JP3440322B2 - Inari Sushi Automatic Making Machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic Inari sushi manufacturing machine for automatically producing Inari sushi, and in particular, fried sushi rice is fried by inflating it by supplying air to the inside. It is possible to cut both sides connecting the epithelium and the inferior skin at the same time as cutting the epithelium, and it is not necessary to cut the bisector of the epithelium by pretreatment, which reduces the number of steps. Regarding manufacturing machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the present inventors have provided an automatic Inari sushi making machine capable of automatically producing Inari sushi. In order to automatically cut Inari sushi, it is difficult to cut both sides connected to the fried epithelium and the inferior skin.
The cutting mechanism of the automatic Inari sushi manufacturing machine described in Japanese Patent No. 551 was previously proposed. The cutting mechanism of this automatic inari sushi machine is provided to cut both sides of the bisected dividing line of the epithelium, which is connected to the fried epithelium and the inferior skin. Is provided with a cutting portion having a substantially concave shape and at least protruding portions at both ends having blades, and a driving portion for driving the cutting portion. Then, by driving the driving unit, the cutting unit is operated, and the blades of the projecting portions at both ends of the cutting unit automatically cut both sides of the epithelium and the hypodermis.

[0003]

However, in the cutting mechanism of the above-mentioned conventional Inari sushi automatic manufacturing machine, since the cutting of the bisector of the epithelium is performed by the manual pretreatment, it takes time and labor. There was a problem that the number increased by that amount. In addition, when the bisector of the epithelium is cut manually by the pretreatment, sometimes the hypodermis is cut by mistake, which makes it difficult to cut only the epithelium. Moreover, the fried food for inari is seasoned after removing the raw fried oil, and the epithelium and the hypodermis often stick partly (contents inside each other) during the seasoning, resulting in good cutting of only the epithelium. Even so, there was a problem that the under skin shook while the contents were stuck. Therefore, as a result of various studies, the inventors of the present invention, before cutting the fried food, supply air to the inside of the fried food to inflate the fried food, and cut only the necessary portion of the fried food. It came up with the idea that it can be done easily and easily, and the contents that are stuck together can be separated. The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, it is not necessary to manually cut the bisector of the fried epithelium in the pretreatment of the manual work, it is possible to reduce the number of steps, An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic inari sushi manufacturing machine that can easily and automatically cut both sides of the fried epithelium and the epithelium and the inferior skin.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and the automatic inari sushi manufacturing machine according to claim 1 has an inari sushi fried on a support portion of a carrier. Placed on the upstream side of the intermittent transfer of the carrier, after cutting the epithelium of the fried placed on the support, open the epithelium and supply sushi rice in the fried, then the undercoat In the Inari sushi automatic manufacturing machine that cuts and manufactures Inari sushi, the first air for supplying air to the inside of the fried food placed on the support part and inflating the fried food, which is arranged on the upstream side in the carrier transfer direction. A supply unit, a first cutting device having a cutting blade that mainly cuts the inflated fried epithelium, and a second air supply unit that supplies air for opening the epithelium outward while the epithelium is cut. And sushi rice inside the fried with the epithelium open outward Includes a sushi rice supply device for feeding, and a second cutting device with a cutting blade sushi rice is divided into two Inari sushi by cutting the central portion of the lower skin of the supplied fried, before
The first cutting device has a cutting blade for cutting deep-fried food.
Section, a connecting section that holds the cutting section, and the cutting section downward
A pair of left and right coil springs for urging are provided.
The connecting portion is provided with a drive shaft for moving along an elliptical orbit . According to another aspect of the present invention, in the automatic inari sushi manufacturing machine, the first air supply unit has a small tubular needle for supplying air that is inserted into a part of the fried food to inflate the entire fried food.

[0005]

According to the automatic inari sushi making machine of claim 1, the fried sushi for inari sushi is placed on the support part of the carrier in a saddle-like manner, and the fried by the first air supply part is provided upstream of the intermittent transfer of the carrier. The frying is inflated by supplying air to the inside, and in this inflated state, the cutting blade of the first cutting device cuts the epithelium of the frying and both sides of the epidermis and the lower skin, and then the frying after cutting. Then, air is supplied by the second air supply unit to open the fried epithelium outward, and with the epithelium opened outward, the sushi rice supply device supplies sushi rice into the fried rice, and then the second cutting Cut the middle part of the lower skin with the cutting blade of the device,
According to the automatic inari sushi manufacturing machine of claim 1, wherein the inari sushi is automatically produced by dividing the fried sushi into two pieces, the first air supply section inserts the fried sushi into a part of the fried food to inflate the entire fried food. Since it has a small tubular needle that supplies air, this small tubular needle can be easily and accurately inserted into a part of the frying, and by supplying air in the inserted state, frying is optimal for cutting It will swell to a natural state.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the automatic Inari sushi manufacturing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1
The structure of the main part of the Inari sushi automatic production 1 of this example is shown,
FIG. 2 shows a state when air is supplied into the deep-fried food A by the first first air supply unit 2, and FIGS. 3 to 5 show the first cutting device 3
FIG. 6 shows the structure of the second air supply unit 4.

In the Inari sushi automatic production 1 of this embodiment, the carrier 5 is arranged upstream of the carrier 5 which is intermittently transferred by a transfer means (not shown) such as a chain conveyor, and is mounted on the support portion 5a of the carrier 5. A first air supply unit 2 for supplying air into the placed deep-fried food A to inflate the deep-fried food, and a cutting blade for cutting the bisector of the inflated deep-fried food A mainly in the center of the epithelium a1. A first cutting device 3 having 3a, a second air supply part 4 for supplying air for opening the epithelium a1 outward with the epithelium a1 cut, and a state in which the epithelium a1 opens outward A sushi rice supply device 6 (see FIG. 13) for supplying sushi rice M into the fried food, and a bisector dividing line at the center of the lower skin a2 of fried A to which the sushi rice C is supplied are cut into 2
A second cutting device 7 (see FIG. 15) having a cutting blade 7a for dividing into one Inari sushi S is provided. And the 1st air supply part 2 inserts in a part of fried A, and fried A
It has a small cylindrical needle 2a for supplying air to inflate the whole.

Next, based on FIG. 1, the first air supply unit 2
The structure of will be described. The first air supply unit 2 is driven by a drive motor (not shown) to drive the chain wheel 2
A rotary shaft 2 rotated by a chain 22 which is vertically transferred via a shaft 1 (a lower chain wheel is not shown).
3, a support plate 24 that rotatably supports the rotating shaft 23, a cam body 25 provided on the rotating shaft 23, and a rotating roll 26a that is in contact with the cam body 25. 26b, a roll arm 27 is rotatably supported by a pivot shaft (not shown), and a roll portion 27a is movably fitted in a long hole 26c formed at the tip of the rotary arm 26. The shaft-shaped rotating body 27 that is inserted and is rotatably supported by the tip ends of the pair of supporting arm portions 28, the support rod member 28 that projects from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 27 toward the upstream side, Support bar 2
A cylindrical air supply means 29 is provided which is fixed to the distal end of 8, supports the small tubular needle 2a, and is connected to an air hose 29a in communication therewith. The pair of support arms 28 are fixed to the fixed support frame 8 extending from the main body of the apparatus by mounting bolts, and the support plate 26b is erected on the upper surface of one side of the support arms 28. Has been done. Further, the tip end of a coil spring 26d for urging the rotating roll 26a of the rotating arm portion 26 in the direction of contacting the cam body 25 is attached to the base end side of the rotating arm portion 26 via a bolt 26e. ing. Further, below the pair of support arms 28,
A pair of left and right restraining rods 9 are provided which move vertically in accordance with the vertical movement of the air supply means 29 having the small tubular needles 2a and restrain both sides of the fried food A placed on the support portion 5a of the carrier 5. ing.

In the first air supply unit 2 having the above structure, the rotation shaft 23 is rotated by the transfer of the chain 22, and the cam body 25 is rotated in accordance with the rotation of the rotation shaft 23. Rotating roll 2 abutted on 25
The rotating arm portion 26 is rotated in the up-down direction about the pivotal support portion by the support plate 26b via 6a. By rotating the rotating arm portion 26 in the vertical direction, the shaft-shaped rotating body 27 is inserted through the roll portion 27a fitted into the elongated hole 26c of the rotating arm portion 26.
Is rotated, and accordingly, the support rod 28 is rotated in the vertical direction, and the air supply means 29 fixed to the tip of the support rod 28 is moved up and down in a circular arc. Along with this, when the small tubular needle 2a is moved up and down and is moved downward, as shown in FIG. 2, the small needle is placed on the upstream side of the fried food A placed on the support portion 5a of the carrier 5. Cylindrical needle 2a
The air sent from the air hose 29a is supplied from the tip of the small tubular needle 2a into the deep-fried food A through the air supply means 29, so that the deep-fried food A expands. At this time, since the left and right side portions of the fried A are held by the pair of left and right holding rods 9, the bulge causes the central portion of the epithelium a1 of the fried A to rise upward. Therefore, the cutting blade 3a of the first cutting device 3 described below facilitates cutting of the epithelium a1 of the fried A and both sides of the epithelium a1 and the lower skin a2.

Next, the first cutting device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5. The first cutting device 3 is provided with a cutting part 30 having a cutting blade 3a, a connecting part 31, and a pair of left and right coil springs 32. The cutting part 30 is composed of a pedestal 30a and a cutting blade 3a, and the pedestal 30a and the cutting blade 3a are connected and integrated by a bolt 33 inserted into a longitudinal long hole 3c formed in a base portion 3b of the cutting blade 3a. Has been converted. The tip of the cutting blade 3a is formed in a substantially concave shape, and the blade portion is formed over the entire tip. A guide member 33 is projected from the connecting portion 31 in an L-shape in a plan view, and both sides of the pedestal 30a of the cutting portion 30 are freely movably held in the space between the guide member 33 and the connecting portion 31 in the vertical and horizontal directions. ing. The cutting portion 30 is supported by a guide member 33 while being biased downward by a pair of left and right coil springs 32. Cutting part 30
Is cut off except for the connection portion 31, the hug by the guide member 33, and the biasing support by the coil spring 32.
The movement is free. A pair of upper and lower drive shafts 34 and 35 are attached to the connecting portion 31, and the lower drive shaft 35 is an eccentric shaft that converts the circular motion drive force transmitted from the drive source 36 into a vertical drive force.

According to the first cutting device 3 having the above structure, the circular motion driving force transmitted from the driving source 36 is applied to the driving shafts 34, 3
By the action of 5, it is converted into a vertical driving force, and the connecting portion 31 is lowered toward the lifting A direction. This lowering is the eccentric drive of the circular motion of the drive shafts 34 and 35, and therefore the connecting portion 31
Moves along a large elliptical orbit, and therefore descends slightly obliquely. At this time, in this state, since the cutting portion 30 is held by the guide member 33 in the holding state by the connecting portion 31, the protruding portion 3 of the cutting blade 3a is held.
The s and 3t do not come into contact with both sides of the fried A epithelial a1 and the lower skin 1b at the same time, but are in a one-sided contact state. However, since the coil spring 32 constantly urges the cutting portion 30 downward, this partial contact is eliminated by the urging force of the coil spring 32, and the protruding portions 3s, 3t of the cutting blade 3a are simultaneously lifted. Abut on both sides. In this state, the movement of the drive shafts 34 and 35 in the downward direction is still performed, and in this state, the protrusions 3s at both ends of the tip of the cutting portion 30 are
3t contacts both sides of the fried food A without depending on the action of the coil spring 32. The connecting portion 31 is the drive shaft 3
As soon as the downward movement of 4, 35 reaches the lowermost end, it is immediately transferred to the upward movement. At this time, the connecting portion 31
Is moving on a large elliptic arc, the position of the connecting portion 31 moves downward and upward while moving at the lowest point during descending, moving upward and laterally.

The movement of the protruding portion 3s is moved in a substantially downward direction according to the connecting portion 31 until it comes into contact with both sides of the frying A. After the contact, the protruding portions 3s, 3t are actuated by the action of the coil spring 32. Are simultaneously brought into contact with each other, and the movement of the connecting portion 31 moves horizontally in the horizontal direction and at the same time in the horizontal direction, and then moves upward and away from the frying A. Since this movement is a movement of cutting the swollen fried A epithelium a1 and both sides with a knife, the hypodermis a2 and the epithelium a1 are separated and the bisected cutting line of the central portion of the fried A epithelium a1 is surely performed. And both sides are cut off. In this way, it is possible to cut the bisector of the central portion of the epithelium a1 of the fried A and both side portions at once.

Next, based on FIG. 6, the second air supply unit 4
The structure of will be described. The second air supply unit 4 is arranged immediately downstream of the first cutting device 3 and has an air pipe 4a fixedly supported by a support frame 10 that is bridged between both sides of the device body (not shown). An air hose 4c connected to the air pipe 4a via a connecting portion 4b and a nozzle portion 4d attached to the tip of the air pipe 4a.

The second air supply unit 4 supplies air to the inside of the fried A, which is cut by the first cutting device 3 at the center bisector of the epithelial a1 of the fried A and both sides thereof. Then, the epithelium a1 is opened outward. Note that the sushi rice supply device 6 is shown in FIG. 13 and the second cutting device 7 is shown in FIG.
Next, a manufacturing process of the Inari sushi S by the automatic Inari sushi manufacturing 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 16. First, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the fried food A is placed on the supporting portion 5a of the carrier 5 in a saddle-like shape at the most downstream side in the transport direction of the carrier 5. Next, as shown in FIG. 9, while the pair of left and right restraining bar members 9 are positioned near the left and right sides of the fried food A,
The small-cylindrical needle 2a of the first air supply unit 2 is lowered as described above, and the small-cylindrical needle 2a is inserted into the deep-fried food A and fried A
The air is supplied inside and fried A is inflated.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10, the bisector of the central portion of the epithelium a1 of the fried A and both side portions thereof are simultaneously cut by the above-mentioned procedure by the cutting blade 3a of the first cutting device 3. . At this time, the fried A is cut in a swelled state, so that the bisector of the central part of the epithelium a1 and both side parts are accurately and easily cut. Inside the fried food A cut in this way, as shown in FIG.
To supply air to open the epithelium a1 of the fried A outward, and as shown in FIG.
The bisector dividing line in the center of the fried A epithelium a1 is greatly opened outward. At this time, the pressing bar 9 is moved upward and removed. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, an appropriate amount of sushi rice M is dropped and supplied by the sushi rice supply device 6 toward the widely opened openings on the left and right sides of the fried A, and FIG.
As shown in Fig. 7, the left and right epithelium a1 and the hypodermis a2 of fried A
Enclose sushi rice M between. Next, in this state,
As shown in FIG. 5, the cutting blade 7a of the second cutting device 7 cuts the bisector dividing line in the center of the lower skin a2 of the fried A, and as shown in FIG. The two left and right Inari sushi S containing the rice M are completed and conveyed by the belt conveyor 15.

[0016]

As described above, according to the automatic inari sushi making machine of claim 1, the fried sushi for inari is placed on the support part of the carrier in a saddle-like manner, and the support is provided on the upstream side of the intermittent transfer of the carrier. After cutting the fried epithelium placed in the section, open the epithelium and supply sushi rice in the fried, then cut the undercoat to produce Inari sushi, Inari sushi automatic manufacturing machine, carrier The first air supply part, which is arranged on the upstream side in the transfer direction and supplies air to the inside of the fried food placed on the support part to inflate the fried food, and a cutting for cutting mainly the epithelium of the fried food product in the inflated state. A first cutting device having a blade, a second air supply unit that supplies air for opening the epithelium outward when the epithelium is cut, and sushi rice in a fried rice with the epithelium open outward Sushi rice supply device for supplying sushi rice and fried rice And a second cutting device with a cutting blade to cut and divided central portion of the skin to two Inari Sushi, before
The first cutting device has a cutting blade for cutting deep-fried food.
Section, a connecting section that holds the cutting section, and the cutting section downward
A pair of left and right coil springs for urging are provided.
The connecting part is a drive shaft for moving along an elliptical orbit.
Is provided , the following effects can be obtained. That is, the fried sushi rice encapsulation is inflated by supplying air to the inside by the first air supply unit, so that both sides of the fried epithelium and the inferior skin are cut simultaneously with the cutting of the epithelium and automatically. It is possible to do so without any need for pre-cutting of the bisector of the epithelium, and it is possible to cut only the epithelium surely and not to break the hypodermis even if the contents are stuck together. Therefore, the number of steps can be reduced and the quality can be improved. Moreover,
After cutting the epithelium and both sides where the epithelium and the hypodermis are connected by the cutting blade of the first cutting device, the fried epithelium is automatically turned outward by supplying air to the second air supply unit. Since it can be opened, sushi rice can be easily fed into the fried food, and the best Inari sushi can be produced . In the automatic inari sushi manufacturing machine according to claim 2, the first air supply unit has a small tubular needle for supplying air that is inserted into a part of the fried food to inflate the entire fried food. Can be easily and accurately inserted into a part of the deep-fried food, and by supplying air in the inserted condition, the deep-fried food can be inflated to the optimum condition for cutting and does not damage the deep-fried food.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a structure of a main part of an embodiment of an automatic Inari sushi manufacturing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which air is being supplied to the fried food by the first air supply unit.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a first cutting device.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a drive system of the first cutting device.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a first cutting device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second air supply unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram when placing the fried food on the support portion of the carrier.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the fried food is placed on the support portion of the carrier.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the first air supply unit supplies air to the frying to inflate the frying.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram when cutting the fried fried food with the cutting blade of the first cutting device.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram when air is supplied by the air supply unit to the fried food cut by the first cutting device.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram when pulling open the fried epithelium.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram when sushi rice is supplied by a sushi rice supply device to a deep-fried fried sushi rice.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which sushi rice is wrapped in a fried food.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram when the fried lower skin is cut by the cutting blade of the second cutting device.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a finished state of Inari sushi after cutting the undercoat.

[Explanation of symbols]

A fried a1 epithelium a2 lower skin M sushi rice S Inari Sushi 1 Inari Sushi Automatic Machine 2 First air supply section 2a Small tubular needle 3 First cutting device 3a cutting blade 4 Second air supply unit 5 career 5a support 6 Sushi rice feeder 7 Second cutting device 7a cutting blade

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. The fried sushi for Inari sushi is placed on the support part of the carrier in a Nori-Saddle shape, and the epithelium of the fried product placed on the support part is cut on the upstream side of the intermittent transfer of the carrier. Opened to supply sushi rice in the fried food, and then cut the lower skin to produce Inari sushi, which is placed upstream of the carrier transfer direction and placed on the support section. In the state where the epithelium is cut, the first air supply part for supplying air to the inside of the deep-fried food to inflate the deep-fried food, the first cutting device having a cutting blade that mainly cuts the epithelium of the deep-fried deep-fried food, A second air supply unit that supplies air to open the epithelium outward, a sushi rice supply device that supplies sushi rice in the fried food with the epithelium open outward, and a fried rice that is supplied with sushi rice. Cutting that cuts the middle part of the lower skin to divide it into two Inari sushi A second cutting device with a
Wherein the first cutting device, cut with a cutting blade for cutting the fried
The disconnection part, the connecting part that holds the disconnection part, and the disconnection part
A pair of left and right coil springs for urging the connecting portion are provided to drive the connecting portion to move along an elliptical orbit.
Inari sushi automatic production characterized by having a shaft
Machine. 2. The inari according to claim 1, wherein the first air supply unit has a small cylindrical needle that is inserted into a part of the fried food to supply air for inflating the entire fried food. Automatic sushi making machine.