JP2000070158A - Automated frying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To successfully cook a variety of fried foods, reduce the cost of edible oil, and improve the degree of freedom of an installation location of an automated frying device. SOLUTION: The automated frying device 10 moves a material for fried foods fed into a pan 20, which stores therein an edible oil, in the pan 20 to fry it so that the fried material is automatically taken out of the pan. In this case, there are provided the approximately elliptical pan 20, in a plan view, and a rotational disk 30 which is set at the bottom of the pan 20 to move fried matters settled in the edible oil in the circumferential direction. Further, there are provided a press feed mechanism 40 wherein press members 42, 43 disposed nearly parallelly with the oil surface are lowered to a level below the oil surface and moved a certain distance in the rotation direction of the disk 30 and are further raised to a level the oil surface so as to be returned to their original location, which operation is repeated, whereby the fried matters floating on the oil surface are pressed down so as to be moved in the same direction as the disk 30, and a net body feed mechanism 80 wherein a screen-shaped net body is placed on the fried matters sent to a predetermined location by the disk 30 or the mechanism 40 and the net body is moved in a certain direction and the fried matters are taken out so as to be moved to the location of a conveyer 90.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic frying apparatus for moving a material of fried food put into a pot for storing edible oil in the pan, frying, and automatically taking out the finished product from the pan. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional automatic frying apparatus generally used will be described with reference to FIG. The automatic frying device 1 is a device for automatically frying the material of the fried material put in the cooking oil Y (hereinafter, referred to as oil Y) in the process of moving the material from the inlet 2 to the outlet 3, and the heated oil Y Is provided with a rectangular pot 4 for storing the water. The pan 4 is provided with a material inlet 2 at one end in the longitudinal direction, and is provided with an outlet 3 for the finished product at the other end. At the bottom of the pan 4, a lower net conveyor 6 for moving the fried material precipitated in the oil Y from the inlet 2 to the outlet 3 is installed.

The lower net conveyor 6 has a horizontal loading side and a slanting discharge side, and an end on the discharge side protrudes from the oil Y at the position of the discharge port 3. Above the lower net conveyor 6, an upper net conveyor 7 is installed in parallel with the lower net conveyor 6 at a certain interval L, and the fried food floating in the oil Y by the upper net conveyor 7 is carried out. 3 is transported to the vicinity. The distance L between the upper net conveyor 7 and the lower net conveyor 6 is set according to the thickest fried food.

[0004] Since the material of the fried material put into the pot 4 from the inlet 2 is initially sunk in the oil Y, the material is sent to the outlet 3 by the lower net conveyor 6. However, when the material is fried in the process of being conveyed by the lower net conveyor 6 and the material (fried food) floats on the oil Y, the fried food is pressed from above by the upper net conveyor 7 and sent to the vicinity of the carry-out port 3. . Then, the finished goods are taken out of the oil Y by the end of the lower net conveyor 6 located at the outlet 3.

[0005]

However, in the automatic frying apparatus 1, the distance L between the upper net conveyor 7 and the lower net conveyor 6 is set according to the thickest fried food, so that the floating with the thin fried food can be prevented. Unwanted fried food (fried food in a semi-floating state) does not sufficiently contact the upper net conveyor 7 or the lower net conveyor 6, so that it is difficult to transport the fried food. For this reason, there is a problem that the type of the fried food is limited in the automatic frying apparatus 1. In addition, the lower net conveyor 6 is installed at the bottom of the pan 4 and the lower side of the upper net conveyor 7 is immersed in the oil Y. It is necessary to add a space for accommodating the conveyor 6 and a space for immersing the upper net conveyor 7. For this reason, the amount of oil is also needed extra for the size of the pot, so that the oil cost increases and the gas cost also increases to maintain the temperature of the oil Y. Further, since the pot 4 has an elongated shape, the total length of the automatic frying apparatus 1 is long, and there is a problem that the installation place is limited.

Therefore, the present invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides an automatic frying apparatus capable of handling all kinds of fried foods, and reduces the amount of edible oil used as much as possible.
It is another object of the present invention to reduce the size of the apparatus and improve the degree of freedom in installation locations. A second object of the present invention is to improve the maintainability of the presser feed mechanism in addition to the object of the first embodiment. Claim 3
The object of the invention described in (1) is to enable the amount of edible oil to be adjusted according to the fried food, in addition to the object of the invention described in claim 1. The invention described in claim 4 is the first invention.
In addition to the object of the invention described in (1), an object of the present invention is to prevent fried food from being stained by fried scum.

[0007]

The above-mentioned object is achieved by an automatic frying apparatus having the following features. That is, the automatic frying apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is an automatic frying apparatus in which the material of the fried food placed in the cooking oil storage pan is moved in the pan and fried, and the finished product is automatically removed from the pan. In the apparatus, a pan having a substantially circular shape in plan view, a rotating disk placed on the bottom of the pan and moving circumferentially the fried food settled in edible oil, and a holding member arranged substantially in parallel with the oil surface are used for the oil. It moves down a certain distance in the direction of rotation of the rotating disk by lowering it below the surface, and then raises the holding member up to the oil level and returns it to its original position. A presser feed mechanism that moves in the same direction as the disk, and a fried food sent to a predetermined position by the rotating disk or the presser feed mechanism is covered with an interdigitated net from above, and the net is sent in a certain direction to set the fried food in a predetermined direction. Remove from position And a mesh member feed mechanism for moving to the position of the conveyor.

According to the present invention, the pan is made in a plane circular shape, and the fried food that has settled is sent to a predetermined position by a rotating disk, and the fried or semi-floated food that has floated up is fed to the rotating disk by a presser feed mechanism. To the predetermined position in the direction. Then, the fried food sent to a predetermined position, that is, the settled fried food, the raised fried food, and the semi-floated fried food are all sent to the take-out conveyor by the interdigitated mesh feed mechanism, and taken out of the pan by the take-out conveyor. You. For this reason, it is possible to satisfactorily fry various types of fried foods that float in the frying process. In addition, since the material of the fried material settled by the rotating disk is sent, the storage space can be reduced as compared with the conventional method of sending the material by a net conveyor. For this reason, the pot can be made compact and the amount of edible oil can be reduced by the size of the pot. As a result, the cost of cooking oil can be saved, and the cost of gas for maintaining the temperature of the cooking oil can be saved. In addition, since the pan has a substantially circular plane shape, the total length of the automatic frying apparatus is not longer than in the past, and the degree of freedom of the installation location is improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the automatic frying apparatus according to the first aspect, the driving portion of the presser feed mechanism is provided outside the outer edge of the pan.

According to the present invention, since the driving portion of the presser feed mechanism is installed outside the outer edge of the pan, maintenance of the presser feed mechanism is facilitated.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the automatic frying apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a height adjusting mechanism for adjusting the height of the presser feed mechanism with respect to the oil level of the pan.

According to the present invention, the height of the presser feed mechanism can be adjusted according to the level of the edible oil by the height adjusting mechanism, so that the amount of edible oil can be adjusted according to the type of fried food. . That is, the amount of edible oil can be reduced for thin fried foods and increased for thick fried foods. Thereby, the fried food can be fried with an appropriate amount of edible oil, and edible oil is not wasted.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic frying apparatus of the first aspect, a plurality of holes formed in the rotating disk and a contact supported by a pan are provided on the rotating disk. The upper scraper is brought into contact with the upper surface and uses the rotating force of the rotating disk to drop fried scum on the rotating disk from the hole to the bottom of the pan, and is attached to the lower surface of the rotating disk and rotates integrally with the rotating disk. Thereby, it has a lower scraper for dropping fried spills that have fallen to the bottom of the pan into a groove formed on the bottom thereof, and a draft pipe for discharging the fried scum in the grooves together with edible oil.

According to the present invention, the edible oil is always kept in a clean state because the fried scum is automatically dropped by the upper scraper and the lower scraper in the groove at the bottom of the pan during frying. For this reason, the quality of the fried food is improved without the fried food being contaminated by the fried waste. Further, the fried scum in the groove can be discharged together with the edible oil by the bleeding pipe, so that the fried scum can be easily removed.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An automatic frying apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of the automatic frying apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 (B) is a view taken on line II-II of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 (A) is a view of III-III of FIG. It is an arrow view. FIG. 9 is a plan view (A) of a pan of the automatic frying apparatus.
), BB view in FIG. A (B), and side view (C)
Figure). The automatic frying apparatus 10 is provided with a cooking oil Y.
(Hereinafter referred to as “oil Y”) is a device for moving the material of the fried food put in the pan 20 for storing in the pan 20 and frying, and automatically carrying out the finished product from the pan 20. (See FIGS. 2 and 3).

The apparatus mount 11 is formed in a rectangular shape by vertical beams 12 and horizontal beams 13, and a pan 20 is placed on the apparatus mount 11. As shown in FIG. 9, the pan 20 includes a pan-shaped pan main body 21 and an extraction passage 23 connected to the pan main body 21 in a tangential direction. The pot main body 21 is a part for fry while moving the fried food in the circumferential direction, and is manufactured with a substantially constant depth. Further, a cylindrical portion 22 through which a driving device for a rotating disk 30 described later is passed is formed at the center of the pot main body 21. A deep groove 21m is formed in the bottom 21b of the pot body 21 in the radial direction for dropping fried scum accumulated on the bottom 21b. A main drain pipe 21p having a drain valve 21v is connected to the lowermost portion of the deep groove 21m (see FIGS. 9A and 2). Here, below the drain valve 21v, an oil recovery tank 120 for storing oil drained from the pan 20 is installed. The oil recovery tank 120 is provided with a pump (not shown) that supplies the oil Y into the pan 20 after filtering the oil Y.

The take-out passage portion 23 is a portion for taking out the fried material fried in the pot main body portion 21 from the pan 20, and is composed of a connecting portion 23t, a step portion 23d and an inclined portion 23k. The connection portion 23t is a portion that connects the take-out passage portion 23 to the pot main body portion 21 and is manufactured with the same depth as the pan main body portion 21. The step portion 23d is located at the take-out passage portion 23.
And is formed across the passage 23. A sub-drain pipe 23p having a drain valve 23v is connected to the lowermost portion of the step 23d (see FIG. 2). The oil recovery tank 120 is provided below the drain valve 23v. Inclined part 23
k is a portion for accommodating a take-out conveyor 90 (see FIG. 6) described later, and is provided with an inclination so that the step portion 23d side is the deepest. A table surface 25 is formed at the edge between the pot main body 21 and the take-out passage 23. Further, a heating device (not shown) for heating the oil Y stored in the pan 20 is installed below the pan main body 21.

A rotating disk 30 is provided at the bottom of the pot body 21 as shown in FIG. The rotating disk 30 is a thin plate for slowly moving the fried food precipitated in the oil Y in the circumferential direction (clockwise direction) in the pan body 21.
It is manufactured almost equal to the inside diameter of As shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of through holes 32 are formed in the rotating disk 30, and convection of the oil Y in the pot is secured by the through holes 32. Here, FIG. 8A is a plan view of the rotating disk 30, FIG. 8B is a side view of the rotating disk 30, and FIG.
(C) is a view on arrow CC of FIG. 8 (A). FIG.
FIG. 8D is a view taken in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 8B, and FIG.
It is an EE arrow view of (D).

At the center of the rotating disk 30, a covered cylindrical projection 34 is formed, and the projection 34 is
One cylindrical portion 22 is covered. And the cylindrical portion 22
A driving device (not shown) for the rotating disk 30 passed through the projection is connected to the inside of the projection 34. When the driving device is driven by this structure, the rotating disk 30 rotates clockwise at a constant speed on the bottom of the pot body 21.

A lower scraper 36 is mounted on the lower surface 30d of the rotating disk 30 in the radial direction. The lower scraper 36 is a member that rotates together with the rotating disk 30 to drop the fried scum K accumulated on the bottom 21b of the pot body 21 into the deep groove 21m, and is provided in three sets at 120 ° intervals in the rotation direction. The lower scraper 36 is composed of a plurality of sliders 36s for scraping the fried waste K from the bottom 21b. The slider 36s is a rectangular heat-resistant resin having a certain thickness, and a through hole 36k is formed in the upper part thereof in the longitudinal direction. A single support rod 36n is skewed through the through hole 36k of the plurality of sliders 36s.
Are supported substantially horizontally by a pair of L-shaped supports 36x fixed to the lower surface 30d of the rotating disk 30.

Thus, the sliders 36s are supported by the support rods 36n so as to be rotatable around the support rods 36n, and are arranged in a line in the radial direction from the center to the vicinity of the outer periphery of the rotating disk 30. (See FIGS. 8B and 8D). Here, the support rod 36 is moved from the bottom 21b of the pot body 21 to the support rod 36.
The height up to n is set smaller than the dimension from the lower end surface 36b of the slider 36s to the through hole 36k. Therefore, the slider 36s is held in an inclined state as shown in FIG.

Therefore, when the rotating disk 30 is rotated clockwise (moves to the left in FIG. 8E), the front angle of the slider 36s comes into contact with the bottom 21b of the pot body 21, and the front corner is fried. Scrap K is scraped off. In addition, when it is difficult to scrape off the fried scum K firmly, the slider 36s
In FIG. 8 (E), a large force is not applied to the rotating disk 30 because the wheel rotates left and gets over the fried waste K.

An upper scraper 38 is attached to the pan 20, as shown in FIG. Here, FIG.
7A is a plan view of the rotating disk 30, FIG. 7B is a side view showing the relationship between the rotating disk 30 and the upper scraper 38, and FIG. 7C is a view taken in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 7B. FIG. 7D is a view taken along the line DD in FIG. 7C. Upper scraper 38
Is used to remove the fried scum K accumulated on the upper surface 30u of the rotating disk 30 from the through hole 32 of the rotating disk 30 to the bottom 21 of the pot body 21.
It is a member for dropping the slider to b, and includes a plurality of sliders 38s. The slider 38s is provided with the lower scraper 3
This is the same structure as the slider 36s of No. 6.

Each of the sliders 38s is arranged in a row by passing a support rod 38n in a through-hole 38k in a skewered manner.
It is positioned in the radial direction of the rotating disk 30 (FIG. 7A)
(See (B) and (C)). And both ends of the support rod 38n are horizontally supported by a substantially T-shaped arm plate 38a,
The arm plate 38a is fixed to an elevating frame plate 81 of a mesh-shaped net conveyor 80 described later. The lifting frame plate 81 is indirectly supported by the pan 20 via a base frame plate 23f described later.

Therefore, when the rotating disk 30 rotates clockwise (moves to the left in FIG. 7 (D)), the rear angle of the slider 38s comes into contact with the upper surface 30u of the rotating disk 30, and then the lifted scum K at the corner. Is scraped. Then, the scraped fried scum K passes through the through-hole 32 of the rotating disk 30 and the pot body 2
1 is dropped to the bottom 21b.

Next, the alternate holding mechanism 40 of the automatic frying apparatus 10 will be described. The alternate holding feed mechanism 40 is a mechanism for feeding the fried material floating from the oil level or the semi-floated fried material in the same direction as the rotating disk 30, as shown in FIG. 1, on the downstream side of the raw material input section 21 t of the pan body 21. is set up.

The alternate pressing feed mechanism 40 includes a first pressing member 42 for alternately pressing and feeding the fried food from above, and a second pressing member 43. The first holding member 42 is composed of a plurality of semicircular bars 41 bent into a semicircle, and each semicircular bar 41 is manufactured with a different bending radius. Then, the semicircular rods 41 are at the same height and the rotating disc 30
Are arranged at equal intervals with their centers aligned. The second pressing member 43 has the same structure as the first pressing member 42, and is positioned between the semicircles 41 of the first pressing member 42 so that the semicircular bar 41 of the second pressing member 43 does not contact. .

The alternate pressing feed mechanism 40 includes an elevating mechanism 50 for alternately moving the first pressing member 42 and the second pressing member 43 up and down, and the first pressing member 42 and the second pressing member 4.
3 is provided with a rotating mechanism 60 for rotating the rotating disk 3 alternately in the same direction as the rotating disk 30 and in the opposite direction. The lifting mechanism 50 and the rotating mechanism 60 are associated with each other, and the lifting mechanism 50 lowers the first pressing member 42 to below the oil level and raises the second pressing member 43 to above the oil level. When the second pressing member 43 is rotated, the rotating mechanism 60 rotates the first pressing member 42 by a predetermined angle in the same direction as the rotating disk 30.
Is rotated by a certain angle in the opposite direction to the rotating disk 30.

Conversely, the elevating mechanism 50 moves the second pressing member 43
When the first pressing member 42 is raised above the oil level by lowering the second pressing member 43 to below the oil level, the rotating mechanism 60 rotates the second pressing member 43 by a predetermined angle in the same direction as the rotating disk 30 to rotate the first pressing member 42. One holding member 42 is rotated by a predetermined angle in a direction opposite to the direction of the rotating disk 30. Thereby, the alternate holding feed mechanism 4
In the case of No. 0, the fried material raised from the oil level or the semi-floated fried material can be alternately sent in the same direction as the rotary disk 30 by the first pressing member 42 and the second pressing member 43.

Next, the lifting mechanism 50 will be specifically described. As shown in FIGS. 2B and 4, the elevating mechanism 50 includes a base plate 7 of a height adjusting mechanism 70 (described later).
2 is provided with a pair of first bearings 51 installed above. The first bearing 51 is fixed in the width direction of the base plate 72, and the first bearing 51 is attached to the first crankshaft 5.
2 are supported. In the first crankshaft 52, the axis at both ends is displaced from the axis at the center by a certain dimension (see FIG. 2B), and the phase difference between both ends is set to 180 °. Further, a first sprocket 5 receiving a rotational force from a driving device described later is provided at a central portion of the first crankshaft 52.
3 is attached.

A front elevating rail 55a is connected to one end (the right side in FIG. 2B) of the first crankshaft 52 via a front link mechanism 54a, and a pan is attached to the upper end of the front elevating rail 55a. A front arm 56a projecting above the main body 21 is fixed. A rear link mechanism 5 is provided at the other end (left side in FIG. 2B) of the first crankshaft 52.
4b, the rear lift rail 55b is connected,
The pot body 21 is also placed on the upper end of the rear elevation rail 55b.
A rear arm 56b projecting over the front is fixed.

The front lifting rail 55a and the rear lifting rail 5
5b is formed in a substantially hexagonal cross section, and is supported by guide rollers 57r from both sides (left and right in FIG. 3) so as to be able to move up and down. The guide roller 57r
Is supported by a pair of roller support plates 57x while being sandwiched from the front and rear, and the roller support plates 57x are fixed to the apparatus gantry 11.

The tip of the front arm 56a has a rotating disc 30
The lower bearing metal 56d is mounted substantially coaxially with the lower bearing arm 56, and the lower support arm 58 is connected via the lower bearing metal 56d. Also, the front arm 56
2A, an arc-shaped rail 56j (see FIG. 2A) is hung horizontally so that the center thereof coincides with the rotating disk 30, and the lower support arm 58 is mounted on the rail 56j. A roller 58j mounted on the end is placed. The first holding member 42 is horizontally mounted below the lower support arm 58. FIG. 2A shows the front arm 56a and the lower support arm 58 of FIG.
It is a top view of the part. With this structure, the first holding member 42 attached to the lower support arm 58 can rotate horizontally by a certain angle with respect to the front arm 56a about the lower bearing metal 56d.

An upper bearing metal 56u is mounted coaxially with the lower bearing metal 56d at the tip of the rear arm 56b, and the upper support arm 59 (see FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is shown) via the upper bearing metal 56u. Not connected). Also, the rear arm 56b
At the base end, an arc-shaped rail (not shown) is suspended horizontally so as to coincide with the center of the rotating disk 30 like the front arm 56a, and the upper support arm is placed on the rail. A roller (not shown) mounted on the end of the 59 is placed. And the upper support arm 5
9, a second pressing member 43 is horizontally mounted. With this structure, the second pressing member 43 attached to the upper support arm 59 can rotate horizontally by a certain angle with respect to the front arm 56a about the lower bearing metal 56d.

When the first crankshaft 52 of the elevating mechanism 50 rotates, the rotational motion of the first crankshaft 52 is converted into up-and-down motion by the front link mechanism 54a and the rear link mechanism 54b. It moves up and down alternately with the rear lift rail 55b. Thus, the first pressing member 42 connected to the front lifting rail 55a via the front arm 56a, the lower support arm 58, and the like, and connected to the rear lifting rail 55b via the rear arm 56b, the upper support arm 59, and the like. The second holding member 43 thus set can be moved up and down alternately.

Next, the rotating mechanism 60 for alternately rotating the first pressing member 42 and the second pressing member 43 will be specifically described. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the rotating mechanism 60 is provided with a base plate 7 of a height adjusting mechanism 70 (described later).
2 is provided with a pair of second bearings 61 installed on the second bearing. The second bearing 61 is fixed in the width direction of the base plate 72, and the second bearing 61 is attached to the second crankshaft 6.
2 are supported. The axis of the rear end 62h of the second crankshaft 62 is displaced from the center of the center by a certain dimension (see FIG. 3B), and the rotation of the second crankshaft 62 causes the rear end 62h to rotate. Is the second crankshaft 62
Make a circular motion around the axis of.

A second sprocket 62c is fixed to the center of the second crankshaft 62. The second sprocket 62c is connected to the first sprocket 53 of the lifting mechanism 50 by a first chain 63. A third sprocket 62f is fixed to a front end of the second crankshaft 62, and the third sprocket 62f is connected to a fourth sprocket 62x of the driving device by a second chain 64. The second chain 64 includes the second chain 6
4, a tension roller 64t for applying tension is applied. The tension roller 64t has a spring 7
The second chain 64b is pulled by the spring force of 2j, and the spring 72j is hung on the stopper metal 72a of the base plate 72. That is, the rotational force of the driving device is applied to the second crankshaft 62x by the fourth sprocket 62x, the second chain 64, and the third sprocket 62f.
And the rotational force of the second crankshaft 62 is transmitted to the second sprocket 63, the first chain 64, and the first sprocket 5
3 to the first crankshaft 52. Therefore, when the driving device operates, the rotating mechanism 60 and the elevating mechanism 50 operate.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the rotating mechanism 60 has a support section 66 fixed vertically to the apparatus gantry 11. Here, FIG. 3A is a front view of the rotating mechanism 60, and FIG. 3B is a view of the rotating mechanism 60 as viewed from the direction of arrows BB. The support part 66 has an upper pivot arm 67 at the upper end.
Is provided horizontally, and a lower shaft 66d for supporting the lower rotation arm 65 is formed horizontally at a lower end portion.

The lower rotating arm 65 is provided with a central bearing 65c at the center thereof.
The lower shaft 66d of the support part 66 is connected to the support member 66. For this reason, the lower turning arm 65 is connected to the lower shaft 66 of the support portion 66.
It is rotatable around d. Lower pivot arm 65
A forked portion 65h is formed at a lower end portion of the second crankshaft 62. The forked portion 65h is engaged with the forked portion 65h while a rear end portion 63h of the second crankshaft 62 is sandwiched therebetween. Also, the lower rotating arm 65
An upper shaft 65s is formed almost horizontally at the upper end of
The upper shaft 65s is engaged with the upper pivot arm 67 while being sandwiched between the forked portions 67h.

The upper pivot arm 67 has an L-shaped shaft 67e bent into an L-shape as shown in FIG. 3B, and the horizontal portion of the L-shaped shaft 67e is
6 is supported by a bearing 66j. The aforementioned forked portion 67h is formed at the lower end of the L-shaped shaft 67e. A vertical arm 67a is fixed to the other end of the L-shaped shaft 67e substantially in parallel with the forked portion 67h,
An upper horizontal bar 69 is connected to the upper end of the vertical arm 67a. A lower horizontal bar 68 is connected to the lower end of the vertical arm 67a. The upper horizontal bar 69 is connected to the upper support arm 59 supporting the second pressing member 43 as shown in FIG. 1, and the lower horizontal bar 68 is connected to the lower supporting arm 58 supporting the first pressing member 42. ing.

When the second crankshaft 62 rotates, the rear end 62h makes a circular motion around the axis of the second crankshaft 62.
In (A), it rotates right and left around the center bearing 65c. When the forked portion 65h of the lower rotating arm 65 moves rightward (the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3A), the upper shaft 65s of the lower rotating arm 65 moves leftward, opposite to the forked portion 65h. Thereby, the forked portion 6 of the upper turning arm 67 connected to the upper shaft 65 s of the lower turning arm 65.
7h moves to the left, and the vertical arm 67a of the upper turning arm 67 turns to the right around the bearing 66j.

As a result, the upper horizontal bar 69 moves rightward in FIG. 3 (downward in FIG. 1), and the lower horizontal bar 68 moves leftward (upward in FIG. 1). As a result, the upper support arm 59 and the second pressing member 43 are
, The lower support arm 58 and the first holding member 42 rotate clockwise in FIG. When the forked portion 65h of the lower rotation arm 65 moves leftward in FIG. 3A, the first pressing member 42 and the second pressing member 43 move in the opposite direction.

Here, the first crankshaft 5 of the lifting mechanism 50
2 and the phase of the second crankshaft 62 of the rotating mechanism 60 are such that the first holding member 42 and the second holding member 43 rotate in the same direction as the rotating disk 30 when descending, and ascend when rising. It is adjusted so as to rotate in the opposite direction to the rotating disk 30. That is, the elevating mechanism 50 and the rotating mechanism 60 function as a driving unit of the pressing and feeding mechanism in the present invention.

Next, the height adjusting mechanism 70 for adjusting the height of the alternate press feed mechanism 40 will be described. The height adjusting mechanism 70 is a mechanism for adjusting the height of the first pressing member 42 and the second pressing member 43 in accordance with the oil level of the oil Y stored in the pan 20, and as shown in FIG.
And a base bearing 73j that supports the shaft portion 72x. Here, FIG. 4A is a plan view of the base plate 72 and its accessories, and FIG. 4B is a side view of the base plate 72 and its accessories. FIG. 4 (C)
FIG. 4B is a side view of FIG.

The base bearing 73j is fixed to a support plate 73z attached to the cross beam 13 of the device base 11. The shaft portion 72x is provided on the base plate 72.
On the opposite side, a support bar 73 s is fixed with its center line aligned, and the end of the support bar 73 s is connected to a side rail 74 having a circular-arc side surface. That is, the base plate 72 includes a base bearing 73j and a side rail 74.
And are supported by both sides. Side rail 74
Is a band-like plate having the center of the base bearing 73j as a bending center, and is fixed to the vertical beam 12 of the apparatus gantry 11 via a support plate 74f so as to be perpendicular to the base plate 72 and the support rod 73s.

A slit-like opening 74k is formed in the center of the side rail 74 in the longitudinal direction.
A male screw (not shown) formed at the end of the support bar 73s is passed through k. Then, the female screw of the fixed handle 76 is screwed into the male screw. Thus, by tightening the fixed handle 76, the support rod 73s
Can be fixed to the side rail 74.

When adjusting the height of the alternate press feed mechanism 40 by the height adjusting mechanism 70, the fixed handle 76 is loosened, and the fixed handle 76 and the support rod 73s are moved along the side rail 74 to move the base plate. 72 is rotated up and down around the base bearing 73j.
As a result, the height of the base plate 72 changes, and the height of the alternate pressing and feeding mechanism 40 can be adjusted. When the height adjustment is completed, the fixing handle 76 is tightened again to fix the alternate press feed mechanism 40 at that height.

Next, the interdigitated mesh conveyor 80 of the automatic frying apparatus 10 will be described. The interdigitated mesh conveyor 80 is connected to the connecting portion 23 between the pot main body 21 and the take-out passage 23 by the rotating disk 30 and the alternate pressing and feeding mechanism 40.
The conveyor is a conveyor for taking out the fried material sent up to t and transporting it to the position of the conveyor 90.
3 FIG. 5A is a plan view of a mesh-shaped mesh conveyor 80, and FIG. 6 is a side view thereof.

The interdigital conveyor 80 has a lifting frame 81 that is supported by a base frame 23f of the take-out passage 23. The elevating frame plate 81 is mounted on the base frame plate 23f via a height adjusting mechanism 82, and has a structure capable of elevating and lowering with respect to the base frame plate 23f. The height adjusting mechanism 82 is a lifting frame plate 81
And a bolt 82b screwed to the nut 82n (see FIG. 6). The tip (lower end) of the bolt 82b is connected to the base frame plate 23f. Is in contact with the upper surface of the With this structure, the height of the elevating frame plate 81 with respect to the base frame plate 23f can be adjusted by the screwing action of the bolt portion 82b and the nut portion 82n. A grip 82h is formed on the head of the bolt 82b so that the bolt 82b can be manually rotated.

A main body of an interdigital conveyor 80 is attached to the elevating frame plate 81. The interdigital conveyor 80 has a pair of parallel chain conveyors 84, and the two chain conveyors 84 are connected by a plurality of round bars 85 extending in the width direction of the conveyor (see FIG. 6). The upper right end of the chain conveyor 84 in FIG. 6 is supported by a sprocket (not shown) of the second drive shaft 87, the upper left end is supported by a conveyor tension 84t, and the lower left and right ends are supported by a guide metal 84m. The second drive shaft 87, the conveyor tension 84t, and both guide metals 84m are mounted on the elevating frame plate 81.

The round bars 85 are arranged at equal intervals in the traveling direction of the conveyor, and each round bar 85 is hung with a mesh net 86. The interdigital net 86 is a net woven with thin stainless steel threads, and is expanded into a square shape by the application of gravity. Therefore, when the round bar 85 is located below the chain conveyor 84, the interdigital mesh 86 is expanded, and when the round bar 85 is positioned above the chain conveyor 84, the interdigital mesh 86 is unfolded. 84.

The height of the interdigital mesh conveyor 80 is adjusted by the lifting frame 81 so that the tip (lower end) of the mesh 86 contacts the bottom 21b of the pan 20.
For this reason, the chain conveyor 84 rotates counterclockwise in FIG.
6 is covered, the fried food is propelled by the interdigitated mesh 86 and conveyed to the position of the take-out conveyor 90. Under the interdigital mesh conveyor 80, the fried material on the rotating disk 30 is taken out of the rotating disk 30 and the take-out conveyor 90 at the same height as the rotating disk 30 so that the fried food can be smoothly sent to the conveyor 90. A substantially triangular plate 23z is provided to fill the gap.

The take-out conveyor 90 is a conveyer installed obliquely on the inclined portion 23k of the take-out passage portion 23 of the pan 20, and serves to take out the fried food sent by the interdigital mesh conveyor 80 from the pan 20. The take-out conveyor 90 is driven by the first drive shaft 97. As shown in FIG. 5, the first drive shaft has an A sprocket 97a and a B sprocket 97b attached to its ends, and the A sprocket 97a is connected to the A chain 1
01 is connected to a conveyor drive not shown.

The B-th sprocket 97b is connected to the first intermediate shaft 94.
And the C-th sprocket 94b and the B-th chain 102. The first intermediate shaft 94 is rotatably attached to the apparatus gantry 11 in a state where the first intermediate shaft 94 is positioned parallel to the first drive shaft 97, and the first gear 94 w is attached to the first intermediate shaft 94. Next to the first intermediate shaft 94, a second intermediate shaft 95 is also rotatably mounted on the device base 11, and a second gear 95w of the second intermediate shaft 95 is attached to a first gear 94w of the first intermediate shaft 94. Are engaged.

A D-sprocket 95d is fixed to the end of the second intermediate shaft 95.
d is connected to the E-th sprocket 87e fixed to the second drive shaft 87 of the interdigital mesh conveyor 80 by the C-th chain 103. Further, a constant tension is applied to the C-th chain 103 by a tension roller 93 as shown in FIG. With this structure, when the conveyor driving device is driven, the driving force is transmitted to the first drive shaft by the A-chain 101 and the A-sprocket 97a, and the first drive shaft rotates rightward in FIG. Driven.

The torque of the first drive shaft is transmitted to the first intermediate shaft 94 by the B-th sprocket 97b, the B-chain 102, and the C-sprocket 94b, and the torque of the first intermediate shaft 94 is transmitted to the first gear 94w and the first gear 94w. The direction is changed by the two gears 95 w and transmitted to the second intermediate shaft 95. The rotational force of the second intermediate shaft 95 is the D-th sprocket 95d, the C-th
The power is transmitted to the second drive shaft 87 by the chain 103 and the E-th sprocket 87e. As a result, the second drive shaft 87 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 6, and the interdigital mesh conveyor 80 is driven.

Next, the operation of the automatic frying apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First,
The drain valve 21v of the pot main body 21 and the discharge passage 23
The drain valve 23v is opened and the fried scum accumulated in the deep groove 21m is collected in the oil collection tank 120. next,
After the amount of the oil Y corresponding to the fried food is filtered in the oil recovery tank 120, the oil Y is supplied to the pan 20 by a pump (not shown). That is, when raising thin fried food, the amount of oil Y is reduced to lower the oil level, and when deep fried food is fried, the amount of oil Y is increased to raise the oil level.

Next, the fixed handle 7 of the height adjusting mechanism 70
6, the inclination of the base plate 72 is changed to adjust the height of the alternate holding mechanism 40. The height of the alternate pressing feed mechanism 40 is adjusted so that the oil level is located between the first pressing member 42 and the second pressing member 43. Further, the height of the elevating frame plate 81 of the interdigital mesh conveyor 80 is adjusted by the height adjusting mechanism 82 according to the oil level. When the preparation for fry is thus completed, the pan 20 is heated by the heating device. Further, the rotary disk 30, the alternate pressing and feeding mechanism 40, the interdigital conveyor 80 and the take-out conveyor 90 are driven. Then, when the oil temperature of the pan 20 becomes an appropriate temperature, the material of the fried food is transferred to the pan main body 21.
From the material input section 21t.

Since the material of the fried material introduced from the material introduction section 21t precipitates in the oil Y, the material is
By 0, heating is performed while being fed in the direction of the alternate pressing feed mechanism 40. That is, the material of the fried food is transferred in the circumferential direction by rotating the rotating disk 30 clockwise. However, the fried food or the semi-floated fried food floating on the oil Y due to the loss of water by being heated is subjected to the alternate holding mechanism 4.
By the action of the first holding member 42 and the second holding member 43 of No. 0, they are transferred in the same direction as the transfer direction of the rotating disk 30 while being immersed or floated in the oil Y.

That is, the operation of the lifting mechanism 50 and the rotating mechanism 60 causes the first pressing member 42 to descend below the oil level and move in the same direction as the transport direction of the rotating disk 30, and the second pressing member 43. Rises above the oil level and moves in the direction opposite to the transport direction of the rotating disk 30, so that the fried food floating in the oil Y is transported by the first pressing member 42 in the same direction as the transport direction of the rotating disk 30. Is done. In addition, the second pressing member 43 descends below the oil level and moves in the same direction as the transport direction of the rotating disk 30, and the first pressing member 42 rises above the oil level and transports the rotating disk 30. By moving in the opposite direction, the fried food and the like are transferred by the second pressing member 43 in the same direction as the transfer direction of the rotating disk 30.

When the first holding member 42 and the second holding member 43 are alternately moved up and down, both holding members 42, 4
In the state where 3 is above the oil level, the fried food is transported in the same direction as the transport direction of the rotating disk 30 while floating on the oil Y by inertia. In addition, the fried food that has been precipitated in the oil Y is transported in the circumferential direction by the rotating disk 30.

When the fried food is transported to the connecting portion 23t between the pot main body 21 and the take-out passage 23 by the rotating disk 30 and the alternate holding and feeding mechanism 40 while being fried, the fried food is floated, semi-floating. 86 of mesh conveyor 80 interdigitated in fried food and sinking fried food
, And all the fried items are conveyed to the position of the take-out conveyor 90 by the interdigital mesh conveyor 80. And it is taken out from the pot 20 by the take-out conveyor 90.

As described above, according to the automatic frying apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the pan main body 21 is formed in a plane circular shape, and the fried material that has settled is sent to a predetermined position by the rotating disk 30 and floated. The fried or semi-floated fried food is sent by the alternate feed mechanism 40 in the same direction as the rotating disk 30. The fried food sent to the predetermined position, that is, the settled fried food, floating fried food and semi-floated fried food are all sent to the take-out conveyor 90 by the interdigital mesh conveyor 80, and the pan 2
Taken from zero. For this reason, it is possible to satisfactorily fry various types of fried foods that float in the frying process.

Further, since the material of the fried material settled by the rotating disk 30 is sent, the storage space can be smaller than that of the conventional method of sending the material by a net conveyor. For this reason, the pot 20 can be made compact, and
, The amount of oil Y can be reduced by the amount of compactness. As a result, it is possible to save oil cost and gas cost for maintaining the temperature of the oil. In addition, the pot body 2
Since the plane shape of 1 is substantially circular, the overall length of the automatic frying apparatus 10 does not become longer than in the past, and the degree of freedom of the installation place is improved.

Further, in the automatic frying apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, since the lifting mechanism 50 and the rotating mechanism 60 of the alternate press feed mechanism 40 are installed outside the outer edge of the pan 20, the alternate press feed mechanism is provided. 40 becomes easy to maintain. Further, since the automatic frying apparatus 10 includes the height adjusting mechanism 70 for adjusting the height of the alternate presser feed mechanism 40, the amount of the oil Y can be adjusted according to the type of the fried food. That is, the amount of oil Y can be reduced in the case of thin fried food, and increased in the case of thick fried food. Thereby, the fried food can be fried with an appropriate amount of oil Y, and waste of the oil Y is eliminated.

The automatic frying apparatus 10 is provided with an upper scraper 38 and a lower scraper 36, and the scraps are automatically dropped into the groove at the bottom of the pan by the scrapers 36, 38. Oil Y is always kept clean. For this reason, the quality of the fried food is improved without the fried food being contaminated by the fried waste. Further, since the fried scum in the groove can be efficiently discharged together with the edible oil by the bleeding pipe, the removal of the fried scum becomes easy.

[0067]

According to the automatic frying apparatus according to the present invention,
Since all the fried foods such as fried foods that have been raised, semi-floated fried foods, and fried foods that have settled can be transferred, various types of fried foods can be fried well. In addition, since a rotating disk is used, the storage space can be made smaller than in the conventional method using a net conveyor, so that the pot can be made compact and the amount of oil can be reduced. by this,
Oil costs can be saved, and gas costs can be saved for maintaining the oil temperature. Furthermore, since the pan main body has a substantially circular planar shape, the total length of the automatic frying apparatus is not longer than in the past, and the degree of freedom of the installation location is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of an automatic frying apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 (A) is a plan view of a main part of FIG. 2 (B),
FIG. 2B is a view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

3 (A) is a view on arrow III-III of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 (B) is a view on arrow BB of FIG. 3 (A).

4 (A) is a plan view of a height adjusting mechanism of the automatic frying apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 4 (B) is a side view of the height adjusting mechanism, and FIG. 4 (C) is FIG. It is a side view of (B).

5 (A) is a plan view of an interdigital mesh conveyor of the automatic frying apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 5 (B) is a side view of a main part of FIG. 5 (A).

FIG. 6 is a side view of an interdigital mesh conveyor of the automatic frying apparatus according to the present embodiment and a side view of a take-out conveyor.

7 (A) is a plan view of a rotating disk of the automatic frying apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 7 (B) is a side view showing a relationship between the rotating disk and an upper scraper, and FIG. 7 (C). Figure 7
FIG. 7B is a view as viewed from the direction of the arrow C, and FIG. 7D is a view as viewed from the direction of the arrow DD in FIG.

8 (A) is a plan view of a rotating disk of the automatic frying apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 8 (B) is a side view of the rotating disk, and FIG. 8 (C) is a view of FIG. 8 (A). CC view, FIG.
FIG. 8D is a view taken in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 8B, and FIG.
It is an EE arrow view of (D).

9 (A) is a plan view of a pan of the automatic frying apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 9 (B) is a view taken in the direction of arrows BB in FIG. 9 (A), and FIG. 9 (C) is It is a side view of the pot of an automatic frying apparatus.

FIG. 10A is a plan view of a conventional automatic frying apparatus, and FIG. 10B is a side view of the conventional automatic frying apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 pan 21 pan main body part 21p main drain pipe 23 take-out passage part 23p sub drain pipe 30 rotating disk 32 through hole 36 lower scraper 38 upper scraper 40 alternate press feed mechanism (press feed mechanism) 50 elevating mechanism (drive section) 60 rotation Mechanism (drive unit) 70 Height adjustment mechanism 80 Interdigital conveyor (net feed mechanism) 90 Pick-up conveyor

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Eijiro Sato 25-5 Tenno-mae, Mizutake-machi, Gamagori-shi, Aichi F-term (reference) 4B059 AA01 AB01 AB17 AC01 AC02 AC12 AC13 BE11 BF03 BF04

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An automatic frying apparatus for moving a material of fried food put in a pan for storing edible oil in the pan and frying, and automatically taking out the finished product from the pan, wherein a plane shape is substantially circular. And a rotating disk installed at the bottom of the pan to move the fried food settled in edible oil in the circumferential direction, and a holding member arranged almost parallel to the oil level is lowered to below the oil level and rotated A presser that moves a certain distance in the direction of rotation of the disc, raises its holding member above the oil level and returns it to its original position, and presses the floating material from above to move it in the same direction as the rotating disc. Feed mechanism, cover the fried food sent to the predetermined position by the rotating disk or presser feed mechanism from above, interdigitated net, and send the net in a certain direction to take out the fried food from the predetermined position and move it to the conveyor position. Automatic frying device comprising a cell network medium feeding mechanism. 2. The automatic frying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drive unit of the presser feed mechanism is installed outside the outer edge of the pan. 3. The automatic frying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a height adjusting mechanism for adjusting the height of the presser feed mechanism with respect to the oil level of the pot. 4. The automatic frying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of holes formed in the rotating disk and a contact supported by a pan are brought into contact with an upper surface of the rotating disk, and An upper scraper that uses a rotating force to drop fried scum on the rotating disk from the hole to the bottom of the pan, and is attached to the lower surface of the rotating disk and is rotated integrally with the rotating disk, thereby dropping to the bottom of the pan. An automatic frying apparatus comprising: a lower scraper for dropping fried swarf into a groove formed on the bottom thereof; and a drainage pipe for discharging fried scum in the groove together with edible oil.