JP3640903B2 - Method and apparatus for joining and discharging food materials - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a joining and discharging method and apparatus that joins an inner packaging material as an inner food material and an outer skin material as an outer food material, and continuously discharges a rod-shaped food material, and more particularly, a wharf in a food molding machine The present invention relates to a food material joining and discharging method and apparatus for forming a continuous bar-shaped food material as a pre-stage of the step of spherically forming a bun in a molding process such as the above.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a conventional method relating to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 of Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 7-34703 (Conventional Example 1), a tube-shaped jacket is provided on the outer periphery of a supply member of an outer skin material, and a coolant or A manufacturing method is shown in which a cooling gas is flowed to cool the outer skin material near the position where the outer skin material is joined to the inner packaging material by the supply member.
In this manufacturing method, the outer skin material is temporarily cooled. However, since the outer skin material is cooled through the supply member, heat is accumulated in the supply member when the high temperature outer skin material is used, and the cooling efficiency is improved. There was a problem of reduction.
[0003]
In addition, the above-described conventional example 1 shows a manufacturing method in which a rod-shaped food material is cooled in a process before being discharged from the discharge device, but Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-40871 (conventional example 2) describes A manufacturing method is shown in which a rod-shaped food material made of a paste-like inner packaging material and a cheese shell material is encapsulated and cut by a shutter, and then the encapsulated food is cooled.
However, for example, in the manufacture of strawberry ice consisting of an ice cream envelope material and a fertilizer rind shell material, after forming the shell material fertilizer mash with a steaming machine, etc., the food is molded like a wrapping machine at a high temperature. In the case of supplying to the apparatus, in the manufacturing method of cooling the encapsulated food after encapsulating cutting as in Conventional Example 2, the ice cream is dissolved by the heat of the fertilizer and its properties are altered, There was a problem that the encapsulated food could not keep a spherical shape and became flat.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
An object of the present invention is to suppress deterioration of food materials due to a temperature difference between the food materials in a joining and discharging method and apparatus for joining a plurality of food materials and continuously discharging them as stick-shaped food materials. is there.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention solves the above-described problems. In the method, for example, frozen confectionery is supplied as an inner food material from the inner food material supply device into the casing, and the outer food material is supplied from the outer food material supply device. The dough is supplied, the outer periphery of the inner food material and the outer food material are joined, and cold air is blown directly around the joined and discharged rod-shaped food material.
[0006]
Further, an inner food material supply device for supplying the inner food material into the casing and an outer food material supply device for supplying the outer food material into the casing are provided, and a passage for the inner food material is provided in the casing. An annular outer food material passage is provided around a partition wall around the inner food material passage, and the inner food material and the outer portion are disposed at a position where the inner food material passage and the outer food material passage are in contact with each other. The food material is joined, and cold air is blown directly onto the rod-shaped food material made of the joined inner food material and outer food material.
[0007]
The casing outlet is provided with a cover for holding cold air at intervals around the rod-shaped food material discharged from the outlet.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
As shown conceptually in FIG. 2, the packaging machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a gantry 3, and an inner packaging material 5 as an inner food material is supplied to the upper portion of the gantry 3. An inner packaging material hopper 7 is provided, and an outer skin material hopper 11 for supplying an outer skin material 9 as an outer food material is provided. An inner packaging material supply device 15 for supplying the inner packaging material to the polymerization nozzle 13 which is a casing is provided below the inner packaging material hopper 7, and the outer skin material is disposed below the outer packaging material hopper 11. A skin material supply device 17 for supplying the polymerization nozzle 13 is provided. The polymerization nozzle 13 is provided between the inner packaging material supply device 15 and the outer skin material supply device 17.
[0009]
Below the superposition nozzle 13, there is provided an enveloping / cutting device 21 that envelops and cuts the rod-shaped food material 19 in a state in which the outer covering material is superposed on the outside of the enveloping material in the superposition nozzle 13. Below the cutting device 21, a conveyor device 25 is provided for sending the encapsulated food 23 encapsulated and cut by the enveloping / cutting device 21 to the next process.
[0010]
In addition, since the said inner packaging material supply apparatus 15, the outer skin material supply apparatus 17, the covering cutting apparatus 21, and the conveyor apparatus 25 may be a well-known structure, detailed description about the structure and effect | action is abbreviate | omitted.
[0011]
Referring to FIG. 2, the superposition nozzle 13 includes an upper casing 31 provided with a connection port 27 connected to the inner packaging material supply device 15 and a connection port 29 connected to the outer skin material supply device 17, respectively. ing. Further, a hollow inner cylinder 33 through which the inner packaging material 5 can freely pass is inserted into the upper casing 31 so as to be connected to the connection port 27, and is further concentric with the inner cylinder 33 outside the inner cylinder 33. An outer cylinder 35 through which the outer skin material 9 can freely pass is provided in connection with the connection port 29.
[0012]
A bearing 37 is fitted at the lower end of the upper casing 31 and is screwed into the upper casing 31 by a screw 39. A cylindrical ring gear 41 is rotatably fitted to the bearing 37 on the lower side. The lower side of the ring gear 41 is fitted with a bearing 45 fixed to the lower casing 47 with a screw 49.
[0013]
Projecting blades 43 are provided on the inner periphery of the ring gear 41. The rotor 43 is located in an annular passage S between the inner cylinder 33 and the ring gear 41, which is a passage for food materials, and the wall surface of the passage S, that is, the inner cylinder. There are constant gaps C1 and C2 between the outer peripheral surface 33A of 33 and the cylindrical inner peripheral surface 41A of the ring gear 41.
The shape of the rotor is not limited to a plate-like shape as shown in the present embodiment, but can be appropriately selected such as a round bar shape. Depending on the properties of the outer skin material 9, the rotor itself may be selected. Can be omitted.
In addition, the bearing 45 and the bearing 37 are intended to reduce the space in the casing by using a sliding bearing, but are not particularly limited to a sliding bearing metal.
[0014]
An inner packaging nozzle 53 is screwed and fixed to the lower end portion of the inner cylinder 33 so as to be detachable and replaceable. Thus, the elbow 75 and the pipe 77 are mounted in the hollow portion M formed by the inner cylinder 33 and the inner packaging material nozzle 53 from the connection port 27. The flange portion 75A of the elbow 75 is inserted from the connection port 27, and one end of the pipe 77 is inserted into the connection port 75B provided on the side surface of the elbow 75, and the other end is used as the inner packaging nozzle. 53 so as to be in contact with the inclined portion 53 </ b> A on the inner side of 53.
With such a structure, a heat insulating space N is formed between the inner cylinder 33, the elbow 75 and the pipe 77. Accordingly, the pipe 77, the heat insulating space N, and the inner cylinder 33 constitute a partition wall. With this partition, heat transfer between the inner packaging material 5 and the outer skin material 9 having a temperature difference can be suppressed.
[0015]
The outer ring material nozzle 55 is screwed to the lower end portion of the ring gear 41 so as to detachably replace the inner material nozzle 53 so as to hold the inner material material nozzle 53 and the annular passage S. Has been.
[0016]
Further, outside the outer cover nozzle 55, a cover 79 is screwed and fixed to a screw portion 47A provided at the lower end portion of the lower casing 47. At the center of the lower end portion of the cover 79, the superposition nozzle 13 is connected. An opening 79A is provided so as not to hinder the progress of the joined and discharged rod-shaped food material 19.
Further, a hole 79 </ b> B is provided in the side surface portion of the cover 79.
[0017]
The lower casing 47 has a substantially annular wall 51 at its upper end so as to cover the bearing 37, the ring gear 41, the bearing 45, and the like. The outer periphery 37 </ b> A of the bearing 37 is fitted into the inner periphery 51 </ b> A of the wall portion 51 so as to be assembled to the upper casing 31.
[0018]
The superposed nozzle 13 assembled as described above is mounted on a base 59 provided on the gantry 3 and fixed with a knob bolt 63 via an attachment member 61. The ring gear 41 is interlocked by being appropriately connected to an output shaft of a motor (not shown) provided in the wrapping machine 1 and rotates together with the outer cover material nozzle 55.
[0019]
In the packaging machine 1 configured as described above, the inner packaging material 5 uses ice cream as a frozen dessert, and the outer skin material 9 accommodates the fertilizer prepared by the steaming machine in the inner packaging material supply device 15 and the outer skin material supply device 17, respectively. Then, these materials are joined and discharged by the superposition nozzle 13. When the used food material 19 is discharged in a rod shape, cold air below freezing point is directly blown onto the rod-shaped food material 19. That is, the cold air 71 is supplied from a cold air blower (not shown) through the piping material 73 screwed into the hole 79B on the side surface of the cover 79, and the space Q formed by the inside of the cover 79 and the outer material nozzle 55 is formed. The food material 19 is directly cooled by supplying and holding the cold air 71. The temperature of the cold air by the cold air blower is preferably below the freezing point, but various selections and adjustments are made in consideration of the production speed, the temperature of the food material, and the state of the product after wrapping.
[0020]
The food material 19 is discharged while rotating from the superposition nozzle 13 as the outer material nozzle 55 rotates, so that the food material 19 is efficiently cooled over the entire periphery of the food material 19.
[0021]
The cold air 71 supplied to the space Q from the piping material 73 is gradually dissipated from the gap between the opening 79A and the food material 19, and new cold air is always supplied into the space Q. is there.
[0022]
In the conventional polymerization nozzle, the ice cream of the inner packaging material 5 is altered by melting due to the heat of the fertilizer lees of the outer skin material 9, and the enveloping food cannot be held in a spherical shape and is flattened, reducing the commercial value. However, according to the present embodiment, the temperature of the outer shell material 9 (fertilizer lees) after cooling is decreased, the boxing of the next process is performed, and the packaging material 5 (ice cream) before cooling is reduced. Dissolution could be suppressed.
[0023]
In the present embodiment, the food material 19 is cooled by providing the cover 79 outside the outer cover material nozzle 55 to form the space Q and supplying and holding the cold air 71 in the space Q. It is not limited to.
For example, the outer material nozzle may be fixedly mounted without rotating. Further, without using the cover 79, a nozzle (not shown) for blowing cold air 71 may be appropriately provided on the side of the discharged food material 19, and the cold air 71 may be directly blown onto the food material 19 for cooling. Furthermore, when using the fixed outer material nozzle, the food material 19 can be effectively cooled by providing a plurality of spray nozzles in the circumferential direction.
[0024]
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a space N is provided between the inner cylinder 33 and the pipe 77 to suppress melting of the inner packaging material 5 (ice cream) due to the heat of the outer skin material 9 (fertilizer lees). However, it is also possible to actively cool the outer skin material 9 (fertilizer lees) by circulating cold air or cold water or the like in the space N.
[0025]
Further, in this embodiment, ice cream is used as the inner packaging material 5, but the same effect can be obtained by using not only this but also frozen confectionery such as lacto ice or ice confectionery.
[0026]
When a casing having a short flow path for the inner packaging material 5 is used, the elbow 75 and the pipe 77 which are part of the partition wall can be omitted, and only the inner cylinder 33 can be used.
[0027]
In addition to the above embodiment, this apparatus can also be used for producing Daifuku using straw as the inner packaging material 5 and high-temperature straw fabric as the skin material 9.
In this case, although the transformation of the koji due to the heat of the koji dough is not so much observed, by cooling the stick-shaped food material 19 with the cold air 71, the encapsulated food 23 (Daifu) is directly taken without taking the cooling step. It can be packaged.
[0028]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the food material 19 is cooled has been described. For example, in the production of Daifuku rice cake, when using the cold-kneaded dough as the outer skin material 9, hot air is supplied to the space N. The outer skin material 9 (餅) may be warmed.
[0029]
The koji dough cooled to about 10 ° C. has strong elasticity, and when the envelop cutting apparatus 21 generally used in the enveloping machine is encapsulated and cut, the dough elongation at the cut portion is poor, and the encapsulated food 23 There was a problem that the skin material did not have a uniform thickness.
In such a case, by supplying warm air to the space N and directly heating the skin material 9 (skin fabric), the stretch of the silk fabric is improved. It becomes possible to mold the covered food.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in the joining discharge method and apparatus which join a some food material and discharge continuously as a rod-shaped food material, the quality change of the food material by the temperature difference between these food materials can be suppressed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a main part of a discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view schematically showing an overall configuration of a molding machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Packing machine 5 Inner packaging material 9 Outer skin material 13 Superposition | polymerization nozzle 15 Inner packaging material supply device 17 Outer skin material supply device 19 Food material 31 (rod-shaped) Upper casing 33 Inner cylinder 35 Outer cylinder 37 Bearing 41 Ring gear 43 Blade 45 Bearing 47 Lower casing 51 Wall 51A Inner circumference 71 Cold air S Passage M Space N Thermal insulation space

Claims (5)

The inner food material is supplied from the inner food material supply device into the casing, the outer food material is supplied from the outer food material supply device, and the outer peripheral portion of the inner food material and the outer food material are joined, and the joining is performed. A method for joining and discharging food materials, characterized in that cold air is blown directly around the discharged rod-shaped food material. 2. The method for joining and discharging food materials according to claim 1, wherein the outer food material is koji dough. The method for joining and discharging food materials according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner food material is a frozen dessert. An inner food material supply device for supplying the inner food material into the casing and an outer food material supply device for supplying the outer food material into the casing are provided, and a passage for the inner food material is provided in the casing, An annular outer food material passage is provided around a partition wall around the inner food material passage, and the inner food material and the outer food material are disposed at a position where the inner food material passage and the outer food material passage are in contact with each other. A food material joining / discharging device characterized in that cold air is blown directly onto a stick-shaped food material made of a joined inner food material and an outer food material. 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the casing outlet is provided with a cover for holding cold air at intervals around the rod-shaped food material discharged from the outlet. Discharge device.

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