JPS62294050A - Apparatus for automatic dishing of cooked rice - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the titled dishing apparatus having improved dishing efficiency of cooked rice and acting to meter the cooked rice to the volume capacity of a lunch box while moderately loosening the rice and filling the rice in the lunch box. CONSTITUTION:A number of lunch boxes L.B (L1XW1XD in size) are arranged on a lunch box transfer path and intermittently transferred to a cooked rice dishing position P by a transfer mechanism 10. Cooked rice is supplied on to a belt conveyor 30 under moderate loosening with hopper rotors 23, 24 and dropped into a casing 36. The rice is formed to a size of L1XW1 with a guide forming means, corrected to the dishing thickness with shutter mechanisms 41, 42 and put into the lunch box L.B.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] 3. Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Industrial Field of Application This invention provides a method for automatically and continuously serving cooked food in fixed amounts in pre-prepared lunch boxes. This invention relates to an automatic serving machine for cooked rice food.

(can) Conventional technology and its problems Cooked rice food is made to have the shape of each grain as much as possible, despite the fact that each grain is soft and has the property of being extremely sticky. It had to be handled without deforming it, which was considered extremely difficult, and generally left to hand-shaping work. However, boxed lunch businesses or food service businesses must arrange cooked food in large quantities in lunch boxes in a short period of time, and mechanization for this purpose is desired. Conventionally, this type of rice-cooked food serving machine has been developed and provided to some extent, but due to the above-mentioned problems in handling rice-cooked food, it has not yet been provided as an effective and efficient automatic serving machine. It wasn't.

CC) Technical Problems of the Present Invention Therefore, the present invention has been made in response to the above-mentioned demands.It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for transporting cooked rice food while loosening it appropriately without applying excessive external force to the cooked rice food. , and an automatic rice food serving machine which is designed to easily serve a fixed amount of rice in bento boxes brought to the serving position, and which improves the work efficiency of serving cooked food. It is about providing.

(d) Technical means of the present invention In achieving the above-mentioned object, the present invention specifically provides a preset capacity size (LlxW,
An automatic rice food serving machine for preparing a lunch box of x ] a body frame having a bento box ejecting section on the other end thereof; and a plurality of rows of bento box transport paths extending from the bento box supply section to the bento box discharging section on the top surface of the body frame. a bento box conveying mechanism that sets a cooked food serving position in the table, and conveys the bento box along the bento box conveying path while stopping intermittently for a number of layers at the cooked cooked food serving position; a cooked food supply mechanism provided above the serving position, the cooked food supply mechanism comprising a cooked food supply hopper having first and second hopper rotor mechanisms on the discharge port side;
A rice-cooked food conveyor belt, wherein a starting end portion is located overlapping the lower part of the discharge port of the rice-cooked food supply hopper, and a terminal end portion is located above the rice-food serving position via a rice-dropping space. a dropping casing forming a dropping passage into the cooked food dropping space at the end portion of the belt conveyor, and guiding the cooked rice fed into the casing toward a plurality of rows of conveying paths in the lunch box conveying mechanism; A guide forming means for forming the cooked food into the capacity size L+XWr of the lunch box, and a guide forming means that alternately opens and closes along two horizontal planes perpendicular to the dropping passage in the dropping casing, This is an automatic food serving machine for rice-cooked foods, which is equipped with first and second shutter mechanisms for forming a lunch box to have a serving thickness t relative to a depth size D.

(e) Examples of the present invention Hereinafter, regarding the automatic serving machine for rice-cooked food according to the present invention,
A detailed description will be given based on specific embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

The overall structure of the automatic rice serving machine of the present invention is shown in Fig. 1 as a side view, Fig. 2 as a plan view, and Fig. 3 as a side view.
The figure shows a front view. In this invention, bento boxes (L, B'
) consists of a box with the top completely open, the external size is LXWXH, and the capacity size is LIX Wr.
It is xD. On the other hand, the automatic serving machine fl) has a body frame (2). Said fuselage frame (2) consists of a fuselage frame (3) with height-adjustable legs (4). The body frame (2) includes a lunch box supply section (6) for supplying empty lunch boxes (L, B) at one end side C51, and a lunch box filled with cooked food at the other end side (7). It is equipped with a lunch box take-out part (8) for taking out the lunch box. The top surface (9) of the body frame (2) is formed into a table shape and is provided with a lunch box transport mechanism (10).

The lunch box transport mechanism (101 is the lunch box supply unit (6)
) is provided with a plurality of rows of lunch box transport paths (11) extending from the lunch box take-out section (8). The lunch box transport path αD is defined by a plurality of guide rails a3 formed on the table-shaped top surface (9) of the body frame (2). In the embodiment shown in the figure, five guide rails (12
1 form four rows of lunch box transport paths (111). The distance between the guide rails σ2 is designed according to the outer size W of the lunch box.

One end side j5) and the other end side (j5) of the fuselage frame (2)
7) Each chain boo! J-CI31. αJ
Chains α9 and α9 running on both sides of the body frame (2) are stretched between the chain pulleys α3) and (141). Between the chains α9 and α9 on both sides, A plurality of bento box support bars (IO are parallel to each other and are crossed.The lunch box support bars (1
The distance between 61 and 061 is generally the external size L of the lunch box.
The receiver is designed with dimensions suitable for insertion. On one of the chain pulleys αJ, a mechanism α■ has the above-mentioned configuration, and the chain bell!
-051 is intermittently driven to intermittently transport the plurality of lunch boxes (L, B) on the transport paths in the plural rows to the - row row.

A cooked food serving section (1!J) is provided between the lunch box supply section (6) and the lunch box take-out section (8). - Lunch boxes (L, B) that are intermittently conveyed in rows is intermittently brought to the serving position (P) in the cooked food serving section Q!J, and is accurately stopped at the position (P).The setting of the stopping position is determined by the power source l and the Geneva gear ( It is determined by the design of 17).A cooked food supply mechanism is provided for the cooked food serving part αS.The cooked food supply mechanism (■) is located on its discharge port side!213K first and second. It has a rice-cooked food supply hopper equipped with hopper rotors ■ and ■.

The first hopper rotor is constituted by a combination of a driving source and a pair of loosening roller members arranged parallel to each other, and the second hopper rotor is constituted by a driving source and a pair of loosening roller members arranged parallel to each other. It is constructed by a combination of a pair of arranged loosening roller members. The loosening roller member (2) has a rotating shaft mechanically connected to a drive source, and a large number of loosening rollers attached to extend in a radial direction at predetermined angular intervals around the rotating shaft (2). It is formed by a row of rods. The loosening roller members (1) are arranged in such a manner that one row of 11 loosening rods enters into the other row of loosening rods when rotated. The pair of loosening roller members are controlled by a drive source to rotate in directions facing each other. The pair of loosening roller members (1) and (2) in the first hopper rotor are designed to have different rotational speeds depending on the combination of gears and the like. On the other hand, the second hopper rotor has exactly the same configuration as the first hopper rotor, and is placed below the first hopper rotor in the same arrangement as the first hopper rotor. It is installed on. It is preferable that the rotational speed of the loosening roller member in the second hopper rotor is higher than the rotational speed of the loosening rotor member in the first hopper rotor. On the other hand, the outlet CI of the cooked food supply hopper ■! At the bottom of 11, there is provided a belt conveyor for transporting cooked rice that receives the cooked food discharged from the hopper and conveys it in the horizontal direction. The belt conveyor mark is a pair of belt conveyor drive rollers C11l, '321. The belt (1) is stretched between the rollers, and a power source is mechanically connected to one of the rollers. Bell) 0
The width of 331 is designed to be equal to or slightly wider than the entire width of the lunch box transport path till. A loosening roller member (26') having the same form as the loosening roller member (2) is attached to the top side of the belt conveyor (2) so as to be in contact with the bell (C) (31).

The loosening roller member (26') is a single member, is mechanically connected to a drive source of the belt conveyor, and is configured to rotate in relation to the drive of the belt conveyor. It has become.

A drop-in caning (2) forming a drop-in passage (4) is provided at the terminal end of the belt conveyor (ω). The drop-in passage (2) in the drop-in casing (2) has a rectangular cross section, and its long side is connected to the lunch box conveyance path (1).
11, or slightly longer, and its short side is approximately equal to the capacity size L of the lunch box. The drop passage 6) has a guide forming means arranged along the passage direction. The guide forming means includes the drop passage C3.
51 in the long side direction thereof, and the partition wall (2) partitions the drop passage into a space corresponding to the capacity size LI X WI K of the lunch box. A partition plate C39 is provided at the end of the belt conveyor field to distribute the cooked food in the width direction of the belt conveyor. The partition plate (3
A plurality of reeds 9 are provided and assembled so as to be movable in the width direction of the belt conveyor. Said partition plate C3! A portion of It extends into said drop-in casing ω. A level switch (4) is provided at an upper position inside the drop-in casing (2) to detect the amount of cooked food supplied. The supply is detected and the power source of the belt conveyor is stopped in response to the detection output signal tK.First and second are connected to the discharge port side of the dropping passage (■) in the dropping casing (■). Shutter @ Purchase (4111 (421) is installed. The first shutter device [(411 is composed of a pair of cylinders +43143, a pair of shutter pieces +44 connected to the pair of cylinders], [441] There is.

A pair of shutter pieces (4) connected to the pair of cylinders
4J, (441).The pair of shutter pieces (shields, (441) are movable in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the drop passageway (2) along the short side direction of the drop passage field. The second shack machine is formed with a pair of cylinders (a (45I), It consists of a pair of shutter pieces (4FA, f46) connected to this, and the pair of shutter pieces (461, (461) are parallel to the shutter pieces (441, (441) of the first shutter mechanism (41). It is configured to open and close in a horizontal plane.The horizontal distance between each shutter piece (4 mm, 4 mm) in the first and second 7-layer mechanism (41) example is such that the plated rice food has a thickness of t. The determining factor is the bento box (L, B) that is palm-faced.
) is set in advance in relation to the depth size D. The first and second shutter mechanisms (41)
, (For 421, a serving amount adjustment mechanism (4η) is provided to adjust the thickness t of rice-cooked food. The adjustment mechanism f47 consists of a well-known turnbuckle type jack, and the adjustment operation is Dial (Tsukuda is installed. Said 1st
The second shutter mechanisms (41) and (42) are alternately opened and closed at preset time intervals.

That is, when the first shutter mechanism (411) is closed, the cooked food is stored in the dropped casing by receiving the shutter piece (44).
), (Before opening 441, close the second shutter mechanism [42. Open the first shutter mechanism (41) and drop the cooked food onto the shutter pieces (461, (46). In this state, by closing the first shutter mechanism (4υ), the cooked food is separated by the shutter pieces [44] and (4J), and the cooked food with a serving thickness of E is formed between the shutter pieces [44] and (4). On the other hand, a lunch box collecting machine Ig f491 is connected to the terminal end side of the lunch box transporting machine @α0).The lunch box collecting machine PH (49i is a - The exemplary lunch box collecting machine IA (491 has a conveyor system (5)) between two rows of feed paths along the feeding direction, Connected perpendicularly to the transport path.

In this case, the plurality of lunch box conveyance paths are divided into two, one of which is connected to the first belt conveyor row via the bridge plate, and the other is connected to the second belt conveyor line via the bridge plate. Connect to the belt compare row.

The automatic serving machine of the present invention having the above configuration operates as follows. First, a large number of prepared lunch boxes are arranged on each lunch transport path, and are intermittently transported in a row toward the cooked food serving position (P) by driving the transport mechanism. On the other hand, the cooked rice food is put into the packet of the elevator mechanism. Due to the drive of the elevator mechanism, the packet 67) rises and falls inside the bucket l-071.
The cooked food is put into the hopper.

The first and second hopper rotors are fed onto the belt conveyor (2) while being loosened to an appropriate degree. The cooked rice food is dropped into the drop casing from the terminal end of the belt conveyor ω. In this case, the cooked rice food is first molded to a size of LIX Wl by the guide molding means, and then the first and second shutter mechanisms +4
11. By (rolling), the platter is formed into a size with a thickness of t,
The bento boxes are stored in groups of bento boxes (L, B) in the - row row at the cooked food serving position on the bento box conveyance path. The bento box filled with cooked food is sent to the next working section by a collection mechanism connected to the end of the conveyance path.

(f) The device of the present invention, which has a configuration that exceeds the effects of the present invention, is extremely effective as a device for automatically distributing cooked rice food in pre-prepared lunch boxes in fixed quantities. be. In other words, the automatic serving machine of the present invention can be used as a device for automatically processing cooked foods that are difficult to handle, while loosening the cooked foods appropriately without applying excessive external force, and weighing the cooked foods to the capacity size of the bento box to be prepared. It can be said that it acts as an extremely effective automated device when a large amount of food needs to be served in a short period of time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 shows a specific example of the automatic serving machine for rice-cooked food according to the present invention, and is a schematic side view showing its overall configuration, Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is its FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing details of the position where cooked food is served, and FIG. 5 is a side view of the shutter mechanism. (11-----1 automatic serving machine (2) -----1 machine frame + 6) -----1 lunch box supply section (81-----1 lunch box take-out section αO) -----1 Lunch box conveyance mechanism (111-----One bento box conveyance path ■----Rice-cooked food supply mechanism o, i--First and second hopper rotor ■----Cooked food supply hopper ■, (26') - Loosen roller member ■------ Belt conveyor for conveying cooked rice food (G) - 1111 Cooked food dropping passage ■------ Dropping casing position--- --Guide forming means (4Ql) -----Level switch +411.+Lo-first and second shutters (44
1, [4 mark-m-shutter piece (4η-1111 plated thickness adjustment mechanism f41D ----1 operation dial! 41----1 box collecting mechanism t511---- Belt conveyor sinutem Figure, state-m
- Hashiboard handle 1111 Reversing elevator mechanism nail 1 ----Packet (P) -1 Cooked food serving position (L, B) -1 Bento box

Claims (11)

[Claims] (1) Preset capacity size (L_1×W_
An automatic rice food serving machine for preparing a lunch box (1 x D) and serving a preset amount (L_1 x W_1 x t) of cooked food inside the lunch box, the machine comprising: one end side; a body frame including a lunch box supply section at one end thereof and a lunch box attachment section at the other end; and a plurality of rows of lunch boxes extending from the lunch box supply section toward the lunch box takeout section on the top surface of the body frame. A conveyance path is provided, a cooked food serving position is set in the lunch box conveyance path, and the lunch box is conveyed along the lunch box conveyance path while being sequentially and intermittently stopped at the cooked food serving position. a bento box transport mechanism, and a cooked food supply mechanism provided above the cooked rice serving position, the cooked rice food supply mechanism having a rice cooking mechanism provided with first and second hopper rotor mechanisms on the discharge port side. a food supply hopper;
a belt conveyor for conveying cooked food, the starting end of which is located overlapping the lower part of the discharge port of the cooked food supply hopper, and the end part of which is located above the cooked food serving position via the cooked food dropping space; a dropping casing forming a dropping passage into the cooked food dropping space at the end portion of the belt conveyor, and guiding the cooked rice fed into the casing toward a plurality of rows of conveying paths in the lunch box conveying mechanism; A guide forming means for forming the cooked food into the capacity size L_1×W_1 of the lunch box, and a guide forming means that alternately opens and closes along two horizontal planes perpendicular to the drop-in passage in the drop-in casing, An automatic food serving machine for rice-cooked food, characterized in that it is equipped with first and second shutter mechanisms for shaping a bento box to have a serving thickness t relative to a depth size D. (2) the lunch box transport mechanism is mechanically connected to one power source including an intermittent drive means, and the power source;
A pair of chain belts are stretched on both sides of the body frame, and a plurality of lunch box support bars are stretched between the pair of chain belts, and the lunch box support bars are used to transport lunch boxes in multiple rows. An automatic serving machine for rice-cooked food according to claim 1, characterized in that the lunch boxes on the road are conveyed in a row. (3) The first and second hopper rotor mechanisms provided in the cooked food supply hopper each consist of two sets of loosening roller members installed parallel to each other, and each hopper rotor mechanism is powered by an individual power source. are connected to
The automatic serving machine for rice-cooked food according to claim (1), characterized in that the machine is formed so that its rotational speed can be changed from one to the other. (4) The loosening roller member is formed by a rotating shaft mechanically connected to a power source and a group of multiple loosening rods attached to extend radially at predetermined angular intervals around the rotating shaft. An automatic serving machine for rice-cooked food according to claim (3), characterized in that: (5) Claim (1) characterized in that a loosening roller member is provided on the rice-cooked food conveying belt conveyor so as to intersect with the running direction of the belt conveyor.
An automatic serving machine for cooked food as described in 2. (6) The loosening roller member is formed by a rotating shaft mechanically connected to a power source and a group of multiple loosening rods attached to extend radially at predetermined angular intervals around the rotating shaft. An automatic serving machine for rice-cooked food according to claim (5), characterized in that: (7) The automatic serving machine according to claim (1), wherein a level switch member for detecting the supply amount of cooked rice food is provided in the drop-in casing. (8) Excessive supply of cooked food in the drop-in casing is detected by the level switch member, and the power source of the belt conveyor is controlled by the detection output signal. An automatic serving machine for cooked food as described in item (7). (9) A plurality of partition plates movable in the width direction of the belt conveyor are provided on the terminal end side of the belt conveyor in order to distribute the cooked rice food in the width direction of the belt conveyor. An automatic serving machine for cooked food as described in scope item (1). (10) The first and second shutter mechanisms each include a pair of shutter pieces that are movable forward and backward by separate cylinders, and the leading edges of the shutter pieces are positioned on the center crossing line of the drop passage. The automatic rice-cooked food serving machine according to claim 1, wherein the rice serving food serving machine is formed so as to be in contact with each other. (11) The automatic serving machine for rice-cooked food according to claim (1), characterized in that the distance between the planes between the first shutter mechanism and the second shutter mechanism is adjustable. .