JP2006205070A - Stirring device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate maintenance and management for whole washing. <P>SOLUTION: The stirring device is provided with a heating pot 5 tilt-rotatably supported on a support frame 3 by rotation shafts 36, 37 and capable of discharging a food material from an opening by the tilt motion; a stirring part 6 provided on the heating pot 5 and capable of stirring the food material at the inside; and a drive motor 7 supported on the heating pot 5 and stirring/driving the stirring part 6. A weight sensor 24 for detecting the whole weight including the heating pot 5, the stirring part 6 and the drive motor 7 is provided on the support frame 3. At the whole washing of the device, water removal and periodical grease rising are suppressed. The structure is simple and becomes a small size, light weight and inexpensive. Washing of details is also facilitated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an agitation device that is used for cooking and heating foods.

  As a conventional stirring apparatus, there is one used in a heating stirring cooking apparatus. In this heating and stirring cooking apparatus, a stirring blade is rotatably supported by a heating kettle by a stirring shaft, and the stirring shaft is driven by a motor in a chain box provided outside the heating kettle. Specifically, a drive motor is disposed in the chain box, and the agitation shaft is interlocked via a movable gear box adjacent to the chain box. The drive motor is controlled by a control box protruding on the chain box. The heating kettle is rotatably supported on a support frame by a shaft different from the stirring shaft, and can be tilted and rotated by driving a hydraulic cylinder when the food after cooking is discharged.

  Then, the agitation shaft is rotationally driven through the gear box by the drive motor of the chain box. By this rotational drive, the food in the heating kettle being heated can be cooked with stirring.

  After cooking with heating and stirring, the heating pot is tilted and rotated by driving the hydraulic cylinder, and the food can be easily taken out from the upper end opening of the heating pot.

  Such a heating and stirring cooking apparatus can be washed in a circular manner so as not to pour water on the control box protruding from the chain box, and is easy to wash.

  However, there is a possibility that water may enter the chain box, etc., and it is necessary to provide a drain hole for draining the water accumulated inside. Maintenance management was complicated. In addition, the presence of a chain box and a gear box has become complicated and large, causing an increase in weight and cost, and hindering cleaning of details.

JP 2004-166855 A

  The problems to be solved are that the maintenance management for the round washing becomes complicated, the structure becomes complicated and large, increases in weight and costs, and hinders washing of details.

  The present invention facilitates maintenance management for round washing, is simple in structure, small in size, lightweight, inexpensive, and easy to clean in detail. A container capable of discharging the object to be stirred from the opening, an agitation unit provided in the container and capable of stirring the object to be stirred inside, and an agitation driving means supported by the container and driving the agitation part. This is the main feature.

  In the stirring device of the present invention, a container that is supported by the support frame so as to be tiltable and rotatable by the support shaft and can discharge the stirring object from the opening by the tilting, and a stirring unit provided in the container and capable of stirring the stirring object inside Since the agitation driving means is supported by the container and agitates and drives the agitation unit, the agitation driving means also rotates together with the tilting rotation of the container. Maintenance management such as up can be omitted. In addition, the structure is simple and small, light weight and low cost, and details can be easily cleaned.

  The purpose of facilitating maintenance management for round washing was realized by attaching a stirring drive means to the stirring shaft.

  1-3 has shown the heating stirring cooking apparatus to which the stirring apparatus of this invention was applied. 1 is a front view of a heating and stirring cooking apparatus, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a right side view of the cooking apparatus.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the heating and stirring cooking apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes a heating pot 5 as a container, a stirring unit 6, a drive motor 7 as stirring driving means, and a control on a support frame 3. A box 9, a hydraulic unit 10, and a piping unit 12 are provided.

  The support frame 3 includes a floor frame 13 and side frames 15 and 17. A lid housing portion 22 is integrally attached to the floor frame 13. The floor frame 13 is installed on the floor 21 by legs 19. The leg portion 19 is provided with a weight sensor 24 composed of, for example, a load cell, and supports the heating pot 5, the stirring portion 6, the drive motor 7, the control box 9, the hydraulic unit 10, and the lid housing portion 22. The total weight on the frame 3 is detected. By this weight measurement, it is possible to calculate the amount of water evaporation due to cooking of the food in the heating pot 5, and to perform automatic cooking of the heating and stirring cooking apparatus 1 or the like. The side frames 15 and 17 are provided upright at both ends of the floor frame 13.

  The heating kettle 5 includes a fluid jacket 25. The heating pot 5 is supported by the support frame 3 so as to be tiltable and rotatable, and the foodstuff that is the object to be stirred can be discharged from the opening by tilting. The heating pot 5 is provided with a hopper portion 29 on a horizontal cylindrical portion 27. On the hopper portion 29, double lid portions 31a and 31b are detachably provided.

  Rotating shafts 36 and 37 are projected from the heating kettle 5 as supporting shafts, and the rotating shafts 36 and 37 are rotatably supported on the side frames 15 and 17 by shaft support portions 38 and 39. The heating hook 5 is provided with a connecting shaft 40. The connecting shaft 40 is arranged eccentric to the rotating shaft 37 side with respect to the axial center portion of the cylindrical portion 27. A piston portion 41a of a hydraulic cylinder device 41 is coupled to the connecting shaft 40, and the cylinder portion 41b is coupled to the floor frame 13.

  A stirring shaft 33 is rotatably supported on the shaft portion of the cylindrical portion 27. One end of the stirring shaft 33 is supported by a bearing portion 43 attached to one side of the cylindrical portion 27 of the heating pot 5, and the other end is supported by a bearing portion 45 attached to the other side of the cylindrical portion 27 of the heating pot 5. And penetrates the bearing portion 45. Agitation blades 35 are attached to the agitation shaft 33 at predetermined intervals. The agitation shaft 33 and the agitation blade 35 constitute the agitation unit 6, and the agitation blade 35 is rotated by driving the agitation shaft 33, whereby the food in the heating kettle 5 can be agitated and cooked.

  The drive motor 7 is constituted by an electric motor, is disposed on the side frame 15 side, an outer case is fixed to the bearing portion 45, and an internal drive portion is linked to the other end of the stirring shaft 33. The drive motor 7 is configured to perform drive and stop control by, for example, the control box 9.

  The control box 9 is disposed on the food input side (left side in FIG. 3) of the heating pot 5, and controls the supply / discharge of steam to / from the fluid jacket 25, the operation of the hydraulic cylinder device 41, the operation of the drive motor 7, and the like. To do. The control box 9 is fixed to the side frame 17 by two support rods 46 bent at right angles.

  The hydraulic unit 10 includes an electric pump, an oil reservoir, and the like inside, drives the electric pump under the control of the control box 9, and supplies and discharges hydraulic pressure to and from the hydraulic cylinder device 41. The hydraulic unit 10 is attached to the support frame 3 and is included in the detected weight together with the support frame 3 side.

  The piping unit 12 is for supplying and discharging fluid for heating and the like with respect to the fluid jacket 25, and includes a steam supply pipe 47 and a steam discharge pipe 49. The steam supply pipe 47 is provided with an open / close valve 51 and a pressure meter 53 for adjusting the supply of steam. The piping unit 12 is supported by a unit frame 55 provided independently of the support frame 3, and the unit frame 55 is grounded by a leg portion 57. One end of the steam supply pipe 47 and the steam discharge pipe 49 is coupled to a steam supply unit (not shown) via a flexible pipe or the like, and the other end is connected to the supply pipe 59 and the discharge pipe 61 on the heating kettle 5 side with the flexible pipe 63 and In FIG. 2, they are connected via another flexible pipe that overlaps the flexible pipe 63 in the drawing.

  The supply pipe 59 and the discharge pipe 61 are configured to be coupled to and detached from the supply / discharge port on the fluid jacket 25 side through a face touch joint 65 with one touch.

  When cooking with heating and stirring, the lid portions 31 a and 31 b of the heating pot 5 are removed, and the lid portions 31 a and 31 b are accommodated in the lid accommodating portion 22. Ingredients are charged from the upper end opening of the heating pot 5, and at this time, the weight of the charged ingredients is detected by the weight sensor 24. In this weight detection, the removed lid portions 31a and 31b are also detected, and after the lid portions 31a and 31b are mounted, calculation considering the attachment and detachment of the lid portions 31a and 31b in the weight detection control during stirring cooking. The control software can be simplified. Further, since the piping unit 12 is grounded independently from the support frame 3 side by the flexible pipe 63, it is suppressed from being affected by the weight of the piping unit 12 when the weight is detected by the weight sensor 24, and accurate detection is performed. Can be performed.

  After the food is added, the lid portions 31 a and 31 b are mounted again on the upper end opening of the heating pot 5, and the drive motor 7 is driven and controlled by the control box 9. By this drive control, the agitation shaft 33 rotates, and the ingredients in the heating pot 5 are agitated and cooked by the agitation blades 35 that rotate in conjunction with each other. At this time, steam is supplied from the steam source to the fluid jacket 25 through the piping unit 12, the flexible pipe 63, the supply pipe 59, the face touch joint 65, and the supply port. The steam supplied to the fluid jacket 25 is heat-exchanged with the heating kettle 5 side, and the food in the heating kettle 5 is heated. The steam after the heat exchange is discharged from the discharge port of the fluid jacket 25 through the face touch joint 65, the discharge pipe 61, the discharge-side flexible pipe, and the steam discharge pipe 49.

  By heating with the steam and stirring with the stirring blade 35, the ingredients in the heating pot 5 can be heated and stirred and cooked.

  During cooking with heating and stirring, the total weight on the support frame 3 is detected by the weight sensor and input to the control box 9 as described above. For example, the control box 9 obtains the moisture evaporation amount of the food material from a control map set in advance through experiments or the like, and controls the steam temperature and the drive motor 7 so as to obtain the set moisture amount.

  After the cooking, the lid portions 31 a and 31 b are removed again and accommodated in the lid accommodating portion 22. When the hydraulic pressure is supplied from the hydraulic unit 10 to the hydraulic cylinder device 41 under the control of the control box 9 and the extension operation is performed, the heating hook 5 receives an upward force via the connecting shaft 40. Since the heating hook 5 is rotatable on the rotation shafts 36 and 37, the heating pot 5 is rotated upward around the rotation shafts 36 and 37, and is tilted and rotated as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

  At this time, the driving motor 7, the supply pipe 59 and the discharge pipe 61 are also interlocked together with the heating hook 5. The piping unit 12 maintains a grounded state by bending of the flexible pipe 63 and the like.

  The upper end opening of the heating kettle 5 is positioned higher by the tilting rotation of the heating kettle 5, and the food in the heating kettle 5 can be easily taken out.

  When the tilting rotation of the heating hook 5 is returned to the original position, the supply / exhaust port on the fluid jacket 25 side of the face touch joint 65 is connected to the supply pipe 59 and the discharge pipe 61 with one touch, and again to the fluid jacket 25 as described above. The steam can be supplied and discharged.

  In washing, the whole can be washed with water and washed. At this time, since the control box 9 is separated from the side frame 17 by the two support rods 46, the control box 9 can be cleaned accurately and easily without being washed with water. . In addition, since there is no chain box or movable gear box between the drive motor 7 and the stirring shaft 33, the structure for draining the infiltrated water is not required and the structure becomes simple, and regular grease-up due to water ingress is also possible. This is not necessary, and maintenance man-hours can be reduced.

  In addition, since there is no chain box or movable gear box, the structure is simple and small, light weight, low cost, and easy cleaning of details.

  In addition, the stirring apparatus of this invention is applicable not only to a foodstuff but to other to-be-stirred things, such as a pharmaceutical and a building material. The container heating means can be appropriately employed depending on the object to be stirred.

It is a front view of a heating and stirring cooking apparatus (Example 1). It is a top view of a heating and stirring cooking apparatus (Example 1). It is a side view of a heating and stirring cooking apparatus (Example 1).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Heating stirring cooking apparatus 3 Support frame 5 Cooking container (container)
6 Stirrer 7 Drive motor (stirring drive means)
12 Piping unit 22 Lid housing part 24 Weight sensor 25 Fluid jacket 31a, 31b Lid part 36, 37 Rotating shaft (support shaft)
51 Open / close valve

Claims (4)

A container that is supported by the support frame so as to be tiltable and rotatable by a support shaft, and can discharge the object to be stirred from the opening by tilting;
A stirring section provided in the container and capable of stirring the object to be stirred;
An agitation device comprising: an agitation drive unit that is supported by the container and that agitates and drives the agitation unit. The stirring device according to claim 1,
A stirrer characterized in that a weight sensor that detects the total weight including the container, the stirrer, and the stirrer driving means is provided on the support frame. The stirring device according to claim 2,
In the opening of the container, a detachable lid is provided,
An agitation apparatus comprising a lid housing portion for the lid portion on the support frame. The stirring device according to claim 2 or 3,
The container is provided with a heating fluid jacket,
A fluid supply / discharge piping unit having an open / close valve is connected to the fluid jacket via a flexible pipe.

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