JP2001061675A - Fryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fryer that can prevent oil sticking to a conveyor that has moved upward over the heated oil tank after the lower side of the endless conveyor passed the heated oil tank and returned, from dropping again into the oil tank as in the form of drops or oil clots that have solidified on the conveyor from dropping into the oil tank and has an oil recovery cover capable of recovering the tar content in a greasy fume produced from the heated oil tank. SOLUTION: The fryer is equipped with a heated oil tank 4, an endless conveyor 1, the lower side 1b of which moves while being dipped and the upper side 1a moves above the heated oil tank 4, and a food supply section 3a supplying food to be fried in oil onto the conveyor 1. In this case, a cover 12 covering the heated oil tank 4 and the lower side 1b of the endless conveyor 1 is provided between the heated oil tank 4 and the endless conveyor 1 moving above the heated oil tank 4, and a detachable oil recovery cover 14 that can recover oil dropping from the upper side conveyor belt and return again to the heated oil tank 4 and can collect a tar in a greasy fume is arranged slantingly above the cover 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fryer which fries food while continuously immersing it in a heated oil tank and automatically recovers the processed food after processing. In particular, after the lower side of the endless conveyor passes through the heating oil tank and turns back, the oil adhering to the conveyor that has moved above the heating oil tank becomes oil droplets and falls again into the oil tank, or on the conveyor. The present invention relates to a fryer having an oil collection cover that can prevent a solidified oil mass from falling into an oil tank and can collect tar components in oil smoke generated from a heated oil tank.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The structure of a conventional fryer will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is an overall plan view of the fryer, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 3, and FIG. It is D sectional drawing. The fryer F shown in FIG. 3 includes two endless conveyors 1 and 1 on each of the conveyors 1.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, there are a large number of containers 3a to 3n (six rows in the figure) that can receive foods, for example, tofu pieces 2 as raw material for fried food, in the width direction of the endless conveyor 1, and furthermore, these containers 3a to 3n. 3n are continuously arranged in the length direction of the conveyor 1.

At one end of the conveyor 1, a supply unit 3 for supplying tofu pieces to the containers 3a to 3n is arranged.
The tofu pieces 2 can be dropped from the supply section 3 into the containers 3a to 3n. Endless conveyor 1
The lower part is immersed in a heated oil tank 4 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, so that the conveyor 1 can move in the heated oil. The heating oil tank 4 is divided into a low-temperature tank 4A, a medium-temperature tank 4B, and a high-temperature tank 4C in the moving direction of the conveyor 1 (from right to left in FIG. 4).
The endless conveyor 1 includes the low-temperature tank 4A to the medium-temperature tank 4B,
After passing through the high-temperature tank 4C, it passes through the heating oil tank 4 again and returns to the supply unit 3 side. Further, in order to prevent a large amount of oil smoke generated from the high-temperature tank 4C from being discharged into the factory, the high-temperature tank 4C of the heating oil tank 4 is wrapped around the oil tank 4 and the conveyor 1 as shown in FIG. Covers 6 and 7 having a smoke duct 5 are provided, and generated oil smoke can be discharged from the smoke exhaust duct 5 to the outside of the factory via a filter.

In this fryer F, the tofu pieces 2 dropped from the supply unit 3 into the containers 3a to 3n on the endless conveyor 1 are stored in the containers 3a to 3n one by one, and And then immersed in oil, fried in a high-temperature tank 4C via a low-temperature tank 4A and a medium-temperature tank 4B, and a product as oil fried is completed. The finished frying is taken out of the line at the take-out part.

By the way, in the general fryer F including the above-mentioned fryer F, oil fumes are generated particularly in the high-temperature tank 4C, and when the fumes generated from this part fill the factory, the working environment becomes extremely poor. For this reason, as described above, especially in the high-temperature tank 4C, as shown in FIG. 5, the covers 6 and 7 are provided to cover the entire line, and the oil smoke is discharged from above the covers 6 and 7 through the smoke exhaust duct 5 to the outside of the factory. It is configured to discharge. In addition, 11 is a burner. However, this method has problems that the covers 6 and 7 become large, the work of assembling the covers is troublesome, and the cost increases.

In the high temperature tank 4C, the conveyor 1
Moves above the heating oil tank 4 in a return path after passing through the heating oil tank 4 while the oil remains attached, the oil adhering to the conveyor 1 becomes oil droplets 8 as shown in FIG. A situation occurs in which the oil mass 9 that has dropped into the oil tank 4 or that has solidified on the conveyor 1 falls into the oil tank. In particular, when such oil lumps 9 fall into the oil tank 4,
Attached to food 2 such as tofu pieces fried in oil tank 4,
Product failure occurs. Therefore, such flyer F
In such a case, it is necessary to periodically remove oil lumps adhering to the conveyor 1 and peripheral devices, which requires enormous costs.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, according to the present invention, a cover is arranged between an upper side and a lower side of an endless conveyor so as to wrap an oil tank and a lower side conveyor, and an upper side of the cover is inclined. In addition, an oil recovery cover is provided detachably, so that the oil smoke generated in the oil tank flows along the inclined oil recovery cover back surface and can be recovered from the duct. Also, even if the oil adhering to the upper conveyor drops as oil droplets, it is received by the oil recovery cover so that the oil can be recovered in the oil tank again. Furthermore, the tar component contained in the oil smoke adhering to the back surface of the oil recovery cover can be collected outside the cover while flowing down along the cover. Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide a flyer F that can solve the problems of the conventional flyer F as described above.

In the present invention, the oil adhering to the upper conveyor 1 that has returned after passing through the high-temperature tank 4C after returning to the high-temperature tank 4C as oil droplets drops to the high-temperature oil tank side. Can be received by the oil recovery cover and can be recovered in the oil tank again, so that the oil consumption efficiency can be improved. In addition, even if the oil droplets attached to the conveyor 1 are aggregated and fall as an oil mass, the oil collection cover can catch the oil droplets and prevent product defects. Furthermore, even if the tar component contained in the oil smoke adheres to the oil recovery cover, the tar flows down along the inclined cover, and the tar cut plate provided at the bottom of the cover for collecting the tar is used. Since it can be collected and dropped on the lower gutter and collected outside the cover, contamination of the inner wall of the cover of the high-temperature tank by tar can be prevented, and the number of regular cleaning operations can be reduced.

[0009]

Therefore, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is an endless type in which a heating oil tank and a lower side move while being immersed in the heating oil tank and an upper side moves above the heating oil tank. In a food fryer comprising a conveyor and a food supply unit for supplying food to be fried on the endless conveyor, a heating oil tank is provided between the heating oil tank and the endless conveyor moving above the heating oil tank. And a cover that covers the lower endless conveyor,
Above the cover, a detachable oil collecting cover that can collect oil falling from the upper conveyor and return it to the heated oil tank again and can collect tar in oil smoke is arranged at an angle. A fryer, characterized in that a plurality of the oil recovery covers are arranged in the moving direction of the endless conveyor, wherein the oil recovery cover has a flange at a lower end in an inclined direction and a flange at an upper part. A fryer characterized in that a hole having a hole is formed, and a tar plate for collecting tar is attached to a bottom portion above the hole.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of FIG.
2 is a plan view of the oil recovery cover and a cross-sectional view of the cover. The same members as those in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an endless conveyor 1, 1a is above the conveyor 1, 1b is the conveyor 1
Is underneath. The lower side 1b of the conveyor 1 is disposed so as to be immersed in the high-temperature tank 4C.
Has a configuration that can be heated by the burner 11. A cover 12 covers the lower endless conveyor 1b and the oil tank 4, and the cover 12 has a function of preventing oil smoke generated from the oil tank from being released into the factory.
The cover 12 is provided with a duct 13 for collecting oil smoke,
Oil smoke can be discharged from the duct 13 to the outside of the factory through a known filter or the like.

The cover 12 is not particularly limited in its shape as long as it can cover the lower side 1b of the endless conveyor and the oil tank 4 in a compact manner.
Reinforcement and the like are applied at appropriate places. An oil recovery cover 14 for receiving oil drops falling from the upper endless conveyor 1 is disposed on the upper side of the cover 12 so as to be inclined downward and to the right in the figure, and below the inclined lower end of the oil recovery cover 14. Is provided with a gutter 15 for collecting tar. Naturally, the inclination direction of the oil recovery cover 14 can be freely changed in accordance with the line of the fryer F.
Are also arranged according to this. The oil recovery cover 14 is divided into a suitable size so as to be easily attached and detached, and a plurality of the oil recovery covers 14 are provided along the moving direction of the endless conveyor 1. The oil recovery cover 14 can be removed and cleaned at any time. It has become. Naturally, the oil recovery covers 14 are closed with fixed covers.

The oil recovery cover 14 is formed by processing a metal plate, and as shown in FIG.
Is formed as a box-shaped container, and a slit-shaped oil recovery hole 16 for collecting the oil received by the cover 14 into the oil tank 4 is formed in a portion corresponding to the inclined lower side as shown in the figure. ing. The oil recovery hole 16 is formed by burring as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and a flange 16 a protruding upward is formed around the oil recovery hole 16. A U-shaped tar plate 17 is attached to the bottom of the cover by welding or the like. Oil recovery hole 16
The shape of is not limited to a slit shape, and a plurality of holes may be formed and a similar flange may be formed around each hole. Of course, the shape of the hole can be various shapes such as a circle and a polygon.

In the high-temperature oil tank of the fryer F, the tofu pieces 2 accommodated in the containers 3a to 3n of the lower conveyor 1 are continuously fried with high-temperature oil as the conveyor 1 moves as in the conventional fryer. To be fried and collected from the containers 3a to 3n in the same manner as in the above-described conventional example.
The conveyor 1 having emptied 〜3n returns to the low temperature tub side again through the upper side of the high temperature tub 4C, and the tofu pieces are again supplied to the containers 3a〜3n.

At this time, in the high-temperature tank of the fryer F, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the upper side 1a and the lower side 1b of the endless conveyor 1
The cover 12 is arranged so as to wrap the oil tank and the lower conveyor 1 between them, and the oil recovery cover 14 is provided on the upper side of the cover 12 in an inclined state and detachably. The oil smoke generated at 4C is collected from the duct 13 as an upward airflow along the inclined oil recovery cover 14. Further, even if the oil adhering to the upper conveyor 1a that has passed through the high-temperature tank 4C and returned to the upper part of the high-temperature tank again becomes oil drops 8 and falls, the oil is received by the oil recovery cover 14 and is inclined. The oil flows naturally on the oil recovery cover 14 and can be recovered from the oil recovery hole 16 into the oil tank again. At this time, dust and the like mixed in the oil are prevented from falling by the flange 16a formed around the oil recovery hole 16, and the lower end of the cover functions as a dust reservoir. With this configuration, the amount of oil consumption can be reduced, and even if the oil droplets attached to the conveyor 1 clump and fall as the oil lumps 9, the oil drops can be received by the oil recovery cover 14. Product defects can be reliably prevented from occurring.

Further, tar contained in the oily smoke adheres to the back surface (inside of the cover) of the oil recovery cover 14, and the tar is attached to the cover by its own weight because the cover 14 is arranged at an angle. Flow down along. When flowing down,
Tar is tar cut plate 1 attached to the bottom of the cover 14.
The flow is stopped by 7, from which it falls to the lower gutter 15 and is collected outside the oil tank. The tar does not solidify because the inside of the cover is kept at a high temperature, and also has an appropriate viscosity. Therefore, the tar flows along the back surface of the oil recovery cover, and as described above, the tar The flow is stopped by this and can be collected in the gutter 15. The tar plate 17 may have any other shape and form as long as it can stop the flow of tar.

The above-mentioned fryer F has been described as an example in which tofu pieces are fried and fried, but the present invention is applied to various fryers F such as a fryer F for raising croquettes and cutlets, and a fryer F for raising instant noodles. What you can do is obvious. Also, the present invention may be embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are merely examples, and should not be construed as limiting. Further, all modifications and changes belonging to the equivalent scope of the claims are within the scope of the present invention.

[0018]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, even if oil adhering to the upper conveyor in the high-temperature tank becomes oil droplets and falls, it can be received by the oil recovery cover, so that the oil is wasted. Can be prevented. In addition, even if the oil droplets adhering to the conveyor or the peripheral equipment are aggregated and fall into the oil tank and fall toward the oil tank, the oil recovery cover can catch the oil droplets and prevent the occurrence of product defects. Furthermore, even if the tar content contained in the oil smoke adheres to the oil recovery cover, the tar flows down along the inclined cover and can be collected outside the cover, so the tar on the inner wall of the cover of the high-temperature tank Excellent effects such as prevention of contamination by tar and reduction of the number of regular cleaning operations can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a fryer F high-temperature oil tank as an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view and a sectional view of an oil recovery cover as an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a line plan view of a conventional fryer F.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Conveyor 2 Tofu pieces (processed food) 3 Supply part 3a-3n container 4 Heating oil tank 5, 13 Smoke exhaust duct 12 Cover 14 Oil recovery cover 15 Gutter 16 Oil recovery hole 16a flange 17 Tar cut plate 18 Flange

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Takahiro Sato 1259, Uedanaka, Nitta-machi, Nitta-gun, Gunma F-term in Watanabe Seisakusho Co., Ltd. 4B059 AA01 AB01 AB11 AB17 AC03 AC13 AD05 BE18 BF10 BG10

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A heated oil tank, an endless conveyor whose lower side moves while being immersed in the heated oil tank and whose upper side moves above the heated oil tank, and a food which supplies food to be fried on the endless conveyor A food oil fryer comprising a supply unit and a cover for covering the heating oil tank and the lower endless conveyor between the heating oil tank and the endless conveyor moving above the heating oil tank, and The fryer is characterized in that the oil falling from the upper conveyor is collected, can be returned to the heated oil tank again, and the detachable oil collection cover that can collect tar in oil smoke is inclined. . 2. The oil recovery cover according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the oil recovery covers are arranged in a moving direction of the endless conveyor.
Flyer as described in. 3. The oil recovery cover has a hole having a flange at an upper portion at a lower end in an inclined direction, and a tar plate for collecting tar is attached at a bottom portion above the hole. The fryer according to claim 2, wherein: