JP2001346502A - Foldable fermentation device for bread dough - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple fermentation device for bread dough functionally usable even in a narrow home kitchen without using a power source and enabling easy folding and assembly. SOLUTION: A box constituting the bread dough fermenting device 1 is provided with hinge connection mechanisms 5 to foldably connect the top board, the bottom board and two side boards. The back board 8 placed at the back opening of the box is also openably connected to the top board with a bendable connection tool such as a hinge 9. Shelf plates 15 are combined with supporting rods 14 attached to the right and left sides in the box in plural stages. The upper part and the right and left side parts of a clear cover 17 openable by fasteners 16 at the right and left sides of the front opening of the box are fixed to the top board and the right and left side boards of the box to enable the functional compact folding of the box including the back board, the clear cover 17 the shelf plates 15, and the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simple dough fermenter which can be used functionally without using a power source even in a small kitchen, and can be easily folded and assembled.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional dough fermenters include large ones which can be used for fermenting large amounts of dough for business use, and types which can be easily used in small and compact homes. There is provided a fermenter in which a fermenter having a plurality of shelves with an opening / closing door or a separate cover is used in a box type integrally formed by plate materials.

[0003] There is a fermenter for such bread dough,
Recently, as a convenient fermenter for easily making homemade bread even at home, a functional and simple box-type dough fermenter as shown in FIG. 10 has been provided. More specifically, a plurality of support plates are provided on the left and right sides of the inside of the container having an open front surface, and a tray on which bread dough is placed is placed on a shelf set on the support plates. Further, a fermenter is integrally formed at the bottom of the container with an electric heater serving as a heat source in the refrigerator. In addition, as a special cover for covering the fermenter described above, at least the front part is provided with a small hole in which a thermometer can be set in a part made of transparent vinyl, and a zipper is provided on the left and right to make it openable and closable.
What formed the cover separately for the purpose of moisture proof,
By covering in combination with the fermenter described above, not only when putting in and out the bread dough, but also in the state covered with the cover when putting in and out the hot water plate that gives humidity, by opening and closing the fasteners on both sides, the bread dough can be freely This is a functional and compact fermenter for bread dough that can be taken out and put in and out of a hot plate. It is a simple technology that allows you to easily enjoy homemade bread at home.

[0004]

In the prior art, various bread dough fermenters, including those for business use, are provided as described above. In particular, the type shown in FIG. 10 is made compact so that it can be easily handled at home. It is a functional dough fermenter.
However, even though the fermenter is a box type integrally formed by a plurality of plates, even if it is a compact simple type for home as shown in the figure, it is good for a home with a large kitchen, In a Japanese home with many kitchens, even if it was compact, it was somewhat narrower if it was always placed, and it often hindered the daily cooking work.

[0005] In addition, although the bread diet has increased in Japan in recent years, there are still few homes that eat bread every day as compared to the United States and Europe, and the fermenter described above is a box type having a certain size. And, due to the complex reasons such as small kitchen, etc., it is a compact and functional bread dough fermenter, but in order to spread it widely to homes, in terms of space and use frequency, other cooking utensils etc. At present, it is not easily adopted. Furthermore, this simple type bread dough fermenter needs to be used in combination with a separate cover cover for the purpose of heat insulation and moisture proofing, so it cannot be denied that it gives a troublesome feeling. In addition, even a kitchen in a small home was easy to use, and there were also inconveniences such as a bread dough fermenter that could be easily folded and stored compactly when needed, and an easily assembled dough was not provided. .

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the inconveniences and disadvantages of the conventional bread dough fermenter as described above. For this purpose, the bread dough fermenter according to the present invention is of a type that can be easily and compactly folded. And First, the container forming the box-type dough fermenter body should have a hinge connecting mechanism that bends freely the connecting parts of the upper, lower, left and right forming plates, and the back plate is also connected to the upper part of the upper plate with hinges. A bread dough fermenter that can be opened and closed freely, and a mesh-like shelf plate is combined with a support receiving plate provided in a plurality of stages on the left and right inside the container, and in addition to the front open surface of the container,
By fixing the ends of the transparent cover that can be opened and closed by fasteners on both the left and right sides to the upper plate and the left and right side plates of the storage container, when necessary, the container as well as the back plate, the transparent cover, and the handle The bread dough fermenter, which is also functional and can be easily folded.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In a dough fermenter 1 according to the present invention, a hinge connecting mechanism 5 for each of an upper plate 2, a lower plate 3, and both side plates 4 forming a container is thinner in the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, the upper plate 2, the lower plate 3, and the both side plates 4, which are formed independently, are connected to each other by separate hinges 9. The dough fermenter 1 having the hinge connection mechanism 5 is constructed, and when folded, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, first, a thermometer 18 combined with a transparent cover 17 provided on the front surface is used.
After removing the fasteners, the fasteners 16 on both sides are opened, and the transparent cover 17 is turned over on the upper surface of the upper plate 2 to open the front surface of the dough fermenter 1. Support rod 1
After taking out the shelf board 15 set on the fourth and fourth trays 14, the hanging tool 11 hooked on the hanging pin 10 of the back board 8
Is removed, and then placed on the upper plate 2 in reverse, the dough fermenter 1 having the hinge connection mechanism 5
Is compactly folded in one side. Further, the folded bread dough fermenter 1 with the shelves 15 extracted on the upper surface thereof stacked in a storage case 20 shown in FIG. Is also easy.

On the other hand, when assembling the dough fermenter 1, when the handles 13 provided on both sides of the above-mentioned upper plate 2 are lifted up, the two side plates 4 stand up and form a body. Then, the fitting projection 7 of the back plate 8 is fitted into the inside of the body, and then the hook 11 is hung on the hanging pin 10 to assemble the stable box-type dough fermenter 1 with one-touch feeling. Is shelf board 1
When the tray 16 on which bread dough is placed is set on the combination of No. 5, and a hot water plate for keeping the temperature and humidity in the refrigerator is placed on the bottom, and then the fastener 16 is closed, the fermentation is the same as the conventional fermentation. In addition to the function, it becomes a foldable bread dough fermenter 1.

The transparent cover 17 provided at the front of the assembled dough fermenter 1 is fully opened when the fasteners 16 provided on both sides are pulled up, so that not only the tray on which the dough is placed but also an appropriate one is provided. It is possible to easily put in and take out the hot and cold water tray that gives temperature and humidity, and to keep the sealing function of the dough fermenter 1 by closing the transparent cover 17 and easily check the state during fermentation through the transparent cover 17. This is a dough fermenter 1 that can also be used.

[0010]

EXAMPLE 1 A dough fermenter according to Example 1 of the present invention is shown in a perspective view shown in FIG. 1, an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG. 2, and a front view in which a container shown in FIG. FIG. 4, a partially enlarged front view of the hinge connecting portion shown in FIG. 4, a perspective view of the storage case of the dough fermenter shown in FIG. 5, a folding example shown in FIGS. 6 to 7, and a dough fermenter shown in FIG. A description will be given with reference to a front view showing a folded state of FIG.

The dough fermenter 1 according to the present invention has an upper plate 2 and a lower plate 3 forming a container in order to enable folding.
And the connecting corners of the two left and right side plates 4, 4
In order to be freely foldable by the hinge connection mechanism 5 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the container forming the box shape has a rectangular shape in front view and a point connection in which the connection portion of each member is thinned. 6 to form a container integrally molded with a synthetic resin material such as polypropylene or nylon to enable the foldable body, and the upper plate 2 and the lower plate 3 are left and right An end of a back plate 8 which is independently formed by providing a fitting projection 7 on the inner surface of the container formed of the two side plates 4 and 4 on an inner surface thereof, is attached to an upper portion of the upper plate 2 by a separate hinge. 9, and can be freely opened and closed. Further, hanging pins 10 are provided at both side ends of the lower portion of the back plate 8, and a hook 11 hooked to the hanging pins 10 is fixed to the side plates 4, 4 by a shaft pin 12. A container comprising a set of latches is formed.

Next, U-shaped handles 13, 13 are horizontally attached to both ends of the upper plate 2 of the container, and support receiving rods 14, 14
Are provided in two stages on the left and right, and mesh-like shelves 15, 15 are set on the support receiving rods 14, 14, respectively. in addition,
The front opening of the container formed by the upper plate 2 and the side plates 4 and 4 forming the container, which has the hinge connection mechanism 5 formed by the point connecting portion 6, has a lower portion at a portion cut along both sides. Zipper 16 that can be opened by sliding from
A transparent cover 17 made of a material such as vinyl provided with 16
Are attached to the front ends of the upper plate 2 and both side plates 4 of the container described above. Further, at one end of the transparent cover 17, a thermometer 18 capable of confirming the temperature inside the refrigerator is inserted into a small hole to constitute a folding dough fermenter 1 main body. In addition, the dough fermenter 1 as described above has a storage case 20 with a handle 19 that can be functionally stored.
Is combined with the dough fermenter 1 of Example 1 of the present invention.
Is configured.

Embodiment 2 Embodiment 2 will be described with reference to a partially omitted enlarged side view of a main part, which has another folding hinge connecting mechanism for a container shown in FIG. The folding hinge connecting mechanism 5 of the container forming the dough fermenter 1 shown in the embodiment 1 is such that the corner connection of the upper plate 2, the lower plate 3, and the two side plates 4, 4 is thinly connected by a synthetic resin material. In this embodiment, the upper plate 2, the lower plate 3, and the right and left side plates 4, 4 are formed independently. As shown in FIG. 9, the folded plate material has a hinge connection mechanism 5 formed by attaching a plurality of separate hinges 9, 9 to each other, so that the foldable bread dough fermenter 1 of Example 2 can be obtained. Make up.

The dough fermenter 1 according to the present invention is the above embodiment. In the first embodiment, the hinges 9 are connected to the back plate 8 and the upper plate 2 by hinges, but other detachable hinges are employed. May be. The container is made of a synthetic resin material for each of the upper plate 2, the lower plate 3, and the both side plates 4, and each of the point connecting portions 6
In this method, the back plate 8 is formed as a single piece and is attached with a hinge 9, but the back plate 8 is made of the same material as that of the container. , The back plate 8 and the container may be integrally connected to each other. In addition, the material for forming the dough fermenter 1 is preferably a synthetic resin material having heat resistance and heat insulation, but a composite material in which another material is combined with a separate heat insulation material may be used. Further, the handle 13 may be of a folding type, and the shelf plate 15 may be a single unit. However, the shelf plate 15 may be movably connected to the side plate 4, and each is an example and is not particularly limited.
Further, since the type of the second embodiment is a container that forms the hinge connection mechanism 5 by a plurality of hinges 9 using a plate material formed alone, the material to be formed may be a material other than synthetic resin.
What is illustrated is an example and neither is particularly limited.

[0015]

The dough fermenter according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, and therefore provides the following advantages and effects as compared with the conventional one. First of all, the connection method of each member forming the body of the bread dough fermenter is connected by a point connection that is integrally molded or a hinge tool such as a hinge that is formed separately. When you open
The hinged container can be folded thin and compact while tilting. In addition, when assembling, pull up with the handles provided on both sides of the container, and the container can stand up and form a box-type fermenter with a single touch. This is a functionally unique form that has never been seen before.

In addition, since the transparent cover is attached to the front side of the container, there is no trouble in combining separate cover covers. Furthermore, since the zipper is provided on both sides of the transparent cover, not only the set of hot dishes and shelves when giving the temperature and humidity inside the fermenter,
The loading and unloading of trays with bread dough is as easy as before. Also, the bread dough fermenter folded compactly can be leaned or put in a narrow space when put in a separate storage case, so it will not be a problem even in a small kitchen. Furthermore, since the heat source of the fermenter is a type that can be used without requiring electricity, the fermenter can be carried and used wherever it is needed in a storage case. Although the present invention aims at a functional folding dough fermenter as described above, it is easy to handle and operate, and for other uses, for example, storage of dishes prepared at the time of visitor return or return late. It can also be used as a heat and cold storage when temporarily storing family meals, and it can be used in various ways, providing a functional and effective bread dough fermenter that can not be seen conventionally. It is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a dough fermenter according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing an AA line part of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partially omitted oblique front view of the container of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view showing a part of a hinge connection mechanism as a main part of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a storage case combined with the bread dough fermenter of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an example of folding of the dough fermenter shown in Example 1.

FIG. 7 is an example of folding of the dough fermenter shown in Example 1.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a state in which the dough fermenter of Example 1 is folded.

FIG. 9 is a partially omitted enlarged front view showing a main part of a container hinge connection mechanism according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a conventional bread fermenter.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Bread dough fermenter 2. Upper plate 3. Lower plate 4.
・ Side plate, 5 ・ Hinge connection mechanism, 6 ・ Point connection part, 7 ・
・ Mating protruding part, 8 ・ ・ Back plate, 9 ・ ・ Hinge, 10 ・ ・ Hanging pin, 11 ・ ・ Hanging tool, 12 ・ ・ Shaft pin, 13 ・ ・ Handle,
14. Support bar, 15 Shelf, 16 Fastener, 17 Transparent cover, 18 Thermometer, 19 Handle, 20 Storage case

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A foldable dough fermenter, comprising: an upper plate, a lower plate, two side plates forming a container of the fermenter, and a back plate attached to an upper end of the upper plate. However, a container having a foldable hinge connecting mechanism is formed, and a support plate provided on both inner sides of the container is provided with a shelf plate, and in addition, at a front opening of the container, A foldable bread dough fermenter, wherein the upper end and both sides of a transparent cover provided with fasteners on both sides are attached to the upper plate of the container and the ends of both side plates. 2. A backing plate, wherein a plate material forming the container is made of a synthetic resin material, and a hinge connecting mechanism for connecting the upper plate, the lower plate, and the two side plates is integrally formed by point connection. The foldable bread dough fermenter according to claim 1, wherein the is a hinge connected by a separate hinge. 3. A structure in which an upper plate, a lower plate, two side plates, and a back plate, each of which forms a container, are individually formed, and are connected and formed by separate hinges such as a plurality of hinges. A foldable dough fermenter according to claim 1.