JPH0451141B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a wrapping machine for producing nori rolls that automatically wraps cooked rice supplied onto a nori sheet to produce nori rolls.

(Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention) A conventional wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls is provided with a plurality of bending grooves on the back surface of the rice placing belt. There is a machine that bends the belt into a U-shape or the like by pressing a predetermined position, and then rolls and wraps cooked rice into a rectangular shape by abutting a roller on the top surface.

Although it is possible to manufacture norimaki without toppings using such a machine, it is difficult to wrap various toppings such as 1000 gourds at the same time. The plate-shaped cooked rice supplied from the plate-shaped cooked rice supplying machine was then used to be rolled and packaged by the chef.

Therefore, with such a device, it is difficult to wrap various ingredients such as 1,000 gourds at the same time, and it is not possible to efficiently produce a wide variety of nori rolls.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is a seaweed wrapping machine that can efficiently produce a wide variety of seaweed rolls.

The present invention consists of four or five rectangular plates that are extended in a storage section installed in a rectangular hole in the upper part of the machine base, and that are connected so as to be bendable to each other, and a rectangular plate that is vertically recessed in the center of the storage section. It consists of a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped recess and an elevating device that bends and fits the rectangular plate into the rectangular parallelepiped-shaped recess, and the rectangular plate is vertically lowered to form the norimaki, and the rectangular plate is vertically raised to form the norimaki. This wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls is characterized in that it is possible to take out the rolled seaweed rolls from the top of the machine while leaving them stationary on a rectangular plate.

Further, the end plate of the four or five rectangular plates connected to each other so as to be bendable has a claw portion that locks on the upper end of the rectangular parallelepiped recess and rotates inward when descending. This is a wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls.

Furthermore, the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls is characterized in that the four or five rectangular plates connected to each other so as to be bendable are urged by a spring so as to constantly expand into a flat shape. It is.

Moreover, the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls is characterized in that the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls is equipped with a horizontal movement device in the lower part thereof.

(Function) The packaging machine for manufacturing seaweed rolls of the present invention has a rectangular parallelepiped recess that is vertically recessed in the center of the storage section installed in the rectangular hole at the top of the machine base, and the four or five rectangular plates. It consists of a refractive rice and seaweed wrapping plate that is expanded via a spring and becomes a bendable flat plate, and a lifting device for the wrapping plate. As it descends, the wrapping plate assumes a square shape, and as it rises, it restores its shape to a flat plate.

In a specific example, when both ends or one end of the wrapping plate come into contact with the upper end surface of the inlet inclined part of the rectangular parallelepiped recess, the rectangular plate at both ends or one end of the wrapping plate moves inward with respect to the shaft mount. It has a claw part for forming the seaweed roll into a rectangular shape as a closing part, and an eccentric groove at the bottom for raising and lowering the rod connected to the rectangular plate in the center of the wrapping plate. There is a drive for vertical movement with a cam.

In the packaging machine, when the plate-shaped cooked rice is placed on the seaweed sheet of the bent rice seaweed wrapping plate, the bent rice seaweed plate descends while slidingly contacting the rectangular parallelepiped recess, and the bent rice seaweed wrapping plate is folded. When it is bent into a shape and further lowered, the tabs provided at both ends or one end of the bent rice and seaweed wrapping plate come into pressure contact with the entrance slope of the rectangular parallelepiped recess, and both ends of the bent rice and seaweed wrapping plate are bent. Alternatively, the rectangular plate at one end can be rotated inward about the pin axis to form a rectangular seaweed roll.

Next, the molded seaweed roll can be raised while remaining stationary on the rectangular plate and taken out from the upper part of the machine.

(Example) An example of the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of the device according to the embodiment of the present invention;
Figures 1 and 2 are a bottom view and side view of a bent rice wrapping plate with a tab on a rectangular plate at one end, and Figures 3, 1 and 2 are a bottom view and a side view of a bent rice wrapping plate with tabs on a rectangular plate at both ends. A bottom view and a side view, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls of the present invention and a top view of the machine when it is assembled into a seaweed roll production machine, FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG. A schematic illustration of the process of passing through the supply machine and the auxiliary conveyor to the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional explanatory diagram of the process from when the cooked rice is supplied from the auxiliary conveyor to the wrapping machine until the wrapping of the cooked rice is completed. .

As shown in Fig. 1, the packaging machine for manufacturing seaweed rolls of this example has a rectangular parallelepiped recess 5c vertically recessed in the center of a storage section installed in a rectangular hole at the top of the machine base, and five rectangular plates. A claw portion 5e is provided at one end of the back surface, and a rectangular plate is attached to the plate via a coil spring 5d, a pin shaft 5f, etc.
A refractive seaweed wrapping plate 5 that is connected to a flat plate and can be bent inward within a mold;
The lifting rod 5a is fixed to the central rectangular plate of
and a drive section M5 that rotates the eccentric groove cam 5b to which the lower end thereof is connected.

And a drive unit M5 of the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls.
When started, the eccentric grooved cam 5b, which rotates at a predetermined period, is operated to gradually lower the refracting seaweed wrapping plate 5 fixed to the lifting rod 5a, and the center of the refracting seaweed wrapping plate 5 is moved downward. Two rectangular plates adjacent to the first rectangular plate are bent inward to form the rectangular seaweed wrapping plate 5. Further, when the final state of descent is reached, the claw portion 5e provided on the rectangular plate at one end of the bent seaweed wrapping plate 5 comes into contact with the upper end surface of the side wall of the entrance of the rectangular parallelepiped recess 5c, and when it further descends, the one end The rectangular plate rotates inward about the pin shaft 5f and presses the top surface of the mold, thereby forming a rectangular seaweed roll.

At this time, the structure of the bent seaweed wrapping plate 5 is as shown in FIG. The lifting rod 5a is fixed to the back surface of the plate, two rectangular plates are engaged with each other using a pin shaft 5f and a coil spring 5d at both ends of the back surface of the rectangular plate, and the claw portions 5e are attached to the back surface of the rectangular plate at both ends. A rectangular plate provided with the claw portion 5e and a rectangular plate without the claw portion 5e are connected using a pin shaft 5f and a coil spring 5d to form a flat plate shape. A warpage prevention plate 5g is provided on the back surface of the rectangular plates at both ends, and is joined to the outside of the two adjacent rectangular plates to hold the rectangular plates at both ends.

Furthermore, when two claws 5e are provided at both ends, the process is basically the same as described above, but the only difference is the pressing state of the upper surface at the final wrapping stage of the bendable seaweed wrapping plate 5. be. That is, in the case of the one claw portion 5e, a rectangular shape is formed with one rectangular plate as the upper surface, whereas in the case of two claw portions 5e, the uneven portions are formed in the rectangular shape at both ends. The two rectangular plates at both ends are assembled into each other with uneven parts and simultaneously pressed from the upper surface to form a rectangular shape.

In addition, when the wrapping machine B for producing seaweed rolls of the present invention is incorporated and interlocked with the cooked rice supply machine A for seaweed rolls (fifth
(see figure) is provided with a drive unit M6 that horizontally moves the wrapping machine B for producing nori rolls in synchronization with the drive unit M2 of the auxiliary conveyor 2 of the cooked rice supply machine, and furthermore, the wrapping machine B for producing nori rolls and the wrapping machine B for producing nori rolls are The driving parts of the cooked rice feeder A are controlled to interlock with each other.

Next, the operating state of the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls of the present invention will be explained in the order of 1 to 6 in FIG. 7.

(1) is the horizontal movement drive unit M6 of the seaweed wrapping machine.
At the initial stage when the cooked rice 8 moves from left to right on the rack 6 (FIG. 1) in synchronization with the movement of the cooked rice auxiliary conveyor 2, the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 end is allowed to settle on the right end portion of the rolled package board 5. , shows the state in which the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 has begun to be placed on the wrapping plate 5. (2) means that the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 is separated from the end of the cooked rice auxiliary conveyor 2;
The state immediately before the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 is placed on the wrapping plate 5 is shown. At this time, the drive units M1 to M5 are operating in normal rotation. (3) shows a state in which the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 is completely placed on the wrapping plate 5 and various ingredients 8b are added. At this time, the driving parts M1 to M
3, M5 is all stopped, and M4 is reversed and in the cutting state. Next, (4) is the vertical movement drive unit M
5 is activated, the rod 5a connected to the eccentric cam 5b descends below the rectangular parallelepiped recess 5c, bending the rectangular plates on both sides of the center plate of the wrapping plate 5, and thereby folding the plate-shaped cooked rice 8. 〓 Shows the state when forming into a mold. At this time, only the drive section M5 is operating. In (5), the claw portion 5e provided on the rectangular plate at the end of the wrapping plate 5 presses and locks onto the upper end surface of the entrance of the rectangular parallelepiped recess 5c, and rotates and refracts to the left around the pin 5f. Then, the wrapped plate 5 is forcibly closed and the cooked rice 8 is pressed and molded into a rectangular shape. At this time, the rod 5a connected to the eccentric cam 5b is in a state of being moved to the lowest position, and then the rod 5a moves upward. (6) shows the state in which the rod 5a has finished rising while leaving the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 formed in the rectangular plate stationary, and the norimaki molded in the rectangular shape can be taken out from the upper part of the machine.

Note that after a few seconds after this state (6), the cross section of the seaweed roll changes from a square to a circle. The reason for this is not clear, but it is thought to be due to the expansion of the warm, press-molded cooked rice or the generation of water vapor. Furthermore, in this example, it is also possible to manufacture a nigiri sushi stand consisting only of cooked rice without using the seaweed 8a.

Next, the configuration of a seaweed roll manufacturing machine using the seaweed roll packaging machine B of the present invention is as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6. It consists of a wrapping machine B for producing seaweed rolls that wraps the plate-shaped rice 8.

The configuration of the cooked rice feeder A for rolling seaweed is as follows.

First, there is a stirrer 7a for loosening the cooked rice 8, and a pair of extrusion rollers 7b and 7b' disposed below the stirrer 7a and extruding the cooked rice 8 from the hopper 7 in a counter-rotating manner. There is. There is a drive section M1 consisting of a motor etc. which are interlocked with the agitator 7a and the extrusion rollers 7b, 7b'. The hopper 7
There is a transport conveyor 1 for transporting the cooked rice 8, and above and below the transport conveyor 1 there are an upper roller 3 and a lower roller that are arranged opposite to each other and form the cooked rice 8 into a plate-shaped cooked rice 8 in pairs. However, the upper roller 3 has a large number of thread-like grooves on its surface.

In addition, the upper roller 3 includes the roller 3
A thickness adjustment knob 3a that moves up and down to adjust the thickness of the plate-shaped cooked rice 8, a crankshaft 3b that rotates the rotational movement of the thickness adjustment knob 3a in a right angle direction via a worm gear, and the crankshaft 3b. a crank for moving the roller 3 in the vertical direction by converting the rotational movement of A distance adjustment gear 3d is provided to adjust the distance between the roller 3 and the roller 3.
The thickness of the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 can be adjusted.

Further, at the upper end of the conveyor 1,
A cutter 4 that divides the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 into predetermined amounts.
, an auxiliary conveyor 2 for conveying a predetermined amount of the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 divided by the cutter 4, and a drive unit M2 comprising a motor and the like for driving the auxiliary conveyor 2;
A cutter plate that covers the space between the proximal end of the auxiliary conveyor 2 and the distal end of the conveyor 1 and is provided at the cutting position of the cutter 4, and a drive unit M4 such as a motor that drives the cutter 4. A predetermined amount of the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 is produced by sequentially controlling the operation cycles of the drive units M1 to M4. For example, the drive units M1 to M
4 is started and the plate-shaped cooked rice 8 is being transported, the drive units M3 and M4 may be controlled by a timer or the like so that they stop several seconds before the drive units M1 and M2.

Incidentally, by setting a timer for the time required to place the seaweed 8a on the folding type seaweed wrapping plate 5 and controlling the sequence so that it can be recycled, the seaweed roll can be manufactured in the same manner as described above.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in detail above, the seaweed roll manufacturing machine of the present invention has a rectangular parallelepiped recess and four or five rectangular plates connected to each other so as to be bendable and move up and down between the upper and inner sides of the recess. A foldable rice seaweed wrapper,
It consists of a lifting device that bends and fits the rectangular plate into the rectangular parallelepiped recess, and the rice wrapping plate can reliably press the cooked rice from the top, bottom, left and right to form the seaweed roll, and can easily be rolled into pieces. By adding various ingredients such as gourds and wrapping them, it is possible to efficiently produce a wide variety of seaweed rolls.

In addition, the nori roll making machine of the present invention vertically raises and lowers a rectangular plate, forms the nori roll when it descends, and allows the molded nori roll to be taken out at the top of the machine while remaining stationary on the rectangular plate. Because of this, there is no fear that the shape of the molded norimaki will be disrupted due to movement or impact, and it is easy for the manufacturer to monitor the molding process, which is highly effective in terms of quality control.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of the device according to the embodiment of the present invention;
Figures 1 and 2 are a bottom view and side view of a bent rice wrapping plate with a tab on a rectangular plate at one end, and Figures 3, 1 and 2 are a bottom view and a side view of a bent rice wrapping plate with tabs on a rectangular plate at both ends. A bottom view and a side view, FIG. 4 is a plan view when the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls of the present invention is incorporated into a seaweed roll production machine, FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG. 4, and FIG. A schematic illustration of the process of passing through the supply machine and the auxiliary conveyor to the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional explanatory diagram of the process from when the cooked rice is supplied from the auxiliary conveyor to the wrapping machine until the wrapping of the cooked rice is completed. . 1... Conveyor conveyor, 2... Auxiliary conveyor, 3
...Roller, 3a...Thickness adjustment knob, 3b...
...Crankshaft, 3d... Gear for adjusting distance, 4...
Cutters, 5...Foldable rice seaweed wrapping plate, 5a...
Lifting rod, 5b... Eccentric groove cam, 5c... Rectangular parallelepiped recess, 5d... Coil spring, 5e... Claw portion, 5f... Pin shaft, 6... Rack, 7... Hopper, 7a... Stirrer, 7b, 7b'...Extrusion roller, 8...Rice, 8a...Seaweed, 8b...Ingredients, A...Rice feeder for seaweed rolls, B...Wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls, M1 to M6 ……Drive part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Four or five rectangular plates connected to each other so as to be bendable, placed on a shelf in a storage section installed in a rectangular hole at the top of the machine base, and a recessed vertically in the center of the storage section. It consists of a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped recess provided and a lifting device that bends and fits the rectangular plate into the rectangular parallelepiped-shaped recess, and vertically lowers the rectangular plate to form a seaweed roll, and also vertically raises it. A wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls, characterized in that the molded seaweed rolls can be taken out from the top of the machine while being left stationary on the rectangular plate. 2 The end plate of the four or five rectangular plates connected to each other in a bendable manner is provided with a claw portion that locks onto the upper end of the rectangular parallelepiped recess and rotates inward when descending. Claim 1 characterized in that
A wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls as described in 2. 3. Claim 1 or 3, characterized in that four or five rectangular plates connected to each other so as to be bendable are urged by a spring to constantly expand into a planar shape. The wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls according to item 2. 4. The wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the wrapping machine for producing seaweed rolls is equipped with a horizontal movement device in its lower part.