JPH0414939B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention is applicable to confectionery materials, such as peanuts and cacao, which are placed as toppings on top of a plurality of confectionery doughs such as biscuit dough and chocolat that are sent on a conveyor. Concerning a confectionery ingredient dispenser for dispensing nuts or legumes such as beans or jelly pieces.

(Prior art and its problems) When manufacturing biscuits with crushed peanuts on top as a topping, the biscuit dough is fed onto a conveyor, stamped to the size of the biscuit, and crushed onto each biscuit dough. This is done by dropping peanuts and passing them through a baking oven, but in the past, the work of placing crushed peanuts on top of the dough had to be done manually.

Therefore, in order to increase productivity, the inventor researched mechanical processing means. First, he placed a hopper in the center of the conveyor, and from there, multiple troughs were tilted downward in a fan shape. The crushed peanuts were placed on top of the dough and vibrated by a vibrating device so that the crushed peanuts could be smoothly discharged from the potspa.

The problem with this device is that the amount of falling peanuts is significantly different due to vibration.If the vibration is small, hardly any peanuts will flow out, but if the vibration is increased, a large amount of peanuts will suddenly flow out from a certain point, and the amount cannot be controlled. The point is that it is difficult. It was also found that the outer gutter, which has a stronger fanning angle, always had a smaller amount of peanuts than the central gutter, and had the disadvantage of not being able to distribute the peanuts uniformly. An even bigger problem is that the dough after stamping is conveyed intermittently on a conveyor at intervals, but with the above device, it is impossible for the peanuts to fall intermittently, so it is difficult to properly crush the peanuts onto the biscuit dough. This makes it difficult to drop peanuts. Especially when it comes to sugared peanuts,
The downside is that the inside of the gutter is covered with sugar and its viscosity makes it difficult to expect the peanuts to fall even if the vibrations are strong.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention was developed to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to distribute and supply a fixed amount of material onto each fabric. In addition, the confectionery ingredients are placed only on top of the biscuit dough, which is fed intermittently at regular intervals, thereby preventing wasted consumption of confectionery ingredients. It is designed to distribute materials smoothly, and its main features are a hopper that is bridged in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the conveyor, and a hopper that partially closes the lower opening of the hopper and moves reciprocatingly in the direction of the bridge. A scraping plate that
A fixed upper plate located below the scraping plate and provided with a plurality of through holes at predetermined intervals; a sliding plate that slides under the fixed upper plate and has the same through holes as the fixed upper plate;
It is characterized by a fixed lower plate which is in sliding contact with the lower part of the sliding plate and has through holes formed by removing one hole in the sliding direction of the sliding plate from the position directly below the plurality of through holes of the fixed upper plate. It is a dispenser for confectionery ingredients.

To explain further below, this device is a device that drops and distributes desired confectionery ingredients onto a plurality of confectionery doughs that are sequentially fed on a conveyor. Also included. The confectionery ingredients that are dropped onto the dough are usually crushed fruits such as peanuts and coconuts, or jelly for decoration, which are crushed into small pieces. In particular, this device is also applicable to these confectionery materials coated with sugar.

The apparatus includes a hopper into which confectionery ingredients are placed, and the hopper is bridged above a conveyor. Its longitudinal direction is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the conveyor. The conveyor feeds intermittently, and for example, 17 rows of stamped biscuit dough are conveyed. Additionally, the hopper is open at its bottom long enough to cover the entire row of biscuit or other confectionery dough being conveyed on the conveyor.

This bottom is partially closed off by a scraping plate that reciprocates in the longitudinal direction of the hopper. Usually, this scraping plate has a part cut out, and the cutout part moves without blocking the through hole of the fixed upper plate located below. The shape of the notch may be a circular or square cut out of the board.Also, the scraping board itself is made half the width of the fixed upper board, and it is moved to one side, and half is placed on the edge. A circular cutout may also be formed. In any case, it is sufficient that these notches can move without blocking the through holes of the fixed upper plate located below during reciprocating movement.

A through hole is formed in the fixed upper plate. Its diameter is selected depending on how spread the confectionery ingredients are to fall onto the dough passing on the conveyor, but it is usually slightly smaller than the diameter of the confectionery dough, and it is usually smaller than the diameter of the confectionery dough. It is equal to the diameter of the hole in the plate. The position of the hole in the fixed upper plate is
It is provided at least one through hole offset toward the end of the conveyor belt from the upwardly extending position of each row of fabrics fed on the conveyor.

A slide plate and a fixed lower plate are provided in this order under the fixed upper plate, and the slide plate is slidably contacted between the fixed upper plate and the fixed lower plate and is sandwiched so as to be movable. Through holes of approximately the same diameter are formed in both.

The number and position of through holes provided in the slide plate are equal to those of the fixed upper plate. The slide plate reciprocates in the same direction between the fixed upper plate and lower plate, similar to the above-mentioned scraping plate. The slide plate and the scraping plate may be reciprocated in synchronization.

The fixed lower plate below the sliding plate has the same number of holes as the fixed upper plate, but at a position directly above each row of fabric passing underneath.

When the fabric is intermittently conveyed directly below the passage of the fixed lower plate, the slide plate moves so that the holes in the slide plate and the holes in the fixed lower plate completely match and communicate, and from that position the fabric moves in the direction of travel. When sent to
It returns to its original position, that is, a position that communicates with the through hole of the fixed upper plate.

The amount of falling confectionery material for one batch is determined by the volume of the holes in the slide plate, but even if the diameter of the holes in the fixed upper plate is equal to that of the slide plate, the volume should preferably be at least 1.5 times that of the slide plate. It is better to double it.

Furthermore, an injection port communicating with the outside is provided in the through hole of the fixed upper plate, and a pipe communicating with an air supply source is connected to this injection port. These pipes may be individually provided with valves, but air may be blown into each hole at regular intervals. A similar structure may be provided for the through holes in the lower fixed plate, but it is also possible to simply provide only the horizontal holes and blow air into each horizontal hole by applying an air gun to each of the horizontal holes as necessary.

(Function) To use this dispenser, first, confectionery material, such as crushed peanuts, is filled into the hopper and stamping of the dough is started as a pretreatment on the conveyor. The stamping and dispensing operations are synchronized, with each row of confectionery dough intermittently moving to and stopping directly below the device, ie, at the point where the confectionery material falls.

On the other hand, the confectionery material filled in the hopper is broken up from the bottom by the scraping plate reciprocating at the bottom of the hopper, and falls into the through hole of the fixed upper plate. At an initial point in time, the through holes in the fixed upper plate and the through holes in the slide plate communicate with each other, and do not communicate with the lower fixed plate. Therefore, the confectionery material that has entered the through hole of the fixed lower plate enters the through hole of the sliding plate as it is.
The amount of confectionery material entering this hole is constant.

In this state, when the confectionery dough is transferred to the bottom of the device, the slide plate slides after confirming this.
The holes in the slide plate and the holes in the fixed lower plate match.
As a result, the confectionery material within the slide plate falls downward through the through hole of the fixed lower plate and onto the confectionery dough.

Air jet ports face each of the through holes in the fixed upper plate and the lower plate, and when the amount of falling confectionery material decreases, air is blown into the through holes to improve conductivity.

(Example) Hereinafter, it will be explained according to the drawings shown as an example. 1 is a confectionery material dispenser bridged on the conveyor belt 3 of the conveyor device 2;
4 is a hopper for storing confectionery ingredients. At the bottom of the hopper 4, a scraping plate 5, a fixed upper plate 6, a sliding plate 7, and a fixed lower plate 8 are provided so as to be in sliding contact with each other and overlapped in this order from the top.

The scraping plate 5 occupies half of the opening at the bottom of the hopper 4, and has a semicircular notch 9 formed at its edge. 10 is an air cylinder, whose movable arm 11 is connected to the ends of the scraping plate 5 and the slide plate 7,
Its reciprocating period is synchronized with the intermittent movement period of the conveyor belt 3.

The fixed upper plate 6 is provided with through holes 12 corresponding to the number of confectionery doughs to be conveyed on the conveyor belt 3, and the slide plate 7 is also formed with through holes 13 corresponding to the number of confectionery doughs conveyed on the conveyor belt 3. However, its position is offset by at least one spot from each row of fabric.

Although the scraping plate 5 performs reciprocating motion, the notch 9 is sized so that the through hole 12 of the lower fixed upper plate 6 will not be blocked even by the reciprocating motion.

A through hole 14 of the same size as the through hole 13 of the slide plate is also bored in the fixed lower plate 8 below the slide plate 7, but its position is not under the through hole 12 of the fixed upper plate 6. , is formed in the direction of movement of the slide plate 7, one through hole away from that position.

Reference numeral 15 denotes an injection port facing into the through hole 12 of the fixed upper plate 6, and the injection port 15 has a child pipe 17 branched off from a main pipe 16 connected to an air supply source.
are connected, and each child pipe 17 has a valve 1.
8 is provided.

Reference numeral 19 is a screw for positioning the apparatus in the left-right direction, and reference numerals 20 and 21 are pinions and racks for moving the apparatus back and forth in order to synchronize with the conveyor belt 3.

(Effects) As described above, in the present invention, the fixed upper plate and the fixed lower plate are arranged vertically, the respective through holes are staggered, and the sliding plate is arranged between them. The through hole of the slide plate communicates with and receives only a certain amount of confectionery material,
In this state, the slide plate moves sideways and, when it communicates with the through hole of the fixed lower plate, drops the confectionery ingredients downward, and in synchronization with the intermittent movement of the conveyor, a constant amount of confectionery ingredients is always distributed without waste. It is possible.

In addition, during this dispensing and dropping operation, a scraping plate is provided at the bottom opening of the hopper to reciprocate and break down the confectionery ingredients, so the confectionery ingredients are continuously filled into the holes in the fixed upper plate. When the slide plate returns to its original position, confectionery ingredients can be supplied at all times. In particular, the amount of confectionery ingredients that fall at one time is determined by the volume of the slide plate, but if the capacity of the fixed upper plate is at least 1.5 times that of the slide plate, filling can be done even if the return interval of the slide plate is early. A constant amount of confectionery material is always supplied into the slide plate without causing any delay in work, and can be supplied in fixed quantities through the holes in the fixed lower plate. In addition, if the through hole becomes clogged or if the confectionery material is viscous, such as sugar coating, the confectionery material may adhere to the through hole and smooth filling and discharging may not be possible. Since it is designed to be able to be sprayed, smooth discharge due to adhesion can be ensured.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the dispenser according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial view of FIG. 1 with the hopper removed, and FIG. Figure 4 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the state in which
FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state where the through holes of the slide plate and the fixed lower plate are in communication with each other. FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the air injection port facing into the through hole. 1... Dispenser, 2... Conveyor device, 3
... Conveyor belt, 4 ... Hopper, 5 ... Scratch plate, 6 ... Fixed upper plate, 7 ... Slide plate, 8 ...
Fixed lower plate, 9... Notch, 10... Air cylinder, 11... Movable arm, 12, 13, 14...
Through hole, 15...Injection port, 16...Main pipe, 17
... Child pipe, 18 ... Valve, 19 ... Screw,
20...Pinion, 21...Lack.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A hopper bridged over a conveyor belt,
A scraping plate that partially blocks the lower opening of the hopper and moves back and forth in the direction of the bridge; a fixed upper plate located under the scraping plate and having a plurality of through holes at predetermined intervals; A slide plate that slides downward and has a through hole at the same position as the fixed upper plate, and a slide plate that slides under the slide plate and extends each through hole by at least one hole from the position directly below the plurality of through holes of the fixed upper plate. The width of the scraping plate is approximately half that of the upper fixed plate, and one edge is biased to one side so as to cross over the through hole on the upper fixed plate. A semicircular notch is formed on the edge of the cutout of a size that does not block the through hole of the fixed upper plate due to the reciprocating movement of the scraping plate, and furthermore, the cutout of the fixed upper plate is The capacity is at least the capacity of the through hole in the slide plate.
A confectionery material dispenser characterized by 1.5 times the amount.