JP2010041936A - Apparatus and method for coating gateau pyrenees - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method for coating gateau Pyrenees, which forms no thick layer as a result of coating material's gathering on the recessed part of gateau Pyrenees's surface. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: left and right arms 6 with one end fitted on the main shaft and the other end movable between an upwardly turned position and a downwardly turned position with baked gateau Pyrenees 5 axially suspended on, an arm-driving mechanism having a motor and functioning to turn the main shaft at a predetermined angle and adjustable in the downwardly turned position of the left and right arms 6, an autorotating mechanism having a motor and functioning to rotate the arm's axial suspension part and autorotating gateau Pyrenees 5, and a saucer container 4 set beneath the arms and reserving a hot liquid coating material 3. The method comprises the following process: autorotation is started, and the arms are made to descend from the upwardly turned position to the downwardly turned position, gateau Pyrenees is immersed in the saucer container and coated with the coating material, and the autorotation is stopped and the arms are raised to the upwardly turned position, subsequently, the autorotation is started again and then stopped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a coating apparatus and a coating method for applying a coating material to a gateau Pyrenees fired on a core rod, and more particularly to a coating apparatus and a coating method capable of uniformly and rapidly applying fondant.

  The surface of the confectionery, cake or bread is coated to give a special taste or to decorate the surface. As the coating material (coating material), fondant, chocolate, and the like are used. Fondant means a thick sugar solution that is boiled down from the fire and crystallized white while kneading, meaning it melts in French. Fondant varies depending on the proportion of water, such as sugar, starch syrup, etc., but usually solidifies at room temperature and liquefies when heat is applied.

  Fondant is part of the product taste and is an important factor for the beauty and shape of the product after coating, but depending on the temperature of the fondant during coating, the taste, beauty and shape can be used even if the same material is used. Changes significantly. Usually, fondant is heated and coated in the range of 30 to 70 ° C. When the temperature is raised, the viscosity decreases and it is easy to handle, but when it is solidified again, the crystals of fondant itself become large and the surface is inferior. The texture will also be “crisp” and the flavor will be impaired. On the other hand, at low temperatures, it is difficult to adjust the amount during coating, and it is difficult to coat uniformly.

  Conventionally, Baumkuchen, in which the dough is applied to the core rod in layers and baked one layer at a time, has been employed by manually applying a fondant to the brush. Gato Pyrenees is known as a baked confectionery in the Gascone region of France, which has a layered structure like Baumkuchen and has a mountain valley (unevenness) imitating the Pyrenees on the surface. Since the gateau Pyrenees have a valley on the surface, fondant easily collects in the valley and it is difficult to apply it uniformly. In addition, according to manual work, it takes 10 to 15 minutes per bottle. Patent Document 1 discloses an automatic gateau / pyrenene manufacturing apparatus.

In general, it cannot be coated immediately after firing the Gateaux Pyrenees. This is because the Gateaux Pyrenees has heat and the fondant on the surface cools and does not solidify. Even though the gated Pyrenees fired on the shaft is cooled and then coated with a saucer container while rotating, there is a problem that fondant easily collects in the valley as in the case of hand coating. There is a need for a coating apparatus suitable for the surface of confectionery such as Gateau Pyrenees with a mountain valley on the surface.
Registered Utility Model No. 3129639

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a coating apparatus and a coating method capable of rapidly coating a coating material by gathering at a valley portion formed on the surface of a gateau Pyrenee so that the coating material does not become a thick layer.

  The coating apparatus for the gateaux-pyrenees according to claim 1 according to the present invention has one arm attached to the main shaft, and the other arm on which the fired gateaux-pyrenees are pivoted, the left and right arms moving between an upward position and a downward position; The main shaft is rotated by a set angle with a motor, and the arm drive mechanism capable of adjusting the downward position of the left and right arms, and the motor has a shaft hanging portion to rotate, and the gateaux A rotation mechanism for rotating the Pyrenees and a saucer container that is installed below the arm and stores the heated liquid coating material are provided, and starts rotating to lower the arm from the upward position to the downward position. The gateaux Pyrenees are immersed in the saucer container, the coating material is applied to the gateaux Pyrenees, the rotation is stopped, and the arms are raised to the upward position. Allowed, characterized in that it stops after continued rotation again.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the tray container has a double bottom and double side wall structure.

  The coating method of the gateau pyrenees according to claim 3 of the present invention is a method of applying a coating material to the gateaux pyrenees fired on the core rod with a coating apparatus, and the gateaux pyrenees mounted on the arms are rotated, Lowering the gateau pyrenees to a position where the coating material of the saucer can be immersed in the coating material; immersing the coating materials in the coating material; and applying the coating material to the gateau pyrenees; And a step of continuing the rotation stop state for a predetermined time, a step of starting the rotation again, a step of continuing the rotation for a predetermined time, and a step of stopping the rotation.

According to claim 1 of the present invention, extremely rapid coating can be achieved. Application with a brush may damage the protruding peak portion of the surface, but immersion does not cause such damage. It takes 10-15 minutes by hand and can be completed in 2-3 minutes.
In addition, the arm's downward position is adjusted and operated by the rotation angle of the motor by setting, so if the downward position is increased, the immersion is small and the application amount is reduced, and if the downward position is lowered, the application amount is reduced. You can do more. For example, the coating material can be applied only to the mountain portion of the Gateaux Pyrenees. In addition, when raising the Gateau Pyrenees from the saucer container, the rotation is stopped and raised, and the state where the rotation is stopped is continued for a predetermined time, so that the excess coating material gathered in the valley does not fall and become a thick coating. Can be. The upper side and the thickness are made uniform by the subsequent rotation.

  According to the second aspect, since the tray container has a double bottom and double side wall structure, it is possible to make the tray container excellent in heat retaining capacity as compared with the case where the hot water pipe is wound around the tray container. Since the temperature is maintained, the fondant does not solidify and can be coated quickly. That is, it is possible to prevent overcoating due to a decrease in the temperature of the coating material and an increase in viscosity.

  According to the method for applying a coating material for a gateau-pyrenee of claim 3 according to the present invention, when the gateaux-pyrenees are lifted from the saucer container, the state where the rotation is stopped for a predetermined time is continued. There is an effect. For example, even if it is soaked deeply that the coating material is applied to the bottom of the valley, the coating material tangled off on both sides of the valley collects and falls under its own weight. That is, the coating material can be appropriately applied.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a coating apparatus for applying a coating material to Gateaux Pyrenees according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the coating apparatus 1 includes a shaft hanging portion 2 that rotatably supports a core rod 16 of a gateau Pyrenee 5, a saucer container 4 that stores a heated liquid coating material 3, and a shaft hanging portion. The gate 6 Pyrenees 5 mounted on the section 2 is immersed in the saucer container 4 while rotating, and has left and right arms 6 that are pulled up from the saucer container 4 and an operation panel for setting operating conditions. It is comprised including the control apparatus 7 which controls a motion of this, and performs a series of sequences, and the hot water circulation apparatus 11 of the saucer container 4. In FIG. Although the fondant liquid was used for the coating material 3, not only this but chocolate etc. may be sufficient.

  The gateau Pyrenees 5 rotates by the rotation transmitted to the shaft hook 2. The rotation speed was 3 rpm as an example. The arm 6 lowers the gateaux Pyrenees 5 in the direction of the saucer container 4 while rotating the gateaux Pyrenees 5, and immerses a part of the gateaux Pyrenees 5 in the liquid fondant solution 3. Then, by rotating at that position for a predetermined time, the fondant liquid 3 is applied to the outside of the gateau Pyrenees 5, then the arm 6 is raised, the gateaux Pyrenees 5 is pulled up from the saucer container 4, and And rotate for a predetermined time of 3 to 4 minutes. The saucer container 4 has a double bottom and double side wall structure, and warm water is circulated around the bottom and around the circumference so that the temperature of the fondant as the fondant liquid 3 can be kept constant. The hot water circulation device 11 is a device that sends hot water to the double bottom and double side wall structure of the tray container 4 by the pump (P), and heats and returns the returned hot water. Here, the temperature of the hot water is set to 30 to 70 ° C. FIG. 1 shows a gateau Pyrenee 5 to which a coating material 3 is applied on the right side. The protruding portion of the outer shape is a mountain portion and the recessed portion is a valley portion.

  FIG. 2 is an internal structure diagram of the coating apparatus 1. An arm drive mechanism 12 for moving the arm 6 and a rotation mechanism 13 are provided. A drum 8 is attached to the main shaft 10 of the arm driving motor M2, and magnetic members 14a to 14c are attached to the outer periphery of the drum 8 at three locations. It is possible to know the position of the arm 6 by detecting that each of the magnetic members 14a to 14c has passed directly under the magnetic sensors 9a, 9b, and 9c. When the arm driving motor M2 is rotated forward or reverse at a necessary angle, the main shaft 10 and the drum 8 are rotated, the arm 6 attached to the main shaft 10 is also rotated, and the tip of the arm 6 is raised or lowered. Move.

  The detection position of the magnetic sensor 9a is a position where the core rod 16 of the gateau Pyrenee 5 is in contact with the edge of the saucer container 4 and detects a position where the arm 6 should not be lowered any further. The detection position of the magnetic sensor 9b is the stop position of the gateau Pyrenees 5 when the diameter of the gateaux Pyrenees 5 is maximum. The small-diameter Gateaux Pyrenees 5 moves the arm drive motor (M2) from this position by a necessary angle to lower the position of the Gateaux Pyrenees 5 and lower the stop position (downward position). This adjustment can be instructed from the control panel of the control device 7 as setting input data during operation. The detection position of the magnetic sensor 9c is a position where the arm 6 is raised (upward position), and an initial stop position of the arm 6 is detected.

  The rotation of the motor M1 for rotation is transmitted to a pulley 15a that is rotatably attached to the main shaft 10 of the rotating shaft by a belt. When the pulley 15a rotates, the pulley 15b rotates in conjunction with it, and the pulley 15c at the end of the arm rotates through the belt. As a result, the shaft hooking portion 2 connected to the pulley 15c rotates, and the rotation is transmitted to the core rod 16 so that the gateaux Pyrenees 5 rotates. If the motor M1 for rotation is stopped, rotation can be stopped. Here, the rotation mechanism 13 is installed on the arm 6 on one side of the apparatus, and only one end of the core rod 16 is driven, and the other end of the core rod 16 is simply supported by the shaft hanging portion 2.

  As shown in the drawing circle in FIG. 2, the shaft hooking portion 2 is a cylindrical shape with an L-shaped groove 17 cut. The protrusion 18 of the core rod 16 is engaged with the groove 17. The shaft hooking portion 2 with which the other end of the core rod 16 is engaged was simply cylindrical (not shown).

  The rotation speed of the Gateaux Pyrenees 5 is preferably 1 to 5 rpm. The descending distance of the tip of the arm 6 in the vertical direction is 80 to 120 mm / sec, and the descending speed is 10 to 30 mm / sec. The Gateaux Pyrenees 5 is immersed in the fondant liquid 3 for 10 to 30 seconds (about one rotation) while rotating at the rotation speed. Thereafter, the arm 6 is raised and the rotation is continued for a while to make the coating thickness uniform. Note that the coating amount of the fondant liquid 3 can be adjusted by the rotation speed, immersion depth, and immersion time of the Gateaux Pyrenees 5. Further, a series of operations can be performed.

  3 and 4, a method of coating the outer peripheral portion of the gateau Pyrenee 5 with the fondant liquid 3 as a coating material using the coating apparatus 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3A, the gateaux Pyrenees 5 attached to the arm 6 are rotated and lowered from the upward position P1 to the downward position P2 where the immersion is possible. It is assumed that the fondant liquid 3 is at a predetermined temperature. Next, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the Gateaux Pyrenees 5 reaches the downward position P2, the dipping is started. The immersion state is continued while rotating for a predetermined time. Thereby, the fondant liquid 3 is applied to the outer peripheral portion of the gateau Pyrenees 5. Next, as shown in FIG. 3C, the arm 6 is returned to the upward position P1, and the rotation is continued for a predetermined time. The excess fondant liquid 3 of the Gateau Pyrenees 5 falls as a drop to the saucer container 4 when being raised. Since centrifugal force works by continuing the rotation, the fondant liquid 3 is uniformly fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the gateau Pyrenees 5. The fondant liquid 3 is fixed when cooled. The downward position P2 can be made higher or lower than usual.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the detailed procedure of coating. First, temperature adjustment (S100) is performed so that the fondant liquid 3 has a predetermined temperature. In a state where the arm 6 is waiting at the upward position P1 above the saucer container 4 (S100), the gateaux / pyrenees 5 are attached to the shaft hanging portion 2 of the arm 6 (S101). When the start button is pressed, the gateaux Pyrenees 5 starts to rotate by the rotation mechanism 13 (S102). Subsequently, the arm 6 moves, and the gateau Pyrenees 5 moves from the upward position P1 to the downward position P2 where it is immersed (S103). The gateau Pyrenees 5 is immersed in the fondant liquid 3 while rotating for a predetermined time (S104). S102 and S103 may be combined and controlled as one stage.

  Next, it is determined whether an instruction to stop rotation is set (S105). This is set in advance when the thickness of the fondant liquid 3 is reduced and the extra fondant liquid 3 is not covered. If it is determined in S105 that there is no instruction to stop rotation, the gateau Pyrenees 5 is raised from the downward position P2 to the upward position P1 while continuing the rotation (S110). During this time, a part of the fondant liquid 3 of the Gateaux Pyrenees 5 falls into the saucer container. Further, the rotation is continued for a predetermined time (S111), so that the fondant liquid 3 that has been curled up has a uniform thickness. Then, the rotation is stopped (S112), and an operation (S113) for removing the gateau Pyrenees 5 from the coating apparatus 1 is performed.

  If an instruction to stop rotation is set in advance and it is determined in step S105 that rotation is to be stopped, rotation is stopped (S106). After holding for 0 to 5 seconds with the rotation stopped, the arm 6 is driven to raise the gateau Pyrenees 5 from the downward position P2 to the upward position P1 (S107). And it waits for a predetermined time at the upward position P1 (S108). During this time, the fluid fondant liquid 3 gathers under the gateau Pyrenees 5 and grows and falls. Thereafter, the rotation is resumed (S108), the rotation is continued for a predetermined time (S111), and finally the operation of removing (S113) is performed. S111 is to make the coating thickness uniform. S108 adjusts the coating amount by stopping the rotation. Note that the above procedure is set in the control device 7 in advance for operation. The set value can be changed freely.

  The present invention is suitable as a coating apparatus and a coating method for Gateaux Pyrenees.

1 is a perspective view of a coating apparatus according to the present invention. (Example 1) It is an internal structure figure of the coating apparatus by this invention. (Example 1) It is the figure which showed the coating method by this invention by the motion of the coating apparatus. (A) shows the state where the Gateau Pyrenees mounted on the arm of the coating apparatus are rotating and descending. (B) shows the state where the Gateaux Pyrenees are immersed in fondant while rotating. (C) shows a state where the Gateaux Pyrenees are rising away from the saucer container. It is a flowchart figure for demonstrating the coating method by this invention. (Example 1)

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coating apparatus 2 Shaft part 3 Coating material (fondant liquid)
4 Sauce container 5 Gateau Pyrenee 6 Arm 7 Control device 8 Drum 9a, 9b, 9c Magnetic sensor 10 Main shaft 11 Hot water circulation device 12 Arm drive mechanism 13 Rotating mechanism 14a, 14b, 14c Magnetic member 15a, 15b, 15c Pulley 16 Core rod 17 Groove 18 Protrusion M1, M2 Motor P1 Arm upward position P2 Arm downward position S100 to S113 Each stage of control

Claims (3)

Left and right arms, one end of which is attached to the main shaft and the other end on which the fired gateau-pyrenees are pivoted move between an upward position and a downward position,
An arm driving mechanism that has a motor and rotates the main shaft at a set angle, and is capable of adjusting a downward position of the left and right arms;
A rotation mechanism that rotates a shaft hanging portion of the arm with a motor, and rotates the gateaux and pyrenees;
A saucer container that is installed below the arm and stores a heated liquid coating material; and
The rotation is started and the arm is lowered from the upward position to the downward position, the gateau-pyrenees are immersed in the saucer container, the coating material is applied to the gateau-pyrenees, the rotation is stopped, and the arms are directed upward Gateau-Pyrenees coating device, which is raised to a position, stopped after continuing to rotate again.   2. The coating apparatus for gateau pyrenees according to claim 1, wherein the tray container has a double bottom structure and a double side wall structure. A method of applying a coating material to a gateau / pyrenean fired on a core rod with a coating device, wherein the gateaux / pyrenees mounted on an arm are rotated, and the gateaux / pyrenees can be immersed in the coating material of a saucer container , Dipping in the coating material, applying the coating material to the Gateaux Pyrenees, stopping the rotation and raising the arm, and continuing the rotation stop state for a predetermined time A method of coating a gateau pyrene, comprising: a step, a step of starting rotation again, a step of continuing the rotation for a predetermined time, and a step of stopping the rotation.

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