JP2006055032A - Device for pickling in salted rice-bran paste - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for pickling in salted rice-bran paste based on study of formulation of an appropriate stirring means, variety of stirring manner and measures against smell of rice-bran paste getting out of air holes. <P>SOLUTION: The device for pickling in salted rice-bran paste 1 has the following structure: a stirring means is built in a container 13 housed in a device main body 15; material to be pickled such as vegetables are laid in rice-bran paste 17 formed in the container 13; intermittently stirring the rice-bran paste 17 with the stirring means to produce vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste. The stirring means comprises an outside stirring part 11 attached to the upper column of a rotary axis 131 projecting from the bottom surface center of the container 13, and an inside stirring part 12 attached to the lower column of the rotary axis 131. The outside stirring part 11 comprises a member having such an appearance as to make its side edge at the outside in the radius direction follow the side surface of the container 13, and make its lower edge follow the surface of the rice-bran paste 17. The inside stirring part 12 comprises a member having such an appearance as to make its side edge at the outside in the radius direction follow the side surface of the container 13, and make its lower edge follow the bottom surface of the container 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention incorporates a stirring means in a container housed in the apparatus main body, embeds pickled materials such as vegetables in the straw bed formed in the container, and stirs the straw bed intermittently with the stirring means. The present invention relates to a pickled pickle device.

  In pickles, the seasoning (savory ingredients) such as salt, chili and kelp is mixed with sushi miso, and then water (white hot water) is added and kneaded to form a sushi bed in the container. , Soak in eggplant, carrots, etc. The bed must be stirred occasionally. In recent years, in order to save time and effort, a pre-made cocoon bed (boiled rice cake) is commercially available. Moreover, in addition to eliminating the troublesome management associated with handmade products, and increasing the number of people who dislike stirring the bed, a rice pickling apparatus for manually or automatically stirring the bed is being developed and proposed.

  In Patent Document 1, a stirring blade that is immersed in the bed and agitated into the bed is attached to the rotation shaft provided on the lid, and when the rotation shaft is manually rotated by the stirring handle, the stirring that is immersed in the bed Proposal is made of a pickle device in which feathers stir the straw bed. In this patent document 1, in order to level the surface of the bed, a leveling disk that moves up and down along the rotation axis is provided, and the leveling surface is made substantially flat by manually moving the leveling disk up and down. I am trying to level out.

  Patent Document 2 has a rotating shaft that is manually rotated, as in Patent Document 1, but the stirring blades are divided into upper and lower blades, and the upper blades and the lower blades are point-symmetric in the rotational direction. Proposed attached pickled device. In this Patent Document 2, the upper blade is facing downward (probably meaning an upward gradient posture in the forward rotation direction), and the lower blade is upward (probably indicating a downward gradient posture in the forward rotation direction) According to the above, when the rotation shaft is repeatedly rotated, the entire bed is uniformly stirred.

  Patent Document 3 proposes a pickling apparatus in which a stirring blade is attached in a spiral shape to a rotating shaft provided on a lid, and the rotating shaft is driven by a motor. In addition, although illustration is omitted, with the automation of the rotating shaft, by providing an intake adjustment device and a temperature adjustment device, labor saving can be realized, and a uniform and stable product can be pickled in a short time. It states that the effect can be obtained.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 53-061492 (page 3, Fig. 1) Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-042787 (pages 4 and 5, FIGS. 1 and 2) No. 02-090980 (pages 5-8, Fig. 1)

  It is important for the pickled potatoes that the spoilage bacteria, lactic acid bacteria and yeast in the bed grow almost equally. Here, spoilage bacteria suppress the growth of yeast, yeast suppresses the growth of lactic acid bacteria, and lactic acid bacteria have a function of suppressing the growth of spoilage bacteria. The bed is maintained. However, if the bed is left as it is, the spoilage bacteria will live on the surface of the bed, and the lactic acid bacteria and yeast will live on the bottom of the bed, leading to the growth of only the spoilage bacteria and yeast, and spoiling the pickles. Not only that, the bed itself may be corrupted. Regular stirring, which has traditionally been used as a management method for dredging, has the meaning of supplying oxygen to aerobic yeast, in addition to mixing spoilage bacteria, lactic acid bacteria, and yeast. Leveling and solidifying the surface of the water has the meaning of suppressing the supply of oxygen to lactic acid bacteria, which are anaerobic bacteria.

  Patent Document 1 can stir the bed with a stirring blade, but the leveling disk simply presses and solidifies the surface of the bed from above, and the surface of the bed is sufficiently flattened. I can't. In addition, the stirring of the cocoon bed with the stirring blades is specifically the upward movement of the cocoon bed with the stirring blades, and the miso miso attaches to the side of the container, which helps the propagation of only rot bacteria. It is not preferable. Since the pickling apparatus of Patent Document 1 is manual, only manual stirring and simple pressing are replaced with stirring blades and a leveling disk, for example, the miso paste attached to the side surface of the container is manually separated. This seems to be because it is thought that it can be removed. In other words, in the configuration of Patent Document 1, it can be said that it is difficult to fully automate pickled potatoes by mechanization.

  In Patent Document 2, it is considered that fine stirring can be performed by dividing the stirring blade into upper and lower upper blades and lower blades, but the power of the stirring blade is still human power as usual. In addition, since there is no portion for leveling and compacting the surface of the bed, it is necessary to manually level and compact the surface of the bed. In this regard, Patent Document 3 attempts to save labor by driving the stirring blades with a motor, but there is no portion that leveles and flattens the surface of the bed, so the surface of the bed is manually leveled. Squeezing and compaction is required.

  In order to automate the koji picking apparatus, there is a problem in automating the kneading means that can knead the koji bed and smooth the surface of the koji bed after the kneading. As can be seen from each patent document, a stirring means that only stirs the bed is relatively easy to see. It is not seen except patent document 1. However, this patent document 1 cannot be automated as it is as described above. Therefore, in order to realize automation of the pickle picking device, it is necessary to have a stirring means that can stir the straw bed and smooth the surface of the straw bed after the stirring.

  In addition, there are two types of stirrer work: the operation of making a bed at the stage where the pickled material is not buried and the work of picking the rice at the stage where the pickled material is buried. Here, it is preferable that the work for making the cocoon bed is not an operation directly related to pickled potatoes, but rather the work related to the preparation stage for pickled potatoes is completed early. From this, it is desirable to be able to select the mode of agitation by the agitation means in automating the above-described pickling apparatus.

  Furthermore, the automation of the pickling apparatus eliminates the opportunity for the paddle bed to come into contact with the air other than when pickling the pickled material in the bed or taking out the finished pickled pickles. For this reason, a vent hole is required in the apparatus main body of the pickling apparatus for storing the container in a substantially hermetically sealed state, but there arises a problem that the odor of the octopus leaks out of the apparatus main body through the vent hole. From now on, it is necessary to take measures against the odor of the bed that leaks out from the vent hole in automating the pickling apparatus. Therefore, in automating the pickling apparatus, firstly, the construction of a suitable stirring means, secondly the variety of modes of stirring by the stirring means, and thirdly the smell of the bed that leaks out from the vent hole We examined measures.

  What has been developed as a result of the study is that the container stored in the main body of the device is equipped with a stirring means, and the pickled material such as vegetables is buried in the bed formed in this container, and the bed is intermittently cut by the mixing means. In the simmering device that stirs into the simmering device, the stirring means consists of an outer stirring part attached to the upper stage of the rotating shaft protruding from the bottom center of the container and an inner stirring part attached to the lower stage of this rotating shaft, The outer stirrer is a member with an outer shape that follows the side edge of the outer side in the radial direction on the side of the container and the lower edge follows the surface of the bed. The inner stirrer has the side edge on the outer side in the radial direction on the side of the container. In addition, it is a pickled device that is a member having an outer shape whose lower edge follows the bottom surface of the container.

  The pickling apparatus according to the present invention constitutes a stirring means from an outer stirring portion and an inner stirring portion that are divided into upper and lower portions. Since the inner stirring portion is a member having an outer shape that follows the side surface and the bottom surface of the container, the inner stirring portion is stirred from the vicinity of the bottom surface of the container inward in the radial direction. This internal agitation unit rotates (moves) in the bed according to the rotation axis, so that it can be pushed up and stirred regardless of the outer shape, for example, a block or rod It doesn't matter. However, in order to rotate the rotating shaft without applying an excessive load, a spatula-shaped inner stirring portion having a downward gradient in the forward rotation direction of the rotating shaft is preferable. This spatula-shaped inner stirring portion may be formed of a rigid plate material.

  The outer agitation part pushes back the surface of the koji bed raised by the inner agitation part by the lower edge, scrapes off the miso paste adhering to the side surface of the container by the side edge on the outer side in the radial direction, and combines with the inner agitation part. Stir the bed. The outer agitating part rotates (moves) the surface of the bed according to the rotation axis, so that the lower edge is on the surface of the bed and the outer side in the radial direction regardless of the outer shape. As long as the rim follows the side of the container, all the raised bed can be pushed back downward, and for example, a block or a rod may be used. However, since the height of the raised bed from the surface of the bed is not uniform, a spatula-shaped external stirrer standing upright from the surface of the bed is preferable in order to push back the raised bed reliably.

  In addition, as a result of pushing back the raised bed by the outer stirrer, the surface of the bed can be leveled along the lower edge. From this, the spatula-shaped outer stirrer may be formed of a flexible or elastic plate material, and the lower edge may be pressed against the surface of the bed. The leveling of the surface of the cocoon bed by the outer stirring unit is realized because the outer stirring unit reaches the surface of the bed raised by the inner stirring unit with a delay in the rotation direction of the rotating shaft. From this, the positional relationship shifted in the rotation direction with respect to the inner stirring portion, preferably the outer stirring portion with respect to the inner stirring portion may be in the positional relationship downstream in the rotation direction.

  When the outer agitating part is composed of a member having an outer shape in which the lower edge protrudes slightly from the inner surface of the bed and the lower edge is rotated backward while being pressed against the surface of the bed, In addition to leveling the surface, it can be pressed and hardened. In this case, the member which comprises an external stirring part uses the material provided with flexibility or elasticity. More preferably, a thin part formed with a certain width from the lower edge slightly protrudes from the inner surface of the bed, and the outer part is rotated while being pressed against the surface of the bed by causing the range of the thin part to be rearward in the rotation direction. It is good to comprise an external stirring part from these members. In this case, the members constituting the outer stirring portion may be entirely made of a material having flexibility or elasticity, or only the thin portion may be made of a material having flexibility or elasticity. Good.

  In addition, the external agitation part scrapes off the miso paste that adheres to the side of the container, so that the side edge on the radially outer side slightly protrudes from the side of the container, and this side edge is made to be rearward in the rotational direction. It is good to comprise from the member of the external shape rotated while pressing on a side surface. In this case, the member which comprises an external stirring part uses the material provided with flexibility or elasticity.

  In this way, the outer agitating part is pressed against the side surface of the container with the side edge on the radially outer side rearward in the rotational direction and the surface of the bed with the lower edge turned rearward in the rotational direction. It is desirable to rotate it. At this time, if the side edge and the lower edge of the outer agitating part are orthogonal to each other and are on the rear side in the rotation direction, there is a possibility that the miso will accumulate on the boundary edge between the side surface of the container and the surface of the soot bed. From this, the corresponding corners protrude toward the boundary edge between the side surface of the container and the surface of the bed, and the side edge and the lower edge including this corner are made to be rearward in the rotational direction, and this side edge is made to be the side surface of the container. In addition, it is preferable that the outer agitation portion is constituted by a member having an outer shape that is rotated while being pressed against the surface of the bed. The outer agitating portion has an acute angle at the edge protruding toward the peripheral edge of the boundary, and has an outer shape in which one or both of the side edge and the lower edge are inclined or curved. In this case, the member which comprises an external stirring part uses the material provided with flexibility or elasticity.

  The position of the external agitator can be changed in the height direction of the rotary shaft, and if it is attached to this rotary shaft, the height can be adjusted according to the depth of the bed, regardless of the depth of the bed. Can be leveled in the same way. In addition, the outer agitation portion may be detachable with respect to the rotating shaft for the convenience of taking out and taking out miso soup, vegetables or pickles from the container, and cleaning the container. In this case, in order to rotate the outer agitation unit in accordance with the rotation axis, the outer agitation unit may be detachably attached to the rotation axis by fixing the position in the rotation direction of the rotation axis.

  Here, in order to better realize leveling or compacting of the bed surface by the outer stirring unit, it is preferable to stop the rotation of the inner stirring unit and rotate only the outer stirring unit. From this point, the internal agitation unit is attached to the rotating shaft via a clutch (such as a one-way clutch) that engages with the rotating shaft only in the forward rotation direction and idles with respect to the rotating shaft in the reverse rotation direction. It is good to set it as the structure which rotates in the forward rotation direction of this, and idles in the reverse rotation direction of a rotating shaft. The external agitation unit is integrated with the rotation shaft and is configured to rotate in both forward and reverse rotations of the rotation shaft. In this case, if the rotating shaft is rotated forward, the outer and inner agitating portions rotate together to stir the bed, and the surface of the bed can be roughly leveled. Only the inner agitation part is idled and stopped, and only the outer agitation part is rotated to gently level the surface of the bed and further press it.

  Similarly, the internal agitation unit is attached to a rotary shaft having a clutch (electromagnetic clutch or the like) that is connected to or released from the rotational power transmission mechanism, and rotates according to the rotary shaft by the connection of this clutch. It may be configured to idle by release. The external agitation unit is integrated with the rotation shaft and is configured to rotate in both forward and reverse rotations of the rotation shaft. In this case, when the clutch is connected and the rotating shaft is rotated, the outer and inner agitation parts rotate together to agitate the bed and roughen the surface of the bed and release the clutch. Then, when the transmission of the rotational power is stopped on the rotating shaft to which the inner stirring portion is attached, only the outer stirring portion rotates, so that the surface of the bed can be gently leveled and further pressed.

  The koji picking apparatus of the present invention automates good kneading of the koji bed by having the mixing means described above. Therefore, in order not to impair the benefits of the automation, the manner of stirring was diversified, and labor saving was achieved for the making of cocoons. That is, in the same kind of pickled device, the stirring means has an internal stirring portion attached to a rotating shaft protruding into the container, and the internal stirring portion is rotated according to the control portion to stir the bed. The rotation of the internal agitation unit by the control unit is high-speed rotation in the bed where the pickled material is not buried, low speed rotation in the bed where the pickled material is buried, and the high-speed rotation is in the range of 1.5 to 10 times the low-speed rotation. did. High-speed rotation and low-speed rotation can be easily switched by button operation of the operation means for the control unit. In the koji picking apparatus provided with the outer stirring portion that rotates integrally with the inner stirring portion, both the outer stirring portion and the inner stirring portion rotate at a low speed and a high speed.

  As a result of such automation, it is necessary to provide a vent hole in the main body of the apparatus that accommodates the container in a substantially sealed state. Therefore, the container stored in the main body of the apparatus is equipped with a stirring means, and the pickled material such as vegetables is buried in the straw bed formed in the container, and the straw bed is intermittently stirred with the stirring means to pickle the straw. In the soaking machine to make, the main body of the device is provided with a vent hole in the container housing part for storing the container in a substantially hermetically sealed state, and this vent hole is provided with a deodorizing or deodorizing filter that prevents the odor of the floor from leaking out of the main body of the device. Built in. As a result, for a container that has been sealed for a long period of time, the air is exchanged through the vents, while the deodorizing or deodorizing filter built in the vents releases the odor from the bedside. You do n’t have to.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a pickling apparatus that automates the stirring means that can stir the straw bed and smooth the surface of the straw bed after the stirring. This has the effect of making high quality pickles. Specifically, the bed can be satisfactorily stirred by the rotation of the rotating outer stirring portion and the inner stirring portion. Then, by rotating only the outer agitation part in a state where the inner agitation part is stopped, the surface of the bed can be leveled and further pressed. As described above, the combination of the outer agitation unit and the inner agitation unit according to the present invention brings about an effect of automating all the agitation, leveling and compaction necessary for stirring the bed.

  Switching between low-speed rotation and high-speed rotation of the internal agitation unit or the external agitation unit and the internal agitation unit by the control unit shortens the processing time for making the cocoon bed and improves the usability of the automated rice picking device Have And the deodorizing or deodorizing filter built in the ventilation hole of the device main body prevents the odor of the bed from leaking out of the device main body while ensuring the replacement of air to the container, and is left for a long time by automation. The potential pickle device does not become a source of bad odor, and has the effect of improving the practical feeling of use.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a pickling apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the positional relationship between an outer stirring portion 11 and an inner stirring portion 12 constituting stirring means, and FIG. 4 is a horizontal plan view of the one-way clutch 132 provided in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a horizontal plan view of the coupling part 133 incorporating the one-way clutch 132, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of the mounting cover part 121 of the internal agitation part 12 attached to the coupling part 133. 6 is a plan view of the external agitation unit 11, FIG. 7 is a side view of the external agitation unit 11, and FIG. 8 is a plan view of the operation panel 141 for setting the control unit 14. FIG. It is a partial vertical sectional view of the example brazing device 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pickling apparatus 1 of this example has a configuration in which a stirring means including an outer stirring portion 11 and an inner stirring portion 12 is built in a container 13 housed in the device body 15. The apparatus main body 15 has a container storage part 152 provided with an openable / closable apparatus lid 151. The container 13 is stored in the container storage part 152, and the agitation means is operated with the apparatus lid 151 closed. . The apparatus main body 15 is almost entirely made of resin, but only the bottom surface that supports the driven pulley 161 is formed of a metal plate in order to ensure sufficient structural strength. The container 13 has a cross-sectional shape made of a rust resistant rust or stainless steel, and can be taken out of the container storage unit 152 for cleaning or the like, and can be closed by the container lid 134 while being stored in the container storage unit 152. The container lid 134 has a vent hole 135, and communicates a gap 153 formed between the container 13 and the container storage portion 152 with the cocoon bed 17.

  The container storage unit 152 has a shape following the container 13 and forms a gap 153 between the container storage unit 152 and the container 13 stored therein. The container storage unit 152 of this example is open at the top and bottom, the top is closed by the apparatus lid 151, and the bottom is closed by the bottom surface of the stored container 13. Further, a seal ring 157 for improving airtightness is mounted in the vicinity of the upper opening end. A communication hole 158 is provided in the seal ring 157. By closing the device lid 151, the container 13 stored in the container storage unit 152 is substantially sealed, and the back side of the container storage unit 152 (the left side in FIG. 1). The air can be exchanged only through the ventilation holes 154 provided in (). The vent hole 154 of this example incorporates a deodorizing filter 155 so that the odor of the bed 17 formed in the container does not leak out of the apparatus body 15. In addition, in this example, the heat exchange plate 181 constituting the constant temperature means is exposed on the side surface of the container housing portion 152, and the temperature sensor 182 is provided in the gap.

  The container 13 has a rotating shaft 131 protruding from the bottom surface, and the above-described stirring means is configured by attaching the outer stirring portion 11 and the inner stirring portion 12 to the rotating shaft 131. The rotating shaft 131 is integrated with the container 13, and a gear-like connecting portion 136 is exposed outside the bottom surface of the container 13. When the container 13 is stored in the container storage portion 152, the connecting portion 136 meshes with the connected portion 162 formed on the upper surface of the driven pulley 161 looking into the lower side of the opened container storage portion 152, thereby rotating the driven pulley 161. Power is transmitted to the rotating shaft 131.

  The driven pulley 161 is connected by a belt 165 and a driving pulley 164 that is rotated by a motor 163 that is a driving source built in the front side (right side in FIG. 1) of the apparatus body 15. The rotational power of the motor 163 is decelerated and transmitted to the driven pulley 161 according to a reduction ratio determined by the radius of the drive pulley 164 and the driven pulley 161. The motor 163 is controlled in operation or stop, rotation direction, and rotation speed according to the control unit 14 operated by each switch of the operation panel 141.

  In the pickling apparatus 1 of this example, in order to keep the temperature of the paddle bed 17 substantially constant, a heat insulating material 156 is built in the container housing portion 152 and the apparatus lid 151 and a constant temperature means is provided. The constant temperature means of this example includes a heat exchange plate 181 that cools or heats the ambient air in the gap 153 between the container 13 and the container storage portion 152, and a Peltier element that heats or cools the heat exchange plate 181 by switching the energization direction. 183, a cooling fan 184 that air-cools the Peltier element 183, and an outside air intake port 185 that takes outside air into the cooling fan 184. The energization of the Peltier element 183, the switching of the energization direction, and the operation or stop of the cooling fan 184 are controlled by the temperature setting switch 142 of the operation panel 141 based on the temperature sensor 182 provided in the container storage unit 152. Is judged and controlled.

  The stirring means will be described in detail. The agitation means is configured by attaching the outer agitation unit 11 to the upper stage of the rotation shaft 131 provided in the container 13 and the inner agitation unit 12 to the lower stage of the rotation shaft 131. The rotating shaft 131 protrudes upward from the center of the bearing portion 137 fixed to the container 13. In this example, a coupling part 133 having a built-in one-way clutch 132 that engages with the rotating shaft 131 only in the forward rotation direction and idles in the reverse rotation direction is provided on the bearing part 137. As shown in FIG. 3, the one-way clutch 132 includes an engagement pin 1321 protruding in a radially biased state from the rotating shaft 131, and a ring 1324 provided with a step 1323 at a specific position of a spiral circumferential groove 1322. In the forward rotation direction, the engagement pin 1321 engages with the step 1323 to rotate the ring 1324 integrally according to the rotation shaft 131, and in the reverse rotation direction, the circumferential groove 1322 is inserted while the engagement pin 1321 is immersed. The ring 1324 is idled with respect to the rotating shaft 131 by sliding in contact with the rotating shaft 131. The coupling part 133 rotates or idles integrally with the ring 1324.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 6, and 7, the external agitation portion 11 includes an outer fixing portion 111 that is fixed to the rotating shaft 131, an outer spatula support portion 112 that extends radially from the outer fixing portion 111, and The outer spatula support part 112 is equipped with an externally stirring spatula 113. The rotating shaft 131 of this example has an asymmetric cross section in the rotational direction in which a flat cut surface 1311 is formed on the side surface in a range protruding from the coupling portion 133. Accordingly, by providing the outer fixing portion 111 with the mounting hole 114 equal to the cross section, the outer fixing portion 111 can be fitted only in a specific direction with respect to the rotating shaft 131, and the specific direction from the rotating shaft 131 is reduced. The spatula 113 can be attached to the rotating shaft 131 with the outside facing. The outer fixing portion 111 is fixed to the rotating shaft 131 by tightening the pressing screw 115 with respect to the cut surface 1311 of the rotating shaft 131.

  The outer agitation spatula 113 in this example has a horizontal upper edge, forms a thin portion 1131 with a constant width from the lower edge of the descending slope outward in the radial direction, and slightly protrudes the laterally outer side edge from the side surface of the container. And a rubber plate having a substantially trapezoidal shape in a front view in which a corresponding corner 1132 protrudes toward the boundary edge between the side surface of the container 13 and the surface of the floor 17. Since the outer agitating spatula 113 rotates in both the forward and reverse rotations, the outer spatula support portion 112 is in a vertical posture in order to make the lower edge and the side edge in the radial direction rearward in any rotation. Attach to. That is, when the outer stirrer spatula 113 rotates forward or backward integrally with the rotating shaft 131, the thin-walled portion 1131 including the lower edge around the protruding corner 1132 and the outer edge in the radial direction are located at the rear side in the rotational direction. Thus, the lower edge is brought into sliding contact with the surface of the bed 17, and the side edge is brought into sliding contact with the side surface of the container 13, respectively. As a result, the surface of the koji bed 17 can be leveled, and the miso paste attached to the side surface of the container 13 can be scraped off. The external stirring spatula 113 can be removed from the outer spatula support 112 and replaced as necessary.

  The outer agitating spatula 113 can be repositioned in the height direction of the rotary shaft 131 in accordance with the outer fixing portion 111, but when lowered in the height direction, the radially inner side edge is attached to the coupling portion 133. There is a possibility of interfering with the mounting cover portion 121 of the stirring portion 12. Therefore, in this example, a notch 1133 is provided along the radially inner side edge of the outer stirring spatula 113 within the range of the mounting cover 121, and the interference range is set to the rear side in the rotational direction separately from the entire outer stirring spatula 113. In this manner, interference with the mounting cover 121 can be avoided.

  The inner agitation unit 12 includes an attachment cover part 121 attached to the coupling part 133 and an inner agitation spatula 122 protruding from the attachment cover part 121 in the radial direction. As shown in FIG. 5, the mounting cover part 121 engages the projections 1211 and 1212 formed on the inner surface with the corresponding grooves 1331 and 1332 provided in the coupling part 133, On the other hand, it can always be mounted in a specific positional relationship. Since the coupling part 133 rotates integrally with the rotating shaft 131 in the forward rotation direction by the one-way clutch 132, the coupling part 133 always maintains a specific positional relationship with the external stirring spatula 113 that also rotates integrally with the rotating shaft 131. From now on, the internal stirring spatula 122 protruded from the mounting cover part 121 to be mounted in a specific positional relationship with respect to the coupling part 133 is always constant with the external stirring spatula 113 in the forward rotation direction as seen in FIG. The positional relationship of 180 degrees in this example can be maintained.

  The inner stirring spatula 122 in this example is recessed with respect to the horizontal upper edge, the horizontal lower edge that follows the bottom surface of the container, the side edge on the radially outer side that follows the side surface of the container, and the mounting cover portion 121. This is a stainless steel plate having a substantially trapezoidal shape in front view surrounded by an arcuate radially inner side edge. This internal stirring spatula 122 has a downward slope toward the forward rotation direction of the rotating shaft 131, and when rotating integrally with the rotating shaft 131, it stirs so as to scoop up the bed 17 from the bottom. Can do. Since the internal stirring spatula 122 is simply secured to the lower end of the mounting cover portion 121 with a bolt 123, it can be removed from the mounting cover portion 121 and replaced as necessary.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the operation panel 141 of the present example provided with the control unit 14 includes a power switch 143, a temperature setting switch 142, a bed preparation switch 144, a trial stirring switch 145, a timer setting switch 146, a start A switch 147 and a stop switch 148 are provided. The temperature setting switch 142 activates the temperature control means “standard” to set the bed temperature to 20 ° C., operates the temperature control means to set the bed temperature to 5 ° C. “low temperature”, and stops the temperature control means. It has a “OFF” menu. A temperature setting of 20 ° C. is suitable for a normal soaked state, and a temperature setting of 5 ° C. is suitable for the case where the soaking bed 17 is stored for a long period of time.

  The bed making switch 144 rotates the outer stirring unit 11 and the inner stirring unit 12 at a high speed for a certain period of time in order to make the bed 17 before pickling. The trial agitation switch 145 rotates the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation unit 12 at a low speed for a certain period of time while setting the operation of the agitation means by each switch. The timer setting switch 146 has a menu of “1” for setting the mixing interval of the bed 17 once a day, “2” for setting twice a day, and “3” for setting it three times a day. The start switch 147 enables the agitation of the bed 17 by the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation unit 12 according to the function set by each switch, and the stop switch 148 disables the It resets the set function.

  Next, the use procedure of the pickled pickle apparatus 1 of this example will be described. First, the miso miso is packed in the container 13 in which the outer stirring portion 11 and the inner stirring portion 12 are attached to the rotating shaft 131, and the container 13 is stored in the container storage portion 152 of the apparatus main body 15. The container 13 is closed with a container lid 134, and the apparatus lid 151 is closed to make it substantially sealed. Thereafter, the bed making switch 144 and the start switch 147 of the operation panel 141 are pressed in this order to rotate the outer stirring portion 11 and the inner stirring portion 12 at high speed in the forward rotation direction. In this example, the rotation of the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation unit 12 in the pickled state is a low speed rotation, and the high speed rotation causes the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation part 12 to rotate at about 4 times the low speed rotation. Let Specifically, the low speed rotation is 5 rotations / minute, and the high speed rotation is 20 rotations / minute. Further, the time for rotating the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation unit 12 at a high speed is about 5 minutes. After the agitation, the rotating shaft 131 is rotated in the reverse direction to rotate only the outer agitation unit 11 at a low speed, and the bed 17 Level the surface of and press to harden. In making the cocoon bed, if it is desired to stop the rotation of the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation unit 12, the stop switch 148 may be pressed.

   When the preparation of the cocoon is completed, the device lid 151 and the container lid 134 are opened once, and the vegetables to be pickled are buried in the cocoon bed 17 to prepare for pickling. Then, the apparatus lid 151 and the container lid 134 are closed again to make the container 13 substantially sealed, and then the number of times of stirring per day is set by the timer setting switch 146. Depending on the menu of the timer setting switch 146, the number of times of stirring per day varies, but in either case, the outer stirring unit 11 and the inner stirring unit 12 are rotated in the forward rotation direction at a low speed for 3 minutes, and then the external stirring is performed. Only the mixing unit 11 is rotated in the reverse rotation direction at a low speed for 2 minutes, and the surface of the stirred bed 17 is leveled and pressed. After setting the timer setting switch 146, the setting by the timer setting switch 146 becomes valid by pressing the start switch 147.

  Here, since the pickling apparatus 1 of the present example can be mounted with the external agitation unit 11 being freely position-changeable in the height direction of the rotary shaft 131, before the setting by the timer setting switch 146 is made effective, It is desirable to be able to confirm whether or not the height of the stirring portion 11 is appropriate. For this reason, the koji picking apparatus 1 of this example is configured so that the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation unit 12 can be immediately rotated by pressing the trial agitation switch 145. This trial agitation switch 145 rotates the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation unit 12 in the forward rotation direction at a low speed for 2 minutes, and then only the outer agitation unit 11 is rotated in the reverse direction at a low speed for 2 minutes. Rotate and level the surface of the stirred bed 17 and press it. Thereby, it is possible to confirm whether or not the height of the external stirring portion 11 is appropriate. After the setting by the timer setting switch 146, the height of the external stirring unit 11 can be confirmed by executing the first one anyway. However, in consideration of repeated adjustment, it is meaningful to provide a trial stirring switch 145 that is independent of the various switches.

  As described above, the pickling apparatus 1 of the present example has a predetermined positional relationship between the outer stirring portion 11 and the inner stirring portion 12 when the rotating shaft 131 rotates in the forward rotation direction, specifically about a point of about 180 degrees. It rotates while maintaining a symmetrical positional relationship. As a result, the bed 17 swelled by the internal stirring part 12 that rotates in advance is pressed down by the delayed external stirring part 11, and the work of both works together to stir the bed 17 well. it can. Thus, at the time of forward rotation, the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation unit 12 work to agitate the bed 17. However, at the time of reverse rotation, since the inner stirring portion 12 is idled and stopped by the action of the one-way clutch 132, only the outer stirring portion 11 rotates, and the side edge on the radially outer side that is in sliding contact with the side surface of the container 13 While scraping off the miso soup adhering to the side surface of the container 13, the surface of the soot bed 17 can be leveled and pressed by the lower edge that is in sliding contact with the surface of the soot bed 17. As described above, the present invention realizes good maintenance of the bed 17 by operating the two types of the external agitation unit 11 and the internal agitation unit 12 having different functions.

  In this example, the temperature control of the bed 17 can also be performed by a constant temperature means. This constant temperature means can be activated or deactivated independently of the rotation of the outer agitation unit 11 and the inner agitation unit 12. In the pickled state, “standard” of the normal temperature setting switch 142 is selected. Then, the temperature sensor 182 detects the temperature of the ambient air in the gap 153 between the container 13 and the container storage unit 152, and when the temperature of the ambient air is lower than the target temperature 20 ° C., the control unit 14 determines that heating is required, When the ambient air temperature is higher than the target temperature 20 ° C., the control unit 14 determines that cooling is necessary. In the case of heating, the control unit 14 heats the heat exchange plate 181 by positively energizing the Peltier element 183. Conversely, in the case of cooling, the control unit 14 reversely energizes the Peltier element 183 to cool the heat exchange plate 181. Here, when the heat exchange plate 181 is cooled, the opposite side of the Peltier element 183 is heated, so the cooling fan 184 is operated to air-cool the opposite side. Since the container storage unit 152 is substantially sealed and surrounded by the heat insulating material 156, the target temperature can be sufficiently maintained even by heating or cooling using the Peltier element 183. Even when “low temperature” of the temperature setting switch 142 is selected, the temperature management control is the same as described above. If temperature management is not required, “OFF” may be selected with the temperature setting switch 142.

  The feature of the present invention is that it constitutes a stirring means comprising an outer stirring section 11 and an inner stirring section 12, while the outer stirring section 11 and the inner stirring section 12 are rotated together while stirring the bed 17 Then, only the outer agitation part 11 is rotated, so that the surface of the bed 17 can be leveled and pressed. In the above example, the one-way clutch 132 is used to switch the rotation of the rotating shaft 131 between the forward rotation direction and the reverse rotation direction, thereby realizing the features of the agitation means. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the characteristics of the agitation means are realized by a clutch 26 that connects or releases the inner agitation unit 22 and a driven pulley 261 that is a transmission mechanism.

  The example shown in FIG. 9 will be described only with respect to differences from the above illustration (see FIGS. 1 to 8). In this example, a coupling portion 233 that can rotate independently of the rotation shaft 231 is attached to the rotation shaft 231. The coupling portion 233 includes a hollow rotating cylinder 232 that is coaxial with the rotating shaft 231 and extends downward. Then, a disc 238 with an outer stirring portion hole is provided at the lower end of the rotating shaft 231, and a disc 239 with an inner stirring portion hole is provided at the lower end of the hollow rotary cylinder 232, respectively. The driven pulley 261 is coaxially mounted with a pin support plate 266 from which an interlocking pin 262 that can be inserted into each hole of the outer stirring portion hole disc 238 or the inner stirring portion hole disc 239 is projected. A crank lever 269 that is swung by a rod 268 that is advanced and retracted by a solenoid 267 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the pin support plate 266 so that the pin support plate 266 can be raised and lowered. Thus, the clutch 26 is constituted by the interlocking pin 262, the disc 238 with the outer stirring portion hole and the disc 239 with the inner stirring portion hole.

  In the clutch 26 of this example, when the solenoid 267 advances the rod 268 and pushes up the crank lever 269, the pin support plate 266 is lifted by the crank lever 269, and the interlocking pin 262 is connected to the disc 238 with a hole for the external stirring portion and By being inserted into each hole of the inner stirring portion holed disc 239, the connected state is established, and the rotating shaft 231 and the coupling portion 233 can be integrally rotated by the driven pulley 261. Conversely, when the solenoid 267 retracts the rod 268 and pulls down the crank lever 269, the clutch 26 lowers the pin support plate 266 according to the crank lever 269, and the interlocking pin 262 moves the inner stirring portion hole disc 239. The interlocking pin 262 is inserted into only the hole of the disc 238 with a hole for outer agitating portion, which is pulled out from the hole, and only the rotating shaft 231 can be rotated by the driven pulley 261. The control of the solenoid 267 is performed by the control unit 24.

  9 does not need to reverse the rotation shaft 231 from forward rotation to reverse rotation when only the outer agitating portion 21 is rotated to level the surface of the cocoon bed 27 and to be consolidated. After the outer agitation unit 21 and the inner agitation unit 22 are rotated together, only the inner agitation unit 22 can be stopped and the outer agitation unit 21 can be rotated as it is. For this reason, the outer agitation unit 21 rotates only in one direction.For example, the outer agitation spatula 213 is previously tilted with respect to the rotation direction and attached to the outer spatula support unit 212, and the lower edge of the outer agitation spatula 213 is attached. There is an advantage that the surface can always be squeezed to the rear side in the rotational direction, and the surface of the bed 27 can be surely leveled and compacted.

It is a vertical sectional view of a pickling device to which the present invention is applied. It is a top view showing the positional relationship of the outer stirring part and the inner stirring part which comprise a stirring means. It is a horizontal top view of the one-way clutch provided in the rotating shaft. It is a horizontal top view of the coupling part which incorporates a one-way clutch. It is a horizontal sectional view of the mounting cover part of the internal stirring part with which a coupling part is mounted | worn. It is a top view of an external stirring part. It is a side view of an external stirring part. It is a top view of the operation panel which sets a control part. It is a partial vertical sectional view of another example of a brazing device.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pickle picking equipment
11 Stirring outside
113 Stirring outside spatula
1131 Thin section
1132 corner
12 Internal stirring section
121 Installation cover
122 Stirring spatula
13 containers
131 Rotation axis
132 one-way clutch
133 Coupling part
134 Container lid
135 Vent
136 Connection
14 Control unit
141 Control panel
15 Main unit
151 Device lid
152 Container storage
154 Vent
155 Deodorant filter
161 driven pulley
162 Connected part
163 motor
164 Drive pulley
165 belt
17 Bed
181 Heat exchange plate
182 Temperature sensor
183 Peltier element
184 Cooling fan
185 Outside air intake 2
21 Stirring outside
22 Internal stirring section
231 axis of rotation
24 Control unit
26 Clutch
27 Bed

Claims (11)

In the container stored in the main body of the device, the stirring means is built in, and the pickled material such as vegetables is buried in the straw bed formed in the container, and the straw bed is intermittently stirred by the stirring means to make the pickled rice cake. In the apparatus, the agitation means comprises an outer agitation part attached to the upper stage of the rotary shaft protruding from the center of the bottom of the container and an inner agitation part attached to the lower stage of the rotary axis, and the outer agitation part is radially outward. The inner stirrer is a member having an outer edge in which the side edge of the container follows the side of the container and the lower edge follows the surface of the bed, and the inner stirring portion has the radially outer side edge on the container side and the lower edge on the container. A pickle pickling apparatus, characterized in that it is a member having an outer edge imitating the bottom surface. The outer stirrer is a member having an outer edge that is rotated while being pressed against the surface of the bed, with the lower edge slightly protruding from the inner surface of the bed, and with the lower edge being rearward in the rotational direction. The pickled pickle device. The outer agitation part rotates while pressing the thin wall part with a certain width from the lower edge slightly from the inner surface of the bed and pressing the surface of the bed with the thin wall part behind the bed. The pickled device according to claim 1, which is a member having an outer edge. The outer stirrer is a member having an outer edge that is rotated while being pressed against the side surface of the container by causing the side edge on the radially outer side to slightly protrude from the side surface of the container and causing the side edge to be rearward in the rotational direction. Item 2. A pickle device according to item 1. The outer agitation part protrudes the corresponding corner toward the boundary edge between the side of the container and the surface of the bed, and the side edge and the lower edge including the corner are made to be rearward in the rotational direction. 2. A pickle picking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pickling device is a member having an outer edge that is rotated while pressing the container on the side surface of the container and the lower edge on the surface of the bed. The pickling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external agitation unit is attached to the rotary shaft so that the position of the external stirring portion is freely changeable in the height direction of the rotary shaft. The pickling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external agitation unit is fixed in position in the rotational direction of the rotary shaft and is detachable from the rotary shaft. The inner stirring portion is engaged with the rotation shaft only in the forward rotation direction, and is attached to the rotation shaft via a clutch that idles with respect to the rotation shaft in the reverse rotation direction. The pickled device according to claim 1, wherein the pickled device rotates and idles in the reverse direction of the rotation shaft. The internal agitation unit is attached to a rotary shaft having a clutch connected to or released from the transmission mechanism of rotational power, and rotates according to the rotary shaft when the clutch is connected, and idles when the clutch is released. 1. A pickled device according to item 1. In the container stored in the main body of the device, the stirring means is built in, and the pickled material such as vegetables is buried in the straw bed formed in the container, and the straw bed is intermittently stirred by the stirring means to make the pickled rice cake. In the apparatus, the agitation means has an internal agitation part attached to a rotating shaft protruding into the container, and the internal agitation part is agitated by rotating the internal agitation part according to the control part. The rotation of the agitation unit is high-speed rotation in the bed where the pickled material is not buried, low speed rotation in the bed where the pickled material is buried, and the high-speed rotation is in the range of 1.5 to 10 times the low-speed rotation.糠 pickled equipment. In the container stored in the main body of the device, the stirring means is built in, and the pickled material such as vegetables is buried in the straw bed formed in the container, and the straw bed is intermittently stirred by the stirring means to make the pickled rice cake. In the apparatus, the apparatus main body is provided with a ventilation hole in a container housing part that accommodates the container in a substantially sealed state, and the ventilation hole is provided with a deodorizing or deodorizing filter that prevents the smell of the bed from leaking out of the apparatus main body. A pickled device characterized by being built-in.

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