JP2003000202A - Heating feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heating feeder usable for removing chestnut shells, or frying or roasting some other food materials. SOLUTION: This heating feeder has an electromagnetic induction heating body 5 attached on the outer periphery of canaliculated heating vessels 2, wherein food materials are subjected to electromagnetic induction heating while swirling agitating impellers 16 to stir the food materials in the heating vessels 2.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating feeder which is used for peeling chestnuts and for frying or roasting foodstuffs. 2. Description of the Related Art Stripped chestnuts are used in boiled sweet chestnuts and chestnuts in boiled water and sweet stew. For the conventional method of peeling chestnut shells, cut a chestnut shell dried and dried in the sun with a knife,
If this is baked with gas etc. and the shell is easy to peel off,
The process of cutting again with a knife and scraping the shell off with a brush to separate it from the fruit was used. [0003] However, as described above, conventionally, since the sun is dried in the sun, it is easily affected by the weather, and it is difficult to finish the drying uniformly. Was. In addition, since the blade is used to make a cut in the shell, there is a risk that the blade may be broken in the middle and metal pieces may be mixed into the chestnut of the product. Furthermore, in order to make the shell easy to peel off, after drying by sun-drying, it was necessary to make a cut in the shell and then burn it with gas or the like. Moreover, the conventional method has a disadvantage that astringent skin between the shell and the fruit remains, and it is difficult to obtain clean peeled chestnuts. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a heating feeder that can be used for peeling chestnuts, frying other ingredients, roasting, and the like. [0005] In order to achieve the above object, a heating feeder of the present invention is configured as follows. That is, the heating feeder according to claim 1 attaches an electromagnetic induction heating body to an outer periphery of a gutter-shaped heating container, and turns a stirring blade provided inside the heating container to stir the food material in the heating container. It is configured to heat while heating. According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the food is processed by electromagnetic induction heating while rotating the stirring blades in the heating vessel and stirring the food in the heating vessel, the food can be uniformly heated uniformly, and the amount is large. Can be processed efficiently. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of the heating feeder of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 3 is a side sectional view thereof, FIG. 4 is a view taken along the line AA in FIG. 3, and FIG. FIG. The heating feeder 1 includes a heating vessel 2 having a trough shape as a whole, an electromagnetic induction heating body (hereinafter referred to as an “IH heating body”) 5 attached to an outer periphery of the heating vessel 2, and a heating vessel 2.
Is comprised of the stirring blades 16 and the like disposed inside. The heating container 2 is made of metal or the like, and in the present embodiment, seven I-ports are formed in the longitudinal direction along the outer peripheral surface.
An H heating element 5 is provided. A cover plate 3 covering the entire upper surface of the heating container 2 is formed of a transparent acrylic plate or the like from which the inside of the heating container 2 can be confirmed, and is attached so as to be opened and closed by a plurality of hinges 4. When the cover plate 3 is closed, it is fixed by the fixture 21. In addition, a food inlet 9 is provided at one end of the lid plate 3, and the heating container 2 on the opposite side is provided.
Is provided with an outlet 10 for foodstuffs. A rotating shaft 8 is disposed in the heating vessel 2 in the longitudinal direction, and both ends of the rotating shaft 8 are rotatable respectively on a front wall 23 and a rear wall 24 which cover the front and rear surfaces of the heating vessel 2. It is pivotally supported. A number of stirring blades 16 are fixed to the rotating shaft 8 with bolts 17. The directions of the blades of the stirring blades 16 are not all the same, but are alternately changed. Then, the driving force of the motor 6 is transmitted to the rotary shaft 8 via the continuously variable transmission 7, and the stirring blade 16 turns at a predetermined speed. A water supply pipe 15 is provided outside the heating vessel 2, and a plurality of water supply nozzles 19 connected to the water supply pipe 15 are provided at an upper position inside the heating vessel 2. . Depending on the food material, an appropriate amount of water may need to be supplied during the heat treatment. However, water is supplied to the food material inside the heating container 2 from each water supply nozzle 19 through the water supply port 14 and the pipe 15. By the way, the heating container 2 is configured to be tiltable so that the food material after the heat treatment can be easily discharged from the discharge port 10. That is, when the handle 12 on the vertical axis provided on the feeder installation base 11 is turned in a predetermined direction, the gear 18 on the horizontal axis is rotated by the engagement of the bevel gear 20. The gear 18 meshes with a curved arm gear 13 attached to the rear bottom portion of the heating vessel 2. In addition, the bottom of the front of the heating vessel 2 is rotated by a rotating bearing 22 so that the feeder mounting table 11 is provided.
Supported above. Therefore, when the handle 12 is rotated in a predetermined direction, the heating vessel 2 is lifted up with the front bearing 22 as a fulcrum, and the heating vessel 2 has a discharge port 1 in front of the heating vessel 2.
Tilt to 0 side. When the handle 12 is turned in the opposite direction, the heating container 2 returns to the original horizontal state. The heating feeder 1 constructed as described above
First, a food material is supplied from the input port 9. The introduced food is heated by the IH heating element 5 while being stirred in the heating vessel 2 by the rotation of the stirring blade 16. After the heating is completed, the heating feeder 1 is tilted forward so that the outlet 1
The processed food is discharged from 0. According to the heating feeder 1 of the present invention, since the food is heat-treated by IH while stirring the food in the heating container 2 by rotating the stirring blade 16 in the heating container 2, the food can be uniformly heated evenly, Can be processed efficiently even if there are many Next, as an example, a case where the heating feeder 1 of the present invention is used for producing sweet chestnut will be described. FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the sweet chestnut production process. As shown in the figure, the worm-eating sorting tank 30, the transport pump 31, the drainer 32, the feeding conveyor 33, the size selector 34, the heating feeder 1, the peeler 35, the skin sorting tank 36, and the transport pump 3 of the present invention.
7. Each device of the washing feeder 38 and the drainer 39 is arranged in this order, and the sweet chestnut of the peeled chestnut is manufactured by these. First, washed chestnuts are introduced from the inlet of the insect-eating sorting tank 30. The sorting tank 30 is full of water, and the insect-eating chestnuts float on the water, while the normal chestnuts sink in the water to perform specific gravity sorting. Normal chestnuts submerged in water,
It is discharged to the transport pump 31 from a discharge port below the sorting tank 30. Then, after being drained by a drainer 32, it is sent to a size sorter 34 by an input conveyor 33. In the size sorter 34, large, medium, and small 3 depending on the size of the chestnut grains.
And transported to different heating feeders 1. The chestnuts put into the heating feeder 1 of the present invention are uniformly heated by the IH while being stirred by the rotation of the stirring blades 16 inside. The heating condition is, for example, 18
A time of 10 to 20 minutes at 0 to 220 ° C is suitable. By this heat treatment, the chestnut berries and the astringent skin peel off cleanly. After the heating, the heating feeder 1 is tilted to remove the chestnuts into the next peeling machine 3.
Send to 5. In addition, the electric capacity of the heating feeder 1 of the present embodiment is IH three-phase 200 V, maximum 30 KW. In the peeling machine 35, chestnuts are sandwiched between a table 35a which is driven to rotate in a wave-like manner and a rotating presser plate 35b, and a force as if rubbed by hand is applied to the chestnut shell. Separate the fruit. Since the chestnut astringent skin is separated from the fruit and adhered to the shell by the above-mentioned heat treatment,
Separates from berries like shells. The thus separated husks and fruits are sent to the next leather sorting tank 36. The skin sorting tank 36 is filled with water, and the shell floats on the water and actually sinks in the water. The fruit sinking in the water is discharged from the outlet below the sorting tank 36 to the transport pump 37, and then the washing feeder 38. Here, after washing thoroughly, draining is performed by a drainer 39 and drying is performed. Thereafter, although not shown, the chestnuts are heated with a roaster or the like, whereby peeled sweet chestnuts are completed. In the above, an example was described in which the heating feeder 1 of the present invention was used to peel chestnuts and astringent skin in the production of sweet chestnuts. As described above, the heating feeder of the present invention uses chestnuts. Of course, it can be used for roasting and roasting other ingredients. As described above in detail, according to the heating feeder of the present invention, the stirring blades in the heating vessel are swirled to process the food by electromagnetic induction heating while stirring the ingredients in the heating vessel. Therefore, the food can be evenly and uniformly heated, and even if the amount is large, the food can be efficiently treated. Also,
Conventionally, in the field of food processing, steam piping as in the case of popular steam heating is unnecessary, and temperature control is easy.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of a heating feeder of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view thereof. FIG. 4 is a view as viewed in the direction of arrows AA in FIG. 3; FIG. 5 is a front view thereof. FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory view of a sweet chestnut production process. [Description of Signs] 1 Heating feeder 2 Heating vessel 3 Cover plate 5 IH heating body 8 Rotating shaft 9 Foodstuff inlet 10 Foodstuff outlet 15 Piping 16 Stirring blade 19 Water supply nozzle

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Claims (1)

Claims 1. A heating feeder for heating a foodstuff for cooking, wherein an electromagnetic induction heating body is attached to an outer periphery of a gutter-shaped heating container, and stirring is provided inside the heating container. A heating feeder characterized by heating food while stirring the food in a heating vessel by rotating a blade.