JPS6344353B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] A. Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a gyoza forming method for automatically forming handmade-style gyoza, and in particular, a noodle skin is placed on a mold with a pleat forming surface or a pleat forming member, and fillings are placed. The present invention relates to a dumpling forming method in which a presser claw is used to preform unevenness for forming pleats before filling.

B. Conventional technology Conventionally, in order to automatically form gyoza, a noodle strip for the gyoza skin is formed in advance using a noodle machine, the meat is minced using a meat grinder, and vegetables such as cabbage and onions are placed on a rotary machine. Cut into minced meat using a cutter, etc., and mix the minced meat and vegetable minced meat with a mixer to make the filling.

Next, set the noodle strip in the gyoza forming machine, put the ingredients into the mixing hopper, cut the noodle strip and place it on the open gyoza mold, feed the ingredients onto the noodle skin, and press the mold. It was closed and forming dumplings.

C. Problems to be Solved by the Invention With such a conventional gyoza forming machine, it is difficult to form pleats at the noodle skin overlapping part, and the outer shape has no pleats and looks like it was made by machine.
It did not stimulate purchasing desire or appetite.

In addition, even if the pleats are formed mechanically, the folds are pressed too hard, making the noodle skin hard in that area, making it difficult to eat deliciously. Also, the large hand-made pleats could not be made by machine.

D. Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is a gyoza forming device that is attached to a turntable or a conveyor that moves a mold for forming gyoza intermittently. A noodle skin supply step in which the noodle skins are cut into shapes and supplied as noodle skins to a mold in a stopped state; a pleat formation preliminary step in which noodle skins are pressed against the mold with a presser claw to preform unevenness for forming pleats; A topping supplying process in which ingredients are fed onto the noodle skin from a mixing hopper, etc., a gyoza forming process in which the mold is closed and the edges of the noodle skin are polymerized with pleats formed, and a gyoza forming process in which the mold is opened and the noodle skin is molded. The purpose is to provide handmade and delicious gyoza by a gyoza forming method consisting of a mold release step of releasing the gyoza from the mold and transferring the gyoza to a belt conveyor or the like.

E. Effect Noodle skins 7 obtained by cutting the noodle strip 1 into an oval shape or the like are supplied to the gyoza mold 2 which opens and closes. When the mold 2 supplied with the noodle skin 7 advances to the front position of the presser claw 19, the mold 2
At the same time as stops, the presser pawl 19 swings and presses the noodle skin 7 against the pleat forming surface 14 of the lower mold 10 and the semi-rigid pleat forming member 16 of the upper mold 11, and presses the noodle skin 7 against the presser pawl 19. A number (six in this example) of wavy irregularities are formed.

Next, when the mold 2 advances and reaches below the mixing hopper 22, the mold 2 stops and the ingredients 21 are supplied from the mixing hopper 22 onto the noodle skins 7. When the supply of the tool 21 is completed, the mold 2 is moved forward again.
As the mold 2 advances, the roll 15 of the lower receiving mold 10 and the roll 17 of the upper receiving mold 11 are guided by the rails 24 and 26, while the roll 18 of the pressing mold 12 rises while being guided by the rail 27, and the lower receiving mold 10, The upper receiving mold 11 and the pressing mold 12 are pressed together, and as a result, the pleat forming surface 14 and the pleat forming member 16 form dumplings 23 with pleats similar to handmade dumplings at the noodle skin overlapping part, and then mold release transfer is performed. be exposed.

F. Example Hereinafter, one example of implementing the present invention will be explained in order of steps with reference to the drawings.

(a) Noodle skin supply process The produced noodle strips 1 are cut into a predetermined shape such as an oval shape, and are fed as noodle skins 7 when the mold 2 is stopped, which progresses intermittently.

Noodle strip 1 made in advance with a noodle making device and rolled up
is rotatably hooked onto a roll holder 4 erected on a stand 3, and its tip is sent to a punching belt 5. The noodle strip 1 sent by the punching belt 5 is cut into an oval shape or the like by a punching device 6, and is supplied to the mold 2 as a noodle skin 7.

The mold 2 to which the noodle skins 7 are supplied is attached to a turntable 8 on a stand 3 with a bracket 9, and is comprised of a lower receiving mold 10, an upper receiving mold 11, and a pressing mold 12, which are pivotally supported on the bracket 9 so as to be swingable. configured. In the illustrated example, the mold 2 is a double type, but it may be a continuous type.

A stopper 13 is installed in the bracket 9 to keep the lower mold 10 in a horizontal state.

Lower support mold 10 pivotally supported on the upper end of the bracket 9
A gyoza pleat forming surface 14 is formed, and a roll 15 is rotatably supported on the rear surface.

The upper mold 11 overlaps the lower mold 10 and is pivotally supported by the bracket 9 inside thereof, and a pleat forming member 16 made of semi-hard synthetic resin is fixed to the edge of a horseshoe-shaped notch communicating with the lower mold 10. A roll 17 is rotatably supported on the rear surface.

The unevenness of the pleat forming surface 14 of the lower receiving mold 10 and the pleating forming member 16 of the upper receiving mold 11 has a continuous shape, and in the embodiment, six folds are formed.

The press die 12 pivotally supported on the front side of the bracket 9 is
A roll 18 is rotatably supported on the lower surface (in the open state).

(b) Preliminary pleat formation process When the mold 2 is stopped, which progresses intermittently, the presser claw 19
Press the noodle skin 7 against the mold 2 to preform unevenness for forming pleats. As a result, the pleat forming member 16 in the post-process
etc. to ensure pleats.

As the turntable 8 rotates, when the mold 2 carrying the noodle skin 7 reaches the front position of the presser claw 19, the turntable 8 temporarily stops. Once the turntable 8 stops, the presser claw 19 attached to the table 3 swings based on the signal from which the turntable 8 has stopped, and its tip touches the pleat forming surface 14 of the lower mold 10 and the pleat forming member 16 of the upper mold 11. Press the noodle skin 7 to form wavy irregularities on the noodle skin 7.

The presser claw 19 is pivotably supported on the table 3,
It is oscillated by an air cylinder 20.

(c) Ingredient supply process An appropriate amount of ingredients 21 is fed to the noodle skin 7 that has been preformed with irregularities for forming folds.

When the noodle skin 7 preformed with unevenness for forming pleats reaches below the mixing hopper 22 filled with ingredients 21, the turntable 8 stops. When the mold 2 stops, the discharge port of the mixing hopper 22 is opened and the ingredients 21 are supplied onto the noodle skins 7. A mixing hopper 22 filled with ingredients 21 made of stirred minced meat or vegetables is placed on a table 3.

(d) Gyoza forming step The mold 2 on which the noodle skins 7, supplied with the ingredients 21 in this manner, is placed is closed, and the noodle skins 7 are polymerized so that pleats are formed at the ends thereof.

The mold 2 on which the noodle skins 7 loaded with the ingredients 21 are placed is closed, and the noodle skins 7 are polymerized with pleats formed at the ends by the pleat forming surface 14 and the pleat forming member 16 to form the gyoza 23. . At this time, since the noodle skin 7 has irregularities corresponding to the number of pleat forming members 16, the engagement with the pleat forming surface 14 and the pleat forming members 16 is reliable.

In the closed mold, the roll 15 of the lower receiving mold 10 is connected to the rail 24.
It rises up while being guided by the mold 12 and is pressed against the mold 12.

(e) Mold release process The mold 2 in which the dumplings 23 have been molded is opened on the turntable 8, and the dumplings 23 are transferred onto the belt conveyor 25.

To open and close the mold 2, the roll 15 of the lower mold 10 is placed on the rail 24, and the roll 17 of the upper mold 11 is placed on the rail 26.
Then, the rolls 18 of the pressing die 12 are guided by the rails 27.

There are casters 28 on the underside of the stand 3 of the dumpling forming machine.
is installed and is movable.

29 is a drive case with built-in drive equipment, etc.
An operation plate 31 having operation buttons 30 arranged on its surface is attached.

G. Effects of the Invention As described above, in the gyoza forming method of the present invention, in a gyoza forming apparatus in which the mold 2 is moved intermittently on a turntable, between the noodle skin supply process and the filling supply process,
By intervening a pleat formation preliminary step in which the noodle skin 7 is pressed against the mold 2 by the presser claw 19 and unevenness for forming pleats is preformed, good-looking gyoza with pleats similar to those made by hand by experts are automatically produced. It can be molded. In particular, since the pleat forming member 21 made of semi-hard synthetic resin is fixed to the upper receiving mold 11 of the mold 2 and pleats are added in two stages, large pleats can be formed reliably and easily. It is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a process diagram showing an example of the gyoza forming method of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of the gyoza forming machine, and Fig. 3 is a mold 2.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the presser claw 19, and FIG. 5 is a side view of the presser claw 26. Main symbols in the diagram: 1...noodle strip, 2...mold, 7...noodle skin,
19...presser claw, 21...ingredients, 23...gyoza.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Mold 2 attached to a conveyor, turntable, etc.
progresses intermittently, cutting the noodle strip 1, supplying the ingredients 21,
In the gyoza forming method that involves forming into a gyoza shape, a presser claw is used between the noodle skin supplying step in which the noodle strips 1 are cut and the noodle skins 7 are supplied, and the topping supplying step in which the toppings 21 are supplied onto the noodle skins 7. 19, a pleat forming preliminary step is performed in which the noodle skin 7 is pressed against the mold 2 to preform unevenness for forming pleats, and then, after the filling is supplied, a dumpling forming step is carried out.