JP2011024680A - Cooking table - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooking table capable of replacing a cooking plate and simplifying cleaning. <P>SOLUTION: In the cooking table, a flat temperature adjuster 14 having a medium path 17 is provided on the upper surface of a base 12, the cooking plate 16 is arranged on the temperature adjuster 14 so as to perform cooking on the cooking plate 16, and the temperature adjuster 14 is connected to a heat pump. The cooking plate 16 is replaceably provided on the upper surface of the temperature adjuster 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking table for cooking and processing foods, and more particularly to a cooking table in which a temperature controller is incorporated so that the foods to be cooked and processed can be heated or cooled.

  It is indispensable that the cooking tables installed in fresh food processing factories, restaurants, school lunch centers, hotel kitchens, etc. that cook and process ingredients are hygienic. Therefore, a cutting board used for cooking (hereinafter referred to as “cooking board”) is generally configured using a corrosion-resistant material such as stainless steel or resin.

  However, when ingredients such as frozen / chilled foods, raw fish / raw meat, sashimi are cooked on such a cooking plate in the summer, the ingredients absorb heat from the cooking plate and the surrounding air, and the freshness is impaired. For such a problem of maintaining the freshness of the food, it has been proposed to cool the cooking plate (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The structure proposed in Patent Document 1 has a structure in which a temperature controller connected to a refrigerant liquefaction apparatus is incorporated in a cooking table, and the cooking surface of the cooking plate is cooled or heated by the temperature controller. Also, the cooking plate is not structured to be easily removed and cleaned or replaced.

JP 2007-282926 A.

  However, in general, the cooking surface of the cooking plate is easily damaged by a kitchen knife or the like, so it is necessary to replace it periodically. However, the above-described cooking table is not structured so that the cooking plate can be easily detached and cleaned or replaced. It was. For this reason, the cleaning process of the cooking surface in a cooking board was complicated, and there existed a problem that workability | operativity was bad in order to perform the process which prevents propagation of miscellaneous bacteria completely. In addition, there is a problem that the cleaning agent or strong sterilizing agent to be used tends to remain on the cooking surface, and the remaining detergent, sterilizing agent, etc. adversely affect the food.

  Then, the technical subject which should be solved in order to attain the simplification of replacement | exchange of a cooking plate and a cleaning process arises, and this invention aims at solving this subject.

  The present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above object, and the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a plate-shaped temperature controller having a medium passage on the upper surface of the base, and on the temperature controller. The cooking plate is arranged on the cooking plate so that cooking can be performed on the cooking plate, and the cooking plate can be replaced on the upper surface of the temperature controller in a cooking table in which the medium passage of the temperature controller is connected to a heat pump. Provide the prepared cooking table.

  According to this configuration, since the cooking surface is easily replaceable with a kitchen knife or the like, the cooking plate can be easily replaced as needed during cleaning processing.

  The invention according to claim 2 provides the cooking table according to claim 1, wherein the cooking plate is detachably attached to the temperature controller.

  According to this configuration, the cooking plate can be detached and replaced as necessary, such as during a cleaning process.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the cooking table according to claim 1, wherein the cooking plate is formed in an endless belt shape, and is disposed so as to be able to circulate through the temperature controller and under the base, Provided is a cooking table for exchanging the cooking plate by the circulation movement.

  According to this configuration, the cooking surface can be easily replaced by circulatingly moving the cooking plate formed in an endless belt shape.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the cooking table according to the third aspect, a cleaning device that cleans the cooking surface of the cooking plate that passes under the base, and a sterilization treatment of the cooking surface. And a cooking table provided with a draining / drying device for draining / drying the cleaned and sterilized cooking surface.

  According to this configuration, when the cooking plate having an endless belt shape is circulated and moved, the cooking surface cleaning process by the cleaning device, the cooking surface sterilization process by the sterilization device, and the draining and drying device are performed in the middle of the circulation movement. The cooking surface is drained and dried in order, and then the cooking surface can be returned to the temperature controller.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the cooking table according to the third or fourth aspect, a dust box that receives food waste discharged from the cooking plate when the cooking plate is circulated is provided at one end of the base. Provide a cooking table.

  According to this configuration, when the endless belt-shaped cooking plate is circulated and moved, the food waste on the cooking surface of the cooking plate is discharged into the dust box in the middle of the circulation and the food waste is discarded. be able to.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking table according to the fourth aspect, wherein the hot water used in the cleaning device and the steam used in the sterilizing device are manufactured by a heat pump.

  According to this configuration, the hot water used in the cleaning device and the steam used in the sterilization device are supplied from the heat pump.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the cooking plate can be easily replaced when the cooking surface of the cooking plate is scratched by a knife or the like, or when a cleaning process is performed. Can be simplified. Moreover, since the cooking surface of a cooking board can be cooked and processed at the optimal temperature of a foodstuff, the freshness fall of a foodstuff etc. can be prevented. Furthermore, since the heat pump system is used as the cooling / heating source of the temperature controller, it can contribute to prevention of global warming and energy saving in consideration of the environment.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the cooking plate can be removed and replaced as necessary during cleaning processing, etc. In addition to the effects of the first aspect, the cooking plate replacement operation is further simplified. Can be expected.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the cooking plate is made into an endless belt shape and the endless belt-shaped cooking plate is circulated and moved, the cooking surface is exchanged. In addition, the effect of further simplifying the cooking plate replacement work can be expected.

  The invention according to claim 4 is capable of performing a series of processes of washing, sterilizing, draining and drying of the cooking surface in the middle of circulating the endless belt-like cooking plate. In addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 3 Thus, it can be expected that the sanitary treatment of the cooking plate is simple and reliable, such as suppressing sterilization and growth of food poisoning bacteria.

  The invention according to claim 5 can process the food waste on the cooking surface by dropping it into the dust box while circulating the endless belt-shaped cooking plate. Therefore, the invention according to claim 3 or 4 In addition to the effect, it can be expected that the processing of the food waste is simplified.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the hot water used in the cleaning device and the steam used in the sterilization device are produced by a heat pump for the cooking plate or another heat pump, so that the cleaning and sterilization operations of the cooking plate are easily performed. .

The front view of the cooking table which concerns on the Example of this invention. The top view of the cooking table. The schematic cross section of the principal part of the same cooking stand. The bottom view of the cooking board in the cooking table. The cooktop front view which concerns on the other Example of this invention.

  The present invention provides a plate-shaped temperature controller having a medium passage on the upper surface of the base, and achieves the purpose of simplifying the exchange of the cooking plate and the cleaning process on the temperature controller. In a cooking table in which a cooking plate is arranged to allow cooking on the cooking plate, and the medium passage of the temperature regulator is connected to a heat pump, the cooking plate is provided on the upper surface of the temperature regulator in a replaceable manner. This was realized.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the cooking table of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 4 show a cooking table according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is an overall front view thereof, FIG. 2 is a top view thereof, FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a part of the cooking table, and FIG. It is a bottom view of the cooking plate in the cooking table.

  1 to 4, the cooking table 10 is a rectangular flat plate supported by four legs 11, 11, 11, 11 (only the two legs 11, 11 in front are visible in FIG. 1). The base 12 is provided. The base 12 and the legs 11, 11, 11, 11 are each formed of a metal material having excellent corrosion resistance such as stainless steel.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a heat exchange plate (hereinafter referred to as “temperature controller”) 14 is provided on the upper surface of the base 12 via a heat insulating material 13, and a temperature controller is provided on the upper surface of the temperature controller 14. A cooking plate 16 is provided via a cover 15 so as to be removable.

  The heat insulating material 13 is made of glass wool, polystyrene foam or the like, and is fixed to the upper surface of the base 12.

  The temperature controller cover 15 is made of a thin plate of stainless steel or copper having excellent thermal conductivity, and has a flat surface. The temperature controller cover 15 has a peripheral edge bent downward and is fixed to the side surface of the base 12 with a bolt or the like. On the other hand, magnets M1, M1, M1, and M1 made of, for example, permanent magnets are attached to the four corners of the upper surface of the temperature controller cover 15, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the cooking plate 16 is a flat plate sized to cover almost the entire upper surface of the temperature controller cover 15, and the upper surface forms a cooking surface, and is made of stainless steel or hard resin. It is made of material. Detachable magnets M2, M2, M2, and M2 are fixed to the lower four corners of the cooking plate 16 corresponding to the demountable magnets M1, M1, M1, and M1 on the temperature controller cover 15 side, respectively. . When the cooking plate 16 is stacked on the temperature controller cover 15, the demounting magnets M1, M1, M1, M1 and the demounting magnets M2, M2, M2, M2 are attracted to each other. Retained. On the other hand, by separating the magnets M1, M1, M1, M1 and the magnets M2, M2, M2, M2 from the adsorbing state, the cooking plate 16 is attached to the temperature controller cover 15. Can be easily removed. Note that the cooking plate 16 indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 shows a state where it is removed from the temperature controller cover 15.

  2 and 3, the temperature controller 14 is formed by bending a copper pipe 17 (hereinafter referred to as “medium passage 17”) on the upper surface of the heat insulating material 13, and the medium passage 17 is formed of the heat insulating material. 13 and the temperature controller cover 15. The medium passage 17 has an end connected to the heat pump unit 18 via pipes 19 and 20.

  The heat pump unit 18 uses a chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant or the like as a medium, and includes an expansion valve 21, a condenser 22, a switching valve 23, and a compressor 24. The expansion valve 21 is connected to one end of the medium passage 17 via a pipe 19, and the compressor 24 is connected to the other end of the medium passage 17 via a pipe 20, thereby the temperature regulator 14. Is configured to function as an evaporator.

  In the cooking table 10 of this embodiment, when cooking, the cooking plate 16 is fixed to the upper surface of the temperature controller cover 15 by the adsorption force of the magnets M1, M1, M1, M1 and the magnets M2, M2, M2, M2, Cooking is performed on the cooking plate 16. In addition, a chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant or the like is circulated through the medium passage 17 of the temperature controller 14 during cooking, and the cooking plate 16 is cooled through cooling of the temperature controller 14. For this reason, at the time of cooking, it can prevent that the freshness of the foodstuff etc. on the cooking board 16 is impaired, and propagation of miscellaneous bacteria can also be suppressed effectively.

  In this embodiment, it is also possible to use the temperature regulator 14 as the condenser 22 by providing the heat pump unit 18 with a chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant switching valve 23 and switching the flow direction of the chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant by the switching valve 23. That is, it is possible to heat the cooking plate 16 by switching the flow direction of the chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant with the switching valve 23 to prevent the heated food from cooling, or to dry sterilize after washing.

  When cooking is finished and the cooking plate 16 is cleaned, the magnet magnets M1, M1, M1, M1 and the magnets M2, M2, M2, M2 are separated from each other, whereby the cooking plate 16 is moved to the temperature controller cover 15. It can be easily removed from above, and the removed cooking plate 16 can be cleaned with a cleaning agent and sterilized with a sterilizing agent, and then set on the temperature controller cover 15 again. In addition, when the cooking plate 16 is replaced or repaired, it can be removed in the same manner.

  Therefore, in the cooking table 10 of this embodiment, when cleaning the cooking plate 16 whose cooking surface is easily damaged by a knife or the like, the magnets M1, M1, M1, M1 and the magnets M2, M2, M2, M2 are mutually connected. Since the replacement can be easily performed by the desorption action, the replacement work can be simplified. Moreover, since the cooking surface of the cooking plate 16 can be cooked and processed at the optimum temperature of the foodstuff, it is possible to prevent the freshness of the foodstuff from decreasing.

  Furthermore, since the heat pump unit 18 is used as a cooling / heating source of the temperature controller 14, it can contribute to prevention of global warming and energy saving in consideration of the environment. Further, since the temperature of the cooking surface can be adjusted by the temperature controller 14 using the heat pump unit 18, the temperature of the installation environment is high or the operation rate is high, and the cooking surface does not fall to a predetermined temperature. In addition, the cooking surface can be cooled rapidly or strongly. On the other hand, when the temperature of the installation environment is low or the operation rate is low and it is not necessary to operate the temperature controller 14 so much, the operation of the temperature controller 14 can be suppressed. That is, the cooking surface of the cooking plate 16 can be cooked and processed at the optimum temperature of the food. Furthermore, by using the heat pump unit 18 as a cooling / heating source for the temperature controller 14, a cooking device that is energy saving and environmentally friendly can be provided.

  In this embodiment, the structure in which the cooking plate 16 is detachably disposed on the temperature controller cover 15 is disclosed. However, when the temperature controller cover 15 is not used, the cooking plate 16 is detached on the temperature controller 14. Magnets M1, M1, M1, and M1 may be provided and attached directly on the temperature controller 14.

  FIG. 5 shows another embodiment according to the cooking table of the present invention. In this embodiment, the same parts as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a part of the illustration and description is omitted.

  The cooking table 40 of this embodiment uses an endless belt-shaped stainless steel or copper cooking plate as the cooking plate 25. The cooking plate 25 can be circulated through the temperature regulator 14 covered by the temperature regulator cover 15 and the base 12 under the guidance of the rollers 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 27e, 27f, and 27g. The upper surface which is arrange | positioned and is arrange | positioned on this temperature regulator 14 is used as a cooking surface. The cooking plate can be moved smoothly by rails or oil on the temperature controller.

  On the lower surface side of the base 12, a cleaning device 27, a sterilization device 28, and a draining / drying device 29 are provided below the cooking plate 25. Further, a scraper 30 that strips food waste from the cooking plate 25 when the cooking plate 25 is circulated and a dust box 31 that receives the food waste stripped by the scraper 30 are disposed on the folded end side of the cooking plate 25. ing.

  The cleaning device 27 cleans the cooking surface of the cooking plate 25 that passes through the lower surface of the base 12, and includes nozzles 27a and 27a that spray a shower of high-temperature water generated by the heat pump 32 onto the cooking surface at high pressure. Provided.

  The sterilizer 28 sterilizes the cooking surface of the cooking plate 25, and is provided with nozzles 28a and 28a that spray high-temperature steam generated by the heat pump 32 onto the cooking surface at high pressure.

  The draining / drying device 29 performs draining / drying processing on the cooking surface of the cleaned cooking plate 25, and blows high-temperature air generated by the heat pump 32 or a blower and a heater onto the cooking surface at high pressure. Nozzles 29a and 29b are provided.

  In the cooking table 40 of this embodiment, when cooking, the food is cooked using the cooking surface which is the upper surface of the cooking plate 25 passing over the temperature controller cover 15. In addition, a chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant or the like is circulated through the medium passage 17 of the temperature controller 14 during cooking, and the cooking plate 25 on the temperature controller 14 is cooled through cooling of the temperature controller 14. For this reason, at the time of cooking, it can prevent that the freshness of the foodstuff etc. on the cooking board 25 is impaired, and the propagation of miscellaneous bacteria can also be suppressed effectively.

  On the lower side of the base 12, cleaning, sterilization, draining and drying are sequentially performed for an appropriate time by the cleaning device 27, the sterilization device 28, and the draining / drying device 29.

  Furthermore, when cooking is completed and the cooking plate 25 is cleaned, the rollers 27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 27e, 27f, and 27g are rotated in the same direction, and the cooking plate 25 is circulated and moved in the arrow direction. When the cooking plate 25 is circulated and moved, if the food waste left on the cooking plate 25 is moved to the end of the cooking plate 25, it is stripped by the scraper 30, and the stripped food waste is removed from the dust box 30. Dropped inside and destroyed. Further, due to the circular movement of the cooking plate 25, a part of the new cooking plate 25 appears from the lower side of the base 12 and is disposed on the temperature controller cover 15, whereby the cooking surface is exchanged. The new cooking surface that appears from the lower side of the base 12 by the circulation movement has been subjected to washing, sterilization, draining and drying.

  Therefore, in the structure of this embodiment, the cooking plate 25 is formed in an endless belt shape, and the endless belt-shaped cooking plate 25 is circulated and moved so that the cooking surface can be replaced. Can be simplified.

  Further, in the middle of circulating and moving the endless belt-shaped cooking plate 25, a series of processes such as cleaning, sterilization, draining and drying of the cooking surface can be performed, so that the sterilization and growth of food poisoning bacteria can be suppressed. The hygiene process can be easily and reliably performed.

  It should be noted that the present invention can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the present invention naturally extends to the modified ones. For example, there are cases where any of washing, sterilization, draining, and drying is omitted.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to cooking tables installed in food / fishery / meat processing factories, restaurants, school lunch centers, hotel kitchens, etc. that cook and process ingredients, it can also be applied to other cooking tables.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cooking stand 11 Leg 12 Base 13 Insulation 14 Temperature controller 15 Temperature controller cover 16 Cooking plate 17 Copper pipe (medium passage)
18 Heat pump unit (heat exchange unit)
19 piping 20 piping 21 expansion valve 22 condenser 23 switching valve 24 compressor 25 cooking plate 27 cleaning device 28 sterilization device 29 draining / drying device 30 scraper 31 dust box 32 heat pump 40 cooking table M1, M2 removable magnet

Claims (6)

A plate-shaped temperature controller having a medium passage is provided on the upper surface of the base, and a cooking plate is arranged on the temperature controller so that cooking can be performed on the cooking plate. In a cooking table that is connected to a heat pump,
A cooking table, wherein the cooking plate is replaceably provided on the upper surface of the temperature controller.   2. The cooking table according to claim 1, wherein the cooking plate is detachably mounted on the temperature controller.   The cooking plate is formed in an endless belt shape so as to be able to circulate and move over the temperature controller and under the base, and the cooking plate is exchanged by the circulation movement. Item 10. The cooking table according to item 1.   Under the base, a cleaning device for cleaning the cooking surface of the cooking plate passing under the base, a sterilization device for sterilizing the cooking surface, and draining the cleaned and sterilized cooking surface 4. The cooking table according to claim 3, further comprising a draining / drying device for performing a drying process.   The cooking table according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a dust box for receiving food waste discharged from the cooking plate when the cooking plate is circulated is provided at one end of the base.   5. The cooking table according to claim 4, wherein the hot water used in the cleaning device and the steam used in the sterilization device are manufactured by a heat pump.

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