JP2005287748A - Chicken grill apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the flexibility in accepting various skewer shapes in a chicken grill apparatus, wherein chicken on skewers are consecutively conveyed one after another by a chicken conveyor mechanism, rolled by an autorotation mechanism during the conveyance, and heated by far-infrared rays from a far-infrared ray heater, and various shapes of skewers can be held since the chiken grill apparatus is formed with insertion holes of various shapes to receive the various skewers and a spring member for elastically holding the skewer on the inside of the insertion hole. <P>SOLUTION: This chicken grill apparatus is equipped with a chicken conveyor mechanism 2 for conveying chicken on skewers W in a row one after another, a far-infrared ray heater 3 for heating the chicken, during the conveyance, with far-infrared rays R, and an autorotation mechanism 4 for rolling the chicken on skewers. The chicken conveyor mechanism is provided with a plurality of chicken skewer holders 5 whereby chicken skewers K are removably held, and a chain mechanism 6 for consecutively moving a plurality of chicken skewer holders. Each skewer holder has an insertion hole 5a that allows any skewer shape to be inserted thereinto, and a spring member 5c so as to flexibly hold a skewer in the insertion hole 5a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a yakitori manufacturing apparatus for continuously baking and manufacturing a plurality of skewered yakitori, for example.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of yakitori manufacturing apparatus, there are known a direct-fired structure in which a grilled chicken is directly applied and burned by a flame of a gas burner, or a heated plate heated by a gas burner and heated by a heated plate.
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  However, the conventional structure has a disadvantage that the manufacturing efficiency is low because the structure is such that a plurality of grilled chickens are burned one by one.

  The present invention aims to solve these disadvantages. Among the present inventions, the invention according to claim 1 is a yakitori transfer mechanism for continuously transferring a plurality of skewered yakitori in a parallel state, A plurality of infrared infrared heaters that heat the yakitori during continuous transfer with far infrared rays, and a rotation mechanism that rotates the yakitori during continuous transfer, and holds the yakitori skewer in the yakitori transfer mechanism in a freely removable manner. Equipped with a chain mechanism for continuously transferring individual yakitori holders and the plurality of yakitori holders, forming insertion holes through which various shapes of skewers can be inserted, and holding the skewers in the insertion holes There is provided a yakitori manufacturing apparatus characterized in that a spring member is provided.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the yakitori holder is provided with an extruding member capable of extruding and removing the skewer inserted through the insertion hole of the yakitori holder, The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the pushing member is provided with an immersing spring capable of being immersed in the insertion hole.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the rotation mechanism includes a rotation sprocket provided on each of the plurality of yakitori holders, and a rotation chain that can be engaged with the rotation sprocket. The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that a chain transfer mechanism for transferring the rotation chain is provided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the skewered yakitori is continuously transferred in a parallel state by the yakitori transfer mechanism. During this continuous transfer, the yakitori is rotated by the rotation mechanism, and the yakitori is far away. The grilled chicken is heated and burned by far infrared rays from an infrared heater. At this time, the grilled chicken transfer mechanism continuously transfers a plurality of grilled chicken holders and a plurality of grilled chicken holders that hold the grilled chicken skewers in a freely removable manner. Since the chain mechanism is provided, a plurality of skewered grilled chickens are automatically or artificially inserted into the insertion holes of the grilled chicken holder transferred by the transfer chain, and the skewered grilled chickens are paralleled by the grilled chicken transport mechanism. Since the insertion hole through which the skewer of various shapes can be inserted into the grilled chicken holder and the skewer can be held elastically on the inner surface of the insertion hole is provided. Skewers Can be lifting, it is possible to enhance the flexibility for skewers, it is possible to expand applications.

  In addition, since the above-described yakitori holder is provided with an extruding member capable of extruding and removing the skewer inserted through the insertion hole of the yakitori holder, the sequentially transferred skewer can be automatically extruded and discharged sequentially. In the invention according to claim 3, since the immersing spring capable of immersing the push-out member into the insertion hole is provided, the push-out member is immersed in the insertion hole by the dip spring. For this reason, the skewer can be easily inserted into the insertion hole.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the rotation mechanism comprises a rotation sprocket provided on each of the plurality of yakitori holders and a rotation chain that can be engaged with each rotation sprocket. Can be reliably rotated, the rotation structure can be simplified, and the invention according to claim 5 is provided with a chain transfer mechanism for transferring the rotation chain. The rotation speed can be adjusted, it can be adapted to the size and type of yakitori, a good baked state can be obtained, the structure can be simplified, and the production cost can be reduced .

  1 to 16 show an embodiment of the present invention. Broadly speaking, a machine base 1, a grilled chicken transport mechanism 2 for continuously transporting a plurality of skewered grilled chickens W in parallel, and a grilled chicken being continuously transported. It consists of a far-infrared heater 3 for heating W with far-infrared rays and a rotation mechanism 4 for rotating the yakitori W during continuous transfer.

  The grilled chicken transfer mechanism 2 includes a plurality of grilled chicken holders 5 that hold the skewer K of the grilled chicken W in a freely removable manner, and a chain mechanism 6 that continuously transports the plurality of grilled chicken holders 5. A drive shaft 7 and a driven shaft 8 are provided horizontally on the table 1, and a drive sprocket 7a and a driven sprocket 8a are fixed to the drive shaft 7 and the driven shaft 8, respectively. A transfer chain 9 is provided between the drive sprocket 7a and the driven sprocket 8a. The main shaft of a drive motor (not shown) is connected to the drive shaft 7, a plurality of yakitori holders 5 are arranged in parallel on the transfer chain 9 by means of bearings 9 a, and the transfer chain 9 is rotated by the drive motor. Is moved in the feed direction M so that the yakitori holder 5 is continuously transferred.

  In addition, this yakitori holder 5 is formed with an insertion hole 5a through which various shapes of skewers can be inserted and held in the yakitori holder. That is, in this case, the insertion hole 5a has a flat hole 5f and a square hole 5g. 11 and 12 can hold a flat plate-like skewer K, a square plate-like skewer K as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, and a round bar-like skewer K as shown in FIGS. An extruding member 5b that is formed and capable of projecting the skewer K is slidably mounted in the insertion hole 5a, and a leaf spring-like spring member 5c that can hold the skewer K by compression, and the extruding member 5b is inserted in the insertion hole. An immersing spring 5d for immersing and retreating and a coil spring-like stopper 5e fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the extruding member 5b are provided to determine the retreating position of the extruding member 5b.

  In this case, the right side in FIG. 1 is set as the supply position Q, and the left side is set as the extraction position H. At the supply position Q, the skewer-like grilled chicken W skewer K is sequentially inserted into the grilled chicken holder 5. Is inserted into the insertion hole 5a, and at the take-out position H, the pushing member 5a is pushed by the projecting body D by a projection mechanism (not shown), and the skewer K is pushed out from the yakitori holder 5 and dropped onto the discharge chute S below. Is configured to do.

  A plurality of far infrared heaters 3 are arranged above the machine base 1 and are configured to emit far infrared rays R downward.

  The rotation mechanism 4 is provided with a speed adjustment mechanism 10 for adjusting the rotation speed of the grilled chicken W. In this case, the plurality of grilled chicken holders 5 are each provided with a sprocket 11 for rotation, and the chain transfer mechanism 12 is An adjustment sprocket 8b having a smaller diameter than the driven sprocket 8a of the driven shaft 8 is provided, the driven shaft 13 is installed horizontally, the sprocket 13a is attached to the driven shaft 13, and the rotation is between the adjusting sprocket 8b and the sprocket 13a. A sprocket 11 that can be engaged with the sprocket 11 is wound around, and a guide rail 15 that engages the sprocket 11 for rotation with the sprocket 11 is disposed on the machine base 1. The adjustment of the rotation speed includes adjustment and stop of the rotation speed, stop and reverse rotation, or a combination thereof.

  Thus, as the yakitori holder 5 is transferred M, the sprocket 11 for rotation and the chain 14 for rotation rotate so that the yakitori holder 5 rotates N and the yakitori W of the rotation chain 14 as the speed adjusting mechanism 10. The rotation speed of the yakitori holder 5 is adjusted by the difference in pitch circle diameter between the transfer sprocket 8a and the adjustment sprocket 8b in the same direction as the transfer direction, and the yakitori W rotates. That is, if the rotation chain 14 is fixed, the rotation speed of the grilled chicken W may be too fast. In this case, the speed adjustment mechanism 10 is simplified as a structure using the driven shaft 8 as a drive source. However, the rotation chain 14 can be independently transferred by a separate drive source. .

  Reference numeral 16 denotes a juice receiving member. In this case, the juice receiving member is made of aluminum having a high thermal conductivity, and is arranged below the yakitori W that is continuously transferred, and the upper surface is radiated downward from the far-infrared heater 3. It is formed on a reflection surface 16a that reflects far-infrared rays R upward, and two oppositely arranged in a reverse shape, and a flow trough 17 is disposed at the lower part of the opposite side, and an air passage 18 is provided inside the juice receiving member 16. An air blowing mechanism 19 that is formed and capable of blowing the cooling air F in the air passage portion 18 is provided.

  Reference numeral 20 denotes a front light guide cover, which is pivotally attached to the machine base 1 by means of a pivotal attachment part 21 so that the radiation efficiency of the far-infrared ray R can be increased by adjusting the angle. It is a rear light guide cover, and is pivotally attached by a pivot part 23 so that the angle can be adjusted. A far infrared ray R from the far infrared heater 3 is transferred to a lower yakitori by a front light guide cover 20 and a rear light guide cover 22. It is configured to radiate well toward W, increase the radiation efficiency of far-infrared rays R, and prevent burnt breakage of the base of the skewer K.

  Since this embodiment has the above-described configuration, the skewered grilled chicken is continuously transferred in a parallel state from the supply position Q on the right side in FIG. 1 by the grilled chicken transfer mechanism 2. During this continuous transfer, the grilled chicken W is rotated by the rotation mechanism 4. Rotate N, and the grilled chicken W is heated and burned by far infrared rays from the far infrared heater 3 and discharged at the extraction position H on the left side in FIG.

  In this case, the grilled chicken transfer mechanism 2 is provided with a plurality of grilled chicken holders 5 that hold the skewer K of the grilled chicken W in a freely removable manner and a chain mechanism 9 that continuously transports the plurality of grilled chicken holders 5. At the supply position Q, a plurality of skewered grilled chickens W are automatically or artificially inserted into the insertion holes 5a of the grilled chicken holder 5 transferred by the transfer chain 9, and the skewered grilled chickens W are inserted. Are continuously transferred in parallel by the yakitori transfer mechanism 2, and the insertion hole 5a into which the skewer K of various shapes can be inserted is formed in the yakitori holder 5, and the skewer K can be held on the inner surface of the insertion hole 5a by pressure. Since the spring member 5c is provided, for example, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, a flat plate-like skewer K, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, a square plate-like skewer K, as shown in FIGS. Can hold a stick-shaped skewer K Can be enhanced, it is possible to expand applications.

  Further, in this case, the yakitori holder 5 is provided with an extruding member 5b capable of extruding and removing the skewer K inserted through the insertion hole 5a of the yakitori holder 5, so that it is continuously transferred as shown in FIG. The skewer K can be automatically and sequentially ejected. In this case, since the immersion member 5b is provided with an immersion spring 5d that can be immersed in the insertion hole 5a, as shown in FIG. As the protrusion D is retracted, the pushing member 5b is inserted into the insertion hole 5a by the immersion spring 5d. Therefore, the skewer K can be easily inserted into the insertion hole 5a.

  In this case, the rotation mechanism 4 includes a rotation sprocket 11 provided on each of the plurality of yakitori holders 5 and a rotation chain 14 that can be engaged with each rotation sprocket 11. The rotation structure can be simplified, and in this case, since the chain transfer mechanism 12 for transferring the rotation chain 14 is provided, the rotation speed of the grilled chicken can be adjusted. It is possible to adapt to the size and type of the grilled chicken W, to obtain a good burned state, to simplify the structure, and to reduce the production cost.

  In this case, the juice receiving member 16 is disposed below the yakitori W during the continuous transfer, and the upper surface of the juice receiving member 16 is formed on the reflection surface 16a. The far-infrared ray R emitted from the far-infrared ray is reflected upward by the reflecting surface 16a, and thereby the far-infrared ray R radiated downward from the far-infrared heater 3 and the far-infrared ray R reflected upward by the reflecting surface 16a. The yakitori W can be heated from both the upper and lower sides, and the heating efficiency can be improved accordingly. In this case, the juice receiving member 16 is disposed below the yakitori during the continuous transfer, and the inside of the juice receiving member 16 The air passage portion 18 is formed in the air passage portion 18 and the air passage portion 18 is provided with a blower mechanism 19 capable of blowing cooling air. The juice receiving member 16 receives the juice falling from the heated yakitori W. The juice receiving member 16 is a blower mechanism 19. Because of being cooled by the cooling air F passing through the air passage portion 18, juice is cooled rapidly, It is therefore possible to suppress the occurrence of smoke due to juice.

  In addition, this invention is not restricted to the said embodiment, The structure of the yakitori transfer mechanism 2, the rotation mechanism 4, the yakitori holder 5, etc., the shape of the insertion hole 5a, etc. are changed suitably, and is designed.

  As described above, the intended purpose can be sufficiently achieved.

1 is an overall plan view of an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an overall front view of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a sectional side view of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a fragmentary sectional side view of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a partial plane sectional view of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a fragmentary sectional side view of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a fragmentary sectional side view of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a partial front view of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the skewer of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a perspective view of the other skewer of the embodiment of this invention. It is another fragmentary sectional view of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a perspective view of the other skewer of the embodiment of this invention. It is another fragmentary sectional view of the example of an embodiment of the invention.

Explanation of symbols

W Yakitori K Kushi R Far infrared 2 Yakitori transfer mechanism 3 Far infrared heater 4 Rotation mechanism 5 Yakitori holder 5a Insert hole 5b Extrusion member 5c Spring member 5d Immersion spring 11 Rotating sprocket 12 Chain transfer mechanism 14 Rotating chain

Claims (5)

  A yakitori transfer mechanism for continuously transferring a plurality of skewered yakitori in parallel, a far infrared heater for heating yakitori during continuous transfer with far infrared, and a rotation mechanism for rotating the yakitori during continuous transfer The yakitori transfer mechanism is equipped with a plurality of yakitori holders that hold the yakitori skewers in a removable manner and a chain mechanism for continuously transferring the yakitori holders, and various types of skewers can be inserted into the yakitori holders. And a spring member capable of holding the skewer in the insertion hole.   The yakitori manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the yakitori holder is provided with an extruding member capable of extruding and removing the skewer inserted through the insertion hole of the yakitori holder.   3. The yakitori production apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pushing member is provided with a immersing spring capable of being immersed in the insertion hole.   The said rotation mechanism consists of the rotation sprocket each provided in the said several yakitori holder, and the chain for rotation which can be meshed | engaged with each said rotation sprocket, The any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Yakitori production apparatus according to the above. The yakitori manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a chain transfer mechanism for transferring the rotation chain.

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