JPH099877A - Distributor for ice cream - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a distributor for an ice cream capable of distributing the ice cream in an amount for an extremely large number of persons in a three-dimensional state inducing eating in a short time. CONSTITUTION: This distributor for an ice cream is obtained by installing a cylinder 8 for housing an ice cream mass 6 filled in a cylindrical flexible bag, an extrusion part 10, arranged at either of ends of the cylinder and used for extruding the ice cream mass and a lid part 12 equipped with a rotating cutter 60, arranged at the other end of the cylinder and capable of rotating and cutting the ice cream mass 6 and closing the cylinder when located at the outside rotating position. A protruding part is further provided in the periphery of the rotating cutter 60 on the inside surface of the lid part 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ice cream dispenser, and more particularly to an ice cream dispenser which cuts a small volume of an ice cream block filled in a cylindrical flexible bag and supplies it.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ice cream supply is carried out by putting one serving of ice cream in a paper cup for sale and eating, or by putting ice cream in a large container and taking one serving with an ice cream spoon and transferring it to a plate. , A thick disk-shaped ice cream is radially cut, and a small-angle fan-shaped single meal is taken out and transferred to a plate.

[0003]

Although the conventional ice cream supply method has no problem in a home or a restaurant serving a small number of people, the same ice cream of more than 1000 people can be used at the same time as in a large restaurant. There were many unsolved problems with the requirement to supply in a frozen state (melting condition). For example, it has been practiced to transfer ice cream contained in a large container to a plate and store it in a freezer, but not only is the freezer very large, but when such ice cream is directly stacked, However, there was a problem that it was troublesome to handle. In order to avoid such problems, it is necessary to increase the number of ice cream waiters and take what is called human-ocean tactics. However, in many cases, this still takes a long time to supply the ice cream, the melting degree of the ice cream first transferred to the plate and the ice cream transferred to the last plate are different, and There was a long gap between the last feeds. As an ice cream supply device capable of easily supplying ice cream for a large number of people in a short time by solving such a problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5 (1998)
No. 328907, an ice cream sliding part that slidably supports a rod-shaped ice cream, a pushing part that pushes a rear end of the bar-shaped ice cream in the ice cream sliding part with a predetermined biasing force, and the pushing part. A receiving part for receiving the front end of the bar-shaped ice cream extruded by the cutting part, a cutting part arranged between the extruding part and the receiving part for cutting the bar-shaped ice cream, the extruding part, the receiving part, and the cutting part. A housing part that houses a shutter below the cutting part, a cooling part that keeps the housing part cool, and an ice cream receiving part that receives the ice cream that has been cut by the cutting part and has passed through the shutter. Ice cream dispensers have been proposed.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
The ice cream supply device proposed by No. 907 has a sanitary problem because it directly handles the exposed bar-shaped ice cream. In addition, the allowable temperature range of the bar-shaped ice cream is narrow, and when the temperature rises, it becomes soft and the cut ice cream can not maintain the predetermined shape, while the one with this temperature rise is frozen again to the predetermined temperature. Then, there was a problem that it hardened to the point where it could not be cut.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such problems related to the conventional distribution of ice cream, and it is possible to provide an ice cream for a large number of people in a short time.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an ice cream dispenser that can dispense in a three-dimensional state that invites eating.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a cylinder for accommodating an ice cream lump filled with ice cream in a cylindrical flexible bag and an extruding member arranged at one end of the cylinder for extruding the ice cream lump. And a lid provided with a rotary cutter disposed at the other end of the cylinder to rotate and cut the ice cream mass, and to close the cylinder when in the outer rotation position. An ice cream dispenser, characterized in that a protrusion is provided around the rotary cutter on the inner surface of the ice cream dispenser. The embodiments of the present invention are as follows. That is, the pushing device has a pushing member that slides in the cylinder, and a drive unit that drives the pushing member. The drive unit is a screw mechanism. The drive unit is a hydraulic mechanism.
The rotary cutter has a hemispherical cutter. The rotary cutter comprises a cutter in the shape of a curvilinear 180 ° rotator. The lid has a scraping member for dropping the ice cream that has been rotationally cut. The entire ice cream dispenser is located in the freezing chamber. The cylinder is covered by cooling means.

[0007]

In the present invention, the ice cream chunk is stored in the cylinder, the rotary cutter is placed at the outer rotation position, and the ice cream chunk is pressed against the lid section by the pushing section.
This fills the rotary cutter and its surroundings with ice cream. Next, the rotary cutter is rotated to cut the ice cream of a predetermined rotating body from the ice cream mass, and the cut ice cream falls from the rotary cutter to complete the distribution of one piece. Subsequently, the rotary cutter is returned to the outer rotation position for the next distribution.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An ice cream dispenser according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ice cream dispenser 1 includes an ice cream mass 6 in which a cylindrical flexible bag 4 is filled with ice cream A.
A cylinder 8 for accommodating the above, a pushing portion 10 arranged at one end of the cylinder 8, and a lid portion 12 arranged at the other end. The push-out portion 10 has a push-out member 20 that slides in the cylinder 8, a drive screw member 22 fixed to the push-out member 20, and a screw thread 24 that is screwed into the drive screw member 22 inside and has gear teeth outside. Two
6 has a screw gear 28, an idle gear 30 that meshes with the gear teeth 26, and a first drive motor 3 that meshes with the idle gear 30.
Two output gears 40 are formed. The pusher 10 is housed within a suitable housing 42, shown in phantom.
The lid portion 12 is openably and closably attached to the end portion of the cylinder 8 by a hinge 50 and a lock mechanism 52, and a lid member 56 having a circular opening 54 in the central portion, and rotates in the circular opening 54 concentrically with the circular opening 54. It comprises a rotary cutter 60, shaft members 66 and 68 that support the rotary cutter 60 by bearing members 62 and 64, and a second drive motor 70 for rotating the shaft members 66 and 68. A cylindrical protrusion 72 is provided around the circular opening 54 on the inner surface of the lid 12. The height of the cylindrical protrusion 72 is equal to that of the rotary cutter 6.
It is slightly higher than the rotation locus of 0, prevents the cylindrical flexible bag 4 and the rotary cutter 60 from interfering with each other, and also pushes out the pushing member 20.
To prevent the collision with the rotary cutter 60.

Ice cream dispenser 1 having the above-mentioned configuration
The operation of is as follows. The first drive motor 32 is driven to position the pushing member 20 at the maximum retracted position.
Next, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lock mechanism 52 is opened, and the lid 50 is rotated by 90 ° or more using the hinge 50 to open the front side of the cylinder 8. Then, the ice cream mass 6 is inserted into the cylinder 8, the lid 12 is closed, and the lock mechanism 52 locks. Then, the first
The drive motor 32 is driven to slightly move the pushing member 20 forward from the maximum retracted position, and the ice cream mass 6 is moved forward in the cylinder 8. By this,
The ice cream A is filled in the rotary cutter 60 in the outer position. Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the second drive motor 70 is rotated to move the rotary cutter 60 to the shaft members 66, 6.
Rotate 180 around 180 ° to cut ice cream A into a spherical shape. The cut ice cream A is present in the outward rotary cutter 60, and is scraped off by a scraping member (not shown) or is naturally dropped to be distributed in a predetermined manner. Then, by rotating the second drive motor 70 to further rotate the rotary cutter 60 by 180 ° about the shaft members 66 and 68 and position the rotary cutter 60 at the outer position,
The next ice cream dispense is ready.

By driving the first driving motor 32 to gradually move the pushing member 20, the cylindrical flexible bag 4
Also progresses. However, the cylindrical flexible bag 4 in the portion where the ice cream A has disappeared is sequentially housed between the cylinder 8 and the cylindrical projecting portion 72, and does not exist beyond the cylindrical projecting portion 72 in the cylinder. The flexible bag 4 does not get caught in the rotary cutter 60. Further, the pushing member 2
Even if 0 continues to progress, the pushing member 20 is
The rotary cutter 60 does not collide with the pushing member 20 due to the contact with the second member 2. The ice cream dispenser 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 6, but the same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. Around the circular opening 54 on the inner surface of the lid 12,
A trumpet-shaped protrusion 102 is provided. The height of the trumpet-shaped protruding portion 102 is slightly higher than the rotation locus of the rotary cutter 60 to prevent the cylindrical flexible bag 4 and the rotary cutter 60 from interfering with each other, and the pushing member 20 and the rotary cutter 60.
Prevent collisions with. The cylindrical flexible bag 4 in the portion where the ice cream A has disappeared is sequentially housed between the cylinder 8 and the trumpet-shaped protrusion 102, and does not exist beyond the trumpet-shaped protrusion 102 in the cylinder. Flexible bag 4
Does not entangle with the rotary cutter 60.

Since the rotary cutter is a curved 180 ° rotary body, a spade rotary body 200 as shown in FIG. 7 can be considered as another embodiment.

[0012]

According to the present invention, it is possible to distribute an ice cream for a large number of people in a three-dimensional state inviting eating in a short time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a horizontal sectional view of an ice cream dispenser according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a front portion of the ice cream dispenser according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the ice cream dispenser according to the first embodiment of the present invention in a state where the lid is open.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the front portion of the ice cream dispenser according to the first embodiment of the present invention with the lid open.

FIG. 5 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the front portion of the ice cream dispenser according to the first embodiment of the present invention in a state where the rotary cutter cuts the ice cream.

FIG. 6 is a horizontal sectional view of the front portion of the ice cream dispenser of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the rotary cutter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A ice cream 1 ice cream dispensing device 4 cylindrical flexible bag 6 ice cream lump 8 cylinder 10 extrusion part 12 lid part 20 extrusion member 22 drive screw member 24 screw thread 26 gear tooth 28 screw gear 32 first drive motor 42 housing 50 Hinge 52 Lock mechanism 54 Circular opening 56 Lid member 60 Rotating cutter 62, 64 Bearing member 66, 68 Shaft member 70 Second drive motor 72 Cylindrical protrusion 100 Ice cream distributor 102 Trumpet protrusion 200 Rotating cutter

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A cylinder for accommodating an ice cream mass filled with ice cream in a cylindrical flexible bag, an extruding portion arranged at one end of the cylinder for extruding the ice cream mass, and A lid provided with a rotary cutter arranged at the other end of the cylinder to rotate and cut the lump of ice cream, and to close the cylinder when in the outer rotation position. An ice cream dispenser, characterized in that a protrusion is provided around the rotary cutter. 2. The ice cream dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the pushing device has a pushing member that slides in the cylinder, and a drive unit that drives the pushing member. 3. The ice cream dispenser according to claim 2, wherein the drive unit is a screw mechanism. 4. The ice cream dispenser according to claim 2, wherein the drive unit is a hydraulic mechanism. 5. The ice cream dispenser of claim 1, wherein the rotary cutter comprises a hemispherical cutter. 6. The ice cream dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the rotary cutter has a cutter in the shape of a curved 180 ° rotary body. 7. The ice cream dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the lid portion has a scraping member for dropping the ice cream that has been rotationally cut. 8. The entire ice cream dispenser comprises:
The ice cream dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the ice cream dispenser is arranged in a freezing chamber. 9. The ice cream dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder is covered by a cooling means.