KR101683811B1 - Tortilla dough dividing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A tortilla dough dividing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a case having a bottom plate; A tray installed on the bottom plate so as to be horizontally movable between a protruding position protruding from the case so that the tortilla dough can be put on and a denting position where the dough enters into the case for transferring the tortilla dough into the case; A cutter installed in the case so as to be able to move up and down and having a blade at a lower surface thereof and dividing the tortilla dough placed on the tray at the immersion position with the blade into a plurality of pieces; And an actuator for raising and lowering the cutter. Therefore, the tortilla dough can be divided into several pieces quickly and easily with low cost by a simple structure.

Description

[0001] Tortilla dough dividing apparatus [0002]

The present invention relates to a tortilla dough dividing apparatus for dividing a flatly formed tortilla dough into a plurality of pieces, and more particularly to a tortilla dough dividing apparatus capable of effectively dividing a tortilla dough by a simple constitution .

Tortilla is a favorite food mainly in Mexico, Central America, the United States, Canada, etc., and generally refers to foodstuffs that are kneaded with flat grain powder such as corn flour or wheat flour and formed into flat and proper size and shape. These tortillas often have a variety of different ingredients on top of it or wrapped them, and they also split the dough into pieces and put other ingredients on top of the pieces to make them eat (sometimes called nachos).

On the other hand, when a tortilla dough is to be divided into several pieces in a field where a tortilla is manufactured, conventionally, a person manually divides the dough into pieces. Therefore, not only is the tortilla dividing operation difficult, but also the time required for the dividing operation is increased, which is inefficient.

The present invention has been conceived to solve such problems, and provides a tortilla dough dividing device capable of easily dividing a dough into a plurality of pieces by dividing the kneaded dough into a plurality of pieces in a sheet form. There is purpose in.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a tortilla dough dividing apparatus for dividing a sheet-shaped tortilla dough into several pieces: a case having a bottom plate; A tray installed on the bottom plate so as to be horizontally movable between a protruding position protruding from the case so that the tortilla dough can be put on and a denting position where the dough enters into the case for transferring the tortilla dough into the case; A cutter installed in the case so as to be able to move up and down and having a blade at a lower surface thereof and dividing the tortilla dough placed on the tray at the immersion position with the blade into a plurality of pieces; And an actuator for moving the cutter up and down.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a tortilla dough dividing device capable of effectively dividing the dough into several pieces at a low cost by a simple structure.

These and other effects will be readily apparent from the description of embodiments of the present invention.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a tortilla dough dividing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2A is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a view of the stopper portion shown in FIG. 1 viewed from the front side of the stopper.
FIGS. 3 and 4 are views for explaining a process in which the tray in FIG. 2 is immersed in the case.
5 is a view showing a state in which the cutter is lowered in Fig.
FIGS. 6 and 7 are views for explaining the process in which the tray, which has been immersed in the case, protrudes from the case.
FIG. 8 is a view showing a state in which the tray is again introduced into the case in the state shown in FIG. 7. FIG.
9 is a bottom view of the cutter shown in Fig.

Hereinafter, a tortilla dough dividing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a tortilla dough dividing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2b is a view of a stopper portion shown in FIG. 1 viewed from a front side of a stopper. 3 and 4 are views for explaining a process in which the tray in FIG. 2 is immersed in the case.

1 to 4, a tortilla dough dividing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is an apparatus for dividing a flatly formed tortilla dough T into several pieces, and includes a case 10, a tray 20, A cutter 30, and an actuator.

The case 10 has a bottom plate 11, and a lower front portion and a lower rear portion are opened.

The tray 20 is installed on the bottom plate 11 of the case 10 and has a position protruding from the case 10 as shown in FIG. (Hereinafter, this position is referred to as the " immersion position ") as shown in Fig. That is, it can be moved from the protruding position to the immersion position along the immersion direction A1 and from the immersion position to the protruding position along the protruding direction A2.

A guide rail 13 provided on the bottom plate 11 so as to extend in the moving directions A1 and A2 of the tray 20 and a guide rail A so-called LM guide is provided which is constituted by a guide block 23 which is coupled to the guide rail 13 so as to be movable along the guide rails 13 and whose upper end is fixed to the tray 20.

When the tray 20 is in the protruding position, the upper surface of the tray 20 is exposed to the outside, and the tortilla kneader T can be placed on the upper surface of the tray 20. At the front portion of the tray 20, there is provided a handle 27 which is gripped by the user when the tray 20 is to be moved between the protruding position and the immersion position. A plate-shaped eject plate 29 is provided on the rear side of the tray 20 for pushing the tortilla kneader T positioned on the bottom plate 11 of the case 10 toward the rear of the case 10 as described later have.

The cutter (30) is provided in the case (10). The lower surface 31 of the cutter 30 is provided with a blade 35 for cutting the tortilla kneader T and dividing the cutter 30 into several pieces. In the case of the present embodiment, the blade 35 is configured to divide 16 triangles, as shown in Fig. 9, in order to divide the tortilla into 16 triangular pieces. Reference numerals 39 and 60 in Fig. 9 are through-holes and eject pins, respectively, which will be described later.

The actuator is provided as a driving source for moving the cutter 30 up and down. In this embodiment, as the actuator, there is provided a linear motor 40 having a main body 41 and an output stage 42 which can reciprocate linearly with respect to the main body 41. The main body 41 of the linear motor 40 is fixed to the case 10 and the output end 42 of the linear motor 40 is fixed to the case 10, And is coupled to the cutter 30. Therefore, when the linear motor 40 is operated to raise / lower the output stage 42, the cutter 30 coupled to the output stage 42 is also moved up / down together with the output stage 42.

On the other hand, the cutter 30 is formed with through holes 39 that extend in the vertical direction (the direction in which the cutter 30 moves up and down) and penetrate the body of the cutter 30 in the vertical direction. The ejection pins 60 are inserted into the respective through holes 39. The upper end of each eject pin 60 is fixed to the case 10. The length of each eject pin 60 is set such that the lower end of each eject pin 60 protrudes from the lower surface 31 of the cutter 30 when the cutter 30 is in the raised position as shown in Fig. . 2, the projecting amount of the lower end of the eject pin 60 with respect to the lower face 31 of the cutter 30 in the raised position is set to be smaller than the lift stroke of the cutter 30. 5, when the lower end of the eject pin 60 is immersed in the through hole 39 and the lower surface of the cutter 30 is in the lowered position for dividing the tortilla kneader T, (Not shown). With this structure, the lower end of each eject pin 60 can be inserted into the through hole 39 while the cutter 30 descends from the position as shown in Fig. 2 to the position as shown in Fig. 5 And is projected with respect to the lower surface 31 of the cutter 30 while the cutter 30 ascends from the position as shown in Fig. 5 to the position as shown in Fig.

On the other hand, the bottom plate 11 of the case 10 is provided with a pair of support portions 15 which are erected so as to face each other in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the moving directions A1 and A2 of the tray 20.

A plate-like stopper 50 is coupled to the support portions 15. Specifically, pivot projections 51 protrude from both ends of the upper end of the stopper 50, and the pivot projections 51 are pivotally coupled to the respective support portions 15. Therefore, the stopper 50 is rotated with the horizontal imaginary line (a virtual line connecting the pair of pivot projections 51) orthogonal to the moving directions A1 and A2 of the tray 20 as the rotation center axis . The stopper 50 is disposed above the movement path of the tray 20.

On the other hand, when an external force is not applied to the stopper 50, the stopper 50 is downwardly biased by its own weight as shown in Figs. 1, 2A, and 2B (hereinafter, The position stretched by its own weight as described above will be referred to as "initial position"). The lower end of the stopper 50 is positioned on the movement trajectory of the tortilla kneader T as the tray 20 is moved when the stopper 50 is in the initial position as shown in Figs. 1, 2A and 2B . On the other hand, the support portion 15 is provided with a latching protrusion 18 (abutting against the surface on which the tortilla kneading T on the tray 20 is moved to the immersion position) of the stopper 50 in the initial position ).

The stopper 50 in the initial position is moved in the first direction R1 in the direction of being pushed by the tortilla kneader T on the tray 20 which is moved to the immersion position along the immersion direction A1 Is possible. However, even if a force is applied to the stopper 50 in the second direction R2 (see FIG. 6) opposite to the first direction R1 in a state where the stopper 50 is in the initial position, (50) can not be pivoted in the second direction (R2) because it is caught by the locking projection (18).

Hereinafter, an example of a process of dividing tortilla using the tortilla dividing device 1 having the above-described configuration will be described.

First, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2A, in a state in which the tray 20 is in a protruding position protruding from the case 10, the tortilla dough T to be divided is placed on the upper surface of the case 10 Leave. Then, the tray 20 is held in the grip 27 of the tray 20 and moved in the immersion direction A1. The tortilla dough T placed on the tray 20 contacts the front surface of the stopper 50 as shown in Fig. 3 while the tray 20 is being moved in the immersion direction A1, The stopper 50 is pivoted in the first direction R1 as shown by the imaginary line in Fig. 3 so that the tortilla dough T enters the case 10 together with the tray 20 . Therefore, the tray 20 can be immersed in the case 10 together with the tortilla kneader T as shown in FIG.

Thus, when the tray 20 enters the immersion position together with the tortilla kneader T, the linear motor 40 operates to lower the cutter 30 as shown in FIG. When the cutter 30 is lowered, the tortilla kneader T on the tray 20 transferred to the immersion position is divided into several pieces by being cut on the blade 35 of the lower surface 31 of the cutter 30. Thereafter, the linear motor 40 is operated again to raise the cutter 30 again as shown in Fig.

On the other hand, the lower end of the eject pins 60 protrudes from the lower surface 31 of the cutter 30 while the cutter 30 is lifted from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. Therefore, even if the split tortilla dough T is adhered to the lower surface 31 of the lowered cutter 30 or divided between the blades 35 for the division of the tortilla dough T, The ejector pins 60 protruded from the lower surface 31 of the cutter 30 are pressed against the lower surface of the cutter 30 or the edge of the cutter 30 The tortilla dough T that has risen together with the cutter 30 falls back onto the tray 20 again. Therefore, in the subsequent division of the tortilla dough T, the division of the tortilla dough T, due to the tortilla dough adhering to the underside of the cutter 30 or interposed between the blades 35 as described above, It can be prevented that it is not smoothly performed, and thus a clean and accurate division operation can be always performed.

When the cutter 30 is lifted as described above, the user grips the handle 27 to move the tray 20 in the protruding direction A2 to move to the protruding position as shown in FIG. 6, when the tray 20 is moved to the protruded position, the tortilla dough (split tortilla dough) on the tray 20 contacts the back surface of the stopper 50, ) In the projecting direction (A2). That is, a force is applied to rotate the stopper 50 in the second direction A2. 6, since the stopper 50 is not rotated in the second direction R2, the stopper 50 does not rotate in the second direction R2, . Therefore, the tortilla kneader T is blocked up by the stopper 50 staying in the initial position, and only the tray 20 is moved to the protruding position along the protruding direction A2. As a result, only the tray 20 protrudes from the case 10, and the tortilla dough T placed on the tray 20 is separated from the tray 20 and placed on the bottom plate 11 .

In this state, a new tortilla dough (T1) (see FIG. 8) is placed on the tray 20 again and the tray 20 is moved back along the direction of immersion A1 into the case 10 Push it. The new tortilla dough on the tray 20 is then fed into the tray 20 together with the tray 20 while pushing the stopper 50 in the first direction R1 as described above. In this way, in the course of the tray 20 being transferred into the case 10 together with the new tortilla dough T1, the tortilla dough (T), which has been separated from the bottom plate 11, As shown in Fig. 8, so as to be pushed by the ejection plate 29 of the tray 20 entering the tray 10 and to be loaded on a conveyor (not shown) And is discharged out of the case 10.

8, when the new tortilla dough T1 is fed into the case 10 while being placed on the tray 10, the cutter 30 is lowered by the operation of the linear motor 40 again, The new tortilla dough T is divided and the divided tortilla dough is discharged out of the case 10 through the same process as described above. Then, the process of dividing and transferring the new tortilla dough into the case is repeatedly repeated to divide the plurality of tortilla dough pieces into several pieces.

As described above, the tortilla dough dividing apparatus of the present embodiment can easily divide the tortilla dough into a simple configuration and effectively divide a large number of tortilla doughs in a short time.

Although not shown in the drawings for explaining the above-described embodiment, in order to more accurately control the rising position and the falling position of the cutter, a sensor for detecting the rising position and the falling position of the cutter, respectively, The control unit controls the operation of the linear motor to control the rising and falling positions of the cutter.

In the description of the present embodiment, it is exemplified that the tortilla dough is divided into 16 triangular pieces. However, the number of the divided pieces of tortilla and the shape of the divided pieces can be set in various forms.

The tortilla dough may be appropriately naturally dried or lightly baked to the extent that it is kneaded, molded, and then is not torn or crushed on a tray at the time of division.

Alternatively, the sheet-like tortilla dough may be transferred into the case one by one into the case and divided. Alternatively, a plurality of sheet-shaped tortilla dough may be stacked on a tray and transferred into a case, Needless to say, it can be divided into several pieces at once.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, and variations and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Can be implemented.

1 ... tortilla dough dividers
10 ... case 11 ... bottom plate
20 ... tray 29 ... eject plate
30 ... cutter 35 ... blade
40 ... linear motor (actuator) 50 ... stopper
60 ... Eject Pin T ... Tortilla Dough

Claims (4)

delete delete For separating a sheet-shaped tortilla dough into several pieces:
A case having a bottom plate;
A tray installed on the bottom plate so as to be horizontally movable between a protruding position protruding from the case so that the tortilla dough can be put on and a denting position where the dough enters into the case for transferring the tortilla dough into the case;
A cutter installed in the case so as to be able to move up and down and having a blade at a lower surface thereof and dividing the tortilla dough placed on the tray at the immersion position with the blade into a plurality of pieces;
An actuator for moving the cutter up and down; And
The upper end of the tray is rotatably coupled to the case and the lower end of the tray is pivoted to an initial position where the lower end of the tray is positioned on the movement trajectory of the tortilla dough according to the movement of the tray A plate-like stopper which is capable of pivoting in a first direction pushed by a tortilla dough on a tray which is moved to the immersion position when the punch is in the initial position, and pivotable in a second direction opposite thereto; And,
When the tray in which the tortilla dough is placed moves to the immersion position while the stopper is in the initial position, the stopper is pushed by the tortilla and rotated in the first direction so that the tortilla is allowed to enter the case with the tray And wherein when the tray in the immersion position moves to the protruding position, the stopper blocks the tortilla on the tray so as to drop the tortilla dough from the tray to the bottom plate. The method of claim 3,
Further comprising an eject plate provided on the tray so as to push the tortilla dough separated from the tray to the bottom plate by the stopper when the tray is moved to the immersion position of the tray, out of the case.

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