KR19990079239A - Food automatic popping device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a food automatic popping apparatus with simple driving control and greatly improved productivity. This popping device comprises a table 10; A center block 40 fixed to a predetermined height of the table and having a plurality of through holes 40a formed therein; An upper block (30) installed face to face at an upper position of the center block and installed to be liftable by a predetermined lifting means and having a plurality of first pressure sheets (30a) insertable in respective through holes; A lower block 50 installed face-to-face at a lower position of the center block, supported by the center block so as to be movable upward and downward, and having a plurality of second pressure sheets 50a insertable in respective through holes; Heating heater rods 30b and 50b for heating the upper block and the lower block; And supply means for supplying a popping raw material to a chamber formed by each through hole and each second pressure sheet. Such a device is capable of producing a cracker that maintains a predetermined shape while having a unique taste of the raw material by popping raw materials in the chamber, and has a structure in which the first and second pressure sheets are simultaneously operated by driving of the first cylinder. The structure to control this is simple. In addition, despite the continuous pamping operation, foreign substances such as popping powder remaining in the pressure sheet pressurizing the raw materials are cleaned, so that the quality of the manufactured crackers can be improved, and the thickness of the crackers is adjusted by adjusting the amount of raw materials provided. In addition to being adjustable, it is possible to adjust the thickness of the cracker produced by controlling the popping rise height of the first cylinder even during operation of the apparatus.

Description

Food automatic popping device

The present invention relates to an automatic food popping apparatus, and more particularly, to an automatic food popping apparatus for preparing a snack of a predetermined shape such as crackers by heating and instantaneously expanding a food such as cereals, dried fish or meat at a high temperature / high pressure. It is about.

As a general method for manufacturing crackers using grains such as rice and corn, the rice and corn are popped through a separate process, and then aggregated into a predetermined form using a binder such as honey and sugar. The process is involved.

Cracker through such a process is not only a taste of the grain inherent, but also requires a process for bonding the popped grain in a predetermined form is cumbersome to manufacture.

US Patent 4,328,741 discloses a cracker manufacturing apparatus for solving the above problems. This apparatus accommodates raw materials such as rice in a closed chamber consisting of upper and lower molds, compresses and heats them at high temperature / high pressure, and instantaneously expands the mold to mold to produce crackers.

The disclosed device is an upper mold which is liftable by a first cylinder and has a heater and a pressure sheet, a lower mold having a hole fixed to a predetermined position at a lower portion of the upper mold and into which the pressure sheet enters, and located at a lower portion of the lower mold. And a bottom plate which is lifted by the second cylinder and slides in the hole of the lower mold. The lower mold hole forms a chamber sealed by the pressure sheet and the bottom plate, and the bottom plate is attached with a heater for heating the bottom plate and the lower mold.

And a supply plate for supplying raw materials such as rice to the hole of the lower mold is provided. The feed plate is provided with a through hole through which the rice is fed from the hopper, and is transferred to the upper portion of the lower mold by the third cylinder so that the rice can be fed into the hole.

When the device is supplied with rice in a space consisting of a hole of the bottom mold and a bottom plate, the pressure sheet of the upper mold heated to a predetermined temperature is lowered and pressurized for a predetermined time, and then expanded and instantaneously expanded to produce crackers. .

However, such a device has the following problems.

First, by employing each cylinder to operate the upper mold, the lower mold and the supply plate, there is a problem in that the structure for controlling this is complicated and the cracker manufacturing cycle is long.

Second, after pressing the raw material at high temperature / high pressure and popping, there is a need for a separate manual work to remove foreign substances such as popped raw material powder remaining on the pressure sheet surface.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, and has the following object.

First, it is to provide an automatic food popping device capable of producing snacks such as crackers that maintain a predetermined form while having a unique taste of raw materials.

Second, to provide a food automatic popping apparatus whose structure is improved to simplify the drive control of the mold forming the popping space.

Third, the present invention provides an automatic food popping device capable of automatically cleaning foreign substances such as popping powder remaining on a pressure sheet pressurizing raw materials despite a continuous pamping operation.

Fourth, to provide an automatic food popping device that can adjust the thickness of the snack, such as crackers to be manufactured.

Thirdly, there is provided a food automatic popping apparatus that enables the production of a plurality of crackers in one popping operation.

1 is a schematic side view showing the present invention popping device,

2 is a perspective view showing a popping part of the present invention device;

3 is a perspective view showing a raw material supply portion of the apparatus of the present invention;

Figure 4a is an excerpt of the main portion of the raw material supply,

4B is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 4A;

5 is a schematic view showing a pressure sheet cleaning operation of the apparatus of the present invention;

Figures 6a-6g is an operation of the device of the present invention,

7 is a schematic hydraulic circuit diagram of the apparatus of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

4 ... motor 5 ... pump

10.Table 30.Top block

30a ... First pressure seat 40 ... Center block

40a ... through hole 50 ... lower block

50a ... 2nd pressure seat 60 ... 1st cylinder

70 ... hopper 80 ... main slider

81.Inlet 86.Scraper

90 ... Subslider 91 ... Eject

110.2nd cylinder

Food automatic popping device of the present invention to achieve the above object and the table;

A center block fixed to a predetermined height of the table and having a plurality of through holes formed therein;

An upper block provided face to face at an upper position of the center block, the upper block having a plurality of first pressure sheets inserted in and liftable by predetermined lifting means and inserted into the respective through holes;

A lower block provided face to face at the lower position of the center block, supported by the center block so as to be movable upward and downward, and having a plurality of second pressure sheets inserted into the respective through holes;

Heating means for heating the upper block and the lower block;

And supply means for supplying a popping raw material to the chamber formed by the respective through holes and the second pressure sheets.

The elevating means includes a first cylinder fixed to a bottom surface of the table, an elevating plate that is elevated according to the operation of the first cylinder, and a plurality of support bars that are fixed between the elevating plate and the upper block. Has

A plurality of springs supporting the lower block is provided between the lower block and the center block, and the plurality of posts are fixedly installed on the elevating plate to raise the lower block together when the elevating plate moves up and down.

On the other hand, the supply means includes a hopper accommodating and storing the raw material and the supply hole; A main slider which is slidably installed on the bottom surface of the hopper and has a plurality of inflow holes into which raw materials are introduced when coinciding with the supply holes, and wherein each inflow hole is reciprocated from the hopper to the through hole position of the center block. Wow; A sub slider which is slidably installed on a bottom of the main slider and has a plurality of discharge holes for supplying raw materials to the respective through holes when they coincide with the respective inlet holes at the through hole positions of the center block; And a second cylinder for reciprocating the main slider.

And further comprising a hollow cap member detachably coupled to the inlet hole, it is possible to adjust the amount of raw material supplied according to the size of the cap member.

In addition, by providing a scraper at the front end of the main slider, it is preferable to clean the remaining foreign substances by sliding the scraper at the front end of the pressure sheet when the main slider is retracted after supplying the raw materials.

According to the above aspect of the present invention, the popping apparatus of the present invention enables the formation of a chamber between the second pressure sheet and the center block by the operation of the first cylinder, and further provides a raw material supplied to the chamber by the first cylinder. 1,2 The pressure sheet is operated to thermally pressurize, thereby simplifying the operation control.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to Figure 1 showing a popping device 100 according to the present invention, the side plate members (not shown) such as the front plate 3 is installed on a plurality of frames (1) (2) to form an internal space, the upper end portion The table 10 is fixed.

The front plate 3 is opened and closed, and the hydraulic circuit elements for controlling the cylinders to be described later, such as an oil tank, a pump and a motor 4, are installed in the inner space.

1, 2, and 6, the table 10 is provided with an upper block 30, a center block 40, and a lower block 50 sequentially facing each other.

The center block 40 is fixed to the table 10 by posts 41 and 42, and a plurality of through holes 40a are formed in a predetermined pattern.

In the upper block 30 positioned above the center block 40, a plurality of first pressure sheets 30a that are respectively inserted into the through holes 40a are formed. The upper block 30 is movable up and down by the first cylinder 50 fixed to the bottom surface of the table 10. The lifting plate 61 is fixed to the first cylinder 50, and the lifting plate 61 and the upper block 30 are connected by a plurality of support bars 62, 63, 64. Each of the support bars 62, 63, 64 is installed through the edges of the center block 40 and the lower block 50. Of course, the lower block 50 is slidably installed on each of the support bars 62, 63, 64.

A plurality of second pressure sheets 50a that are inserted into the through holes 40a are formed in the lower block 50 installed below the center block 40.

Each of the upper and lower blocks 30 and 50 is provided with heating heater rods 30b and 50b at predetermined intervals, so that they can be heated to about 100 ° C. or more.

The lower block 50 is suspended by the spring 45 on the center block 40 and may be lifted by a plurality of posts 66 fixed to the lifting plate 61.

On the other hand, the supply means for supplying the popping raw material to the chamber 41 formed by the through holes 40a and the second pressure sheets 50a, see Figs. A hopper 70 formed with 71; Slidably installed on the bottom surface of the hopper 70, a plurality of inlet holes 81 are formed in which the raw material is introduced when coincided with the supply hole 71, each inlet hole 81 is centered from the hopper 70 A main slider 80 capable of reciprocating to a position of the through hole 40a of the block 40; It is slidably installed on the bottom of the main slider (80), and when it is matched with each inlet hole (81) at the position of the through hole (40a) of the center block 40 to supply raw materials to each through hole (40a) A sub slider 90 having a plurality of discharge holes 91 formed therein; And a second cylinder (110) for reciprocating the main slider (80).

The main slider 80 is slidably supported by the guide bracket 75 fixed on the table 10 as shown in FIG.

The sub slider 90 is guided and slides to brackets 92 and 93 fixed to the bottom edge of the main slider 80. A stopper 94 is formed at the rear end of the sub slider 90 so as to contact the edge of the center block 40 as shown in FIG. 6B, and the discharge hole 91 stops at the center block 40. Coincides with the through hole 40a. In this case, the main slider 80 is further moved by the second cylinder 110 so that the inlet hole 81 and the outlet hole 91 coincide with each other. Here, the spring 83 is supported by the stopper 82 formed on the bottom surface of the main slider 80, and after supplying the raw material to the center block 40, the spring 83 is momentarily returned to close the lower end of the inflow hole 81. Reference numeral 111 is a spring that cushions the impact when the main slider 80 is retracted by the second cylinder 110.

Meanwhile, referring to FIGS. 4A and 4B, a hollow cap member 85 is coupled to each of the inflow holes 81 of the main slider 80, so that the raw material supplied according to the size (thickness) of the cap member 85 is provided. You can adjust the amount. In this case, it is possible to adjust the thickness of the cracker produced according to the amount of raw materials to be adjusted.

5, the scraper 86 is installed at the tip of the main slider 80 so that the main slider 80 retracts after supplying the raw material to the center block 40. The foreign matter remaining at the tip of the pressure sheet 30a is cleaned.

The operation of manufacturing a cracker with an automatic food popping device having the above configuration is as follows.

As raw materials that can be applied to the apparatus of the present invention, grains, dried fish and meat may be applied. Cereals may be properly dried rice, brown rice, barley, wheat, corn, glutinous rice, etc., dried fish may be dried anchovy, dried shrimp, dried squid, and the like. And meat can be applied beef beef, pork jerky.

In the initial state shown in FIG. 6A, when the main slider 80 and the sub slider 90 move together to the right while the second cylinder 110 is operated, the inlet hole 81 is sequentially formed from the hopper 70. Raw materials will be supplied. At this time, the raw materials are not separated by the sub slider 90. When the main cylinder 80 and the sub slider 90 enter the upper surface of the center block 40 together as shown in FIG. 6B by the continuous operation of the second cylinder 110, the sub slider 90 stops. By 94 the center block 40 is stopped and the main slider 80 is moved a little further by the operation of the second cylinder 110. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6C, the inlet hole 81, the outlet hole 91, and the through hole 40a coincide with each other, and the chamber 41 includes a second pressure sheet 50a and a through hole 40a. ) Will be supplied.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 6D, the main slider 80 and the sub slider 90 are retracted by the reverse operation of the second cylinder 110, and at the same time, the upper block (B) is operated by the operation of the first cylinder 60. 30) is lowered. At this time, the first pressure sheet 30a enters the through hole 40a of the center block 40 and heat-presses the raw material for a predetermined time.

After the thermal pressurization for a predetermined time, the first pressure sheet 30a is slightly raised by the first cylinder 60 to expand the raw material. At this time, the thickness of the expanded raw material can be adjusted by controlling the instantaneous rising height of the first pressure sheet (30a).

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6E, the upper mold 30 and the lower mold 50 are raised together by the operation of the first cylinder 60, and the second pressure sheet 50a is popped from the chamber 41. To the upper surface of the center block (40). Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 6G, the main slider 80 and the sub-slider 90 enter the operation of the second cylinder 110 to slide the cracker into a box (not shown), and at the same time, as described above. The cracker is manufactured while performing an iterative operation such as supplying a.

In the leisure, popped crackers can be maintained in a predetermined form due to moisture and fat contained in raw materials.

On the other hand, referring to Figure 7, which shows a hydraulic circuit diagram for driving the above device, the hydraulic pressure generated by the driving of the pump 5 from the hydraulic oil tank 6 to each of the first and second cylinders 60, 110 It is selectively supplied via the direction control valves (7) (8). The thickness of the cracker manufactured may be controlled by controlling the first cylinder 60 by the third cylinder 20 to adjust the rising stroke during popping.

In the above apparatus, it is preferable to attach a flaw material to the side plates, such as the front plate 3, to greatly reduce the driving noise of the motor 4 and the pump 5.

The present invention popping device as described above has the following advantages.

First, since the popping of the raw material is made in the chamber, it is possible to manufacture a cracker that maintains a predetermined shape while having a unique taste of the raw material.

Second, since the first and second pressure sheets have a structure in which the first and second pressure sheets are simultaneously operated by the driving of the first cylinder, the structure for controlling the first and second pressure sheets is simple, and thus the manufacturing process is greatly shortened.

Third, the scraper cleans foreign substances such as popping powder remaining in the pressure sheet pressurizing the raw materials despite the continuous pamping operation, thereby improving the quality of the manufactured cracker.

Fourth, not only the thickness of the cracker can be adjusted by adjusting the amount of raw material provided, but also the thickness of the cracker manufactured by controlling the popping rise height of the first cylinder can be adjusted even while the apparatus is being driven.

Fifth, since a plurality of crackers can be manufactured by one popping operation, productivity is improved.

Claims (7)

Table; A center block fixed to a predetermined height of the table and having a plurality of through holes formed therein; An upper block provided face to face at an upper position of the center block, the upper block having a plurality of first pressure sheets inserted in and liftable by predetermined lifting means and inserted into the respective through holes; A lower block provided face to face at the lower position of the center block, supported by the center block so as to be movable upward and downward, and having a plurality of second pressure sheets inserted into the respective through holes; Heating means for heating the upper block and the lower block; And a supply means for supplying a popping raw material to a chamber formed by each of the through holes and each of the second pressure sheets. According to claim 1, The elevating means is a first cylinder fixed to the bottom surface of the table, the elevating plate to be elevated in accordance with the operation of the first cylinder, a plurality of supports fixed between the elevating plate and the upper block Automatic food popping device characterized in that the bar is provided. The method of claim 2, wherein a plurality of springs are provided between the lower block and the center block to support the lower block, and fixed to the elevating plate and provided with a plurality of posts for raising the lower block together when moving up and down. Food automatic popping device. 4. The supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the supply means comprises: a hopper accommodating and storing raw materials and having a supply hole; A main slider which is slidably installed on the bottom surface of the hopper and has a plurality of inflow holes into which raw materials are introduced when coinciding with the supply holes, and wherein each inflow hole is reciprocated from the hopper to the through hole position of the center block. Wow; A sub slider which is slidably installed on a bottom of the main slider and has a plurality of discharge holes for supplying raw materials to the respective through holes when they coincide with the respective inlet holes at the through hole positions of the center block; Automatic popping device comprising a; a second cylinder for reciprocating the main slider. 5. The automatic food popping apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a hollow cap member detachably coupled to the inflow hole, so that the amount of raw material supplied can be adjusted according to the size of the cap member. 5. The food product according to claim 4, wherein a scraper is provided at the tip of the main slider to clean the remaining foreign substances by sliding the scraper at the tip of the pressure sheet when the main slider is retracted after supplying raw materials. Automatic popping device. 3. The automatic food popping apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a third cylinder for controlling hydraulic pressure supplied / released to the second cylinder.