JPH0695894B2 - Bread crumb circulation method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of circulating bread crumbs, and more particularly to the circulation of bread crumbs used in a bread crumbing device for dusting food (hereinafter referred to as "food") to which the bread crumbs to which the clothing liquid is applied Regarding the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a bread crumb-applying device currently in use, there is known a system in which bread crumbs are sprinkled on food or the bread crumbs are pressed from above. This breading machine
A bread crumbs bed is formed on a conveyor, a food with a clothing liquid is placed on the bread crumbs bed, and the bread crumbs are further laid on or pressed down to wrap the food with the bread crumbs.

[0003]

However, in the above-described apparatus for bread crumbs, among the bread crumbs that form the bread crumb bed or are placed on the food, the bread crumbs not encapsulating the food are effectively used. Didn't. That is,
Such surplus bread crumbs are reused when partially encapsulating food, but in the case of raw bread crumbs in particular, its quality deteriorates over time, reducing the commercial value and producing a large amount of scrap bread crumbs. There was a problem of causing.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to effectively use bread crumbs not encapsulating foods without reducing the commercial value thereof and prevent generation of scrap bread crumbs. We will provide a method of circulating bread crumbs.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned object, in which a bread crumb bed is formed on a conveyor, and a food product with a coating solution is placed on the bread crumb bed, and In a breading method in which bread crumbs are covered and the food is wrapped with bread crumbs, the bread crumbs and the covered bread crumbs are separated into bread crumbs in which the food with the clothing liquid is wrapped and unwrapped bread crumbs. , Further separating the unwrapped bread crumbs separated, while supplying the bread crumbs, while transferring one of the bread crumbs to a bread crumb bed feeding means for forming a bread crumb bed of a predetermined thickness on the conveyor, while the other The gist is a method of circulating bread crumbs, wherein the bread crumbs are transferred to a bread crumb overhanging means for hanging bread crumbs on the food.
Here, in order to separate the bread crumbs and the overlaid bread crumbs into bread crumbs with and without food wrapped with the clothing liquid, for example, a product take-out van connected to the end of the conveyor in the moving direction is used. A sieving tool such as a cord conveyor, a vibration feeder of a trough provided with a strip-shaped gap, or a shooter is used. In addition, new bread crumbs are replenished, for example, through a separately provided bread crumb replenishing hopper or the like. Further, various conveyors are used to transfer the bread crumbs to the bread crumb bed feeding means or the bread crumb overhanging means. During the separation and transfer of the bread crumbs, the bread crumbs should not be impacted as much as possible.

[0006]

The sequence of the method for circulating bread crumbs of the present invention will be described.

[0007] The food placed on the bread crumb bed and covered with the bread crumbs is transferred by a conveyor and moved to a food separating means such as a van cord conveyor, which is connected to the end of the bread crumb. Then, the bread crumbs covering the food are separated into the bread crumbs encapsulating the food adhered to the food and the bread crumbs not encapsulating the food, and the food encapsulated by the bread crumbs is as follows if it is to be heat-treated. Transfer to the frying process and package as frozen food if it should be cooled.

On the other hand, the bread crumbs separated and dropped from the food by the van cord conveyer are divided into two parts, which are conveyed and circulated by the bread crumb bed conveying conveyer and the bread crumb rising supply conveyer, respectively, for forming the bread crumbs and the bread crumbs addition. To be reused. In this case, the amount of bread crumbs is gradually reduced by the amount of the bread crumbs encapsulated in the food, so that the bread crumbs are circulated while newly replenishing the bread crumbs by a separately prepared replenishing hopper.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of an automatic breading apparatus using the method for circulating bread crumbs of the present invention, and FIG. It is a side view of a figure.

In the figure, 1 is a belt wheel 2 or 2'at both ends.
It is an endless main conveyor which circulates in the direction of arrow X at 32 m / min for 9 seconds, and is operated for 3 seconds. Above this main conveyor 1, bread crumb bed supply means is provided in order from one side in the direction of arrow X. 3, positioning means 4, food supply means 5,
Bread crumb topping means 6 and gripping means 7 are installed, respectively.

Therefore, the bread crumb bed supply means 3 comprises a return conveyor 9, a bread crumb leveling conveyor 10 and a bread crumb bed supply conveyor 11 which are continuous by a bread crumb lifting conveyor 8 described later, and the main conveyor 1 passes through these conveyors. It is designed to form a bread crumbs bed with a thickness suitable for food. The bread crumb lifting conveyor 8, the return conveyor 9, and the bread crumb leveling conveyor 10 are operated at a speed of 32 m / min for 9 seconds and stopped for 3 seconds.
Bread crumb bed supply conveyor 11 slows down 9 seconds (12 m / mi
n) Drive fast (32 m / min) for 3 seconds. In this way, the bread crumb lifting conveyors 8 to 9
The bread crumbs conveyed for 2 seconds pass through the next return conveyor 9 and the bread crumb leveling conveyor 10 and then the bread crumb bed supply conveyor 11 operates the conveyor late for 9 seconds, so that the next main conveyor 1 operates on the conveyor 9 for 3 seconds. Sufficient laminated breadcrumbs to form a breadcrumb bed of suitable thickness for the food while operating. Of course, when the bread crumb lifting conveyor 8 is stopped for 3 seconds, neither the return conveyor 9 nor the bread crumb leveling conveyor 10 is fed with bread crumbs for 3 seconds, and even if the bread crumb floor feeding conveyor 11 is operated 3 seconds faster, it is the same as the main conveyor 1. Since the operation is performed in the same direction for 3 seconds, the bread crumb bed is not formed on the main conveyor 1. The two orthogonal rollers 12 provided on the bread crumb leveling conveyor 10 are for leveling bread crumbs on the conveyor to have a constant width and a constant thickness.

Next, the positioning means 4 is composed of a plurality of push rods 13 having a weight corresponding to the shape of the food having the clothing liquid attached to the tip thereof and an air cylinder 14 for moving the push rods up and down. At the same time, the bread crumb moving to the position below the positioning means 4 is depressed into the bread crumb bed by the weight being lowered by the air cylinder 14 while the main body conveyor 1 is stopped for 9 seconds and rising 1 second after the lowering is stopped. A part is formed to be a place where the next food such as fried shrimp, scotch egg, cutlet and croquettes is placed.

On the other hand, on both sides of the main body conveyor 1, food supply conveyors 17, 1 for conveying foods heated or cooled for shape retention from the direction of arrow Y to the clothing liquid containers 15, 16.
8 is provided, and the food supply means 5 is provided to manually supply the food with the liquid taken out from the liquid containers 15 and 16 to the concave portion of the bread crumb bed. As a result, the main conveyor 1 is operated for 3 seconds to supply food to the recesses of the bread crumbs that have moved, but the supply time is the stop time of the main conveyor 1,
That is, it is within 9 seconds.

Further, the bread crumb overcoating means 6 comprises a return conveyor 20, a bread crumb leveling conveyor 21, and a bread crumb overrun conveyor 22 which are continuous with a bread crumb lifting conveyor 19 which will be described later, and the food is loaded through these conveyors. The bread crumbs are placed on the floor of the bread crumbs. Reference numeral 23 is a roller that is provided on the bread crumb leveling conveyor 21 at right angles to level the two crumbs. Further, the bread crumb lifting conveyor 19, the returning conveyor 20, and the bread crumb leveling conveyor 21 have the same 32 m / min as the bread crumb bed supply means 3.
The operation speed is 9 seconds, and intermittent operation for 3 seconds is performed. The bread crumb conveyor 22 is slow for 9 seconds (12 m / min) and fast for 3 seconds (32 m / min).
It is something to drive. The bread crumbs thus conveyed from the bread crumb lifting conveyor 19 for 9 seconds pass through the next return conveyor 20 and the bread crumb leveling conveyor 21 and then the bread crumb lifting conveyor 22 operates the conveyor late for 9 seconds to move the bread crumbs to the next position on the conveyor 22. While the main conveyor 1 of 3 is operating for 3 seconds, a sufficient amount of bread crumbs is stacked to be overlaid.
When the bread crumb lifting conveyor 19 is stopped for 3 seconds, the return conveyor 20 and the bread crumb leveling conveyor 21 are also stopped for 3 seconds, and the same speed as that of the main conveyor 1 even when the bread crumb lifting conveyor is operated 3 seconds faster. Since it has been operating in the direction for 3 seconds, it is not possible to cover bread crumbs.

Further, the gripping means 7 has the same number and the same arrangement as the positioning means and holds the whole in a frame body 28 which moves up and down by a cylinder (not shown), and an air provided in front of the rod 30. It comprises an elevating rod 24 that expands and contracts by a cylinder 27, and a grip 25 at the tip of the elevating rod.
At the tip of the elevating rod 24, at the same time as the rod 30 moves in the vertical direction, the elevating rod 24 is expanded and contracted to provide four push plates 26 as a gripping device, and the cylinder 27 and the push plate 26 are provided. The connected holding rods 29 can be opened and closed from four sides by a predetermined pressure and a predetermined time suitable for food (FIG. 3). The gripping means 7 lowers the rod 30 for 9 seconds which is stopped after being hung on the bread crumb top conveyor 3 for 3 seconds and at the same time raises the elevating rod 24 to lower the conveyor 1 to a thickness suitable for food.
By raising the lifting rod, the holding rods 29 actuate the four push plates 26 inwardly to wrap and hold the food together with the bread crumb bed and the crumbs overlaid at a predetermined pressure suitable for the food for about 3 seconds. Obtain a food for frying with breadcrumbs before frying (Figs. 3 to 4). The grip 25 can be opened by raising the rod 30 and lowering the elevating rod 24 to actuate the push plate 26 to the outside. Reference numeral 41 is a spring attached to the elevating rod 24 to smoothly open and close the grip 25.

Furthermore, at the end of the main conveyor 1, a bancode conveyor 31 having a gap is continuously provided, and the wrapped food for frying is moved from the main conveyor 1 to the bancode conveyor 31 together with the bread crumbs. The bread crumbs-enclosed food for frying and the remaining bread crumbs are separated in the gap. In this case, the surplus bread crumbs are divided into left and right by the partition plate 32 attached to the central end portion of the main conveyor 1 and functioning as a watershed, passing through the gap of the van code conveyor 31 and transferred to the surplus bread crumbs taking conveyors 33, 34, From the bread crumb receiving hoppers 35, 36, the bread crumb lifting conveyors 8, 19
Thus, the bread crumbs are supplied to the bread crumb bed supply means 3 and the bread crumb topping means 6 separately (arrow Z in the drawing) and reused as the bread crumbs for bread crumbs or for hanging. On the other hand, the breaded breaded food fried prawns with bread crumbs are taken out from the van cord conveyor 31 and packed in the next frying process or a packaging box or the like. Then, the amount of the bread crumbs which are individually returned to the bread crumbs bed supplying unit 3 and the bread crumb overhanging unit 6 and reused is reduced by the amount of the bread crumbs adhered to the food. New bread crumbs are automatically replenished while controlling the amount by the level sensor, conveyed by replenishment conveyors 39 and 40 (arrow A), and transferred to the bread crumb receiving hoppers 35 and 36.
As a result, the surplus bread crumbs separated from the food are immediately circulated and reused together with the newly-supplied bread crumbs without reducing the commercial value of the bread crumbs. Can be prevented as much as possible.

[0017]

As described above, according to the method of circulating bread crumbs of the present invention, the bread crumb bed and the overlaid bread crumbs are separated into bread crumbs in which food is encapsulated and bread crumbs in which food is not encapsulated, and further divided into two. , While supplying new bread crumbs, one of the bread crumbs was transferred to the bread crumb bed feeding means and the other bread crumbs was transferred to the bread crumb overhanging means for reuse, so that the excess bread crumbs that did not encapsulate the food Has a special effect that it is possible to effectively utilize the above-mentioned product without reducing its commercial value and prevent the generation of waste bread crumbs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view showing an example of an automatic breading device using the method for circulating bread crumbs of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the gripping means in FIG. 1, showing a state in which a gripping portion for encapsulating food is opened.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the gripping means in FIG. 1, showing a state in which a gripping portion for enclosing food is closed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Conveyor 3 Bread Crumb Floor Supply Means 4 Positioning Means 5 Food Feed Means 6 Bread Crumb Lapping Means 7 Gripping Means 8, 19 Bread Crumb Lifting Conveyors 31 Bancode Conveyors 32 Sorting Plates 33, 34 Excess Bread Crumb Extracting Conveyors 37 Replenishment Hoppers

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bread crumb attaching method in which a bread crumbs bed is formed on a conveyor, a food with a coating liquid is placed on the bread crumbs bed, and the bread crumbs are further covered to cover the foods with the bread crumbs. The bread crumbs and the overlaid bread crumbs are separated into bread crumbs unwrapped and bread crumbs encapsulating the food with the clothing liquid, and the unseparated bread crumbs separated are bisected, while replenishing the bread crumbs, One of the bread crumbs is transferred to a bread crumb bed feeding means for forming a bread crumb bed of a predetermined thickness on the conveyor, and the other bread crumb is transferred to a bread crumb hanging means for adding bread crumbs to the food. How to circulate bread crumbs.