FR2561094A1 - Automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and/or frying, for the restaurant trade and method for its implementation - Google Patents

Abstract

Automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions. It comprises a tank 1 which contains the liquid which is brought to the boil and/or to frying temperature by a heating means; the individual food portions 3 to be cooked are placed in baskets 4, the said baskets 4 being carried by a runway 5 in order to be immersed in the said tank 1, for an adjustable and predetermined time; the said runway compels the baskets to circulate in the boiling liquid to cook the food portion 3, then to pass through a mandatory mechanical passage 8 which empties the said baskets 4 of their food portion 3; the said cooked food portions 3 progressively fall onto hot plates 13 which are placed automatically underneath the location of the drop of the cooked food portion 3. The apparatus is used for cooking by boiling and/or frying, in particular in restaurants.

Description

 The invention relates to an automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying for the restoration and its method of implementation.

 It is well known that community cooking often loses quality, not necessarily by the ingredients used, but because of the large quantity of food cooked at the same time. Other factors can also intervene outside cooking, such as cooling, the large size of dishes, etc ...

 Currently, foods cooked by boiling and / or frying, for example in oil or water, are cooked in advance in large capacity dishes and according to customer demand, said food is heated.

 The invention aims to solve these problems, it is not intended to solve problems related to industrial cooking.

 By cons, for the restoration, the invention allows to cook individual food portions at the request of each customer of the restaurant.

 The apparatus according to the invention comprises a vessel which contains the livid which is boiled and / or frying by a heating means, the individual food portions to be cooked are arranged in baskets, said baskets are carried by a raceway for to be immersed in said tank, for a predetermined and adjustable time, said raceway forces the baskets to pass through a mechanical passage that empties said baskets of their food portions, said cooked food portions, fall as and when in the plates hot foods that are automatically put under the point of fall of the cooked food portion.

 Said emptying of the cooked food portions of the baskets can be done by inverting said baskets or by opening one of the walls or the bottom.

 The baskets are open at the top and all the other baskets and the bottom are perforated with many holes. The basket may comprise an arm or lug, which, when it reaches the level of the passage required, actuates a means for emptying said basket of the cooked food portion.

 Said arm or lug of the basket may cause the turning by rotation so that it empties its upper part which is open.

 Said arm or pin can also cause the opening of the bottom of the basket which is then removable. Thus, the bottom of the basket can be mounted on a hinge, on the axis of which is fixedly mounted said arm.

 Said baskets can be suspended "in noria" on the periphery of a horizontal wheel, called wheel-bearing porniers, whose rotation above the tank allows to immerse said baskets, to circulate in the boiling liquid, then to drain.

 A forced mechanical passage ensures the opening of the bottom of the baskets by tilting the arm which is fixed on the axis, which forms the hinge of the bottom of said basket.

 A trickle funnel receives the cooked portion of food that falls from the basket.

 Another horizontal wheel, which rotates in the opposite direction of the first basket wheel and which is arranged in a lower plane, carries the hot plates that come opposite the funnel of dump and just when the portion cooked food from a basket is spilled.

 Motors rotate the basket wheel and the plate wheel in a synchronous manner.

The method of implementing the apparatus consists of
- fill the baskets with food products (eg fresh pasta or French fries)
- The motors rotate the wheels, one ensures the cooking by dipping in the boiling liquid and / or frying in the tank, the other door plates that are filled as a cooked portion of food . The method allows food to be cooked by boiling and / or frying in a continuous, automatic, portion-by-portion manner.

The phases of the process are as follows
- Passage of the baskets by manual filling of the food product to be cooked
- immersion and circulation in the boiling and / or frying liquid
- bathing and draining
- pouring cooked food portions, baskets into plates
- continuous process recovery, loading baskets ...

 The accompanying drawings given by way of indicative and non-limiting example will make it easy to understand the invention. They represent preferred embodiments according to the invention.

 Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus.

 FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view along the axis A-A shown in FIG.

 Figure 3 is a partial sectional view along the axis B-B shown in Figure 1.

 FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view along the 0-C axis represented in FIG.

 Figure 5 is a partial sectional view along the D-D axis shown in Figure 1.

 FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view along the E-E axis shown in FIG.

 Figure 7 is a view of another embodiment of the basket with its kinematic bottom opening.

 Figure 8 is a view of another embodiment of the basket with its opening kinematics of the bottom; in this case, the bottom of the basket is in two parts.

 Figure 9 is a sectional view of the apparatus according to another embodiment including the basket which is square and opens at the bottom.

 The tank 1 contains liquid, for example oil or water which is heated by any heating means 2 (fuel, wood, gas, electricity).

The food portions 3 are arranged manually in baskets 4. These baskets 4 are carried by a raceway 5 to be immersed in said vessel 1 for a pre-controlled and adjustable time. The raceway is a horizontal wheel 5 called "basket wheel", which is rotatable. Said baskets 4 are suspended therein "noria" at the periphery 6 of said wheel 5 which are arranged hooks 7. In Figure 1, there are thus eight hanging baskets 4.

 A forced mechanical passage 8 forces the baskets 4 to enter or leave the tank (1) and to empty above a discharge funnel 9. In Figure 1, the passage 8 is a guide rail .

In its first part 10, the ramp 8 is inclined downwards, so as to allow the baskets 4 to go down gradually in the tank 1 and then it goes up in a second part 11 to allow to drain the baskets 4. Finally, in the part 12, the ramp 8 empties the baskets 4 of the cooked food portion 3, the ramp 8 mounts the basket 4 and forces it to disengage the wheel 5, then to turn to empty its food portion cooked 3.

 Basket 4 is emptied of its cooked food portion 3 into the discharge funnel 9.

Under the funnel 9 is a hot plate 13. These plates 13 are disposed on another horizontal wheel 14, called wheel portei-plates, which is located in a lower plane to the plane of the basket wheel 5. This wheel plates 14, turns in the opposite direction F2 in direction F1 of the basket wheel 5. For this purpose, an electric motor drives, by its axis 15, the basket wheel 5, in the direction
F1, while a pinion 16 fixed on said drive shaft 15, drives a chain 17, a double pinion 18, 19. Said pinion 19 then rotates the axis 20 of the plate wheel 14 in the direction F2. The wheels 14 and 5 rotate synchronously, so that automatically an empty plate 13 comes to be placed under the discharge funnel 9, when one of the baskets 4 is emptied. In FIG. guide 8 allows the reversal of said basket 4 which is empty by its upper part, which is its opening. In this embodiment, the basket is round.

 Figures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 make it easy to understand the operation and the technical characteristics of the device at different stages of the operation.

 Figures 7 describe a basket 4 which opens at the bottom. This basket comprises a removable bottom 21 rotatable, held in the body of the basket by flanges 22, fixed on an axis of rotation 23 of the basket 4 by a lug 25 and rotates said bottom 21 along the arrow F26, allowing the portion food 3 to fall on the plate 13.

The suspended basket 4 leaves the passage 24 allowing the bottom 21 to come into place by its own weight, along the arrow F27, and thus close the basket 4. Figure 8 is a variant of the basket 4 shown in Figure 7, the bottom 21 is no longer in a single part forming a circular arc, but in two parts 28 and 29 which open the bottom of the basket 4 by disengaging each side by forced passages 30 and 31.

The figures given below provide a concrete example of a device made, the capacity of this device to cook food portions, the alleviation of operating costs using this device
- overall dimensions of the aircraft: 1,750 m. x1,300 m. x 1.075 m.

- weight of the device about 300 Kilograms
- number of baskets 4: sixteen (eight to eighteen baskets depending on demand)
- capacity of baskets 4: 50 to 250 grams of fresh pasta
- Heating means: 3 submerged resistors 6.000 W 220/380 V
- electric motor: 280 W 220 V 1.500 TM on gearbox 1/6 to 4 with speed variator.

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In Figure 9, the basket 4 is square. The bottom 32 is mounted on an axis 33, around which it can turn to open said basket 4. When the basket 4 passes over the discharge funnel 9, a forced passage such as a cam 34 abuts against a lug 35 which is mounted as a lever on said axis 33 of the bottom 32 of the basket 4, said lug 35 rotates and rotates the bottom 32 about the axis 33 which opens the basket 4, which discharges the cooked portion 3 in the plate 13.

Claims (9)

 A method for automatically cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying, for the restoration characterized in that said individual food portions (3) are arranged manually in baskets (4), that the baskets (4), are automatically conducted by a raceway (5) in a tank (1) filled with liquid boiling and / or frying where they circulate, and that said baskets (4) are out of the tank (1) for drainage and emptying in plates (13), said plates (13) are automatically fed under the discharge funnel (9) at each basket emptying (4).  2. Automatic device for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying, for the restoration characterized in that it comprises a tank (1) which contains the liquid which is boiled and / or frying by a heating means (2), the individual food portions (3) to be cooked are arranged in baskets (4) -, said baskets (4) are carried by a raceway (5) to be immersed in said tank (1) , during a predetermined and adjustable time, said raceway forces the baskets to circulate in the boiling liquid to cook the food portion (3), then to pass through a mechanical passage (8) which empties said baskets (4) of their food portion (3), said cooked food portions (3), fall progressively in hot plates (13) which are placed automatically below the point of fall of the cooked food portion (3).  3. Automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying, for the restoration according to claim 1 characterized in that the baskets (4) are open at their top and all other walls and the bottom are perforated many holes; the basket (4) may comprise an arm or lug (25, 28, 29, 35), which when it reaches the level of the passage (24, 30, 31), actuates a means for emptying said basket of the portion cooked food (3).  4. Automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying, for the restoration according to any one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that said emptying of the cooked food portions (3), baskets ( 4), can be done by inverting said baskets, or by opening one of the walls or the bottom.  5. Automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying, for the restoration according to any one of claims 2, 3 or 4 characterized in that said arm or pin (25, 28, 29, 35) of the basket can cause the turning by rotation so that it empties its upper part which is open.  6. Automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying, for the restoration according to any one of claims 2, 3, 4 or 5 characterized in that said arm or pin (35) can also causing the bottom (32) of the basket (4), which is then removable, to open; thus, the bottom (32) of the basket (4) can be mounted on a hinge (33), on the axis of which is integral said arm (35).  7. Automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying, for the restoration according to any one of claims 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 characterized in that said baskets (4) can be suspended "in noria" on the periphery of a horizontal wheel, called wheel-bearing porniers (5), whose rotation above the tank (1) makes it possible to immerse said baskets (4), to circulate them in the liquid, then drain them; a forced mechanical passage (8), ensures the opening of the bottom (32) of the baskets (4) by swinging the arm (35) which is fixed on the axis (33) which forms the hinge of the bottom (32) of said basket (4).  8. Automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying, for the restoration according to any one of claims 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 characterized in that another horizontal wheel (15) which rotates in the opposite direction (F2) of the first basket-carrying wheel (5) and which is arranged in a lower plane, carries the hot plates (13) which face the discharge funnel (9). ) just when the cooked food portion (3) of a basket is dumped.  9. Automatic apparatus for cooking individual food portions, by boiling and / or frying, for the restoration according to any one of claims 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 characterized in that the tank ( 1) contains liquid, for example oil or water which is heated by any heating means (2) (fuel, wood, gas, elestrioite); the food portions (3) are arranged manually in baskets (4); these baskets (4) are carried by a raceway t5) to be immersed in said tank (1) for a pre-controlled and adjustable time; the raceway is a horizontal wheel (5) called "basket wheel", which is rotatable; said baskets (4) are suspended therein "noria" at the periphery (6) of said wheel (5) which are arranged hooks (7); a forced mechanical passage (8) forces the baskets (4) to enter or leave the tank (1) and to come empty above a discharge funnel (9); the required passage (8) is a guide ramp; in its first part (10), the ramp (8) is inclined downwards, so as to allow the baskets (4) to go down gradually in the tank (1); then it goes up in a second part (11) to allow to drain the baskets (4); finally, in the portion (12), the ramp (8) empties the baskets (4) of the cooked food portion (3), the ramp (8) rises the basket (4) and forces it to disengage from the wheel (5), then to turn to empty its cooked food portion 3 the basket (4) is emptied of its cooked food portion (3) in the discharge funnel (9); under the funnel (9) is a hot plate (13); these plates (13) are arranged on another horizontal wheel (14), called plate wheel, which is located in a lower plane to the plane of the basket wheel (5); this wheel plates (14) rotates in the opposite direction (F2) of the direction (F1) of the basket wheel (5); for this purpose, a motor elbetrique drives, by its axis (15), the basket wheel (5) in the direction (F1), while a pinion (1) 6 fixed on said drive shaft (15). ), leads by a chain (17), a double pinion (18, 19); said pinion (19) then rotates the axis (20) of the plate wheel (14) in the direction (F2); the wheels (14) and (5) rotate synchronously, so that automatically an empty plate (13) comes to be placed under the discharge funnel (9), when one of the baskets (4) is emptied .