JPH0661235B2 - Tofu packing machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a machine for cutting block-shaped tofu into a size to be provided to general households and automatically packing the tofu.

(Prior Art) The applicant of the present invention invented the tofu packing apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-254,956. In the present invention, the block-shaped tofu is first cut into vertical pieces and then cut into pieces. Since it is a filling process, it takes time to transfer the finely divided tofu, and there is a demand for improved efficiency.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) This invention subdivides tofu at the time of storing it in a pack, improves the efficiency, minimizes the transfer accompanied by relative movement of the tofu, and prevents the tofu from losing its shape, and The present invention provides a tofu packer capable of mass-producing tofu with a longer immersing time in water and improved taste.

(Means for Solving the Problem) A block-shaped tofu is exposed to water for a required number of times, and is sequentially transferred in a state of being aligned in water. A rectangular plate-shaped tofu with the transverse width of the lateral seat and the short seat, which are formed by circumferentially arranging the receiving seats around the rotation axis and a plurality of short seats evenly in the normal direction and freely changing the posture. A cross cutting transfer unit consisting of a cross cutting cutter for cross cutting and a transfer plate for horizontally moving the plate-shaped tofu in the roll state at the roll over unit by moving up and down and forward and backward, and a plurality of pans of the required width are movable in the width direction. Place a plurality of mounting tables that are connected in series with the required pitch in the vertical direction endlessly,
A division in which a lowering portion of the mounting table, which is immersed in water, and a vertical blade, which swingably contacts the mounting table in a state where the mounting table is removed from the water, are arranged in a required number in the width interval of the tray. It comprises a cutting section and a packing section consisting of an expandable arm holding a pack from the corresponding pack supply section in the same circular motion on the upper circular motion locus of the mounting table.

(Operation) According to the above configuration, the exposure transfer unit performs a local transfer of horizontal cut size in water and an overall transfer of sequentially sending block-shaped tofu to the front row, and the horizontal transfer unit moves up and down. With a horizontal cutting cutter that moves up and down, the block-shaped tofu arranged in the front row is cut into square plates of the required size, and in the overturning section, the square plate-shaped tofu placed on the receiving seat is overturned without relative movement and then overturned. The tofu in the state is horizontally transferred by the transfer plate to the division cutting part of the next process, and at the time of transfer, the subsequent square plate-shaped tofu is placed on the lower receiving seat, and the division cutting part is endlessly rotated up and down. Transfer the square plate-shaped tofu to the saucer on the mounting table,
Vertically divide with the required number of vertical blades, and move to a space that can be packed with a saucer with the divided tofu
In the packing section, the retractable arm holding the pack from the packing supply section responds in the same circular motion on the upper circular motion locus of the mounting table, and after storing the tofu inside the pack, it will be in the horizontal position on the upper surface of the pack. Extend the arm and transfer the pack onto the coal transfer conveyor (not shown).

(Embodiment) The first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The exposure transfer unit a shown in the figure has two guide paths for guiding both side portions of a block-shaped tofu 2 (hereinafter, simply referred to as a block 2) in the water tank 1 from the right side to the left side in FIG. Similarly, two transfer frames 3 are arranged above the water tank 1 so as to be vertically movable up and down and reciprocally moved to the left and right with a predetermined stroke (greater than the length of the block 2). A back push plate 4 is hung down at a pitch (a space enough to store the block 2), and rightwardly and downwardly moves between a rear end of the block 2 in the front row and a front end of the block 2 and A pushing plate 5 for feeding the rear end with a required pitch is arranged. The horizontal cutting transfer part b includes a horizontal cutting cutter 6 shown in FIG. 2 that is vertically movable and a receiving seat 9 in which a long blade 7 that is a long seat and a short blade 8 that is a short seat are joined at a right angle. A horizontal rolling portion 10 in which four receiving seats 9 in which the short blades 8 are joined at a right angle in the normal direction are arranged on the rotating shaft so that the posture can be freely changed, and a short length of the receiving seat 9 above the horizontal rolling portion 10. Behind the blades 8 is composed of a transfer plate 12 which can be vertically moved up and down and which can be reciprocally moved left and right in FIG. 2 through a comb-shaped notch space 11 (shown in FIG. 3) of the short blades 8. It is connected. The cross-cutting cutter 6 is positioned so that the long blade 7 descends to the tip of the short blade 8 with the long blade 7 in the vertical position. In the packing device c, a plurality of trays 13 (shown in FIG. 6) having a required width are movably connected to each other at equal intervals in the width direction, and five mounting bases 14 are endlessly arranged vertically with a required pitch. things and,
The mounting table elevating part 15 in which the lower half part is immersed in water, and a required number of vertical blades arranged at the same interval as the width of the tray 13 with respect to the upper surface of the mounting table 14 at the horizontal position where the mounting table 14 is removed from the water. Hold the pack 20 on the divided cutting part 17 that swings in and out of the 16 and the divided tofu 18 on the pan 13 and hold the pack 20 on the arm 19 that can be moved, tilted and tilted at the required timing. Packing section 21 for storing the tofu 18 in 20,
Pack supply unit that supplies the pack to the arm (not shown)
It consists of

The tofu packing machine constructed in this way is first a water tank 1.
From the right end of the transfer frame 3, the back push plate 4 hangs down to send the block 2 to the left one by one, and the transfer frame 3 is moved to a height where the lower end of the back push plate 4 exceeds the upper surface of the block 2 by the sending device.
Is moved up, and in that state, it moves backward, the transfer frame 3 is lowered again at the transfer position at the right end, and the block 2 waiting on the transfer surface at the right end is transferred to the left by the back push plate 4 by a predetermined pitch. At this time, the board block 2 previously transferred by one pitch is also transferred by the back pressing plate 4 (one left back pressing plate of the back pressing plate 4 at the right end portion) by the same pitch, and this operation is performed. By repeating the operation, the block 2 is sequentially transferred to the front and is sufficiently exposed to running water during the transfer. When the front part of the frontmost block 2 is mounted on the receiving seat 9 of the overturning part 10 as shown in FIG. 3, the transverse cutting cutter 6 descends to move the block 2 into a square plate as shown in FIG. Slice into tofu-shaped 22. When the rotating overturning part 10 rotates 90 ° from the above position, as shown in FIG.
The receiving seat 9 holding 22 rolls over with the long blades 7 in a horizontal state, and the receiving seat 9 in the lower stage rises and stands by. In the process, the block 2 in which the upper ends of the lower long blades 7 are cut across
The overturning part 10 shown in Fig. 2 should not touch the front lower end of the
The lower plate raises to a predetermined position while changing the posture of the receiving seat 9 by a cam as shown by an imaginary line. The square-plate-shaped tofu 22 which has been rolled over is transferred to the mounting table 14 by the transfer plate 12 through which the lower protruding piece passes through the comb-teeth-shaped notched space 11 of the short blade 8, and the lower receiving seat 9 that stands by as described above. The block 2 is pushed out by the pushing plate 5. The square plate-shaped tofu 22 on the mounting table 14 is transferred upward to escape from the water, and is divided into a required number by a vertical blade 16 at a required position as shown in FIG. Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the trays 13 constituting the mounting table 14 are moved in the directions to move the respective trays.
The intervals of 13 will be opened evenly, but at this time the saucer 13
A tofu 18, which is a final product and is vertically cut into the same size as the width of the tray 13, is placed on the top. In this state, the arm 19 receiving the pack 20 from the pack supply unit tilts toward the tofu 18, but the relationship between the pack 20 and the tofu 18 causes the pack 20 to tilt as shown in FIG. Face down and start to store from the upper front corner of the tofu 18. From this position, the arm 19 and the mounting table 14, that is, the tray 13 rotate counterclockwise at a predetermined rotation speed to pack the tofu 18 and pack the tofu. When the 18 is completely stored in the pack 20 and is level, the arm 19 is extended to push the lower side of the pack 20 and the transfer conveyor (not shown)
Transfer the pack 20 upward. After that, the arm 19 receives the pack 20 at a predetermined position, the mounting table 14 is pitch-fed in the same direction, and the tofu 18 on the tray 13 is packed in sequence as described above.

(Effect of the invention) As described above, according to the present invention, since the tofu, which is the final product, is molded (cut) immediately before packing, the processing speed during transfer is shortened, the cycle time is shortened, and the production efficiency is improved. Is significantly improved, and the relative movement of the tofu is minimized to prevent it from deforming, thereby improving the appearance quality.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a tofu packing machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view relating to a crossing transfer unit and a mounting table elevating unit, and FIGS. 3 to 8 show a block-shaped tofu. It is a process drawing of cutting and packing. In the figure, 1 is a water tank, 2 is a block-shaped tofu, 3 is a transfer frame, 4 is a back push plate, 5 is a push plate, 6 is a horizontal cutting cutter,
9 is a receiving seat, 10 is a rollover part, 11 is a notch space, 12 is a transfer plate, 13 is a receiving plate, 14 is a mounting table, 15 is a mounting table elevating part, 16 is a vertical blade, 17 is a dividing cutting part, 18 is a Tofu, 19 is an arm, 20 is a pack, 21 is a packing part, and 22 is a square plate-shaped tofu. a is a bleaching transfer unit, b is a transverse transfer unit, and c is a packing device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lump-shaped tofu is exposed to a required number of waters, and is sequentially transferred in a state of being aligned in the water. An exposing transfer unit for performing a general transfer and a transverse transfer local transfer, and an L-shaped receiving seat are rotated. On the periphery of the shaft, a horizontal cutting part that cuts horizontally into a square plate-shaped tofu with a transverse portion formed by arranging a plurality of short length seats uniformly in the normal direction and freely changing the posture and the width dimension of the short length seat. And a transversal transfer unit consisting of a transfer plate that vertically moves the tofu in the state of overturning in the overturning unit to move up and down, and horizontally.
A plurality of mounting bases, which are connected to each other in a widthwise movable manner so as to be movable in the width direction, are endlessly arranged vertically with a required pitch, and a mounting base elevating part is formed by submerging the lower part in water. The same as the divided cutting part formed by arranging a required number of vertical blades swingably attached to the mounting table in the width interval of the tray in the state of being removed from the water of the mounting table, on the upper circular motion locus of the mounting table. A tofu packer consisting of a packer consisting of expandable arms holding the packs from the pack supply unit that responds to the circular motion.