JPS5838138B2 - Chikuwa-fu manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a chikuwa-fu manufacturing apparatus that automates the production of chikuwa-fu used for boiled foods such as oden.

Traditionally, Chikuwa-fu was manufactured by hand by many people.

Briefly, raw wheat flour and water are kneaded, left in the air to ripen, and then stretched into approximately rectangular noodle strips with a constant thickness.

Then, this noodle strip is wound around a round rod, placed in a mold with a star-shaped cross section, and then placed in a heating device and heated to expand the noodle strip, and the chikuwa with a star-shaped cross section is regulated by the mold. The wheat gluten is made.

After the chikuwa fu is cooled, it is removed from the mold and the round bar is pulled out to form a single piece.

Because all of these tedious steps were done by hand, the production of chikuwafu was inefficient; for example, even if around 20 people worked all day long, the production would only be around 20,000 pieces. In addition, labor costs also increased, leading to higher manufacturing costs.

The present invention has been made with attention to the current situation, and includes a step of continuously winding a noodle strip formed for Chikuwa-fu around a noodle strip winding rod, and then heating the rolled noodle strip. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chikuwa-fu manufacturing device that fully automates the process of removing a winding rod from the formed chikuwa-fu, thereby improving the productivity of chikuwa-fu and reducing the manufacturing cost.

The present invention will be described below based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5.

To explain the Chikuwa-fu manufacturing device, 1 is a noodle strip 2a fed in a constant width, cut into a constant length, and then cut into a noodle strip winding rod 3 (hereinafter simply referred to as a winding rod). This is a noodle band winding device that continuously winds up noodle strips 2b.

First, this winding device 1 will be explained in detail based on FIGS. 2 to 4. The horizontal top edges of frames 4 constituting both side walls of the device 1 are connected to each other via a ceiling plate 5. The continuous upper end edge portions are formed to be inclined downward toward the noodle sheet feeding direction (leftward direction in the figure).

A pair of rolling rollers 6a, 6b and a cutter roller 7 are pivotally supported on the plate 5 via a bracket 8, and are used to cut long strips of noodles that are suspended and continuously fed from a noodle strip manufacturing device (not shown). The band 2a is sandwiched between rotatably driven rolling rollers 6a and 6b and rolled to a predetermined thickness, and the cutter roller 7, which is rotationally driven in synchronization with the rolling rollers 6at6b, rotates the cutter roller 7 every time. The noodle strip 2a is cut into a predetermined length and formed into a predetermined rectangular shape between the noodle strip 2a and one of the rolling rollers 6b.

Also, a roller 9a is pivotally supported on the frame 4 near the bottom of the ceiling plate 5, and a roller 9 is pivotally supported on the front part of the frame 4.
A net-like belt 10 is placed over the rolling rollers 6a, 6a, and 6b to form a belt conveyor 11 as a noodle sheet conveying means.
Formed noodle strip 2b formed by 6b and cutter roller 7
is placed on a belt 10, conveyed downward, and guided to roller means 12, which will be described next.

The roller means 12 includes a roller 13 which is pivoted on the frame 4 in front of the lower end of the belt conveyor 11 and close to the roller 9b thereof, and a pair of rollers 13 above the roller 13 and the roller 9b at the front of the belt conveyor 11. roller 1
4a and 14b are provided.

These rollers 14a, 14b are pivotally supported on the tip end of a lever 15 which is swingably supported on both sides of the frame 4.

The lever 15 is biased counterclockwise in the figure by a spring 16 engaged with the frame 4, and its base end engages with a cam 17 pivotally supported on the frame 4, and the tip of the lever 15 is rotated by 170 rotations of the cam. The part is designed to swing in the vertical direction.

Here, when the noodle strip 2b is wound around the winding rod 3, the pair of rollers 14a, 14b moves downward from the chain line position to the solid line position shown in FIG. 4b and the belt 10 surface, a cylindrical space 19 is formed in which a noodle strip can be wound.

Further, a belt 22 is hung via a tension pulley 21 between both ends of the rollers 14a, 14b and a pulley 20 supported by the frame 4 via a bracket.

The tension pulley 21 is pivotally supported on the upper end of a tension lever 23 which is pivotally supported on the frame 4 via a bracket, and the lever 23 is supported by a spring 24 engaged between the lower end of the lever 23 and the frame 4 as shown in the figure. Force in the clockwise direction.

When the lever 15 swings due to the rotation of the cam 17, the tension lever 23 rotates counterclockwise in the figure, thereby constantly applying a constant tension to the belt 22.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the rollers 1 4a,
A winding rod support member 25 in which an engagement groove for the winding rod 3 is formed is provided between the end of the winding rod 1 4b and the frame 4, and the winding rod can be wound up to a position supported by the winding rod support member 25. The winding rod conveying means 26 for conveying the rod 3 is constructed as follows.

The winding rod conveying means 26 supports the winding rod storage box 28 on a support base 27 fixed to bridge the inclined upper edges of the central part of the frame 4, and also supports the winding rod storage box 28 in the vicinity of the lower side thereof. A sending section 29 is provided.

The winding rod feeding section 29 is connected to a rotary drum 30 and the drum 3.
It is composed of a cover 31 on both sides that pivotally supports 0, and an arcuate guide bar 32 attached to the front peripheral edge of the cover 31.

Grooves 33 into which the winding rods 3 are inserted are provided at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 30, and guide rails 35 are inserted through openings 34 provided at the front lower end of the winding rod storage box 28. Groove 33 of rotary drum 30 rotating through
The winding rods 3 are successively fed into the winding rod one by one.

Furthermore, a chain 37 is hung between a roller 36a that is pivotally supported on the frame 4 close to the bottom of the rotary drum 30 and a roller 36b that is pivotally supported on the lower end of the frame 4.
Protrusions 38 for engaging the winding rod are provided at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the chain 37.

39 is a rail on which the rollers 40 of the chain 37 roll.

The winding rod 3 fed into the groove 33 of the rotary drum 30 is guided downward by the rotational force of the drum 300 along the inner peripheral edge of the guide bar 32, and when it falls onto the chain 37, it is wound by the inclination of the chain 37. Both ends of the rod 3 roll to a position where they engage the projections 38.

Next, as the chain 37 moves, the winding rod 3, which moves while being locked by the protrusion 38, engages with the engagement groove of the winding rod support member 25 and is supported so as to be freely rotatable around the axis and freely to be detached upwardly.

Note that each mechanism of this device receives the driving force of the continuously variable transmission 41 and the driving force from a driving source (not shown) through the rehert 42a.
, 42b, 42c, etc., and the transport cycle and winding cycle of the noodle strip 2b and the winding rod 3, which are continuously transported, are set to be synchronized.

A noodle strip 2b (hereinafter referred to as a rolled noodle strip 4) is connected to the winding device 10 and wound around a winding rod 3.

) is exposed to the air for a certain period of time while moving in a meandering manner in the vertical direction to ripen the first chain conveyor 4.
4 are arranged.

Here, the first chain conveyor 44 is equipped with gripping bodies (not shown) that are arranged at equal intervals and grip both ends of the rolled noodle strips 43, and the rolled noodle strips 43 are held one by one. It is meant to be carried.

A second chain conveyor 46 is connected to the front end of the first chain conveyor 44 and conveys the rolled noodle strip 43 through a heater 45, which will be described later.

This second chain conveyor 46 has the rolled noodle strip 43
Retainer cases (not shown) are installed at equal intervals.

This retainer case is formed by hinge-joining two halves of a case with a star-shaped cross section, and links (not shown) connected to the case are connected to the frame 4 walls at the start end and end end of the chain conveyor 46. By engaging and moving a clamp device 47 and a clamp release device 48 respectively attached to the link, the link can be selectively opened and closed by the elastic force of a spring held between the link and the case.

Furthermore, the inner surface of the case is surface-treated with Teflon resin or the like to facilitate removal of the noodle strip after heating.

The heater 45 is surrounded by panels on all sides, and water tanks 49a and 50a filled with water are provided at an inlet 49 for carrying in the rolled noodle strip 43 and an outlet 50 for carrying it out, respectively. The opening is sealed with water.

Inside this heater 45 are intermediate rollers 5 1 a , 5 1 b t51 c . . . of the second chain conveyor 46 .
51g are arranged close to the left and right panels, and the chain 5 of the conveyor 46 runs between these rollers 51a...51g.
2 moves in a meandering manner.

Further, a hot water tank 53 having a built-in hot water pump is provided at the bottom of the heater 45.
The rolled noodle strip 43 is heated by supplying steam at 0'C.

This hot water tank 53 and a shower nozzle 54 fixed to the upper panel of the heater 45 are connected via a pipe 55 to jet hot water, thereby diffusing the steam inside the heater 45 and distributing the temperature inside the heater 45. I'm trying to make it even.

Further, a hot water tank 56 for cleaning the retainer case having a built-in hot water pump is installed in parallel with the hot water tank 53, and a shower nozzle 58 connected to the hot water tank 56 via a pipe 57 outside the heater 45 is connected to the rolled noodle strip. 43 is removed and is directed to the retainer case on the opened second chain conveyor 46, and the hot water jetted from the nozzle 58 removes the crumbs of the noodle strips adhering to the inner surface of the retainer case.

At the lower end of the clamp release device 48 provided near the end of the second chain conveyor 46, there is a sliding plate 5 that slopes downward.
9 is attached to the sliding plate 59, and a take-up rod extracting device 60 is disposed in connection with the front of the lower end of the sliding plate 59.

As shown in FIG. 5, the winding rod extracting device 60
Grasp both ends of the winding rod 3 of the winding rod 43a (the rolled noodle strip 43 is heated inside the heater 45 to become the chikuwa wheat as described later) and move it forward. It is equipped with a guide conveyor 61 for conveyance, a take-up bar removal positioning device 62 installed at the upper center of the conveyor 61, and a take-up bar removal conveyor 63 connected to the side thereof.

The guide conveyor 61 has protrusions 64 for locking the winding rod 3 attached to the chains on both sides at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.
When the winding rod 43a, which is conveyed forward with both ends of the winding rod 3 locked to the positioning device 4, reaches the positioning device 62, both ends of the winding rod 3 are connected to the V-shape of the positioning device 62. It rides on the engagement groove of the winding rod and is set to the take-up rod extraction position.

The take-up bar removal conveyor 63 has V on the outer peripheral surface of the chain belt.
Protrusions 65 forming grooves are attached at equal intervals, and in FIG.
b is rotated clockwise in the figure, so that the protrusion 6
The V-shaped groove 5 engages with the neck 67 at the tip of the winding rod 3, and the winding rod 3 is pulled to the right in the figure.

At this time, the end surface of the bamboo ring 43b on the outer periphery of the winding rod 3 on the side of the winding rod removal conveyor 63 is connected to the protrusion 6 of the positioning device 62.
Since the winding rod 3 is restricted from moving in the pulling direction by contacting the side surface, only the winding rod 3 is pulled out, and the chikuwa fu 43b falls onto the belt of the guide conveyor 61 and is conveyed forward.

A winding rod storage box 68 is provided connected to the side of the terminal end of the winding rod removal conveyor 63, and the winding rod 3 is disengaged from the protrusion 65 at the terminal end of the conveyor 63, and the winding rod 3 is removed from the winding rod. It is dropped into the rod storage box 68.

A drum (not shown) having a winding rod engaging groove similar to the rotary drum 30 in the winding rod conveying means 26 of the noodle strip winding device 1 is installed in the winding rod storage box 68. The winding rods 3 that are engaged in the grooves of the drum and scooped up one by one from the winding rod storage box 6°8 are connected to the pulley that is integrally attached to the drum and the winding rod conveying means. The rod storage box 28 is engaged with a pulley 69 provided above the heater 45, and is conveyed by being engaged with the winding rod return conveyor 70, which is disposed on the rod storage box 28. It is returned to the storage box 28 of the means 26.

Here, on the return conveyor 70, there is a rice cake remover 71 for removing rice cake adhering to the winding bar 3, and an oil-applying unit that applies oil to the winding bar 3 to make it easier to remove the chikuwa fu 43b from the winding bar 3. 72 is provided.

Also, below the guide conveyor 61 is a belt conveyor 73.
Chikuwa wheat flour 43b is dropped from the guide conveyor 61 through a bag-shaped guide shooter (not shown).
is conveyed forward by the belt conveyor 73.

A rotary cutter 74 is provided adjacent to the front end of the belt conveyor 73 to cut the chikuwa wheat flour 43b conveyed by the belt conveyor 73 into a predetermined length.

Furthermore, a conveyor 75 for carrying out the chikuwa fu is provided below the rotary cutter 73, and is adapted to convey the cut chikuwa fu into a chikuwa fu storage tank.

Next, a series of chikuwa-fu manufacturing processes in the chikuwa-fu manufacturing apparatus will be explained step by step.

A long strip-shaped noodle strip 2a that is fed hanging from a noodle strip manufacturing device (not shown) is rolled by rolling rollers 6a and 6b, cut into a predetermined rectangular shape by a cutter roller 7, and then placed on a belt conveyor 11 and lowered. conveyed in the direction.

At the same time, the winding rod 3 sent out onto the chain 37 from the winding rod conveying means 26 is supported by the support member 25, and immediately after that, due to the swinging of the lever 15 that engages with the cam 17, the upper The pair of rollers 14a and 14b move from the chain line position to the solid line position in FIG.
3, 14a, 14b and the belt 10, a cylindrical space 19 inscribed therein is formed.

Here, each roller 13, 14a, 14b rotates in the same rotational direction as the roller 9b of the conveyor 11.

Then, the noodle strip 2b transported by the belt conveyor 11
When the noodle strip 2b reaches the lower end of the conveyor 11, the tip of the noodle strip 2b contacts the lower edge of the winding bar 3, passes under the winding bar 3, and contacts the front roller 13.

Since the roller 13 rotates in the same direction as the roller 9b, the noodle strip 2b is guided by the roller 13 and pushed up while being wound around the winding rod 3.

The noodle strip 2b is rotated by rollers 14a and 1 rotating in the same direction.
4b and is guided in the clockwise direction in the figure.
b is wound around the winding rod 3 while being rotated around the axis.

When the winding of the noodle strip 2b onto the winding rod 3 is completed, the lever 15 moves upward and the pair of rollers 14a, 14
b separates upward from the noodle band 2b, and the winding rod 3 is disengaged from the winding rod support member 25, with both ends being supported by guide rails (not shown) that extend below the support member 25. It is transported to the first chain conveyor 44 for the next process.

The first chain conveyor 44 supports both ends of the rolled noodle strip 43 and moves in a meandering manner in the vertical direction.
After exposing the rolled noodle strip 43 to the air for a certain period of time to ripen it,
It is conveyed to the second chain conveyor 46.

Rolled noodle strip 43 transported to second chain conveyor 46
are conveyed by being fed into retainer cases arranged at equal intervals on a chain conveyor 46, and conveyed into the heater 45 with the cases closed by a clamp device 47.

The rolled noodle strip 43 conveyed inside the heater 45 meanderingly moves along the conveyor 46 in an atmosphere of water vapor at about 900 to 1000 C, thereby being heated and made into Chikuwa-fu (Chikuwa-fu with a winding rod). 43a).

Then, the bamboo wheat gluten with a winding rod 43 was carried out from the heater 45.
The case of a is opened by the clamp release device 48 and sent to the winding rod extraction device 60 for the next process.

The take-up rod-equipped bamboo roll 43a sent from the second chain conveyor 46 via the sliding plate 59 to the extraction device 60 has both ends engaged with the protrusions 64 of the guide conveyor 61, and is positioned at the center of the conveyor 61. 62 , and both ends of the winding rod 3 are supported by V-shaped engagement grooves of the positioning device 62 .

Immediately after this, when the take-up bar removal conveyor 63 provided on the side of the positioning device 62 rotates clockwise in FIG. It is engaged with the neck 67 at the tip of the rod 3, pulled to the left in the figure, and dropped into the winding rod storage box 68.

The winding rod 3 is then sent by the winding rod return conveyor 70 to the winding rod storage box 28 of the aforementioned winding rod conveying stage 26 via a sludge 71 and an oiling unit 72.

On the other hand, the Chikuwa Fu 43b from which the winding rod 3 has been removed falls onto the belt of the guide conveyor 61 and is transferred to the front belt conveyor 7.
3.

Then, it is cut into a predetermined length by a rotary cutter 74 provided close to the front of the belt conveyor 73, and transported into the Chikuwa Fu storage tank.

By repeating this process, Chikuwa-fu can be manufactured continuously, so that the Chikuwa-fu manufacturing operation is fully automated and Chikuwa-fu can be mass-produced.

As explained above, according to the present invention, from the step of continuously winding a noodle strip shaped for chikuwa fu around a noodle strip winding rod, chikuwa fu is formed by heating the rolled noodle strip. Since we have provided a chikuwa-fu manufacturing device that fully automates the process of extracting the winding rod from the winding rod, it is possible to significantly increase the productivity of chikuwa-fu and to reduce manufacturing costs to a bare minimum by reducing labor costs. It is.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an overall view showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view showing the same noodle band winding device as above, Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of section A in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a FIG. 5, which is a view taken along arrows IY-IV in the figure, is a configuration diagram showing a take-up bar extraction device. 1...Noodle strip winding device, 2a, 2b...
Noodle strip, 3... Noodle strip winding rod, 26... Winding rod conveying means, 43b... Chikuwa fu, 44...
...First chain conveyor, 45... Heater, 46... Second chain conveyor, 47.
... Clamp device, 48 ... Clamp release device, 60 ... Winding rod extraction device, 61 ...
... Guide conveyor, 63 ... Take-up rod removal conveyor, 68 ... Take-up rod storage box, 70 ...
...Take-up rod return conveyor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Roller means configured to support three or more rollers driven in the same rotational direction so as to be movable between one position where a cylindrical space inscribed in these rollers is formed and another position expanded from this; A winding rod supporting means engages a noodle strip winding rod in a cylindrical space in a cylindrical space in parallel with the roller and freely rotates around an axis; The noodle strip conveying means is comprised of a winding rod supported by a support means and a noodle strip conveying means that guides the noodle strip into a gap between the two rollers at one position, and the noodle strip guided into the gap is rotated in the opposite direction of the rollers by contact with each roller. A noodle strip winding device that guides the noodle strips to be rolled up on a noodle strip winding rod and then expands the rollers to other positions and removes the noodle strips, and a noodle strip fed from the device is shaped into a star-shaped cross section. A conveying device that molds and conveys the noodle strips, a heater that is provided on the path of the conveying device and heats the noodle strips to produce chikuwa-fu, and a winding rod for the noodle strips from the chikuwa-fu sent out from the heater. What is claimed is: 1. A chikuwa wheat gluten manufacturing device comprising: a winding rod extraction device for extracting a winding rod;