JP2000175828A - Fryer for instant noodle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fryer for instant noodle which achieves a modified direction of a basket housing noodle in approaching the oil surface. SOLUTION: An attitude retained conveying path 36 is arranged on the side of the position of an inlet where a basket 2 housing noodle is moved into oil to keep the basket at a horizontal attitude to the oil surface 14c while advancing it vertically to the oil surface preventing oscillation thereof. As a result, the noodle housed in the basket moves into the oil retaining the noodle mass with the shape the same as that of a housing chamber of the basket. As the basket moves vertically to the oil surface, the noodle mass coagulates gradually from the underside thereof. Thus, in the frying process, the noodle becomes uniform in the density over all lines thereof.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an instant noodle frying apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 shows a part of an apparatus for fried food for instant noodles, in which both ends of a basket 2 accommodating noodles 1 are connected.
A first chain conveyor 4 for transporting the inside of the basket through the oil, and a second chain for connecting the both ends of the lid 5 so as to cover the upper opening of the basket 2 passing through the oil so that the lid 5 covers the upper opening. And a conveyor 6.

The first chain conveyor 4 guides the basket 2 into which the noodles 1 have been put into the oil by the noodle feeding device T at the inlet position 3a of the oil tank 3 and then to the outlet position (not shown) of the oil tank 3. The noodles 1 are transferred and the empty basket 2 is transported endlessly so as to return to the entrance position 3a. The second chain conveyor 6 is driven at the same speed as the first chain conveyor 4 so that the basket 2 containing the noodles 1
Has an endless transport trajectory such that the upper opening 2a of the basket 2 is always covered by the lid 5 from immediately before entering the basket 2 until the basket 2 passes through the oil and rises from the oil level 2b. . The first and second chain conveyors 4 and 6 are provided with sprockets 7a disposed above the oil tank 3.
, And is supported by a sprocket 7b disposed below the sprocket 7a on the right side of the drawing, and the basket 2 containing the noodles 1 is made to enter the oil level 3b with an obliquely downward slope.

[0004]

However, in the apparatus shown in FIG. 4, the basket 2 is inclined obliquely downward and the oil level 3 is increased.
b, the noodles 1 in the basket 2 are lifted first by the air bubbles discharged from the noodles 1 and the buoyancy of the noodles 1, so that the noodle mass on the rear side in the entering direction floats first (reference numeral 1a in FIG. When solidified in this state, the noodle strings on the front side in the traveling direction become sparse, the noodle strings on the rear side in the traveling direction become dense, and the shape of the fried noodles 1 may be deteriorated.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem. By improving the direction in which a basket containing noodles enters the oil surface, the density of the noodle strings can be reduced as a whole. It is an object of the present invention to provide an instant noodle frying apparatus capable of producing a highly uniform instant noodle with uniform quality.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the instant noodle frying apparatus of the present invention accommodates noodles in a basket through which oil can flow in and out, and supports the basket to carry the noodles in the oil tank. In the instant noodle frying apparatus that fries the noodles in the basket by passing it through the oil, the basket is placed horizontally on the entry side where the basket containing the noodles enters the oil. Hold, and
A posture-holding conveyance path for preventing the rocking and entering the oil surface vertically is provided.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an instant noodle frying apparatus according to the present invention. The fryer is wound around a plurality of sprockets in an oil tank 14, and is provided at a chain conveyor 16 for connecting and transporting both longitudinal ends of a basket 12 containing the noodles 10 and an inlet position 14a of the oil tank 14. A noodle feeding device 18 for feeding the noodles 10 into the respective baskets 12, and a lid which is disposed forward of the noodle feeding device 18 in the transport direction and covers the basket accommodating opening 12 a of each basket 12. A setting device 22, a lid unset device 24 disposed at the outlet position 14 a of the oil tank 14 to remove the lid 20 set in the basket 12, and a lid unset device 24 disposed above the oil tank 14. The lid 20 removed in step 2
And a belt conveyor 26 that conveys the belt to the second side.

Here, the chain conveyor 16 has sprockets 11A, 11B arranged near the entrance position 14a.
And move downward, and the sprockets 11C, 1C
It winds around 1D and 11E, meanders in the left-right direction of the figure, winds around the sprocket 11F, and moves to the exit position 14a. As shown in FIG. 2, the basket 12 includes a plurality of rectangular noodle accommodation chambers 12 b in a plan view.
4 is a rectangular box in a plan view that is integrally arranged in a row in the width direction of the noodle container 4, and has a number of oil permeable holes 12c at the bottom of the noodle accommodating chamber 12b.
Are formed. As shown in FIG. 2, the lid 20 is a substantially rectangular plate-like member that covers the basket accommodating opening 12a, and has a large number of oil permeable holes 20a formed on the entire surface.

[0009] Each basket 12 is suspended from the chain conveyor 16 via hangers 30 connected to both ends in the longitudinal direction. The hanger 30
As shown in FIG. 2, the upper and lower support portions 32 vertically long on the basket 12 side and the left and right support portions 34 long on the left and right at positions away from the basket 12 are integrally formed so as to form a cross. Yes, upper end 32a of upper and lower support 32
The left and right ends 34a and 34b of the left and right support portions 34 are formed in a curved shape.

The upper and lower support portions 32 and the left and right support portions 3
A position 0 where the crossing 4 intersects is a connection point to the chain conveyor 16, and the basket 12 is swingably connected to the chain conveyor 16 about this connection point O. Here, what is shown in FIG. 3 shows a specific structure of a transport path (an attitude holding transport path indicated by reference numeral 36 in FIG. 1) that holds the attitude of the basket 12 containing the noodles 10 and enters the oil surface 14c. Things.

The attitude holding transport path 36 is used to move the chain conveyor 16 moving from the horizontal left
The upper rotation transport section 36A that winds vertically around the sprocket 11A by ／ rotation and the chain conveyor 16 that has entered vertically below the oil surface 14C is rotated by 1/4 of a counterclockwise rotation into the sprocket 11B. And a lower rotating / transporting section 36B that is wound around the right side and moves in the horizontal right direction.

The upper rotary transport section 36A is provided with a trajectory drawn by the upper end 32a of the upper and lower support section 32 projecting outward from the chain conveyor 16 in rotation and the right end section 34 of the left and right support section 34.
The locus drawn by b is different. Therefore, the upper rotary transport unit 3
6A, a first upper and lower guide 38 that contacts and guides the upper end 32a of the upper and lower support portions 32 and a first left and right guide 40 that contacts and guides the left and right support portions 34 are provided in the oil tank 14. Bracket 4 on the frame material (not shown)
2 is fixed. And a first left and right guide 40 that contacts and guides the same through a bracket 42 to a frame member (not shown) provided in the oil tank 14.
That is, the inner guide portion of the first upper and lower guides 38 is provided on the upper side along the trajectory of the upper end portion 32a.
Are formed, and a second inner guide portion 38b is formed continuously from the lower portion of the inner guide portion 38a along the vertical direction. The inner guide portion of the first left and right guides 40 includes a first inner guide portion 40a extending in the horizontal direction, and a second inner portion following the locus of the right end portion 34b continuously from the first inner guide portion 40a. A guide portion 40b and a third inner guide portion 40c extending vertically from the lower portion of the second inner guide portion 40b are formed.

In the lower rotary transport section 36B, the trajectory drawn by the left ends 34a of the left and right support sections 34 protruding outward from the chain conveyor 16 is different from the trajectory drawn by the upper and lower support sections 32. Therefore, the lower rotary transport section 36B
Also, a second guide that contacts and guides the upper and lower support portions 32
An up-down guide 46 and a second left-right guide 48 that contacts and guides the left-right support portion 34 are fixed to a frame member provided in the oil tank 14 via a bracket 50. That is, the inner guide portion of the second vertical guide 46 is
An inner guide portion 46a is formed along the vertical direction from above to a position where it enters the oil surface 14a. Also, the second
The inner guides of the left and right guides 48 include a first inner guide 48a extending vertically upward and a second inner guide 48a extending from a lower portion of the first inner guide 48a along a locus drawn by the left end 34a. Inside guide portion 48b, and a third portion that extends horizontally from the lower portion of the second inside guide portion 48b.
And an inner guide portion 48c.

According to the above configuration, the noodle feeding device 18 uses the noodle 1
The basket 12 into which the “0” is put is conveyed to the posture holding conveyance path 36 after the lid 20 is attached by the lid setting device 22. Then, the hanger 30 is moved by the first vertical guide 38 and the first left / right guide 40 of the upper rotating / transporting section 36A.
Is guided, so that the basket 12 is prevented from swinging and is kept in a horizontal state (the noodle storage chamber 12b with respect to the oil level 14c).
While the bottoms are parallel) and fall vertically downward. And the basket 1 immediately before the oil level 14c
2 is passed on to the lower rotary conveyance section 36B, and the hanger 30 is guided by the second up-down guide 46 and the second left-right guide 48 so that the basket 12 is prevented from swinging, and the horizontal state is maintained. It enters perpendicularly to the surface 14c.

As described above, since the swinging is prevented and the basket 12 kept in a horizontal state moves toward the oil surface 14c, the noodles 10 stored in the basket 12 are moved.
Holds a noodle block in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped having the same shape as the noodle accommodating chamber 12b, without forming a block having a different size close to one side in the basket 12. Then, when entering perpendicularly to the oil level 14c, the solidified noodle mass gradually solidifies from the lower side and the frying process is performed while the entire area of the noodle strings has a uniform density. Can be manufactured.

In this embodiment, the chain conveyor 1 is used.
Although 6 is used, any other transporting means may be used as long as it has a structure for supporting the basket 12. In this embodiment, both ends of each basket 12 in the longitudinal direction are hung and held on the chain conveyor 16 via the hanger 30. However, the upper end 32a and the left and right support When rollers are disposed at the left and right ends 34a, 34b of the
Since the rolling is performed smoothly along the inner guide portions of the lower rotary transport portion 36B and the lower rotary transport portion 36B, the posture of the basket 12 can be reliably held.

[0017]

As described above, according to the instant noodle frying apparatus of the present invention, since the posture holding transport path is provided on the entry side for allowing the basket containing the noodles to enter the oil, the noodles are stored in the basket. The noodles enter the oil while holding noodle blocks of the same shape as the storage chamber in the basket. And since it enters perpendicular to the oil level, it gradually solidifies from the bottom of the noodle mass, and the frying process is performed while the entire area of the noodle strings has a uniform density, so high-quality instant noodles Can be manufactured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an instant noodle frying apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a basket and a lid according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a posture holding conveyance path according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a part of a conventional instant noodle frying apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Noodle 11A, 11B Sprocket 12 Basket 12a Basket accommodating opening 12c 20a Oil permeation hole 14 Oil tank 14a Inlet position 14b Exit position 14c Oil level 16 Chain conveyor 20 Cover 22 Lid set device 30 Hanger 32 Vertical support part 34 Left and right support part 36 Position Holding transport path 36A Upper rotary transport section 36B Lower rotary transport section 38 First vertical guide 40 First left / right guide 46 Second vertical guide 48 Second left / right guide

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims 1. An instant noodle frying apparatus for storing noodles in a basket through which oil can flow in and out, and carrying the basket so as to pass through the oil in an oil tank, thereby frying the noodles in the basket. On the entry side where the basket containing the noodles enters the oil, the basket is kept in a horizontal position with respect to the oil surface, and is prevented from swinging, and is moved vertically into the oil surface. An instant noodle frying apparatus comprising a holding conveyance path.