JPH0637677Y2 - Processed food press molding equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is an apparatus for forming raw material dough formed by kneading or mixing raw materials as a single processed food, and in particular, dividing into fixed product quantity items. The present invention relates to facilitating remolding of a molded semi-finished product into an arbitrary shape.

[Prior Art] In the process of manufacturing processed foods, predetermined raw materials are kneaded or mixed, processed into a semi-fluid dough having a predetermined viscosity, and then divided into a fixed amount of final product stages. At the same time, the semi-finished products are formed by molding into the shape of almost finished products. Usually, the semi-finished product molded here is finished as a final product through steps such as heating. Generally, a drum molding machine, a spherical molding machine, a filling molding machine or the like is used as a molding machine for molding a semi-finished product.

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of a drum molding machine.
As shown in the figure, the molding machine 1 stores a raw material dough 21 created by a raw material kneading device (not shown) into a storage chamber 22 into which a raw material dough 21 is sent at a constant low temperature and a raw material dough 21 sent into the storage chamber 22 in a predetermined manner. It has a pair of rollers 23 for increasing the pressure and a molding drum 24 provided under the storage chamber 22.

The molding drum 24 includes a mold 25 and an extruding member 26, and when the molding drum 24 rotates and the mold 25 passes through the lower portion of the storage chamber 22, the raw material dough increased to a predetermined pressure by the roller 23. 21 is filled into the mold 25. Further, when the molding drum 24 rotates and the mold 25 filled with the raw material dough 21 reaches the lower part, the extrusion member 26 pushes out the raw material dough in the mold 25.

This extruded raw material material is formed by the wire cutter 27 provided on the lower surface of the molding drum 24 (molding drum 24 (mold
25) and dropped onto the conveyor belt 28 to form a molded semi-finished product 29.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] By the way, if the processed food molded as described above is, for example, a food using the same raw material dough, the purchaser should select a food with a different appearance or a beautiful one. To buy. Therefore, it is necessary to mold the processed food into an arbitrary shape in order to attract the attention and increase the purchase desire.

However, in the drum molding machine 1 described above, the raw material dough 21
Is filled from the storage chamber 22 into the mold 25 and the filled raw material dough is extruded by the extruding member 26 to form the semi-finished product 29.Therefore, the semi-finished product 29 can only have a cylindrical or prismatic shape. I couldn't do it.

In addition, the shape of the semi-finished product obtained by split-molding the raw material dough with a spherical molding machine is limited to a spherical shape, and even when molding with a filling molding machine, it is necessary to fill the mold and take out the molded semi-finished product, so the shape collapse There is a possibility that it will occur, and there was no choice but to be limited to the semi-finished product shape or the predetermined shape.

As described above, the conventional molding machine has a drawback in that a semi-finished product having an arbitrary shape cannot be obtained from the raw material dough.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such disadvantages, and an object thereof is to obtain a press-molding apparatus for a processed food which can easily form a processed food of any shape.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a press-molding apparatus for a processed food according to the present invention comprises a molding machine for dividing a raw material dough of a processed food into fixed product quantities and molding the same. Processed food press provided with a conveying means for sequentially conveying the semi-finished products divided and molded by a machine, and a press device arranged downstream of the molding machine with respect to the conveying means and pressing the semi-finished products In the molding device, the pressing device is detachably attached to one or a plurality of press dies having a mold surface of a predetermined shape at a tip portion facing the conveying means, and a mold surface of the press die and a semi-finished product. It further comprises a water dropping device for forming a water film on the contact part.

In the second invention, the conveying means has a belt which is driven intermittently.

[Operation] In this invention, a raw material dough for processed food is divided and molded by a molding machine for each predetermined product quantity to produce a semi-finished product, and the semi-finished product is transported to a press device by a transporting means and pressed. A press die attached to the tip of the apparatus prepares the shape. Furthermore, the press die attached to the tip of the press machine is replaced to mold a semi-finished product of any shape.

Furthermore, water is supplied from the water dropping device provided in the pressing device to the mold surface of the press mold or the upper surface of the semi-finished product to form a water film, which enhances the mold releasability and prevents the dough from adhering to the mold.

Further, in the second invention, since the conveying means having the belt which is intermittently driven is used, the press device is provided at a fixed position.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a molding machine, and the molding machine 1 is configured almost the same as the drum molding machine shown in the conventional example of FIG. 10, and has a storage chamber 22 into which the raw material dough is fed and a pressure of the fed raw material dough to a predetermined pressure. It is provided with a roller 23 for pressurizing up to and a rotary drum 24 having a mold for molding the raw material material to mold the semi-finished product 13 having a fixed shape, for example, a columnar shape.

2 is a conveyor belt provided at the bottom of the molding machine 1,
As shown in the side view of FIG. 2, the conveyor belt 2 is stretched between the driving roller 3 and the driven roller 4, and the driving motor 5
Is rotated in the direction of arrow A. Reference numeral 6 denotes a cam clutch for intermittently driving the continuous drive of the drive motor 5 and transmitting it to the drive roller 3.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a press device provided on the upper part of the conveyor belt 2 at a stage subsequent to the molding machine 1. The press device 7 is an air cylinder 8 driven by air pressure and a movable plate fixed to a piston rod tip of the air cylinder 8. 9, a plurality of press dies 10a to 10i detachably attached, and a water dropping device 11 in which a tip nozzle 12 is connected to the inner surface of the press dies 10a to 10i as shown in the perspective view of FIG. Reference numeral 13 is a trolley on which the molding machine 1, the conveyor belt 2 and the press device 7 are mounted.

Next, the operation of the press molding device configured as described above will be described.

First, the mold provided on the rotary drum 24 of the molding machine 1 is used as a storage chamber.
The raw material cloth sent into the inside 22 is divided and molded, and the semi-finished product 13 formed in a columnar shape, for example, is dropped onto the conveyor belt 2.
The conveyor belt 2 is intermittently moved in the direction of arrow A by a constant distance by a cam clutch 6 that operates in synchronization with the rotation of the rotary drum 24, and the semi-finished product 13 placed on the conveyor belt 2 is moved toward the press device 7. Move to.

When the semi-finished product 13 is moved to the lower surface of the press device 7 by the conveyor belt 2 and stopped, the control device (not shown) sends air pressure to the air cylinder 8 in synchronization with the stop of the conveyor belt 2, and the air cylinder 8 moves the movable plate. The plurality of press dies 10a to 10i attached to 9 are pushed down. This press mold
By pressing down 10a to 10i, the upper surface of the semi-finished product 13 is pressed by the inner surface of the press dies 10a to 10i, and the semi-finished product 13 is pressed by each press die 10a to 1
It is re-molded to have a shape corresponding to the inner surface shape of 0i.
By this remolding, molded products 14 having various shapes are formed,
The formed product 14 thus formed is sequentially sent to the next process, for example, the heating process by the conveyor belt 2.

When the cylindrical semi-finished product 13 having a flat upper surface formed by molding by the molding machine 1 is re-molded by the press device 7 to form a molded product 14, the press molds 10a to 10i are, for example, When the press dies 10a to 10i each having a hemispherical mold surface as shown in FIG. 4 or a rotation base surface are used, the upper surfaces of the molds are changed by the press dies 10a to 10i as shown in FIG. 5 (a). A molded product 14a having a hemispherical shape can be formed.

When the radius of curvature of the hemispherical mold surface of the press molds 10a to 10i is increased, a flat sweet potato-shaped molded product 14b can be formed as shown in FIG. 5 (b).

In addition, the pressing surfaces 10a to 10i with a hemispherical mold surface
As shown in the figure, one or a plurality of grooves 15 are provided, and when these press dies 10a to 10i are used, a cylindrical semi-finished product 13 having a flat upper surface is provided with one or a plurality of grooves on the upper surface as shown in FIG. It is also possible to form a molded product 14c having a ridge.

Since the press dies 10a to 10i attached to the press device 7 are detachable from the movable plate 9, necessary moldings
The press dies 10a to 10i corresponding to the shapes of 14a to 14c can be replaced at any time, and a molded product having an arbitrary shape can be obtained.

Further, when the shape of the semi-finished product 13 is adjusted to the molded product 14 having an arbitrary shape by the press device 7, the raw material dough is pressed by the press die 10a.
In order to prevent the water from adhering to the molds 10a to 10i, a small amount of water is dropped from the water dropping device 11 onto the mold faces of the press molds 10a to 10i to form a water film on the mold faces of the press molds 10a to 10i. Therefore, even a semi-finished product 13 using a highly viscous raw material can be re-molded into a molded product 14 having an arbitrary shape. This also has the same effect in a device that sprays water droplets onto the upper surface of the semi-finished product 13 or the mold surfaces of the press molds 10a to 10i to form a water film, for example, by a spraying device.

In the above embodiment, the case where the drum molding machine is used as the molding machine 1 has been described. However, a spherical molding machine that forms a spherical semi-finished product, or a predetermined mold filled with raw material dough, Even if a filling molding machine for forming a matched semi-finished product is used, a molded product having an arbitrary shape can be re-molded as in the above-mentioned embodiment.

For example, if a spherical product formed by molding with a spherical molding machine or a filling molding machine is re-molded with a press mold 10a to 10i having a protrusion 16 on the inner surface of a hemisphere as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, it is possible to form a molded product 14d having an indentation 17 in the upper part having an ellipsoidal shape.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, the present invention divides the raw material dough of the processed food into a predetermined shape by a molding machine and divides the product into constant shapes.
By forming a semi-finished product of a quantity, transporting this semi-finished product to the press device by the transporting means, and re-molding with a press die detachably attached to the press device, by providing a water dropping device, Since a water film can be formed on the contact surface between the press die and the semi-finished product to prevent the raw material dough from adhering to the press die, all kinds of raw materials can be molded into any shape.

Further, in the second invention, by intermittently driving the belt as the conveying means, positioning of the semi-finished product with respect to the press device becomes easy, and since it is not necessary to move the press device, the structure of the device itself can be simplified. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the above embodiment, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a part of the pressing apparatus of the above embodiment, and FIG. Sectional view shown, fifth
Figures (a) and (b) are perspective views showing a semi-finished product remolded by the press die shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing another press die, and Fig. 7 is shown in Fig. 6. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a semi-finished product remolded by the press die shown in FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a third press die, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a semi-finished product re-molded by the third press die. FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing the drum forming machine. [Explanation of symbols of main parts] 1 ... Molding machine, 2 ... Conveyor belt, 5 ... Drive motor, 6 ... Cam clutch, 7 ... Press device, 8 ... Air cylinder, 10a-10i. Press type, 11 …… Water dropping device, 13 …… Semi-finished products, 14,14a-14d …… Molded products.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A molding machine for dividing raw material dough of a processed food into predetermined product quantities and molding the same, a conveying means for sequentially conveying the semi-finished products divided and molded by the molding machine, and the conveying means. It is arranged in a later stage than the molding machine,
In a processed food press molding apparatus including a press device for pressing a semi-finished product to mold, the press device attaches or detaches one or a plurality of press molds having a mold surface of a predetermined shape to a tip portion facing the conveying means. A processed food press molding apparatus, which is freely mounted and further comprises a water dropping device for forming a water film on a contact portion between the mold surface of the press mold and the semi-finished product. 2. The processed food press molding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveying means has a belt which is driven intermittently.