JP2004267501A - Boiling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a boiling apparatus such as a noodle boiling machine which uses a gas burner and an electric heater as a heating device and boils noodles while loosening them by a jet flow, whose height is low at the time of using the electric heater. <P>SOLUTION: The boiling apparatus comprises: a tub 14 storing hot water 24 in which an object 34 to be cooked is to be immersed; the heating device 30 for heating the hot water 24 in the tub 14; a jet flow concentration plate 37 having a jetting hole 36 facing the object 34 to be cooked; a pressure chamber 48 formed between the jet flow concentration plate 37 and the bottom surface 15 of the tub 14; a pressure generator 57 provided with a rotor 51 whose rotation axis is roughly horizontal and an impeller 52 integrated with the rotor 51 in a pressure generation chamber 49 positioned at the side part of the tub 14 and formed so as to communicating between the inside of the tub 14 and the pressure chamber 48; and a driving device 54 for supplying rotary force to the rotor 51 from the outside of the tub 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a boiling apparatus for boiling an object to be cooked, such as a boiling noodle machine for boiling noodles.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when boiling noodles in a boiling noodle machine, it is necessary to loosen the noodles in a noodle basket so that the noodles can be boiled evenly. The present applicant discloses in Japanese Patent Publication No. 59-24810 a device useful as an apparatus for easily performing the operation of loosening the noodles together with the heating. The structure is shown in FIG. That is, a tank 2 for storing hot water 1 heated by an electric heater (not shown) is provided, and a jet generating device 3 is provided on the bottom surface of the tank 2. The jet generating device 3 includes a jet concentrating plate 4, an impeller 5, and a motor 6. The jet concentrating plate 4 has a suction hole 7 at the center, and a jet port 9 is formed at a lower portion of each of the noodle baskets 8 immersed in the tank 2 and is fixed to the bottom surface of the tank 2. is there. The impeller 5 is integrated with the rotor 10 of the motor 6 and is rotatably held on the bottom surface of the tank 2. The stator 11 of the motor 6 is mounted outside the tank 2, and the stator 11 and the rotor 10 are positioned inside and outside the tank 2 and are magnetically coupled. At least the bottom of the tank 2 is formed of a non-magnetic material. In a conventional boiling noodle machine having such a structure, the impeller 5 is driven by energizing the motor 6 with the hot water 1 heated to a temperature required for boiling the noodles. Hot water 1 can be sucked in from the suction hole 7 and boiled while loosening the noodles by applying a jet to the noodle basket 8 from the spout 9. In this manner, the noodles can be boiled while being loosened, and the driving force can be applied from the outside of the tank 2 as the device, so that the effects of the structure of the device, the electrical wiring, and the like can be simplified. Is what it is.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The boiling noodle machine described in JP-B-59-24810 is very useful as long as the heating device for heating the hot water 1 uses an electric heater that can be arranged inside the tank 2. Things. However, in this type of cooker, there is also a need to use gas as a heat source, and when trying to configure a gas-type boiling noodle machine, the structure of the boiling noodle machine shown in FIG. 1 cannot be adopted. The reason is that the motor 6 is attached to the bottom surface of the tank 2, and since the gas burner heats the lower surface of the tank with flame, a motor or the like cannot be provided.
[0004]
From another point of view, the fact that the motor 6 is attached to the bottom surface of the tank 2 has a limit when the size in the height direction is to be reduced because the motor 6 projects downward. That is. For this reason, there is also a problem that it is difficult to provide a desired low-height device in a store or the like in a building.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 is a tank in which hot water in which the object to be cooked is stored is stored, a heating device for heating the hot water in the tank, and a jet concentrating plate having an ejection hole facing the object to be cooked, A pressure chamber formed between the jet flow concentrating plate and the bottom surface of the tank, a rotor having a substantially horizontal axis of rotation in a pressure generating chamber located on the side of the tank, and an impeller integrated with the rotor. And a pressure generating device formed to communicate with the inside of the tank and the pressure chamber, and a driving device for applying a rotational force to the rotor from outside the tank. . Therefore, since the pressure generating device is provided on the side of the tank, the bottom surface of the tank can be formed flat, whereby a gas burner can be used as a heating device. If an electric heater that can be installed in a tank is used as a heating device, the overall height can be reduced.
[0006]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the boiling apparatus according to the first aspect, a horizontal jet concentrating plate and a vertical pressure generating chamber plate having a suction hole are integrally formed to form a jet generating box. A pressure generating chamber and a pressure chamber were formed by detachably attaching the generating box to the bottom of the tank. Therefore, by removing the jet generating box, the inside of the tank can be easily cleaned, and the maintenance of each part can be easily performed.
[0007]
The invention according to claim 3 is the boiling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a temperature controller that controls the operation of the heating device so as to maintain the temperature of the hot water in the tank at a temperature immediately before boiling. is there. Therefore, the amount of heat energy consumed can be minimized, and the amount of generated steam can be drastically reduced, so that the cost of indoor air conditioning can be reduced and the environment can be maintained favorably. .
[0008]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the boiling apparatus of the first or second aspect, a heat exchange unit is formed at a lower portion of the tank, and the heating device is a gas burner. Therefore, the degree of freedom in selecting the heat source is expanded, and the installation of the device according to the circumstances of the user becomes possible.
[0009]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the boiling apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the bottom surface of the tank is formed flat, and the heating device is an electric heater. Therefore, it is possible to meet the demand of a user who desires a device having a small height.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, a gantry 13 supported by four legs 12 is provided, and a boiled noodle tub 14 as a cooking tub formed of a stainless steel plate is mounted on the gantry 13. The boiled noodle tank 14 has a box shape that is open upward, and a heat exchange unit 16 is attached to a bottom surface 15 thereof. The heat exchange unit 16 includes a heat exchanger box 17 as a box-shaped member for forming a concave portion in the boiled noodle tub 14 with a downward opening formed of a stainless steel plate, and side surfaces on both sides of the heat exchanger box 17. A plurality of cylindrical bodies 19 are formed by cylindrical thin-walled pipes each having an open end face between the cylindrical bodies 18. The lower edge of the heat exchanger box 17 is formed by bending a flange 20 that expands to the side, and the heat exchanger box 17 is formed in a square hole 21 opened in the bottom surface 15 of the boiled noodle tub 14. The heat exchanger box 17 is integrated with the boiled noodle tub 14 by welding the flange 20 in accordance with the above. It is not always necessary to form the flange 20 in the heat exchanger box 17, and even if there is no such flange 20, it is possible to perform welding. Further, on the side surface 18 of the heat exchanger box 17, round holes 23 having a flange 22 corresponding to the outer diameter of the cylindrical body 19 are formed, and the cylindrical body 19 is fitted into these round holes 23. It is fixed by welding.
[0011]
Next, the boiled noodle tank 14 is provided with a drain plug 26 for regulating the surface 25 of the stored hot water 24. The lower part of the drain plug 26 penetrates the gantry 13 and communicates with a drain port (not shown). The height of the heat exchange unit 16 is set lower than the surface 25 of the hot water 24 so that a sufficient cooking area is formed in the boiling noodle tub 14.
[0012]
Further, an exhaust port 27 is formed above the rear part of the heat exchanger box 17 of the heat exchange unit 16. At the back of the boiled noodle tub 14, an exhaust pipe 29 having an open upper end forming an exhaust passage 28 is attached.
[0013]
Next, a gas burner 30 as a heating device is provided below the heat exchange unit 16. The gas supply pipe 31 of the gas burner 30 is provided with an electromagnetic valve 32 for constituting a temperature controller.
[0014]
Next, a jet generating box 33 is detachably attached to the upper surface of the bottom surface 15 of the boiling noodle tank 14. The jet generating box 33 has a horizontal jet concentrating plate 37 having jet holes 36 located below each of a plurality of noodle baskets 35 in which noodles 34 as cooking objects are stored, and a suction hole 38 in a vertical plane. The formed pressure generating chamber plate 39 is integrally formed with the jet flow concentrating plate 37 and the side edge 40 of a predetermined height connected to the edge of the pressure generating chamber plate 39. An inwardly bent locking projection 41 is formed below the side edge 40 at the end of the jet flow generating box 33. Further, a handle 42 is fixed to the center of the jet flow concentrating plate 37 of the jet flow generating box 33. A locking piece 43 that is engaged with and disengaged from the locking projection 41 is fixed to the bottom surface 15. The jet generating box 33 has a side edge 40 in contact with the bottom surface 15. 2, the locking projection 41 is fixed by sliding the locking projection 41 to the locking piece 41 by sliding from the right side to the left side. A column 45 is fixed to the side surface 44 of the boiled noodle tub 14 so as to protrude horizontally, and an eccentric plate 46 is fixed to the column 45 so as to be freely rotatable at an arbitrary rotation position by a knurled screw 47. . Then, the eccentric plate 46 is fixed in a state where the eccentric plate 46 is superimposed on the vertical pressure generating chamber plate 39 of the jet generating box 33, thereby completely fixing the jet generating box 33.
[0015]
By fixing the jet generating box 33 to the bottom surface 15 of the boiled noodle tub 14, a pressure chamber 47 is formed on the bottom surface 15 and a pressure generating chamber 49 is formed between the pressure chamber 47 and the side surface 44. Have been.
[0016]
In the pressure generating chamber 49, one end of a horizontal shaft 50 having a predetermined length is fixed so that its axis coincides with the center of the suction hole 38. The horizontal shaft 50 is made of a magnetic material. A rotor 51 and an impeller 52 integral with the rotor 51 are rotatably mounted.
[0017]
Next, a plurality of fixed shafts 53 are erected and fixed on the outer surface of the side surface 44 of the boiled noodle tub 14, and the fixed shafts 53 constitute a drive device whose axis coincides with the horizontal shaft 50. The jet motor 54 is fixed by a mounting screw 55. The jet motor 54 is provided with a plane magnet plate 56 that is magnetically coupled to the rotor 51. Thus, the pressure generating device 57 is formed inside the jet generating box 33.
[0018]
The means for transmitting the driving force between the jet motor 54 and the rotor 51 is not limited to the above-described magnetic coupling. The motor shaft is rotationally sealed with a mechanical seal or the like, and is then put into the tank. It is also possible to adopt a structure or the like that can be connected to each other.
[0019]
In such a configuration, a predetermined amount of hot water 24 is stored in the boiling noodle tank 14 and heated by the gas burner 30. That is, the heat generated in the gas burner 30 passes around the cylindrical body 19 inside the heat exchange box 17 of the heat exchange unit 16, and is exhausted through the exhaust passage 28 and the exhaust pipe 29. In this process, heat is exchanged with the hot water 24 in the boiling noodle tub 14 between the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 19, the side surface 18 and the upper surface of the heat exchange box 17.
[0020]
A temperature sensor (not shown) is provided in the boiled noodle tank 14, and the temperature sensor sends a control signal to an electromagnetic valve 32 provided in a gas supply pipe 31 of the gas burner 30, and the combustion of the gas burner 30 is performed. The state is controlled, and the temperature in the boiling noodle tank 14 is maintained at a predetermined temperature set in advance. Specifically, it is maintained at a temperature just before boiling at 95 ° C to 98 ° C, preferably at 96 ° C. Therefore, the hot water 24 does not generate steam due to boiling, and the noodle 34 is not much different from boiling at 100 ° C. at which the finish is boiling. Therefore, the amount of hot water 24 due to evaporation is small, and the loss of heat energy is very small.
[0021]
At the same time, when the jet motor 54 is driven, the plane magnet plate 56 rotates, and the rotor 51 magnetically coupled to the plane magnet plate 56 also rotates in the boiling noodle tub 14. Therefore, due to the rotation of the impeller 52 integral with the rotor 51, the hot water 24 in the boiled noodle tub 14 is sucked from the suction hole 38 into the pressure generating chamber 49, and communicates with the pressure generating chamber 49. Apply pressure to 48. Therefore, an upward jet is generated from the jet hole 36, and the noodles 34 in the upper noodle basket 35 are loosened by the jet. As a result, the noodles 34 are boiled while being loosened, so that the noodles 34 are evenly boiled.
[0022]
In this operating state, the hot water 24 for the jet from the jetting hole 36 is sucked from the suction hole 38 located at the intermediate height of the boiling noodle tank 14, so that the food deposited on the bottom of the boiling noodle tank 14 There is no possibility that dirt components such as debris are involved and rotation of the impeller 52 is not hindered.
[0023]
When cleaning the boiled noodle tub 14, first, the fixing of the eccentric plate 46 is loosened by turning the knurled screw 47, and the eccentric plate 46 is turned to a position where the eccentric plate 46 does not interfere with the jet concentrating box 33. And move it horizontally to the right in FIG. As a result, the locking projection 41 is separated from the locking piece 43, so that the jet concentration box 33 can be easily taken out. When the jet concentrating box 33 is removed, the rotor 51 and the impeller 52 can also be easily pulled out from the horizontal shaft 50, and the cleaning of the boiling noodle tub 14 can be easily performed without any obstacles. , Can keep the inside clean. In addition, cleaning of the removed impeller 52 is easy, and the effect on food hygiene is great.
[0024]
Since the rotor 51 integrated with the impeller 52 receives the temporal attraction by the plane magnet plate 56 of the jet motor 54, a collar for fixing the impeller 52 so as not to move to the suction hole 38 side. It does not require any nuts or nuts, and its attachment / detachment is extremely simple.
[0025]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, an electric heater 58 is used as a heating device, and the electric heater 58 is horizontally fixed inside the boiling noodle tank 14. The bottom surface of the boiled noodle tub 14 has no heat exchange unit 16 and is flat. Therefore, the overall height dimension H can be set to 30 cm or less. In addition, as described above, when the temperature of the hot water 24 is maintained at 95 ° C. to 98 ° C. before boiling, the hot water 24 can be installed in a store or the like in a building. Therefore, for two reasons, that is, the size is small and the environment can be preserved without generation of steam, stores in buildings can be installed, and the range of use can be expanded.
[0026]
In the case of the present embodiment, it is also possible to directly heat the bottom surface of the boiled noodle tub 14 by a gas heat source, and it is possible to use any of an electric type and a gas type heating device. It is.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
The invention according to claim 1 is a tank in which hot water in which the object to be cooked is stored is stored, a heating device for heating the hot water in the tank, and a jet concentrating plate having an ejection hole facing the object to be cooked, A pressure chamber formed between the jet flow concentrating plate and the bottom surface of the tank, a rotor having a substantially horizontal axis of rotation in a pressure generating chamber located on the side of the tank, and an impeller integrated with the rotor. And a pressure generating device formed to communicate with the inside of the tank and the pressure chamber, and a driving device for applying a rotational force to the rotor from outside the tank. Therefore, since the pressure generating device is provided on the side of the tank, the bottom surface of the tank can be formed flat, whereby a gas burner can be used as a heating device. If an electric heater that can be installed in the tank is used as a heating device, Those having an effect that may be formed of a height lower.
[0028]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the boiling apparatus according to the first aspect, a horizontal jet concentrating plate and a vertical pressure generating chamber plate having a suction hole are integrally formed to form a jet generating box. Since the pressure generating chamber and the pressure chamber are formed by detachably attaching the generating box to the bottom surface of the tank, the inside of the tank can be easily cleaned by removing the jet generating box. This has an effect that maintenance can be easily performed.
[0029]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the boiling apparatus according to the first or second aspect, a temperature controller for controlling the operation of the heating device is provided such that the temperature of the hot water in the tank is maintained at a temperature immediately before boiling. Since the amount of heat energy consumption can be minimized and the amount of generated steam can be drastically reduced, the cost of indoor air conditioning can be reduced and the environment can be maintained well. Having.
[0030]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the boiling apparatus according to the first or second aspect, a heat exchange unit is formed at a lower portion of the tank, and the heating device is a gas burner. Accordingly, the present invention has an effect that the manufacturing can be performed by using the same basic configuration regardless of whether the apparatus is of the electric type or the gas type.
[0031]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the boiling apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the bottom surface of the tank is formed flat, and the heating device is an electric heater. This has the effect of being able to respond.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view showing an example of a conventional device.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a heat exchange unit.
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional front view thereof.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a state where a jet generating box is disassembled.
FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional side view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a plan view thereof.
[Explanation of symbols]
14 Boiled noodle tank (tank)
15 Bottom 16 Heat exchange unit 24 Hot water 30 Gas burner (heating device)
32 solenoid valve (temperature controller)
33 Jet generating box 34 Noodles (cooked food)
36 jetting hole 37 jet concentrating plate 38 suction hole 39 pressure generating plate 44 side 48 pressure chamber 49 pressure generating chamber 50 horizontal shaft 51 rotor 52 impeller 54 jet motor (drive device)
57 Pressure generator 58 Electric heater (heating device)

Claims (5)

A tank in which hot water in which the object to be cooked is stored is stored, a heating device for heating the hot water in the tank, a jet concentrating plate having an ejection hole facing the object to be cooked, A pressure chamber formed between the bottom and the bottom, a rotor having a substantially horizontal rotation axis and an impeller integral with the rotor are provided in a pressure generating chamber located on the side of the tank, and the impeller integrated with the rotor is provided. A boiling device comprising: a pressure generating device formed so as to communicate with the inside thereof and the pressure chamber; and a driving device for applying a rotational force to the rotor from outside the tank. A horizontal jet concentrating plate and a vertical pressure generating chamber plate having a suction hole are integrally formed to form a jet generating box, and the jet generating box is detachably attached to the bottom surface of the tank to form a pressure generating chamber. The boiler according to claim 1, wherein a pressure chamber is formed. 3. The boiling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a temperature controller for controlling the operation of the heating apparatus so as to maintain the temperature of the hot water in the tank at a temperature immediately before boiling. 3. The boiling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a heat exchange unit is formed at a lower portion of the tank, and the heating device is a gas burner. 3. The boiling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bottom of the tank is formed flat, and the heating device is an electric heater.

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