JPH0665276B2 - Decorator - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a decoration device for decorating confectionery, bread and the like with sugar, chocolate, cream and the like.

[Prior art]

In recent years, in confectionery makers that produce decorated confectionery on a large scale, manual decoration is abolished, and for example, decorated materials such as kneaded chocolate are supplied onto the article in the form of threads or strips and automatically distributed in many patterns. Automatic machines that can be used.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, there is often no change in the supply and distribution of the decorating material, and the smoothness is often lacking, and even if the dispensing head is moved in a pattern that undergoes various changes, the decorating effect is diminished. .

It is an object of the present invention to provide a device which can decorate various types of patterns without complicated operation of the dispensing head by changing the supply and distribution of the decorating material in a simple and inexpensive form. is there.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention relates to a confectionery decorating apparatus, which is movably provided with a dispensing head having a plurality of nozzles for supplying decorating material on a conveyor for transporting articles to be decorated, and a rod on a frame extending over the conveyor. A swinging plate is hung so as to swing freely, and the swinging plate is slidably connected to a eccentric crank driven by a motor so that the degree of eccentricity can be slidably connected through a timing adjusting plate. In addition to being connected to a moving mechanism composed of a crank rod and a lever that are connected to each other, a swinging plate is provided with a dispensing head having a hot water jacket, and a needle for adjusting the supply amount of the decorating material flowing out from the dispensing head is provided as a single unit. Each nozzle of the dispensing head is detachably provided via one bar, and the single bar is connected to a cylinder provided on the swing plate.

〔Example〕

The decorator of the present invention is a confectionery that can be automatically attached on a confectionery by deriving a decorating material such as kneaded chocolate in a thread shape or a strip shape on a confectionery that moves in a line work and placing it as a number of patterns. It is a device for decoration.

An embodiment of an apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The conveyor 1 on which the confectionery is placed and runs is provided between the side plates 2 and 2 along the conveyor running direction of the base (hereinafter referred to as the front-rear direction) with a placement surface lower than the side plate upper surface.

A gate-shaped frame 3 is mounted between the upper surfaces of the side plates 2 and 2 so as to straddle the conveyor 1, and the frame 3 is provided with a dispensing head 4 for discharging the decorative material onto the confectionery. This dispensing head 4
Is a columnar body whose both ends are closed by caps, and for example, seven nozzles 5, 5, ... Are provided at equal intervals along the axial direction in the lower part of the columnar body. Although a group of nozzles 5 are hung in a transverse direction of 1 (hereinafter referred to as a left-right direction), they are not directly hung from the beam portion of the frame 3 but are attached via a swing plate 6. That is, the rocking plate 6 is suspended from the beam portion of the frame 3 by four rods 7, 7, ... And the distribution head 4 is fixed below the rocking plate 6 by mounting members 8, 8. The rod 7 has threaded portions at both ends, and end members 9, 9 are screwed to the threaded portions so that the length can be adjusted. The rod 7 is connected to the frame 3 and the swing plate 6 via the end members 9, 9.
The end members 9 and 9 and the mounting members 10 and 10 are connected with a ball member, and the rocking plate can rock in any direction. Is connected to a mechanism that swings the plate in the front-rear direction and a mechanism that swings the plate in the left-right direction.

The drive source of both mechanisms is a single motor 11, the motor 11 is mounted on the beam portion of the frame 3, and two crankshafts are connected to the output shaft of the motor 11 via a transmission member (not shown). ing.

Crank 12 including one of these crankshafts
Are connected to the swing plate 6 via the rod 13, lever 14, shaft 15, lever 16 and rod 17 to form a horizontal swing mechanism. The rod 13 is formed by threadingly connecting two members with a joint member 18 having female threads at both ends, and one end of the crank 12
The other end is pivotally attached to the lever 14 and the other end is connected to the lever 14 via the end member 19 by the mounting member 20, and the length can be adjusted. The end member 19 is threadably connected to the rod 13 and is pivotally attached to the mounting member.

The lever 14 is fixed to an end of a shaft 15 which is horizontally provided on the frame 3 in the front-rear direction. The shaft 15 is a bearing provided on the frame 3.
It is rotatably supported on 21,21 and has a lever 16 at the center.
Is stuck. The lever 16 is fixed so that the vertical plane including the center line of the shaft 15 becomes the center of swing, and the rod 17 is connected to the end portion by a mounting member 22. This rod 17 is also provided with end members 23, 23 screwed at both ends, and its length can be adjusted. One end member 23 is attached to the mounting member 22, and the other end member 23 is attached to the mounting member 24 of the swing plate 6, Each is pivoted.

Crank 25 including the other crankshaft is rod 26, lever
27, a shaft 28, levers 29, 29, and rods 30, 30 are connected to the rocking plate 6 to form a longitudinal rocking mechanism.

Like the rod 13, the rod 26 has a structure in which it is connected by a joint member 31, and the end member 32 and the lever 27 are connected by a mounting member 33. The lever 27 is fixed to an end portion of a shaft 28 provided horizontally in the left-right direction of the frame 3, and the shaft 28 is rotatably supported by bearings 34, 34 provided on the frame 3 and the lever 2
It is equipped with 9,29 fixedly. Each lever 29 has a rocking plate 6 through a rod 30 in which end members 35, 35 are screwed at both ends.
Are linked to. The end members 35, 35 are mounted on the lever 29 or the swing plate 6 by mounting members 36, 37, respectively, and the mounting members 36, 37 and the end members 35, 35 are pivotally mounted.

The lever 27 is fixed so that the horizontal plane including the center line of the shaft 28 serves as the center of swing, and the lever 29 swings below the shaft 28 with the vertical plane including the center line of the shaft 28 as the center of swing. It is fixed so that

Further, block members 38, 38 are fixed to the lower portion of the swing plate 6 for the attachment members 37, 37, and ribs 39, 39 vertically divided into three parts are vertically provided.

The swing mechanism of the swing plate 6 has been described above. Next, the distribution head 4 will be described.

The distribution head 4 is provided with the nozzle 5 group as described above, but the needle 40 is provided at each of the outlets of the nozzles of this nozzle 5 group so as to be retractable.

That is, in FIGS. 4 and 5, a cylinder 41 is provided on the upper part of the rocking plate 6 with a cylinder rod 42 facing downward, and the distribution head 4 is attached to the rod 42 of this cylinder.
A bar 43 having a group of needles 40 suspended therein is connected via a rod 44 having a circular cross section.
Needle 40 is deployed through 45.

A cylindrical body is fixed to the insertion hole of the rod 44 of the distribution head 4, and an O-ring 46 is interposed between the rod 44 and the cylindrical body.

The cylinder 41 is attached to the support member 47 fixed on the swing plate 6 by the attachment members 49, 49 via the bracket 48, and the support member 47 is provided with the long holes 50, 50 so that the height can be adjusted. . A ring-shaped spring seat 52, through which the cylinder rod 42 penetrates the hollow portion, is attached to the lower portion of the cylinder 41 provided with a group of four mounting members 51 on the bracket 48, and is fixed to the protruding portion of the rod 44. A buffer spring 54 is provided between the spring seat 53 and the spring seat 53.

The swing plate 6 is provided with notches 55 that allow the rods 42 and 44 and the spring 54 to escape, and the base plate portion of the support member 47 is also formed of two flat plates that are spaced apart so as to allow an escape distance.

The distribution head 4 is provided with a pair of hot water jackets 56, 56 so as to sandwich the distribution head 4 from the front-rear direction, and maintains the fluidity of the decorating material in the distribution head 4.

In the figure, 57 is a decoration material supply port of the dispensing head 4, which is connected to a supply system such as a pump and a material tank by a hose. 58,5
Reference numeral 9 denotes a hot water inlet and a hot water outlet of the hot water jacket 56, which are maintained in the hot water supply system. Reference numeral 60 is a locking member protruding from the hot water jacket 56, 61 is a connecting member for connecting the locking members to each other, 62 is a mounting member of the supporting member 47 to the swing plate 6, 63 is a cover, 64
Is a timing adjusting plate, and 65 is a swing width adjusting handle.

The moving speed of the dispensing head can be changed in accordance with the moving speed of a conveyor for conveying confectionery articles, and the speed can be changed by a motor or a transmission mechanism used to give an operation to the dispensing head. It can also be equipped with a braking mechanism.

Then, the decoration material such as chocolate and the like kneaded on articles such as confectionery, other confectionery, bread, etc. conveyed by the moving belt is distributed by a certain pattern and is decorated by a pump. The distribution head 4 is supplied from the tank. The distribution head 4 is operated by a motor 11 via eccentric cranks 12, 25 and a swing plate 6.

Various operations controlled by a control mechanism (not shown) are given to the dispensing head 4, and movement of the needle 40 of the resistance control mechanism selectively changes the flow rate of the decorating material exiting from the dispensing head 4.
The decorating material can be placed on the article in various patterns.

The eccentric cranks 12 and 25 can change the eccentricity that determines the stroke of the reciprocating motion of the distribution head 4. For example, the connection state can be adjusted by a slidable block connection of the crank timing adjusting plate 64.

That is, the position of the block connection of the timing adjustment plate 64 is changed by sliding, and the adjustment handle 65 is tightened and fixed,
By changing the eccentricity, the swing width of the swing plate 6 in the front, rear, left and right can be adjusted.

In order to reciprocate the distribution head 4 back and forth and to the left and right, the swing plate 6 suspended by the rods 7 is used for the motor 11.
Cranks 12,25, rods 13,26 and lever 1
It is transmitted via transmission members such as 4,16,27,29 and moves in various patterns on the articles on the conveyor. The needle 40 on the nozzle 5 of the dispensing head 4 is a cylinder.
The movement of 41 is controlled to move back and forth to the outlet through the rod 42, the bar 43, and the support member 45, so that the flow rate of the decoration material can be selectively changed to provide an improved decoration effect. .

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, a swing plate is moved to a motor-driven eccentric crank by a crank rod and a lever that are connected via a timing adjusting plate that is slidably block-coupled so as to change the eccentricity. In addition to being connected to the mechanism, the rocking plate is provided with a dispensing head having a hot water jacket, and a needle for adjusting the supply amount of the decorating material flowing out from the dispensing head is inserted into each nozzle of the dispensing head through a single bar. Since it is detachably provided and the single bar is connected to the cylinder provided on the swing plate, the pattern of confectionery decoration can be changed by a simple adjustment operation of the timing adjustment plate, which can be attached to articles such as confectionery. Not only can the decoration be greatly changed, the flowability of the decoration material can be improved, and the flow velocity of the material can be changed freely. With a single control of the tool, various patterns can be supported, and the effect of decoration can be greatly improved. In addition, the operating mechanism for automatic operation can be simplified, there are few failures, it is easy to handle, and it is a great energy saving measure. In addition to being advantageous, it is possible to constantly and smoothly supply and distribute the decorating material, and it is possible to greatly improve the quality and the commercial value.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a partially cut front view, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line I--I of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is FIG. Sectional view taken along line II-II,
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a side view in use, and FIG. 7 is a front view thereof. 1 ... conveyor, 2 ... side plate, 3 ... frame, 4 ...
Dispensing head, 5 ... Nozzle, 6 ... Oscillating plate, 7 ...
… Rod, 8 …… Mounting member, 9 …… End member, 10 ……
Mounting member, 11 …… motor, 12 …… crank, 13 …… rod, 14 …… lever, 15 …… shaft, 16 …… lever, 17 …… rod, 18 …… joint member, 19 …… end member, 20 …… Mounting member, 21 …… Bearing, 22 …… Mounting member, 23 …… End member, 24 …… Mounting member, 25 …… Crank, 26 …… Rod,
27 …… lever, 28 …… shaft, 29 …… lever, 30 …… rod, 31 …… joint member, 32 …… end member, 33 …… mounting member, 34 …… bearing, 35 …… end member, 36 , 37 …… Mounting member, 38 …… Block material, 39 …… Rib, 40 …… Needle,
41 …… Cylinder, 42 …… Rod, 43 …… Bar, 44 …… Rod, 45 …… Supporting material, 46 …… O-ring, 47 …… Supporting member, 48 …… Bracket, 49 …… Mounting member, 50 ...... Slot,
51 …… Mounting member, 52,53 …… Spring seat, 54 …… Spring, 55…
… Notches, 56… Warm water jacket.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A confectionery decorating device comprising a movable dispensing head (4) having a plurality of nozzles (5) for supplying decorating material on a conveyor (1) for transporting articles to be decorated. , A swing plate (6) is hung and suspended by rods (7) and (7) on a frame (3) straddling the conveyor (1), and the swing plate (6) is connected to a motor ( The eccentric cranks (12) (25) driven by (11) and a timing adjusting plate (6) slidably block-coupled to the eccentric cranks (12) (25) so that the degree of eccentricity can be changed.
Crank rods (13) (2) connected via 4)
6) and levers (14) (27) are connected to the moving mechanism, and the rocking plate (6) has a warm water jacket (56).
And a dispensing head (4) provided with
Needle (4
Cylinder (0) which is removably provided in each nozzle (5) of the dispensing head (4) through a single bar (43), and the single bar (43) is provided on the swing plate (6). A decorator characterized by being connected to 41).