JPH0476654B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a compression transfer device for a food molding machine, and is particularly suitable as a preliminary molding device for a sushi manufacturing device.

(Prior Art) Devices for mechanically manufacturing nigiri sushi have already been put to practical use. In order to mechanically manufacture nigiri sushi, the sushi ingredient shiyari (white rice mixed with an appropriate amount of vinegar, hereinafter the same) is compressed in advance to a certain degree of hardness, and then It is necessary to cut it to a predetermined size and preform it. As a device for performing such preliminary molding, a compression transfer mechanism in a food molding machine described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-49381 is known. This is achieved by arranging a plurality of left and right rotating rollers facing each other in two rows in the vertical direction so that the facing distance becomes narrower from the top.
It is provided so that the food material (shiyari) can be transferred downward while alternately compressing and relaxing, and the transferred food material is cut into appropriate sizes with a cutter.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) According to the above-mentioned compression transfer mechanism in the conventional food molding machine, the distance between the pair of rotating rollers is constant and the rotating rollers simply rotate on the spot. The material is transferred only by friction or catch with the rotating rollers,
It is not possible to efficiently transfer highly viscous food materials such as persimmons, and because the amount of transfer varies, the size of the food materials cut by the cutter varies.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and is capable of efficiently compressing and transporting highly viscous foods such as perilla, and furthermore, the compressed and transported food can be It is an object of the present invention to provide a compression transfer device for a food molding machine that is uniform in size and can perform preforming efficiently.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention includes a pair of compression members that face each other and are driven in directions that approach and move away from each other; and a roller provided on the
The pair of compression members and the roller are disposed facing the food transfer path, and the drive source for the roller drives the roller to transfer the food when the pair of compression members are separated from each other. Features.

A pair of cutters for cutting the food compressed by the pair of compression members into appropriate sizes may be arranged below the pair of compression members and the roller.

A separating member with an inclined end surface may be attached to the lower surface of the pair of cutters, which generates a force that pushes the food downward when it hits the food when the pair of cutters cuts the food.

The opposing surfaces of the pair of compression members are inclined so that the mutual distance therebetween gradually narrows downward;
A plurality of horizontal protrusions may be formed on this inclined opposing surface.

(Operation) When the pair of compression members is driven while food is present in the food transfer path, the food is compressed on opposing surfaces when the pair of compression members approach each other. When the pair of compression members are separated from each other, their opposing surfaces are separated from the food product, and at this time the rollers are driven to rotate to transfer the food product.

By providing a pair of cutters below the pair of compression members and rollers, the food compressed and transferred by the pair of compression members and rollers can be cut into appropriate sizes and preformed.

If a separation member with an inclined end surface is attached to the lower surface of the pair of cutters, when the pair of cutters approaches to cut the food, the inclined end surface will hit the food and generate a force that pushes the food downward. Even highly viscous foods can be easily separated from the cutter.

By slanting the opposing surfaces of a pair of compression members so that the distance between them gradually narrows downward, and by forming a plurality of horizontal protrusions on the slanted opposing surfaces, the pair of compression members can be spaced apart from each other. When this happens, the compression member separates from the food between them and the food moves downward under its own weight, ensuring reliable transfer.
When the pair of compression members approach each other, their protrusions bite into the food, so even if the cutter is driven in this state, the food will not shift up or down, and the food can be reliably cut into a predetermined shape. .

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of a compression transfer device for a food molding machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The illustrated embodiment is an example in which a compression transfer device of a food molding machine is applied to a sushi manufacturing device.

In FIG. 1, the reference numeral 10 is a hopper into which shiyari, which is an ingredient for sushi, is put.
The lower ends of the left and right pairs of spear compression members 11,
It is open near the top of 12. A stirring and feeding member is provided near the lower end of the hopper 10 for stirring and feeding the seeds in the hopper 10 downward, but this part is not shown. A transparent plate 24 is fitted on the front side of the lower end of the hopper 10 to confirm that a spear is present inside the hopper 10. The above-mentioned compression member 1
A pair of cutters 14 and 15 are arranged below the cutters 1 and 12 on the left and right near their lower ends. The cutters 14 and 15 are holding members 16 and 17, respectively.
It is fixed to the bottom side of the cutter with screws etc.
Separation members 18, 19 are attached to the bottom side of 4, 15.
is fixed. A pair of flexible compression members 11,
12 and cutters 14 and 15 are intermittently moved left and right in opposite directions by a drive mechanism to be described later to compress the spear to an appropriate hardness and then cut it into chunks of appropriate size. Let's call it 40 blocks. The support block 40 is the belt 2
The sushi is dropped onto a plate and conveyed by a belt 20 to a forming section (not shown), where it is formed together with toppings into a predetermined shape to make sushi. The belt 20 is placed between a pulley 22 and another pulley (not shown), and is driven by the rotation of one of the pulleys.

Next, a driving mechanism for the above-mentioned thrust compression members 11, 12 and cutters 14, 15 will be explained. Second
In the figure, a gear 121 is attached to the output shaft of a cutter drive motor 120 that is mounted vertically.
is attached, and gear 122 and gear 123 are meshed with gear 121. Gear 122 is gear 1
The gear 123 has the same diameter as the gear 21, and the gear 123 is smaller than the gear 121. The gear 123 integrally has a shaft 141 extending upward, and a gear 142 having the same diameter as the gear 123 is integrally attached to the upper end of the shaft 141. A gear 143 meshes with the gear 142, and a gear 144 meshes with the gear 143. Gears 143 and 144 have approximately the same diameter as gears 121 and 122, and gear 1
21 and 122.

The gears 121 and 122 are provided with pins 125 and 126 at eccentric positions, respectively.
25 and 126 are sliders 131 and 132, respectively.
It fits into elongated holes 133 and 134 formed in the front-rear direction. The sliders 131 and 132 are supported by a pair of guide rods 130 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. The holding members 16 and 17 are fixed to the front ends of the sliders 131 and 132, respectively, and cutters 14 and 15 are fixed to the lower surfaces of the holding members 16 and 17, respectively. The opposing edges of the pair of cutters 14 and 15 are inclined edges. To explain in more detail, the edge of the cutter 14 on the left is formed diagonally from below, and the edge of the cutter 15 on the right is formed obliquely from above, and when the cutters 14 and 15 are close to each other, the inclined edge are starting to overlap. Separation member 1 is provided on the bottom surface of each cutter 14, 15.
8 and 19 are fixed. Separation members 18, 19
Opposite ends of the slanted ends 136 and 137 are formed. To explain in more detail, the inclined end portion 136 of the left separating member 18 and the inclined end portion 137 of the right separating member 19 are both formed obliquely from below,
The distance between the inclined ends 136 and 137 widens toward the end. When the gear 121 rotates, the gear 1
22 rotates in the opposite direction. When the gears 121, 122 rotate, the sliders 131, 132 and the cutters 14, 15 integrated therewith move in opposite directions to approach and separate from each other.
1,132 long holes 133, 134 and gear 12
The relationship between pins 125 and 126 of 1 and 122 is set.

The gears 143 and 144 are also provided with pins 147 and 148 at eccentric positions, respectively.
47 and 148 are sliders 151 and 152, respectively.
It fits into elongated holes 153 and 154 formed in the front-rear direction. The sliders 151 and 152 are supported by a pair of guide rods 145 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. Arms 156, 157 extend forward from the sliders 151, 152, and the flexible pressing members 11, 12 are fixed to each arm 156, 157. The opposing surfaces of each of the bending and pressing members 11 and 12 are formed obliquely, and the distance between them becomes narrower toward the bottom. Moreover, protrusions 158 and 159 are formed in the depth direction in several stages on the opposing inclined surfaces of each of the bending and pressing members 11 and 12. When the gear 144 rotates in the opposite direction as the gear 143 rotates, the sliders 151, 152 and the separating members 11, 12 integrated therewith move in opposite directions to approach and separate from each other.
152 long holes 153, 154 and helical gears 143, 1
44 pins 147 and 148 are set. Further, the positional relationship of the pins 125, 126, 147, 148 of each gear 121, 122, 143, 144 is set so that when the separating members 11, 12 approach each other, the cutters 14, 15 also approach synchronously. ing. However, the moving strokes and moving speeds of the cutters 14 and 15 are larger and faster than the moving strokes and moving speeds of the pushing members 11 and 12, so that the gears 121 and 1
The amount of deviation of pins 125, 126 from the center of rotation of gears 143, 144 is greater than the amount of deviation of pins 147, 148 from the center of rotation of gears 143, 144. As mentioned above, when the cutters 14 and 15 are closest to each other, their inclined edges overlap, but even when the bending and pressing members 11 and 12 are at the closest position, a certain distance is maintained between them. It's starting to become easier.

As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of bending and pressing members 1
A pushing roller 165 is disposed behind the rollers 1 and 12 with its rotation axis oriented in the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the roller 165 is driven by a reciprocal feed motor 160, and is driven by a gear 161 provided on the output shaft of the motor 160 and a gear train 16.
2,163. The motor 160 is driven while the pair of pushing members 11, 12 and the cutters 11, 12 are mutually open and the cutter drive motor 120 is stopped. A plurality of protrusions are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the roller 165 at regular intervals in the axial direction.

In FIGS. 1 and 7, a light reflecting plate 167 is fixed to the lower surface of the gear 122 and extends about half a circumference. A sensor 70 is disposed below the reflecting plate 167 to face it, and when the sensor 70 detects the reflecting plate 167, it is detected that the gear 122 has made a half rotation.

The hopper 10 shown in FIG. 1, the guide rods 130, 145, the motor 120, the shaft 14, etc. shown in FIG. 2 are supported by a suitable frame. A roller mechanism as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is arranged around the thrust compression members 11, 12 and cutters 14, 15 shown in FIG. 1.

In FIGS. 5 and 6, a pair of fixing plates 31, 32 are provided on the appropriate frame at a considerable distance on both sides of the compression members 11, 12 and the cutters 14, 15, and are oriented vertically. and are fixed facing each other. This pair of fixed plates 31, 32
A panel 33 is disposed astride the front end surfaces of the fixing plates 31 and 32, and is fixed to the front end surfaces of the fixing plates 31 and 32 with an appropriate number of set screws 34. Panel 3
A pair of bearing plates 35 and 36 are fixed to the rear side of 3 so as to face each other in the vertical direction. A pair of bearing plates 35, 36 are flexible compression members 11, 1
2 and on both sides of the cutters 14 and 15. Three rollers 41, 42, 43 are supported in this order from above between the pair of bearing plates 35, 36. Each roller 41, 42, 43 is rotatably supported, and a plurality of protrusions are formed on the outer peripheral surface of each roller 41, 42, 43 at regular intervals in the axial direction. The roller 41 is located at approximately the same height as the roller 165 described in FIG. 4, and these rollers 41 and 165 are arranged to sandwich the pair of compression members 11 and 12. Further, each roller 41, 42, 43, 165 is connected to the compression member 11, 1
It is provided in parallel to the moving direction of 2.

A gear 38 is integrally provided on the shaft of the roller 41 on the outer surface side of the bearing plate 35, and a toothed pulley 45 is further integrally provided on the outer side thereof. A toothed pulley 46 is also integrally provided on the shaft of the roller 42 on the outer side of the bearing plate 35 . Further, a bearing plate 3 is also attached to the shaft of the roller 43.
A pulley 51 is integrally provided on the outer surface side of 5, and a toothed pulley 47 is further integrally provided on the outer side thereof. Each toothed pulley 4
5, 46, and 47 are positioned so as to overlap in the vertical direction, and a toothed belt 49 is hung around these toothed pulleys 45, 46, and 47. In order to ensure meshing between the toothed pulley 46 and the toothed belt 49, a tension pulley 48 is provided between the toothed pulleys 46 and 47 to press the belt 49 from the outside. The gear 38, which is integral with the roller 41, meshes with a gear 37, as shown in FIG. 6, and the gear 37 meshes with a gear 164. The gears 37, 164 are rotatably supported by a bearing plate 35. Gear 164 meshes with gear 163 as previously described with respect to FIG. Therefore, when the roller 165 is rotationally driven via the gear trains 161, 162, 163 by the thrust feed motor 160 shown in FIG. 3, the rotational force is transmitted to the gear 38 via the gear trains 164, 37. , the roller 41 is driven to rotate. At the same time, the rotational force of the shaft of the roller 41 is transmitted from the toothed pulley 45 to the toothed pulleys 46 and 4 via the toothed belt 49.
7, and the rollers 42, 43 are rotationally driven.

In FIGS. 5 and 6, a rectangular frame 54 that is long in the left-right direction when viewed from the top side is fixed to the back side of the panel 33 near the lower end. Frame body 5
A pair of rollers 5 are installed between the front and rear plates that make up the
5 and 56 are rotatably supported in a direction perpendicular to the rollers 41, 42, and 43. A constant interval is provided between the pair of rollers 55 and 56. A plurality of protrusions are formed on the outer peripheral surface of each roller 55, 56 at regular intervals in the axial direction. A gear 57 and a pulley 6 are attached to the shaft of the roller 55.
1 is integrally provided, and a gear 6 is provided on the shaft of the roller 56.
0 is provided integrally. Gear 57 and gear 60
Gear trains 58 and 59 are interposed between the two. A belt 62 having a round cross section is hung on the pulley 61. In FIG. 5, the belt 62 extends from the pulley 61 to the left and then extends to the guide pin 63.
and is directed upward by the pulley 51. Therefore, when the roller 43 is rotationally driven, the rotational force is transferred from the pulley 51 to the belt 62.
- The rotational force is transmitted to the pulley 61 in order to rotate the roller 55, and further, the rotational force is transmitted to the gear train 57, 58,
59 and 60 are transmitted in this order, and the roller 56 is rotationally driven.

A regulating member 6 is provided on the back side of the lower end of the panel 33.
5 is fixed. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 10, the regulating member 65 includes a regulating piece 66 extending at a right angle from the back side of the panel 33, and a pair of regulating pieces 66 extending at right angles to the regulating piece 66 and parallel to the panel 33. It has regulating pieces 67 and 68. A pair of regulation pieces 6
7 and 68 face each other at a constant interval.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of flexible compression members 1
1 and 12 face the transport path for the spears discharged from the lower end of the hopper 10. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, when viewed from the top side, each of the rollers 165, 41, 55, and 56 forms a space having a rectangular planar shape, and this space is It is connected to a passageway. Therefore, each of the rollers 165, 41, 55, 56 and the rollers 42, 43 that are continuous below the roller 41 are arranged facing the spear transport space. As shown in FIG. 10, each regulating piece 66, 6 of the regulating member 65
7 and 68 are arranged so as to substantially overlap the surfaces of the respective rollers 56, 165, and 41 that face the above-mentioned flexible transfer space.

As for the material of the member with which the shear is in direct contact, it is desirable to use a material to which the shear does not easily adhere, for example, a fluororesin such as the product name "Teflon".

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

Each motor 120, 160 is driven by a set command as a preliminary operation, and the flexible compression member 1
1, 12 and cutters 14, 15 are set at predetermined reference positions and stopped. This predetermined reference position is a position where the thrust compression members 11 and 12 approach each other at a predetermined interval, and the cutters 14 and 15 approach each other so that their opposing inclined edges overlap each other. .

At this reference position, the hopper 10 is loaded with spears, and the spears 30 are filled in the spear transfer passageway facing the spear compression members 11, 12 and the respective rollers, as shown in FIG. Next, when the specified start button is pressed, the cutter drive motor 12
0 is activated and gear 12 is activated, as shown in FIG.
3 and 142 are rotated counterclockwise, gears 121 and 143 are rotated clockwise, and gears 122 and 144 are rotated counterclockwise. The pins 147, 148 are moved to the sliders 151, 15 by the rotation of the gears 143, 144.
2 to the outside of each other, and compress the members 11 and 1.
2 in a direction that separates them from each other. Similarly, the rotation of the gears 121 and 122 causes the pin 1 to
25 and 126 push the sliders 131 and 132 outward from each other, and move the cutters 14 and 15 in a direction away from each other, that is, in a direction in which they are opened from each other.

When each gear 121, 122, 143, 144 has made about half a turn and the pair of bending compression members 11, 12 and the pair of cutters 14, 15 are at their maximum distance, this is indicated by the reflector on the lower surface of the gear 122 shown in FIG. 16
The cutter drive motor 120 is stopped based on this detection signal, and power is supplied to the cutting feed motor 160 to rotate it. The rotational drive of the motor 160 rotationally drives the roller 165 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and further, the roller 41 is rotated through the gear 164-37-38 as explained with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. The rotational force of the roller 41 is further transmitted to the toothed pulleys 46 and 47 via the toothed pulley 45 and the toothed belt 49 to rotationally drive the rollers 42 and 43. 51 and belt 62 to the pulley 61 to rotate the roller 55.
The rotational force is further transmitted to gear 60 via gears 57, 58, and 59 to rotationally drive roller 56. Each of the rollers described above rotates in a direction to transport the spears in the transfer path downward, and the spear compression members 11 and 12 move away from each other as described above, and are also separated from the spear 30. Therefore, the driving time of each of these rollers during which the shiyari 30 is transported downward is arbitrarily set by a timer depending on the size of the sushi to be manufactured.

When the timer expires, the feed motor 120 is stopped and the cutter drive motor 120 is started again. The cutter drive motor 120 has gears 121, 122, 143, 1
44 is driven approximately half a turn until the sensor 70 detects this, and as a result, the flexible compression member 1
The cutters 1 and 12 are driven toward each other, and the cutters 14 and 15 are driven toward each other, and the motor 120 is stopped when these are closest to each other. As the spear compression members 11 and 12 approach each other, the spear 30 is compressed to a certain hardness. Further, the cutters 14 and 15 are closed by overlapping their opposing inclined edges to cut the compressed spear into blocks 40 of a predetermined size and drop them onto the belt 20. cutter 14,1
When the cutters 14 and 15 cut the spear, the inclined ends 136 and 137 of the separating members 18 and 19 come into contact with the spear and exert a force that pushes the spear downward. occurs. This force forcibly separates the spear from the cutters 14, 15, and the cutting operation of the spear is performed efficiently. If there are no separating members 18 and 19,
Even if the spears are cut with the cutters 14 and 15, the highly viscous spears stick to the lower surfaces of the cutters 14 and 15, preventing the spears from being smoothly separated from the cutters 14 and 15, which reduces the efficiency of the cutting operation of the spears. becomes worse. In this respect, according to the above embodiment, the separating member 18,
Since the cutting operation of the spear is efficiently performed by the inclined end portions 136 and 137 of the spear 19, the compression member transfer of the spear and the speed of preliminary forming by the cutters 14 and 15 can be increased.

As shown in FIG. 8, the cutters 14 and 15 are close to each other and the spear 30 is cut into a block 40 of a predetermined size.
When cutting, a component force is generated at the opposing inclined edges of the cutters 14 and 15, particularly at the inclined edge on the cutter 15 side, which tends to lift the spear 30.
If the spear 30 is lifted by this force, the cutters 14 and 15 will not be able to cut smoothly, and the shape and size of the cut blocks 40 will vary. However, in the illustrated embodiment,
When the cutters 14 and 15 try to cut the spear 30, the compression members 11 and 12 also approach each other and compress the spear 30, and the plurality of protrusions provided on the compression members 11 and 12 Article 158, 15
Since the spear 9 bites into the spear 30, the spear 30 is not lifted, the cutting can be performed smoothly, and variations in the shape and size of the cut blocks 40 can be reduced.

Also, when the cutters 14 and 15 cut the spear 30 into the block 40, the block 40 is
Due to various factors, the object may tend to lose its posture or fall to a position deviated from the predetermined falling position on the belt 20. For example, when cutting the spear 30 with the cutters 14 and 15, the lower inclined edge of the overlapping cutters 14 and 15, that is, the inclined edge of the cutter 15 is on the left side in FIG. He then pushes the spear block 40 and tries to tilt it. but,
At this time, the block 40 is regulated by the regulating piece 66 and kept in a predetermined posture, and the belt 2
0 to a predetermined position in the left and right direction. moreover,
When the block 40 tries to tilt in the front-back direction, the ninth
As shown in the figure, the front and rear end surfaces of the block 40 are regulated by regulating pieces 67 and 68, so that the block 40 is maintained in a predetermined posture and falls to a predetermined position on the belt 20 in the front and back direction. In this way, the fact that the plastic block 40 maintains a predetermined posture and falls to a predetermined position on the belt 20 means that the plastic block 40 is conveyed by the belt 20 to a molding section (not shown). This means that it maintains a predetermined posture and is in a predetermined position at all times, which means that the molding operation can be performed without any hindrance.

According to the embodiment described above, the flexible compression members 11 and 12 have the function of compressing the flexible material to a predetermined hardness.
rollers 165, 41,
42, 43, 55, and 56, and each of the rollers is rotated with the shear compressing members 11, 12 separated from each other to transfer the shear, so that highly viscous shear can be efficiently handled. compress,
Moreover, the compressed spears can be efficiently transported.

In addition, the compressed and transferred shiyari is cutter 1.
4, 15 to preliminarily form the cutters 14, 15 into a spear block.
Since the spear is pushed downward at 37, the blocks of spear cut by the cutters 14, 15 are immediately separated from the cutters 14, 15, and highly viscous spears can be efficiently preformed.

Shiyari tends to adhere to the parts that come into contact with it and other surrounding parts, and if left untreated, it will rot and be unhygienic, so it is necessary to carefully clean the inside after use. In that case, according to the illustrated embodiment, by loosening the setscrew 34 shown in FIG. 5 and removing the panel 33, the roller drive mechanism is separated from the main body part, and the main body part has a Since the compression members 11, 12 and the cutters 14, 15 remain and are exposed, these parts can be easily cleaned, and the separated roller drive mechanism part can also be cleaned separately. Easy to clean. When the panel 33 is attached to a predetermined position, the gear 164 on the panel 33 side meshes with the gear 163 on the main body side, as shown in FIG. 3, and power can be transmitted to the roller drive mechanism.

The illustrated embodiment is an example in which a compression transfer device of a food molding machine is incorporated into a sushi manufacturing device, but the device according to the present invention is applicable not only to a sushi manufacturing device, but also to, for example, a rice ball manufacturing device. It can also be used as a compression transfer device for automatic rice ball manufacturing equipment or a compression transfer device for bread dough.

The number of rollers provided in parallel to the moving direction of the compression member to transfer the food was four in the illustrated embodiment, but the number may be set arbitrarily depending on the characteristics of the food, etc. Usually, at least one is enough.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, the function of compressing food to a predetermined hardness is shared by a pair of compression members, which are arranged facing each other, and the function of transferring the compressed food is shared with a roller. Since the roller is rotated and the food is transferred with the compression members spaced apart from each other, highly viscous food can be efficiently compressed and the compressed food can be efficiently transferred. .

Also, below the pair of compression members and rollers,
By arranging a cutter that cuts the food compressed by the pair of compression members, the food can be preformed into a predetermined size.

A separation member with an inclined end surface is provided on the lower surface of the pair of cutters, and when the cutter cuts the food, the inclined end surface generates a force that pushes the food downward, so that the food cut by the cutter is immediately removed. Even if the food is separated from the cutter and is highly viscous, it can be efficiently preformed.

By providing a plurality of protrusions in the horizontal direction on the relative inner surfaces of a pair of compression members, the food can be cut with the plurality of protrusions biting into the food and stabilizing it, making the cutting smoother. It is possible to reduce variations in the shape and size of cut foods.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a compression transfer device for a food molding machine according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a drive mechanism for the compression member and cutter in the above embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the above embodiment. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the pliable feeding mechanism and pliable compression part in the above embodiment, and Fig. 5 is a state in which a roller drive mechanism is added to the above embodiment. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the same roller drive mechanism as seen from the back side, FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of a rotation detection device added to the cutter drive mechanism, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the above roller drive mechanism. A front view showing the compression operation and cutting operation of the spear according to the embodiment, FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the regulating member in the above embodiment, and FIG. 10 shows the positional relationship between the roller and the regulating member in the above embodiment. FIG. 11, 12... Compression member, 14, 15... Cutter, 18, 19... Separation member, 30... Cruising as food, 41, 42, 43, 165... Roller, 136, 137... Inclined end surface ,158,1
59... Projection, 160... Motor as a driving source.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pair of compression members facing each other and driven toward and away from each other, and a roller provided parallel to the moving direction of the compression members so as to sandwich the pair of compression members. The pair of compression members and the roller are disposed facing the food transfer path, and the drive source of the roller drives the roller when the pair of compression members are separated from each other to transfer the food. A compression transfer device for a food molding machine, characterized in that it transfers. 2. A compression transfer device for a food molding machine according to claim 1, wherein a pair of cutters for cutting the food compressed by the pair of compression members into appropriate sizes is disposed below the pair of compression members and the roller. . 3 A claim in which a separating member with an inclined end surface is attached to the lower surface of the pair of cutters, which generates a force that pushes the food downward when the pair of cutters approaches the food to cut the food. Item 2. A compression transfer device for a food molding machine according to item 2. 4. A claim in which the facing surfaces of the pair of compression members are sloped so that the distance between them gradually narrows downward, and a plurality of horizontal protrusions are formed on the sloped facing surfaces. 1. A compression transfer device for a food molding machine according to item 1.