JPS6322152A - Production of confectionery - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to automatically produce confectionery slabs from a confectionery material, by providing steam kneading, hot-compressing and roasting mechanisms for producing confectionery slab and make it possible to automatically produce sealed confectioneries, by additionally providing filling and joining mechanisms. CONSTITUTION:Mechanisms for inserting and releasing the upper and lower washers 4 and 5 are provided in a hole 3 of a mold form 2 and a steam kneading, hot-compressing and roasting mechanisms for producing confectionery slabs are provided between inserting and releasing mechanisms of the washers 4 and 5. A filling mechanism for filling a sealing material 21 in the produced confectionery slab 7 is installed and a joining mechanism for joining the separately produced confectionery slabs 7 is additionally provided. Thereby the aimed confectioneries which are the final products containing a sealed material, e.g. chocolate, etc., can be automatically produced from a confectionery material containing, e.g. rice, wheat barley, starch, etc.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is a method for automatically producing final products such as chocolate and confectionery encapsulating other encapsulating materials from confectionery materials containing rice, wheat, and other starches. It is related to the device.

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, cereals, and other starch-containing ingredients are used as confectionery ingredients to produce plate-shaped confectionery boards, and the final product is then encapsulated with encapsulating materials such as chocolate and cream. There was no equipment to manufacture it.

The reason for this is that such encapsulated sweets have never existed before, but even when looking at conventional rice crackers such as arare and rice crackers, there was no equipment that could produce them.

That is, the production of confectionery (for example, rice crackers) involves various steps such as steaming, soaking, drying, and hardening, but in the past, each step was mechanized and no consistent manufacturing equipment existed.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In this way, conventional manufacturing equipment not only requires a wide variety of equipment for each process, but also requires a large amount of capital investment.
The work was also complicated.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for automatically manufacturing encapsulated confectionery.

[Means for solving problems]

This invention provides upper and lower washers (
It has a mechanism for inserting and removing the washers (4) and (5).
), a confectionery board manufacturing mechanism for steaming, heating compression, and roasting is provided between the insertion mechanism and the withdrawal mechanism, and a filling mechanism is provided for filling the manufactured confectionery board (7) with the encapsulating material (21). Furthermore, it has a joining mechanism for joining a separately manufactured confectionery board (7).

[Effect]

Since this invention has a confectionery extraction mechanism for steaming, heating compression, and roasting, it is possible to automatically produce confectionery Fi (7) from confectionery materials, and furthermore, a filling mechanism and a joining mechanism automatically produce encapsulated confectionery. can be manufactured according to

Since the confectionery material is moved while being held between the upper and lower washers (4) and (5), it can be prevented from falling out or sticking to each mechanism during movement, making it possible to automate the apparatus.

〔Example〕 An embodiment of this invention will be described based on the drawings.

1 and 2, the confectionery manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention consists of X, 702 parallel lines, each line having a chain belt (1) between a pair of parallel driving wheels and a driven wheel. is attached.

The drive wheel is driven by the rotation of the motor through the speed reducer, and the chain belt (1) rotates slowly clockwise.

A large number of molds (2) are arranged between two chain belts (1).

The formwork (2) has 15 through holes (3) formed in the flat plate as shown in Fig. 4, and washers (4) ( 5) is inserted to sandwich the confectionery material (6) to produce a confectionery board (7).

The washers (4) and (5) are formed to have a slightly smaller diameter than the through-hole (3), and a gap (8) is formed between them and the through-hole (3) to allow steam generated during manufacturing to escape. There is.

In addition, below the moving formwork (2), there are washers (4,) (5), confectionery materials (6), and confectionery boards (7) from the through holes (3).
A bottom holding plate (10) is provided to prevent the drawer from falling. The installation location covers the entire confectionery mechanism except for the confectionery board manufacturing mechanism and the lower seat complete release mechanism I described below.

A series of confectionery mechanisms for manufacturing confectionery ingredients (6) to the final product are provided on the outbound path (above the chain belt) and in the return path (below the chain belt).

The confectionery mechanism is generally composed of a pre-processing mechanism, a confectionery board manufacturing mechanism, and an enclosing mechanism for enclosing the encapsulating material between upper and lower confectionery boards.

As shown in FIG. 2, these mechanisms are each composed of the following submechanisms along the progression of the chain belt (1).

Pretreatment mechanism A. Lower seat full insertion mechanism B Confectionery material input mechanism C top seat full insertion mechanism D Leveling mechanism Confectionery board manufacturing organization E Steaming mechanism F　Heat compression G Roasting mechanism Encapsulation mechanism H-top seat full release mechanism ■　Lower seat full release mechanism and filling mechanism J Encapsulated material cooling mechanism K Confectionery board transfer mechanism for upper lid L　Joining mechanism for upper and lower confectionery boards M Sweets removal mechanism Next, the sentence mechanism of ANM will be explained.

A: Insert the lower washer (4
).

The mechanism consists of a washer guide (11) as shown in Figure 5.
A plurality of lower washers (4) are stacked inside, and the top one is pushed up from below with an insertion rod (12). The same number of mechanisms are installed corresponding to the 15 through holes (3).

The lower washer (4) is supplied to the washer guide (11) by a washer circulation device (13) that connects this mechanism A and the lower washer complete removal mechanism I. This device uses a known parts feeder.

B. Confectionery material feeding mechanism A predetermined amount of confectionery material (6) is fed from the hopper (14) onto the lower washer (4) in the through hole (3). Confectionery materials 6)
As long as it contains starch, it can be applied to anything that contains starch, regardless of whether it is powder or granule.

C Upper seat full insertion mechanism Lower seat full insertion mechanism A retaining washer (5) is inserted into the through hole (3) using a mechanism similar to A, and a stopper or shutter (not shown) is used to prevent it from falling due to gravity.
has been established. Retaining washer (5) into washer guide (11)
is supplied by a washer circulation device that connects the main mechanism C and the lock washer release mechanism H.

D Confectionery ingredients (6) held between the upper and lower washers (4) and (5) of the leveling mechanism,
Level it to make it even in thickness. The purpose is to prevent molding defects of the confectionery board (7), and to prevent the retaining washer (5) from forming.
This is to facilitate processing by the confectionery board manufacturing mechanism in the next step by setting the plate in a predetermined posture (in this embodiment, the upper surface of the retaining washer (5) is flush with the upper surface of the mold (2)).

The mechanism is Biful Radar (15) ↑ Shindo 4 Fortress (
16) gives vibration to the lock washer (5). Incidentally, the vibrator (15) may be limited to a lath, a roller, or other means.

E. Steaming mechanism The induction heating method is used in which upper and lower heating plates (18) having heating devices (based on washer heating confectionery (17)) are brought into contact with the formwork (2).

The confectionery material (6) is placed in the upper and lower washers (4) (5) and the formwork (2).
) and steamed and kneaded.

The heating method is to directly heat the formwork (2) using a gas burner, etc.
It may also be something that heats.

F Heating and compression mechanism Multi-protrusion press plates (with the same number of protrusions as through-holes) (19) heated to a predetermined temperature are set up and down, the lower press plate (19) is fixed, and the upper press plate (19) is fixed. Press board (
19) up and down.

This compresses and expands the confectionery material (6).

Compression generates high-pressure steam to make the confectionery material (6) gelatinized by heating and steaming into a plate shape with a uniform thickness, and at the same time promotes expansion of the starch. Due to the high temperature and high pressure, the confectionery material (6) spreads in the mold and into the cup and foams, generating an expansion force inside. Then, when the compressive force is removed, it expands.

Since the confectionery material (6) is always held between the upper and lower washers (4) and (5), excessive expansion can be prevented and the confectionery material (6) can be formed into a constant shape.

Furthermore, when releasing the compressive force, if the press plate (19) is kept in contact with the washers (4) and (5) without completely removing it, expansion of the confectionery material (6) can be prevented and the confectionery material (6) can be kept very thin. This makes it possible to manufacture confectionery boards (7), and since the steam generated by heating and compression is released to the outside from the gap (8), excessive high temperature and pressure can be prevented, making it possible to manufacture thin confectionery boards (7). It makes it possible.

G. Roasting mechanism Heat plates (26) having 15 protrusions are installed above and below, and roasting is performed by bringing these into contact with the upper and lower washers (4) and (5).

This step completes the production of confectionery Mj, (7).

Remove the retaining washer (5) using the H upper washer release mechanism release device (20). The detachment device (20) is an electromagnet, vacuum suction or other means. The recovered retaining washer (5) is returned to the washer guide (11) as described above.

By the way, the mechanism of A-H is X, Y2 operating in parallel.
This is common to both lines, but the mechanisms that follow are different for both lines.

That is, the X line is a process for manufacturing the confectionery board (7) for the top lid, and the manufactured confectionery board (7) is transferred to the Y line, so mechanisms J, L, and M are not provided. The Y line is a process for producing the confectionery board (7) for the lower lid and enclosing the enclosing material, and has all the mechanisms of A to M.

Mechanism ■ has only the lower seat full release mechanism and does not have a filling mechanism.

The mechanism K for transferring the confectionery board (7) from the X line to the Y line will be described later.

■Lower washer detachment mechanism and filling mechanism The detachment of the lower washer (4) and the filling of the encapsulating material (21) such as chocolate or cream are performed simultaneously.

The former has a mechanism similar to the lock washer release machine H, and the collected lower washer (4) is returned to the washer guide (11).

The latter injects the encapsulating material (21) from the hopper (22) onto the confectionery Fj, (7).

J Encapsulating material cooling mechanism This is a mechanism provided only in the X line, and cools the enclosing material (21) with cold air. This is done by solidifying confectionery ingredients (6) that have been softened at high temperatures, and then forming the upper and lower confectionery boards (7).
This is to prevent it from protruding when joined.

K Transfer mechanism and L joining mechanism The confectionery board (7) manufactured on the X line is transferred by the transfer device (23)
It is pulled out from the first hole (3) and moved vertically (Figure 3 a), then horizontally to the X line (Figure 3 b)
On the way, the confectionery board (7) for the lower lid is moved by the roller (24).
) is applied with glue, water, or seasoning liquid (soy sauce, mirin, etc.) (Figure C). After reaching the X line, the confectionery board (7) waits for - time (d in the figure), and then descends to be covered and joined to the lower lid confectionery board (7).

M Confectionery removal mechanism The enclosed confectionery (25) is dropped and taken out by a jet of air.

The enclosed confectionery (25) produced in this way is as shown in Fig. 7, and includes a flat confectionery board (7) for the top lid;
A confectionery board for the lower lid with a concave cross section and a standing wall (26) on the outer periphery (
7) are joined (Fig. 6). It goes without saying that the confectionery board (7) for both the upper and lower sides may have a concave cross section.

Such a shape of the confectionery board (7) can be easily formed by changing the shape of the surfaces of the washers (4) and (5) that come into contact with the confectionery material (6).

〔Effect of the invention〕

This invention has a confectionery removal mechanism, a filling mechanism, and a joining mechanism, and since the confectionery board is produced by sandwiching it between upper and lower washers (4) and (5), the apparatus can be fully automated.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 7 are drawings showing one embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2 show a confectionery manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a plan view and FIG. 2 being a side view along the X line. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the confectionery mechanism. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the formwork. FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the lower washer insertion mechanism. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the upper and lower confectionery boards. FIG. 7 is a perspective view, cut away at the center, showing the enclosed confectionery. (2)...Formwork (3)...Through hole (4)...
Lower washer (5)... Upper washer (7)... Confectionery board (8
)... Gap (21)... Encapsulating material

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Insert the upper and lower washers (4) (5) into the through holes (3) of the formwork (2).
), and a confectionery board manufacturing mechanism for steaming, heating compression, and roasting is provided between the insertion mechanism and the removal mechanism of the washers (4) and (5), and the manufactured confectionery board (7) Encapsulation material (
21) A confectionery manufacturing apparatus characterized in that it has a filling mechanism for filling the confectionery board (7) and a joining mechanism for joining a separately manufactured confectionery board (7).