JP2014066554A

JP2014066554A - Food viscosity measuring device

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Publication number: JP2014066554A
Application number: JP2012210677A
Authority: JP
Inventors: Fumio Takahashi; 高橋史夫
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2012-09-25
Filing date: 2012-09-25
Publication date: 2014-04-17

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food viscosity measuring apparatus which may objectively and simply measure a degree of viscosity of food and drink and obtain a degree of hardness of rice gruel from the degree of viscosity of the rice gruel at home and cooking places.SOLUTION: The apparatus comprises: a measurement unit A; a motor unit B that rotates the measurement unit; and a unit C that measures power consumption in the motor.

Description

本発明は、とろみ測定機に係り、詳しくはとろみをつけた飲食品や食品のトロミの程度、並びに粥のとろみ度から当該粥の硬さの程度を家庭や調理場で客観的に、かつ簡便に測定し得るとろみ測定用器具に関する。 The present invention relates to a thickness measuring machine, and more specifically, it is possible to objectively and simply measure the degree of hardness of a thickened food and drink or food, and the degree of firmness of the straw based on the degree of thickness of the straw. The present invention relates to a thickening measuring instrument.

従来、特別養護老人ホームや病院等において、入所者や患者の中で摂食機能の低下した人々（特に高齢者）を対象にとろみをつけた飲料や食品、並びに粥等が多く供されている。とろみの程度や粥の軟らかさの程度は、入所者や患者の咀嚼・嚥下機能の能力によって異なり、能力の高い人はとろみが少ない（粘度が低い）飲料や食品、並びに粥は硬めであっても摂食可能であるが、一方能力の低い人はその逆とする必要がある。そして、とろみの程度の調節や粥の硬さの調節は、ほとんどの場合、官能評価に頼っており、客観的な表現として、ポタージュ状、ヨーグルト状等、食材を比喩として取り上げているが、熟練した技術を必要としているのが現状である。 Conventionally, in nursing homes and hospitals, many drinks and foods that are thick for residents (especially elderly people) who have a poor feeding function among residents and patients, and rice cakes, etc. have been provided. . The degree of thickness and the softness of the cocoons vary depending on the ability of the residents and patients to chew and swallow, and those with high abilities have less thickness (low viscosity) and the cocoons are stiff. Can eat, but the lesser one needs to do the opposite. And, the adjustment of the degree of thickening and the adjustment of the hardness of the cocoon mostly depend on sensory evaluation, and objective expressions are taken as metaphors such as potage, yogurt, etc. The current situation is that the technology is needed.

従来よりある粘度計では、個体と液体が混ざり合ったものなど、その物性によっては、とろみ度と粘度が一致しない等の現象がみうけられる。そのため、とろみ度を数値としての認識することに困難な状況にある。 In a conventional viscometer, depending on its physical properties, such as a mixture of solid and liquid, phenomena such as the degree of thickness and viscosity do not match can be seen. For this reason, it is difficult to recognize the degree of thickness as a numerical value.

モーターに測定子となるものを取り付け、それをとろみのあるもの中で回転をさせ、モーターにかかる電力を測定し、その値をもってとろみ度とする。人が手で混ぜる時に感じる抵抗感を数値化するものである。 Attach what will become a probe to the motor, rotate it in a thick object, measure the electric power applied to the motor, and use that value as the degree of thickening. This is to quantify the resistance felt when people mix by hand.

モーターの消費電力≒モーターにかかる負荷となるので、本発明装置は人が手で混ぜる時の抵抗感を数値化することができるようになる。 Since the power consumption of the motor is a load applied to the motor, the device of the present invention can quantify the resistance when the person mixes by hand.

本発明トロミ測定装置は、単にモーターと電源の組み合わせによるものではなく、その消費電力を測定する電力測定部Aと、その平均値、最大値、最小値を測定でき、その値を表示する部分とから成り立つことを特徴とする。The present invention Tomi measurement device is not simply a combination of a motor and a power supply, but a power measurement unit A that measures its power consumption, its average value, maximum value, minimum value, and a part that displays that value. It is characterized by comprising.

測定対象物に測定子を入れ、回転をさせる。量による影響も加味し、最も特徴の出やすい量を使用する。 Insert a probe into the measurement object and rotate it. In consideration of the effect of quantity, use the quantity that is most characteristic.

嚥下困難者の方などに与えるものにとろみをつける場合に、とろみ剤の量を調整し、基準がそれと類似した食品と同等のとろみ度合い化を測定し、適正なとろみのついた食品として与える。 When thickening things to give to those who have difficulty swallowing, adjust the amount of thickening agent, measure the degree of thickening equivalent to foods whose standards are similar to it, and give them as foods with proper thickening.

嚥下困難者に対するとろみ食品の供給時の基準に用いるほか、嚥下補助食品の製造過程において、その度合いを検査する時等に使用する。 In addition to being used as a reference when supplying thick food for people with difficulty swallowing, it is used when testing the degree of the swallowing supplement during the manufacturing process.

Claims

A device that consists of a motor, a power consumption measurement unit, and a calculation unit to measure the resistance of a liquid or a liquid containing a solid, and measures the characteristics of the liquid by measuring the power consumption.