JPH0370462B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a cooked rice feeder for rolling seaweed that continuously feeds plate-shaped cooked rice divided into fixed amounts.

(Prior Art) In a conventional cooked rice feeder for seaweed rolls, a plurality of bending grooves are provided on the back side of the annular belt of a drive unit such as a conveyor, and a plurality of bending grooves are provided to press fixed positions on both sides and the top of the belt. Accordingly, there is a machine that bends the belt into a U-shape or the like and abuts the top surface with a roller to wrap cooked rice into a square shape.

With these machines, it is difficult to produce plate-shaped cooked rice.
Rice supplied from a hopper was processed into plate-shaped cooked rice using rolling rollers of a fixed width.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional cooked rice feeder for rolling seaweed using a spreading roller, the cooked rice may adhere to the spreading roller and interfere with subsequent production, and there is no thickness adjustment device, so the thickness is constant. It was difficult to continuously produce plate-shaped cooked rice.

In addition, because the drive parts such as the conveyor were dispersed, it was difficult to perform mechanical adjustments such as repairs and inspections.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and consists of continuously manufacturing plate-shaped cooked rice of a certain thickness and a certain length, and then using it for making seaweed rolls or nigiri sushi. The present invention provides equipment for supplying products for manufacturing purposes.

That is, the present invention provides a cooked rice hopper, a cooked rice conveyor, a cooked rice thickness adjusting roller and a cutter having a plurality of thread-like grooves on the surface disposed on the way thereof, and a cutter disposed adjacent to the terminal end of the cooked rice conveyor. This is a cooked rice feeding machine for wrapping seaweed, characterized in that it is equipped with an auxiliary cooked rice conveyor for transferring a fixed amount of cooked rice supplied from the cooked rice conveyor.

The cooked rice feeding machine for wrapping with seaweed of the present invention includes a cooked rice hopper consisting of an agitator for loosening cooked rice, a pair of extrusion rollers for pushing out the cooked rice to a cooked rice conveyor at the bottom, and a cooked rice hopper for forming the cooked rice into plate-shaped cooked rice of a certain thickness. It consists of a cooked rice roller having a large number of thread-like grooves on its surface, a cooked rice cutter provided at the upper part of the cooked rice conveyor, and an auxiliary cooked rice conveyor.

Unlike a roller with a simple smooth surface, the cooked rice thickness adjusting roller of the present invention has a large number of thread-like grooves on its surface, and since there is little contact surface with the cooked rice grains, the cooked rice adheres to the surface. It has difficult characteristics.

Then, the plate-shaped cooked rice is reliably adjusted to a constant thickness, and then divided into constant lengths by a cooked rice cutter, and then transferred to the next auxiliary cooked rice conveyor.

(Function) The roller for forming cooked rice with a constant thickness provided in the rice feeding machine has a large number of thread-like grooves on its surface, so the contact area with the cooked rice is small, so that the cooked rice sticks to the roller. You can avoid doing that. Furthermore, it is equipped with a cutter that divides the plate-shaped cooked rice into a certain length, so that a predetermined amount of the plate-shaped cooked rice can be reliably transferred to the auxiliary cooked rice conveyor.

(Example) An example of the cooked rice feeder for wrapping seaweed according to the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

Fig. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of the device according to the present invention;
Figures 1 and 2 are a right side view of the rice roller part in Figure 1 and an enlarged cross-sectional view of the rising and lowering part of the rice roller, and Figure 3 is a cooked rice feeder for nori rolls, from the rice hopper to the rice roller for nori rolls, and for manufacturing nori rolls. FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the seaweed roll manufacturing machine leading to the wrapping machine, and FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 3.

FIG. 1 shows an enlarged cross-sectional view of a cooked rice feeder A for wrapping seaweed according to the present invention.

First, a cooked rice hopper 7 has a stirrer 7a for loosening the cooked rice 8, and a pair of extruding rice rollers 7b and 7b' disposed below the stirrer 7a and extruding the cooked rice 8 to the outside of the hopper by rotating in opposite directions. There is also the agitator 7a and the extrusion roller 7.
Drive unit M1 consisting of a motor etc. linked to b and 7b'
There is.

A rice conveyor 1 that conveys the cooked rice 8 from the cooked rice hopper 7 and a pair of plate-shaped cooked rice 8 disposed oppositely above and below the rice conveyor 1.
There are an upper rice roller 3 and a lower roller 3' having a plurality of thread-like grooves on their surfaces. That is, the cooked rice roller having a large number of thread-like grooves reduces the contact area with the sticky cooked rice, thereby reducing the adhesion of the sticky cooked rice to the cooked rice roller,
This machine continuously produces plate-shaped cooked rice.

Also, a thickness adjustment knob 3a that vertically moves the upper cooked rice roller 3 to adjust the thickness of the plate-shaped cooked rice 8;
A crankshaft 3b that converts the rotational movement of the thickness adjustment knob 3a into a rotational movement in a right angle direction via a worm gear, and a crank that converts the rotational movement of the crankshaft 3b into a vertical movement and moves the cooked rice roller 3 vertically. 3c, the rice conveyor 1, and the rice roller 3
a drive unit M3 such as a motor that drives the drive unit M3;
3. Adjust the distance between the rice roller 3 and the rice roller 3.
A spacing adjustment gear 3d is provided so that the plate-shaped cooked rice can be produced with a constant thickness.

Furthermore, a cooked rice cutter 4 disposed at the upper delivery portion of the cooked rice conveyor 1 divides the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 into a fixed amount, and an auxiliary device for conveying the fixed quantity of the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 into which the cooked rice cutter 4 has been divided. Conveyor 2 and
A drive unit M2 such as a motor that drives the auxiliary cooked rice conveyor 2, and a cooked rice that covers the space between the end of the rice conveyor 1 and the base end of the auxiliary conveyor 2 and is disposed at the cutting position of the cooked rice cutter 4. Cutter board 4a
There is a drive unit M4 such as a motor that drives the cooked rice cutter 4, and the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 is divided into a certain amount. Ru. At this time, the drive unit M1 of the cooked rice hopper 7, the drive unit M1 of the auxiliary cooked rice conveyor 2,
2. By controlling the drive unit M3 of the rice conveyor 1, the rice roller 3, the drive unit M4 of the rice cutter 4, etc. using a timer or the like, the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 divided into a certain amount can be produced. For example, it can be controlled as follows. First, the drive units M1 to M
3. Operate the M4 (normal rotation: rotate the rice cutter 4 counterclockwise to open it), and after a predetermined time, reverse the drive section M4 (rotate the rice cutter 4 clockwise to close it). state) and the plate-shaped cooked rice 8
After that, the drive unit M1 is stopped for a few seconds.
By stopping the M3, the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 can be cut and divided into predetermined sizes. If the M2 is stopped several seconds after that, the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 of a certain size and thickness is produced.

The driving parts M1 to M4 can be connected to a moving part such as the cooked rice conveyor with a gear or the like, and can be installed on one cooked rice panel 10 and easily attached to the frame 9 of the cooked rice supplying machine A for wrapping with seaweed. It can be freely attached to the body using bolts or the like, making repairs, inspections, etc. easy.

Although the cooked rice supplying machine A for seaweed rolls of the present invention is mainly used to produce plate-shaped cooked rice 8, it can also be used as a seaweed roll manufacturing machine by being connected to the wrapping machine B for manufacturing seaweed rolls.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, it consists of a cooked rice supplying machine A for wrapping rice in seaweed, which produces the plate-shaped rice 8, and a packaging machine B, for producing seaweed rolls, which turns the plate-shaped rice 8 into sheets of seaweed.

Each structure of the cooked rice supplying machine A for seaweed rolls is as described above, and the wrapping machine B for producing seaweed rolls will be explained.

First, five rectangular plates are bent and engaged with a mold by a pin shaft, a coil spring, etc. to form a bendable seaweed wrapping plate 5.

There is a lifting rod 5a at the lower part of the bent seaweed wrapping plate 5, and the lower part of the rectangular parallelepiped recess 5c is engaged with a cam plate 5b with an eccentric cam groove. is now rising and falling.

Further, the drive unit M2 of the auxiliary cooked rice conveyor 2
A drive unit M6 is provided that moves horizontally in synchronization with the .

At this time, if the drive units M1 to M6 are controlled to drive according to a predetermined operation cycle, the seaweed wrapped rice supply machine A and the seaweed roll manufacturing wrapping machine B are connected to continuously produce seaweed rolls. be able to. Among the aforementioned driving units M1 to M4, M5 and M are synchronized with the final stage driving unit M2.
6 should be controlled. For example, just before the operating time of the drive unit M2 required to convey the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 of a certain size, the drive unit M6 is started and the wrapping machine B for producing seaweed rolls is moved in the upper right direction of the rack 6. The plate-shaped cooked rice 8 is moved at the same speed as the drive unit M2.
is dropped onto the bending type seaweed wrapping plate 5 and stopped by a position sensor or the like. The drive unit M5 is started in synchronization with the stoppage of the drive unit M6, and the folding type seaweed wrapping plate 5 is raised and lowered in a predetermined period of time to complete the wrapping of the plate-shaped cooked rice 8. All operations can be automatically controlled by stopping the system using a sensitive switch or the like.

Incidentally, a motor for normal rotation and reverse rotation can also be used for the drive unit M5. In addition, when the drive unit M5 is stopped, the drive units M1 to
If M4 is synchronized, continuous repetition is also possible.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in detail above, the cooked rice feeding machine for wrapping seaweed of the present invention includes a cooked rice hopper, a cooked rice conveyor, and a cooked rice thickness having a large number of thread-like grooves on the surface disposed on the way. It is equipped with an adjusting roller and a cutter, and an auxiliary cooked rice conveyor that is provided adjacent to the terminal end of the cooked rice conveyor and for transferring a certain amount of cooked rice supplied from the cooked rice conveyor, and in particular, the rice rice thickness is adjusted. Unlike rollers that simply have a smooth surface, the rice grain adjustment roller has many thread-like grooves on its surface, making it difficult for cooked rice to adhere to the surface as there is less contact surface with the rice grains. .

A fixed amount of plate-shaped cooked rice can be transferred from the auxiliary cooked rice conveyor to the wrapping machine.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of the device according to the present invention;
Figures 1 and 2 are a right side view of the rice roller part in Figure 1 and an enlarged cross-sectional view of the rising and lowering part of the rice roller, and Figure 3 is a cooked rice feeder for nori rolls, from the rice hopper to the rice roller for nori rolls, and for manufacturing nori rolls. FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the seaweed roll manufacturing machine leading to the wrapping machine, and FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 3. 1... Rice conveyor, 2... Auxiliary rice conveyor, 3... Rice roller, 3'... Roller, 3
a...Thickness adjustment knob, 3b...Crankshaft, 3
c...Crank, 3d...Interval adjustment gear, 4...
Rice cutter, 4a...Rice cutter board, 5...
Bendable seaweed wrapping plate, 5a...Elevating rod, 5b...
...Cam plate, 5c... Rectangular parallelepiped recess, 6... Rack, 7... Cooked rice hopper, 7a... Stirrer, 7
b, 7b'...Extrusion roller, 8...Rice, 8a
...Seaweed, 8b...Ingredients, A...Rice feeder for nori rolls, B...Wrapping machine for producing nori rolls, M1 to M6...
...Drive unit, 9...Frame, 10...Rice panel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A cooked rice hopper, a cooked rice conveyor, a cooked rice thickness adjusting roller and a cutter having a plurality of thread-like grooves on the surface disposed on the way thereof, and a cutter adjacent to the terminal end of the cooked rice conveyor. 1. A rice rice feeding machine for rolling seaweed, characterized in that it is provided with an auxiliary rice conveyor for transferring a fixed amount of cooked rice supplied from the rice conveyor. 2. The cooked rice feeder for seaweed rolls according to claim 1, wherein the cooked rice thickness adjusting roller is equipped with a lifting/lowering adjustment mechanism for adjusting the roller height. 3. The rice hopper, rice conveyor, rice roller, and auxiliary rice conveyor are each driven and controlled by timer control, the rice rice feeder for seaweed wrapping according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rice hopper, rice conveyor, rice roller, and auxiliary rice conveyor are each driven and controlled by timer control. 4 Each electric motor for driving the cooked rice hopper, cooked rice conveyor, cooked rice roller, and auxiliary cooked rice conveyor is attached to one electric motor mounting panel,
4. The rice-feeding machine for rolling seaweed according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the electric motor is removable panel by panel from the frame.