JP2017080223A - Powder sprinkling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive powder sprinkling device which facilitates decoration of ingesta.SOLUTION: A powder sprinkling device comprises: a pedestal part 10 in which a space for installing ingesta which is a decoration object is formed; and a main body part 20 provided on the pedestal part 10. The main body part 10 comprises: a powder storage container 23 in which a net is stretched on a lower face and which stores edible powders B; a stencil plate 27 which has a through hole with a prescribed pattern 27a and which is provided to contact the lower face of the net 24; a blade which is provided on a rotary shaft 31 capable of rotating around a vertical shaft, arranged inside of the powder storage container 23, and discharges the powders B from the net 24 to the stencil plate 27; and blade rotation means 30 for rotating the blade 32. The pattern 27a of the stencil plate 27 is transferred to the ingesta by the powders B.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a powder sprinkling device for decorating the surface of food and drink with powder.

  The so-called latte art, which draws patterns such as figures on top of foam milk poured into espresso, is popular. Conventionally, the thing of patent document 1 is known as a drink decoration apparatus which performs this so-called latte art.

  This beverage decoration device is incorporated in a vending machine, and a control unit includes a terminal processing device that processes data such as symbols and characters created by a user using a communication function of a mobile terminal device, A pattern selection button for selecting symbols, characters, etc. stored in ROM and RAM, a pattern input display device for the user to create symbols, characters, etc. on the touch-sensitive display screen, floating in the beverage liquid in the cup It has a structure in which a whipped cream is connected to a so-called latte art pattern creation device that draws a pattern, characters or the like (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-160692 A

However, the beverage decoration apparatus described in Patent Document 1 has a large structure, is complicated and expensive, and cannot easily enjoy so-called latte art.
Then, it aims at providing the powder sprinkling apparatus which can decorate food and drink easily and is comparatively cheap.

The powder sprinkling device according to claim 1,
A pedestal part in which a space for installing a food and drink that is a decoration object is formed, and a main body part provided on the pedestal part,
The main body is
A powder container for storing powder that can be eaten and eaten with a net on the lower surface;
A stencil plate having through holes of a predetermined pattern and provided in contact with the lower surface of the net;
A blade provided on a rotating shaft rotatable about a vertical axis, disposed inside the powder container, and discharging the powder from the net toward the stencil plate;
Blade rotating means for rotating the blade;
With
The pattern of the stencil plate is transferred to the food or drink by the powder.

  The powder sprinkling device according to claim 2 is the powder sprinkling device according to claim 1, wherein the blade projects from a lower side of the rotation shaft toward a radially outward direction of the rotation shaft. When the protrusion tip is the tip of the blade and the protrusion is the base end of the blade, the base end of the blade protrudes in a direction opposite to the tip of the blade with respect to the axis of the rotating shaft. And

  The powder sprinkling device according to claim 3 is the powder sprinkling device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lower edge portion of the blade has an upward slope from the base end to the tip end. Thus, it is inclined at an angle of 1 ° to 2 ° with respect to the horizontal plane.

  The powder sprinkling device according to claim 4 is the powder sprinkling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rotary shaft is provided so as to be movable up and down, and It has the blade raising / lowering means which raises / lowers the said blade | wing via a moving shaft, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The powder sprinkling device according to claim 5 is the powder sprinkling device according to claim 4, wherein a front end side of the blade is supported by the rotating shaft via a stay, and a base end side of the blade Is configured to be elastically deformable upward with respect to the tip side of the blade.

  The powder sprinkling device according to claim 6 is the powder sprinkling device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the main body is detachable from the pedestal. It is comprised by these.

  The powder sprinkling device according to claim 7 is the powder sprinkling device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the main body portions are configured to be detachable from each other. A case and an upper case, wherein the lower case is provided with the powder container and the stencil plate, and the upper case is provided with the blade and the blade rotating means. .

  The powder sprinkling device according to claim 8 is the powder sprinkling device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a tray for placing the food and drink. The pedestal is formed with a plurality of rails that support the tray in the vertical direction at a predetermined interval.

  The powder sprinkling device according to claim 9 is the powder sprinkling device according to claim 8, wherein another rail for supporting the tray is formed immediately below the stencil plate on the pedestal portion. It is characterized by being.

  According to the powder sprinkling device according to claim 1, the food or drink that is the decoration object is placed at a predetermined position of the pedestal portion, and the powder container is filled with a drinkable powder and the blade rotation The pattern of the stencil plate can be transferred to food and drink with powder simply by rotating the blade by means. Therefore, an inexpensive powder sprinkling device that can easily decorate food and drink can be realized.

  According to the powder sprinkling device according to claim 2, the blade protrudes from the lower side of the rotation shaft toward the outer side in the radial direction of the rotation shaft, and the base end of the blade is more distal than the axis of the rotation shaft. Since it protrudes in the opposite direction, the powder near the axis of the rotating shaft is also effectively discharged from the net, so that the decoration near the axis of the rotating shaft can be prevented from thinning.

  According to the powder sprinkling device according to claim 3, the lower edge of the blade is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane so as to rise upward from the proximal end to the distal end. Since the powder is strongly pressed against the net by the blades and the powder near the axis of the rotation axis is also effectively discharged from the net, the decoration near the axis of the rotation axis can be prevented from becoming thin.

  According to the powder sprinkling device according to claim 4, in addition to the powder discharging means, the rotary shaft is provided so as to be movable up and down, and has the blade lifting and lowering means for moving the blade up and down via the rotating shaft. The decoration density can be easily adjusted.

  According to the powder sprinkling device of the fifth aspect, since the base end side of the blade is configured to be elastically deformable upward with respect to the tip side, when the base end side of the blade is pressed against the net, Since the blade is elastically deformed and the entire lower edge of the blade is pressed against the net, and the pressing force increases near the axis of the rotating shaft, the powder is effectively discharged from the net as a whole. Become.

  According to the powder sprinkling device of the sixth aspect, since the main body portion is configured to be detachable from the pedestal portion, the main body portion and the pedestal portion can be easily cleaned and washed.

  According to the powder sprinkling device according to claim 7, the lower case and the upper case of the main body are configured to be detachable from each other, and the lower case is provided with the powder container and the stencil plate, Since the case is provided with the blades and the blade rotating means, the main body can be easily cleaned and washed.

  According to the powder sprinkling device of the eighth aspect, it is possible to decorate food and drink having different heights at an optimum height position.

  According to the powder sprinkling device of the ninth aspect, in the initial stage, it is possible to catch the powder that has been dropped unnecessarily without being scattered.

It is the perspective view which showed one Embodiment of the powder sprinkling apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is the perspective view which decomposed | disassembled and showed the powder sprinkling apparatus of this embodiment. It is a principal part longitudinal cross-sectional view of the powder sprinkling apparatus of this embodiment. It is the perspective view which showed the blade | wing in the powder sprinkling apparatus of this embodiment. It is the disassembled perspective view which showed the blade | wing in the powder sprinkling apparatus of this embodiment. It is the front view which showed the contact state to the net | network of the blade | wing in the powder sprinkling apparatus of this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, the powder sprinkling device of the present invention will be described based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

(overall structure)
The powder sprinkler 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a pedestal 10 and a main body 20. The pedestal portion 10 is disposed below the main body portion 20 and holds the main body portion 20 at a predetermined height position. This pedestal portion 10 is configured to be able to accommodate a container A containing food and drink, which is a decoration object, from the front. On the other hand, the main body 20 can accommodate therein powder B (see FIG. 3) of cocoa or other food or drink.
And according to this powder sprinkling apparatus 1, the state which accommodated the container A which put predetermined food / beverage in the base part 10 from the front, and accommodated the powder B of predetermined food / beverage in the main-body part 20 was accommodated. If necessary, the operation knob 36 for adjusting the concentration is rotated by a predetermined angle in a predetermined direction, and then the operation knob 41 for discharging the powder is rotated halfway in the predetermined direction. Powder B is discharged. Thereby, on the food and drink put in the container A, a pattern corresponding to a character, a figure or a symbol of a stencil plate 27 to be described later attached to the main body 20 or a combination thereof is transferred by the powder B. Is done. As a result, the food and drink contained in the container A is decorated, and the food and drink can be enjoyed visually as well as taste.

(Detailed configuration)
1. About the pedestal portion 10 The pedestal portion 10 is constituted by a container housing case 11. The container housing case 11 is configured in a bottomed semi-cylindrical shape with the front half of the cylinder removed.
The container housing case 11 is opened forward. The inside of the container housing case 11 is a container housing portion. A plurality of rails 12 (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) are formed on the lower inner wall of the container housing case 11 as shown in FIGS. This rail 12 is for adjusting the support position of the plate-shaped tray 13 according to the height of the container A. When the powder sprinkling device 1 is used, the upper end of the container A is as low as the lower end of the main body 20. The step of the rail 12 is selected so as to approach
A rail 14 is also formed on the upper inner wall of the container housing case 11. The rail 14 can support the tray 13. The rail 14 is used when the tray 13 closes the lower end opening of the main body 20.

The tray 13 is for placing and positioning the container A. The receiving tray 13 is formed with a concave portion 13a having a shape corresponding to the shape of the bottom portion of the container A to be placed. The recess 13a is a horseshoe-shaped recess. Then, by placing the container A on the tray 13 and sliding the container A to the back of the recess 13a, the bottom of the container A comes into contact with the arcuate edge on the back side of the recess 13a, thereby positioning the container A. The reason for positioning the container A is to make the center of the container A coincide with the center of the stencil plate 27 when the container A is placed on the tray 13. If the center is deviated, the pattern is deviated from the center of the container A, and a beautiful pattern is not obtained.
When there are a plurality of types of containers A to be used and there are containers A having different diameters, it is preferable to prepare a plurality of types of trays 13 having different shapes of the recesses 13a. In this case, the recesses 13 a having different shapes may be formed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the single tray 13. Alternatively, a plurality of recesses 13a may be formed in a stepped manner on one surface of the tray 13 so as to correspond to the containers A having different diameters.

2. Main Body 20 As shown in FIG. 2, the main body 20 includes a lower case 21 that accommodates the powder B, and an upper case 22 that is disposed so as to overlap the lower case 21. By engaging the locking claw 28 of the upper case 22 with the lower case 21, the upper case 22 is attached to the lower case 21, and by disengaging the locking claw 28, the upper case 22 is removed from the lower case 21. Can be removed.

The lower case 21 includes a cylindrical powder container 23 that constitutes a powder B container. As shown in FIG. 3, a net 24 is stretched at the lower end of the powder container 23. The size of the mesh of the mesh 24 is preferably such that the powder B is not easily dropped when the powder B is accommodated in the powder container 23.
An annular plate 26 having one end attached to the lower case 21 via a hinge 25 is provided below the powder container 23. The annular plate 26 includes a hook 26 a that is engaged with the lower case 21 at the other end. Then, with the annular plate 26 opened downward, the stencil plate 27 is sandwiched between the annular plate 26 and the mesh 24 and the hook 26 a is engaged with the lower case 21, whereby the lower surface of the mesh 24 of the lower case 21. The stencil plate 27 is brought into contact with the stencil plate 27.
On the stencil plate 27, a pattern 27a corresponding to a character, a figure, a symbol, or a combination thereof is formed in a punched state. That is, the pattern 27a is formed by a through hole. It is preferable to prepare a plurality of stencil plates 27 having different patterns 27a. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the tongue piece 27b is formed in a part of periphery of the stencil plate 27. As shown in FIG. The tongue piece 27 b can be used as a knob when handling the stencil plate 27 and can be used for positioning when the stencil plate 27 is attached to the lower case 21.

  The upper case 22 constitutes a device case and includes a powder discharge mechanism 30 that discharges the powder B stored in the powder storage container 23 toward the stencil plate 27. As shown in FIG. 3, the powder discharge mechanism 30 includes a rotating shaft 31 having an axis that matches the central axis of the powder container 23. A blade 32 is provided at the lower end of the rotating shaft 31. The blade 32 functions to push the powder B in the powder container 23 into the mesh of the mesh 24 and pass it through.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating shaft 31 is installed in the upper case 22 so as to be movable up and down. The rotary shaft 31 is connected to an elevating mechanism. This lifting mechanism functions as a density adjusting mechanism.
That is, an annular groove 34 is formed at the upper end portion of the rotating shaft 31. On the other hand, an operation shaft 35 is juxtaposed adjacent to the rotation shaft 31. The operation shaft 35 includes a spiral cam 37, and the periphery of the spiral cam is engaged with the annular groove 34 of the rotation shaft 31. The operation shaft 35 has an upper end portion extending from the upper case 22 to the outside, and an operation knob 36 for adjusting the concentration is attached to the extended portion.
When the operation knob 36 is rotated, the spiral cam 37 is rotated via the operation shaft 35. Then, the rotating shaft 31 with which the spiral cam 37 is engaged is moved up and down, and the blade 32 is moved up and down accordingly, and the distance between the mesh 24 and the blade 32 is adjusted. By adjusting the distance between the mesh 24 and the blade 32, the amount of the powder B to be discharged can be changed, and the density of the transferred pattern can be changed.
This density adjustment may be made steplessly, but it is more convenient to switch the steps stepwise. For example, the rotation shaft 31 is moved by 2 mm each time the level changes so that the density adjustment can be switched in three levels, and the operation knob 36 is positioned and locked at three rotational positions.

A gear 33 is provided at the upper end of the rotating shaft 31. The gear 33 is connected to the crown gear 39 via a gear 38 a loosely fitted on the operation shaft 35 and gears 38 b and 38 c loosely fitted on a shaft provided on the upper case 22. The crown gear 39 is fixed to an operation shaft 40 that is rotatably installed on the front wall of the upper case 22. The operation shaft 40 extends in the horizontal direction. The operation shaft 40 extends forward through the front wall of the upper case 22, and an operation knob 41 for discharging powder is attached to the extended portion. When the operation knob 41 is rotated, the rotary shaft 31 is rotated through the crown gear 39, the gears 38c, 38b, 38a and the gear 33, whereby the blade 32 is rotated.
In this embodiment, although not particularly limited, the blade 32 is set to rotate once when the operation knob 41 is rotated halfway. An appropriate amount of powder B is discharged when the blade 32 rotates once. Thus, since the appropriate amount of powder B is discharged only by rotating the operation knob 41 half, the operability is excellent. That is, when the operation knob 41 is rotated halfway, it is sufficient to twist the wrist once, whereas when the operation knob 41 is rotated once by the machine, the operation knob 41 needs to be picked halfway. .

  In addition, holes 42 are formed on the end face of the crown gear 39 at two positions facing each other across the operation shaft 40. On the other hand, on the front wall of the upper case 22, one indenter 43 is supported in the rotation region of the hole 42 so as to be slidable in the axial direction. The indenter 43 is pressed against the end face of the crown gear 39 by the urging force of the spring 44. The indenter 43 is positioned in the crown gear 39 by being fitted into one hole 42 of the crown gear 39 as the crown gear 39 rotates.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the blade 32 is provided so as to protrude from the lower side of the rotation shaft 31 toward the outer side in the radial direction of the rotation shaft 31. The tip of the blade 32 is located near the inner wall of the powder container 23. In the blade 32, a slit 32a that opens to the base end side is formed in the intermediate portion in the height direction, and a recess 32b is formed in the lower edge of the slit 32a. An L-shaped protruding piece 32 c is formed on one side surface of the tip of the blade 32.

The blade 32 is attached to the rotating shaft 31 via the adapter 45. The adapter 45 has a sleeve 45 a that is fitted to the rotary shaft 31. The adapter 45 is engaged with the rotary shaft 31 by engaging a pin 31a projecting from the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 31 with an L-shaped groove 45e (see FIG. 6) formed on the side surface of the sleeve 45a. Is done.
A stay 45b is formed at the lower end of the sleeve 45a. The stay 45b extends outward in the radial direction of the rotary shaft 31. And the keyhole-shaped hole 45c engaged with the said L-shaped protrusion piece 32c is formed in the front-end | tip part of the stay 45b. Further, a pin 45d protrudes from the side surface of the stay 45b facing the blade 32.

Next, a structure for attaching the blade 32 to the stay 45b will be described.
With the blade 32 rotated 180 degrees from the state shown in FIG. 5, the protruding piece 32c is inserted into the hole 45c of the stay 45b, and the protruding piece 32c protrudes from the opposite surface of the stay 45b. The blade 32 is attached to the stay 45b by rotating it back to the original position. In this state, in the blade 32, the protruding piece 32c is held in pressure contact with the opposite surface of the stay 45b, and as shown in FIG. 6, the end of the upper piece 32e defined by the slit 32a is the pin 45d of the stay 45b. And the lower end surface of the sleeve 45a. In addition, the blade | wing 32 has a certain amount of elasticity, and the base end side of the blade | wing 32 is comprised so that elastic deformation can be carried out upwards with respect to the front end side.

As shown in FIG. 6, the blade 32 attached to the stay 45 b in this way has a lower edge facing upward toward the distal end side. In this case, the inclination of the lower edge of the blade 32 is such that the angle α is about 1 ° to 2 °, preferably 1.5 ° with respect to the horizontal plane. As a result, the powder near the axis of the rotary shaft 31 is strongly pressed against the mesh 24 and the powder near the axis of the rotary shaft 31 is also effectively discharged, so that the decoration near the axis of the rotary shaft 31 becomes thin. This can be prevented.
Further, the base end side of the blade 32 protrudes in a direction opposite to the tip of the blade 32 with respect to the axis of the rotary shaft 31 that supports the blade 32. Here, the proximal end of the blade 32 protrudes from the rotating shaft 31 supporting the blade 32 in the direction opposite to the tip of the blade 32. By the presence of the protruding portion, the powder B stored in the powder container 23 and below the rotating shaft 31 is agitated even in the protruding portion, so that the powder B is effectively discharged. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the decoration near the axis of the rotating shaft 31 from being thinned.

  In the present embodiment, by providing the concentration adjusting mechanism and the powder discharging mechanism 30, the operation of the powder discharging mechanism 30 is facilitated. It is also possible to use the concentration adjusting mechanism only with the powder discharging mechanism 30. For example, the density can be adjusted by increasing / decreasing the rotation amount of the operation knob 41 once, but the operation knob 41 is rotated until the density becomes an appropriate density while observing the density of the actually transferred pattern. It is troublesome. As in this embodiment, it is easier to operate once the rotation number (1/2 rotation in the case of the embodiment) of the operation knob 41 of the machine is fixed and the density is adjusted by another density adjustment mechanism. Become.

(how to use)
Next, an example of how to use the powder sprinkler 1 will be described. Here, a case will be described in which espresso into which foam milk is poured as a decoration object and cocoa powder B as powder B are used.
First, the main body 20 is removed from the base 10 and the upper case 22 is removed from the lower case 21. Next, the stencil plate 27 is sandwiched between the annular plate 26 and the mesh 24 with the lower case 21 turned upside down. Next, after the tray 13 is inserted into the uppermost rail 14, the lower case 21 is erected and attached to the pedestal 10. As a result, the net 24 is located immediately below the net 24.

  In this state, the tray 23 is supported by the rail 14, and then the cocoa powder B is put in the powder container 23, and then the locking claw 28 of the upper case 22 is engaged with the lower case 21, The upper case 22 is attached to the lower case 21. Next, the operation knob 36 is rotated in one direction to adjust the distance between the blade 32 and the net 24. Then, the operation knob 41 is rotated halfway in one direction, and the cocoa powder B is stirred by the blades 32. As a result, the height of the cocoa powder B is made uniform in the rotation region of the blades 32, and the blades 32 and the cocoa powder B can be blended. At this time, the cocoa powder B is discharged from the net 24, and this powder B is received by the receiving tray 13. For the cocoa powder B discharged to the tray 13, the tray 13 is removed and returned to a cocoa can or the like.

Thereafter, a tray 13 on which a container A containing espresso containing foam milk is placed as a decoration object is supported on a predetermined rail 12. When the operation knob 41 is rotated halfway in one direction, the blade 32 rotates once through the crown gear 39 and the gears 38c, 38b, 38a, 33. At this time, the indenter 43 is inserted into the hole 42 and the crown gear 39 can be positioned.
As a result, the cocoa powder B on the mesh 24 is discharged downward through the mesh 24 and the stencil plate 27. At that time, the cocoa powder B in the range of the pattern 27a of the stencil plate 27 falls onto the foam milk of the container A, and the same pattern as the pattern 27a is transferred.

  When cleaning or washing the powder sprinkling device 1, as shown in FIG. 2, the main body 20 is pulled out from the container housing case 11 in the horizontal direction, and the upper case 22 is separated from the lower case 21 upward. . And the container storage case 11, the upper case 22, and the lower case 21 are cleaned or washed. At that time, the net 24 is taken out from the lower case 21 and the net 24 is also cleaned or washed.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention can be variously deformed in the range which is not limited to this embodiment and does not deviate from the summary.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where a pattern is drawn with the cocoa powder B on the espresso containing foam milk in the container A has been described as an example, but the decoration target is not limited to espresso, and may be other beverages. Furthermore, it can be applied to foods such as cakes and confectionery. Needless to say, powder B is not limited to cocoa powder, and powdered green tea or other edible powder can be used.

  In the powder sprinkling device of the above embodiment, the operation knob 41 is manually operated. However, a motor may be provided and the blades 32 may be rotated by the motor.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Powder sprinkling device 10 Base part 12, 12a-12d Rail 13 Receptacle 14 Rail 20 Main part 21 Lower case 22 Upper case 23 Powder container 24 Net 27 Stencil plate 27a Pattern 30 Powder discharge mechanism 31 Rotating shaft 32 Blade 41 Operation knob

Claims (9)

A pedestal part in which a space for installing a food and drink that is a decoration object is formed, and a main body part provided on the pedestal part,
The main body is
A powder container for storing powder that can be eaten and eaten with a net on the lower surface;
A stencil plate having through holes of a predetermined pattern and provided in contact with the lower surface of the net;
A blade provided on a rotating shaft rotatable about a vertical axis, disposed inside the powder container, and discharging the powder from the net toward the stencil plate;
Blade rotating means for rotating the blade;
With
A powder sprinkling device, wherein the pattern of the stencil plate is transferred to the food or drink by the powder. The blade projects from the lower side of the rotating shaft toward the radially outer side of the rotating shaft, and when the protruding tip is the tip of the blade and the protruding source is the proximal end of the blade, the proximal end of the blade is the 2. The powder sprinkling device according to claim 1, wherein the powder sprinkling device protrudes in a direction opposite to the tip of the blade from the axis of the rotating shaft. The lower edge portion of the blade is inclined at an angle of 1 ° to 2 ° with respect to a horizontal plane so as to be inclined upward from the base end toward the tip end. Powder sprinkler. The powder according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rotating shaft is provided so as to be movable up and down, and has a blade lifting and lowering unit that lifts and lowers the blade through the rotating shaft. Sprinkler device. The front end side of the blade is supported by the rotating shaft via a stay, and the base end side of the blade is configured to be elastically deformable upward with respect to the front end side of the blade. The powder sprinkler described. The powder sprinkling device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the main body is configured to be detachable from the pedestal. The main body includes a lower case and an upper case configured to be detachable from each other, the lower case is provided with the powder container and the stencil plate, and the upper case includes the blade and the blade. The powder sprinkling device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a rotating means is provided. 8. A tray for placing the food and drink is provided, and a plurality of rails that support the tray are formed at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction on the pedestal portion. The powder sprinkling device according to any one of the above. The powder sprinkling device according to claim 8, wherein another rail for supporting the tray is formed immediately below the stencil plate on the pedestal portion.

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