Meatball making device

Abstract

The present invention provides a meatball making device, comprising a feed piece and a support piece that are detachably connected from top to bottom, wherein a feeding piece is provided inside the feed piece, and a meatball former is rotatably connected inside the support piece, wherein the meatball former comprises two forming spherical surfaces that are arranged opposite to each other and can be relatively opened and closed, and a plurality of saw teeth for cutting meatball fillings are arranged at intervals at the edges of the forming spherical surfaces, and the two forming spherical surfaces cooperate to form an arc-shaped panel that can accommodate meatballs. The meatball making device of the present invention can realize step-by-step control of meatball filling conveying and meatball forming, the weight of the meatballs produced can be controlled, the meatballs are in a uniform spherical shape, and the entire device can be quickly disassembled and fully cleaned, thereby improving the food safety of the device.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the field of meatball making equipment, and in particular relates to a meatball making device. Background Art

[0002] At present, food processing enterprises use various meatball making technologies and equipment for mass production of meatballs, including quick-frozen meatballs with tight fillings. In order to improve production efficiency, most of these meatball production equipment cuts the fillings into cylinders at the filling outlet, and then naturally rounds the fillings of the cylinders by rolling devices or other methods to make them more spherical. In addition, some meatball production equipment adopts the method of extruding the fillings through a meatball forming die, but this method is still difficult to ensure that the meatballs are uniformly spherical, and this method is only suitable for producing meatballs with tight and sticky fillings. Therefore, various quick-frozen meatballs produced by existing meatball making devices are not round, and the weight of each meatball is difficult to accurately control.

[0003] In addition, the existing production equipment has done a lot of useful work in improving the round sphere of meatballs while ensuring production efficiency, but these improvements have greatly increased the complexity of the meatball production equipment, making it difficult to disassemble and assemble these equipment, unable to meet the hygiene and safety requirements of food processing equipment, and difficult to achieve the need for thorough cleaning. Summary of the invention

[0004] In view of this, the present invention aims to propose a meatball making device to achieve step-by-step control of meatball filling conveying and meatball forming, so that the weight of the meatballs produced is uniform and controllable, the meatballs are in a uniform spherical shape, and the entire device can be quickly disassembled and thoroughly cleaned, thereby improving the food safety of the device.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention is achieved as follows:

[0006] A meatball making device comprises a feeding piece and a supporting piece which are detachably connected from top to bottom, wherein a feeding piece is arranged inside the feeding piece, and a meatball former is rotatably connected inside the supporting piece, wherein the meatball former comprises two forming spherical surfaces which are arranged opposite to each other and can be opened and closed relative to each other, wherein a plurality of saw teeth for cutting meatball fillings are arranged at intervals at the edges of the forming spherical surfaces, and the two forming spherical surfaces cooperate to form an arc-shaped panel which can accommodate meatballs.

[0007] Furthermore, the two formed spherical surfaces are both quarter spherical surfaces, and one end of the two formed spherical surfaces is connected to a rotating shaft.

[0008] Furthermore, the cross section of the sawtooth tapers from the bottom of the sawtooth to the top of the sawtooth.

[0009] Furthermore, the feed member includes a feed barrel and a forming round tube, and the top of the forming round tube is connected to the bottom of the feed barrel.

[0010] Furthermore, the feed cylinder is a conical cylinder that tapers from top to bottom.

[0011] Furthermore, an arc groove is opened on the lower inner wall of the formed circular tube toward the outer wall to allow the formed spherical surface to rotate upward.

[0012] Furthermore, the support member includes a support tube, and the formed spherical surface is located inside the support tube.

[0013] Furthermore, the lower outer wall of the formed circular tube is provided with at least two upper connecting plates, and the upper outer wall of the supporting tube is provided with at least two lower connecting plates. The upper connecting plates and the lower connecting plates are arranged opposite to each other, and a cavity is formed between the upper connecting plates and the lower connecting plates for accommodating the rotation of the rotating shaft.

[0014] Furthermore, the lower outer wall of the formed circular tube is also provided with at least two upper side plates, and the upper outer wall of the supporting tube is provided with at least two lower side plates. The upper side plates and the lower side plates are arranged opposite to each other, and the fastening bolts pass through the upper side plates and the lower side plates in turn and are connected with nuts.

[0015] Furthermore, the feeding member includes a conveying shaft, the outer wall of the conveying shaft is provided with a conveying screw, the bottom of the conveying shaft and the conveying screw extends into the middle of the formed circular tube, and the distance from the bottom of the conveying shaft to the bottom of the formed circular tube is greater than the outer radius of the formed sphere.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the meatball making device of the present invention has the following advantages:

[0017] (1) The meatball making device of the present invention realizes step-by-step control of meatball filling conveying and meatball forming. The weight of the meatballs produced is uniform and controllable. The meatballs are in a uniform spherical shape. The entire device can be quickly disassembled and thoroughly cleaned, thereby improving the food safety of the device.

[0018] (2) In the meatball making device described in the present invention, the meatball filling conveying and meatball forming are controlled and performed step by step, and the filling conveying can be quantitatively controlled so that the weight and size of each meatball are uniform.

[0019] (3) The meatball making device of the present invention comprises two meatball formers formed by forming spherical surfaces that cooperate with each other, so that the meatballs made are uniform spherical bodies, which fully guarantees the quality of meatball making.

[0020] (4) The butt joint design of the forming circular tube and the supporting tube of the meatball making device of the present invention enables the entire meatball making device to be easily disassembled into individual parts, making the device convenient and thorough to disassemble and clean, thus solving the food hygiene and safety problem of the meatball making device, and the device can be easily reassembled into equipment for use.

[0021] (5) The meatball making device of the present invention is easy to operate and can realize the meatball making process without human intervention, thereby reducing labor costs and improving meatball making efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] The accompanying drawings constituting a part of the present invention are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute an improper limitation of the present invention. In the accompanying drawings:

[0023] Figure 1 It is an exploded schematic diagram of the meatball making device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 2 The present invention is attached to the specification Figure 1 A is a partial enlarged schematic diagram;

[0025] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of a support member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of a formed spherical surface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the meatball making device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0028] Figure 6 The present invention is attached to the specification Figure 5 A partial enlarged schematic diagram of B in the middle;

[0029] Figure 7 It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of a meatball making device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 8 The present invention is attached to the specification Figure 7 A partial enlarged schematic diagram of C in the middle.

[0031] Description of reference numerals:

[0032] 1-feeding piece; 11-conveying shaft; 12-conveying screw; 2-feeding piece; 21-feeding barrel; 22-forming round tube; 221-upper side plate; 222-upper connecting plate; 3-ball former; 31-forming spherical surface; 311-sawtooth; 32-rotating shaft; 4-supporting piece; 41-lower connecting plate; 42-supporting tube; 43-lower side plate; 5-fastening bolts; 6-nuts. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] It should be noted that, in the absence of conflict, the embodiments of the present invention and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other.

[0034] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside" and the like indicate positions or positional relationships based on the positions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and the like are only used for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", and the like may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "multiple" means two or more.

[0035] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installation", "connection" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. Unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the term "fixed connection" can be a commonly used fixed connection method such as plug-in, welding, threaded connection, bolt connection, etc. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by specific circumstances.

[0036] The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with embodiments.

[0037] As shown in the figure, a meatball making device includes a feeding member 2 and a supporting member 4 which are detachably connected from top to bottom, a feeding member 1 is provided in the feeding member 2, a meatball former 3 is rotatably connected in the supporting member 4, and the meatball former 3 includes two forming spherical surfaces 31 which are arranged opposite to each other and can be opened and closed relative to each other, a plurality of saw teeth 311 for cutting meatball fillings are arranged at intervals at the edges of the forming spherical surfaces 31, and the two forming spherical surfaces 31 cooperate to form an arc-shaped panel which can accommodate meatballs.

[0038] The device can realize step-by-step control of ball filling conveying and ball forming, the weight of the produced balls can be controlled, the balls are in a uniform spherical shape, and the entire device can be quickly disassembled and fully cleaned, improving the food safety of the device. Ball filling conveying and ball forming are controlled and acted separately, and filling conveying can realize quantitative control, so that the weight and size of each ball are uniform.

[0039] A plurality of saw teeth 311 for cutting meatball fillings are arranged at intervals at the edge of the forming spherical surface 31 , and the saw teeth 311 of the two forming spherical surfaces 31 cooperate with each other to form an arc-shaped panel that can accommodate meatballs.

[0040] The two formed spherical surfaces 31 are both quarter spherical surfaces, and one end of the two formed spherical surfaces 31 is connected to a rotating shaft 32 .

[0041] The forming spherical surface 31 can rotate upward or downward under the drive of the rotating shaft 32. First, when both forming spherical surfaces 31 rotate downward, the two forming spherical surfaces 31 cooperate to form an arc-shaped panel that can accommodate meatballs, and the meatball filling entering through the forming circular tube 22 is blocked by the arc-shaped panel. Then the two forming spherical surfaces 31 rotate upward at the same time, and the saw teeth 311 of the two forming spherical surfaces 31 rotating upward at the same time cut the meatball filling into meatball shapes in the process of approaching each other. Finally, the two forming spherical surfaces 31 cooperate to form a downward arc-shaped panel, and the meatballs cut and formed fall downward under the action of gravity.

[0042] The rotating shaft 32 is connected to the meatball forming stepping motor, and the meatball forming stepping motor drives the rotating shaft 32 to rotate. The meatball forming stepping motor is controlled by the meatball forming controller, and the meatball forming controller is electrically connected to the main controller.

[0043] The cross section of the sawtooth 311 gradually decreases from the bottom of the sawtooth 311 to the top of the sawtooth 311 .

[0044] The cross section of the saw tooth 311 gradually decreases from the bottom of the saw tooth 311 to the top of the saw tooth 311, so that the cross section of the top of the saw tooth 311 is smaller, and the saw tooth 311 is "blade-shaped", which minimizes the problem that the edge of the formed spherical surface 31 is clamped by the meat filling when the two spherical surfaces are merged, resulting in the two formed spherical surfaces 31 cannot be completely merged.

[0045] The feed member 2 includes a feed barrel 21 and a forming round tube 22 , and the top of the forming round tube 22 is connected to the bottom of the feed barrel 21 .

[0046] like Figure 4 As shown, the feed cylinder 21 is a conical cylinder that tapers from top to bottom.

[0047] like Figure 8 As shown, an arc groove is opened from the lower inner wall of the forming circular tube 22 toward the outer wall to allow the forming spherical surface 31 to rotate upward.

[0048] The lower inner wall of the forming circular tube 22 is provided with an arc groove toward the outer wall to allow the forming spherical surface 31 to rotate upward, so that the forming spherical surface 31 can rotate upward without hindrance and will not affect the rotation of the forming spherical surface 31, which is highly practical.

[0049] The support member 4 includes a support tube 42 , and the formed spherical surface 31 is located inside the support tube 42 .

[0050] The lower outer wall of the forming circular tube 22 is provided with at least two upper connecting plates 222, and the upper outer wall of the supporting tube 42 is provided with at least two lower connecting plates 41. The upper connecting plates 222 and the lower connecting plates 41 are arranged opposite to each other, and a cavity is formed between the upper connecting plates 222 and the lower connecting plates 41 for accommodating the rotation of the rotating shaft 32.

[0051] The lower outer wall of the formed circular tube 22 is also provided with at least two upper side plates 221, and the upper outer wall of the support tube 42 is provided with at least two lower side plates 43. The upper side plates 221 and the lower side plates 43 are arranged opposite to each other, and the fastening bolts 5 pass through the upper side plates 221 and the lower side plates 43 in turn and are connected with the nuts 6.

[0052] The upper connecting plate 222 and the lower connecting plate 41 are arranged opposite to each other in pairs, and a cavity for accommodating the rotation of the rotating shaft 32 is formed between the upper connecting plate 222 and the lower connecting plate 41. There is also a fastening method in which the upper side plate 221 and the lower side plate 43 are arranged opposite to each other in pairs, and the fastening bolts 5 pass through the upper side plate 221 and the lower side plate 43 in turn and are connected to the nuts 6. When cleaning the device, only the fastening bolts 5 and the nuts 6 need to be removed to completely separate the support tube 42, the forming spherical surface 31, and the feeding barrel 21 into individual components, which is convenient for thorough cleaning without leaving dead corners to ensure hygiene and safety.

[0053] The docking design of the forming circular tube 22 and the supporting tube 42 allows the entire meatball making device to be easily disassembled into individual parts, making the device convenient and thorough to disassemble and clean, solving the food hygiene and safety issues of the meatball making device, and the device can be easily reassembled into equipment for use.

[0054] It is worth noting that the matching mode of the fastening bolt 5 and the nut 6 is not the only one limited to the present device. The present device can also adopt other detachable connection modes to facilitate more convenient installation, locking and disassembly.

[0055] The feeding member 1 includes a conveying shaft 11, and a conveying screw 12 is provided on the outer wall of the conveying shaft 11. The bottoms of the conveying shaft 11 and the conveying screw 12 extend into the middle of the forming circular tube 22. The distance from the bottom of the conveying shaft 11 to the bottom of the forming circular tube 22 is greater than the outer radius of the forming spherical surface 31.

[0056] The conveying shaft 11 and the conveying screw 12 are driven by the stepping motor of the external meatball filling conveying screw 12 to quantitatively deliver the meatball filling through the forming round tube 22 to the arc-shaped panel formed by the cooperation of the two forming spherical surfaces 31. The meatball filling conveyed by the conveying screw 12 is fixed every time it rotates a certain angle, so the weight and size of each meatball can be consistent and uniform.

[0057] The rotation angle of each conveying screw 12 is set according to the amount of filling required to make a meatball, and the conveying screw 12 stops rotating after conveying the filling required to make a meatball into the forming round tube 22 and reaching the arc-shaped panel formed by the two forming spherical surfaces 31. After the meatball former 3 completes the meatball forming action, the conveying screw 12 is started again to continue rotating to convey the meatball filling.

[0058] When in use, a fixed sleeve arranged in a vertical direction can also be provided, and the top of the conveying shaft 11 extends into the fixed sleeve and is fixed to the fixed sleeve through a fixing pin and a fixing hole. The upper part of the fixed sleeve is connected to the driving shaft of the meatball filling conveying spiral stepping motor, and the upper middle part of the fixed sleeve is connected to the external support frame through a bearing. In this way, the weight of the conveying shaft 11 and the conveying screw 12 is borne by the external support frame, and the fixed sleeve serves as a connecting component connecting the motor drive and the conveying shaft 11. This installation method facilitates the docking installation and disassembly of the conveying shaft 11 and the meatball filling conveying spiral stepping motor, and is more conducive to the thorough cleaning of the feeding member 1, ensuring the hygiene and safety of the food production equipment.

[0059] It is worth noting that the installation method of the conveying shaft 11 of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned method, and other methods that can realize the rotation of the conveying shaft 11 to convey the filling and ensure the stability of the conveying shaft 11 are also acceptable.

[0060] The conveying shaft 11 is connected to the meatball filling conveying spiral stepping motor, and the meatball filling conveying spiral stepping motor drives the conveying shaft 11 to rotate. The meatball filling conveying spiral stepping motor is controlled by a conveying controller, and the conveying controller is electrically connected to the main controller.

[0061] The meatball filling conveying spiral stepper motor and conveying controller, the meatball forming stepper motor and the meatball forming controller are preferably 42 closed-loop stepper motor integrated machine model VSMD123-025T-60 produced by Beijing Weiens Technology Co., Ltd. The closed-loop stepper motor integrated machine includes all the functions of the stepper motor controller and the stepper motor, and can realize closed-loop control of the stepper motor.

[0062] The master controller is preferably a H1u simple small PLC (programmable logic controller) produced by Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd. The master controller and the closed-loop stepper motor integrated machine are connected by RS485. The master controller sends rotation instructions and rotation angle data to the two closed-loop stepper integrated machines respectively, and the closed-loop stepper motor integrated machine drives the conveying shaft 11 and the conveying screw 12, and the rotating shaft 32 to rotate at a fixed angle and then stop.

[0063] Specific use process:

[0064] When in use, there can be a fixed sleeve arranged in a vertical direction in the site where the device is placed, and the top of the conveying shaft 11 extends into the fixed sleeve and is fixed to the fixed sleeve through a fixing pin and a fixing hole. A fixed sleeve arranged in a vertical direction can also be provided, and the top of the conveying shaft 11 extends into the fixed sleeve and is fixed to the fixed sleeve through a fixing pin and a fixing hole. The upper part of the fixed sleeve is connected to the driving shaft of the meatball filling conveying spiral stepping motor, and the upper middle part of the fixed sleeve is connected to the external support frame through a bearing. When in use, the meatball filling conveying spiral stepping motor drives the fixed sleeve to drive the conveying shaft 11 to rotate. The fixed sleeve can prevent the conveying shaft 11 from shaking when rotating, ensure the stability and safety of the feeding piece 1 during the feeding process of the meatball filling, and can also play the role of suspending the conveying shaft 11.

[0065] There is also a bracket or groove below the support member 4 for supporting and placing the support member 4, the forming round tube 22 and the feeding barrel 21, so as to ensure the stability and safety of the support member 4, the forming round tube 22 and the feeding barrel 21 during the ball forming process.

[0066] Before feeding the meatball filling, the two forming spherical surfaces 31 are driven by the rotating shaft 32 to rotate downward, and the two forming spherical surfaces 31 cooperate to form an arc-shaped panel that can accommodate meatballs. Then the meatball filling begins to be fed, and each time the conveying screw 12 conveys the filling required for making a meatball through the forming circular tube 22 and reaches the arc-shaped panel formed by the two forming spherical surfaces 31, it stops rotating. The arc-shaped panel squeezes the lower part of the meatball filling into a spherical shape.

[0067] Then the rotating shaft 32 drives the two forming spherical surfaces 31 to rotate upward at the same time, and the saw teeth 311 of the two forming spherical surfaces 31 rotating upward cut the meatball fillings in the process of approaching each other, and finally the two forming spherical surfaces 31 cooperate to form a downward arc panel, and the downward arc panel cuts and squeezes the upper part of the meatball fillings into a spherical shape. At this time, the meatball is made, and the meatball becomes a complete spherical meatball, and falls downward under the action of gravity, so that the making of a meatball is completed.

[0068] After the forming and making action of a meatball is completed, the next step of quantitatively conveying the meatball filling is started, and the making of the meatball is repeated.

[0069] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A meatball making device, characterized in that: The invention comprises a feeding member (2) and a supporting member (4) which are detachably connected from top to bottom, wherein a feeding member (1) is arranged inside the feeding member (2), and a meatball former (3) is rotatably connected inside the supporting member (4), wherein the meatball former (3) comprises two forming spherical surfaces (31) which are arranged opposite to each other and can be opened and closed relative to each other, and a plurality of saw teeth (311) for cutting meatball fillings are arranged at intervals at the edges of the forming spherical surfaces (31), and the two forming spherical surfaces (31) cooperate to form an arc-shaped panel capable of accommodating meatballs; The two formed spherical surfaces (31) are both quarter spherical surfaces, and one end of the two formed spherical surfaces (31) is connected to a rotating shaft (32); The cross section of the saw tooth (311) gradually decreases from the bottom of the saw tooth (311) to the top of the saw tooth (311).

2. A meatball making device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feed member (2) comprises a feed barrel (21) and a forming round tube (22), and the top of the forming round tube (22) is connected to the bottom of the feed barrel (21).

3. A meatball making device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The feeding cylinder (21) is a conical cylinder which gradually tapers from top to bottom.

4. A meatball making device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The lower inner wall of the forming circular tube (22) is provided with an arc-shaped groove toward the outer wall to allow the forming spherical surface (31) to rotate upward.

5. The meatball making device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The support member (4) comprises a support tube (42), and the formed spherical surface (31) is located inside the support tube (42).

6. A meatball making device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The lower outer wall of the forming circular tube (22) is provided with at least two upper connecting plates (222), and the upper outer wall of the supporting tube (42) is provided with at least two lower connecting plates (41). The upper connecting plates (222) and the lower connecting plates (41) are arranged opposite to each other in pairs, and a cavity is formed between the upper connecting plates (222) and the lower connecting plates (41) for accommodating the rotation of the rotating shaft (32).

7. The meatball making device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The lower outer wall of the forming circular tube (22) is also provided with at least two upper side plates (221), and the upper outer wall of the supporting tube (42) is provided with at least two lower side plates (43). The upper side plates (221) and the lower side plates (43) are arranged opposite to each other in pairs, and the fastening bolts (5) pass through the upper side plates (221) and the lower side plates (43) in sequence and are connected with the nuts (6).

8. The meatball making device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The feeding member (1) comprises a conveying shaft (11), the outer wall of which is provided with a conveying screw (12), the bottoms of the conveying shaft (11) and the conveying screw (12) extending into the middle of the forming circular tube (22), and the distance from the bottom of the conveying shaft (11) to the bottom of the forming circular tube (22) is greater than the outer radius of the forming spherical surface (31).

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