JPH0655097B2 - Automatic dough feeder for food baking machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically quantitatively supplying a liquid dough containing wheat flour, vegetables and the like into a baking mold of a food baking machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, food baking machines such as rice cracker baking machines,
In a Castella baking machine, etc., when mixing flour, seasonings, etc., and adding water to make a liquid dough, injecting and supplying it into the baking mold, a pump method that can adjust the dough quantity of each piece is adopted. There is.

[0003]

The takoyaki dough is made into a liquid state by mixing various kinds of materials such as wheat, vegetables, and tempura with different specific gravities and further adding water, soup stock, etc., and kneading. Since such dough is mixed with materials having different specific gravities, it is difficult to quantitatively supply the dough by the conventional pump method.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and an object thereof is to prepare a liquid dough containing a plurality of kinds of materials having different specific gravities in a baking mold in a uniform mixed state. (EN) Provided is an automatic dough supply device for a food baking machine which can be automatically and quantitatively mixed into a food baking machine.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, the present invention comprises a dough container arranged on the baking mold transfer path, a dough injector having a dough pumping spoon part and a gutter part following it, and a device for supplying dough to the dough container. ,
The dough injector is characterized by being driven by a seesaw around a horizontal axis so that the dough in the dough container can be pumped up by the spoon part and flowed into the baking mold through the gutter part.

The dough replenishing device preferably comprises a storage tank with a dough stirring blade.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the dough in the dough container 21 stored to a predetermined level by the dough supply device 25 is
After a fixed amount has been pumped up by the spoon portion 22 of the dough injector 24 that moves on the seesaw, the vegetables, tempura and the like floating on the surface reach the gutter part 23 first, and the liquid dough 10 is filled with the gutter part 23.
After that, it flows into the baking mold 3 which is moving just below.
The spoon portion 22 is again moved by the seesaw movement of the dough injector 24.
The dough is pumped up and is sequentially supplied into the baking mold 3.

When the level of the dough 10 in the dough storage container 21 is lowered to a fixed position, the dough replenishing device 25 replenishes the dough 10 until a predetermined replenishment level is reached, and the spoon portion 22 constantly measures the amount. Is pumped up. In this way, the vegetables floating in the spoon portion 22 of the dough injector 24 reach the gutter portion 23 first, and the liquid dough 10 pushes them away and injects them into the baking mold 3, so that the spoon portion 22 has vegetables and tempura. There is no residue left over, and the inflow speed of the dough is optimal because it pushes away vegetables and the like.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 shows an overall plan view of a takoyaki firing machine adopting the present invention. The firing machine is provided with an endless baking die transfer path 2 formed in a loop shape in a main body frame 1 in plan view, and on the transfer path 2. The baking mold 3 circulated and transferred, the baking mold transfer means 4, the tunnel oven 5 arranged in the middle of the transfer path 2, the baking mold cleaning rotary brush 6, and the food baking recess 7 of the baking mold 3. According to the present invention, an oil supply tank 8 for dropping oil, an automatic oil coating device 9 for applying oil to the inner surface of the recess 7, and a liquid dough (raw material) 10 having fluidity in the recess 7 are quantitatively injected. The automatic dough feeder 11 is provided.

The main body frame 1 is composed of an outer frame 12 framed in the shape of a flat rectangular parallelepiped and an inner frame 13 provided inside. The inner and outer frames 12, 13 are transferred to an endless baking mold. Loop-shaped inner and outer guide rails 14 and 15 that form the path 2 are provided. The baking mold 3
As shown in FIG. 1, the food baking recess 7 is substantially U-shaped.
Are provided on the guide rails 14 and 15 by a supporting leg, a guide roller, a supporting roller, and the like (not shown), and can be inverted by 180 degrees.

The baking die transfer means 4 comprises an inner frame 13
A chain wheel 17 rotatably attached to both longitudinal ends of the chain via a vertical rotary shaft 16, and the chain wheel 1
An endless transfer chain 18 wound between 7 and 17,
It comprises a motor with a reducer (not shown), and the baking dies 3 are attached to the transfer chain 18 at equal intervals. As shown in FIG. 5, the tunnel oven 5 includes a loop-shaped baking die transfer path 2
Is provided so as to surround the left half of the above, and an upper flame composed of an infrared burner (not shown) and a lower flame composed of a Bunsen burner are arranged at a predetermined interval, and the baking mold 3 is simultaneously heated from the upper and lower surfaces, Both the upper and lower sides of the takoyaki dough are baked simultaneously in a short time and evenly.

The baking mold cleaning rotary brush 6 is located on the lower side in front of the takoyaki take-out portion 19 in the baking mold transfer direction, is supported by a cantilever shaft on the outer frame 12, and rotates in contact with the upper surface of the baking mold 3. It has become. The oil supply tank 8 and the automatic oiling device 9 are attached to the lower side of the brush 6 on the inner and outer frames 12 and 13 so as to straddle the baking mold 3, respectively.
The oil dropped from the tank 8 is applied to the recess 7 of each baking mold 3.
It is designed to be evenly applied to the inner surface of the.

The liquid dough 10 is made by mixing various kinds of materials having different specific gravities such as wheat flour, vegetables, and tempura, and kneading the mixture with water, soup stock, etc. to make a fluid liquid. Prepared in the dough storage tank 20. The dough automatic supply device 11 according to the present invention includes a dough storage container 21 arranged on the lower side of the automatic oiling device 9 on the baking die transfer path 2.
And a dough injecting device 24 having a dough pumping spoon part 22 and a gutter part 23 following it, and a dough replenishing device 25 and the like. The dough container 21 has a rectangular box shape in a plan view, is located above the baking mold 3, and is located inside and outside the frame 12.
It is attached to 13 by a supporting member 26 so as to straddle the baking dies 3. A heat insulating layer is provided on the lower side of the container 21 to prevent the influence of heat from the baking mold 3 and to prevent the fluidity from being lowered and the solidification at the bottom due to the temperature rise of the dough 10. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the dough injector 24 includes a bracket 27 at the base of the gutter portion 23 that follows the spoon portion 22.
A horizontal shaft 28 is fixed via the horizontal shaft 28. The horizontal shaft 28 extends in the direction perpendicular to the baking mold transfer direction, and both outer ends thereof are rotatably supported by the inner and outer frames 12 and 13 via bearings 29. The transmission chain wheel 30 is fixed to the inner side.
The horizontal shaft 28 is driven by a reversing motor 31 provided on the inner frame 13, and is driven by a driving chain wheel 32 and an endless chain 3.
3 and via the transmission chain wheel 30 described above. Therefore, the dough injector 24 has the spoon portion 2
2 and the gutter 23 are moved by seesaw so that they are located upside down, the liquid dough 10 in the dough container 21 is pumped up by the spoon 22, and the food baking recess 7 of the baking mold 3 passes through the gutter 23. It is designed to be injected inside. Further, 34 is a cloth supply pipe, and 35 is a cloth level detecting sensor. In addition,
As shown in FIG. 3, the cross-sectional shape of the gutter portion 23 of the dough injector 24 is preferably a substantially semicircular shape. With such a shape, pressure is uniformly applied to the gutter portion 23, The liquid flow of the dough 10 can be made smooth, and the dough 10 can be prevented from accumulating on the bottom of the gutter 23. Furthermore, the dough injector 24 is formed by combining a plurality of single objects each having one spoon portion 22 with respect to one gutter portion 23,
It is possible to take appropriate measures corresponding to the number of the recesses 7 of the baking mold 3.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the dough supply device 25 includes the dough storage tank 20 provided on one side of a pedestal 36 and a shaft support frame erected on the other side of the pedestal 36. 37, 38, and a stirring shaft 40 having a lower end provided with a stirring blade 39 and an upper end rotatably attached to the tip of the frame 37.
A drive shaft 41 pivotally supported by the shaft support frame 38 and the gantry 36, a drive motor 42 with a speed reducer, a stirring shaft drive rod 43, a dough supply pump 44, a pump drive motor 45, and the like.

The storage tank 20 has a hopper-like bottom portion, a dough outlet 46 is provided at the center thereof, and a suction port 47 of the dough supply pump 44 is connected to the pump 44.
The dough supply pipe 34 is connected to the outlet of the. A swing lever 48 is fixed to the upper end of the stirring shaft 40, and a crank 49 is fixed to the upper end of the drive shaft 41.
Both ends of the rod 43 are connected to the tip of 8 and the crank 49 via pins 50 and 51, respectively, so that the stirring shaft 40 is inverted.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. First, the starting switch is turned on to drive the baking mold transfer means 4, and the heating of the tunnel oven 5 is also started. The rotation of the chain wheel 17 starts driving the baking mold 3 via the transfer chain 18, and the baking mold 3 is guided by the guide rails 14 and 15 of the loop-shaped transfer path 2 to be circulated and transferred. When the baking mold 3 reaches a temperature suitable for baking, it circulates while being heated by lower heat,
The recess 7 of the baking mold 3 cleaned by the cleaning rotary brush 6
The oil is dripped at a position directly below the oil supply tank 8. Then, the oil dropped in the recess 7 is
The inner surface of the recess 7 is evenly applied by the automatic oiling device 9.

When the baking mold 3 to which the oil is applied is located immediately below the tip of the gutter portion 23 of the automatic dough supply device 11, the dough injector 24 is moved by a seesaw by the reversing motor 31 so that the liquid dough 10 is baked. 3 into the recess 7. At this time, vegetables and tempura are floated on the upper surface of the dough 10 drawn up by the spoon portion 22, but these flow into the gutter portion 23 first, and then the dough liquid flows in, so they are swept away by the dough liquid, Vegetables, tempura and the like can be smoothly and surely injected without staying in the spoon portion 22. Moreover, vegetables can be injected and supplied at an appropriate flow rate by suppressing the speed of the dough liquid flow. Does not scatter from the recesses of the baking mold 3.

On the other hand, in the dough storage tank 20, the stirring blade 39 is reversely driven at a predetermined time interval so that the dough material is not separated / precipitated / floated and the optimum kneading state is maintained, and the dough supply pump 44 supplies the dough. The dough is supplied through the pipe 34 into the dough container 21 so that the liquid level of the dough 10 does not drop below a predetermined level, and the amount of dough pumped up by the spoon portion 22 is controlled to be always constant.

In this way, the pieces of octopus are supplied onto the dough 10 injected into the recess 7 of the baking dies 3 manually or by other supplying means, and the baking dies are transferred into the tunnel oven 5. Then, it is heated and fired by the upper heat and the lower heat. Then, the baking mold 3 discharged from the tunnel oven 5 sufficiently burns the takoyaki by the residual heat, and the takoyaki take-out part 19
In the baking mold 3 manually or by an inverting means not shown
By reversing, the takoyaki is separated from the recess 7 and dropped to be taken out. When the takoyaki falls, the baking mold 3 is reversed again to return to the normal posture, cleaned by the rotating brush 6, and transferred to the position directly below the oil supply tank 8.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and can be applied to, for example, a takoyaki baking machine as well as a baking machine for baked confectionery and other processed foods that treat liquid dough such as manju, castella, and rice crackers. You can

[0021]

As described above, the present invention provides a dough container provided on a baking mold transfer path, a dough injector having a dough pumping spoon part and a gutter part following it, and a dough container. The dough injector comprises a device for replenishing the dough, wherein the dough injector is driven by a seesaw around a horizontal axis so that the dough in the dough storage container can be pumped up by the spoon part and flowed into the baking mold through the gutter part. Therefore, it is possible to reliably and automatically quantitatively inject into a baking mold a fluid dough containing a mixture of multiple types of materials with different specific gravities, and process foods such as takoyaki. It is possible to automate the firing of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view of the dough supply device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an overall plan view of a takoyaki firing machine that employs the present invention.

Description of the Related Art 2 baking transfer path 3 baking mold 10 liquid dough 11 automatic dough feeder 20 dough storage tank 21 dough storage container 22 spoon part 23 gutter part 24 dough injector 25 dough supply device 28 horizontal axis 39 stirring blade

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dough container provided on the baking mold transfer path, a dough injector having a dough pumping spoon part and a gutter part following it, and a device for supplying dough to the dough container. The dough injector is a dough automatic feeder for a food baking machine, which is driven by a seesaw about a horizontal axis so that the dough in the dough container can be pumped up by a spoon part and flowed into a baking mold through a gutter part. . 2. The automatic dough supply device for a food baking machine according to claim 1, wherein the dough supply device includes a storage tank with a dough stirring blade.