Patent ID: 11858753
Assignee: TAKAI TOFU & SOYMILK EQUIPMENT CO.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 18:
19. A tofu production device comprising:
a transfer conveyor;
an inversion guide device configured to guide tofu conveyed by the transfer conveyor and inverted by a turn-back portion at one end of the transfer conveyor, the inversion guide device comprising an endless conveyor configured to support the tofu along a track of the turn-back portion and guide the tofu while being driven in a circulating manner; and
a tofu receiving device configured to receive tofu inverted by the inversion guide device and pass the tofu to a next step,
wherein the endless conveyor comprises stopper members configured to receive respective cakes of tofu moving at the turn-back portion, and
wherein where Va is a speed of the endless conveyor, Vb is a speed of the transfer conveyor, a is a stopper pitch that is a pitch of the stopper members, and b is a front-back pitch of the cakes of tofu on the transfer conveyor, when the speed Va of the endless conveyor is larger than the speed Vb of the turn-back portion of the transfer conveyor (Va>Vb), n·a/Va=b/Vb (n: natural number) is satisfied.