WO2023074953A1

WO2023074953A1 - Kneading apparatus for manufacturing candies

Info

Publication number: WO2023074953A1
Application number: PCT/KR2021/015365
Authority: WO
Inventors: 구영훈
Original assignee: 구영훈
Priority date: 2021-10-25
Filing date: 2021-10-28
Publication date: 2023-05-04
Also published as: KR102376105B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a kneading apparatus for manufacturing candies, which is capable of effectively kneading a semifinished product for manufacturing candies, comprising: a rotating portion which has an upper surface formed as a plane so that the semifinished product for manufacturing candies can be disposed thereon, and can be rotated about a virtual longitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the upper surface; an edge portion which is arranged on the outer side of the rotating portion and has an upper surface forming the same plane extending from the upper surface of the rotating portion; a first push portion which is disposed on the upper surface of the edge portion, and is moved forward onto the upper surface of the rotating portion along the transverse direction and then can be retracted to the original position; and a second push portion which is disposed on the upper surface of the edge portion so as to face the first push portion, and then is moved forward onto the upper surface of the rotating portion along the transverse direction and can be retracted to the original position.

Description

Kneading device for candy manufacturing

The present invention relates to a kneading device for making candy, which can effectively knead semi-finished products for making candy.

Candy is a candy confectionery manufactured by adding sugar and starch syrup as main ingredients and adding fats and oils, organic acids, emulsifiers, pigments, and flavorings as auxiliary ingredients.

Candy is divided into soft and hard depending on the mixing ratio of sugar and starch syrup, heat treatment and concentration of the sugar solution, and types of added ingredients, and crystalline and amorphous candies according to the texture characteristics. Among the products, candy containing various sugar crystals is called granular candy, candy containing more than 10% of moisture is called soft candy or chewing candy, and bubble candy is used when bubbles are used in the candy structure.

Hard candy (hard candy) is the most representative candy, and is mainly prepared by concentrating a sugar solution at high temperature, such as drops.

As a major manufacturing process, after mixing sugar, water, and starch syrup, it becomes a product through processes including dissolution, filtration, concentration, mixing and kneading process, forming process, cooling process, weighing and packaging process.

Here, the kneading process is a process performed for the uniform mixing of materials or the inclusion of air bubbles for the intended texture, and may be carried out manually by a worker using his or her hands or using a rod-shaped kneading tool. In the case of a large amount of workpieces, it is not easy to knead due to the volume and amount.

Alternatively, as disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0007858 'Soft Candy and Method for Manufacturing Soft Candy', a process of stretching and folding a semi-finished product using a pulling machine may be performed. This kneading device also has a volume There is a problem that is difficult to apply to a general kneading process of a large semi-finished product.

[Prior art literature]

[Patent Literature]

(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0007858 (published on January 20, 2014)

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and is intended to provide a kneading apparatus for manufacturing candy that can effectively knead semi-finished products that have undergone mixing and heating processes of candy materials.

A kneading apparatus for making candy according to an embodiment of the present invention has a rotating part having a flat upper surface on which a semi-finished product for manufacturing candy can be placed and rotating about a virtual longitudinal axis perpendicular to the upper surface, and a rotating part on the outside of the rotating part. and an edge portion having an upper surface extending from the upper surface of the rotating portion to form the same plane, being disposed on the upper surface of the edge portion and advancing onto the upper surface of the rotating portion along the transverse direction, and then retracting to the original position, and the half A first pusher having a curved first guide surface formed on one surface facing the workpiece so that the semi-finished workpiece is wound along the first guide surface when moving forward, and an upper surface of the edge portion facing the first pusher. It can be moved back to the original position after being advanced on the upper surface of the rotating part along the transverse direction while being disposed on the upper surface, and a vertical surface for pushing the semi-processed object is formed on the lower side of one surface facing the semi-processed object, facing the semi-processed object A curved second guide surface is formed on the upper side of one surface, and includes a second pusher so that the semi-finished workpiece wound by the first pusher continues to be wound along the second guide surface when moving forward.

In the kneading device for making candy according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first pushing part and the second pushing part may be advanced from the original position along an upwardly inclined direction onto the upper surface of the rotating part, and after being advanced, It can be moved downward to press the semi-finished product downward by.

In the kneading apparatus for making candy according to an embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the first pusher and the second pusher forms a groove on an upper surface of the semi-finished product when pressing the semi-finished product according to the downward movement. A protrusion to be formed may protrude downward from the lower surface.

According to the present invention, the kneading process of effectively winding and stacking the semi-finished products according to the advance and retreat of the first and second push units and pressurizing and spreading the semi-finished products according to the downward movement after the upward movement of the first and second push units is effectively performed. can proceed

In addition, as the protrusions are formed downward on the lower surfaces of the first and second pushers, a groove is formed on the upper surface of the semi-finished product in the process of pressing the semi-finished product by the protruding portion, and the semi-finished product is guided along the first guide surface. When it is better wound by the groove, it can then stably continue to be wound along the second guide surface.

1 is a view showing a kneading device for manufacturing candy according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 and 3 are views showing a process of kneading a semi-finished product according to the horizontal forward and backward movement of the first and second pushers of the kneading device shown in FIG. 1;

4 to 6 are diagrams showing a process in which the first and second pushers of the kneading device shown in FIG. 1 press the semi-finished product while moving forward and downward along an upwardly inclined direction and then returning to the original position;

7 and 8 are views showing a process of kneading a semi-finished product while the first and second pushers advance after the rotating part of the kneading device shown in FIG. 1 rotates;

9 is a cross-sectional view of a first pusher and a second pusher of the kneading device shown in FIG. 1;

10 is a view looking at the rear surface and the bottom surface of any one of the first push unit and the second push unit.

A kneading apparatus for manufacturing candy according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a kneading device for manufacturing candy according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are kneading semi-finished products as first and second pushers of the kneading device shown in FIG. 1 move forward and backward in a lateral direction 4 to 6 are views showing the process of returning to the original position after the first and second pushers of the kneading device shown in FIG. 1 press the semi-finished product while moving forward and downward along the upwardly inclined direction 7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating a process of kneading a semi-finished product while the first and second pushers advance after the rotary unit of the kneading device shown in FIG. 1 rotates.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the kneading device 1 for making candy according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a rotating part 100, an edge part 200, a first pushing part 310 and a second pushing part 320 includes

The upper surface 101 of the rotating part 100 is made of a flat surface, and a semi-finished product 10 for manufacturing candy may be disposed on the upper surface 101 . Here, the semi-finished product 10 for making candy refers to the semi-finished product 10 that has undergone some processes including heating after mixing ingredients for making candy. The process of placing the semi-finished product 10 on the rotating part 100 is, for example, a push unit (not shown) on a cooling table (not shown) in which the semi-finished product 10 is flush with the upper surface 101 of the rotating part 100. It can be disposed while being pushed to the upper surface 101 of the rotating part 100 by the.

The rotating part 100 may be formed in a cylindrical shape, for example, so that the upper surface 101 may have a circular shape. The rotating part 100 can be rotated about an imaginary longitudinal axis perpendicular to the upper surface 101 . Rotation of the rotating unit 100 is performed by receiving driving force from a driving motor (not shown) or rotated by receiving driving force from a driving roller that rotates while being in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the rotating unit 100. can be rotated by At this time, the rotation unit 100 may be controlled to stop after rotating by a predetermined angle by controlling rotational driving force and/or employing a stopper structure (not shown). The predetermined angle may be, for example, 90 degrees.

The edge portion 200 is disposed outside the rotating portion 100 . The top surface 201 of the edge portion 200 forms the same plane extending from the top surface 101 of the rotating portion 100 . The whole of the

upper surfaces

101 and 201 of the rotary part 100 and the edge part 200 becomes a region in which the semi-finished product 10 is kneaded.

The first pusher 310 may be disposed on one side of the area where the kneading process is performed, for example, on the upper surface 201 of the edge portion 200. While being arranged in this way, it may be moved forward onto the upper surface 101 of the rotation unit 100 along the lateral direction and then retracted to the original position. Such advance and retreat of the first pusher 310 may be performed, for example, by the operation of the first fluid pressure cylinder 331 coupled to the rear surface of the first pusher 310 and extending and retracting in the transverse direction.

The lowermost part of the surface facing the semi-finished object 10 in the first push part 310 may be formed as a somewhat sharp edge part 311 . A curved first guide surface 312 is formed on a surface from the edge portion 311 to the upper side of one surface. When the first pusher 310 moves forward, the edge 311 pushes the semi-processed object 10 in the transverse direction while digging between the lower edge of the semi-processed object 10 and the upper surface 101 of the rotating portion 100, this process The semi-finished product 10 is wound while being guided along the first guide surface 312.

The second push unit 320 may be disposed on the other side of the area where the kneading process is performed, for example, on the upper surface 201 of the edge unit 200 and facing the first push unit 310 . Like the first pusher 310, the second pusher 320 is moved forward onto the upper surface 101 of the rotary unit 100 along the lateral direction by the operation of the first fluid pressure cylinder 331, and then retracted to the original position. can

The second pusher 320 may have a vertical surface 321 pushing the semi-finished object 10 formed on the lower side of one surface facing the semi-finished object 10 . And the second pusher 320 has a curved second guide surface 322 formed on the upper side of one surface facing the semi-finished object 10 . As the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 advance, the semi-finished product 10 pressed by the vertical surface 321 of the second pusher 320 moves forward. While being wound along the first guide surface 312, it continues to be wound while being guided along the second guide surface 322.

The first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 may move forward from their original positions onto the top surface 101 of the rotating unit 100 along an upwardly inclined direction.

An example of a method for allowing the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 to move forward in an upwardly inclined direction is as follows.

The first fluid pressure cylinder 331 performing the advance and retreat operations of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 may be supported by the supporter 332 . This support 332 can be moved upward by the operation of the additional second fluid pressure cylinder 333, and as a result of the upward movement, the first fluid pressure cylinder 331 is disposed while being rotated at a predetermined angle. While being arranged in this way, the extension direction of the first fluid pressure cylinder 331 follows a direction inclined upward. The first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 move forward in an upwardly inclined direction according to the operation of the first fluid pressure cylinder 331 disposed in this way.

The first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 advanced along the upwardly inclined direction onto the upper surface 101 of the rotating unit 100, again by the in-situ operation of the second hydraulic pressure cylinder 333. It moves downward, and in accordance with the downward movement, the lower surfaces of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 press the upper surface of the semi-finished object 10 downward.

A process of kneading the semi-finished product 10 using the kneading apparatus 1 for manufacturing candy according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the semi-finished product 10 is disposed on the upper surface 101 of the rotating part 100, as shown in FIG. 2, the first pusher operates by the first hydraulic pressure cylinder 331. 310 and the second pusher 320 are advanced. As the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 move forward, one side of the edge of the semi-finished product 10 is pushed by the vertical surface 321 of the second pusher 320, and at the same time, the other side of the edge is pushed by the first pusher. It is wound while being guided along the first guide surface 312 of the unit 310 . The semi-finished object 10 continues to be rolled along the second guide surface 322 of the second pusher 320, as shown in FIG. 3, in an overlapped state.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 are inclined upward according to the operation of the second hydraulic pressure cylinder 333 and the operation of the first hydraulic pressure cylinder 331. As shown in FIG. 5, the lower surface presses the upper surface of the semi-finished object 10 downward while moving downward according to the in-situ operation of the second fluid pressure cylinder 333, as shown in FIG. do.

At this time, the semi-finished product 10 is placed with the length formed in the forward and backward direction in the standard shown as the pushing force is applied in the lateral direction by the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320, in this state As shown in FIG. 7, the rotating part 100 is rotated 90 degrees. After that, as shown in FIG. 8 , the above-described process may be repeatedly performed while the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 move forward again along the lateral direction.

By the kneading device 1 according to the present embodiment, the kneading process in which the upper surface is pressed downward after the semi-finished product 10 is wrapped and folded can be repeated, so that the semi-processed product 10 is kneaded easily and effectively even when the volume of the semi-finished product 10 is large. process may proceed.

On the other hand, in the process shown in FIG. 2, that is, in the process of pushing and winding the semi-finished product 10 while the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 move forward along the transverse direction, the semi-finished product 10 is first It is preferable that the guide surface 312 is continuously guided to the second guide surface 322 while being stably wound and overlapped.

However, the semi-finished object 10 cannot be smoothly wound during this process depending on the degree of solidification caused by cooling, and the edge of the semi-finished object 10 goes over the upper side of the second pusher 320 and the second pusher 320 retreats. When the second push unit 320 is attached to the stretching problem may occur. In this case, the operator has to stop the operation of the kneading device 1 and manually perform an unnecessary process of separating the semi-finished product 10 from the second pusher 320 .

To prevent this, the kneading device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention may have a protrusion 340 formed on at least one lower surface of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320. An example in which the protrusions 340 are formed on both the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 .

9 is a cross-sectional view of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 of the kneading device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 10 (a) is the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 A view of any one of the rear surfaces 301 viewed in the transverse direction, and FIG. 10 (b) is a view of the first push unit 310 and the second push unit 320 when any one of the lower surfaces 302 is viewed upward am.

As shown in FIG. 9 , the lower surfaces 302 of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 are adjacent to the upper surface 201 of the flat edge 200, but the first pusher 310 ) and the front end of the second pusher 320 facing the semi-finished object 10 is disposed to contact the upper surface 201 of the edge portion 200. At this time, some of the front ends of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 may come into contact with the upper surface 101 of the rotating unit 100 as shown in FIG. 1 . In addition, the lower surfaces 302 of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 may be formed as inclined surfaces spaced apart from the upper surface 201 of the edge portion 200 toward the rear surface 301 so that the frictional area is minimized. there is.

On the lower surfaces 302 of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 formed as described above, the protrusions 340 are formed in the left and right direction as shown in FIG. It is formed to have a longitudinal direction in the width direction of the pusher 320 .

And, as shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b), the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 protrude downward from the lower surfaces 302. At this time, the protrusion 340 may be formed at a position biased to one side on the lower surfaces 302 of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 .

In the case where the protrusions 340 are formed on the lower surfaces 302 of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 in this way, when the pressing process shown in FIG. 5 is performed, as shown in FIG. 6, the semi-finished product ( A groove 11 is formed on the upper surface of 10 by the protrusion 340 . After that, when the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 move forward as shown in FIG. 8 while the rotation unit 100 is rotated as shown in FIG. It is better wound by the groove 11 when guided along and can then be reliably continued to be wound along the second guide surface 322 .

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this embodiment is only a preferred example, and the present invention is not limited only to this embodiment. Those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications or equivalent other embodiments are possible from this embodiment.

[Description of code]

1: Kneading device for manufacturing candy 10: Semi-processed product

100: rotating part 200: edge part

310: first push part 311: edge part

312: first guide surface 320: second pusher

321: vertical plane 322: second guide plane

331: first fluid pressure cylinder 332: support

333: second fluid pressure cylinder 340: protrusion

Claims

The upper surface 101 is formed as a flat surface, on which the semi-finished product 10 for making candy can be disposed, and a rotation unit 100 that can be rotated around an imaginary longitudinal axis perpendicular to the upper surface 101;

an edge portion 200 disposed outside the rotating portion 100 and forming the same plane with an upper surface 201 extending from the upper surface 101 of the rotating portion 100;

While being disposed on the upper surface 201 of the edge portion 200, it can be advanced onto the upper surface 101 of the rotary part 100 along the transverse direction and then retreated to the original position, facing the semi-finished object 10 A first pusher 310 having a curved first guide surface 312 formed on one surface thereof so that the semi-finished workpiece 10 is wound along the first guide surface 312 when moving forward; and

While being disposed on the upper surface 201 of the edge part 200 to face the first push part 310, it is advanced onto the upper surface 101 of the rotating part 100 along the lateral direction and then retreated to the original position. A vertical surface 321 pushing the semi-processed object 10 is formed on the lower side of one surface facing the semi-processed object 10, and a second curved surface is formed on the upper side of the surface facing the semi-processed object 10. A guide surface 322 is formed so that the semi-finished workpiece 10 wound by the first pusher 310 continues to be wound along the second guide surface 322 when moving forward. Kneading apparatus for manufacturing candy comprising a.
According to claim 1,

The first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 may be advanced from their original position to the upper surface 101 of the rotating unit 100 along an upwardly inclined direction, and after moving forward, the lower surface 302 A kneading device for making candy that can be moved downward to press the semi-finished product 100 downward by ).
According to claim 2,

When at least one of the first pusher 310 and the second pusher 320 presses the workpiece 10 according to the downward movement, a groove 11 is formed on the upper surface of the workpiece 10. A kneading device for making candy in which the protruding portion 340 to be formed protrudes downward from the lower surface 302.