JP2017176608A - Steaming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steaming device for guaranteeing an adhesion degree of a boundary area between a part capable of being attached/detached or opened/closed, and a steaming device body part when the steaming device has a part capable of being attached/detached or opened/closed in the tunnel type steaming device, and made previously adaptable especially to a change in a size due to long-term use and accuracy blur in manufacturing.SOLUTION: A steaming device in which a prescribed part of a tunnel type steaming device body part can be attached/detached or opened/closed is formed so as to make a position of a boundary edge surface between a part capable of being attached/detached or opened/closed, and the steaming device body part adjustable.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a steaming apparatus for treating an object such as food with steam. That is, in the steaming apparatus, a part of the body portion of the main body portion is configured to be attachable / detachable, and the steaming device is configured to ensure sealing between the attachable / detachable portion and the steam storage body portion.

The steaming apparatus is a device that is widely used in food factories and the like. In particular, it is equipment that needs to be used when producing steamed noodles and instant noodles.
For example, as a method for producing steamed noodles and instant noodles, generally, raw materials such as wheat flour, buckwheat flour, and starch are added and mixed with water (dissolved in salt, salt, thickening polysaccharide, etc.) and mixed. Nettle and noodle dough called dough is prepared. Then, after aging the prepared noodle dough (dough), it is prepared and compounded into a noodle strip by a rolling mill. The composite noodle strip is rolled by a plurality of rolling mills, and the noodle strip after rolling is cut out by a cutting blade roll, stacked on a conveyor, and conveyed. The noodle string group to be conveyed is passed through the steaming device, and the noodle string group is steamed to produce steamed noodles. The produced steamed noodles are transferred to a separate process such as storage in a bag pack or drying, and steamed noodle products and instant noodle products are manufactured. Here, in the steaming apparatus, since it is necessary to clean the inside of the steaming device, adjust the conveyor to be transported, and the like, it is necessary to have a configuration in which the inside of the steambox can be easily detached or opened / closed. On the other hand, it is preferable that the steaming apparatus supplies steam to the inside and fills the steam as much as possible.

  For this reason, when it is set as the structure which can isolate | separate a detachable or openable / closable part from the main-body part of a cooking apparatus, it is necessary to prevent the steam leak from the said boundary part as much as possible. In this case, if the sealing property of the boundary between the demountable or openable / closable part in the boundary part and the steaming main body part is not secured, steam leaks from the boundary part, leading to waste of steam. In this case, if each of the steaming device main body and the desorption / opening / closing portion is precisely adjusted to the length, adhesion is ensured and the problem of steam leakage hardly occurs.

On the other hand, the dimensions and the like vary depending on the manufacturer's accuracy control and skill. In particular, when the steaming apparatus of this embodiment is generally produced overseas, the risk is great. In addition, at the time of manufacture of the device, even if it is accurate, deformation or the like may occur due to long-term use, resulting in a dimensional difference at the boundary.
Thus, when the difference of the dimension in the boundary part of a desorption or opening-and-closing part and a steaming apparatus main-body part arises, if the adjustment cannot be performed easily, it cannot respond appropriately with respect to the leak of a vapor | steam.

Therefore, it is assumed that a difference in dimension at the boundary portion will occur in advance, and if the position of the boundary portion of the boundary portion can be adjusted in advance, the dimensions are actually measured. Even if a difference or the like occurs, it is possible to cope with it, which is preferable.
Examples of the prior art intended to solve the leakage of steam from the main body of such a steaming apparatus include the following prior patents.

Patent No. 5362517 However, the above-mentioned prior patent relates to a technique for preventing steam leakage of cooking utensils in the home, and, as in the present invention, desorption or desorption in a large-scale tunnel-type cooking apparatus in a food factory It is different from the configuration for preventing the steam leakage of the openable / closable part.

Therefore, the present inventors, for example, in a steaming device for food production applicable to large-scale production (for example, instant noodles, steamed noodles, steamed shumai, etc.) in a food factory, the steaming device can be detached or opened / closed. In the case where there are various parts, the steaming device that can cope in advance with long-term use and dimensional precision blurring of the boundary region between the part that can be detached and opened and the steaming device main body part The issue was to develop.

As a result of diligent research by the present inventors, in a tunnel-type steaming device having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped main body, when a predetermined part of the steaming device main body is provided as a portion that can be attached and detached or opened and closed, a boundary portion When configured so that the position can be adjusted for each end face, it is possible to respond quickly by ensuring the adhesion of the boundary by adjusting the position even by deformation of the part that can be attached or detached or opened and closed. I found out.
That is, the first invention of the present application is
"In a tunnel-type steaming device having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped main body, a steaming device that can attach or detach or open and close a predetermined portion of the steaming device main body,
A steaming device configured such that the position of the boundary end surface between the part that can be attached and detached or opened and closed and the steaming device main body can be adjusted. Is.

Next, the adjustment of the boundary part is preferably performed by a position adjustment member including the end face part, which is mounted in the vicinity of the boundary part of the detachable or openable / closable part with the cooking apparatus main body.
That is, the second invention of the present application is
“The position adjustment of the end face of the boundary part is performed by the position adjusting member including the end face part slidably mounted in the vicinity of the boundary part in the detachable or openable / closable part.” .

Next, the adjustment of the boundary portion is preferably performed by a position adjustment member including the end surface portion mounted in the vicinity of the boundary portion between the main body portion and the detachable or openable portion.
That is, the third invention of the present application is
The steaming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position adjustment of the boundary portion is performed by a position adjusting member including the end face portion slidably mounted in the vicinity of the boundary portion in the steaming apparatus main body. is there

Next, the part that can be attached or detached or opened and closed is a part that includes at least a part of the upper surface and the side part of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped steaming apparatus main body part,
That is, the fourth invention of the present application is
“The portion that can be attached and detached or opened / closed is a portion that includes at least a part of the upper surface and the side surface portion of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped steam cooking apparatus main body, and the upper surface end surface of the boundary surface is the side surface end surface. The steaming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the steaming apparatus is inclined downward.

Next, various materials can be selected for the end face of the boundary portion, but a hollow elastic body is preferable. That is, the fifth invention of the present application is
The steaming device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the end face of the boundary part is formed of a hollow elastic body.

By making the steaming device according to the present invention, the position of the end face of the boundary portion can be adjusted in advance while allowing a part of the steaming device body part to be attached / detached or opened / closed, so that the dimensional accuracy at the time of manufacturing the steaming device is good. It is possible to respond quickly to deformations that may not occur or may occur due to long-term use.

It is a perspective schematic diagram which shows the whole structure including the opening-and-closing part of the cooking apparatus of the 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a simplified schematic diagram of the cross section of the said structure at the time of setting it as the multistage type (three-stage type) steaming apparatus as 1st embodiment of this invention. It is the isometric view schematic diagram which showed the openable-closable part of the cooking apparatus of the first embodiment of this invention, and the handle passive part by the side of a main-body part. It is the isometric view schematic diagram which showed the openable-closable part and main-body part of the cooking apparatus of the 1st embodiment of this invention. It is an expansion schematic diagram of the upper boundary part of the opening-and-closing part of the cooking apparatus of the 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the frame of the cooking apparatus main-body part of the cooking apparatus of the 1st embodiment of this invention. (1) It is an enlarged view of the boundary portion when the openable / closable portion of the steaming device of the first embodiment of the present invention is closed with respect to the main body portion. (2) It is the enlarged view which showed the state of the boundary end surface part of the said opening-and-closing part when the opening-and-closing part of the cooking apparatus of the 1st embodiment of this invention was in a closed state with respect to a main-body part. It is sectional drawing of the steaming apparatus main-body part in the open state of the openable-closable part of the steaming apparatus of the embodiment of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body part of steaming device 3 Openable / closable part 5 Conveyor part 7 Steam pipe 9 Door closer 11 Positional adjustment member 13 of openable / closable part 13 Screw bolt 15 Packing member 17 Slide hole 19 Threading groove part 23 with respect to screw bolt End face 25 on the body part side Part 27 Handle passive part

Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the first embodiment. However, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to these examples. Hereinafter, description will be given with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main body portion 1 of the steaming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention and a predetermined portion 3 that can be attached to and detached from the steaming apparatus main body section of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the steaming apparatus of the present invention has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame shape including the detachable portion 3 and extending in a dotted arrow direction.

Moreover, the conveyor part 5 is provided in the inside of the opening-and-closing part 3 and the main-body part 1 so that a target object can be conveyed, and the vapor | steam pipe | tube 7 for supplying a vapor | steam inside is also provided suitably at the same time, These The description is omitted except for the schematic diagram shown in FIG.
The openable / closable part 3 of the steaming apparatus in the first embodiment has a structure that can be opened and closed in the upper direction as shown by the arrow in the upper direction in FIG. 1 so that the inside can be easily exposed. Yes. In addition, the opening / closing part 3 is provided so as to be adjacent to the extending direction of the conveyor device 5, and is provided so as to be positioned symmetrically with respect to the central part in the extending direction of the steaming device.
Below, the steaming apparatus of the 1st embodiment of this invention shown in FIG. 1 is demonstrated in more detail.

<Tunnel-type steaming device>

The tunnel-type steaming device having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped main body referred to in the present invention generally has an inlet and an outlet, and a conveyor 5 or the like is disposed inside, and the object is steamed from the inlet. This refers to a type of steaming apparatus in which an object is continuously carried into the interior by a conveyor or the like, steamed for a predetermined time inside the steaming apparatus while being transported by the conveyor 5, and then continuously discharged from an outlet portion.
That is, it arrange | positions so that a target object (for example, noodle string group etc.) may be carried in the main body of a steaming apparatus with advancing of a conveyor. When the object enters from the entrance side of the steaming device, it is steamed inside, and while the conveyor 5 is traveling inside the main body, it is installed in the upper part of the main body part or the lower part of the conveyor 5. The object is cooked by the steam ejected from the steam officer or the like.

In addition, this steaming apparatus has the shape of the box type (it may be a cylinder shape) in which the space was formed while extending along the conveyance direction. The structure includes a pair of end wall portions facing each other in the transport direction, an inlet portion is formed by an opening formed in one end wall portion, and an outlet portion is formed by an opening formed in the other end wall portion. Composed. Of the conveyor, at least a portion on which the object is placed generally extends from the entrance portion of the main body portion to the exit portion through the internal space.
Such a continuous tunnel-type steaming device is often larger in scale than a normal batch-type steaming device, and the object to be steamed is often intended for food such as noodle strings.

Moreover, when the target object to be cooked comes outside from the exit of the main body as the conveyor is transported, the steaming is finished and the target object is carried to the next step. In the case of a tunnel-type steaming device, a steam pipe is generally introduced from the outside and disposed inside the main body.
Moreover, in the first embodiment of the present application shown in FIG. 1, the case where the conveyor is one-stage toward the traveling direction is shown, but the first and second two types of conveyors are combined as shown in FIG. Of course, a mode in which a multi-stage conveyor device is provided may be used.
That is, the aspect which enlarges the height of the whole apparatus, and is discharged | emitted through the reciprocation in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor 5 may be sufficient. In particular, when the object to be cooked is a group of noodle strings, since the upper and lower stages can be smoothly transferred, such a multi-stage conveyor device can be used effectively. Moreover, since it can shorten the length of a conveyor extension | extension direction if it is set as such an aspect, since it can maintain easily etc. by setting it in the state which can be attached or detached or opened and closed like this invention, High usage.

In general, the steam is supplied from the steam pipe 7 disposed at the lower part or the upper part of the conveyor 5 as described above, but the present invention is not limited to this. As for the arrangement of the steam pipes, a plurality of steam officers may be arranged in parallel with the traveling direction of the conveyor, or a plurality of steam officers may be disposed at positions that are orthogonal to the traveling direction of the conveyor.
The steam pipe 7 is provided with a plurality of holes, and there are many types in which steam is supplied from the holes. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which provides a duct in an entrance part and an exit part as needed, and absorbs excess vapor | steam. Of course, these configurations can be appropriately selected.

<Predetermined parts that can be attached or detached>

In this invention, it is set as the structure which can isolate | separate a part of steaming apparatus, and the said part 3 can be attached or detached or can be opened and closed.
In the first embodiment of the present invention, it is configured so that a partial region of the steaming device can be opened and closed in the vertical direction, and this portion is the upper surface of the steaming device main body as shown in FIGS. And it is comprised so that it may extend over the lower end part of a side part, and it comprises a part of steaming apparatus as integral. When the part is opened, it can be opened and closed so as to form a so-called “gull wing door” by lifting it upward. Further, a door closer 9 is provided to buffer the open / closed state.

Further, the openable / closable part is repeatedly provided in the extension direction of the conveyor, and is provided for the central part in the extension direction of the conveyor.
Thus, as shown in the first embodiment of the present invention, the number of attachment / detachment opening / closing portions 3 in the present invention is not particularly limited. Of course, they may be arranged continuously or as in the first embodiment.
Next, the openable / closable part 3 in the first embodiment of the present invention covers a region including the upper surface part and the side part of the steaming apparatus main body part. Thus, by making the region including the upper surface portion and the side surface portion, it can have the merit that the cleaning and maintenance of the inside of the steaming device will become,

The present invention does not necessarily need to be a region including both the upper surface and the side surface portion as in the first embodiment of the present invention, and it is needless to say that only the upper surface or a partial region of the side surface may be used. Moreover, the lower surface may be used in addition to the upper surface or the side surface.
In the first embodiment of the present invention, the gull wing portion can be opened / closed in the vertical direction. However, the gull wing portion can be opened / closed in the left / right direction. Of course, it may be not only a possible form but also a form that can be attached and detached. Of course, various types can be selected as a method for attaching / detaching or opening / closing these predetermined portions.

<Make it possible to adjust the position of the end face of the boundary>

The steaming device of the present invention is configured such that the position of the boundary portion between the portion that can be attached / detached or opened / closed and the steaming device main body can be adjusted.
That is, in the first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the end surface portion is formed on the upper surface and the L-shaped boundary portion of the side surface of the gull wing portion (openable / closable portion) 3 that can be attached or detached. The aspect which the position adjustment member 11 containing is fixed with the some screw volt | bolt 13 is shown. Further, a packing member 15 that is an actual contact surface is attached to the position adjusting member 11.
In the first embodiment, as described above, as shown in FIG. 3, the position adjusting member is attached corresponding to the portion in the vicinity of the boundary between the pair of L-shaped portions. Of course, it may be provided at the boundary portion at the lower end shown in FIG.
More specifically, the position adjusting member 11 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of screw bolts 13 inserted through the position adjusting member 11 as shown in the enlarged FIG. A slide hole 17 is provided. When the screw bolt 13 is fitted and tightened in the screwing groove portion 19 for the screw bolt 13 provided in the gull wing portion 3, the position adjusting member 11 is also fixed to the gull wing portion 3 at the same time.
Moreover, when designing the openable / closable part of the steaming apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the bolt groove part is designed so as to match the center part of the slide hole 17 of the position adjusting member. By designing in this way, it is possible to effectively secure adhesion and prevent the leakage of steam even when a dimensional deviation occurs in actual manufacturing.

  Thus, the slide hole 17 of the position adjusting member is slidable so that its position can be adjusted as appropriate with respect to the gull wing portion 3. Thereby, since the relative position of the position adjusting member 11 with respect to the gull wing part 3 can be freely adjusted, the position of the end face included in the position adjusting member 11 is required to be in close contact with the end face. It can adjust with respect to 1 boundary part end surface part. Thereby, the sealing degree of the gull wing part 3 and the main-body part 1 of a steaming apparatus can be raised, and the leak of a steam can be prevented effectively in the steaming apparatus of this invention.

In addition, about the position adjustment method of the said position adjustment member 11, in the 1st embodiment of this invention, although the position adjustment member 11 which provided the strip | belt-shaped slide hole 17 was illustrated, it is limited to this. Of course, various methods are possible.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a hollow packing member 15 having elasticity is provided at the end surface portion. In this way, in order to increase the close contact degree of the end face, it is naturally possible to use the end face as an elastic member. Moreover, the raw material of the said packing part is not limited, Elastic materials, such as various types of plastics, can be used. Further, the elastic member is preferably a hollow elastic member as in the first embodiment. This is because by adopting a hollow structure, the elastic member is appropriately deformed by the pressurization at the time of close contact, and the adhesion of the end face can be further improved.

Further, in the present invention, as in this embodiment, not only when the position adjusting member is in the vicinity of the boundary of the detachable or openable / closable part, the position adjusting member is not limited to the boundary on the main body side of the cooking apparatus. The aspect provided in the vicinity of may be sufficient.
Thus, by providing a position-adjustable member at the boundary portion on the main body side, it is possible to improve the degree of adhesion between the detachable or openable / closable portion and the main body portion, thereby effectively preventing vapor leakage. Can do.
Next, the method for adhering the steaming device body 1 and the gull wing 3 is not particularly limited, and various modes are possible. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the openable / closable part 3 is provided repeatedly and continuously in the extending direction of the conveyor. However, the openable / closable part 3 can be in close contact with the end face part 15 having the packing of each openable / closable part 3. Thus, as a part of the frame 1 on the steam storage body part side, an end face part 23 on the body part side that can be in close contact with the boundary part end face of the openable and closable part 3 is provided (FIG. 6).
Next, FIG. 7 shows a state in which the openable and closable portion 3 is in close contact with the main body portion 1 in an end surface portion on the main body portion side. Moreover, FIG. 8 has shown about the inclination part of the upper part of the main-body part of the cooking apparatus when the opening-and-closing part 3 is open. The positional relationship is shown. In addition, it is needless to say that such an intimate configuration can be set as appropriate outside the present embodiment.

Next, in the first embodiment of the present invention, in order to maintain the state in which the openable / closable part 3 and the end surface part on the main body part 2 side are in close contact via the packing 15 attached to the openable / closable part side. The openable / closable portion 3 is provided with a handle portion 25, and a handle passive portion 27 into which the handle portion is inserted is provided on the main body portion 1 side.
Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the hollow packing is attached to only one of the openable / closable portion 3 side, but it is needless to say that this may be provided on the main body portion 1 side. Of course, it may be provided in both the opening / closing part 3 and the main body part 1.
In the first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 7 (2) and 8, the upper boundary end surface portion has an inclination angle that is inclined downward toward the side surface portion.

Since the steaming device of the present invention is a device for steaming inside, it has a characteristic that water droplets due to steam may accumulate inside. For this reason, in this invention, it is preferable that the upper end surface part has the inclination part which inclines below toward a side part from a center.
By doing in this way, a water droplet can prevent dripping to the inside of a steaming apparatus main-body part, and can be dropped along the end surface of a boundary part. Thereby, even when it is necessary to open and close during the operation of the steaming apparatus, it is possible to prevent dripping of water droplets on the conveyor surface, and it is possible to prevent moisture from being applied to the object being steamed.

Claims (5)

In the tunnel-type steaming device having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped main body, a steaming device capable of detaching or opening and closing a predetermined portion of the steaming device main body,
A steaming device configured such that the position of the boundary end surface between the part that can be attached and detached or opened and closed and the steaming device main body can be adjusted.
The steaming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position adjustment of the end face of the boundary part is performed by a position adjusting member including the end face part slidably mounted in the vicinity of the boundary part in the attachable / detachable or openable / closable part.
The cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position adjustment of the boundary part is performed by a position adjustment member including the end face part slidably mounted in the vicinity of the boundary part in the steaming apparatus main body part.
The part that is attachable / detachable or openable / closable is a part that includes at least a part of the upper surface and the side surface part of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped steam cooking apparatus main body part, and an upper surface end surface of the boundary end surface is a side surface end surface. The steaming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is inclined downward.
The steaming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the end face of the boundary part is formed of a hollow elastic body.

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