JPS5925592B2 - Konjac manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a konjac manufacturing apparatus.

Conventionally, this kind of konjac manufacturing apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 45-39029, Japanese Patent Publication No. 49-39832, etc., which involves kneading konjac raw materials to obtain a raw paste state under the best conditions. It is constructed by separately providing process equipment and a process equipment for mixing lime water, which is a coagulant, and combining them.
Furthermore, the process of kneading the raw materials and adding a coagulant to the raw seaweed is all carried out in a sealed state. Because the process is carried out in a sealed vacuum, there is almost no tactile effect, and the raw material for konjac, which is said to have a respiratory effect, is processed under harsh conditions. It has the disadvantage of being inferior to handmade products in all aspects of life, such as elasticity, richness, and texture.

The present invention has been made in view of these circumstances, and solves the problems of the prior art with a simple configuration and rational means. Efficient stirring and kneading is carried out by the screw blades installed so that they can revolve, and in addition, sufficient aeration of the raw materials is carried out by the tactile action of the raw materials by the open tank and the tactile circulation action by the circulation pipe. We aim to provide a device that allows you to obtain konnyaku that is equivalent to the highest quality hand-made konnyaku. Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a cylindrical tank with an open top and a funnel-shaped bottom.In the direction of the internal axis of the tank 1, there is a transmission section at the top end, and a rotating mechanism with the bottom end close to the bottom of the tank so as not to contact it. A shaft 2 is inserted into and out of the rotary shaft 2, and on the - side of the rotary shaft 2 are vertical blades 3 close to the vertical inner wall surface of the tank 1, and oblique blades 4 close to the inclined inner wall surface of the tank. A frame-shaped wing 6 is provided, which includes a horizontal wing 5 that connects the upper end of the vertical wing 3 and the rotating shaft 2.

As shown in Fig. 3, this vertical blade 3 is installed obliquely so that the plate material constituting the vertical blade faces backward with respect to the direction of rotation shown by the arrow, and has a receding angle with respect to the tank wall surface. It is designed so that it can be viewed directly, and also has the function of stirring and kneading raw materials. The oblique blades 4 also have a swept angle as shown in Fig. 4, and have the function of stirring and kneading the raw materials in the same way as the vertical blades 3, and in addition, they also guide the raw materials in the direction of the pump, which will be described later. It also has an effect.

Further, as is clear from Fig. 4, the horizontal blade 5 also has a receding angle like the blades 3 and 4, and in addition to stirring and kneading the raw materials, it also induces downward convection of the raw material in the upper layer. It has an effect.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a screw blade that is vertically and rotatably mounted between the intermediate portions of the horizontal blade 5 and oblique blade 4 that constitute the frame-shaped blade 6, and the screw blade 7 is approximately the same as a twisted plate material. It's a big one.

If the upper shaft 8 provided on this screw blade 7 is extended upward and a pinion 9 is provided at its upper end, this pinion 9 will be connected to a gear 10 with a large diameter whose center part is loosely fitted to the rotating shaft 2. 6 This screw blade 7 is caused to revolve by the rotation of the rotary shaft 2 and rotate by the rotation of the shaft 8 by the gear 10 and pinion 9. Stir and convect. Although not particularly shown in the drawings, the same effect can be obtained even if a ring-shaped internal gear 1 is used in place of the gear 10 described above, so the invention is not limited to the sixth embodiment. Furthermore, a pump 12 such as a gear pump is connected to the lower end of the tank 1 via a pipe 11, and the discharge end of the pump 12 constantly pumps air into the tank, which corresponds to about 30% of the inside of the tank. A pipe 13 for supplying return circulation is connected to the upper part of the pipe 1.

A pipe 15 that supplies raw materials to a horizontal portion of this pipe 13 via a switching valve 14 to a hopper of a quantitative filling machine to be described later.
The pipe section between this switching valve 14 and the vertical lower end of the circulation pipe 13 is bent into a U-shape, and the valve 16 is provided at the lowest end of the bent section, and the pipe section is connected to the hopper. Pipe 1 that supplies the raw material in pipe 13 downstream
7 is provided. Reference numeral 18 denotes a generally used quantitative filling machine, which consists of two cylinders 20 and 21, each of which has a hopper 196, in which when one sucks a fixed amount of raw material, the other discharges the raw material. both cylinders 20
, 21, and a nozzle pipe 22 that communicates with both discharge sides.

In the figure, 23 is a transporting body such as a conveyor for transporting a rectangular container 24 for shaping and packaging konjac, 25 is a pressing body for pressing and shaping the raised material filled in the container,
Reference numeral 26 denotes a coiled film which is supported by the pressing body 25 and the raw material and is pulled out by a certain length by the movement of the container 24 and the pressing body 25, and is used as a lid.

A heater 27 moves together with the pressing body 25 and moves up and down to integrally fuse and heat-cut the film 26 to the peripheral flange of the container 24.

The film may be cut by the joint action of the cutter 28 instead of the heat cut. The pressing body 25 and heater 27 function as described below. The reciprocating motion in the horizontal direction and the vertical motion are mutually continuous, that is, rectangular motion is performed.

A pole device for coagulating the konjac raw material is continuously connected to this quantitative filling machine and packaging machine.
This device is omitted because any suitable device can be used. 29 in the figure is three large, medium and small legs 30, 31, 32
When the raw material leaves the intermediate leg 31, the circuit closes and the pump 12 is activated to move the raw material to the hopper.
Supply to 9. The drive of the pump 12 is stopped when the feed material level touches the shortest leg 32, so that the required amount of material is always supplied and stored in the hopper.

Next, an example of a method for producing konjac using this apparatus will be described as follows.

A switching valve 14 provided on the horizontal portion of the pipe 13 is operated to place the pipe 13 in a down position, cutting off communication with the quantitative filling machine. In this state, a predetermined amount of water (20~25℃) is placed in tank 1.
), and the rotating shaft 2 and pump 12 are driven to rotate at a relatively low speed.

Therefore, the water in the tank is agitated by the frame-shaped blades 6 and the screw blades 7 provided on the rotary shaft 2, and constantly circulated through the pipe 13 by the action of the pump 12. Next, a predetermined amount 6 of konjac raw material (mannan powder) corresponding to about 1/35 to 37 of the amount of water is put into this tank 1, and stirring and kneading are continued. As a result, the konjac raw material gradually swells and melts (gels). ) and 6 further frame-shaped wings 6. Due to the stirring wire kneading action of the screw blade 7, the tactile action of the raw materials 6, and the circulating tactile action of the pipe 13, after about 15 to 30 minutes, the best green glue condition (
(stickiness, gloss, etc.).

In this way, when the raw material reaches the best raw glue condition, the rotation speed of the rotating shaft 2 is rapidly increased to about 1070 fM in this state.
If you simply add an appropriate amount of lime water (coagulating liquid) or let it follow the stirring and kneading section made of frame folding blades and screw blades and mix it evenly and quickly with the raw seaweed, it will produce approximately 1.
In less than a minute, the raw seaweed becomes pickled color.

At this point, the rotation of the rotating shaft 2 is stopped, the switching valve 14 is switched to the quantitative filling machine side, and the valve 16 is opened. The raw material that is supplied into the hopper 19 and remains in the circulation pipe 13 flows down under its own weight to the hopper 19.
be supplied internally.

When the required amount of raw material is supplied into the hopper 19, the two parallel cylinders 20 and 21 work alternately as described above, so that a constant amount of raw material is always discharged from the nozzle pipe 22.
A fixed amount is filled into the container 24 on the transfer body 23.

A container 24 filled with raw materials in a mounded shape
When the material is transferred a certain distance by the movement of the transfer body 23, the press body 25 descends at this position, crushingly presses and shapes the bulge-shaped raw material through the film 26, and fills the container 24 evenly. urge

Then, the container 24 is transferred to the transfer body 2 with the film 26 sandwiched therebetween.
By the movement in step 3, it moves further by a certain distance. At this time, the pressing body 25 is also moved in the same state, and then the heater 27 provided on the outer periphery of the pressing body 25 is lowered to heat-seal the film 26 and the flange of the container 24, and also seal the film. The cutter 28 cuts, and the cutter 1 moves upward and retreats.

It is also possible to heat cut without using the inner cutter. When this operation is completed, the pressing body 25 and the heater 27 are raised and further moved in the direction opposite to the traveling direction of the transfer body 23, and the same operation as described above is repeated again.

Furthermore, the container that has been covered with a film is sent to an arbitrary pole device and is heat-treated to solidify the raw material and turn it into konnyaku. In addition, when continuously filling and packaging raw materials or viscous liquids, multiple tanks 1a, 1b, and 1c are arranged in parallel as shown in Figure 5, and the production time of raw materials or viscous liquids in each tank is staged. After supplying and filling the raw material or viscous liquid made in tank 1a, the valve 14 switches to tank 1b, and when tank 1b is in the process of filling, tank 1
The above-mentioned raw material or viscous liquid is produced in tank 1b, and when the filling of the raw material or viscous liquid in tank 1b is completed, it is switched to tank 1c, so that the raw material or viscous liquid is constantly supplied to quantitative filling machine 18.
It was designed to be supplied to

It is preferable that the control device automatically performs such operations as stopping the drive of the rotary shaft 2 and opening/closing the switching valve 146 and the valve 16, and these are all programmed based on the results of numerous experiments. Furthermore, a manufacturing method completely different from the above example is also possible. The means for doing so will be explained as follows.

A switching valve 14 provided on the horizontal portion of the pipe 13 is operated to place the pipe 13 in a down position, cutting off communication with the quantitative filling machine.

In this state, a predetermined amount of water (20 to 25°C) and then a required amount of lime water (approximately 1070 concentration) necessary for coagulation are placed in the tank 1, and the liquid in the tank 1 is mixed with the frame-shaped blade 6. Sukuriyu Ichiyoku 7
Stir and knead. Add the required amount (approximately 30 ml of water) to this.
Add 1/2 of the amount of konjac ingredients.

Since the amount of konjac raw material is less than that of the conventional production method described above, more raw material is used than in this production. If the stirring and kneading action is continued for about 3 to 7 minutes in the above conditions, some of the raw material particles will swell and melt (gel).
When the liquid in the tank becomes sticky and begins to solidify, the rotation of the rotating shaft 2 is stopped and the stirring and kneading action of the frame flap blade 6 and the screw blade 7 is stopped.

Then, the switching valve 14 is switched to the quantitative filling machine 18 side, and the viscous liquid with the raw material particles remaining is supplied into the hopper 19 by the action of the pump 12.

On the other hand, by opening the valve 16, the liquid remaining in the circulation pipe 13 flows down by its own weight into the hopper 19 and is supplied. When the required amount of viscous liquid is supplied into the hopper 19, the two parallel cylinders 20 and 21 work alternately as described above to constantly discharge a fixed amount of raw material from the nozzle pipe 22, and the container on the transfer body 23. 24 is filled in a fixed quantity.

The container 24 filled with viscous liquid is the transporter 2
The container 24 is transferred a certain distance by the movement of 3, and at this position the pressing body 25 descends to press and shape the filled viscous liquid through the film 26.The container 24 is then moved to the conveying body 23 with the film sandwiched between them. It moves a certain distance further due to the movement of .

At this time, the pressing body 25 is also moved in the same state, and then the heater 27 provided on the outer periphery of the pressing body 25 is lowered to heat-seal the film 26 and the flange of the container 24, and also seal the film. Heat cut.

When this operation is completed, the pressing body 25 and the heater 27 are raised and further moved in the direction opposite to the advancing direction of the transporting body 23, and the same action as described above is repeated again.

In addition, in the viscous liquid inside the container that has been covered with a film, the coagulating agent, which is lime, gradually enters the particles.
Since the heat treatment is carried out in this state, solidification is completed and a product in a closed state with manna particles scattered therein is obtained. As described above, according to the present invention, by stirring and kneading konjac raw materials in the same tank, it is possible to produce a raw material that can be made into a paste and coagulated by mixing with lime water.6 Particularly. The vertical wing 6 oblique wing and horizontal wing constituting the frame-shaped wing 6 each have a swept angle, and
Stirring of raw materials is achieved by installing one screw blade on the frame-shaped blade. The kneading action is carried out effectively, and the tactile action of the raw material is actively carried out, and furthermore, the tactile action of the raw material is circulated by the pump and pipe 13. Furthermore, since the tactile effect of the raw material is increased, the obtained konjac has excellent characteristics such as being able to continuously produce the highest quality of handmade konnyaku.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway front view 6 Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the main parts of the above 6 Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in Fig. 2 FIG. 5 is a plan view of the automatic continuous packaging device in a laid-down state.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. (a) A rotating shaft having a transmission part at the upper end is disposed in the direction of the internal central axis of a cylindrical funnel-shaped tank with an open top, and (b) the rotating shaft is located close to the inner wall surface of the tank. A frame-shaped blade 6 consisting of a vertical blade 3, an oblique blade 4, and a horizontal blade 5 is attached, and each of the blades 3, 4, and 5 is provided with a receding angle for stirring and kneading the raw materials. ) A screw blade 7 that rotates and revolves parallel to the rotation axis is attached to the frame-shaped blade 6.
(d) Also, a pump 12 is connected to the lower part of the tank via a pipe 11, and the raw material in the tank is released to the upper part of the tank via a switching valve 14 at the discharge end of this pump. Pipe 1 that circulates the air into the tank from the outlet
3. A konjac manufacturing apparatus characterized by being provided with a pipe 15 for supplying the raw material in the tank to a hopper of a quantitative filling machine via the switching valve 14.