JP2019140937A - Apparatus for manufacturing frozen dessert - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an apparatus for manufacturing a frozen dessert, which can inhibit water from a water supply pipe from entering an exhaust duct.SOLUTION: An apparatus 1 for manufacturing a frozen dessert includes: a body 10; a hopper 11 which is disposed on a ceiling 88 of the body 10 and stores a material for a frozen dessert; a water supply pipe 103 through which washing water passes to the hopper 11; and an exhaust duct 35 which is disposed adjacently on the body 10. In the apparatus, the water supply pipe 103 is rotatable, the exhaust duct 35 is arranged within the range of rotation of the water supply pipe 103, and the apparatus includes a restriction member 35 for restricting the rotation of the water supply pipe 103 toward an upper portion of the exhaust duct 35.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a frozen confectionery manufacturing apparatus.

In general, a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus containing a beater device or the like for manufacturing a frozen dessert such as soft cream is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
A compressor, a condenser, etc. are accommodated in this kind of frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus. The condenser is a water-cooled type, and a water supply pipe for supplying tap water is attached to the condenser.
The water flow pipe branches in the middle, penetrates the ceiling part of the main body, and is connected to the water tap above the ceiling part. A water supply pipe is connected to the tip of the water tap.
The water tap is opened, for example, when the hopper is washed. When the water tap is opened, tap water is supplied from the water supply pipe, and the hopper can be cleaned.

  On the other hand, the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus needs to exhaust the heat spilled in the main body. Therefore, an exhaust duct is provided adjacent to the main body.

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  The hopper occupies a relatively large area in the ceiling portion of the main body, and the remaining water supply pipe is provided in the remaining area of the ceiling portion. In this case, the water supply pipe is arranged in the remaining area of the ceiling. At this time, when the water supply pipe is arranged in the vicinity of the exhaust duct, water from the water supply pipe may enter the exhaust duct, and there is still room for improvement in this respect.

  An object of this invention is to provide the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus which can eliminate the subject which the prior art mentioned above has, and can suppress that the water from a water supply pipe | tube penetrates into an exhaust duct.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a main body, a hopper provided in a ceiling portion of the main body for containing a frozen dessert material, a water supply pipe for passing cleaning water through the hopper, and adjacent to the main body. In the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus provided with an exhaust duct provided, the water supply pipe is rotatable,
The exhaust duct is disposed within a rotation range of the water supply pipe, and has a restricting member that restricts the rotation of the water supply pipe above the exhaust duct.

  According to the above invention, since the water supply pipe can be prevented from rotating to the upper side of the exhaust duct even if the water supply pipe is rotated, the frozen confectionery manufacturing can suppress the water from the water supply pipe from entering the exhaust duct. Equipment can be provided.

The front view which shows one Embodiment of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus which concerns on this invention Side view of frozen dessert production equipment Side view showing internal structure of frozen dessert manufacturing equipment Perspective view of frozen confectionery manufacturing equipment

1st invention is a main body, the hopper provided in the ceiling part of the said main body which accommodates the material for frozen desserts, the water supply pipe which lets washing water flow in the said hopper, and the exhaust duct provided adjacent to the said main body The water supply pipe is rotatable, the exhaust duct is disposed within a rotation range of the water supply pipe, and the water supply pipe is rotated above the exhaust duct. It has a regulating member for regulating.
According to this invention, even if the water supply pipe is rotated, it is possible to prevent the water supply pipe from rotating to the upper side of the exhaust duct, so that the frozen dessert can be prevented from entering water into the exhaust duct. Equipment can be provided.

According to a second aspect, in the first aspect, the drain of the water supply pipe is located below the upper end of the regulating member.
According to this invention, even if the water supply pipe is rotated, the drain outlet of the water supply pipe can be prevented from rotating to the upper side of the exhaust duct, so that water from the water supply pipe is prevented from entering the exhaust duct. it can.

According to a third invention, in the first or second invention, the restriction member is provided in an upper part of the exhaust duct.
According to this invention, even when the restricting member is formed integrally with the exhaust duct, or when the restricting member is provided separately from the exhaust duct, the water supply pipe is turned when the water supply pipe is rotated. Since it is possible to prevent the pipe from rotating to the upper side of the exhaust duct, it is possible to suppress the water from the water supply pipe from entering the exhaust duct.

According to a fourth invention, in the third invention, the restriction member is a part of the exhaust duct, and an upper end of the exhaust duct protrudes upward from a ceiling portion of the main body.
According to this invention, even if the water supply pipe is rotated, it is possible to prevent the water supply pipe from rotating to the upper side of the exhaust duct, so that it is possible to suppress water from the water supply pipe from entering the exhaust duct.

According to a fifth invention, in any one of the first to fourth inventions, the water supply pipe is disposed between the hopper and the exhaust duct.
According to the present invention, when the ceiling portion is formed in accordance with the required capacity of the hopper and the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus is made compact, the remaining ceiling portion where the hopper is not formed is disposed between the hopper and the exhaust duct. Even if it arrange | positions a water supply pipe | tube, the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus which can suppress that the water from a water supply pipe | tube penetrates into an exhaust duct can be provided.

According to a sixth invention, in any one of the first to fifth inventions, the restriction member is disposed between the exhaust duct and the water supply pipe.
According to this invention, even if the water supply pipe is rotated, it is possible to prevent the water supply pipe from rotating to the upper side of the exhaust duct, so that it is possible to suppress water from the water supply pipe from entering the exhaust duct.

According to a seventh invention, in any one of the first to sixth inventions, the exhaust duct is attached to a back portion of the main body.
According to the present invention, since the exhaust duct is not disposed on both sides or in front of the main body, the degree of freedom for placing the main body at a convenient position for the user of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus is increased. Further, the hopper and the water supply pipe can be efficiently arranged on the ceiling of the main body.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the present embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the frozen confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1. FIG. 3 is a side view showing the internal structure of the frozen confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the frozen confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1.
This frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus 1 is an apparatus for manufacturing and selling frozen desserts such as soft cream and sherbet (shake).

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a box-shaped main body 10. A hopper 11 in which a frozen dessert material is stored is disposed on the ceiling portion 88 of the main body 10. The upper surface of the hopper 11 is open, and a lid member 12 for closing the upper surface of the hopper 11 is detachably disposed above the hopper 11.
A cylindrical cooling cylinder 13 is disposed inside the main body 10 and below the hopper 11. A material supply pipe 14 for supplying the frozen dessert material stored in the hopper 11 to the inside of the cooling cylinder 13 is connected to the lower portion of the hopper 11.
Inside the cooling cylinder 13, a beater 15 formed in a spiral shape is rotatably provided.

A drive motor 20 is accommodated in the main body 10. As the drive motor 20, for example, a geared motor is applied.
The drive motor 20 is connected to a speed reducer 21 that transmits the rotational driving force generated by the drive motor 20 to a predetermined amount of rotation. A beater 15 is connected to the output shaft 22 of the reduction gear 21 via a drive shaft 23.
The drive shaft 23 is rotatably supported at one end portion of the cooling cylinder 13 via a bearing 24, and the beater 15 includes a support sleeve 25 provided at the other end portion of the cooling cylinder 13 and a shaft support portion of the drive shaft 23. 28 is rotatably supported.
A rotary seal 26 is provided on the outer periphery of the shaft support portion 28 of the drive shaft 23 and the shaft support housing 16. The rotary seal 26 is made of an elastic material such as rubber and has a substantially M-shaped cross section. The rotary seal 26 is configured to prevent the drainage of the frozen dessert material from entering between the shaft support portion 28 of the drive shaft 23 and the shaft support housing 16 into the drive shaft 23 side.

A support plate 30 is disposed on the upper surface of the bottom plate of the main body 10, and a compressor 31 is mounted on the upper surface of the support plate 30. A condenser 32 is installed on the bottom plate of the main body 10, and a fan motor 33 is installed above the condenser 32. A filter guide 34 for taking outside air into the condenser 32 is installed on the bottom surface of the bottom plate of the main body 10. A square cylindrical exhaust duct 35 extending in the width direction of the main body 10 is attached to the back surface of the main body 10.
Further, an evaporator 36 formed by winding a refrigerant pipe (not shown) is installed on the outer periphery of the cooling cylinder 13.
A refrigeration cycle is configured by connecting the compressor 31, the condenser 32, a pressure reducing mechanism (not shown), and the evaporator 36 with refrigerant piping.

  Then, by driving the compressor 31, the high-pressure and high-temperature refrigerant exchanges heat with the outside air flowing in via the filter guide 34 by the condenser 32 and is sent to the pressure reducing mechanism. The low-temperature refrigerant decompressed by the decompression mechanism flows into the evaporator 36, cools the cooling cylinder 13, and then returns to the compressor 31. At this time, the heat generated by the heat exchange by the condenser 32 is released to the outside of the main body 10 by the fan motor 33 through the exhaust duct 35.

A front panel 44 that slightly protrudes forward is provided above the front surface of the main body 10. An operation panel 40 is attached to the front panel 44, and various switches 41 are arranged on the operation panel 40.
A dish-shaped drain receiver 43 is provided below the front surface of the main body 10.

  In the present embodiment, a cap member 27 is attached to a connection portion between the drive shaft 23 and the output shaft 22. A drain chute 50 is disposed outside the cap member 27.

  A handle 42 for opening and closing a freezer door 114 provided at the end of the cooling cylinder 13 is attached to the front panel 44.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a condenser 32 is provided in the lower part of the frozen confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1. The condenser 32 is a water cooling type. A water passage pipe 104 is attached to the condenser 32. A city water pipe (not shown) is connected to the water passage 104.

The water flow pipe 104 branches after passing through the condenser 32. The branched branch pipe 101 extends upward. The branch pipe 101 passes through the ceiling portion 88. As shown in FIG. 3, the branch pipe 101 is connected to one end of the water tap 102. A water supply pipe 103 is connected to the other end of the water tap 102.
The water tap 102 and the water supply pipe 103 constitute a water supply device 110.

The water supply pipe 103 includes a connecting portion 103A connected to the other end of the water tap 102, an arch-shaped water supply pipe main body 103B in a side view, and a drain outlet 103C provided at a tip portion of the water supply pipe main body 103B.
The water supply pipe 103 is configured to be rotatable in the horizontal direction starting from the connecting portion 103A. The water supply pipe 103 according to the present embodiment can be rotated 360 degrees.
The drainage port 103C is formed flat in the horizontal direction.

  When the hopper 11 is cleaned, tap water is supplied through the branch pipe 101 and the water supply pipe 103 when the lid member 12 is opened and the water tap 102 is opened. Thereby, the inside of the hopper 11 can be cleaned.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an exhaust duct (regulating member) 35 having a substantially rectangular shape in top view is attached to the back of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus 1. The exhaust duct 35 has a lower portion communicating with the inside of the main body 10 and an upper portion opening to the outside of the main body 10.
At the upper end of the exhaust duct 35, an upper end opening (upper end) 35A is formed. The upper end opening 35 </ b> A protrudes above the ceiling portion 88.
As shown by a dotted arrow A in FIG. 3, exhaust heat from the compressor 31, the condenser 32, and the like is exhausted from the upper end opening 35 </ b> A through the exhaust duct 35.

  The drainage port 103 </ b> C of the water supply pipe 103 is disposed at a position lower than the upper end opening 35 </ b> A of the exhaust duct 35.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the hopper 11 is formed in the central portion of the ceiling portion 88 occupying most of the ceiling portion. The water supply device 110 is a ceiling portion 88 and is disposed between the hopper 11 and the exhaust duct 35. The water supply device 110 is laid out in a narrow position where the ceiling portion 88 is left.
As shown in FIG. 3, a gap L <b> 1 is provided between the water supply pipe 103 and the exhaust duct 35. This interval L1 is shorter than the length L2 of the water supply pipe body 103B shown in FIG. That is, the water supply apparatus 110 is disposed at a position where the distance L1 between the water supply pipe 103 and the exhaust duct 35 is shorter than the length L2 of the water supply pipe main body 103B.
When the water supply device 110 is arranged at this position, the exhaust duct 35 is located within the rotation range of the water supply pipe 103.

As shown by the arrow B in FIG. 4, when the water supply pipe 103 is rotated, the drainage port 103 </ b> C is positioned outside the main body 10 beyond one side surface (the right side surface in FIGS. 1 and 4). It reaches. Thus, when the water supply pipe 103 is rotated, the water supply device 110 is disposed at a position where the drain outlet 103C can be rotated to a position outside the one side surface of the main body 10 in a top view.
According to this, since the drain outlet 103 </ b> C can be moved to a position outside one side surface of the main body 10, an operation of handling water on the outside of the main body 10 becomes easy.
Along with this, the water supply pipe 103 may further rotate, and the drain outlet 103 </ b> C may rotate to a position behind the exhaust duct 35. The height of the upper end opening (upper end) 35 </ b> A of the exhaust duct 35 is not only the side facing the water supply pipe 103 (the front side in the present embodiment) but also the side opposite to the side where the water supply pipe 103 is located (rear side). In this case, it is formed higher than the height of the drain outlet 103C.
According to this, no matter how the water supply pipe 103 rotates, the water supply pipe 103 can be prevented from rotating up above the exhaust duct 35, so that water from the water supply pipe 103 enters the exhaust duct 35. Can be suppressed.

  In the present embodiment, the upper end opening (upper end) 35A of the exhaust duct 35 is formed at the same height in the entire circumferential direction.

According to the present embodiment, when the hopper 11 is cleaned, the drain outlet 103C hits the exhaust duct 35 when the water supply pipe body 103B is rotated in the horizontal direction.
Therefore, the drain outlet 103 </ b> C is suppressed from moving above the upper end opening 35 </ b> A of the exhaust duct 35. According to this, it is suppressed that the tap water from the water supply pipe 103 penetrates into the exhaust duct 35 from the upper end opening 35A.

As described above, the main body 10 of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes the hopper 11 in the ceiling portion 88 and the water flow pipe 104 that supplies tap water to the condenser 32 provided in the main body 10. Is attached, and the water passage pipe 104 passes through the ceiling portion 88 and is connected to the water supply pipe 103 for passing the washing water to the hopper 11 on the ceiling portion 88. And the water supply pipe | tube 103 of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus 1 is rotatable, and the exhaust duct 35 is arrange | positioned in the rotation range of the water supply pipe | tube 103. As shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the exhaust duct 35 is arranged such that an upper end opening (upper end) 35A of the exhaust duct 35 protrudes above the ceiling portion 88 of the main body 10 and is higher than the drain outlet 103C. The exhaust duct 35 also functions as a regulating member.
According to this, even if the water supply pipe 103 is rotated, the water supply pipe 103 can be prevented from rotating to the upper side of the exhaust duct 35, so that water from the water supply pipe 103 can enter the exhaust duct 35. Can be suppressed.

The restricting member is not necessarily the exhaust duct 35. What is necessary is just to regulate the rotation of the water supply pipe 103 above the exhaust duct 35.
The restricting member may be provided separately on the upper portion of the exhaust duct 35.
Another regulating member may be disposed between the exhaust duct 35 and the water supply pipe 103. For example, you may provide the protrusion which stands up from the ceiling part 88 as another member.
According to these, even if the water supply pipe 103 is rotated, the water supply pipe 103 can be prevented from rotating to the upper side of the exhaust duct 35, so that water from the water supply pipe 103 can enter the exhaust duct 35. Can be suppressed.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the water supply pipe 103 is disposed between the hopper 11 and the exhaust duct 35.
According to this, when the ceiling part 88 is formed according to the capacity of the hopper 11 necessary for the frozen confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 and the frozen confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 is made compact, the remaining ceiling part 88 where the hopper 11 is not formed is used. Even if the water supply pipe 103 is arranged between a certain hopper 11 and the exhaust duct 35, it is possible to suppress water from the water supply pipe 103 from entering the exhaust duct 35. The frozen confectionery manufacturing apparatus 1 can be reduced in size.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the exhaust duct 35 is attached to the back portion of the main body 10.
According to this, since the exhaust duct 35 is not disposed on both sides or in front of the main body 10, the degree of freedom for placing the main body 10 in a convenient position for the user of the frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus 1 is increased. In particular, even when the installation space is small, such as when the store is small or when the same type of devices are placed side by side, the frozen dessert manufacturing device can be made thin while enabling exhaust without impairing the appearance as much as possible. Further, the hopper 11 and the water supply pipe 103 can be efficiently arranged on the ceiling portion 88 of the main body 10.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on one Embodiment, this invention is not limited to this embodiment. Since only one embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, changes and applications can be arbitrarily made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
In the present embodiment, the drain outlet 103C of the water supply pipe 103 is positioned below the upper end opening 35A of the exhaust duct 35 (in other words, the exhaust duct 35 itself is used as a regulating member), so that the drain outlet 103C is connected to the exhaust duct 35. Although it has been restricted to reach above the upper end opening 35A, the drain port 103C is not limited to this as long as it can be restricted from reaching above the upper end opening 35A of the exhaust duct 35. For example, a regulating member that is a separate member may be provided on the upper portion of the exhaust duct 35 or the ceiling portion 88. In this case, another member should just be arrange | positioned in the position higher than the drain outlet 103C. At this time, a regulating member that is a separate member is disposed between the exhaust duct 35 and the water supply pipe 103. The arrangement between the exhaust duct 35 and the water supply pipe 103 here includes being arranged in the exhaust duct 35.
In the present embodiment, the upper end of the exhaust duct 35 protrudes upward from the ceiling portion 88 of the main body 10. However, for example, a restricting member that is a separate member is provided on the upper portion of the exhaust duct 35 or the ceiling portion 88. The upper end of the exhaust duct 35 may be below the ceiling portion 88 of the main body 10 as long as it is disposed at a position higher than the drain outlet 103C.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus 10 Main body 11 Hopper 32 Condenser 31 Compressor 35 Exhaust duct 35A Upper end opening (upper end)
88 Ceiling part 101 Branch pipe 102 Water supply valve 103 Water supply pipe 103A Connection part 103B Water supply pipe body 103C Drain port 104 Water supply pipe 110 Water supply device L1 Distance between water supply pipe and exhaust duct L2 Length of water supply pipe main body

Claims (7)

A frozen confection manufacturing apparatus comprising: a main body; a hopper provided on a ceiling portion of the main body for containing a material for frozen confectionery; a water supply pipe for passing cleaning water through the hopper; and an exhaust duct provided adjacent to the main body. In
The water supply pipe is rotatable,
The exhaust duct is disposed within a rotation range of the water supply pipe,
A frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus comprising a regulating member that regulates rotation of the water supply pipe above the exhaust duct.   The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a drain outlet of the water supply pipe is positioned below an upper end of the regulating member.   The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the restriction member is provided at an upper portion of the exhaust duct.   The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the restriction member is a part of the exhaust duct, and an upper end of the exhaust duct protrudes upward from a ceiling portion of the main body.   The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the water supply pipe is disposed between the hopper and the exhaust duct.   The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the restriction member is disposed between the exhaust duct and the water supply pipe.   The said exhaust duct is attached to the back part of the said main body, The frozen dessert manufacturing apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 to 6 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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