GR20170100576A - Machine for the fragmentation and shaping of cereal bars - Google Patents

Abstract

Novelty: a machine meant for the fragmentation and compaction of a mix composed of cereals and sweeteners is disclosed. Purpose: to produce a high nutritional value product intended for use in diet meals or as a snack or breakfast with milk and tea. Constitution: the machine 1 is composed of three metal bases (26,27,28) and three belt conveyors (17,20,31). Production stages: 1) passing under the silo 4 via the conveyor 17, the tins 9 fill with the mixture 5; 2) the mixture is spread and compacted by the cylinders (11,12) before being conducted to the conveyor 20 whereon there are assembled the heating and cooling tunnels (13, 14); 3) the mixture passes from the conveyor 31 whereon there is assembled the breaker 16 and the conveyor 15; 5) being compacted, the mixture 25 is conducted to the tins 9.

Description

Machine for condensing and crushing a mixture of cereal and sweetening materials.

The invention refers to a machine for condensing and crushing a mixture of cereal and sweetening materials for the manufacture of healthy food of high nutritional value.

Crushed materials for nutrition are sold on the market to this day and are produced by various methods and a combination of the use of machines and manual labor is made in the production process.

The ingredients are nuts, dried fruits, sweeteners, such as glucose, stevia, aspartame, chocolate, etc. which are mixed and spread to dry and set, whereupon they are packaged and made available for consumption. The process followed until now, due to the methods followed, has a high production cost and does not ensure compliance with the prescribed hygiene procedures and quality assurance.

The advantage of this invention is the automated production process that reduces the cost of the products while ensuring safer production conditions to comply with health regulations.

The proposed machine according to the present invention carries out the above production processes with automated programmed mechanical movements which ensure quality and hygiene. The machine according to the present invention is designed to improve the quality of the products by changing the production process where the materials are put into trays, compressed, made into hard plates, then driven into tunnels and sprayed first with sweetening liquids and then passed through heated part of the tunnel and their surface is hardened. Coming out of the tunnel, the pans are guided to a cylinder which has nail-like edges on its circumference, which, during rotation, enter the solid plates and crush them. The crushed materials are packaged and made available for consumption. The production process is continuous and the succession of processes is carried out on a conveyor belt.

The above production method is innovative and a new invention that ensures improved quality at lower cost while protecting the product from contamination that may be caused by manual worker involvement.

It should be noted that with the addition at the beginning of the film of a known existing raw material feeding machine and an automatic packaging machine at the end of the machine, the production is fully automated, completely excluding the participation of workers in the production process, ensuring the hourly production at the desired sizes and the cost reduction. These two machines are known applications and therefore I do not present them as something new in the present invention.

The invention is described below by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the machine.

Figure 2 shows the machine in top view.

Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view along the longitudinal axis of the first part of the machine.

Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional view along the longitudinal axis of the second part of the machine.

Figure 5 shows a sectional view along the longitudinal axis of the third part of the machine.

Figure 1 shows the complete arrangement of the machine which consists of three parts (1), (2) and (3). Section (1) shows the conveyor belt (17) to which the delimiters (8) between which the trays (9) are placed are welded along the entire length of the belt and at specified distances. All parts of the conveyor belt (17) are placed on the base (26) as well as the mechanisms, the silo (5) and the pair of compression rollers (11) and (12). Figure 4 shows section (2). Section (2) shows the conveyor belt (20), the heated tunnel (13) and the cooled tunnel (14). All the above part (2) as well as the passing trays (9) (29) are placed on the base (27). Figure 5 shows section (3). Section (3) shows the conveying belt (31), the roller (crusher) (16), the holding conveying belt (15) of the trays (9) filled with the materials in plates (29) and the shavings (25) after the breaking of the plates.

The operation of the machine and the special mechanisms is described below with reference to the figures.

The handling of the parts of the machine is done by an electrical electronic panel (32) as shown in figure 2. The panel has in its absolute control all the parts involved during the production process of the machine. The panel is programmed by the operator to perform all actions at the desired times while controlling temperatures, humidity and other desired parameters.

To start the machine, the operator has prepared the mixture by placing the ingredients (nuts, various cereals, dried fruits and a liquid sweetener) in a mixer to homogenize them. He then pours them into the silo (4) of the machine after previously he has placed the pans between the delimiters (8) and they have also moved under the silo.

Inside the silo are two cylinders (6) and (7), one (6) having ribbed longitudinal slots and the other (7) having fins. Simultaneously with the movement of the band (17) and the trays (9), the cylinders (6) and (7) start to rotate, feeding the trays (9) with the materials (5). The pans (9) filled with the ingredients (5) as shown to be the filled pans (29) are disorderly spread out. Moving the conveyor belt transports the filled trays under the rollers (11) and (12). The cylinder (11) has longitudinal grooves and the cylinder (12) is smooth. The roller (11) makes the blanket uniform and the roller (12) compresses and flattens it. Then the pans (29) are pushed by the conveyor belt (17) and transferred to the section (2) where they enter the heated tunnel to weld the materials. Exiting the heated tunnel they enter the second tunnel which is cooled to cool down. The trays (29) exiting the cold tunnel are received by the moving belt (31) and guided under the belt (15) which enhances their advancement under the breaker roller (16) which as it rotates crushes the hardened plates with the edges of the studs bearing peripherally. The shredding produces the grit (25) which is also the final product.

The finished product is picked up by the operator with the pan and forwarded for inspection, packaging and disposal.

The moving parts are driven by the electric reducers (30) (18) (19) (21) (22) (23) through sprockets and chains. All motors are inverter controlled for absolute speed control. The whole machine is built on metal bases (26) (27) (28). Conveyor belts can be wire where required or claw chains to advance the trays of materials.

The machine operator makes sure to fill the beginning of the belt with pans (9) as they progress as the production process progresses, also makes sure to fill the silo (4) with materials (5).

By supplementing the equipment with a mechanical feed mechanism of the mixture (5), the machine can operate without the intervention of the operator in loading the silo (4).

This description of the machine and the mechanisms that make it up as described, is only one application and does not limit the scope of the invention.

Claims (5)

A X I O S E I S 1. Forming and cutting machine for cereal bars (1) consisting of conveyor belts (35) (23) (40) (45) (47) (52) (46). On the bases of the conveyor belts (35) and (23) the devices required for the production process are assembled. The silo (5) with the feeding rollers (6) feeds the mixture of materials to the conveyor belt (35). Rollers (7) and (8) spread and compress the materials, to obtain consistency of uniform thickness and uniformity. The silo (9) adds chocolate shavings (10) with the feed roller (34). The bar forming roller (14) shapes the bars and the cutting shaft with disc cutters (15) separates the shaped bars. The cutter (16) with the cutter knife (20) cuts the bars lengthwise. The tunnel (17) which is adapted to the band (23) has a spray system (18) where it sprays the bars with syrup. The bars (24) then pass through the second heated tunnel (19) where they are dried. The outgoing bars (24) are successively received by the conveyor belts (40) (45) (47) (52) (48) and are led to the automatic packaging machine (49). An electrical-electronic control panel (57) is used to control the automatic handling and packaging of the bars, where the sequence of actives is programmed in a (PLC). 2. A cereal bar shaping and cutting machine (1) according to claim 1 wherein the silo (5) is fed by an automatic feeding machine. 3. Forming and cutting machine for cereal bars (1) according to claim 1,2 where the packaging of the products is done manually after the tape (23) on the tape (40) or on a workbench. 4. Forming and cutting machine for cereal bars (1) according to claim 1, 2, 3 where on the tapes (35) and (23) are also added devices such as for covering the bars with chocolate, and cooling tunnels. 5. Forming and cutting machine for cereal bars (1) according to claims 1, 2, 3, 4 wherein the operation of any device not required to be used due to the specificity of each product is suspended.