belt 1 itself and the seaweed 23 attached thereto, and has the following structure.

The housing 30 of the drying section C has three entrances 3
One of the entrances 30a is for the belt 1 from the dehydration section B to enter the housing 30, and the other entrance 30b is for the dried seaweed 23' dried in the housing 30 to be peeled off from the belt 1 and drawn out to the outside.
The numeral c is for guiding the belt 1 after the dried seaweed is peeled off to the washing section D.

Inside the housing 30 are the rollers 8, 9,
10, 11 and 12 are placed at strategic points to guide the belt 1 as it snakes inside the housing 30. Then, the hot air is sent to the housing 30.
A device is provided to circulate the water within the tank. That is, the belt 1 between the rollers 8 and 9 of the belt 1
Hot air supply duct 3
1, while a hot air suction duct 34 is provided on the opposite side of the belt, i.e. below and above the belt 1 between the rollers 9, 10;
A hot air supply duct 32 is provided between the belt between the belts and the belt between the rollers 10 and 11, and a hot air supply duct 33 is provided below the belt between the rollers 10 and 11.

The hot air supply duct 31 has a plurality of nozzles 31a formed from hot air injection slits on its lower surface, and the hot air supply duct 32 has a plurality of nozzles 32a and 32b formed from hot air injection slits on its upper and lower surfaces, respectively. In addition, hot air supply duct 3
3 has a plurality of nozzles 33a formed of hot air jetting slits on its upper surface.

The hot air supply duct 34 has hot air suction ports 34a and 34b on both its upper and lower surfaces.

The hot air suction duct 34 is connected to a suction tube 39 having a suction port 40 for sucking air inside the housing, and this suction tube 39 is connected to a suction port of a blower 37 . A discharge tube 41 is connected to the discharge port of the blower 37, and the discharge tube 41 is connected to a heating tube 42. Three branch tubes 45, 46, 47 are connected to the heating tube 42.
46 and 47 are the hot air supply ducts 31 and 3, respectively.
It is connected to 2,33. A smoke tube 43 is passed through the heating tube 42. A burner 44 is provided below the smoke tube 43, and combustion gas from the burner 44 is sent to the smoke tube 43. Therefore, by driving the blower 37 and burner 44,
Hot air will circulate from each supply duct in the direction of the suction duct 34.

By the way, in the first half region of the belt 1, that is, the region from the rollers 8 to 10, the nozzle 31a or 32a of the hot air supply duct 31 or 32
From the belt 1, hot air is strongly blown perpendicularly to the adhered seaweed 23 on the belt 1, and this hot air passes through the adhered seaweed 23 and the belt 1 and is sucked into the suction duct 34 through its suction port 34a or 34b. In this way, by allowing the hot air to pass through the seaweed 23, not only is the drying efficiency very high, but the raw seaweed adheres well to the belt 1, forming a dense structure.
In other words, it becomes durable. On the other hand, in the second half of the belt 1's circulation, the nozzles 3 of the upper and lower hot air supply ducts 32
Since the hot air is blown onto the belt 1 from 2b, the back side of the belt 1 itself is also well dried, compared to the first half of the cycle where the back side of the belt 1 was somewhat difficult to dry due to the flow direction of the hot air. do.

Dried seaweed 2 that has been sufficiently dried within the housing 30
3' is roller 1 located at the end area of the circulating belt.
1, the belt 1 is sent from the outlet 30b in the direction of the dried seaweed take-out section E, while the belt 1 is sent in a different direction from the dried seaweed 23' and passes through the rollers 11 and 12 to the outlet 30c.
from there to the direction of cleaning section D. In addition, in the figure, 35
48 is a receiving rail for each chain 3, 3 of the belt 1.

Dried seaweed removal section E The dry seaweed removal section E collects dried seaweed 23' that has been peeled off from the belt 1 at the roller 11 of the drying section C.
2 from the housing 30,
A winding shaft 50 for simultaneously winding up strips of dried seaweed 23', 23' is rotatably supported on a bearing 52, and the winding shaft 50 is rotated by a drive motor 53.

Washing Section D Washing section D is a section for washing the belt with water after peeling off the dried seaweed 23'.
A shower pipe 54 is disposed above the belt 1 between 4 and 15, while a water tray 55 and a trough 51 are provided below the belt to receive the cleaning portion collected in the water tray 55 and drain it to the outside. Become.

Above, the structure of each part of this device according to one embodiment has been explained along with the operation. According to this device, two strips of dried seaweed are continuously pulled from the winding shaft 50 of the take-out section E.
You can wind it up. Seaweed continuously rolled up in this way is very convenient for use in automatic sushi making machines that have recently been widely used in the sushi industry. In this automatic sushi making device, it is necessary that the seaweed is continuous without being separated one by one. Therefore, in the current situation where there is no seaweed in the form of a continuous band, a very time-consuming method is used in which many sheets of seaweed are pasted together to form a band. Moreover, this continuously rolled seaweed can be suitably used not only for the above-mentioned automatic sushi roll machine but also for automatic roasting seaweed machines and automatic seasoning machines.

In the above embodiment, if it is desired to change the width of the seaweed to be produced, a tank having a different distance between both side walls may be used. By changing the tank, the seaweed width can be changed very easily.

Next, a modified example of the dried seaweed removal section E of this device will be explained based on FIGS. 9 and 10.

In the above embodiment, the dry seaweed 23' is continuously wound around the winding shaft 50, but in this modification,
Dried seaweed 23' sent from drying section B is cut into predetermined lengths.

That is, a pair of upper and lower pull-out rollers 58 are provided outside the outlet 30b of the housing 30 to pull out the dried seaweed 23' out of the housing.
A cutter roller 57 having a cutter 57a for continuously cutting the seaweed 3' into a fixed size, a pair of rollers 56 and a rubber roller 56 that cooperates with the cutter roller 57, and a plurality of conveyance rollers that sequentially convey the cut seaweed 23''. 59, and a storage box 6 for storing each seaweed 23'' conveyed by the rollers 59 in layers in the vertical direction.
0 is set.

Each of the rollers 58, 57, 59 is driven by a drive motor 6.
1 allows them to rotate synchronously via a gear transmission mechanism (not shown).

Next, a modification of the paper cutting section A of this apparatus will be explained based on FIGS. 11 and 12.

In the embodiment, each tank 16 in the papermaking section A,
Although the tank 16' is made up of the side walls 17, 17' and the bottom wall 16, in this modification, each tank 16, 16' is made up of only the side walls 17, 17'. Therefore, since each tank 16, 16' does not have a bottom wall, the raw seaweed mixed water 2 supplied from above
0 are all received by the belt 1 itself, and the belt 1
It is extracted by According to this configuration, the raw seaweed strip 23
If you want to change the width of the side walls 17, 17'
This can be achieved extremely easily by simply sliding the rod along the rod 72.

As is clear from the detailed description of the embodiments above, the automatic seaweed manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is configured such that an endless belt formed of a screen circulates between the paper cutting section, the dewatering section, the drying section, and the washing section. Since the belt-shaped seaweed is continuously produced on the belt, the structure of the apparatus is very simple and the seaweed can be produced efficiently at high speed.

Furthermore, this device can produce continuous strips of seaweed suitable for devices such as automatic sushi making machines, automatic roasting seaweed machines, and automatic seasoning machines.

In addition, in this device, the belt serving as a cage continuously passes through the water mixed with raw seaweed in the cutting section to cut the seaweed, so there is no uneven cutting, and therefore the seaweed is uniform in thickness and texture. can be made.

In addition, this device uses a squeezing roller that continuously presses the belt-shaped raw seaweed attached to the belt in its dewatering section, so that the composition of the raw seaweed is formed into a dense and flat shape before drying. Therefore, after drying, it is possible to produce seaweed with a large structure. If the clinging seaweed on the belt swells before drying, the dried seaweed will also become weak and have low commercial value.

In addition, this device is equipped with a hot air circulation device that blows hot air onto the seaweed adhering surface at least in the first half of the belt circulation area in the drying section, and also allows the hot air to pass through the raw seaweed and the belt and suck it to the other side. The raw seaweed that has been sufficiently dehydrated in the drying process adheres well to the belt, and the structure of the raw seaweed is further made denser, making it possible to produce durable dried seaweed.

As described above, the present invention is an extremely useful invention that can achieve all of the intended objectives.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a plan view of an automatic seaweed production device, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a left side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. is a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial plan view of the belt 1, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged plan view showing the cutting section of the automatic seaweed production apparatus, FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG.
The figure is a plan view showing a modification of the dried seaweed removal section E of the automatic seaweed manufacturing apparatus, and FIG.
A line cross-sectional view, FIG. 11 is the cutting section A of the above-mentioned seaweed production apparatus.
FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along the line XII-XII of FIG. 11. A...Extraction section, B...Dehydration section, C...Drying section, D
... Washing section, E ... Dried seaweed removal section, 1 ... Belt, 2 ... Straw, 3 ... Chain, 4 ... Rod, 5 ... Thread, 6, 7, 7a, 7b, 7c,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15...
...Roller, 7', 7''...Sprocket, 16,1
6'...tank, 17, 17'...both side walls, 18...
...bottom wall, 18'...defective part, 19...nozzle, 2
0...Raw seaweed mixed water, 21...Blender, 23...
Band-shaped raw seaweed, 23'...Dried seaweed, 23''...Cut seaweed, 25...Water tray, 26...Water absorption duct, 26'...Small hole, 27...Pipe, 28...
Gas-liquid separator, 29... Vacuum pump, 30... Housing, 30a, 30b, 30c... Inlet/outlet, 3
1, 32, 33...Hot air supply duct, 31a, 3
1a', 32a, 32b, 33a...nozzle, 34
...Hot air suction duct, 34a, 34b...Hot air suction port, 35...Drive unit, 37...Blower, 39...
...Suction cylinder, 40...Suction cylinder, 41...Discharge cylinder, 4
2... Heating tube, 43... Smoke tube, 44... Burner,
45, 46, 47...branch pipe, 48...rail,
50... Winding shaft, 51... Trough, 52... Bearing, 53... Drive motor, 54... Shower pipe, 55... Water tray, 57... Cutter roller,
57a... cutter, 58... drawer roller, 59
... Conveyance roller, 60 ... Storage box, 70 ... Pressing roller, 71 ... Sprocket, 72 ... Rod, 73 ... Trough, 74 ... Supply pipe, 75
……motor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) An endless belt formed of a screen is configured to circulate between a paper cutting section, a dewatering section, a drying section, and a washing section, and in the paper cutting section, the belt is used to collect raw seaweed. The raw seaweed in the mixed water is crimped and the raw seaweed is attached to the belt in the form of a belt, the water is dehydrated from the raw seaweed in the belt in the dehydration section, and in the drying part,
The raw seaweed strip adhering to the belt is dried, the dried seaweed strip is peeled off from the belt in the belt rotation end area of the drying section, and the belt from which the strip of seaweed has been peeled is washed in the washing section. The dewatering section has a squeezing roller at least on the side to which the raw seaweed is attached, and the drying section has a squeezing roller at least in the first half region of the belt circulation, and the drying section has a squeezing roller that blows hot air onto the side of the belt where the raw seaweed is attached. An automatic seaweed production apparatus characterized by having a hot air circulation device comprising a supply duct and a hot air suction duct that causes the hot air to pass through the raw seaweed and a belt and is sucked to the other side. (2) In the paper cutting section, the belt is bent into a U-shape and circulated, and at least a side wall whose distance from each other can be adjusted is formed on the U-shaped bent part of the belt, and the raw seaweed above is The automatic laver according to claim 1 of the utility model registration claim, characterized in that a space is formed on the U-shaped bent part of the belt to temporarily store the raw seaweed supplied from the mixed liquid supply nozzle. Manufacturing equipment. (3) The automatic seaweed production according to claim 1 of the utility model registration claim, wherein the dewatering section has a duct for sucking moisture in the raw seaweed on the opposite side of the belt to the surface on which the belt-shaped raw seaweed is attached. Device.