JP2003265090A - Method and system for producing bread - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing bread solving the problems in terms of simplifying production equipment and achieving both safety and hygiene of the equipment in view of the fact that equipment for intermediate fermentation has been indispensable in conventional bread production line and a huge space is needed for an overhead proofer as the equipment, and to provide a system for carrying out the method. <P>SOLUTION: The system includes a dough strip forming device for forming and discharging fermented dough in a continuous strip, a device for weighing and cutting such a bread dough strip, a rolling device for forming the cut bread dough into stick-like bread dough and a device for folding such stick-like bread dough. The resulting bread dough thus folded is charged into a bread mold in a relevant section, thereby realizing a bread line needing no intermediate fermentation equipment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing bread, and more particularly to a means for industrially producing bread.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The conventional means for producing bread is to make bread dough prepared by kneading bread dough materials into small pieces, rounded,
It is known to be carried out by intermediate fermentation, shaping, molding, final fermentation, and baking (new food processing technology and equipment 7
47: Industry Research Committee). In these conventional techniques, there is a step of dividing the kneaded dough into small pieces (small balls) and then rounding the kneaded dough, and then an intermediate fermentation step is required. This intermediate fermentation is also called bench time, and is for alleviating and recovering the work hardening of the dough that occurs due to the stress in the small splitting and rounding process (see page 122, New Baking Basic Knowledge: edited by Pan News Co., Ltd.).

As described above, in the conventional equipment, equipment for intermediate fermentation is indispensable. As an equipment for this intermediate fermentation, there is an overhead puller, which not only requires a vast space, but is also provided by utilizing the high space above the operator as the naming. Therefore, a worker must use a ladder or the like for this device to clean and maintain high places, and in recent years, this device has been reviewed in terms of hygiene and safety. In this way, in order to produce bread dough on the bread production line, large facilities such as an overhead puller for intermediate fermentation are required in order to recover the gluten structure of the dough as described above after dough bead molding. From the viewpoint of simplification of equipment and the solution of safety and health problems, there is a demand for equipment that is compact and capable of producing high-quality bread.

[0004]

As is understood from the above, in the production of bread with conventional equipment, there are problems to be solved from the viewpoints of simplification of production equipment and safety and hygiene of production equipment. There is.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a bread dough is formed into a strip shape and then subjected to various treatments. The constitution thereof is a method for industrially producing bread, in which a bread dough material is kneaded. Make bread dough by supplying the dough to a dough band forming device consisting of a roller mechanism, pass the dough dough through a roller mechanism to form a continuous dough band, convey it on a conveyor, and cut it by weighing. A sliced bread dough is prepared, shaped appropriately without intermediate fermentation, and then packed into a bread mold to make a slice of bread.

[0006] A method of industrially producing bread, in which bread dough materials are kneaded to make bread dough, the dough is supplied to a dough band forming device having a roller mechanism, and the supplied dough passes through the roller mechanism. By doing so, it is formed into a continuous dough strip and conveyed on the conveyor, and the dough strip is separated and opened at equal intervals in the width direction and conveyed on a plurality of rows on the conveyer, and the strip-shaped dough to be conveyed on each row is predetermined. Weigh and cut to weight to make cut bread dough, combine dough pieces conveyed in multiple rows into a single row, shape this appropriately without intermediate fermentation, and then pack it in a bread mold to make bread. It is what you make.

[0007] A method for industrially producing bread, in which bread dough materials are kneaded to form bread dough, the dough is supplied to a dough band forming device having a roller mechanism, and the supplied dough passes through the roller mechanism. By doing so, it is formed into a continuous dough strip and conveyed on the conveyor, and the dough strip is separated and opened at equal intervals in the width direction and conveyed on a plurality of rows on the conveyer, and the strip-shaped dough to be conveyed on each row is predetermined. Weighing and cutting into weight, making cut bread dough, joining dough pieces conveyed in multiple rows into a single row, and rolling the dough pieces with a rolling compaction mechanism without intermediate fermentation to obtain rod-shaped bread dough. Then, the rod-shaped bread dough is bent into a predetermined shape, and the bread dough is packed in a bread mold to make bread.

[0008] Further, in a device for industrially producing bread, the dough material is formed into a band in the dough band forming device including a roller mechanism for forming and discharging a continuous band-shaped dough, and the dough band forming device. A weighing conveyor for weighing the formed bread dough while transferring it, a cutting device for cutting the band-shaped dough when the weighing by the weighing conveyor matches a set value, and a plurality of rows cut by the cutting device. A rolling device for roll-forming the bread dough to be transferred into a rod-shaped bread dough, a bending device for folding the rod-shaped bread dough, and a transfer device for aligning and folding the bread dough that has been bent and formed following the folding device. It is provided with a charging device.

[0009] Further, in a device for industrially producing bread, the dough material is formed into a band in the dough band forming device including a roller mechanism for forming and discharging a continuous band-shaped dough, and the dough band forming device. A conveyor that conveys the formed bread dough, an aligning device for aligning the belt-shaped bread dough that is conveyed on the conveyor, and a belt-shaped bread dough that is downstream of the centering device and that is along the conveying direction. A separating and expanding device for separating and expanding into a plurality of rows at equal intervals, and a weighing conveyor for measuring the weight of the band-shaped bread dough that is separated and expanded and conveyed in a plurality of rows while transferring the bread dough. A cutting device for cutting the band-shaped bread dough when the weighing by the weighing conveyor matches a set value, and a row of the dough that is cut by the cutting device and is conveyed in a plurality of rows A merging device for merging and compacting device for compacting molding the dough into dough rod-shaped,
It is provided with a folding device for folding the rod-shaped bread dough, and a throwing device following the folding device for aligning the bent dough and transferring and storing the bread dough in a bread mold.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the following, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a main configuration will be schematically described to facilitate understanding. Referring to FIG. 1, a dough band forming device 1 that forms bread dough into a predetermined width and thickness and supplies the same, a separating and expanding device that divides the dough band into two parts and divides the raw dough into each raw material. Weighing conveyors 23 and 25 and a cutting device 27 for cutting the zone to a predetermined weight
Furthermore, a confluence device 30 for arranging the weighed and cut bread dough F2 in a row, a compaction device for forming the bread dough F2 into a rod-shaped bread dough, a bending device 40 for bending the bread dough F2 into an M-shape, and an eating mold for putting the bent bread dough into the mold. The control unit 2 controls the operation of the unit 7.

With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, a dough band forming apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a hopper 3 at the upper part of a frame 5 capable of accommodating a large lump of bread dough F after mixing, for example. A cutter device 8 for dividing and cutting the bread dough F into a predetermined length of bread dough corresponding to the lower opening of the hopper 3 is attached to the frame 5.

At the lower position of the cutter device 8, a transfer for transferring the bread dough divided and cut by the cutter device 8 to a roller feeder 9 provided with a plurality of rollers arranged in a V shape. A conveyor 11 is provided. At a position below the roller feeder unit 9, there is provided a conveyor 13 for carrying the bread dough F1 formed by the roller feeder unit 9 into a band shape having a substantially constant thickness.

4 and 5, the width center of the belt-shaped food dough F1 conveyed by the conveyor 13 is detected at a predetermined position on the downstream side of the conveyor path of the conveyor 13. A centering device 15 for centering is provided. Downstream of the aligning device 15, a belt-shaped food material F1
The separating and expanding device 17 is provided. The separating and expanding device 17 is provided with a disk-shaped cutter 19 that cuts and separates the central portion of the band-shaped bread dough F1 centered by the centering device 15 along the transport direction, and further cuts and separates the bread dough F1. An expansion conveyor 21 that expands is provided.

At the downstream end of the spreading conveyor 21 in the conveying path, a first weight for measuring the weight of the band-shaped bread dough F1 conveyed by the spreading conveyor 21 while transferring the band-shaped bread dough F1. Weighing conveyor 23A, 23B
And the first weighing conveyor 23
The second weighing conveyors 25A and 25B are provided adjacent to the downstream of the. At the upper position between the spreading conveyor 21 and the first weighing conveyor 23, the belt-shaped bread dough F1 is cut by being operated when the weighing value of the first weighing conveyor 23 reaches a set value. Guillotine type cutting devices 27A and 27B are provided.

Downstream of the cutting device 27, there is provided a merging device 30 for merging the dough F2, which has been quantitatively cut, in a plurality of rows (two rows in this example) into a single row.

The structure of the merging device 30 is such that it is connected to the second weighing conveyor 25 and the second arranging conveyors 32A and 32B are connected.
The first arranging conveyer 31
A and 31B are provided, and each arrange conveyor 31
Detection devices 33A, 33B and 34A, 34 for detecting the presence or absence of bread dough F2 on the sides of A, 31B, 32A, 32B.
B is provided.

Merge conveyors 35A and 35B are provided so as to be connected to the downstream ends of the first arrange conveyors 31A and 31B, and the downstream end of the merge conveyor 35B is close to a predetermined position above the merge conveyor 35A. Bread dough F2 for carrying
I am going to move to.

Referring to FIG. 6, a compaction device 36 is provided downstream of the merging device 30. The compaction device 36 compacts the bread dough F2 conveyed in a line to roll the bread dough F3.
It is stretch-molded. In the compaction device 36, a press roller 37 is provided, a curling net winding device 38 is provided downstream of the press roller 37, and a compaction plate 39 is further provided.

With reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, a folding device 40 is provided downstream of the rolling device 36. Bending device 4
The reference numeral 0 indicates that the bread dough F3 is bent and formed into a predetermined shape in advance as a pre-preparation when the bread dough F3 is packed in the bread dies 73. The folding device 40 according to the embodiment of the present invention is
A carry-in conveyor 41 and a centering section 42 are provided downstream of the carry-in conveyor 41.
The center position of 3 is aligned so that it can be fed to the bent portion 53 downstream thereof. In the bent portion 53,
The rod-shaped bread dough F3 that is aligned and supplied is bent into an M-shape and sent downstream. Further, the M-shaped dough is packed in the eating mold 73 at the feeding section 7 into the eating mold 73.

A control device 2 such as a computer is provided to control the operation of the entire device.

With the above structure, when a large mass of bread dough F is stored in the hopper 3, the bread dough F in the hopper 3 is stored.
Flows down from the lower opening of the hopper 3 and the cutter device 8
Is cut into a substantially constant amount by a predetermined length, drops on the transfer conveyor 11, and is transferred to the roller feeder unit 9 by the transfer conveyor 11, and the roller feeder unit 9
Is formed into a band-shaped dough F1 having a substantially constant thickness.

Then, the belt-shaped bread dough F1 is centered at the center of the width of the bread dough F1 by the transport conveyor 13 by the aligning device 15, and further separated and expanded by the separation / expansion device 17 at equal intervals to be separated. The band-shaped bread dough F1 is conveyed to the first weighing conveyors 23A and 23B. When the measured value of the first weighing conveyor 23 matches the set value,
The cutting device 27 operates to cut the band-shaped bread dough F1 to obtain the bread dough F2 having a predetermined weight. After that, the bread dough F2 that has been cut and separated is transferred to the second weighing conveyor 25 and re-weighed. These operations are performed for each column.

If the measured value at the time of this re-weighing is within the allowable value, the above operation is repeated as it is, and the bread dough F2
Are successively cut and separated and transferred to the next step. Feedback control is performed so as to delay the time of the cutting timing by the cutting device 27 when the measured value of reweighing is “smaller” than the set value, and conversely to speed it up when the measured value is large. Bread dough F whose value is always within the allowable range
2 is cut and separated one after another and sent to the next step.

The dough F2 transferred in a plurality of rows is merged by the merge conveyor 35 through the arrange conveyors 32 and 31, and is transferred to the rolling device 36. At this time, the arranging conveyors 32 and 31 and the merging conveyor 35 cooperate to transfer the bread dough F2 to the compacting device 36 in a line at substantially equal intervals.

In the rolling device 36, the bread dough F2 is rolled into a thin dough by the press roller 37 at the entrance, and then rolled up by the winding device 38,
The bread dough F3 having an elongated rod shape can be formed and supplied to the next step.

Further, in the folding device 40, the bent rod-shaped bread dough F3 is fed into the eating cup 7 at the eating cup 7
It is thrown into 3.

The bread dough put in the eating mold 73 can be subjected to final fermentation by a conventional method and baked to make bread.

Devices having respective functions will be described based on the control flow shown in FIG. The cutter device 8 of the green zone forming device 1 is for dividing and cutting the bread dough F falling from the lower opening of the hopper 3 into a substantially constant amount of bread dough with a predetermined length (the length of the hopper 3). As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of front and rear rotary shafts 82A and 82B provided with a plurality of blades 81 are long and rotatable in the left-right direction. In the cutter device 8, when the drive motor 83 is instructed to rotate by the control device 2 such as a computer, the drive motor 83 drives the rotary shafts 82A and 82A.
B is rotated inward, and as shown in FIG. 3, each blade 81A is moved from the state in which the tip edges of the blades 81A are close to each other.
When the dog 84 corresponding to 1B is detected by the sensor 85, the rotation of the drive motor 83 is stopped.

Therefore, the lower side of the bread dough F is divided and cut into substantially constant amounts and falls downward corresponding to the pitch of the pair of blades 81A and 81B attached to the rotary shafts 82A and 82B. .

The fabric band forming apparatus 1 includes a plurality of rollers 92A, 92B, 92C, 92D supported by left and right roller supporting members 91L, 91R supported by the frame 5, respectively.
And 93A, 93B, 93C, 93D are arranged in a V shape as a whole, and the dough supplied between the rollers is discharged downward by rotating the rollers downward inward. It should be noted that the rotation of the roller can be increased or decreased from the upper side to the lower side, can be the same, or can be arbitrarily changed. In addition to the rotation of the rollers, the left and right roller support members 91L and 91R can be swung with the upper part of the support members as a fulcrum to form the band-shaped bread dough F1.

The structure of the dough band forming apparatus 1 is not limited to this embodiment, and bread dough discharging mechanism by various roller mechanisms can be used. In addition to the roller feeder mechanism described above, for example, a plurality of large-diameter rollers
It is possible to form a strip-shaped dough by facing three or three pieces and discharging the bread dough from the interval.

Next, the structure of the centering device 15 for the band-shaped dough F1 will be described. A sliding arm 151 is attached to the frame 5 so as to be slidable in a direction (width direction) perpendicular to the traveling direction of the belt 131 of the conveyor 13.
The sliding arm 151 is a roller 1 that stretches the belt 131.
Supports 52. Drive mechanism 1 such as ball screw
53 causes the sliding arm 151 to move and the roller 152
The downstream end of the belt 131 moves in the left-right direction via the.

The operation of the centering device 15 is given an operation signal by the control device 2 from a signal obtained by the material detection device 154 provided at the exit of the conveyor 13. The dough detection device 154 is a sensor provided at both left and right ends in the width direction of the conveyor, and this portion is a dough F.
The center of the bread dough F1 can be calculated by measuring the distance to the width ends of the bread dough F1 through which 1 passes. Then, this center is compared with the set position, and a correction signal is given to the drive mechanism 153 of the centering device 15 to move the sliding arm 151 left and right to the centering device, and the bread dough F to be conveyed.
It adjusts the center of 1.

In the present embodiment, the operation of the sliding arm 151 moves the downstream end of the belt 131 to the left and right to move the belt 131 for centering. However, as another embodiment, Even if the main body of the conveyer conveyor 13 is moved in a direction orthogonal to the conveyer direction, or the downstream end of the conveyer conveyor 13 is swung about the dough discharging position of the roller feeder 9, Will be achievable.

Next, the separating and expanding device 17 will be described. A cutter 19 that is located downstream of the aligning device 15 and cuts the bread dough F1 toward the traveling direction, and a cutter roller 191 that contacts the tip of the cutter 19 and rotates the cutter 19.
And a drive motor 192 for rotating the cutter roller 191. A spreading conveyor 21 is provided downstream of the cutter 19. The spreading conveyor 21 is for dividing the cut bread dough F1 into two rows and equally dividing the bread dough F1 into two rows. As shown in FIG.
1B is provided. In order to prevent the bread dough from sticking, the cutter 19 may be provided with a slit in the abdomen of the cutter to reduce the contact area of the bread dough F1.

First and second weighing conveyors 23A, 23B, 25 connected downstream of the branch conveyors 21A, 21B.
As described above, A and 25B measure the bread dough and are supported by the frame 22. More specifically, the frame 22 includes first and second weighing platforms 231A and 231.
B, 251A, 251B are attached, conveyor belts are attached to these weighing racks, and drive motors 232A, 23 are attached to the first weighing conveyors 23A, 23B.
2B, drive motors 252A and 252B are mounted on the second weighing conveyors 25A and 25B.

Guillotine-type cutting devices 27A and 27B are provided at the downstream ends of the branch conveyors 21A and 21B which are close to the upstream ends of the first weighing conveyors 23A and 23B. The cutting devices 27A and 27B can also prevent the bread dough F1 from sticking by providing slits in their respective blades 271A and 271B.

By the way, the first and second weighing conveyors 23
Drive motor 232 at A, 23B, 25A, 25B
A, 232B, 252A, 252B and the cutting devices 27A, 27B are controlled by the control device 2.

That is, in the cutting devices 27A and 27B, as described above, the band-shaped bread dough is conveyed from the branch conveyors 21A and 21B to the first weighing conveyors 23A and 23B, and the measured values of the weighing conveyors 23A and 23B are set values. When the blades 271A and 271B provided in the cutting device 27 are lowered, the bread dough F1 is cut. Then, the cut dough F2 is fed to the first weighing conveyors 23A and 2A.
3B is transferred to the second weighing conveyors 25A, 25B at high speed and re-weighed, and feedback-controlled to adjust the cutting timing of the cutting devices 27A, 27B,
The accuracy of measurement cutting can be improved.

The belt-shaped bread dough F1 is cut by the cutting device 27 and then transferred at high speed in order to open the space between the bread dough F2.

Further, except for this embodiment, the bread dough is not limited to the two pieces, and the cutter 19 and the spread conveyor 21 are used.
By providing a plurality of, it is possible to divide into three or more equal parts.

Next, the merging device 30 will be described. The bread dough F2 obtained by the cutting device 27 is conveyed in two rows (rows A and B below). Two rows of dough F2
The following is the operation of merging the lines.

1) When the bread dough F2 is conveyed in a state in which the rows A and B are not aligned on the left and right, for example, the bread dough F2 that arrives first on the arranging conveyor 31A is stopped at that position by the arranging conveyor 31A. stand by.

2) Next, when the dough F2 arrives at the arranging conveyor 31B, and the dough F2 is placed on both of the arranging conveyors 31A and 31B, and the left and right halves are aligned, the arranging conveyor 31A is restarted and the arranging conveyors 31A and 31B.
B operates in synchronism, and the bread dough F2 is simultaneously discharged to the merge conveyors 35A and 35B.

3) In this embodiment, the merge conveyors 35A and 3A
In 5B, the conveyor speed is set to 2: 1 and the conveyor 35A is speeded up. Therefore, when the bread dough F2 transferred to 35B merges with the merge conveyor 35A, it is already merged with the merge conveyor 35A.
After the bread dough F2 that rapidly advances and conveys A, it is transferred again at a predetermined interval.

4) The bread dough F2 is arranged at predetermined intervals via the arranging conveyors 31A and 31B and the merging conveyor 35.
The bread dough F2 is continuously conveyed to A and 35B, and the bread dough F2 conveyed in the B row is the above-mentioned merge conveyor 3
Due to the speed difference between 5A and 35B, the bread dough rows of the row A merge with each other at intermediate positions.

The arrangement conveyors 32A and 32B provided on the upstream side have the role of the arrangement conveyor 31.
A or 31B, for example, the same A when the bread dough F2 is not discharged in the state of waiting and stopped in 31A
The next dough F2 is further arranged on the arranging conveyor 32A in the row.
Arranged conveyor 32
The transfer of the bread dough can be stopped at A, and the bread dough can be made to wait until 31A becomes empty.

In the above example, the dough F2 is A
The case where the rows and the rows B are conveyed in a state where they are not laterally aligned with each other has been described, but a possible cause of such conveyance is that the separating and expanding device 17 cuts the band-shaped bread dough F1. This is because it cannot be accurately divided when separated. Therefore, when these are weighed and cut, the cut lengths of each change, and the cut lengths are accumulated so that they do not laterally match each other. However, these problems can also be solved by this embodiment.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, when the bread dough F2 is conveyed in rows A and B almost horizontally and horizontally, the conveying operation can be performed without the stop waiting time at the arranging conveyors 31A and 31B. Is.

As can be understood from the above, on the merge conveyor 35A, the bread doughs F2 are arranged in a line at substantially equal intervals and are conveyed downstream. The second embodiment of the joining means for the bread dough F2 conveyed in two rows will be described in the following manner.

That is, in the first example, the merge conveyors 35A and 35B were provided with a speed difference of 2: 1, but in the second example, the merge conveyors 35A and 35B are synchronously conveyed at the same speed.

The contents of the control of the second example relating to the operation of the merging device 30 will be briefly described.
Arrange conveyors 31A, 31B in which 2 is in two rows
The vehicles are discharged from the arranging conveyors 31A and 31B at a predetermined timing in order from the one arriving earlier (traffic control).

To describe this in detail, 1) When the bread dough F2 is conveyed in a state in which the rows A and B are not aligned on the left and right, for example, the arranging conveyor 31
The dough F2 that arrives first on A is the arranging conveyor 31
Stop and wait on A. 2) The bread dough F2 is discharged from the waiting arrangement conveyor 31A regardless of the arrival of the next bread dough F2 at a timing commensurate with the number of products to be produced per time preset by the control device 2. 3) The dough F2 sequentially sent is repeatedly discharged on a first-come-first-served basis by the arrange conveyors 31A and 31B. 4) Also, the dough F2 is the arranging conveyor 31A, 31
When they arrive at B at the same time, the rows of the conveyors having the bread dough F2 subsequent to the arrangement conveyors 32A and 32B on the upstream side are prioritized and discharged.

Next, the compaction device 36 will be described. A transfer conveyor 360 is provided downstream of the merge conveyor 35A of the merging device 30, a press roller 37 is connected to the transfer conveyor 360, and a winding device 38 and a rolling plate 39 are provided downstream of the press roller 37. By adjusting the gap between the press rollers 37, the thickness and length of the bread dough can be arbitrarily changed.
Can be changed to a desired shape.

Further, the pressure roller plate 39 can adjust the clearance between it and the conveyor 391. Although illustration is omitted, the length of the rod-shaped bread dough F3 conveyed to the entrance portion of the rolling plate 39 is detected, and the rolling plate 39 is moved up and down according to the length to adjust the gap, and the rolling is performed. The length of the stick-shaped dough F3 can be adjusted.

Further, in the cutting device 27, the bread dough F
The dough F2 is rolled up by cutting the bread dough F2 into a form in which the shape of the tip of the dough in the conveying direction is projected.
It is possible to roll and form into a roll without forming a hollow inside when winding.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, rod-shaped bread dough F3
Is further assisted by the curl net 411 when passing over the carry-in conveyor 41 to be further rod-shaped,
It is supplied to the next centering portion 42 with its longitudinal direction being the direction perpendicular to the conveyance.

The centering portion 42 of the folding device 40 is connected to the downstream side of the carry-in conveyor 41. Two aligning plates 43A and 43B are provided so as to face each other so that the lower side becomes narrower. The upper part of the centering plate 43B is supported by the rotating shaft 44, and the lower part is opened and closed by rotating the shaft around the rotating shaft 44. The rotating shaft 44 is supported by a moving base 45. Mobile base 4
The frame 5 is supported by being fitted into a rail 47 provided on the frame 46, and is provided so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to the carrying direction of the carry-in conveyor 41 (hereinafter referred to as the width direction). A rack 48A is provided on the moving base 45, and a pinion 49B that engages with the rack 48A is attached to a motor 50 provided on the frame of the carry-in conveyor 41. Therefore,
Centering plates 43A and 43B supported by the moving base 45
Can also be moved in the width direction.

The stick-shaped bread dough F3 is made of alignment plates 43A and 43B.
Will be dropped and supplied. At this time, the photo sensor 51 detects the positions of both ends of the stick-shaped bread dough F3 held between the aligning plates 43A and 43B. The positions of both end portions are detected, the preset reference positions of both end portions are compared, and the moving base 45 is moved to move the both end positions to the reference position, whereby the aligning plates 43A and 43B are moved. The rod-shaped bread dough F3 is centered. In this case, the center of the rod-shaped bread dough F3 coincides with the first bending position.

The centered rod-shaped bread dough F3 is
Next, the rotary shaft 44 rotates and the lower part of the aligning plate 43B opens, and the centering plate 43B falls to the bending and forming section 52.

As shown in FIG. 9, a push-in plate 53 is provided in the bending portion 52. The push-in plate 53 is arranged on the forming section conveyor 54 so as to move in and out in the conveying direction, and the push-in plate 53 is provided so as to be movable in the width direction. The pushing plate 53 can be moved in and out in the carrying direction by sliding the pushing plate 53 in the carrying direction on a linear bearing 56A provided on the first base 55 that supports the pushing plate 53. Further, the pushing plate 53 is moved in the width direction by the linear bearing 56 provided on the second base 57 that supports the first base 55.
B allows the first base 55 to slide in the width direction. The first and second bases are respectively drive motors 58.
It is driven by A and 58B.

Forming section conveyor 54 of folding forming section 52
The rod-shaped bread dough F3 dropped and placed on the top is pushed by the pushing plate 53 moving in the downstream direction as shown in FIG. At this time, the central portion of the rod-shaped bread dough F3 is locked by the locking member 59 as the first bending position, and the pressing plate 53 pushes the second bending position, so that the pressed rod-shaped bread dough F3 has an M-shape. It is bent and formed.

The second bending position by the push-in plate 53 can be moved and adjusted to the left and right, and the length of the rod-shaped bread dough F3 is measured in advance from the photosensor 51, so that the length of the rod-shaped bread dough F3 can be adjusted appropriately. The second bending position can be calculated, and the pushing plate 53 can be moved in the left-right direction to the appropriate position.

Further, the pushing amount of the pushing plate 53 can also be determined with respect to the entire length of the rod-shaped bread dough F3 so that the pushing amount can be adjusted, and in this way, it is possible to perform a balanced bending.

When the rod-shaped bread dough F3 is bent and formed, the locking member 59 rotates to the open position. On the molding section conveyor 54 downstream of the locking member 59, a pair of opposing conveyor belts 60 are arranged so that the belt surfaces are erected so that the downstream side is narrow. And the conveyor 6 provided facing each other
It is clamped by the clamping unit 60A of 0 and is further transferred to the discharging unit 60B.

The conveyor belt 60 is provided with a sandwiching portion 60A and a discharging portion 60B. The sandwiching portion 60A is a portion for receiving and receiving the rod-shaped bread dough F3 to be supplied, and the discharging portion 60B has a width. It is possible to move in the direction
The M-shaped dough is discharged to the edible-type feeding unit 7.

The edible food input section 7 is provided with a storage section 71 for storing a plurality of bread dough, and a bottom section 72 of the storage section 71 can be opened and closed. A edible mold 73 is installed below the bottom portion 72. The edible mold 73 is configured to be supplied and discharged with the lower position of the edible mold insertion portion 7 as a standby position.

In the edible mold feeding section 7, the M-shaped doughs sequentially sent are put into the edible mold 73. For example, in the case where a plurality of M-shaped bread doughs are put into the edible mold 73, the M-shaped bread doughs that are sequentially sent are arrayed and put into the edible mold 73 by distributing the outlets of the discharge unit 60B to the left and right. You can

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, an example in which the rod-shaped bread dough F3 is formed in an M shape has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned example.
For example, it can be bent and formed into an N-shape. As shown in FIG. 11, in the case of bending into an N-shape, in the centering of the rod-shaped bread dough F3 supplied to the aligning plates 43A and 43B, the first bending position of the rod-shaped bread dough F3 is moved from the center to the right and left by a predetermined dimension. N by shifting to either
Character shaping is possible. In this case, it is necessary to dispose the push-in plate 53 asymmetrically as shown in FIG.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as a means for producing a large amount of bread dough, a separating and expanding device 17 and a merging device 30 are arranged downstream of the dough strip forming device 1 to enable industrial production. It is a thing. However, when it is not necessary to make the dough width of the band-shaped bread dough F1 discharged from the dough band forming device 1 into a plurality of rows, the separating and expanding device 17 and the merging device 30 can be omitted.

Further, in this embodiment, the merging device 30 is prepared on the upstream side of the compacting device 36. However, the compacting device 36 compacting the rod-shaped bread dough into a merging structure is arranged so as to merge. Is also good.

[0072]

As can be understood from the above description, the present invention provides a novel system for manufacturing bread, which facilitates downsizing of equipment, and a system for forming bread dough. At
It can be a high quality dough that does not break gluten. In addition, since the food dough can always be accurately measured, and the food dough having a predetermined shape can be easily obtained with the set weight, even if a plurality of bread doughs are put in the eating pattern, the set weight and the food dough are always set. It is possible to provide high quality bread.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a flow chart of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a strip-shaped material forming unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of a strip-shaped material forming portion according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of a cloth cutting unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of a dough cutting unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of a compaction unit according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of a folding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of the folding device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a detailed plan view of the bending portion according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of bending the rod-shaped bread dough.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of bending the rod-shaped bread dough.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Green zone forming equipment 2 controller 8 Cutter device 15 Aligning device 17 Separation and expansion device 21 Expanding conveyor 23 Weighing conveyor 25 weighing conveyor 27 cutting device 30 merging device 31 Arrange Conveyor 32 Arrange conveyor 36 Rolling device 37 Press roller 38 Winding device 39 Rolling plate 40 folding device 52 Bending forming part 53 Push plate 59 Locking member 60 conveyor belt 7 Food type input section 73 food type F dough F1 band dough F2 cut dough F3 stick dough

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A method for industrially producing bread, comprising: 1) kneading bread dough materials to make bread dough; and 2) supplying the dough to a dough band forming device comprising a roller mechanism, and supplying the dough. Is passed through a roller mechanism to form a continuous dough belt and conveyed on a conveyor. 3) Weighing and cutting this to make a cut bread dough, 4) Forming it appropriately without intermediate fermentation. And 5) filling the mold for bread to make bread. 2. A method for industrially producing bread, comprising: 1) kneading bread dough materials to make bread dough; and 2) supplying the dough to a dough band forming device composed of a roller mechanism, and supplying the dough. By passing it through a roller mechanism to form a continuous dough strip and convey it on the conveyor, 3) separate and spread this dough strip at equal intervals in the width direction, and convey it on the conveyer in multiple rows, 4) each Weigh and cut the band-shaped dough conveyed in rows to a predetermined weight to make cut bread dough, 5) combine the dough pieces conveyed in multiple rows into a single row, and 6) without intermediate fermentation. The method is characterized in that, after being appropriately shaped, 7) it is packed in a bread mold to prepare bread. 3. A method for industrially producing bread, comprising: 1) kneading bread dough materials to make bread dough; and 2) supplying the dough to a dough band forming device comprising a roller mechanism, and supplying the dough. By passing it through a roller mechanism to form a continuous dough strip and convey it on the conveyor, 3) separate and spread this dough strip at equal intervals in the width direction, and convey it on the conveyer in multiple rows, 4) each Weigh and cut the band-shaped dough conveyed in rows to a predetermined weight to make cut bread dough, 5) join the dough pieces conveyed in multiple rows into a single row, and 6) subject the dough pieces to intermediate fermentation A method for producing a loaf of bread, which is characterized by rolling without a rolling mechanism to form a rod-shaped bread dough, 7) bending the rod-shaped bread dough into a predetermined shape, and 8) packing the bread dough into a bread mold. 4. A device for industrially producing bread, wherein a dough material is formed into a band by a dough band forming device including a roller mechanism for forming and discharging a continuous band-shaped dough, and the dough band forming device. A weighing conveyor for weighing the formed bread dough while transferring it, a cutting device for cutting the band-shaped dough when the weighing by the weighing conveyor matches a set value, and a plurality of rows cut by the cutting device. A rolling device that rolls and rolls the bread dough to be transferred into a rod-shaped dough, a bending device that bends the rod-shaped dough, and a folding device that is used to align and store the bread dough that has been bent and formed into a loaf bread mold. A bread production device characterized by being provided with a feeding device. 5. A device for industrially producing bread, wherein a dough material is formed into a band by a dough band forming device including a roller mechanism for forming and discharging a continuous band-shaped dough. A conveyor that conveys the formed bread dough, an aligning device for aligning the belt-shaped bread dough that is conveyed on the conveyor, and a belt-shaped bread dough that is downstream of the centering device and that is along the conveying direction. A separating and expanding device for separating and expanding into a plurality of rows at equal intervals, and a weighing conveyor for measuring the weight of the band-shaped bread dough that is separated and expanded and conveyed in a plurality of rows while transferring the bread dough. A cutting device for cutting the band-shaped bread dough when the weighing by the weighing conveyor matches a set value,
A merging device for merging the bread dough that is cut by the cutting device and conveyed in a plurality of rows into one row, a rolling device that roll-rolls the bread dough into a rod-shaped bread dough, and a bending device that bends the rod-shaped bread dough, and a bending device. An apparatus for producing a loaf of bread, which is provided with an inputting device for aligning the bent dough after the apparatus and transferring and storing the dough in a die for loaf of bread.