Shaping clamp for steamed bun blanks
By designing a dough shaping gripper, and using cross-arranged guide rods and gripper assemblies to shape the four corners of the dough, the problem of the dough's unattractive appearance is solved, achieving a higher aesthetic appeal.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520528813.1
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-03-25
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-06
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-03-25
AI Technical Summary
In the current steamed bun machine, the four corners of the steamed bun dough are not shaped aesthetically pleasing during the shaping process, which affects the appearance quality of the final product.
Design a steamed bun shaping gripper, including a support frame, cross-arranged guide rods and gripper assembly. The gripper assembly is closed or opened by a drive assembly. The inner side of the shaping clamping plate of the gripper assembly is arc-shaped and used to shape the four corners of the steamed bun.
This improves the appearance of the steamed bun dough, making the shaped steamed buns more aesthetically pleasing.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model belongs to food machinery technical field, concretely relates to a steamed bun blank shaping clamping hand. BACKGROUND
[0002] The steamed bun machine is used for processing the dough column into the steamed bun blank, and then steaming the steamed bun blank to be the steamed bun. The dough column can be continuously processed into the steamed bun blank in batches through the steamed bun machine, and the production efficiency of the steamed bun is greatly improved. In our last generation of steamed bun machine (see Chinese patent document with publication number CN114504005A), the steamed bun machine processes the dough column into the steamed bun blank through a group of steamed bun blank forming assemblies. These steamed bun blank forming assemblies include pressing blocks, opposed rotating wheels, extrusion blocks, cutting knives, cutting-off post-shaping devices and other components. The pressing blocks are provided with a plurality of blocks, and the bottom surface thereof is matched with the top shape of the steamed bun blank to be made. The opposed rotating wheels separate the dough column through left and right transverse extrusion to preliminarily form individual steamed bun blanks. The extrusion blocks further separate the adhesion parts between the preliminarily separated steamed bun blanks through longitudinal extrusion. The cutting knives are used for completely cutting off the adhesion parts between the steamed bun blanks. The cutting-off post-shaping devices are used for trimming the cut formed on the steamed bun blank.
[0003] In the last generation of steamed bun machine, in the shaping process of the steamed bun blank through the shaping device, the top of the steamed bun is mainly arranged into an arc shape, and then the cut on the two sides of the steamed bun blank is arranged to the bottom of the steamed bun blank. The steamed bun blank obtained finally is not beautiful enough, and therefore further shaping is needed. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL
[0004] The utility model aims at providing a steamed bun blank shaping clamping hand, so as to realize the shaping of the four corners of the steamed bun blank through the steamed bun blank shaping clamping hand, and make the finally output steamed bun blank more beautiful.
[0005] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
[0006] A steamed bun blank shaping clamping hand is provided, which comprises a support frame. First guide rods and second guide rods are arranged on the support frame in a cross arrangement. Clamping jaw assemblies are arranged on both sides of the first guide rods and the second guide rods. A driving assembly is arranged on the support frame and used for driving the clamping jaw assemblies to move along the first guide rods or the second guide rods. The four clamping jaw assemblies are capable of closing or opening. Each clamping jaw assembly comprises a clamping jaw support and a shaping clamping plate. The shaping clamping plate is arranged at the bottom of the clamping jaw support. The inner side of the shaping clamping plate is an arc surface.
[0007] Preferably, the driving assembly comprises a rotating disc arranged on the support frame, four arc-shaped guide grooves are arranged on the rotating disc, a guide wheel is arranged on each of the jaw supports, the guide wheels are arranged in the guide grooves correspondingly, and the driving assembly further comprises a swing rod connected with the rotating disc, the swing rod is used for driving the rotating disc to rotate back and forth.
[0008] Preferably, the jaw support comprises a vertical rod, a sliding block corresponding to the first guide rod or the second guide rod is arranged on the top of the vertical rod, a horizontal rod part is arranged on the bottom of the vertical rod, a clamping plate connecting rod crossing the horizontal rod part is arranged on the rear side of the shaping clamping plate, and the clamping plate connecting rod is connected to the horizontal rod part through an adjustable connecting component.
[0009] Preferably, a first adjusting groove is arranged in the horizontal rod part, a moving block is arranged in the first adjusting groove, a second adjusting groove is arranged in the clamping plate connecting rod, and the adjustable connecting component is connected to the moving block through the second adjusting groove.
[0010] Preferably, the first guide rod and the second guide rod are perpendicular to each other.
[0011] Preferably, the support frame comprises a support arm, a support block is arranged on the support arm, the first guide rod and the second guide rod are arranged on the support block, a vertical shaft is further arranged on the support block, and the rotating disc is assembled on the vertical shaft through a bearing.
[0012] Preferably, a middle pressing plate is further arranged at the bottom of the support frame, and the middle pressing plate is located between the four jaw assemblies.
[0013] Compared with the prior art, the steamed bun blank shaping clamping hand has the following beneficial effects: the steamed bun blank shaping clamping hand comprises a support frame, first guide rods and second guide rods are arranged on the support frame in a crossing manner, jaw assemblies are arranged on the two sides of the first guide rods and the second guide rods respectively, a driving assembly is arranged on the support frame and used for driving the jaw assemblies to move along the first guide rods or the second guide rods correspondingly, the four jaw assemblies are folded or unfolded, each of the jaw assemblies is provided with a shaping clamping plate, the inner side of the shaping clamping plate is an arc-shaped surface, the steamed bun blank can be folded and finally shaped under the driving of the driving assembly, and the finally shaped steamed bun blank is more beautiful. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0014] The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present application, constitute a part of the specification, are used to explain the present application together with embodiments of the present application, and do not constitute a limitation to the present application. In the drawings:
[0015] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic view of one embodiment of the steamed bun blank shaping clamping hand.
[0016] Figure 2 It is the second three-dimensional structure schematic view of the embodiment of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand of the utility model.
[0017] Figure 3 It is the three-dimensional structure schematic view of the embodiment of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand of the utility model when the rotating disc is not installed.
[0018] Figure 4 It is the first three-dimensional structure schematic view of the clamping jaw assembly in the embodiment of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand of the utility model.
[0019] Figure 5 It is the second three-dimensional structure schematic view of the clamping jaw assembly in the embodiment of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand of the utility model.
[0020] Figure 6 It is the installation schematic view of the embodiment of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand of the utility model.
[0021] In the drawing, each number shows that: support frame 6, first guide rod 61, second guide rod 62, support arm 63, support block 64, vertical shaft 65, clamping jaw assembly 7, shaping clamp plate 71, guide wheel 72, vertical rod 73, sliding block 74, cross rod part 75, clamp plate connecting rod 76, moving block 77, drive assembly 8, rotating disc 81, guide groove 811, swing rod 82, middle pressing plate 9. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0022] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all the other embodiments obtained by the person skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
[0023] In one embodiment, a steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand is provided, such as Figures 1-5As shown, the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand includes a support frame 6 which mainly serves to support other components, a first guide rod 61 and a second guide rod 62 are arranged in cross on the support frame 6, the first guide rod 61 and the second guide rod 62 each include two cylindrical rods, a clamping jaw assembly 7 is arranged on both sides of the first guide rod 61 and the second guide rod 62 respectively, and there are four clamping jaw assemblies 7 in total, a driving assembly 8 for driving the clamping jaw assemblies 7 to move along the first guide rod 61 or the second guide rod 62 is arranged on the support frame 6, the driving assembly 8 can synchronously drive the four clamping jaw assemblies 7 to make a closing or opening action, and when the four clamping jaw assemblies 7 make a closing action, the four clamping jaw assemblies 7 can clamp a steamed bun blank in the middle to shape four corners of the steamed bun blank, each clamping jaw assembly 7 includes a clamping jaw support and a shaping clamping plate 71, the clamping jaw support is slidably installed on the first guide rod 61 or the second guide rod 62, and the shaping clamping plate 71 is arranged at the bottom of the corresponding clamping jaw support, and the inner side of the shaping clamping plate 71 is an arc surface for shaping the corners of the steamed bun blank.
[0024] In combination Figure 6 As shown, the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand is used as follows: (1) Figure 6 The mounting schematic view of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand according to an embodiment of the present application, the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand is a component of a complete set of steamed bun blank forming device, a conveying belt (not shown in the figure) is arranged below the steamed bun blank forming device, the conveying belt is used to convey the dough column for making steamed buns forward, a support plate (not shown in the figure) which is driven by a driving mechanism of a steamed bun machine to move up and down is arranged at the bottom of the conveying belt, when the support plate moves upward, the conveying belt and the dough column above it are lifted up, the dough column moves upward, and the dough column finally comes into contact with each shaping assembly of the steamed bun blank forming device, and the dough column finally forms individual steamed buns. (2) When the dough column is conveyed to the position of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand by the conveying belt, the dough column has been shaped into the initial shape of steamed bun by the plurality of mold pressing blocks and the clamp rollers in front, and the adjacent steamed buns are cut off from the dough strip between the steamed buns by the vertical extrusion block, the steamed bun blank initial cutting clamp hand and the cutting mechanism, and individual steamed buns are formed, and the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand is used to shape the four corners of the individual steamed buns. (3) When the conveying belt conveys the steamed bun, the steamed bun enters between the four clamping jaw assemblies 7 because the conveying belt is lifted up, at this time, the four clamping jaw assemblies 7 are closed by the driving assembly 8, and the inner side surfaces of the shaping clamping plates 71 of the four clamping jaw assemblies 7 respectively tightly adhere to the four corners of the steamed bun and appropriately extrude, so that the four corners of the steamed bun are shaped, and the steamed bun after shaping is more beautiful.
[0025] The effect of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand is as follows: since the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand is provided with four clamping jaw assemblies 7, each of which is provided with a shaping clamping plate 71, the inner side of the shaping clamping plate 71 is an arc surface, so that under the driving of the driving assembly 8, the steamed bun blank can be folded to be finally shaped, so that the finally shaped steamed bun blank is more beautiful.
[0026] Further, in another embodiment, as shown in Figures 1-5 the driving assembly 8 of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand includes a rotating disc 81 arranged on the support frame 6, four arc-shaped guide grooves 811 are arranged on the rotating disc 81, the four arc-shaped guide grooves 811 are arrayed on the rotating disc 81 at the same clamping angle, a guide wheel 72 is arranged on each clamping jaw support, the outer middle part of the guide wheel 72 is provided with a ring groove clamped on the rotating disc 81, the guide wheel 72 is correspondingly arranged in the guide groove 811, and the driving assembly 8 further includes a swing rod 82 connected with the rotating disc 81, the swing rod 82 is used to drive the rotating disc 81 to rotate back and forth.
[0027] The working principle of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand is as follows: in combination with Figure 6 the support frame 6 of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand is fixedly installed on a support rod of a complete set of steamed bun blank forming device, a power component capable of driving the swing rod 82 to swing back and forth within a certain angle is arranged on the steamed bun machine, when the swing rod 82 swings back and forth, the swing rod drives the rotating disc 81 to rotate back and forth, for example, in Figure 1 when the rotating disc 81 rotates clockwise, the outer side edge of the guide groove 811 can drive the guide wheel 72 to move inward along the corresponding guide rod, so as to realize the folding action, when the rotating disc 81 rotates counterclockwise, the inner side edge of the guide groove 811 can drive the guide wheel 72 to move outward along the corresponding guide rod, so as to realize the opening action, in this way, the rotating disc 81 can drive the four clamping jaw assemblies 7 to move synchronously.
[0028] Further, in another embodiment, as shown in Figures 1-6 the clamping jaw support of the steamed bun blank shaping clamp hand includes a vertical rod 73, the top of the vertical rod 73 is provided with a sliding block 74 corresponding to the first guide rod 61 or the second guide rod 62, a sliding sleeve mounting hole is arranged in the sliding block 74, and the first guide rod 61 or the second guide rod 62 is assembled by installing a sliding sleeve. A horizontal rod part 75 is arranged at the bottom of the vertical rod 73, the rear side of the shaping clamping plate 71 is provided with a clamping plate connecting rod 76 intersecting with the horizontal rod part 75, the horizontal rod part 75 and the clamping plate connecting rod 76 are vertically intersected, the clamping plate connecting rod 76 is connected to the horizontal rod part 75 through an adjustable connecting part, the adjustable connecting part can be a screw, so that the installation position of the clamping plate connecting rod 76 on the horizontal rod part 75 can be adjusted, so as to adjust the installation position of the shaping clamping plate 71, and by adjusting the installation position of the shaping clamping plate 71, the shaping part and the extrusion degree of the steamed bun blank can be changed.
[0029] Furthermore, in another embodiment, such as Figures 1-5 As shown, the dough shaping clamp has a first adjustment groove in the crossbar 75, a moving block 77 in the first adjustment groove, and a second adjustment groove in the clamping plate connecting rod 76. An adjustable connecting component passes through the second adjustment groove and is connected to the moving block 77. The moving block 77 can move along the first adjustment groove. The bottom of the moving block 77 has a screw hole. The adjustable connecting component is a screw screwed onto the moving block 77.
[0030] Furthermore, in another embodiment, such as Figures 1-5 As shown, the first guide rod 61 and the second guide rod 62 of the dough shaping clamp intersect perpendicularly. This intersection angle is suitable for shaping the four corners of the dough.
[0031] Furthermore, in another embodiment, such as Figures 1-5 As shown, the support frame 6 of the steamed bun shaping gripper includes a support arm 63. The support arm 63 is used to install on the frame of the steamed bun machine where the steamed bun shaping gripper is located. The support arm 63 is provided with a support block 64. The support block 64 is provided with holes for corresponding installation of the first guide rod 61 and the second guide rod 62. The first guide rod 61 and the second guide rod 62 are fixedly installed on the support block 64. A vertical shaft 65 is also provided in the middle of the support block 64. The vertical shaft 65 is non-rotatable. The rotating disk 81 is assembled on the vertical shaft 65 through bearings.
[0032] Furthermore, in another embodiment, such as Figures 1-5 As shown, the steamed bun shaping gripper also has a central pressure plate 9 at the bottom of the support frame 6. The central pressure plate 9 is fixed to the bottom of the vertical shaft 65 and is located between the four gripper assemblies 7. The central pressure plate 9 is used to perform micro-pressure shaping on the top surface of the steamed bun, making the steamed bun more aesthetically pleasing.
[0033] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Furthermore, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
[0034] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A steamed bun shaping and clamping hand, characterized in that: The support frame is provided with first guide rods and second guide rods arranged in cross, and is provided with clamping jaw assemblies on both sides of the first guide rods and the second guide rods respectively, and is provided with a driving assembly for driving the clamping jaw assemblies to move along the first guide rods or the second guide rods correspondingly, so that the four clamping jaw assemblies perform folding or opening actions; each clamping jaw assembly comprises a clamping jaw support and a shaping clamping plate, the shaping clamping plate is arranged at the bottom of the clamping jaw support, and the inner side of the shaping clamping plate is an arc surface.
2. The steamed bun shaping clamp hand according to claim 1, characterized in that: The driving assembly comprises a rotating disc arranged on the support frame, the rotating disc is provided with four arc-shaped guide grooves, each clamping jaw support is provided with a guide wheel correspondingly arranged in the guide groove, and the driving assembly further comprises a swing rod connected with the rotating disc, and the swing rod is used for driving the rotating disc to rotate back and forth.
3. The steamed bun shaping clamp hand according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping jaw support comprises a vertical rod, the top of the vertical rod is provided with a sliding block corresponding to the first guide rod or the second guide rod, the bottom of the vertical rod is provided with a horizontal rod part, the rear side of the shaping clamping plate is provided with a clamping plate connecting rod intersecting with the horizontal rod part, and the clamping plate connecting rod is connected to the horizontal rod part through an adjustable connecting component.
4. The steamed bun shaping and clamping hand according to claim 3, characterized in that: A first adjusting groove is arranged in the horizontal rod part, a moving block is arranged in the first adjusting groove, a second adjusting groove is arranged in the clamping plate connecting rod, and the adjustable connecting component is connected to the moving block through the second adjusting groove.
5. The steamed bun shaping clamp hand according to claim 1, wherein: The first guide rods and the second guide rods are perpendicular to each other.
6. The steamed bun shaping clamp hand according to claim 2, characterized in that: The support frame comprises a support arm, the support arm is provided with a support block, and the first guide rods and the second guide rods are arranged on the support block; a vertical shaft is further arranged on the support block, and the rotating disc is assembled on the vertical shaft through a bearing.
7. The steamed bun shaping clamp hand according to claim 1, characterized in that: A middle pressing plate is further arranged at the bottom of the support frame, and the middle pressing plate is located between the four clamping jaw assemblies.
Citation Information
Patent Citations
Equipment for converting square steamed buns into round steamed buns and processing technology thereof
CN114504005A