JP4431473B2 - Cooked rice forming equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention mainly relates to a semi-automatic cooked rice forming apparatus for manually forming rice balls filled with rice in the center of cooked rice.

Conventionally, the rice is formed by interposing the cooked rice between the upper mold and the lower mold, and compressing the cooked rice into a predetermined shape by bringing both molds close by operating a lever or the like. And after shaping | molding, after forming the shaping | molding upper mold | type and the shaping | molding lower mold | type, the shaping | molding cooked rice in a shaping | molding lower mold was taken out by hand.
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  However, in the conventional method, the molded rice in the lower mold is directly taken out by hand after separating the upper mold and the lower mold after forming the rice, so that the operation is not performed quickly and at the time of taking out. There was a problem that the mold collapsed by hand.

  Therefore, the present invention was created in view of the existing circumstances as described above, and it is not necessary to manually remove the formed cooked rice in the molded lower mold, and only by operating the operation lever, An object of the present invention is to provide a semi-automatic cooked rice molding apparatus that can perform all molding and unloading, thereby speeding up the work and preventing the molded rice from being deformed during unloading. .

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, in the cooked rice molding apparatus that molds the cooked rice by compressing the cooked rice into a predetermined shape by bringing the molded upper mold and the molded lower mold close by the operated lever. By moving the operating lever from the extreme end region of the operation of separating the upper mold and the lower mold in the direction of separating the two molds, the molded rice is pushed up and taken out from the lower mold in conjunction with the operating lever. With a push-up mechanism that allows
The push-up mechanism is connected at one end via a link to the rotation support shaft side of an operation lever provided with an elevating mechanism with a cam structure that tilts and moves the forming upper die inwardly of the forming lower die, and is centered on the intermediate support shaft. As shown in FIG. 1, a push-up lever arm is provided which pushes up and down the bottom plate disposed on the lower side of the lower mold with a stick attached to the other end by swinging the lever .

  The molding upper mold and the molding lower mold may be formed in a plurality of series with respect to the lifting mechanism so as to simultaneously form a plurality of cooked cooked rice with a single operation lever.

  A cutter portion may be projected from the lower center of the molding upper mold, and a pair of partition walls may be projected from the center of the molding lower mold.

  The introduction of the cooked rice into the lower mold can be performed by a cooked rice automatic supply device equipped with a metering supply mechanism that feeds a predetermined weight of cooked rice.

  In the cooked rice molding apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above, the push-up mechanism is an operation of moving further from the extreme end region of the operation of separating the molding upper mold and the molding lower mold in the separating operation direction of both molds. In conjunction with the lever, the other end of the lever arm is moved by swinging the lever arm for lifting, one end of which is linked to the pivot side of the operating lever via a link, with the intermediate shaft as a center. The raising / lowering bottom plate arranged on the lower side of the lower molding die is pushed upward with a stick and the molded rice is pushed up from the lower molding die so that it can be taken out.

  The molding upper mold and the molding lower mold, which are formed in a plurality of series with respect to the lifting mechanism, simultaneously form a plurality of cooked cooked rice with a single operation lever.

  A cutter part projects from the lower center of the molding upper mold and a pair of partition walls project from the front and rear of the molding lower mold so that the rice can be separated into each mold. .

  The cooked rice automatic supply device speeds up the workability of throwing cooked rice into the lower mold.

  According to the present invention, there is no need to manually remove the formed cooked rice from the molded lower mold, and all of the molded cooked rice can be formed and removed only by operating the operation lever. In addition, it is possible to prevent the molded rice from being out of shape during taking out.

  That is, this is a cooked rice molding apparatus in which the present invention forms the rice by compressing the cooked rice into a predetermined shape by bringing the upper mold and the lower mold close by the operation lever. And a push-up mechanism that allows the cooked rice to be pushed out from within the lower mold in conjunction with the operation lever by moving the control lever further from the extreme end region of the movement of the two molds toward the separating movement direction. Therefore, it is possible to easily form and take out the cooked cooked rice only by operating the operation lever, and to take out the cooked cooked rice without losing its shape.

  The push-up mechanism is connected at one end via a link to the rotation support shaft side of the operation lever provided with an elevating mechanism with a cam structure that tilts and moves the forming upper die inwardly of the forming lower die, with the intermediate support shaft as the center It is equipped with a push-up lever arm that pushes up the bottom plate placed on the lower side of the lower mold with a stick attached to the other end by swinging the lever. The lever is further moved from the extreme end of the movement to move the mold away from the mold in the movement direction of the two molds, and the lever arm is rocked about the intermediate support shaft. The lower mold raising and lowering bottom plate can be easily pushed upward, and thus the formed cooked rice can be pushed up easily and quickly from within the molded lower mold.

  The molding upper mold and the molding lower mold are formed in a plurality of series with respect to the lifting mechanism so as to form a plurality of shaped cooked rice at the same time by a single operating lever, so a plurality of shaped cooked rice is simultaneously formed by a single operating lever. Therefore, the work can be speeded up.

  A cutter part projects from the lower center of the molding upper mold, and a pair of partition walls project from the front and rear of the molding lower mold so that the rice can be separated into a plurality of molding lower molds. It can be done easily.

  Since the rice was put into the lower mold by an automatic rice feeder equipped with a weighing and feeding mechanism that supplies a predetermined weight of rice, the rice was put into the lower mold without using hands. Can be done quickly.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 shown in the figure is a hand-operated type for forming a rice ball in which a tool is filled in a central portion of cooked rice P, for example. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 or FIG. 6, this cooked rice molding apparatus 1 compresses cooked rice P into a predetermined shape by bringing the upper mold 3 and the lower mold 4 close to each other. In order to achieve this, the operating lever 2 is linked to the lifting mechanism 10 having a cam structure for making the molding upper mold 3 and the molding lower mold 4 approach or separate from each other, and the operation lever 2 on the side of the rotation support shaft 2A. One end is connected via 21, and the raising / lowering bottom plate 4B arranged on the lower side of the lower mold 4 is pushed upward by a push rod 23 attached to the other end by swinging the lever around the intermediate support shaft 22A. A lion for pushing up It is generally constituted by a push-up mechanism 20 comprising comprise over arm 22.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the elevating mechanism 10 has a spring spring 6 </ b> A wound around a fixed guide rod 6 erected substantially at the center of the base portion 5 of the cooked rice forming apparatus 1, and the guide rod 6 from above. The raising / lowering block 7 is inserted so that it can be raised / lowered along. The elevating block 7 has a rectangular plate-like stopper piece 8A that is integrally bent laterally from the upper end of a U-shaped fixed frame 8 that is erected adjacent to the guide rod 6 at the upper end of the guide rod 6. By abutting and arranging so as to cover, the lifting / lowering block 7 is prevented from being detached from the upper end of the guide rod 6 even if the operation lever 2 is moved up and rotated transiently.

  Further, a pair of left and right upper mold arms 9 are pivotally attached to both sides of the lifting block 7 via a support shaft, and a pair of left and right bifurcated levers 13 to be described later is disposed on the left and right extension shaft portions side of the support shaft. A cam follower 9A for engaging with each of the bifurcated portions 13A is provided. Then, at the tip of the pair of left and right upper mold arms 9, for example, a dual-structure molding upper mold 3 is fixed so as to oppose a dual-structure molding lower mold 4 provided on one end side of the base portion 5. Yes.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 (b), the pair of molded lower dies 4 is provided with a pair of partition walls 4A facing and projecting at a predetermined interval at the center front and rear portions thereof, The two upper molding dies 3 have a cutter portion 11 projecting downward at the center so as to fit between the partition walls 4A. Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, an elevating bottom plate 4 </ b> B that can be moved up and down inside the formed lower mold 4 is arranged on the inner bottom portion of each of the two formed lower molds 4. The rod 23 is supported so that it can be pushed up.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the operating lever 2 has a ball-shaped gripping portion 2B at the tip of a rod, and a pivot support shaft 2A is formed by bending a middle portion of the rod at a substantially right angle. Each of the shaft holes 12A formed on each upper side of the opposite U-shaped piece portions of the upward U-shaped frame-shaped bearing frame 12 standing on the rear side of the fixed frame 8 with the rotating support shaft 2A being horizontal. The operating lever 2 can be rotated in the tilting direction with the grip portion 2B.

  Further, substantially intermediate portions of a pair of left and right bifurcated levers 13 are fixed to both sides of the rotation support shaft 2A of the operation lever 2 so as to be integrated by a fastening member or heat welding. The front end portion of the bifurcated lever 13 is a bifurcated portion 13A through a long groove, and the cam follower 9A of the upper mold arm 9 is engaged with the bifurcated portion 13A.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 6, and 7, the cam follower 9A is engaged with the bifurcated portion 13A as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 6, and 7. The lifting lever 7 is moved below the guide rod 6 by the operation lever 2 and is not compressed. When moved to the upper position, the cam follower 9A gradually moves to the back side of the bifurcated portion 13A, and accordingly, the upper mold arm 9 tilts in the forward tilt direction together with the molded upper mold 3, and the upper mold arm When 9 is in a horizontal state, the upper molding die 3 is fitted into the lower molding die 4 by further pressing down the spring spring 6A of the elevating block 7 while the operating lever 2 is compressed.

The push-up mechanism 20 is formed by a long-plate-like push-up lever arm 22 that can swing in the vertical direction around a pair of left and right intermediate support shafts 22A in the base portion 5, and the pair of bifurcated levers. 13, one end of the link 21 is rotatably connected between the rear end portions bent and narrowed in a substantially L shape, and the rear end portion of the lever arm 22 is inserted into a long hole 21A formed at the other end of the link 21. Is engaged with a cam follower 22B. Then, at the front end portion of the lever arm 22, two thrust bars 23 for projecting upwardly the lifting bottom plate 4 </ b> B disposed on the lower side of the molding lower mold 4 are provided correspondingly to the molding lower mold 4. Yes.

  The engagement state of the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 with respect to the long hole 21A of the link 21 is as follows. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the elevating block 7 is uncompressed spring spring below the guide rod 6 by the operation lever 2. When moved to the upper position of 6A, the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 moves to a substantially intermediate position of the long hole 21A of the link 21, and a spring spring along the guide rod 6 of the lifting block 7 by the further operating lever 2 In a state where the molding upper die 3 is fitted into the molding lower die 4 by pressing down while compressing 6A, the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 moves to the lower end position of the long hole 21A (see FIG. 7A). .

When the elevating block 7 is moved to the upper side of the guide rod 6 by the operation lever 2 and further moved up to the uppermost position, the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 is positioned at the upper end position of the long hole 21A of the link 21. When the link 21 is pushed down via the bifurcated lever 13, the lever arm 22 swings around the intermediate support shaft 22A, and the thrust bar 23 at the front end is arranged below the molding lower die 4. The raised bottom plate 4B is pushed up (see FIG. 8).

  Each of the molding upper mold 3 and the molding lower mold 4 has the above-described double structure, and for example, a single both molds with respect to the lifting mechanism 10 to form a single shaped cooked rice with a single operating lever 2, for example. 3 or 4 may be formed, or three or more lifted mechanisms 10 may be formed to form three or more shaped cooked rice at the same time. In addition, the introduction of the cooked rice P into the molding lower mold 4 may be performed by an unillustrated cooked rice automatic supply device including a metering supply mechanism that supplies a predetermined weight of cooked rice P. When using such a rice cooker, the lower cooked rice P is first put and dispersed in the lower mold 4 and then the tool is placed by hand, and then the cooked rice P is loaded again from above. It is sprayed.

  Next, the use and operation of the above-described configuration will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6A, the operating lever 2 is rotated upward to separate the upper molding die 3 and the lower molding die 4 from each other. In addition, the cooked rice P and utensils are placed in the lower mold 4. As described above, the cooked rice P and utensils can be introduced not only by hand but also by the cooked rice metering mechanism.

  Then, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6 (b), when the operation lever 2 is tilted forward, the lifting block 7 moves to a position above the uncompressed spring spring 6A on the lower side of the guide rod 6, The cam follower 9A gradually moves to the back side of the bifurcated portion 13A. Along with this, the upper mold arm 9 tilts in the forward tilt direction together with the molding upper mold 3, and the upper mold arm 9 becomes horizontal with the molding upper mold 3. At this time, the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 with respect to the long hole 21A of the link 21 is engaged with the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 at a substantially intermediate position of the long hole 21A of the link 21, as shown in FIG. Has moved.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7A, when the operation lever 2 is further pushed down, the lifting block 7 is pushed down to the lower end side of the guide rod 6 while being compressed against the elastic force of the spring spring 6A. The upper mold 3 is fitted into the lower mold 4 and the cooked rice P is compression-molded into a rice ball shape. At this time, the cutter part 11 projecting from the center of the two molding upper molds 3 is fitted between the pair of partition walls 4 </ b> A projecting from the central front and rear parts of the two molding lower molds 4. Thus, the cooked rice P introduced so as to straddle the molded lower mold 4 is separated from each other at the center. Further, in the engagement state of the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 with respect to the long hole 21A of the link 21, the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 is moved to the lower end position of the long hole 21A of the link 21.

  As shown in FIG. 7 (b), when the operating lever 2 is rotated upward, the elevating block 7 is pushed up to the upper side of the guide rod 6 by the elasticity of the spring spring 6A. The molded lower mold 4 is separated from the inside. At this time, when the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 is engaged with the long hole 21A of the link 21, the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 is moved to a substantially intermediate position of the long hole 21A of the link 21.

As shown in FIG. 8, the operation lever 2 is moved up and rotated to a position where the upper molding die 3 and the lower molding die 4 are separated from each other, and then the lifting block 7 is moved to the upper side of the guide rod 6. When rotating upward to the uppermost position, the cam follower 22B of the lever arm 22 moves to the upper end position of the long hole 21A of the link 21, and the link 21 is pushed down via the bifurcated lever 13. As a result, the lever arm 22 swings the lever about the intermediate support shaft 22 </ b> A, and the thrust bar 23 at the front end pushes up the elevating bottom plate 4 </ b> B disposed below the lower mold 4. Thereby, the cooked rice P molded from the molded lower mold 4 is pushed up and exposed to be easily taken by hand.

It is a perspective view of the cooked rice formation apparatus which shows the state in which the operation lever in the best form for implementing this invention exists in the upper position at the time of cooked rice addition. It is a perspective view of the cooked rice forming device which shows the state where the operation lever was similarly rotated downward to the forward tilt intermediate position. It is a perspective view of the cooked rice forming apparatus which shows the state which similarly rotated the operation lever to the minimum tilting position, and fitted the forming upper mold in the lower mold. The cooked rice shaping | molding apparatus of the state which rotated the operation lever to the forward leaning intermediate position is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a bottom view. Similarly, the cooked rice forming apparatus in a state where the operation lever is rotated to the forward tilt intermediate position is shown, (a) is a front view, and (b) is a rear view. It explains the method of using the cooked rice forming apparatus. (A) is a side view of the cooked rice forming apparatus showing the state where the operation lever is raised and rotated to the upper position when the cooked rice is charged. It is a side view of the cooked rice shaping | molding apparatus which shows the state rotated downward to the position. Similarly, explaining how to use the cooked rice molding apparatus, (a) is a side view of the cooked rice molding apparatus showing a state in which the operation lever is lowered and rotated to the lowest tilt position and the upper mold is fitted into the lower mold; (B) is a side view of the cooked rice forming apparatus showing a state where the operation lever is rotated up to the forward tilt intermediate position. Similarly, the method of using the cooked rice molding apparatus will be explained. The cooked rice is fed from within the molded lower mold by a push-up mechanism that is operated by further rotating the operation lever from the endmost region where the molded upper mold and the molded lower mold are separated from each other. It is a side view which shows the state exposed by pushing up.

P Cooked rice 1 Cooked rice forming device 2 Operation lever 2A Rotating support shaft 2B Grip part 3 Molded upper mold 4 Molded lower mold 4A Partition wall 4B Lifting bottom plate 5 Base part 6 Guide rod 6A Spring spring 7 Lifting block 8 Fixed frame 8A Stopper piece 9 Upper arm 9A Cam follower 10 Lifting mechanism 11 Cutter part 12 Bearing frame 13 Bifurcated lever 13A Bifurcated part 20 Pushing mechanism 21 Link 21A Long hole 22 Insulator arm 22A Intermediate support shaft 22B Cam follower 23

Claims (4)

In the cooked rice molding apparatus that molds the cooked rice by compressing the cooked rice into a predetermined shape by bringing the molded upper mold and the molded lower mold close to each other with the operation lever. Further comprising a push-up mechanism that allows the molded rice to be pushed out from within the molded lower mold in conjunction with the operated lever by moving the operating lever further away from the area in the direction of the separating movement of both molds ,
The push-up mechanism is connected at one end via a link to the rotating support shaft side of an operation lever having a lifting mechanism with a cam structure that tilts and moves the forming upper mold inwardly of the forming lower mold, and is centered on the intermediate support shaft. A rice cooker characterized by comprising a pusher arm for pushing up an elevating bottom plate disposed on the lower side of the lower mold with a stick attached to the other end by swinging the lever as apparatus. 2. The cooked rice forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the molded upper mold and the molded lower mold are formed in a plurality of series with respect to the lifting mechanism so that a plurality of cooked cooked rice can be formed simultaneously by a single operation lever. 3. The cooked rice forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a cutter portion protrudes from the lower center of the forming upper die, and a pair of partition walls protrudes from the front and rear of the forming lower die. The cooked rice molding apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the cooked rice is fed into the lower mold by an automatic cooked rice feeder having a metering and feeding mechanism for feeding a predetermined weight of cooked rice.

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