JPH05252874A - Apparatus for producing iced confectionery - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rapidly produce a desired iced confectionery without fail by detecting the state of raw materials of the iced confectionery, making a decision by a controller and automatically operating a derive unit. CONSTITUTION:A cold storage tank 2 is accommodated in an outer body 1 and the outer body is covered with a detachable cover 10 having an inlet 11 for charging raw materials. The cover 10 is equipped with a drive unit 12 having an L-shape directed to the direction of its upper surface diameter and to the longitudinal direction of the outer periphery. The drive unit 12 has a driving part composed of a motor 13, a reduction gear 14, etc., and a controlling part 15 composed of a control circuit therein. This apparatus is equipped with a rotation-output part 16 corresponding to the central part of the cover 10 and a stirrer 17 is detachably attached so as to stir raw materials 29 of an iced confectionery in a mixing chamber 28 in the cold storage tank 2. The temperature change of the raw materials 29 is detected by a temperature detector 21 set to the central shaft 18 of the stirrer 17 and operation of the drive unit 12 is controlled by the controller 15 based on the detected data. Thereby, the objective iced confectionery is automatically produced and the workmanship of the confectionery, temperature, etc., are shown in a display unit 22. This invented apparatus has the above-mentioned structure and facilitates efficient production of a desired iced confectionery.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing frozen desserts such as ice cream and sorbet used in general households.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus, when a frozen dessert material is placed in a cold storage container set in an exterior body and a driving body is energized, the frozen dessert material is cooled while being stirred by a stirring body. And it freezes. The driver was switched off after confirming the completion of frozen dessert such as ice cream that freezes after a predetermined time. The timing of turning off the switch was empirically when the optimal softness of the frozen dessert was visually determined.

[0003]

However, in the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus having the above-mentioned conventional configuration, the stirring state of the frozen dessert material is always monitored after the driving body is energized, and the finished state is visually judged from the softness of the frozen dessert. I have to cut it. For this reason, there is a problem in that the time required for monitoring is limited during operation, the experience of the frozen dessert is required for visual judgment, and there are many variations in whether or not the frozen dessert is produced.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the related art. By detecting the state of the frozen dessert material and making a judgment by the control section to automatically drive the driving body section, a desired frozen dessert can be promptly produced without failure. It is an object of the present invention to provide a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus that can be used.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus of the present invention includes a cold storage container that is housed in an exterior body so that it can be freely put in and taken out, and can cool the frozen dessert material housed therein, and the exterior body. A drive unit that is detachably attached to the body and gives a rotational force; a stirrer that is connected to the drive unit and is rotationally driven to stir the frozen dessert material cooled in the cold storage container; A temperature detection unit for detecting the cooling temperature and a control unit for controlling the rotation drive of the stirring body according to the detection output from the temperature detection unit and the desired frozen dessert temperature are provided.

Further, the frozen dessert producing apparatus of the present invention is provided with a temperature detecting section on the stirring body in addition to the above-mentioned structure. Further, in the frozen dessert producing apparatus of the present invention, in addition to the above configuration, the temperature detecting section is arranged in the lower center of the stirring chamber.

Further, the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus of the present invention has, in addition to the above-mentioned configuration, a display unit for displaying the quality of the frozen dessert or the temperature of the frozen dessert, which is provided in the driving body section.

[0008]

With the above structure, the temperature of the frozen dessert material in the cold storage container is directly detected, and the control unit determines the "softness" of the frozen dessert from the detected temperature to operate the driver unit. By automatically controlling the optimum operation and automatically stopping the frozen dessert when the temperature reaches the desired temperature and the frozen dessert is completed, the desired frozen dessert can be quickly and without failure produced. Further, since the temperature detecting unit is provided in the stirring body, the temperature detecting unit can directly detect the temperature of the frozen dessert material during stirring,
Accurate temperature data is sent to the controller. Furthermore, the temperature distribution of the cold storage container is low on the peripheral wall side and high in the central part, but since the temperature detection part is arranged in the lower part of the center of the stirring chamber, the temperature of the frozen dessert does not become higher than the detected temperature, so Does not become softer than softness. In addition, the state of frozen desserts is displayed on the display of the drive unit, and the temperature of frozen desserts is displayed on the display unit of the drive unit by judging the degree of frozen desserts from the detected temperature, so the current state of frozen desserts can be accurately known. Frozen desserts ready to eat are easily manufactured without failure.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall sectional view of a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an outer casing 1 having a double peripheral wall structure has a bottomed cylindrical shape with an upper opening, and a cool storage container 2 is housed therein so that it can be freely taken in and out.
The cool storage container 2 includes a side wall fin 5 that is in close contact with a side wall of the inner case 4 and a bottom wall fin 6 that is in close contact with a bottom wall between an outer case 3 and an inner case 4 made of a material having good heat conductivity such as aluminum.
And the fins 5 and 6 are also made of a heat conductive material such as aluminum. Its shape is set to be a bottomed cylindrical shape with an opening at the top, and the open ends of the cases 3 and 4 are joined by means such as caulking. Further, a ring 7 made of synthetic resin covers the joined portion. It is set up.
Further, a closed space 8 between the outer case 3 and the inner case 4 of the cold storage container 2 is filled with a cold storage material 9.

The lid 10 made of a transparent material that opens and closes the upper opening of the exterior body 1 is detachably coupled to the exterior body 1 by using a bayonet mechanism, and a material input port 11 is partially provided.
Are formed. Further, the drive body portion 12 is provided in an L-shape over the diameter direction of the upper surface of the lid 10 and the longitudinal direction of the outer periphery.
The drive unit 12 includes a drive unit such as a motor 13 and a reduction mechanism 14 and a control unit 15 including a control circuit, and has a rotation output unit 16 corresponding to the central portion of the lid 10.

Further, the agitator 17 has a central shaft portion 18 removably attached to the rotation output portion 16 of the drive body portion 12, and the agitator 17 rotates in close proximity to the inner peripheral surface and the inner bottom surface of the cold storage container 2. It has a mountain-shaped scraping piece 19 and a pair of agitating pieces 20 standing on a predetermined inner peripheral side of the scraping piece 19. The temperature detecting unit 21 is provided on the central shaft portion 18 of the stirring body 17 and is connected to the control unit 15. Further, the display unit 22 is provided on the upper part of the driver unit 12.
As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 22 displays the finished product (in this case, “soft”) 23 of the frozen dessert, and digitally displays the temperature (−6 ° C. in this case) 24 of the frozen dessert. In addition to this, a slightly harder (about -10 ° C) or harder (about -15 ° C) can be considered as a finished product of frozen dessert. Furthermore, switch buttons 25 and 26 for turning on / off the power source of the driving body portion 12 and a control button 27 for setting a desired frozen dessert temperature are arranged.

With the above structure, when making ice cream, for example, the cold storage container 2 is previously stored in the freezer of the refrigerator.
Allow to cool for a few hours. Then, the cool storage container 2 cooled to a predetermined temperature or lower is set in the exterior body 1, and the stirring body 17
The upper opening is closed with the lid 10 on which is set. Next, a so-called ice cream material such as egg yolk, fresh cream, sugar and milk is fed from the material inlet 11 to the stirring chamber in the cold storage container 2.
Throw in 28.

Here, the control button 27 is used to set a desired frozen dessert temperature, and the switch button 25 is used to drive the driver unit 12.
When the power is turned on, the ice cream material is cooled while being stirred by the stirring body 17, and the whole is frozen to complete the ice cream.

By the way, the frozen dessert material 29 such as the ice cream material in the stirring chamber 28 of the cold storage container 2 gradually lowers in temperature while being cooled, and becomes a lump having an appropriate viscosity from the liquid, and becomes harder as the temperature decreases. I'm going. This temperature change of the frozen dessert material is directly detected by the temperature detection unit 21 of FIG. 3 provided on the central shaft portion 18 of the stirring body 17, and accurate temperature data is sent to the control unit 15, which is the state of the frozen dessert. "Softness" is determined, and the operation of the motor 13 of the drive unit 12 is automatically controlled to the optimum operation. When the frozen dessert reaches a desired temperature and the frozen dessert is completed, the motor 13 is automatically stopped. Furthermore, the finished product of the frozen dessert is expressed according to the finished product, and the finished temperature of the frozen dessert is displayed digitally.
You can make your favorite frozen dessert without mistakes by displaying it on 22.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the temperature of the frozen dessert material being stirred in the cold storage container is detected and automatically controlled to the optimal operation, anyone can efficiently and surely eat a frozen dessert. You can make it to your liking, and it will be safe if you control it so that it automatically stops when the frozen dessert is completed. In addition, since the temperature detector is provided in the agitator to directly contact the frozen dessert, the temperature of the frozen dessert can be accurately detected.
Since the detected temperature of the frozen dessert is sent to the control unit and data processing is performed to display the quality of the frozen dessert or the temperature of the frozen dessert is displayed, the desired frozen dessert can be easily made without failure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall sectional view of a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus of FIG.

3 is a block diagram of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Exterior Body 2 Cold Storage Container 12 Drive Body Section 13 Motor 15 Control Section 17 Stirring Body 18 Central Shaft Section 21 Temperature Detection Section 22 Display Section 27 Control Button 28 Stirring Room 29 Frozen Dessert Material

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cool storage container that is housed in and out of an exterior body and is capable of cooling the frozen dessert material contained therein, a drive unit that is detachably attachable to the exterior body and provides a rotational force, and the drive. An agitator that is connected to a body part and is rotationally driven to agitate the frozen dessert material cooled in the cold storage container, a temperature detection unit that detects a cooling temperature of the frozen dessert material, and a detection output from the temperature detection unit. A frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls the rotation drive of the stirring body according to a desired frozen dessert temperature. 2. The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the temperature detecting unit is provided on the stirring body. 3. The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the temperature detection unit is arranged substantially in the lower center of the stirring chamber. 4. The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a display unit for displaying the finished product of the frozen dessert or the temperature of the frozen dessert is provided in the drive unit.