JPH0335891B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an automatic take-out device for automatically taking out baked confectionery from a baking mold of a confectionery baking machine.

<Prior art> Baking plates equipped with a large number of baking molds are connected between chain conveyors, fluid confectionery ingredients are placed in these baking molds, and the confectionery materials are carried into a baking device and heated to produce Watsuful, etc. Baking machines are used to bake sponge cakes.

In this type of confectionery baking machine, the ingredients are put into the recesses in the baking mold and the confectionery is baked, but since the dough after baking is soft and contains sugar, it tends to stick to the inside of the baking mold, so the chain conveyor is turned over. However, there was a problem in that the confectionery could not be released from the mold well by simply doing so.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> Conventionally, the baking mold is provided with thin holes, and pressurized air is blown toward the surface from the back side of the baking mold that has reached the inverted position after baking. A device that blows air downward was proposed in Japanese Utility Model Application No. 59-145181.

However, since this type of confectionery dispensing device drops the confectionery at an inverted position, the confectionery is turned inside out, the confectionery is not aligned properly after being taken out, problems occur in connection with subsequent processes, and the confectionery cannot be used for a long time. As a result, the pores of the baking mold may become clogged, and when these pores become clogged, the baked confectionery cannot be blown out properly and cannot be removed.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. The present invention proposes an automatic take-out device capable of placing confectionery in an aligned state, and is constructed as follows.

That is, the automatic take-out device of the confectionery baking machine of the present invention takes out the confectionery from the baking mold in the confectionery baking machine that bakes the confectionery by heating the confectionery material placed in the baking mold while conveying the baking mold by a chain conveyor. The automatic take-out device includes a swinging peeling device in which a presser swinging member that lightly presses confectionery in a baking mold from above and swings is movable up and down by a lifting mechanism, and a swinging peeling device that A suction device that suctions and takes out the peeled confectionery in the baking mold with a suction member is configured to include a suction and take-out device that is arranged to be movable up and down by an elevating mechanism.

<Example> Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

First, the outline of a confectionery baking machine for baking confectionery such as Watsuful is explained with reference to FIG. 3. A chain conveyor 3 is laid horizontally, and a large number of iron plates 4 are connected in succession between chains on both sides of the chain conveyor 3. A plurality of baking molds 5 are arranged side by side. The upper stage of the chain conveyor 3 passes through a baking section, and the baking section is equipped with a lower burner 7 and an upper burner (shubank burner) 8.
will be provided. A swing peeling device 1 is installed above the chain conveyor 3 at the rear of the baking section, and a suction/take-out device 2 is installed behind it, that is, above the terminal end of the chain conveyor 3. A cooling conveyor 9 is installed next to the confectionery baking machine to cool the baked confectionery.

As shown in FIG. 1, the swinging peeling device 1 is configured to lightly swing the confectionery in the baking mold 5 while pressing it with a presser swinging member 11 to rub and peel the sweets from the baking mold 5. That is, a vertically movable frame 13 is supported vertically movably between the frames 12 fixed on both sides so as to cross the chain conveyor 3, and a swinging frame 14 is supported along the longitudinal direction of the vertically movable frame 13. A plurality of presser swinging members 11 are supported in a reciprocating manner in the transverse direction of the conveyor, and a plurality of presser swinging members 11 are arranged and attached to the swinging frame 14, that is, the number corresponds to the baking molds 5 on the iron plate 4.

As shown in FIG. 4, the presser swinging member 11 has a size that allows it to lightly press almost the entire confectionery in the baking mold 5 from above, and has elasticity such as a sponge rubber 11a surrounded by silicone rubber 11b. It is formed to have . Moreover, the bottom part is formed in a concave shape in order to hold down the confectionery, which has swollen slightly after baking, so as not to deform. Silicone rubber 11a is used because of its heat resistance, flexibility, non-stick properties, and food safety.

A motor 15 with a speed reducer is attached to an end of the vertically moving frame 13 as a swinging drive mechanism, and its rotating shaft is connected to the swinging frame 14 via a crank mechanism 16 . As the motor 15 rotates, the swinging frame 14 performs horizontal reciprocating motion with a slow cycle of about 1 second and a small width of about 5 mm, and is swung.

The vertically movable frame 13 is vertically movably supported by a plurality of rollers provided on both sides of the frame 12, and the vertically movable frame 13 is supported by a link member 17.
a, it is connected to a rod 18 supported at the upper part between the frames 12 via an arm 17b. moreover,
A fluid pressure cylinder 19 is attached to one frame 12 as part of the lifting mechanism, and its piston rod is connected to the rod 18 via a link.

As shown in FIG. 2, the suction take-out device 2 takes out the confectionery from the baking mold 5 by suctioning and lifting the confectionery conveyed to the end of the chain conveyor 3 after the rolling process with a suction member 21. , which is configured to be placed on the next cooling conveyor. That is, a movable frame 23 is disposed within the box-shaped frame 22 so as to be movable in the horizontal direction while being guided by two guide shafts 24, and the suction device 20 is disposed within the movable frame 23 while being guided by two guide shafts 24. 25 so that it can be raised and lowered freely.

The suction device 20 has a plurality of pairs of suction members 21 provided on the lower side of a plate-shaped main body with an intake passage provided therein corresponding to the positions of the baking molds 5 on the iron plate 4, and a duct 27 on the top of the main body. Connect the suction side of the blower 26 through the
Each suction member 21 is made of a slidable double pipe, and its tip is placed on top of the confectionery, and the suction member 21 is brought into close contact with the confectionery and sucks air thereinto. A duct 27 connected to a blower 26 installed on the moving frame 23 is made of a slidable double pipe and allows the adsorber 20 to move up and down, and a part of the moving frame 23 forms part of the lifting mechanism. A fluid pressure cylinder 28 is fixed downward, and its piston rod is attached to the main body of the adsorber 20, and the action of the fluid pressure cylinder 28 moves the adsorber 20 up and down. The blower 26 is driven by a motor, and can perform suction and release by turning the motor on and off. However, a valve or damper is provided in the intake passage or exhaust passage of the blower 26 to open the passage, and the valve or damper is a solenoid valve. It may also be possible to control the adsorption and release by opening the valve using a method such as the following.

On the other hand, a rodless cylinder 29 is installed in the box-shaped frame 22 in parallel with the guide shaft 24 as a part of the horizontal movement mechanism.
A moving connecting portion of the piston at 9 is connected to a moving frame 23, and the moving frame 23 is guided by a guide shaft 24 and moved by the operation of a rodless cylinder 29.

Next, the operation of the automatic extraction device of the above mechanism will be explained.

Due to the intermittent movement operation of the chain conveyor 3, the confectionery material on the baking mold 5 is heated and baked in the baking section. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the baking mold 5 holding the baked confectionery advances directly below the presser swinging member 11 of the swinging peeling device 1, and is stopped when the chain conveyor 3 is temporarily stopped. Then, the fluid pressure cylinder 19 of the swinging peeling device 1 is activated, and the vertically moving frame 1
3 is lowered, and as a result, the swing frame 14 and the presser swing member 11 fixed thereto are lowered, and the presser swing member 11 rests on the confectionery in the baking mold 5 and lightly presses the confectionery. . When the motor 15 rotates, the swing frame 14 swings in the horizontal direction by a small amount (for example, with a width of 5 mm) via the crank mechanism 16. As a result, each presser swinging member 11 lightly presses the confectionery on each baking mold 5 while swinging it from side to side. is applied, so it moves in the baking mold 5 so that it is lightly rubbed and peeled off.
The part that adheres to the baking mold can be peeled off well.

Thereafter, the vertically movable frame 13 is raised by the operation of the fluid pressure cylinder 19, which causes the presser swinging member 11 to move away from the confectionery and rise to a predetermined position.The chain conveyor 3 is driven again, and the iron plate with the baking mold 5 is 4 moves forward by one interval, and the baking mold 5 located one place after moves forward to just below the presser swinging member 11 and stops. Then, in the same manner as above, the presser foot swinging member 11
falls on top of the confectionery in the baking mold 5 and swings, thereby rubbing and peeling the confectionery from the baking mold 5. The above-mentioned operation is repeated one after another, and the confectionery on the baking mold 5 from which the adhered portion has been peeled off is removed. are sequentially conveyed to the end of the chain conveyor 3 of the confectionery baking machine. When the confectionery in the baking mold 5 advances to just below the suction take-out device 2 at the end and once stops, the suction device 20 is lowered by the operation of the fluid pressure cylinder 28, and the suction member 21 at the bottom of the suction device 20 is placed on top of the confectionery. come into contact with At this time, air is sucked from the suction member 21 by operating the blower 26, and the confectionery is suctioned to the lower end of the suction member 21. Next, the fluid pressure cylinder 28 is actuated to raise the suction device 20 while being guided by the guide shaft 25, and each confectionery adsorbed by the two suction members 21 is lifted as it is and taken out from the baking mold 5. .
In this state, the rodless cylinder 29 operates to move the movable frame 23 in the direction of the cooling conveyor 9, thereby causing the suction device 20 that has adsorbed the confectionery to
is conveyed to the top of the cooling conveyor 9. and,
When the fluid pressure cylinder 28 is operated and the adsorber 20 is lowered and the confectionery reaches the cooling conveyor 9, the suction action of the blower 26 is stopped, the adsorption action of the adsorption device 20 is stopped, and the confectionery is adsorbed. It is separated from the member 21 and placed on the cooling conveyor 9 in an aligned state. Then, the suction device 20 rises again, the movable frame 23 moves again to above the baking mold 5 of the chain conveyor 3, and the same operation as above is repeated, so that the confectionery is baked in the baking machine, and the oscillating peeling device The confectionery peeled off from the baking mold 5 in step 1 is taken out from the baking mold and placed on a cooling conveyor 9.

In addition, the motor 15, fluid pressure cylinders 19, 28, and rodless cylinder 29 used in the above embodiment
It is of course possible to use the drive mechanism of each member in place of other mechanical or electrical drive devices, and the suction and pick-up device can, for example, pick up confectionery that has reached the reversal position of a chain conveyor and is in an approximately vertical position. It can also be configured to be taken out of the baking mold and moved to an arbitrary location.

Further, the presser swinging member 11 may be allowed to swing in the direction of movement of the chain conveyor, and its bottom may be shaped like a leg as long as it can hold the confectionery well.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the automatic take-out device of the confectionery baking machine of the present invention, the confectionery formed in the baking mold is lightly pressed and slightly oscillated by the presser swinging member. Therefore, the confectionery moves as if being rubbed and peeled off on the baking mold, and the portions that are attached to the baking mold are thereby peeled off easily and well. Then, the confectionery peeled off from the baking mold is taken out by suction by the suction member, and is placed in an aligned state at an arbitrary location by the action of the suction and take-out device, making it possible to easily handle the confectionery in the subsequent process.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show embodiments of the present invention, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a swinging peeling device, Figure 2 is a perspective view of a suction and extraction device,
FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the automatic take-out device, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the presser foot swinging member. 1... Oscillating peeling device, 2... Adsorption extraction device, 3
... Chain conveyor, 5 ... Baking mold, 11 ... Presser swinging member, 20 ... Adsorption device, 21 ... Adsorption member.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a confectionery baking machine that bakes confectionery by heating the confectionery ingredients placed in the baking mold while conveying the baking mold by a chain conveyor, the automatic take-out device that takes out the confectionery from the baking mold A swinging peeling device in which a presser swinging member that lightly presses and swings from the mold is movable up and down by an elevating mechanism, and a swinging peeling device that adsorbs the confectionery in the baking mold after being peeled off by the swinging peeling device. 1. An automatic take-out device for a confectionery baking machine, comprising: a suction-take-out device in which a suction device that sucks and takes out the confectionery by a member is arranged so as to be movable up and down by an elevating mechanism.