JP2006239115A - Oscillation type takoyaki-making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oscillation type Takoyaki (octopus dumpling)-making machine allowed to apply increased rotation to Takoyaki. <P>SOLUTION: The oscillation type Takoyaki-making machine 10 includes a main casing 12, coil springs 26 raised at the four corners of an inner plate 34 of the casing 12, an oscillating casing 16 supported by the coil spring 26, a mold 14 fixed by four supports 40 above the oscillating casing 16, and an eccentric motor 20 suspended down from a top plate 32 of the oscillating casing 16. The eccentric motor 20 is fixed not to the bottom plate 34 but to the top plate 32 of the oscillating casing 16, so that the oscillating casing 16 has a high center of gravity to facilitate horizontal oscillation of the oscillating casing 16. Thus, the mold 14 has strong horizontal oscillation to apply increased rotation to Takoyaki. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vibratory takoyaki machine, and more particularly to a vibratory takoyaki machine that automatically rotates and burns takoyaki by vibrating a baking mold.

  JP-A-10-52370 (Patent Document 1), JP-A-10-137135 (Patent Document 2) and JP-A-2003-135282 (Patent Document 3) are all made by vibrating a baking mold. Discloses a vibrating takoyaki machine that automatically rotates and bake.

  In the vibratory takoyaki machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, the baking mold is composed of an upper plate and a lower plate in which an electric heater is cast. The baking mold is supported by four coil springs and is vibrated by a vibrator attached to the lower surface of the baking mold.

  In the vibration-type takoyaki machine disclosed in Patent Document 2, the baking mold is attached to the upper part of the casing supported by four coil springs, and vibrates by a vibration source placed on the bottom plate of the casing. It is like that. In this takoyaki machine, a gas burner 18 is mounted below the baking mold, but this gas burner is supported by an outer frame and does not vibrate together with the casing.

  In the vibratory takoyaki machine disclosed in Patent Document 3, the baking mold is attached to the upper end of a movable frame supported by four coil springs, and is vibrated by an excitation motor suspended from the bottom plate of the movable frame. It is supposed to be. In this takoyaki machine, a gas burner is mounted below the baking mold, but this gas burner is supported by a fixed frame and does not vibrate together with the movable frame.

  However, it is difficult to rotate the takoyaki in one direction simply by vibrating the baking mold. Patent Documents 1 and 2 do not mention the vibration direction of the baking mold at all. However, if the baking mold is vibrated only in the horizontal (lateral) direction, takoyaki receives a frictional force alternately from the left and right. Cannot rotate in the direction. If the baking mold is vibrated only in the vertical (longitudinal) direction, the takoyaki simply jumps up and cannot rotate in one direction.

  On the other hand, in the vibration type takoyaki machine disclosed in Patent Document 3, the vibration motor is inclined and attached, and the movable frame is vibrated so as to draw an ellipse in the vertical and horizontal directions. I try to rotate it. However, even with this vibration type takoyaki machine, the rotational force applied to takoyaki is not sufficient.

Further, in the conventional vibration type takoyaki machine, even when the power source of the vibration source is turned off, the baking mold does not stand still smoothly, and a phenomenon occurs in which the baking shakes greatly due to inertia immediately before it stops. If this amplitude is too large, the takoyaki may jump out of the baking mold.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-52370 JP-A-10-137135 JP 2003-135282 A

  The main object of the present invention is to provide a vibratory takoyaki machine capable of increasing the rotational force applied to takoyaki.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a vibrating takoyaki machine in which the baking mold is not greatly shaken immediately before it is stationary.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

  The vibration type takoyaki machine according to the present invention includes a vibration case, a vibration case, an elastic body, a baking mold, a heating source, and a vibration source. The vibration housing has a top plate and a bottom plate facing each other. The elastic body connects the main housing and the bottom plate of the vibration housing, and supports the vibration housing so as to vibrate in the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the main housing. The baking mold faces the top plate of the vibration housing and is fixed above the top plate, and has a hemispherical recess. The heating source is mounted between the baking plate and the top plate of the vibrating casing and is fixed to the main casing to heat the baking mold. The vibration source is suspended from the top plate of the vibration housing.

  In this vibration type takoyaki machine, since the vibration source is suspended from the top plate instead of the bottom plate of the vibration housing, the center of gravity of the vibration housing becomes high, and the vibration housing easily swings in the horizontal direction. As a result, the transverse vibration of the baking mold becomes strong, and the rotational force applied to the takoyaki increases due to friction with the baking mold.

  Preferably, the main housing has an intermediate plate provided horizontally. The elastic body is erected on the four corners of the middle plate. The four corners of the vibration housing are supported by four elastic bodies. The baking mold is attached to the upper ends of four support columns that are four corners of the vibration casing and are erected directly above the four elastic bodies.

  In this case, the baking mold is firmly connected to the vibration casing through the support, and the support is erected directly above the elastic body. Propagate to.

  Preferably, the elastic body includes three coil springs attached to the three corners of the bottom plate of the vibration casing and one rubber body attached to the remaining corner. Alternatively, the elastic body includes two coil springs attached to two corners on one side of the bottom plate of the vibration housing and two rubber bodies attached to the two corners on the other side.

  In this case, since the vibration due to the inertia of the vibration casing is suppressed by the rubber body, the vibration casing does not largely shake immediately before being stopped, but smoothly stops.

  More preferably, the rubber body has a cylindrical shape, and has a notch formed in the middle of the rubber body along the axial direction.

  In this case, the shaking of the vibrating housing is not suppressed more than necessary, and the vibrating housing vibrates sufficiently.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will not be repeated.

  With reference to FIGS. 1-3, the vibration type takoyaki machine 10 by embodiment of this invention is the main housing | casing 12 installed on the ground or a predetermined | prescribed stand, the baking mold 14 for baking takoyaki, A vibration casing 16 for supporting the baking mold 14, a gas burner 18 for heating the baking mold 14 with a flame from below, and an eccentric motor 20 for vibrating the vibration casing 16.

  The main housing 12 is constructed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape by a rigid frame such as metal. An intermediate plate 22 for supporting the vibration housing 16 is provided horizontally at a height of about half of the main housing 12. An opening 24 is formed at the center of the intermediate plate 22 so that the eccentric motor 20 does not interfere, and coil springs 26 are erected at the four corners. The vibration casing 16 is supported by the main casing 12 at four corners by four coil springs 26. The coil spring 26 is an elastic body that connects the main housing 12 and the bottom plate 34 of the vibration housing 16 and supports the vibration housing 16 so as to vibrate vertically and horizontally with respect to the main housing 12. .

  Support frames 28 and 30 for suspending the gas burner 18 are provided horizontally on the front and upper back of the main housing 12.

  The vibration housing 16 has a top plate 32 and a bottom plate 34 facing each other. The top plate 32 and the bottom plate 34 are separated by a spacer 36 having an L-shaped cross-section standing upright at four corners, and are constructed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. An opening 38 is formed at the center of the bottom plate 34 so that the eccentric motor 20 does not interfere, and rigid columns 40 made of metal or the like are erected at the four corners. The support column 40 has a cylindrical shape, and is erected directly above the coil spring 26, that is, coaxially with the coil spring 26, and protrudes upward through the top plate 32. The support column 40 is fitted into a ring 42 welded to the top plate 32 and the spacer 36, and is fixed to the vibration housing 16 by tightening a bolt 44.

  A rectangular frame 46 is fitted to the upper ends of the four columns 40, a collar 48 that is slightly larger than the main casing 12 is mounted thereon, and the baking mold 14 is further fitted thereon. The lower surface of the baking mold 14 is exposed downward through the opening 47 of the frame 46 and the opening 49 of the ridge 48. The gutter 48 covers the gap between the main casing 12 and the vibration casing 16 so that the remaining takoyaki residue does not fall into the main casing 12.

  In the baking mold 14, approximately hemispherical recesses 50 are formed vertically and horizontally. The baking mold 14 may be made of iron having a Teflon (registered trademark) process, but is preferably made of copper. This is because Teflon has a problem that it is peeled off by vibration or picking operation, but in the case of copper, Teflon processing is unnecessary and such a problem does not occur.

  The gas burner 18 is inserted between the baking mold 14 and the top plate 32 of the vibration housing 16, and the base portion 52 of the valve is hung on the front support frame 28, and the locking tool 54 attached to the tip is attached to the support frame 30. Is suspended between the support frames 28 and 30. Thereby, the gas burner 18 is fixed to the main housing 12 without vibrating together with the vibrating housing 16.

  The eccentric motor 20 is fixed to the center of the lower surface of the top plate 32 of the vibration housing 16 with a bolt or the like, and is suspended from the center. The eccentric motor 20 includes an electric motor 56 and an eccentric weight 58 attached to the rotating shaft. The eccentric weight 58 is a cylindrical body made of metal or the like with notches and holes formed asymmetrically, and the center of gravity deviates from the rotation axis. The electric motor 56 is attached to the top plate 32 via the stay metal fitting 60 so that the rotation axis is 30 to 60 degrees with respect to the top plate 32, preferably about 45 degrees. The eccentric motor 20 faces downward through the opening 38 of the bottom plate 34 and the opening 24 of the middle plate 22.

  In order to make takoyaki using the vibration type takoyaki machine 10, first, the baking mold 14 is heated by the flame of the gas burner 18, and an appropriate amount of oil is spread in the recess 50. Subsequently, the dough and utensils for the takoyaki are put into the recess 50 of the baking mold 14 and baked until the lower surface of the takoyaki is lightly burnt against the inner surface of the recess 50, and then the electric motor 56 is turned on. As a result, the eccentric weight 58 rotates at high speed. However, since the center of gravity of the eccentric weight 58 is off the rotation axis, the eccentric motor 20 vibrates by itself, and this vibration propagates to the vibration housing 16 through the top plate 32. Since the vibration housing 16 is elastically supported by the coil spring 26, the vibration housing 16 also vibrates with the vibration of the eccentric motor 20. Since the baking mold 14 is fixed to the vibrating casing 16 via the support column 40, the baking mold 14 also vibrates. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the takoyaki 62 rotates in the recess 50 and is evenly baked.

  In particular, in this vibration type takoyaki machine 10, the eccentric motor 20 is attached obliquely, so that the baking die 14 vibrates so as to draw a circular or elliptical locus T in the same plane as the rotational surface of the eccentric weight 58. As a result, the takoyaki 62 always receives a rotational force F in one direction due to friction with the baking mold 14 and reliably rotates in one direction.

  The vertical component of the amplitude of the eccentric weight 58 increases as the rotational axis of the eccentric motor 20 approaches the horizontal direction, and the longitudinal vibration of the baking mold 14 becomes stronger. Conversely, the closer the rotation axis of the eccentric motor 20 is to the vertical direction, the smaller the vertical component of the amplitude of the eccentric weight 58 becomes, so the longitudinal vibration of the baking mold 14 becomes weaker. At this time, the horizontal vibration of the baking mold 14 is relatively stronger than the vertical vibration, but since the horizontal component of the amplitude of the eccentric weight 58 is always constant, it is not absolutely strong or weak.

  In addition, since the eccentric motor 20 is attached to the top plate 32 instead of the bottom plate 34 of the vibration casing 16, the center of gravity of the vibration casing 16 is increased, and the vibration casing 16 is likely to swing in the horizontal direction. As a result, the transverse vibration of the baking mold 14 becomes absolutely strong, and the rotational force F applied to the takoyaki 62 increases. Moreover, since the baking mold 14 is firmly connected to the vibration casing 16 via the columnar column 40, both the longitudinal vibration and the lateral vibration of the vibration casing 16 are reliably transmitted to the baking mold 14.

  Further, since the eccentric motor 20 is not mounted on the upper surface of the top plate 32 but is suspended from the lower surface of the top plate 32, it does not interfere with the gas burner 18 and does not get in the way. Further, since the lower side of the gas burner 18 is shielded by the top plate 32 of the vibration housing 16, the heat of the gas burner 18 is difficult to propagate to the eccentric motor 20. As a result, the durability of the eccentric motor 20 is improved.

  While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above-described embodiments are merely examples for carrying out the present invention.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the spacer 36 may be lengthened so that the entire eccentric motor 20 is accommodated in the vibration housing 16. In this case, the center of gravity of the vibration housing 16 is higher than the above, and the vibration housing 16 is more likely to swing in the horizontal direction than the above. In this embodiment, since the entire eccentric motor 20 is accommodated in the vibration housing 16, it is not necessary to form an opening as described above in the bottom plate 34 of the vibration housing 16 or the middle plate 22 of the main housing 12.

  Further, instead of the coil spring 26 described above, a cylindrical rubber body 64 as shown in FIG. 6 may be used. However, it is preferable not to replace all the coil springs 26 with the rubber body 64 but to replace only one or two. When only one is replaced, the coil spring 26 is attached to the three corners of the bottom plate 34, and the rubber body 64 is attached to the remaining corner. When two are replaced, the coil springs 26 are attached to the two corners on one side of the bottom plate 34, and the rubber bodies 64 are attached to the two corners on the other side. The rubber body 64 has substantially the same size as the coil spring 26, and has a height of several tens of millimeters, an outer diameter of 22 mm, an inner diameter of 12 mm, and a thickness of 5 mm.

  When only one or two of the coil springs 26 are replaced with the rubber body 64, when the electric motor 56 is turned off, the vibration housing 16 does not shake significantly just before it stops, but smoothly stops. This is because shaking due to the inertia of the vibration casing 16 is suppressed by the rubber body 64. However, if this suppression force becomes too strong, vibrations of the vibration casing 16, particularly longitudinal vibrations, will be suppressed more than necessary. In order to weaken this restraining force, it is more preferable to replace only one coil spring 26 than two rubber bodies 64. In addition, the thickness of the rubber body 64 may be reduced, or a notch 66 may be made in the middle of the rubber body 64 along the direction of the axis X. The number of cuts 66 may be only one, but may be two or more. When two or more notches 66 are made, it is preferable to make them symmetrical about the axis X. For example, when there are two cuts 66, the cuts 66 are made so as to face each other, and when there are three cuts 66, the cuts 66 may be made every 120 degrees. Moreover, although it is preferable that the notch 66 has penetrated the rubber body 64, it does not need to penetrate.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, such as using an electric heater instead of the gas burner 18 as a heating source, and the embodiment described above is within the scope of the invention. It is possible to implement by modifying as appropriate.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the vibration type takoyaki machine by one embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the vibration type takoyaki machine shown in FIG. It is a right view of the vibration type takoyaki machine shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that takoyaki rotates in the recess of a baking mold in the case of baking takoyaki using the vibration-type takoyaki machine shown in FIGS. It is a right view which shows the structure of the vibration type takoyaki machine by other embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the rubber body used instead of a coil spring in the vibration-type takoyaki machine shown in FIGS.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vibrating takoyaki machine 12 Main housing 14 Baking mold 16 Vibrating housing 18 Gas burner 20 Eccentric motor 22 Middle plate 32 Top plate 34 Bottom plate 40 Prop 50 Recess 56 Electric motor 58 Eccentric weight 64 Rubber body

Claims (5)

A main housing;
A vibrating housing having a top plate and a bottom plate facing each other;
An elastic body for connecting the main housing and a bottom plate of the vibration housing, and supporting the vibration housing so as to vibrate vertically and horizontally with respect to the main housing;
A baking mold facing the top plate of the vibration housing and fixed above the top plate, and having a hemispherical recess,
A heating source mounted between the baking plate and the top plate of the vibrating housing and fixed to the main housing, for heating the baking mold;
A vibration takoyaki machine comprising a vibration source suspended from a top plate of the vibration housing. The vibratory takoyaki machine according to claim 1,
The main housing has a horizontal intermediate plate,
The elastic body is erected on the four corners of the intermediate plate,
The four corners of the vibration housing are supported by the four elastic bodies,
The vibratory takoyaki machine is characterized in that the baking mold is attached to the upper ends of four pillars standing upright above the four elastic bodies at four corners of the vibration casing. The vibratory takoyaki machine according to claim 1 or 2,
The vibratory takoyaki machine, wherein the elastic body includes three coil springs attached to three corners of the bottom plate of the vibration housing and one rubber body attached to the remaining corner. The vibratory takoyaki machine according to claim 1 or 2,
The elastic body includes two coil springs attached to two corners on one side of the bottom plate of the vibration housing and two rubber bodies attached to two corners on the other side. Expression takoyaki machine. The vibratory takoyaki machine according to claim 3 or 4,
The vibratory takoyaki machine is characterized in that the rubber body has a cylindrical shape and has a notch formed along the axial direction in the middle thereof.

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