WO2011155363A1

WO2011155363A1 - Apparatus and method for producing food product

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Publication number: WO2011155363A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/062449
Authority: WO
Inventors: 岡田　隆夫; 小野口　和良
Original assignee: レオン自動機株式会社
Priority date: 2010-06-07
Filing date: 2011-05-31
Publication date: 2011-12-15
Also published as: JP5595178B2; TW201208575A; JP2012016344A

Abstract

Provided is a food product production apparatus which has a simplified structure and overall is compact in comparison with a conventional food product production apparatus, and also provided is a food product production method which can improve efficiency. The food product production apparatus comprises: an extrusion apparatus which extrudes a food product material in the form of a plurality of bar-shaped food products; a cutting apparatus which includes shutters for cutting food products from the bar-shaped food products; a conveyance apparatus which has the food products mounted thereon and conveys the food products; and a control apparatus which controls drive for said apparatuses. The extrusion apparatus comprises a plurality of extrusion nozzles for extruding the bar-shaped food products and the extrusion nozzles are arranged in a staggered manner in the width direction of the conveyance apparatus, perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the conveyance apparatus. The shutters of the cutting apparatus are arranged under the extrusion nozzles in a staggered manner and correspond to the extrusion nozzles, respectively. The control apparatus can control the conveyance distance of the conveyance apparatus for each cutting action of the cutting apparatus.

Description

Food manufacturing apparatus and food manufacturing method

The present invention is a food for producing encapsulated foods such as filled cookies in which a shell material that is a food dough such as cookie dough is encapsulated and an encapsulating material such as chocolate cream, and laminated foods in which different types of food dough are laminated The present invention relates to a manufacturing apparatus and a food manufacturing method.

As a conventional food manufacturing apparatus, there is an extrusion molding apparatus provided with two gear pumps for supplying a first food material and a second food material. In the gear pump, a plurality of first gears mounted on the first shaft and a plurality of second gears mounted on the second shaft are engaged with each other, and the first gear and the second gear adjacent in the axial direction are engaged. A partition wall is disposed between them, and a plurality of gear chambers are formed. A cylindrical spacer slightly thicker than the partition wall is disposed between the axially adjacent gears on the inner periphery of the partition hole to prevent the gear from rubbing against the partition wall. .

Moreover, the said extrusion apparatus is arrange | positioned surrounding the center nozzle which extrudes the 1st foodstuff material supplied from the said 1st gear pump, and this center nozzle, and is supplied from the said 2nd gear pump. Annular nozzles for extruding the second food material are arranged in a staggered manner. And the rod-shaped food material | dough which the said 2nd food material extruded from the said annular nozzle adhered to the outer periphery of the said 1st food material extruded from the said center nozzle is extruded from the said extrusion apparatus, and it is on belt conveyor etc. It is placed and cut to a predetermined length.

Further, the gear pump is formed with outlets communicating with the plurality of gear chambers, respectively. And the 1st plate and 2nd plate which form the flow path of the foodstuff raw material connected to this outflow port, the said center nozzle, and the said annular nozzle are piled up and down, and are hold | maintained at the extrusion apparatus main body. (Patent Document 1).

In addition, in a conventional food manufacturing apparatus, a plurality of shutter pieces are arranged in an annular shape, and divided foods are separated from stick-shaped foods supplied to the openings by opening and closing (enlarging and reducing) the openings formed by the shutter pieces. There has been a cutting device that includes a plurality of shutters to be divided and in which the shutters are arranged in series or in a lattice shape (Patent Document 2, Patent Document 3, and Patent Document 4).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent No. 4344683 Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-52738 Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent No. 2754178 Patent Document 4: Japanese Patent No. 3786897

The above-mentioned patent document 1 is configured such that rod-like foods are ejected in a staggered manner, but the rod-like foods are continuously conveyed by being placed on a belt conveyor or the like, and a cutting device below the discharge port and above the conveying device. Therefore, it is not considered to arrange foods cut by the cutting device at a required interval on the conveying device. In addition, since Patent Documents 2 to 4 are provided with a plurality of shutters that divide food from stick-shaped foods, and the shutters are arranged in series or in a lattice shape, they are orthogonal to the transport direction or transport direction of the transport device. Since the food is cut at the interval between the shutters adjacent to each other along the width direction and is placed on the transfer device and transferred, the interval between the cut foods cannot be reduced. Therefore, there are problems such as an increase in the size of the entire device and a complicated configuration of the entire device.

The object of the present invention is to provide a food production apparatus that can be simplified in structure and compact as compared with the conventional apparatus, and to provide a food production method that can improve production efficiency.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
A food production apparatus comprising: an extrusion apparatus for extruding a food material into a plurality of stick-shaped foods; a cutting apparatus having a shutter for cutting food from the stick-shaped food; and a transport apparatus for placing and transporting the food In
The extrusion apparatus includes a plurality of extrusion nozzles for extruding the bar-shaped food, and the plurality of extrusion nozzles are arranged in a staggered manner along the width direction of the conveyance apparatus orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the conveyance apparatus, and the cutting apparatus Includes a staggered shutter corresponding to each of the extrusion nozzles at a position below the extrusion nozzle.
The food manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention further includes a control device that controls driving of each device, and the control device can control a transport distance of the transport device with respect to one cutting operation of the cutting device. In preparation. Furthermore, the said control apparatus is equipped with the control of the conveyance distance of the said conveying apparatus with respect to the cutting operation | movement of 1 time of the said cutting apparatus in the range which the said foodstuffs cut | disconnected sequentially do not mutually interfere. Further, the control device controls the transport distance of the transport device for one cutting operation of the cutting device to be the same as the shutter interval (P1, P3) along the transport direction of the transport device. ing.

Also, a food manufacturing method for extruding a food material into a plurality of stick-shaped foods with an extrusion device, cutting the food from the stick-shaped food with a shutter provided in a cutting device, and placing the food on a transport device and transporting the food In
Extruding the rod-shaped food in a zigzag form from a plurality of extrusion nozzles provided in the extrusion apparatus along the width direction of the conveyance apparatus orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the conveyance apparatus, and at the position below the extrusion nozzle There is provided a step of cutting the food from the stick-shaped food with a shutter arranged to correspond to each of the extrusion nozzles and sequentially transporting the food with the transport device.
Moreover, in the food manufacturing method according to the present invention, when the food sequentially cut by the cutting device is placed on the transport device, the step of transporting the food by the transport device so as not to interfere with each other. I have.
Further, when the food sequentially cut by the cutting device is placed on the transport device, the placement interval along the transport direction of the food is the interval at which the shutter is disposed along the transport direction. The process of conveying with the said conveying apparatus is provided similarly to (P1, P3).

According to the present invention, the plurality of extrusion nozzles of the extrusion device and the shutters of the cutting device are arranged in a staggered manner, for example, the plurality of extrusion nozzles and the shutter are arranged in the extrusion device and the cutting device. The length of the machine body in the longitudinal direction can be shortened compared to the case where it is disposed only on one row along the longitudinal direction (synonymous with the width direction of the transport device), and the extrusion nozzles and the shutters are disposed in a grid pattern. Compared to the case, the distance between two rows arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction can be reduced, so that the entire apparatus becomes compact. In addition, since there are no two cylinders each having the extrusion nozzle for each row, the configuration of the entire machine can be simplified.

In addition, since the foods to be cut sequentially from the rod-shaped food along the transport direction of the transport device are arranged in a staggered manner on the transport device, the interval between adjacent foods that are simultaneously cut can be narrowed compared to the conventional one. Can do. Further, the conveying distance of the conveying device with respect to one cutting operation of the cutting device is made equal to the distance between two rows along the longitudinal direction of the cutting device, so that the conveying direction in the cutting device The foods cut on the downstream row in the transport direction are arranged between the foods cut on the upstream row of the food, and the interval between the foods along the width direction of the transport device can be further reduced . Furthermore, by setting the transport distance of the transport device for one cutting operation of the cutting device within a range in which the foods arranged along the transport direction do not interfere with each other, the food products along the transport direction of the transport device The interval can be further reduced. Thus, since the space | interval between foodstuffs can be narrowed compared with the past, the number of arrangement | sequences per unit area with respect to a conveying apparatus can be increased, and production efficiency can be improved.

It is front explanatory drawing which showed roughly the foodstuff manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is upper surface explanatory drawing which showed roughly the foodstuff manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is front explanatory drawing which shows roughly the extrusion apparatus 3 with which the foodstuff manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention was equipped. It is explanatory drawing which shows roughly the principal part of the extrusion apparatus 3 with which the foodstuff manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention was equipped. It is plane explanatory drawing which shows schematically the superposition | polymerization nozzle apparatus 25 with which the extrusion apparatus 3 of the foodstuff manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention was equipped. It is explanatory drawing which shows roughly the cutting device 3 with which the foodstuff manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention was equipped. It is explanatory drawing which shows roughly operation | movement of the cutting device 3 and the conveying apparatus 15 with which the foodstuff manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention was equipped. It is the upper surface explanatory view and side surface explanatory drawing which show roughly the cutting device 14 of the foodstuff manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows roughly operation | movement of the cutting device 14 and the conveying apparatus 15 with which the foodstuff manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention was equipped.

Hereinafter, food manufacturing apparatus 1 concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention is explained using a drawing.
FIG. 1 is a front explanatory view schematically showing the food production apparatus 1.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory top view schematically showing the food production apparatus 1.
FIG. 3 is a front explanatory view schematically showing the extrusion apparatus 3 provided in the food production apparatus 1.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view schematically showing the main part of the extrusion device 3. (a) FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of the transfer roller part 28 and the pump part 39.
(B) is a sectional explanatory view of the pump section 39 at the position GG in FIG. (A), and (c) is a front explanatory view schematically showing the pump chamber 51.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory plan view schematically showing the polymerization nozzle device 25 provided in the extrusion device 3.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the cutting device 3 provided in the food production apparatus 1.
(A) The figure is a top view,
(B) The figure is a bottom view.
In the present embodiment, the first outer skin material 5 is a white cookie dough as the first food material, the second outer skin material 6 is the black cookie dough as the second food material, and the inner packaging material 7 is the third food material. Is described as an example of manufacturing the encapsulated food 9 in which the two-colored skin material is arranged in a striped pattern in the radial direction.

The food production apparatus 1 includes an extrusion device 3 that polymerizes and extrudes the

food materials

5, 6, and 7 into a rod-shaped food 11, a cutting device 13 that cuts the encapsulated food 9 from the rod-shaped food 11, and the encapsulated food. 9 is provided with a transport device 15 for transporting 9 in the transport direction R, and a control unit 16 for controlling the driving of each device. The extrusion device 3 is provided on the upper surface of the base 17. The extrusion device 3 includes a first supply device 21 that supplies the first outer skin material 5, a second supply device 22 that supplies the second outer skin material 6, and a third supply device 23 that supplies the inner packaging material 7. Further, a polymerization nozzle device 25 for polymerizing the

food materials

5, 6, and 7 supplied from the

supply devices

21, 22, and 23 and extruding the rod-shaped food 11 is provided. Further, the extrusion device 3 includes a plurality of rollers 19 in the body of the extrusion device 3, the roller 19 supports the extrusion device 3, and the extrusion device 3 supports the base 17 of the food device 1. It is fixed so that it can be pulled out.

The first supply device 21 and the second supply device 22 are provided symmetrically with respect to the machine body center C of the extrusion device 3 in FIG. Therefore, here, the configuration of the first supply device 21 will be described.
The said 1st supply apparatus 21 is equipped with the hopper 27 which accommodates the 1st skin | leather material 5 so that attachment or detachment is possible. The hopper 27 includes an upper opening 27 A for feeding the first outer skin material 5 and a lower opening 27 B for feeding the first outer skin material 5. Below the lower opening 27B, a transfer roller portion 28 and a pump portion 39 are further provided below.
The transfer roller portion 28 is provided with a first transfer roller 29 having a relatively small diameter and a second transfer roller 30 having a relatively large diameter so as to face each other in parallel. Further, the axial directions of the first transfer roller 29 and the second transfer roller 30 are provided in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction R (Y direction in FIG. 2).
Further, the axial center position of the second transfer roller 30 is arranged on the outer side (left side in FIG. 2) away from the axial center position of the first transfer roller 29 with respect to the machine body center C, and is disposed below.
That is, the two

transfer rollers

29 and 30 facing the transfer roller portion 28 are disposed at a position where the second transfer roller 30 is inclined downward and outward with respect to the first transfer roller 29 relatively above. Has been. Further, both shaft end portions of the rotation shaft 29A of the first transfer roller 29 and both shaft end portions of the rotation shaft 30A of the second transfer roller 30 are rotatable to the upper plate 33 and the lower plate 34 via the bearing member 31. It is pinched.
The upper plate 33 can swing upward with the upper position of the first transfer roller 29 as a fulcrum, and can be fixed at a swing-up position by a locking member 32 such as a plunger (see FIG. (Refer to the figure by the two-dot chain line in 3). As described above, the first transfer roller 29 and the second transfer roller 30 are detachably attached to the transfer roller portion 28 by swinging the upper plate 33 upward.

The first transfer roller 29 and the second transfer roller 30 are interlocked and connected to a drive motor M1 provided on the base 17 and a drive transmission mechanism such as a gear train (not shown), and are opposite to each other inwardly. It is provided to be freely rotatable. The first outer skin material 5 accommodated in the hopper 27 is transferred to the pump unit 39 by the rotation of the first transfer roller 29 and the second transfer roller 30. Further, the first transfer roller 29 is provided with a pushing plate 35.
The pushing plate 35 is for pushing between the first transfer roller 29 and the second transfer roller 30 facing each other by pressing the first outer skin material 5 accommodated in the hopper 27. The pushing plate 35 moves along a cam curve 37A of a cam plate 37 attached to the lower plate 34, and in the radial direction of the first transfer roller 29 as the first transfer roller 29 rotates. It is equipped to move freely.

The pump unit 39 supplies the first outer skin material 5 transferred from the transfer roller unit 28 to the superposition nozzle device 25, and employs a cycloid pump as a pump mechanism.
The pump unit 39 includes nine pairs of a left rotor 41 and a right rotor 42 that have three blades having the same shape and mesh with each other. The left rotor 41 and the right rotor 42 have a shape in which blades are twisted along the axial direction, and are twisted at the same angle in opposite directions.
The left rotor 41 has a cylindrical boss 41A protruding at one end, and a circular recess 41B that fits with the boss 41A of the adjacent left rotor 41 is formed at the other end. Has been. Furthermore, a substantially square through hole 41 C through which the rotation shaft 43 passes is provided at the center of the left rotor 41. Similarly to the left rotor 41, the right rotor 42 includes a boss portion 42A, a concave portion 42B, and a through hole 42C.

A pair of the left rotor 41 and the right rotor 42 is supported by the rotating shaft 43, and nine sets are arranged in parallel. Further, a partition 45 is disposed between each pair of rotors adjacent in the axial direction, and the

protrusions

41A and 42A of the

rotors

41 and 42 pass through the two through holes 45A of the partition 45, respectively. The

rotors

41 and 42 are fitted in the

recesses

41B and 42B.

Further, the pump unit 39 is provided with an upper casing 47 and a lower casing 49 for rotatably mounting nine sets of the

rotors

41 and 42, and inside the combined upper casing 47 and lower casing 49. Nine pump chambers 51 for accommodating a pair of the left rotor 41 and the right rotor 42, which are separated by the partition wall 45, are formed.
The upper casing 47 is provided with an upper communication hole 47A communicating with the transfer roller portion 28 and the pump chamber 51. Further, the lower casing 49 is provided with nine lower communication holes 49A communicating with the superposition nozzle device 25 and the respective pump chambers 51.

One end portion 43A of the rotating shaft 43 has a bearing member 53 that pivotally supports the

boss portions

41A and 42A and the

boss portions

41A and 42A of the left rotor 41 and the right rotor 42 disposed at the opposite ends. Are supported by the upper casing 47 and the lower casing 49.
The other end 43B of the rotating shaft 43 includes a step 43C that fits into the

recesses

41B and 42B of the left rotor 41 and the right rotor 42 disposed at the opposite ends, and a bearing member. 54 is supported by the upper casing 47 and the lower casing 49 through 54. Further, the left rotor 41 and the right rotor 42 facing each other are positioned at a position where the left rotor 41 is inclined downward and outward with respect to the upper right rotor 42 as in the case of the

transfer rollers

29 and 30. Is arranged.
The pair of rotating shafts 43 are interlocked with a driving motor M2 provided on the base 17 and a drive transmission mechanism such as a gear train (not shown), and are rotatably provided in opposite directions so as to rotate outwardly. It has been. The first outer skin material 5 transferred from the transfer roller portion 28 through the upper communication hole 47A is supplied to the superposition nozzle device 25 through the lower communication hole 49A by the rotation of the pair of rotary shafts 43. It is. The lower communication hole 49A is arranged so as to incline from the outside to the inside along the lower side from the upper side with respect to the machine body center C of the main body of the extrusion device 3.

The pump unit 39 is detachably attached to the main body of the extrusion device 3 by a fixing device 46 and a fixing device 48 provided on the main body of the extrusion device 3. The fixing device 46 and the fixing device 48 are configured to press and fix both ends of the lower casing 49 toward the transfer rotor portion 28 by using a lever mechanism to fix the fixed claw 46A and the fixed claw 48A provided so as to be swingable. It is. Then, the fixed claw 46A and the fixed claw 48A are loosened with respect to the pump portion 39, and the pump portion 39 is separated from the transfer rotor portion 28, whereby the entire pump portion 39 is moved in the longitudinal direction (the conveying direction). 2 in a direction perpendicular to R (the Y direction in FIG. 2).

The third supply device 23 is disposed between the first supply device 21 and the second supply device 22. The third supply device 23 is detachably provided with a hopper 55 that accommodates the inner packaging material 7.
The hopper 55 includes an upper opening 55 A through which the inner packaging material 7 is introduced and a lower opening 55 B through which the introduced inner packaging material 7 is sent out. A pump portion 57 is provided below the lower opening 55B.
The pump unit 57 supplies the inner packaging material 7 accommodated in the hopper 55 to the superposition nozzle device 25, and is configured in substantially the same manner as the pump unit 39.
In the pump unit 57, nine pairs of rotors including the left rotor 41 and the right rotor 42 are pivotally supported by two rotating shafts 59 arranged in parallel, and an axial direction (perpendicular to the transport direction R). A partition wall 45 is mounted between the rollers adjacent to each other in the direction of movement (Y direction in FIG. 2).
Further, the pump portion 57 is provided with an upper casing 61 and a lower casing 63, which are rotatably mounted with nine sets of rotors, so as to be detachable from the main body of the extrusion device 3.
A pump chamber for accommodating a pair of left rotor 41 and right rotor 42 separated by the partition wall 45 inside an upper casing 61 and a lower casing 63 which are fixedly assembled to the main body of the extrusion device 3 by a screw member 64. Nine 65 are formed.
The upper casing 61 is provided with an upper communication hole 61A that allows the hopper 55 and the pump chamber 65 to communicate with each other. The lower casing 63 is provided with lower communication holes 63 A communicating with the respective pump chambers 65.
Further, the pair of rotating shafts 59 are linked to a drive motor M3 provided on the base 17 and a drive transmission mechanism such as a gear train (not shown), and are rotatably provided in opposite directions so as to be outward. It has been.
A communication pipe 67 and a branch pipe 69 communicating the lower communication hole 63A and the polymerization nozzle device 25 are provided between the lower portion of the lower casing 63 and the upper portion of the polymerization nozzle device 25. The superposition nozzle device 25 is detachably provided.

The said superposition | polymerization nozzle apparatus 25 superposes | polymerizes each food material supplied from the said

supply apparatuses

21,22,23, and is an apparatus which extrudes the stick-shaped foodstuff 11. FIG. The polymerization nozzle device 25 is integrally provided with a polymerization nozzle portion 71 that pushes out the nine stick-shaped foods 11.
The superposition nozzle portion 71 includes an outer cylinder 73 that receives the first outer skin material 5, the second outer skin material 6, and the inner packaging material 7 supplied from the first supply device, the second supply device, and the third supply device. Further, an inner cylinder 75 is detachably provided therein.
The outer cylinder portion 73 communicates with a first communication hole 73A that communicates with a lower communication hole 49A of the pump portion 39 of the first supply device 21 and a lower communication hole 49A of the pump portion 39 of the second supply device 21. The second communication hole 73B is provided concentrically and horizontally. The inner cylinder 75 is provided with an introduction hole 75A communicating with the second communication hole 73B on the upper side surface thereof, and a columnar channel 75B communicating with the introduction hole 75A is directed downward at the center. Open.
An introduction guide 75C for guiding the first outer skin material 5 supplied from the first communication hole 73A downward is formed on the outer periphery of the inner cylinder 75. Below the introduction guide 75C, An annular flow path 73 D surrounded by the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder 73 and the outer periphery of the inner cylinder 75 is formed.

Further, a flange member 77 is attached to the lower surface of the outer cylinder 73, and an inner peripheral surface of the flange member 77 is provided so as to communicate with the annular flow path 73D. An annular outer nozzle member 79 having a discharge port 79A for discharging the stick-shaped food 11 is fixed to the lower surface of the flange member 77 by a nut member 81 so as to be detachable and replaceable.
An inner nozzle member 83 is fixed to a lower end of the inner cylinder 75 by a nut member 82 so as to be detachable and replaceable, and is concentrically provided so as to be surrounded by the outer nozzle member 79.
A supply pipe member 85 for supplying the inner packaging material 7 is screwed onto the upper surface of the inner cylinder 75 so as to be concentrically attached to the flow path 75B so as to be attachable / detachable. An upper portion of the supply pipe member 85 above the screwing portion is provided with a fitting portion that is detachably fitted to the branch member 69, and further below the screwing portion is the flow passage. The pipe part arrange | positioned concentrically at 75B is provided.

In the superposition nozzle device 25, nine superposition nozzle portions 71 are integrally provided via the outer cylinder 73, and nine extrusion nozzles are formed. Referring to FIG. 5, when the outer cylinder 73 is viewed from above, the superposition nozzle portion 71 is arranged on the A row along the longitudinal direction (the direction perpendicular to the transport direction R, the Y direction in FIG. 2). Arranged on row B.
The A row and the B row are provided in parallel with an interval P1, and the superposition nozzle portion 71 is alternately arranged on the A row, the B row, the A row,. Are arranged in five, and four in the B row. Further, the superposition nozzle portions 71 in each row are arranged over nine rows at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction at intervals P2, and the superposition nozzle portions 71 on the B row are adjacent on the A row. It arrange | positions in the middle of the said superposition | polymerization nozzle part 71 mutually. That is, the superposition nozzle portion 71 is arranged in a zigzag shape (zigzag shape) along the longitudinal direction of the outer cylinder 73.

In other words, the rows A and B along the longitudinal direction of the superposition nozzle device 25 are arranged in parallel in the short direction (the direction orthogonal to the long direction, the X direction in FIG. 2), and the short direction 1 to 9 rows are arranged at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction, on the intersection of each column and each row, on each odd row on the A column, and on each even row on the B column The superposition nozzle part 71 is arranged in the eye.

The adjacent superposition nozzles 71 arranged on the A row and the B are arranged with a gap D therebetween. In order to attach the outer nozzle member 79 and to attach and remove the outer nozzle member 79, the superposition nozzle portion 71 must have a necessary interval. When the portions 71 are arranged only on one row or arranged in a lattice shape, the required interval must be opened in the longitudinal direction and the short direction, and the entire apparatus is enlarged. .
For example, if the interval D is the required interval for convenience of explanation, the intervals P1 and P2 are shorter than the interval D, and the superposition nozzle portions 71 can be arranged in a compact manner.

Thus, by arranging the superposition nozzle parts 71 in a staggered manner, for example, the length of the machine body in the longitudinal direction can be shortened compared to the case where the superposition nozzle parts 71 are arranged on one row, and the superposition nozzle parts 71 are arranged in a lattice. Compared with the case of arranging in a line, the interval between the columns can be narrowed, so that the entire apparatus becomes compact. Further, since there are no two cylinders corresponding to the outer cylinder 73 for each row, the configuration of the entire machine can be simplified.

The said superposition | polymerization nozzle apparatus 25 is equipped with each

supply apparatus

21,22,23 so that an approach / separation is possible. The superposition nozzle device 25 is supported at both ends of the outer cylinder 73 by a fixing device 87 provided on the main body of the extrusion device 3. The fixing device 87 pushes up the superposition nozzle device 25 from below by using a lever mechanism with a fixed claw 87A provided so as to be swingable, and the inclined side surface 74 of the outer cylinder 73 is moved to the pump portion 39. The lower casing 49 is fixed in close contact with the inclined lower surface. Accordingly, the inclined lower communication hole 49A of the lower casing 49 of the first supply device 21 and the second supply device 22 communicates with the horizontal first communication hole 73A and the second communication hole 73B of the outer cylinder 73, respectively. It becomes.
Further, by loosening the fixing of the fixing device 87, the superposition nozzle device 25 is lowered so as to be separated from each of the

supply devices

21, 22, 23, and is pulled out from the main body of the extrusion device 3 in the longitudinal direction. It is possible.

Further, as described above, the branch pipe 69 is provided in the upper part of the superposition nozzle device 25 by fitting the supply pipe member 85. On the upper surface of the branch pipe 69, nine introduction ports 69A arranged along the longitudinal direction on the machine body center C and detachably fitted to the lower end of the communication pipe 67 are provided at equal intervals. Yes. Further, a communication passage 69B communicating with the introduction port 69A is provided in a horizontal lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the branch pipe 69. The communication passage 69B communicates with a discharge port 69C that is detachably fitted to the fitting portion of the supply pipe member 85. The discharge ports 69 C are arranged in a staggered manner like the superposition nozzle portion 71.
In other words, the branch pipe 69 supplies the inner packaging material 7 alternately on the A row, the B row, the A row, and so on.

The communication pipe 67 is fitted between the lower communication hole 63A provided in the lower casing 63 of the pump portion 57 and the introduction port 69 of the branch pipe 69 so as to be vertically movable.
The upper end of the communication pipe 67 is supported from the left and right by a fixing device 68 provided in the main body of the extrusion device 3. The fixing device 68 pushes the lotus tube 67 upward from below by swinging the fixing claw 68A provided so as to be swingable up and down using a lever mechanism, and fits into the lower communication hole 63A. These are fixed to the third supply device 23, or the lotus pipe 67 is pushed downward from above to be separated from the lower communication hole 63A and removed from the third supply device 23.

As is clear from the above description, the extrusion device 3 is provided so as to be able to be pulled out from the base 17 of the food production device 1. Further, the hopper 27, the first transfer roller 29, the second transfer roller 30, and the pump unit 39 of the first supply device 21 and the second supply device 22 can be removed by loosening each fixing device from the main body of the extrusion device 3. Moreover, the whole superposition | polymerization nozzle apparatus 25 and the 3rd supply apparatus 23 whole can also be removed by loosening each fixing device.
Therefore, a portion of the extrusion device 3 that touches the food material can be removed from the main body of the extrusion device 3, and the upper plate 33 and the lower plate 34 remaining in the main body of the extrusion device 3 are also the first transfer roller 29. And it becomes the structure which can be cleaned easily by removing the said 2nd transfer roller 30. FIG. In the conventional apparatus, cleaning was performed with each part attached to the extrusion apparatus main body, and it was difficult to clean the details because only a part of the structure was detachable. In the extrusion apparatus 3, since each structure can be cleaned, it is hygienic and can solve the conventional problems.

The cutting device 13 is for cutting the encapsulated food 9 from the rod-shaped food 11 extruded from the extrusion device 3. The cutting device 13 includes a shutter unit 91 and a drive unit 93. The driving unit 93 is provided in the base 17 below the shutter unit.
The drive unit 93 includes a pair of elevating

shafts

95A and 95B that support the shutter unit 91.

The shutter portion 91 includes nine shutters 99 each including six shutter pieces 97. The shutter 99 is provided with an opening 101 that can be opened and closed by arranging the shutter piece 97 in an annular shape and being surrounded by the shutter piece 97. The shutters 99 are arranged in a staggered manner on a shutter housing 105 attached to the base plate 103.
That is, the shutter 99 is arranged at a position corresponding to each of the superposition nozzle portions 71 of the superposition nozzle device 25. Accordingly, the cutting device 13 can be made compact as a whole as well as the superposition nozzle device 25 and can simplify the configuration of the whole device.

The opening / closing operation of the shutter 99 will be described. The shutter 99 has six shutter pieces 97 housed in a case portion 107 having a substantially hexagonal inner surface of the shutter housing 105. An oblong guide groove 97 A is formed on the lower surface of the shutter piece 97. Further, an annular rotating plate 109 is rotatably provided at the bottom of the case portion 107.
On the upper surface of the rotating plate 109, six driving roller members 111 are vertically suspended on the same circumference at equal intervals, and are movably engaged with the guide groove 97A of the shutter piece 97. . Therefore, when the rotary plate 109 reciprocates, the shutter piece 97 reciprocates along the inner surface of the case portion 107 to open / close (enlarge / reduce) the opening 101. In addition, a roller member 113 is suspended from the lower surface of the rotating plate 109 so as to be rotatable.

On the lower surface of the base plate 103, there are provided a coupling portion 115A and a coupling portion 115B that are coupled to a lifting shaft 95A and a lifting shaft 95B provided in the driving unit 93 by a coupling tool such as a screw. The lifting shaft 95A moves up and down in synchronization with the cutting operation of the shutter 99 (synonymous with the opening and closing operation of the opening 101) and includes a rotation shaft (not shown) therein.
A driving shaft 115 C that is connected to the rotating shaft of the elevating shaft 95 A and rotates with the rotation of the rotating shaft protrudes from the upper surface of the base plate 103. ing. The drive shaft 115C is provided with a swing arm 117.
In addition, two

slide rods

119A and 119B supported in a movable manner along the longitudinal direction are provided in parallel on the upper surface of the base plate 103. One end of each of the

slide rods

119A and 119B is coupled to the end of the swing arm 117 via a joint member 121. The

slide rods

119A and 119B are provided with a drive plate 121 that engages with a roller member 113 provided on the lower surface of the rotating plate 109. Therefore, in synchronism with the lifting and lowering operation of the shutter portion 91, the swinging arm 117 swings to reciprocate the drive plate 121 left and right, and further, the rotating plate 109 reciprocates. The nine shutters 99 open and close the opening 101 synchronously, and cut the encapsulated food 9 from the stick-shaped food 11.

Below the shutter portion 91 of the cutting device 13, a transport device 15 for placing and transporting the encapsulated food 9 is provided. The conveying device 15 is a belt conveyor that rotates an endless conveyor belt 123. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 16 sets the transport distance of the transport device 15 for one cutting operation of the cutting device 13 to be twice the interval P1. The nine encapsulated foods 9 to be cut by the cutting device 13 are arranged in a staggered manner on the transfer surface (upper surface) of the conveyor belt 123 and are sequentially transferred in the transfer direction R.
In the food manufacturing apparatus 1, the interval between the encapsulated food 9 to be cut next can be narrower than the previously encapsulated food 9. That is, the encapsulated food 9 can be reduced in the occupation area per number as compared with the case where it is cut and arranged by a conventional apparatus, and a baking apparatus such as a tunnel oven subsequent to the food production apparatus 1. Thus, it is possible to efficiently perform the treatment, and it is possible to improve productivity.

Next, the relationship between the cutting operation of the cutting device 13 shown in FIG. 7 and the conveying operation of the conveying device 15 will be described. In the said 1st Embodiment, it demonstrated as an example which set the conveyance distance of the said conveying apparatus 15 with respect to one cutting | disconnection operation | movement of the said cutting apparatus 13 to the said space | interval P1.
Nine encapsulated foods 9 cut simultaneously by the staggered shutter 99 provided in the cutting device 13 are placed and transported on the transport device 15 while maintaining a staggered positional relationship. Here, a case where the transporting distance of the transporting device 15 for one cutting operation of the cutting device 13 is set in the control unit 16 so as to be the interval P1 is shown.
Here, for convenience of explanation, the food 9 to be cut by the shutter 99 on the upstream side A row in the cutting device 13 is shown as a white circle as 9 W, and the shutter on the downstream side B row in the cutting device 13 Food 9 to be cut at 99 is shown as a black circle as 9B.

Nine foods 9 (9W, 9B) cut simultaneously by the staggered shutter 99 provided in the cutting device 13 are placed on the transport device 15 in a staggered manner at a position below the cutting device 13. Is done. When the transport device 15 transports the food 9 by the interval P1, the food 9W indicated by the white circles cut by the shutter 99 on the upstream side A in the cutting device 13 is cut into the cut pieces. It is conveyed to the position of row B of the apparatus 13. When the cutting device 13 cuts the new food 9 (9W, 9B), the newly cut food 9B is arranged next to the food 9W cut during the previous cutting operation with a gap P2. . Therefore, since the space | interval of the foodstuffs 9 along the width direction of the said conveying apparatus 15 can further be narrowed compared with the past, the number of arrangement | sequences per unit area with respect to a conveying apparatus can be increased, and production efficiency is improved. Can do.

Next, the food manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 8A and 8B are explanatory views schematically showing the cutting device 14 provided in the food production apparatus 1. FIG. 8A is a top explanatory view, and FIG. 8B is a JJ step arrow in FIG. It is side explanatory drawing by vision.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the operations of the cutting device 14 and the conveying device 15. Note that components having the same functions as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

The cutting device 14 is provided with a shutter portion 92. The shutter unit 92 includes 10 sets of shutters 100 each including four shutter pieces 98. The shutter 100 is attached to a rotating shaft 96 arranged at equal intervals on the circumference (in the case of this example, four equal divisions), and swings horizontally by reciprocating rotation of the rotating shaft 96. To do.
The shutter 100 includes an opening 102 formed by being surrounded by the four shutter pieces 98 so as to be freely opened and closed. The shutters 100 are arranged in a staggered pattern on the base plate 104. That is, five sets of the shutter 100 are arranged on two rows of the C row and the D row that are arranged in parallel along the width direction of the transport device 15 with a distance P3.
Further, the shutter 100 is arranged on the first to tenth rows with an interval P4 at equal intervals in the width direction. Accordingly, the shutters 100 on each row are arranged with an interval twice as large as the interval P4, and the shutter 100 on the D row is displaced by the interval of the interval P4 with respect to the shutter 100 on the C row. Are arranged. That is, the adjacent shutters 100 arranged on the C row and on the D are arranged in a staggered manner with an interval D therebetween.
The superposition nozzle portion 71 of the superposition nozzle device 25 is arranged at a position corresponding to each of the ten sets of the shutters 99. In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the food 9W to be cut on the C row arranged on the upstream side in the cutting device 14 is indicated by a white circle and cut on the D row arranged on the downstream side. The processed food 9B is indicated by a black circle.

The arrangement of the shutter 100 will be described in detail. In the shutter 100, the arrangement of the shutter pieces 98 and the rotating shaft 96 will be described with respect to two sets of shutters that are adjacent to each other at an interval D in the oblique direction. For example, referring to the shutter 100 arranged in the first row on the C column and the shutter 100 arranged in the second row on the D column, the rotation shaft 96 arranged in the middle of the shutters 100 includes: Both the shutter piece 98 of the shutter 100 in the first row and the shutter piece 98 of the shutter 100 in the second row are attached. Further, referring to the shutter 100 in the second row and the shutter 100 arranged in the third row on the C column, the rotating shaft 96 arranged in the middle of the shutters 100 has the shutter 100 in the second row. Both the shutter piece 98 and the shutter piece 98 of the shutter 100 in the third row are attached.
Then, referring to the first row of shutters 100 and the third row of shutters 100 adjacent to each other in the width direction, the rotation shaft 96 disposed between them has the shutter 100 of each of the first to third rows. Three shutter pieces 98 are provided. Thus, the shutter piece 98 which comprises the mutually adjacent shutter 100 becomes the structure which shares the rotating shaft 96. FIG.

The opening / closing mechanism of the shutter 100 will be described. The shutter piece 98 is integrally attached to the rotation shaft 96 at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft 96.
A lower end shaft portion 96A of the rotation shaft 96 is pivotally supported on the base plate 104 via a bearing 108 on the lower end side of the rotation shaft 96. Further, an eccentric shaft 96B is provided on the upper end side of the rotation shaft 96 at a position eccentric with respect to the lower end shaft portion 96A. The eccentric shaft 96 is pivotally supported on the upper plate 110 via a bearing 108 so as to be rotatable.
Thus, all the rotation shafts 96 are supported between the base plate 104 and the upper plate 110 so as to be rotatable. Therefore, the upper plate 110 is provided so as to be movable with respect to the base plate 104 so as to follow a trajectory of an arc in a horizontal plane. Then, when the upper plate 110 reciprocates on the arc, all the rotating shafts 96 reciprocally rotate at the same time, and the shutter pieces 98 attached to the rotating shaft 96 are synchronized. It will swing.

Further, two upper and lower

linear guide members

112, 114 are attached to both ends of the cutting device 14 between the base plate 104 and the upper plate 110 via plates 116. The upper linear guide member 112 has a rail attached to the upper plate 110 along the width direction of the transport device 15.
Further, the lower linear guide member 114 has a rail attached to the base plate 104 along the transport direction of the transport device 15. The slider of the linear guide member 112 and the slider of the linear guide member 114 are coupled via the plate 116.
In this way, the upper plate 110 is supported movably with respect to the base plate 104.

The lower surface of the base plate 104 is provided with a coupling portion 115A and a coupling portion 115B that are coupled to the elevating shaft 95A and the elevating shaft 95B provided in the driving unit 93 by a coupling tool such as a screw. The elevating shaft 95A moves up and down and includes a rotation shaft (not shown) therein. A driving shaft 118 that is connected to the rotating shaft of the elevating shaft 95A and rotates with the rotation of the rotating shaft protrudes from the upper surface of the base plate 104. ing. The drive shaft 118 is provided with a connecting shaft portion 118A connected to the rotating shaft of the elevating shaft 95A, and an eccentric shaft 118B on the upper end side thereof at a position eccentric to the connecting shaft portion 118A.
The amount of eccentricity is the same as the amount of eccentricity between the lower end shaft portion 96A and the eccentric shaft 96B provided on the rotating shaft 96. The eccentric shaft 118B is pivotally supported by the upper plate 110 via a bearing 120 so as to be rotatable.

As can be understood from the above description, the drive shaft 118 reciprocally rotates, and the eccentric shaft 118B of the drive shaft 118 reciprocates at a position eccentric from the connecting shaft portion 118A. The plate 110 reciprocates on the arc.
Then, the rotating shaft 96 pivotally supported on the upper plate 110 reciprocates all at once, and the shutter piece 97 attached to the rotating shaft 96 swings synchronously. It will be. Therefore, the opening portions 102 of the 10 sets of the shutters 100 are opened and closed in synchronization. The shutter 100 shown in FIG. 9 shows a state in which the drive shaft 118 shown in FIG. 8A is rotated to the right by a required angle, and the opening 102 is open. Thereafter, the drive shaft 118 rotates counterclockwise by the required angle, so that the opening 102 shown in FIG. 8A returns to the closed state.

Next, the relationship between the cutting operation of the cutting device 14 shown in FIG. 9 and the conveying operation of the conveying device 15 will be described. In FIG. 9, the left half of the upper plate 110 is removed. FIG. 9 shows a case where the control unit 16 sets the transport distance of the transport device 15 for the single cutting operation of the cutting device 14 to be the interval P3.
That is, ten food items 9 (9W, 9B) cut simultaneously by the staggered shutter 100 provided in the cutting device 14 are staggered on the transport device 15 at a position below the cutting device 14. Placed. When the transport device 15 transports the food 9 by the distance P3, the food 9W indicated by the white circles cut by the shutter 100 on the upstream side C row in the cutting device 14 is the cut. It is conveyed to the position of the D row of the device 14.
When the cutting device 14 cuts the new food 9, the newly cut food 9 B is arranged next to the food 9 W that was cut during the previous cutting operation with a gap P 4.
Therefore, since the space | interval of the foodstuffs 9 along the width direction of the said conveying apparatus 15 can further be narrowed compared with the past, the number of arrangement | sequences per unit area with respect to a conveying apparatus can be increased, and production efficiency is improved. Can do.

Although the description regarding the food manufacturing apparatus 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention is as above-mentioned generally, various changes are possible, without restricting to this. For example, in the above description, the superposition nozzle part 71 that forms the extrusion nozzle of the superposition nozzle device 25 and the

shutters

99 and 100 of the

cutting devices

13 and 14 are arranged in two rows (A row and B row, 5 or 4 ports are arranged in a zigzag pattern on the (C row and D row), but the number of ports may be one or more and the other one or more and the same number or one difference. Furthermore, even if the arrangement is the same number in both rows, it is possible to obtain an effect of compactness and simplification of the structure when the nozzles and shutters are attached as compared with the conventional apparatus. Moreover, you may set the conveyance distance of the said conveying apparatus 15 with respect to one cutting operation of the said

cutting apparatuses

13 and 14 in the range in which the foodstuff 9 lined up along a conveyance direction does not mutually interfere, The space | interval of the foodstuffs 9 along a conveyance direction can be narrowed further.
Thus, since the space | interval of the foodstuffs 9 can be narrowed compared with the past, the number of arrangement | sequences per unit area with respect to the conveying apparatus 15 can be increased, and production efficiency can be improved.
Moreover, although the said rod-shaped foodstuff 11 was demonstrated so that the inner packaging material 7 might be covered with the 2 types of

outer skin materials

5 and 6, what was extruded with each food material layered may be used, Furthermore, only 1 type of food material is used. There may be provided an extrusion nozzle corresponding to each.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Food production apparatus 3 Extrusion apparatus 5 1st food material, 1st outer skin material 6 2nd food material, 2nd outer skin material 7 3rd food material,

inclusion material

9, 9B, 9W Food 11 Rod-shaped

food

13,14 Cutting apparatus 15 Conveying

device

97, 98

Shutter piece

99, 100 Shutter

Claims

An extrusion device for extruding the food material into a plurality of bar foods;
A cutting device having a shutter for cutting food from the rod-shaped food;
A conveying device for placing and conveying the food;
In a food manufacturing apparatus equipped with
The extrusion apparatus includes a plurality of extrusion nozzles for extruding the bar-shaped food, and the plurality of extrusion nozzles are arranged in a staggered pattern along the width direction of the conveyance apparatus orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the conveyance apparatus,
The said cutting device is equipped with the shutter arranged in the zigzag form corresponding to each of the said extrusion nozzle in the downward position of the said extrusion nozzle, The foodstuff manufacturing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.
A control device for controlling the driving of each of the devices;
The food manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control device is capable of controlling a transport distance of the transport device with respect to one cutting operation of the cutting device.
3. The control device according to claim 2, wherein the control device is configured to control the transport distance of the transport device with respect to a single cutting operation of the cutting device so that the foods to be sequentially cut do not interfere with each other. The food production apparatus described.
The control device controls the transport distance of the transport device for one cutting operation of the cutting device to be the same as the shutter interval (P1, P3) along the transport direction of the transport device. The food manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3.
Extrude the food material into a plurality of stick-shaped foods with an extrusion device,
Cutting food from the stick food with a shutter provided in the cutting device,
In the food manufacturing method for transporting the food by placing it on a transport device,
Extruding the rod-shaped food in a zigzag form from a plurality of extrusion nozzles provided in the extrusion apparatus along the width direction of the conveyance apparatus orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the conveyance apparatus,
Cutting the food from the rod-shaped food with a shutter arranged to correspond to each of the extrusion nozzles at a position below the extrusion nozzle,
A food manufacturing method, wherein the food is sequentially transferred by the transfer device.
The food manufacturing method according to claim 5, wherein when the food sequentially cut by the cutting device is placed on a transport device, the food is transported by the transport device so as not to interfere with each other. .
When the food sequentially cut by the cutting device is placed on the transport device, the placement interval along the transport direction of the food is the interval (P1) at which the shutter is disposed along the transport direction. The food production method according to claim 5, wherein the food is conveyed by the conveying device in the same manner as in P3).