JP2012249835A - Cooking assisting utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooking assisting utensil for preventing bumping or others when boiling food ingredients such as noodles in a pot.SOLUTION: The cooking assisting utensil used in the pot is characterized in that a blade part is arranged in the shaft located in the center part and the blade part rotates horizontally to the pot bottom surface by the convection of hot water in the pot during heating. In particular the whole body of the cooking assisting utensil is covered with a net with the net opening passing hot water but not passing cooking ingredients. The above problem is solved by the pot characterized in that the shaft is fixed to the pot bottom surface such that the blade part of the cooking assisting utensil is located horizontal to the pot bottom surface.

Description

  The present invention relates to an auxiliary cooking utensil used for a pan, and more particularly to an auxiliary cooking utensil for preventing blades and the like by rotating blades due to convection of hot water in the pan during heating. is there.

  In general, when cooking foods such as noodles using a pan or boil machine, adjust the heating as needed to prevent the hot water from spilling, stir the inside of the water bath with chopsticks, and pour water. It is necessary to do. In order to save these troubles, various automatic stirring devices having a heating device have been developed (Patent Document 1). However, since the heating device and the stirring device are integrated, it can be applied to other pots. Have difficulty.

On the other hand, in a conventional boiler, a plurality of holes are provided in a flat metal plate, and the hole is submerged in the bottom of the boiler of the machine, generating a jet from the hole, and shortening the heating time of the hot water in the hot water tank by the jet Cooking aids, so-called baffle plates are used (Patent Documents 1 to 3).
However, these are for making the temperature in the hot water bath uniform and shortening the boiling time, and are insufficient for preventing bumping and the like.

Special table 2008-534215 JP 2004-154197 A Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-073915 JP 2010-099349 A

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said background art, The subject is providing the auxiliary tool for cooking for preventing bumping etc. at the time of boiling food with a pan.

  As a result of intensive studies to solve the above problems, the present inventor has found that a cooking aid having a specific structure can be provided in the pan to prevent bumping and the like, thereby completing the present invention. It came to.

  That is, the present invention is an auxiliary cooking utensil used for a pan, the blade portion is provided on the shaft located in the center, and the blade portion is brought to the bottom of the pan by the convection of hot water in the pan during heating. In contrast, the present invention provides an auxiliary cooking utensil characterized by rotating horizontally.

  Moreover, this invention provides the pan characterized by being fixed to the pan so that the blade | wing part of said auxiliary tool for cooking may become horizontal with respect to the bottom face of a pan.

According to the present invention, it is possible to solve the above-described problems and prevent bumping or the like when the food is boiled in the pan. In particular, it is extremely effective in preventing bumping when boiling noodles in a pan, and when boiling ingredients using a pan, adjust the heating level or stir the hot water with chopsticks so that hot water does not spill over And no need to pour water.
Moreover, since it is a very simple instrument, handling is easy.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the auxiliary tool for cooking of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the cooking appliance of this invention by which the whole is covered with the net | network. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the state by which the auxiliary tool for cooking of this invention is being fixed to the pan. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the state by which the auxiliary tool for cooking of this invention is being fixed to three pans. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows an example of the state by which the auxiliary tool for cooking of this invention is being fixed to the pan.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the following specific embodiments, and may be arbitrarily modified within the scope of the technical idea. it can.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show an example of the basic configuration of the cooking aid 1 of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 to 5 show an example of a state where the cooking aid 1 of the present invention is fixed to a pan. It was.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a preferred basic configuration of an auxiliary cooking utensil 1 according to the present invention. In the auxiliary cooking utensil 1 according to the present invention, a blade 3 is provided on a shaft 3 located in the center, and heating is performed. It has a structure in which the blade part 2 rotates horizontally with respect to the bottom of the pan by convection of hot water inside the pan.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a preferred basic configuration of the cooking auxiliary appliance 1 of the present invention, which is entirely covered with a net.

  The auxiliary cooking utensil 1 of the present invention is provided with a plurality of blade portions 2 on a shaft 3 located in the center. As the shape of the blade portion 2, a known shape such as a propeller type, a paddle type, or a turbine type can be used, but among these, the blade portion 2 tends to rotate horizontally with respect to the bottom of the pan due to convection of hot water in the pan. In this respect, the propeller type is preferable. The blade part 2 is preferably 3 to 8 sheets, and more preferably 4 to 6 sheets in terms of stirring efficiency, easy maintenance such as washing, and particularly in the point that materials for cooking such as noodles are not easily entangled. The shaft 3 and the blade part 2 can be made of any known material such as plastic or metal without particular limitation, but is preferably a heat-resistant plastic because it is used in a heating pan.

  The cooking aid 1 of the present invention may be entirely covered with a net having a mesh that allows hot water to pass through but does not pass, for example, cooking materials other than hot water (FIG. 2). When the whole is covered with a net, only hot water passes through and the cooking material does not pass through, so the cooking material does not get entangled with the blade 2, so that the rotation of the blade 2 is not hindered, and the blade 2 is washed. There are advantages such as being easy to install and without having to modify a general-purpose pot. Moreover, it is preferable to have a structure in which the mesh is divided into, for example, upper and lower portions in that the blade portion 2 can be easily removed from the mesh for cleaning.

When the opening is a square, the mesh size is preferably 2 mm to 20 mm on a side, more preferably 4 mm to 16 mm on a side, and particularly preferably 6 mm to 12 mm on a side. Even when the opening is not square, it is desirable that the area of the opening is as described above.
As the material of the net, known materials such as plastic and metal can be used without particular limitation.

  The cooking aid 1 of the present invention is used for a pan, but by changing the shape, size, etc. of the blade portion 2 as needed, the type, size, etc. of the pan are not particularly limited. Can be applied to.

  Moreover, although the auxiliary | assistant instrument 1 for cooking of this invention may be used one piece in the center part of a pan, you may arrange two or more horizontally (FIG. 4). The plurality of cooking aids may be arranged so as to contact each other, or may be interspersed with a gap. When a plurality are used, the blade portion 2 is easily rotated by convection of hot water in the pan. The number of auxiliary cooking utensils of the present invention in the case of arranging a plurality is preferably 2 to 10, and particularly preferably 3 to 7.

It is preferable that the cooking auxiliary appliance 1 of the present invention is installed and used at the bottom of a pan in that the material to be cooked is not entangled and bumping can be efficiently prevented. “Installation” includes fixing to the bottom of the pan and sinking to the bottom of the pan.
The cooking aid 1 of the present invention is designed to be fixed in the pan as long as the blade 2 rotates horizontally with respect to the bottom of the pan due to convection of hot water in the pan during heating. However, it may be set in the pot.

  The cooking aid 1 of the present invention preferably has a structure in which the cooking aid 1 of the present invention is combined to form a pan as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5. That is, it is preferable that a fixing jig that can fix the shaft 3 of the cooking auxiliary appliance 1 to the bottom of the pan is present below the shaft 3 of the cooking auxiliary appliance 1 of the present invention.

The fixing jig may have a structure in which the convex portion is sandwiched or fitted into a pan having a convex portion at the center of the pan bottom, and conversely, for example, You may have a structure where the convex part is inserted | pinched or fitted to this convex part in the pan with the protrusion which has a prismatic concave part in the center part.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the fixing jig preferably has a structure in which a wire or the like extending from the shaft 3 can be fixed to the pan by hooking it on a handle or the like of the pan.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when the auxiliary cooking utensil 1 of the present invention is entirely covered with a net having a mesh that allows hot water to pass through but does not pass cooking ingredients, It is preferable to simply set it on the bottom of a known or general-purpose pan without being fixed to the bottom.

  When the auxiliary cooking utensil 1 of the present invention is fixed to the pan with a fixing jig, there is also a fixing jig on the pan, and therefore the auxiliary cooking utensil of the present invention. Although it becomes a dedicated pan, the auxiliary cooking appliance 1 of the present invention is used by being set in the pan, or is used by being hooked to a pan handle or the like with a wire extending from the shaft 3 or the like. When it is in such a form, the pan need not be dedicated to the cooking aid of the present invention, and a general-purpose pan can be used.

The pan 5 in the present invention is fixed so that the blade portion 2 of the auxiliary cooking appliance 1 of the present invention is horizontal with respect to the bottom of the pan. Although there is no restriction | limiting in particular in the fixing method, The method (FIG. 3) which fixes the axis | shaft 3 of the cooking auxiliary appliance 1 to a pan bottom, The method which hooks the wire etc. which are extended from the axis | shaft 3 on the handle of a pan etc. Fig. 5) and the like.
The method (FIG. 3) which fixes the axis | shaft 3 of the cooking auxiliary appliance 1 to a pan bottom by the point which the blade | wing part 2 is easy to rotate horizontally with respect to a pan bottom.
Moreover, the method (FIG. 5) of fixing by hooking the wire etc. which are extended from the axis | shaft 3 to the handle of a pan is the point which can fix the auxiliary tool 1 for cooking of this invention also to the pan which does not have a fixing tool in a pan bottom. preferable.

The action and principle of the cooking aid 1 of the present invention for preventing bumping when the food such as noodles is boiled in the pan are not clear, but the following may be considered. However, the present invention is not limited to the scope of the following actions and principles.
That is, the cooking aid of the present invention has a uniform temperature and hot water convection in the hot water layer by rotating its blade part horizontally with respect to the pan bottom by hot water convection in the hot pot. Therefore, it is considered that bumping can be prevented. For example, when boiling food such as noodles using a pan, it is not necessary to adjust the heating, stir the inside of the water bath with chopsticks, or pour water so that hot water does not spill out. It is considered a thing.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although this invention is demonstrated further in detail based on an Example and a comparative example, this invention is not limited to a following example.

Example 1
The auxiliary cooking appliance A of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 1 was produced.

Example 2
The whole cooking aid A of Example 1 was covered with a metal net, and the cooking aid B of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 2 was produced.

Example 3
As illustrated in FIG. 3, a pan A was prepared in which the cooking auxiliary device A of the present invention prepared in Example 1 was fixed to the pan bottom.

Example 4
In Example 3, a pan B was produced in the same manner as in Example 3 except that the cooking aid B produced in Example 2 was used instead of the cooking aid A.

Example 5
As illustrated in FIG. 4, a pan C was prepared in which three cooking aids B of the present invention prepared in Example 2 were fixed to the pan bottom.

Example 6
As illustrated in FIG. 5, a pan D was manufactured in which the cooking auxiliary device A of the present invention prepared in Example 1 was caught by a pan handle and fixed.

Comparative Example 1
A pan a having the same size as the pan used in Examples 1 to 5 and not equipped with the cooking aid of the present invention was prepared.

Boiled ramen noodles and ingredients using pans A to D and pan a, and when using pans A to D, so that no hot water spills out while boiling. There was no need to adjust the heating or to stir the inside of the water bath with chopsticks.
Further, when the pans B and C were used, the cooking aid such as ramen was not entangled with the cooking aid B because there was a net.

  On the other hand, when hot pot a was used, it was necessary to adjust the heating and to stir the inside of the water bath with chopsticks so that hot water would not spill.

  If the cooking aid of the present invention is used, it is possible to prevent bumping when the food is boiled in the pan, and it is necessary to adjust the heating, stir the hot water, or pour water at any time. Moreover, since it can be installed in a pan very easily, it can be widely used in industrial fields such as cooking utensils.

1 Auxiliary appliance for cooking 2 Feather part 3 Axis 4 Net 5 Pan 6 Handle

Claims (5)

  It is a cooking aid used for a pan, and a blade is provided on the shaft located in the center, and the blade rotates horizontally with respect to the bottom of the pan due to convection of hot water in the pan during heating. An auxiliary cooking utensil characterized by the above.   The cooking utensil according to claim 1, which is used by being installed at the bottom of a pan.   The cooking utensil according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of blade portions is 3 to 8.   The auxiliary cooking utensil according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the whole is covered with a net having a mesh that allows hot water to pass through but does not pass cooking ingredients.   A pan characterized by being fixed to the pan so that the blade portion of the auxiliary cooking utensil according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is horizontal to the bottom of the pan.

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