JP2019076592A - Fryer device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a fryer device which can be downsized and has a filtration function.SOLUTION: A fryer device which manufactures fried products by deep-frying with cooking oil for deep-frying includes: a fry tank storing cooking oil for deep-frying with which to deep-fry the fried products; a heating part of the cooking oil for deep-frying installed at a lower part of the fry tank; a partition plate which divides the fry tank and the heating part and has an opening through which the cooking oil for deep-frying can circulate; a filter paper arranged in the fry tank of an upper surface of the partition plate; and an oil circulation pump which returns the cooking oil for deep-frying back to the fry tank via a circulation route.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a fryer apparatus for producing fry products by frying tempura, croquettes and the like with frying oil.

  BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, fried foods such as tempura, croquettes and snacks (the state before frying is also referred to as "frying food") are fry products fried with fried oil and are fry products (the state after frying are referred to as "fry products"). As a fryer apparatus for producing fry products, for example, there is one that fry products are continuously fried with frying oil to produce fry products.

  As a prior art of this type, for example, there is a fryer apparatus filed by the applicant (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this fryer apparatus, the frying oil in the frying tank is circulated in a circulation line, and the frying oil is filtered by a filter and returned to the frying tank. Thereby, the state of frying oil can be kept clean and frying food can be fried with frying oil continuously.

JP, 2015-123242, A

  By the way, there are cases where it is desirable to provide fresh croquettes and snacks at stores and the like. In this case, a fryer device will be installed in a store etc. However, in many stores etc, after producing a certain amount of fry product with fried oil stored in a small fry tank, the production of fry food is stopped and the inside of the fried oil I'm removing the fried scum. For this reason, it is not possible to manufacture fry products while removing fried scum, and the efficiency is poor. Then, it is possible to install the fryer apparatus of the said patent document 1 etc., and to fry a fried food continuously, and to manufacture a fried product.

  However, in the case of the fryer apparatus, since the frying tank for frying fry food and the filter for filtering the frying oil are separately configured, a large installation area is required. For this reason, the store which can install the fryer apparatus which has a function which filters fried oil is limited to the store which can ensure a large installation area, and the fryer apparatus of the miniaturization which has a filtration function is desired.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the fryer apparatus which has a filtration function and can be miniaturized.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a fryer apparatus for frying fry food with frying oil to produce fry product, comprising: a frying tank storing the frying oil for frying the frying food; A partition plate having a heating oil portion for the frying oil provided, a partition between the frying tank and the heating portion, and an opening portion through which the frying oil can flow, and the frying tank disposed on the upper surface of the partition plate Filter paper, and an oil circulation pump for returning the frying oil from the heating unit to the frying tank through a circulation path.

  According to this configuration, the frying tank for frying the fried food and the heating unit for heating the frying oil stored in the frying tank are disposed in the vertical direction, and a filtering function is provided between them to provide a fryer having a filtering function The device can be configured compactly. And the fried oil of a frying tank is circulated through the opening part of the partition plate provided between a frying tank and a heating part by returning the fried oil of a heating part to a frying tank via a circulation path with an oil circulation pump. When filtering, it can filter with the filter paper provided in the upper surface of the partition plate. Therefore, it is possible to produce fry products by continuously frying the fry food while keeping the state of a clean frying oil.

  The filter paper is formed to extend from one side of the side wall forming the frying tank to the other side facing the frying tank, and the frying tank has a guide portion for holding the filter paper near the upper surface of the partition plate. The partition plate has the opening at the position where the filter paper is disposed, and the guide portion is retracted upward from the arrangement position near the upper surface of the partition plate and the fried oil stored in the frying tank It may be configured to be displaceable to the retracted position.

  According to this structure, the filter paper can be held in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate of the fry tank by the guide portion. Thus, the frying oil can be filtered and kept clean by circulating the frying oil of the frying tank through the opening of the divider plate. Moreover, when the filter paper is clogged, the filter paper can be easily checked and replaced by retracting the guide portion for guiding the filter paper in the frying tank above the fried oil.

  Further, the guide portion includes a guide member disposed in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate, a swinging member for swinging the guide member in the center direction of the frying tank, and the swinging member at an upper portion of the frying tank. A supporting member for supporting, and comprising a displacement mechanism for displacing the guide member to the disposition position and the retracted position, the displacement mechanism being the guide through the swinging member centering on the support member You may provide the operation part which rock | fluctuates a member.

  According to this structure, the swing member is swung about the support member by operating the operation portion of the displacement mechanism, and the guide member of the guide portion is disposed in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate in the fry tank. And the operation of evacuating upward from the frying oil of the frying tank can be facilitated. Therefore, inspection in the frying tank and inspection / replacement of the band filter paper can be easily performed.

  Further, the apparatus further comprises a frying rod disposed in the frying tank, and a disposition frame disposed at a predetermined distance upward from the partition plate, and the disposition frame is disposed in the frying tank in a state of being disposed within the frying reservoir. You may form in the magnitude | size which prevents the rocking | fluctuation of a guide member.

  According to this structure, the sway of the guide member can be prevented by disposing the arrangement frame for disposing the fry stick in the fry tank, and the guide of the strip filter paper by the guide member can be stably maintained. .

  Further, the filter paper is wound in a roll shape in an unused state on one side of the side wall of the frying tank, and is constituted by a band-shaped filter paper whose end extends toward the other side of the side wall, and the partition plate is the opening The filter paper winding machine which has a positioning part of the said strip-like filter paper in the both sides of a part, and rolls up the said strip-like filter paper used in the said frying tank on the other side of the side wall of the said frying tank may be provided.

  According to this structure, when the band-shaped filter paper is clogged, a new band-shaped filter paper is disposed on the upper surface of the opening of the partition plate by winding the band-shaped filter paper wound in a roll shape by a predetermined amount with a filter paper winding machine. Thus, the filtration function can be maintained continuously. Therefore, the operation of frying the fried food in the frying tank can be performed continuously.

  In addition, the heating unit has a suction port for the fried oil to be sucked by the oil circulation pump near the center, and the frying tank is provided with a strip filter paper for returning the fried oil from the oil circulation pump to the frying tank. May be laterally offset from the winding position.

  According to this structure, when frying oil in the frying tank is circulated through the band filter paper, it can be circulated without affecting the state of the band filter paper.

  In addition, the circulation path includes a negative pressure sensor for detecting a negative pressure acting on the fried oil in the circulation path, and the belt-like filter paper is wound by a predetermined amount by detecting a predetermined negative pressure with the negative pressure sensor. A filter paper winder may further be provided. "Negative pressure" in the specification and claims documents usually refers to a negative pressure relative to the pressure.

  According to this structure, when the filter paper in the frying tank is clogged up and a negative pressure is generated in the circulation path, the winding machine takes a predetermined amount of filter paper and the new filter paper is placed in the form of a partition plate. Therefore, it is possible to automatically take up the clogged portion of the strip filter paper and arrange the new portion of the strip filter paper on the partition plate to continuously filter the fried oil.

  The mobile stand is further provided with the frying tank installed at the uppermost portion, the heating unit installed below the frying tank, and the band-shaped filter paper and the oil circulation pump under the heating unit. And a wheel for supporting the movable stand, and a control unit for controlling the heating unit and the oil circulation pump.

  With this configuration, a compact fryer apparatus equipped with a movable support can be configured, and the fryer apparatus can be moved to any place such as a place where the fry food is fried to efficiently produce a fry product. .

  According to the present invention, filter paper and a heating unit are provided below the frying tank, and frying oil having passed through the filter paper is circulated from the heating unit to the frying tank to miniaturize the fryer apparatus having a filtering function. It becomes possible.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a fryer apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the fryer apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3A is a plan view of the fryer apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged view of a portion III shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the divider plate shown in FIG. FIG. 5: is drawing which shows the arrangement frame arrange | positioned inside a fry tank, (A) is a top view, (B) is a front view. FIG. 6 is a drawing showing a fry stick supported by the arrangement frame of FIG. 5, in which (A) is a plan view and (B) is a front view. FIG. 7 is a front view showing the attached state of the band-shaped filter paper in the fryer apparatus shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. In the following embodiments, a fryer apparatus 1 provided with a movable gantry 10 will be described as an example. The concept of the vertical and horizontal directions in the document of this specification and claims is consistent with the concept of the vertical and horizontal directions in the state of being directed to the fryer apparatus 1 shown in FIG.

(Overall configuration of the fryer apparatus)
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a fryer apparatus 1 according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a side view of the fryer apparatus 1 shown in FIG. FIG. 3A is a plan view of the fryer apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged view of a portion III shown in FIG. In FIG. 1, the control panel 92 is omitted, and the inside of the fry tank 20 is shown in a transparent state. Moreover, in FIG. 3 (A), it is set as the state which removed the partition plate 40 and the arrangement frame 70, and illustration of the guide part 23 provided in the right part of the fry tank 20 is abbreviate | omitted.

  The fryer apparatus 1 of this embodiment is provided with a moving stand 10 having wheels 13. The mobile gantry 10 is formed of a frame, and has a rectangular bottom frame 11 and a side frame 12 erected from the bottom frame 11. The bottom frame 11 and the side frames 12 can be made of mold steel. A frying tank 20 is provided at the top of the side frame 12. Below the frying tank 20, a heating unit 30 for heating the frying oil is provided. The frying tank 20 and the heating unit 30 are integrally configured with the movable stand 10.

  The frying tank 20 is a container having a rectangular shape in plan view, and has a predetermined depth. The heating unit 30 has the same rectangular shape in plan view as the frying tank 20, and has a predetermined depth. Between the frying tank 20 and the heating unit 30, a dividing plate 21 whose central portion is open is provided. The partition plate 21 is fixed around the frying tank 20. Positioning pins 22 for positioning a partition plate 40 described later are provided on the upper surface of the partition plate 21. Details of the partition plate 40 will be described later (FIG. 4). The positioning of the partition plate 40 may be other than the positioning pin 22.

  A heater 31 is inserted into the heating unit 30 from the right side. In this embodiment, three heaters 31 are arranged in parallel. As the heater 31, an oil plug heater can be used. For example, a plurality of plug heaters having a capacity of about 5 kw can be used in parallel. The heating heaters 31 may be provided in a required number of required outputs according to the size of the frying tank 20.

  Below the movable gantry 10, a base plate 14 is provided. The base plate 14 is provided with a band-shaped filter paper 50 and an oil circulation pump 32. In this embodiment, the filter paper is constituted by a band-shaped filter paper 50, and the band-shaped filter paper 50 is an unused filter paper wound around the core material 51. The core filter 51 is supported by a pair of support arms 15 provided on the upper surface of the base plate 14 on one side (the left side in FIG. 1) of the side wall of the frying tank 20 with the band-shaped filter paper 50 wound in a roll shape. There is. The band-shaped filter paper 50 is disposed so as not to come out of the movable stand 10 sideways.

  Further, the frying tank 20 is provided with a guide portion 23 for guiding the band-shaped filter paper 50. The guide portion 23 includes a guide roller 24 serving as a guide member disposed in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate 40, a swinging member 25 swinging the guide roller 24 in the center direction of the fry tank 20, and frying the swinging member 25. And a support shaft 26 which is a support member supported at the top of the tank 20. The support shaft 26 is a fulcrum for swinging the swinging member 25 and also serves as a guide member for the band-shaped filter paper 50. Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, spring washers 26a are provided at both end portions of the support shaft 26 so as to maintain the position of the rocking member 25 in a rocked state.

  The swinging member 25 is provided with an operation unit 27 at a position above the oil level of the fried oil O stored in the frying tank 20. The operation unit 27 can be a shaft member or the like projecting laterally from the swinging member 25. By this operation part 27, even in a state where fried oil O is stored in the frying tank 20, the rocking member 25 can be rocked by holding the operation part 27. By swinging the swinging member 25 inward, the guide roller 24 is disposed at the arrangement position in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate 40 (the position shown by the solid line) centering on the support shaft 26. It can be displaced to a position (position shown by a two-dot chain line). The swinging member 25 is provided with a stopper 25a, and the stopper 25a abuts on the regulating member 18 at the arrangement position and the withdrawal position, and the movement is regulated at a predetermined arrangement position and the withdrawal position. ing. A mechanism for swinging the guide roller 24 is a displacement mechanism 28.

  An operation of arranging the guide roller 24 for arranging the band-shaped filter paper 50 in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate 40 by such a displacement mechanism 28 at an arrangement position in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate 40 in the fly tank 20 The operation of evacuating the frying oil O to the retracted position which is retracted upward can be easily performed. Therefore, when the inside of the frying tank 20 is inspected or the band-like filter paper 50 is clogged, the guide roller 24 for guiding the band-like filter paper 50 in the frying tank 20 can be retracted above the frying oil O. Inspection and replacement can be easily performed.

  The band-shaped filter paper 50 extends to the upper guide roller 17 provided at the upper left portion of the fry tank 20 through the lower guide roller 16 provided on the movable frame 10, and the fry tank is provided from the support shaft 26 of the guide portion 23 on the left side. It extends to the guide roller 24 inside 20. The band-shaped filter paper 50 led to the inside of the frying tank 20 extends rightwardly in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate 40 by the guide roller 24 and is provided in the upper right part of the frying tank 20 from the guide roller 24 of the right guide portion 23 It extends to the support shaft 26. The band-shaped filter paper 50 is attached so as to pass between the downstream side holding roller 63 and the downstream side driven roller 64 from the support shaft 26. Between the downstream side holding roller 63 and the downstream side driven roller 64, the band-like filter paper 50 is held. The band-shaped filter paper 50 passes between the downstream side holding roller 63 and the downstream side driven roller 64, and is then discharged to a waste box (not shown).

  Further, on the right side of the frying tank 20, there is provided a filter paper winder 60 for winding the band-like filter paper 50 held by being held between the downstream side holding roller 63 and the downstream side driven roller 64. The filter paper winding machine 60 has a motor 61 with a drive shaft disposed upward, and a gear mechanism 62 for converting the rotation of the drive shaft in the orthogonal direction. As the gear mechanism 62, for example, a gear mechanism using a bevel gear can be used. The filter paper winding machine 60 is configured to rotate the downstream holding roller 63 via the gear mechanism 62 by rotating the motor 61 and to wind up the band-shaped filter paper 50.

  In the oil circulation pump 32, a suction pipe 33 for suctioning fried oil O is connected to a suction port 34 provided on the lower surface near the center of the heating unit 30. A circulation pipe 35 for returning fried oil O from the oil circulation pump 32 to the frying tank 20 is connected to a return port 36 provided on the side surface of the frying tank 20. The oil circulation pump 32 is driven by the motor 39 to circulate the fried oil O sucked from the lower surface of the heating unit 30 so as to return it from the side surface of the frying tank 20. A route for circulating the frying oil O is a circulation route.

  The return port 36 provided on the side surface of the frying tank 20 is shifted from the winding position of the band-shaped filter paper 50 to the side (direction orthogonal to the feeding direction of the band-shaped filter paper 50) (FIG. 3) . As a result, the frying oil O returned to the frying tank 20 does not distort or bend the band-like filter paper 50, and the frying oil O is circulated without affecting the state of the band-like filter paper 50.

  Further, the circulating pipe 35 may be provided with a branch pipe 37 extending upward from the middle as shown by a two-dot chain line, and a negative pressure sensor 38 may be provided on the upper portion of the branch pipe 37. The negative pressure sensor 38 is electrically connected to the control unit 90. An air reservoir is provided at the upper portion of the branch pipe 37, and a negative pressure sensor 38 detects a change in pressure in the branch pipe 37, whereby it can be detected that the frying oil has become a predetermined negative pressure from the normal pressure. When it is detected by the negative pressure sensor 38 that the pressure acting on the fried oil O becomes negative pressure, it is judged that the filter paper 50 is clogged, and the filter paper winder 60 automatically causes the filter paper 50 to be cut. A predetermined amount can be taken up. In winding of the band-shaped filter paper 50 by the filter paper winding machine 60, the length according to the length of the entire surface of the opening 41 of the partition plate 40 described later, the length of a part of the opening 41, etc. As described above, the control unit 90 controls the downstream holding roller 63 to rotate by a predetermined amount. As a result, a new band filter paper 50 is disposed on the upper surface of the partition plate 40, and the filtering function can be recovered.

  Furthermore, a drain pipe 100 is connected to the lower surface of the heating unit 30. The drain pipe 100 is provided with a valve 101, and by opening the valve 101, fried oil O can be discharged.

  A control unit 90 is provided on the front and the right side of the movable stand 10. The control unit 90 of this embodiment is configured of a control panel 92 provided on the front and an operation panel 91 provided on the right side. An operation switch 93, a fried oil temperature display unit 94, and the like are provided on the front of the operation panel 91. Inside the control unit 90, a processor, volatile memory, nonvolatile memory, I / O interface, etc. are provided. The control unit 90 performs setting of a heating temperature by the heater 31 of the heating unit 30, drive control of the oil circulation pump 32, detection of negative pressure by the negative pressure sensor 38, drive control of the filter paper winding machine 60, and the like. The control unit 90 is realized by the processor performing arithmetic processing using the volatile memory based on the program stored in the non-volatile memory. The control unit 90 may have one configuration.

(Structure of partition plate)
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the divider plate 40 shown in FIG. The partition plate 40 is a plate having a predetermined thickness, and is formed in a rectangular shape large enough to be inserted into the frying tank 20. The partition plate 40 is provided with an opening 41 at a central portion. In the openings 41 of this embodiment, a plurality of holes 42 are arranged in a zigzag. The opening 41 has a width smaller than the width of the band-shaped filter paper 50 disposed on the upper surface, and is narrower than the distance between the left and right guide rollers 24 disposed in the vicinity of the upper surface. That is, the opening 41 has a size smaller than that of the band-shaped filter paper 50 disposed on the upper surface of the partition plate 40. The opening 41 may be any structure that allows distribution of the fried oil O and does not prevent the filtration of the fried oil O by the band-shaped filter paper 50.

  Further, on the upper surface of the partition plate 40, the band-shaped filter paper 50 is fed from the left to the right as shown in the drawing, so positioning portions 43 are provided on both sides of the opening 41 in the direction orthogonal to the feeding direction of the band-shaped filter paper 50. It is done. The positioning unit 43 prevents lateral displacement when the band-like filter paper 50 is fed. The positioning part 43 can use a square bar. On both sides of the positioning portion 43, grip portions 44 for attaching and removing the partition plate 40 are provided.

  Furthermore, around the partition plate 40, a plurality of positioning holes 45 are provided. The positioning pin 22 provided on the partition plate 21 of the fry tank 20 is inserted into the positioning hole 45. The partition plate 40 is inserted into the frying tank 20, and the positioning hole 45 is inserted into the positioning pin 22 of the dividing plate 21, so that the partition plate 40 is disposed at a fixed position.

(Configuration of placement frame)
FIG. 5 is a drawing showing the disposition frame 70 disposed inside the frying tank 20, wherein (A) is a plan view and (B) is a front view. The placement frame 70 has a rectangular lower member 71 and a side member 72 provided to suspend the lower member 71. The lower member 71 has a size such that the width direction of the frying tank 20 can be inserted, and the horizontal direction allows the guide roller 24 to be disposed inside the frying tank 20 and has a predetermined gap with the swinging member 25. In the state, it is sized to enter between the swinging members 25. The lower member 71 may be, for example, an L-shaped mold steel, which is connected so that a wall surface is formed around the outer side.

  Side members 72 are attached at opposite positions in the width direction of the lower member 71. The side member 72 can use a plate material bent in an L shape. The side member 72 is formed with a locking piece 73 which is locked at the upper end of the frying tank 20 at the top, and a support piece 74 extending downward from the locking piece 73 is formed. The locking piece 73 is provided with a positioning hole 73 a and a handle 73 b which are inserted into a pin 29 provided on the upper surface of the fry tank 20. A plurality of mounting holes 75 are provided at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction of the support piece 74. The side member 72 is connected to the lower member 71 at the mounting hole 75. The lower member 71 can change the distance from the locking piece 73 by changing the connection position of the mounting hole 75. Thus, the distance from the upper end of the frying tank 20 to the lower member 71 can be changed, and the position adjustment can be performed such that the frying rod 80 to be inserted into the frying oil O of the frying tank 20 is disposed a predetermined distance upward from the partition plate 40.

  The placement frame 70 is disposed between the swinging members 25 inside the frying tank 20 after the strip filter paper 50 is placed in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate 40 by the guide rollers 24 of the guide portion 23. The arrangement frame 70 is in a state of having a predetermined gap with the swinging member 25 in the state of being arranged. The swinging member 25 in this state abuts against the disposition frame 70 even if it tries to swing in the center direction of the fry tank 20, so that the swinging member 25 is prevented from swinging in the center direction of the fry tank 20.

(Structure of fly moth)
FIG. 6 is a drawing showing the fly rod 80 supported by the placement frame 70 of FIG. 5, (A) is a plan view, and (B) is a front view. The fly rod 80 is a rectangular rod supported by the lower member 71 of the disposition frame 70, and the upper surface is entirely open. The fry stick 80 is formed in a rectangular shape by a plate material having an opening 81 at the bottom and the side circumference. As a plate material having the opening 81, a plate material such as a punching metal can be used. The fly rod 80 may have an opening formed of a wire mesh such as expanded metal. A handle 82 is provided at the upper end of two opposing sides of the fly rod 80. The fry stick 80 is inserted into the fry tank 20 with the handle 82 and supported by the placement frame 70.

(Description of operation of the fryer apparatus)
FIG. 7 is a front view showing the attached state of the band-shaped filter paper 50 in the fryer apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 7 shows only a portion related to the attachment of the band-shaped filter paper 50. According to the above-described fryer apparatus 1, first, with the guide rollers 24 of the guide portions 23 provided at the left and right positions of the frying tank 20 being retracted upward, the partition plate 21 provided at the lower part of the frying tank 20 A partition plate 40 is disposed on the top. The positioning holes 45 are inserted into the positioning pins 22 of the partition plate 40 and held in position. The fry tank 20 and the heating unit 30 are partitioned by the partition plate 40.

  Then, the strip filter paper 50 is extended from the upper guide roller 17 provided on the left side of the fry tank 20 to the upper part of the upper guide roller 17 provided on the right side of the fry tank 20, and the downstream holding roller 63 and the downstream driven roller 64 Hold by holding. Thereafter, the guide rollers 24 of the left and right guide portions 23 are swung inward, and the band-shaped filter paper 50 is disposed inside the fry tank 20 by the guide rollers 24 on the left side and the guide rollers 24 on the right side.

  Thereby, as shown in FIG. 7, the band-shaped filter paper 50 is an upper surface of the partition plate 40 by the left guide roller 24 from the left upper guide roller 17 provided on one side of the fry tank 20 through the left support shaft 26. It extends to the vicinity and extends to the right in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate 40. The band-shaped filter paper 50 extending to the right side of the partition plate 40 extends upward from the guide roller 24 on the right side, and the downstream side holding roller 63 and the downstream side via the right support shaft 26 provided on the other opposite side of the fry tank 20 It is attached so as to extend between the side driven roller 64.

  Thereafter, the placement frame 70 is inserted into the inside of the frying tank 20 and placed. By disposing the placement frame 70, the inward swinging of the swinging member 25 is prevented, so the position of the guide roller 24 is maintained and the placement of the band-shaped filter paper 50 is maintained. As for fried oil O stored in frying tank 20, after arranging partition plate 40, after arranging strip filter paper 50 near the upper surface of partition plate 40, after arranging arrangement frame 70 inside frying tank 20, etc. It may be stored. Thereby, preparation of the fryer apparatus 1 is completed.

  Then, when the fryer apparatus 1 is operated, the fried oil O is heated by the heater 31 and the fried oil O is circulated from the heating unit 30 to the frying tank 20 by the oil circulation pump 32. Thereafter, a fry stick 80 containing fry food is inserted into the fry tank 20 and placed at a predetermined position by the placement frame 70. In this state, the fried food is fried and becomes a fried product. The fried fry product can be easily removed by taking the fry stick 80 out of the fry tank 20.

  In addition, frying debris generated by frying the fry food is removed by the band-shaped filter paper 50 by circulating frying oil O from the heating unit 30 to the frying tank 20. Even if the band-shaped filter paper 50 is clogged with fried scraps or the like, a new band-shaped filter paper 50 can be disposed on the upper surface of the partition plate 40 of the frying tank 20 by winding the band-shaped filter paper 50 downstream. Therefore, it becomes possible to fry food continuously and to manufacture fry products, without stopping fryer apparatus 1. Moreover, according to the fryer apparatus 1, when the negative pressure in the circulation pipe 35 is detected by the negative pressure sensor 38, the band-shaped filter paper 50 can be automatically fed. Can be maintained. The band-shaped filter paper 50 can be fed automatically at negative pressure detection, at predetermined time intervals, or the like. The feeding of the band filter paper 50 can be optionally performed by the user.

  Furthermore, even if the filter paper 50 is cracked and needs to be replaced or maintained, the guide roller 24 is retracted upward from the fry tank 20 by the displacement mechanism 28 without discharging the fried oil O from the fry tank 20. By doing so, replacement and maintenance can be performed, and efficient maintenance becomes possible.

(Summary)
As described above, according to the fryer apparatus 1, the fried oil O stored in the frying tank 20 can be filtered and kept in a clean state with a compact configuration. It can be fried. Therefore, it becomes possible to equip the shop etc. of a small installation area with the fryer apparatus 1 which has a filtration function.

(Modification)
In the embodiment described above, the guide roller (guide member) 24 provided in the guide portion 23 is swung in the center direction of the fly tank 20. However, the guide portion 23 is configured to fly the guide roller (guide member) 24. It may be configured to be displaceable between an arrangement state disposed inside the tank 20 and a retracted state in which the frying tank 20 is retracted upward from the fried oil O. For example, the guide portion 23 may be configured to move in the vertical direction. The configuration of the guide portion 23 is not limited to the above embodiment.

  The embodiment described above shows an example, and the size of the frying tank 20, the configuration of the band-shaped filter paper 50, and the like are an example, and fried oil O is circulated from the heating unit 30 to the frying tank 20 to remove fried debris. What is necessary is just to be configured to fry fried food with fried oil O. These configurations can be modified in various configurations without departing from the scope of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 fryer apparatus 10 mobile stand 13 wheel 14 base plate 15 support arm 16 lower guide roller 17 upper guide roller 20 fly tank 21 partition plate 23 guide part 24 guide roller (guide member)
Reference Signs List 25 rocking member 26 support shaft 27 operation unit 28 displacement mechanism 30 heating unit 31 heating heater 32 oil circulation pump 34 suction port 36 return port 38 negative pressure sensor 40 partition plate 41 opening 43 positioning section 50 band-shaped filter paper 60 filter paper winding machine 63 downstream holding roller 64 downstream driven roller 70 arrangement frame 71 lower member 72 side member 80 fly rod 81 opening 90 control unit
O fried oil

Claims (8)

A fryer apparatus for producing fry products by frying fry food with frying oil,
A frying tank storing the frying oil for frying the frying food;
A heating unit for the frying oil provided below the frying tank;
A partition plate which partitions between the frying tank and the heating unit and has an opening through which the fried oil can flow;
Filter paper disposed in the frying tank on the upper surface of the partition plate;
An oil circulation pump for returning the frying oil from the heating unit to the frying tank via a circulation path;
Equipped with
A fryer apparatus characterized by The filter paper is formed to extend from one side of the side wall forming the frying tank to the other side opposite thereto.
The frying tank has a guide portion for holding the filter paper in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate,
The partition plate has the opening at a position where the filter paper is disposed,
The guide portion is configured to be displaceable at an arrangement position in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate and a retracted position which is retracted upward from the fried oil stored in the fry tank.
The fryer apparatus according to claim 1. The guide portion supports a guide member disposed in the vicinity of the upper surface of the partition plate, a swinging member that swings the guide member in the center direction of the fry tank, and supports the swing member at an upper portion of the fry tank. And a support member,
A displacement mechanism for displacing the guide member to the disposition position and the retracted position;
The displacement mechanism includes an operation unit that swings the guide member about the support member via the swing member.
The fryer apparatus according to claim 2. A fry stick arranged in the fry tank,
An arrangement frame for arranging the frying crucible a predetermined distance upward from the partition plate;
And further
The arrangement frame is formed in a size to prevent swinging of the guide member in a state of being arranged in the fry tank.
The fryer apparatus according to claim 3. The filter paper is wound in a roll shape in an unused state on one side of the side wall of the frying tank, and is constituted by a band-like filter paper whose end extends toward the other side of the side wall,
The partition plate has positioning portions for the band-shaped filter paper on both sides of the opening,
The filter paper winding machine which rolls up the said band-like filter paper used in the said frying tank on the other side of the side wall of the said frying tank,
The fryer apparatus of any one of Claims 1-4. The heating unit has a suction port for the fried oil sucked by the oil circulation pump near the center,
The frying tank has a return port for the fried oil returned from the oil circulation pump to the frying tank at a position laterally shifted from a position where the band-shaped filter paper is wound up.
The fryer apparatus according to claim 5. The circulation path includes a negative pressure sensor that detects a negative pressure acting on the frying oil in the circulation path,
It further comprises a filter paper winder for winding a predetermined amount of the strip filter paper by detecting a predetermined negative pressure with the negative pressure sensor.
The fryer apparatus according to claim 5. It is further equipped with a mobile stand,
The movable stand is
A frame in which the frying tank is disposed at the top, the heating unit is disposed below the frying tank, and the band-shaped filter paper and the oil circulation pump are disposed below the heating unit;
A wheel supporting the mobile stand;
And a control unit that controls the heating unit and the oil circulation pump.
The fryer apparatus of any one of Claims 5-7.

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