JP2004254513A - Apparatus for producing frozen confectionery - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for producing frozen confectionery where fresh food material such as fruit is added to frozen confectionery to sales. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus for producing frozen confectionery comprises the followings: a cooling cylinder provided in the body of the apparatus, and cooling a mix while stirring to produce frozen confectionery; an output path 11 taking out the frozen confectionery from the cooling cylinder; a plunger 12 opening/closing the output path 11; an addition chamber 21 provided at the outlet part of the output path 11; a frozen confectionery outlet 26 provided at the addition chamber 21; a guidance member 23 guiding the frozen confectionery taken out into the addition chamber 21 to the frozen confectionery outlet 26; a conveyor 22 conveying food material into the addition chamber 21; and an attaching unit 36 attaching the food material conveyed via the conveyor 22 to the frozen confectionery guided by the guidance member 23 in the addition chamber 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus for extracting and selling frozen desserts such as soft ice creams, and more particularly to a dessert desirably added with foodstuffs typified by fruits such as strawberries and blueberries.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus that extracts and sells frozen desserts such as soft ice cream manufactures frozen desserts from frozen dessert raw materials, and has a cooling cylinder having an extraction path formed at the front end for extracting the dessert, and an outlet of the extraction path. A frozen dessert passage formed on the inner wall surface and having a frozen dessert take-out section for taking out the extracted dessert at the lower end, and a vertically movable movable dessert provided in the dessert passage. It has a plunger to close.
[0003]
Then, at the time of selling frozen dessert, the plunger is moved upward to open the outlet of the extraction path. Here, when the outlet of the extraction path is opened in this way, the frozen dessert is extracted from the exit of the extraction path into the ice dessert passage through the extraction path by the stirring pressure of the beater provided in the cooling cylinder, and then It is configured to be taken out from the outlet.
[0004]
Furthermore, a so-called topping is performed by forming a conduction path in the plunger and dropping syrup or chocolate sauce onto the extracted frozen dessert such as soft cream via the conduction path (see Patent Document 1).
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-7-264991
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, there has been a conventional one in which syrup or chocolate is added to a soft ice cream, but a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus capable of adding fresh strawberries and blueberries and other fruits to the soft ice cream has not been developed. When adding a fruit, a method has been adopted in which a soft cream is once taken out into a container, and then the fruit is put into the container and mixed with a mixer or the like.
[0007]
The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional technical problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus which can add fresh ingredients such as fruits to frozen desserts and sell them.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A frozen dessert production device of the present invention is provided in a main body, a cooling cylinder for producing a frozen dessert by cooling while stirring the mix, an extraction passage for extracting the dessert from the cooling cylinder, and a plunger for opening and closing the extraction passage. An addition chamber provided at the outlet of the take-out passage, a frozen dessert outlet provided in the addition chamber, a guide member for guiding the frozen dessert extracted into the addition chamber to the ice dessert outlet, and a conveyance for transporting foodstuffs into the addition chamber. Since the apparatus and the attachment device for attaching the food conveyed by the conveyance device to the frozen dessert guided by the guide member in the addition chamber are provided, the food material is conveyed to the addition chamber by the conveyance device, and the food material is added in the addition chamber. It becomes possible to add the frozen dessert extracted from the take-out passage by the addition device and to take out the dessert from the exit of the frozen dessert.
[0009]
As a result, it becomes possible to add and provide ingredients such as fresh fruits from frozen desserts manufactured in the cooling cylinder, and to provide customers with unique flavors made of fresh ingredients to increase purchase motivation. Becomes possible. In addition, since the food is provided by adding the food to the surface of the frozen dessert, the food can be appealed to the customer, and thereby, it is possible to increase the purchase motivation.
[0010]
In the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the guide member is constituted by a plurality of rod-shaped members arranged at intervals in the center of the addition chamber, and the sticking device is formed by a rod-shaped member. The urging member for urging the food material to the side and the rotating means for rotating the urging member with respect to the rod-shaped member can be inserted into the frozen dessert from the interval between the rod-shaped members. Further, the foodstuffs inserted into the inside of each bar-shaped member are urged toward the bar-shaped member while rotating by the urging member, so that the foodstuffs can be effectively added to the frozen dessert.
[0011]
In the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the urging member includes the food material guiding portion for guiding the food material to the frozen dessert guided by the guide member. The food guide portion of the member can effectively guide the frozen dessert, and the food can be efficiently added to the frozen dessert.
[0012]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the second or third aspect of the present invention, since the urging member is provided at a predetermined angle with respect to the rod-shaped member, it holds the food conveyed by the conveying means. In addition, it is possible to press the food on the frozen dessert side, and it is possible to more effectively add the foodstuff.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal perspective view of a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus SM according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic structural explanatory view of a food additive apparatus FT, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an additive chamber 21, and FIG. It is.
[0014]
In FIG. 1, the frozen dessert production apparatus SM of the embodiment is for producing soft ice cream, extracting it into, for example, a cone or a cup, and selling it. The mix tanks 6, 6 in which a liquid soft ice cream mix is stored in the main body 1 are shown. And a cooling cylinder 8 provided with a beater 7 which cools the liquid soft cream mix while stirring to make it into a semi-cured state. Reference numeral 9 denotes a beater motor for driving the beater 7 to rotate.
[0015]
Reference numeral 3 denotes a freezer door (which is a part of the main body 1) attached to the front surface of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus SM in front of the cooling cylinder 8, and inside the freezer door 3, take-out passages 11 are formed vertically. A plunger 12 is vertically movably inserted into the take-out passage 11, and the plunger 12 is vertically moved by a lever 13 on the front surface. On the other hand, an extraction path 14 is formed below the front end of the cooling cylinder 8, and the outlet of the extraction path 14 is formed on the inner wall surface of the extraction path 11.
[0016]
Reference numeral 16 denotes an arm for operating a soft cream extraction switch (not shown), which is provided on the front surface of the main body 1 and is in contact with the upper surface of the plunger 12.
[0017]
On the other hand, the food addition device FT is connected to an addition chamber 21 attached to a lower end extraction portion (exit portion) of the extraction passage 11 of the freezer door 3, and is connected to an upper side surface of the addition chamber 21. , A guide member 23 provided at the lower end of the take-out passage 11 and entering the addition chamber 21 from above, and an attachment device mounted below the mounting position of the transfer device 22 in the addition chamber 21. And a motor unit (drive device) 24 and the like.
[0018]
The addition chamber 21 has an upper surface opened to form an addition space having a predetermined volume inside, and a frozen dessert outlet 26 formed in the lower surface. The star nozzle 4 normally used in this kind of dessert manufacturing apparatus is detachably attached to the ice dessert outlet 26.
[0019]
The guide member 23 is formed of a rod-shaped member. In the present embodiment, a plurality of guide members 23 are arranged at intervals in the center of the addition chamber 21, and three guide members are arranged in the present embodiment. The extracted soft serve is guided to the frozen dessert outlet 26. Since only the upper end of the guide member 23 is fixed and the lower end thereof is not fixed to any of the guide members 23, when the guide member 23 is urged by a food material or the like as described later, the guide member 23 can be pressed slightly.
[0020]
The addition chamber 21 is provided with a nozzle-shaped washing water inlet 27 for injecting washing water.
[0021]
The transfer device 22 is provided in the horizontal direction, and has a pipe 28 having one end connected to a side surface of the addition chamber 21 and having a predetermined inner diameter. The transfer apparatus 22 is inserted into the pipe 28 from the other end, and is rotatable into the pipe 28. Helical screw 29, a funnel-shaped input port 31 provided on the upper surface of the pipe 28 corresponding to above the helical screw 29, and vibrating the input port 31 to prevent clogging of the input food material. And a vibrating device 32. The helical screw 29 is connected to the output shaft of the motor unit 24 via the connector 33, and rotates to perform a food transport function toward the addition chamber 21 and a predetermined food crushing function.
[0022]
The adhering device 36 is a ring-shaped rotating member 37 provided rotatably in the horizontal direction below the mounting position of the transfer device 22 in the addition chamber 21, and a drive for rotating the rotating member 37 in the horizontal direction. It comprises a member 38 (a rotating means is constituted by 37 and 38), and a plurality of, in this embodiment three, urging members 39 constituted by screws (not shown) on the lower surface of the rotating member 37.
[0023]
The urging member 39 is a plate-like member attached in parallel to the guide member 23 hung down in the addition chamber 21, and a side surface located outside the addition chamber 21 has the addition chamber 21 tapered. Therefore, it is tapered along the inner shape of the addition chamber 21. The biasing member 39 is fixed to the rotating member 36 such that the side forming the inner side of the biasing member 39 is slightly inclined, for example, in a direction opposite to the rotating direction. . Thus, each biasing member 39 is fixed at a predetermined angle with respect to each guide member 23.
[0024]
The urging member 39 has a plurality of, in this embodiment, three food guide portions 40 formed on the surface forming the rotation direction. The food guides 40 are convex portions formed to be inclined downward from the outside toward the inside, and the food guides 40 are formed vertically at predetermined intervals.
[0025]
A plurality of grooves 37A are formed on the upper surface of the rotating member 37 (only a part is shown in FIG. 4), and a thread forming a driving member 38 is formed on the upper surface of the rotating member 37. Movable section 38A is provided. The output shaft 38B of the motor unit 38C constituting the driving member 38 is connected to the movable portion 38A. As a result, when the motor unit 38C is driven, the threading of the movable part 38A is rotated, and the rotating member 37 having the groove 37A that matches the threading is rotated in the horizontal direction. When the rotating member 37 is rotated, the urging member 39 in the addition chamber 21 is also rotated.
[0026]
With the above configuration, the operation of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus SM and the food additive apparatus FT of the present invention will be described. The mix tank 6 contains a predetermined amount of liquid soft cream mix obtained by adding about twice the amount of water to soft cream mix powder (sucrose 40% to 45%, milk solids about 50%).
[0027]
Then, in the frozen dessert manufacturing process after the operation is started, the liquid soft cream mix is introduced into the cooling cylinder 8 as described above, and cooled while being stirred by the beater 7, thereby producing a semi-cured soft cream. I do. When the operation of the food addition device FT is started, the motor units 24 and 38C are driven, and the helical screw 29 of the transport device 22 and the rotation member 37 and the urging member 39 of the attachment device 36 are rotated at predetermined speeds. . Further, the vibration device 32 is also driven to apply a predetermined vibration to the input port 31.
[0028]
In this state, a predetermined amount of food such as fresh strawberries or blueberries (not necessarily cut in the case of blueberries) cut into 5 mm to 10 mm squares is put into the input port 31 of the transfer device 22. The introduced food material falls smoothly downward by the vibration of the vibration device 32 and enters the pipe 28. The foodstuff that has entered the pipe 28 is conveyed in the direction of the addition chamber 21 (to the right as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 2) by the spiral screw 29 that is rotated inside as described above.
[0029]
At this time, the food material larger than the interval between the spiral blades of the spiral screw 29 is conveyed while being crushed by the spiral screw 29 in the pipe 28, and finally enters the addition chamber 21. When the lever 13 is pulled down and the plunger 12 is moved upward, a soft cream extraction switch (not shown) is turned on via the arm 16, so that the beater motor 9 is driven and the beater 7 is rotated.
[0030]
As a result, the semi-cured soft ice cream in the cooling cylinder 8 is pushed forward, enters the extraction passage 11 from the extraction passage 14, and enters the addition chamber 21 from the lower end. Here, since each guide member 23 is provided at a predetermined interval, the soft cream is inserted into each guide member 23 and descends in the addition chamber 21 while being guided by the guide member 23.
[0031]
Here, since the urging member 39 of the adhering device 36 is rotating inside the addition chamber 21, the food conveyed from above the addition chamber 21 by the transfer device 22 is supplied by the urging member 39 and the urging member. While being guided by each foodstuff guide section 40 formed at 39, the ice cream reaches the soft cream descending in the guide member 23. And since the urging member 39 is rotating in the addition chamber 21 by the rotating member 37, the foodstuff guided by the urging member 39 and the foodstuff guide part 40 can be urged to soft cream. In addition, food ingredients can be applied to soft serve and added.
[0032]
In addition, since the guide member 23 is formed of a bar-shaped member having a predetermined interval, food can be easily inserted between the respective guide members 23, so that the food can be reliably added or pressed to the soft serve. become able to. As described above, the soft ice cream that has entered the addition chamber 21 is added with food ingredients therein, and then comes out of the frozen dessert outlet 26 and is extracted through the star nozzle 4 into the cup or cone.
[0033]
As described above, the frozen dessert production apparatus SM is provided in the main body 1 and cools the mix while stirring to produce a soft ice cream, and the take-out passage 11 that extracts the soft ice cream from the cooling cylinder 8; A plunger 12 for opening and closing the take-out passage 11, an addition chamber 21 provided at the lower end of the take-out passage 11, a dessert outlet 26 provided in the addition chamber 21, and a soft ice cream extracted in the addition chamber 21 are provided. A guide member 23 that guides to a frozen dessert outlet 26, a conveying device 22 that conveys the foodstuff into the addition chamber 21, and a soft cream guided by the guide member 23 in the addition chamber 21, and the food conveyed by the conveyance device 22. Since the apparatus is provided with an attachment device 36 to be attached, fresh ingredients such as strawberries and blueberries are transported to the addition chamber 21 by the transport device 22 and the Ice confection outlet 26 is added to the soft ice cream extracted ingredients from extraction passage 11 by impregnation device 23 in chamber 21, it is possible to take out the star-shaped nozzle 4.
[0034]
As a result, it becomes possible to provide the soft ice cream produced in the cooling cylinder 8 with the addition of ingredients such as fresh fruits, and to provide customers with unique flavors made of fresh ingredients, thereby increasing purchase motivation. It becomes possible to plan. In addition, since the food is added to the surface of the soft serve and provided, the food can be appealed to the customer, and thereby the purchase motivation can be increased.
[0035]
Further, in the present embodiment, the guide member 23 is constituted by a plurality of rod-shaped members arranged at an interval in the center of the addition chamber 21, and the attaching device 36 is provided with the food material on the guide member 23 side. Is provided, and the rotating member 37 is configured to rotate the biasing member 39 with respect to the guide member 23, so that the food can be inserted into the soft cream side from the interval between the guide members 23. Further, the food material inserted into each guide member 23 is urged toward the guide member 23 while being rotated by the urging member 39, so that the food material is effectively added to the soft cream. Will be able to do it.
[0036]
Further, since the urging member 39 includes the food material guiding portion 40 for guiding the food material to the soft ice cream guided by the guide member 23, the food material conveyed into the addition chamber 21 is fed by the food material guiding portion 40 of the urging member 39. It can be guided to the soft serve effectively, and the foodstuff can be efficiently added to the soft serve.
[0037]
In addition, in the present invention, since the urging member 39 is provided to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the guide member 23, it is possible to press the foodstuff conveyed by the conveyance device 22 to the soft serve side while holding the foodstuff. The addition of foodstuffs can be performed effectively.
[0038]
In each of the above embodiments, an example was described in which fruits such as strawberry and blueberry jam were added and mixed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that any food suitable for soft cream can be used.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, according to the present invention, a cooling cylinder that is provided in the main body and cools the mix while stirring the mix to produce a frozen dessert, an extraction passage for extracting the frozen dessert from the cooling cylinder, and opens and closes the extraction passage Plunger, an addition chamber provided at the outlet of the take-out passage, a frozen dessert outlet provided in the addition chamber, a guide member for guiding the frozen dessert extracted into the addition chamber to the ice dessert outlet, and a foodstuff in the addition chamber. A transport device for transporting, and an impregnating device for adhering the food conveyed by the transport device to the frozen dessert guided by the guide member in the addition chamber are provided. In the above, the foodstuff can be added to the frozen dessert extracted from the extraction passage by the adding device and taken out from the ice dessert outlet.
[0040]
As a result, it becomes possible to add and provide ingredients such as fresh fruits from frozen desserts manufactured in the cooling cylinder, and to provide customers with unique flavors made of fresh ingredients to increase purchase motivation. Becomes possible. In addition, since the food is provided by adding the food to the surface of the frozen dessert, the food can be appealed to the customer, and thereby, it is possible to increase the purchase motivation.
[0041]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the guide member is constituted by a plurality of rod-shaped members arranged at an interval from each other in the center of the addition chamber, and the adhering device comprises a rod-shaped member. The urging member for urging the food material to the side and the rotating means for rotating the urging member with respect to the rod-shaped member can be inserted into the frozen dessert from the interval between the rod-shaped members. Further, the foodstuffs inserted into the inside of each bar-shaped member are urged toward the bar-shaped member while rotating by the urging member, so that the foodstuffs can be effectively added to the frozen dessert.
[0042]
Furthermore, according to the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the above, the urging member includes the food material guiding portion for guiding the food material to the frozen dessert guided by the guide member, so that the food material conveyed into the addition chamber is urged. The food guide portion of the member can effectively guide the frozen dessert, and the food can be efficiently added to the frozen dessert.
[0043]
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the second or third aspect, the urging member is provided at a predetermined angle with respect to the rod-shaped member, so that the urging member holds the food conveyed by the conveying means. In addition, it is possible to press the food on the frozen dessert side, so that the addition of foodstuffs can be performed more effectively.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a vertical perspective view of a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural explanatory view of a food additive device of the frozen dessert production device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an addition chamber.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an addition chamber.
[Explanation of symbols]
SM Frozen dessert production apparatus FT Foodstuff addition apparatus 1 Main body 4 Star-shaped nozzle 7 Beater 8 Cooling cylinder 11 Extraction passage 12 Plunger 14 Extraction path 21 Addition chamber 22 Transfer device 23 Guide member 24 Motor unit 26 Frozen dessert outlet 28 Pipe 29 Spiral screw 31 Inlet 32 Vibration device 36 Attachment device 37 Rotating member 37A Groove 38 Driving member 38A Movable part 38B Output shaft 38C Motor unit 39 Urging member 40 Foodstuff guiding part

Claims (4)

A cooling cylinder that is provided in the main body and cools the mix while stirring the mix to produce frozen desserts,
An extraction passage for extracting frozen dessert from the cooling cylinder;
A plunger that opens and closes this extraction passage,
An addition chamber provided at an outlet of the extraction passage,
A frozen dessert outlet provided in the addition chamber;
A guide member for guiding the frozen dessert extracted into the addition chamber to the ice dessert outlet,
A transport device for transporting foodstuffs into the addition chamber,
An apparatus for manufacturing a frozen dessert, comprising: an impregnating device for adhering the food conveyed by the conveying device to the frozen dessert guided by the guide member in the addition chamber. The guide member is configured by a plurality of rod-shaped members arranged at intervals from each other in the center of the addition chamber,
2. The attachment device according to claim 1, further comprising: an urging member for urging the food toward the rod-shaped member, and turning means for turning the urging member with respect to the rod-shaped member. Frozen dessert production equipment. The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the urging member includes a food material guiding portion that guides the food material to the frozen dessert guided by the guide member. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the urging member is provided at a predetermined angle with respect to the rod-shaped member.

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