JP2822344B2 - Secondary processing equipment for molded food - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus having a secondary processing section provided in a conveying path of a molded food, wherein the secondary processing is performed on the molded food by a processing member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, frozen foods such as hamburgers and croquettes are manufactured by filling a material into a mold and giving it a predetermined shape. As a result, since it is not sharp and does not feel delicious, there has been proposed a reshaping apparatus for giving roundness to a once formed food and performing secondary processing in order to make it look like a handmade product (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-292539).

[0003] In this apparatus, an ascending conveyor, a horizontal conveyor, and a descending conveyor are provided in succession, and the molded food is sandwiched from the left and right by a shaping section on the horizontal conveyor and pressed to impart roundness. However, because it is a three-part conveyor consisting of ascending, leveling, and descending, the molded food must be transferred at least three times to a conveyor with a different inclination, and the impact of the shock and posture change applied to the food when moving is considered. Because it is unavoidable, some foods may lose their shape.

[0004] In addition, in the case of this shaping method, since the food is sandwiched and pressed from the left and right, another deformation may occur on the surface of the food. In this case, in the past, deformation was suppressed by pressing at the same time as shaping in the shaping section on the horizontal conveyor, but there was a problem that this had no effect at all.

Further, in the conventional reshaping device, the ascending conveyor, the horizontal conveyor, and the descending conveyor are connected,
From the approach to the discharge, they all perform exactly the same movement in a fixed operation pattern. For this reason, when some conveyors are intermittently operated, for example, there is a restriction that an operation for continuously operating other conveyors cannot be performed.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its object is to reduce the shock applied to the molded food by changing the conveying angle of the molded food, and (2) To surely correct the deformation of the molded food due to the secondary processing.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises a lifting conveyor 10 and an unloading conveyor 30 which are arranged in this order as means for carrying and discharging a molded food product to and from the secondary processing section 20, and Conveyor 10 receives the molded food at the base position at the low position, and gradually raises the
It is arranged to be inclined for transport to the next processing unit 20,
The unloading conveyor 30 is provided so as to be able to move up and down around the base end so that the distal end can be moved up and down between a lowering position 12 below the secondary processing portion and an ascending position 13 that has risen to the secondary processing portion. Is located at the lower position for receiving the secondary processed food discharged from the elevating conveyor 10, and is a correction member 3 for correcting deformation of the formed food as a result of the secondary processing.
1 is provided above the carry-out conveyor 30.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A secondary processing device for molded food according to the present invention comprises a secondary processing section 2 along a path for transporting molded food.
0, and the molded food conveyed to the
The shaping process is performed according to 1 and 22.

The molded food F is manufactured by a molded food manufacturing apparatus (not shown), and is conveyed from the conveying device 9 to the conveying path of the present apparatus. The transport route of the present apparatus is a means for transporting the conveyed molded food product to the secondary processing section 20 and carrying it out therefrom, and includes a lifting conveyor 10 and a carry-out conveyor 30. Both conveyors 10, 30 are arranged in order along the transport path.

The elevating conveyor 10 is arranged at a low position on the upstream side and at a high inclination on the downstream side for receiving molded food at a certain base end side and gradually ascending it to carry it to the secondary processing section 20. You. Further, the tip side of the lifting conveyor 10 is 2
The lowering position 12 below the next processing unit 20 and the second processing unit 2
It is provided so as to be able to move up and down around the base end side so as to be able to ascend and descend between the ascending position 13 which has risen to zero. Therefore, the inclination of the elevating conveyor 10 can be reduced, and problems such as shocks can be reduced.

The lifting conveyor 10 in the illustrated embodiment
Is a base roller 11 located at the most upstream and low position,
The secondary processing section 20 has front and rear end rollers 14, 15 arranged at a predetermined interval to support the molded food. The base roller 11 is also a center point for rotating the entire elevating conveyor 10 to move the front end side up and down. Further, the rollers 14 and 15 on the tip side of the elevating conveyor are attached to a roller support frame 16, and the support frame 16 is configured to be moved up and down by an elevating device 17 exemplified as a cylinder device.

Therefore, the illustrated lifting conveyor 10 has three points of rollers 11, 14, 1 which are arranged in an acute triangle with the base roller 11 at the top and the bottom between the top rollers 14, 15.
5, the tip portion can be moved up and down around the base roller 11 without changing its shape. The cylinder device (17) for vertical movement is composed of a pair of left and right members that are supported at the lower part of the device base, and is attached to the support frame 16 at the tip of the piston (FIGS. 3 and 4).

The upper surface between the tip rollers 14 and 15 is a constant plane such as a horizontal plane at the ascending position, and a pair of mold members 21 and 22 provided in the secondary processing section 20 approach and separate along the surface. Secondary processing of the molded food. Each mold member 21,
Numeral 22 slides on a conveyor between the leading end rollers at the ascending position to clamp and press the molded food from both front and rear sides, and presses the molded food to perform secondary processing for shaping into the shapes of the mold surfaces 23 and 24.

The illustrated mold members 21 and 22 have several mold surfaces 2.
3 and 24 are arranged side by side in the left and right direction.
Slider 2 with wheels sliding back and forth across 5, 26
7 and 28. 29a and 29b are cylinder devices before and after driving the sliders 27 and 28,
When the mold members 21 and 22 advance most, they come into contact with each other.

1 and 2, the rear mold member 22 shows the most advanced position for convenience of explanation, and the front mold member 21 shows the most retracted position. The mold members 21 and 22 can stop and reciprocate at any position up to the most advanced position. Mold surface 2 in retracted position
Nozzles 33 and 34 are provided at appropriate positions for performing jet cleaning on the nozzles 3 and 24 each time. This nozzle 3
3, 34 inject a mixed fluid of water and air.

The unloading conveyor 30 receives the secondary processed molded food discharged from the elevating conveyor 10,
The base end is located at the descending position 12. The conveyor 30 can be provided with a device for correcting the deformation of the molded food as a result of the secondary processing. The deformation is, for example, a bulge generated at the center of the molded food pressed from the left and right by the mold members 21 and 22. Such deformation cannot be corrected during an instantaneous shaping cycle, as it results from the material inside the food item moving into search for a shelter, which cannot withstand shaping pressure.

Therefore, in the present invention, the deformation is corrected by applying an external force on the carry-out conveyor 30 for a sufficient time. In the present invention, a roller that presses the molded food on the unloading conveyor 30 is used as the correction member 31, and the deformed portion is spread. The illustrated roller presses the molded food by spring means 32 downward from above the carry-out conveyor 30 and rotates the molded food by the power of the driving device 35. Conversely, a pattern can be added to the molded food using the roller.

The elevating conveyor 10 is, for example, a first driving device 4
1, which is synchronized with the transport device 9 at the preceding stage. This drive system is capable of moving the molded foods F arranged in a row in two rows.
The intermittent operation is performed so that the sheet is transported at the timing of the secondary processing in the next processing section. On the other hand, the unloading conveyor 30 is driven by the second driving device 42. Since the first and second driving devices 41 and 42 do not need to be synchronized with each other, the synchronization belt 43 is not necessary. However, in order to make the number of incoming and outgoing molded foods the same, synchronization may be taken.

Thus, the processed food sent from the conveyor 9 can move on the elevator 10 under the condition of a small angle difference between the conveyor surface and the conveyor surface of the elevator 10, and travel on the conveyor 10. After reaching the ascending position by the lifting device 17, the secondary processing unit 20 performs secondary processing. Thereafter, the lifting conveyor 10 moves to the lowering position, moves onto the unloading conveyor 30 with almost no difference in angle, and proceeds on the unloading conveyor 30. In the process, the correction member 31
As a result, the molded food is finally obtained in an ideal shape because it is subjected to an operation that is a secondary processing or a modification of the secondary processing.

[0020]

Since the present invention is constructed and operates as described above, the molded food moves on the conveyors 10 and 30 with almost no shock, and is formed into the desired shape at the secondary processing section 20. In addition to the subsequent processing, there is an effect that the deformation generated as a result of the secondary processing can be surely corrected by the correcting member 31.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory plan view showing one embodiment of a molded food secondary processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory side view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a lifting mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a view as seen from the direction of arrows in FIG. 3;

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] An apparatus for secondary processing of a molded food by a processed member at a secondary processing section provided in a transport path of the molded food, wherein the molded food is transferred to a secondary processing section 20. The lifting conveyor 10 and the unloading conveyor 30 are arranged in order as a means for carrying and unloading from the same. The lifting conveyor 10 receives the molded food at the base end located at a low position, and gradually raises the food to the secondary processing unit 20. It is inclined for transport, and the tip side is the lowering position 12 below the secondary processing section.
And the ascending / descending position 13 which has risen to the secondary processing section, so as to be able to move up and down around the base end side, and the unloading conveyor 30 is subjected to secondary processing discharged from the elevating conveyor 10 Placed in said lowered position for receiving molded food,
A secondary processing apparatus for a molded food product, comprising a correction member 31 for correcting a deformation generated in a molded food product as a result of the next processing, above the carry-out conveyor 30. 2. A lifting conveyor 20 comprises a base roller 11 located at the most upstream and lower position, and front and rear end rollers arranged at a predetermined interval to support a molded food in the secondary processing section 20. The secondary food processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: 14, 15. 3. The front and rear end rollers 14, 15 are mounted on a roller support frame 16, and are movable up and down by mounting the roller support frame 16 on the telescopic end of a cylinder device as an elevating device 17. Secondary processing device for molded food. 4. The molded food secondary processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction member is a roller for pressing the molded food after the secondary processing on the carry-out conveyor. 5. The molded food secondary processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lifting conveyor 10 and the unloading conveyor 30 can be operated either synchronously or asynchronously.