JP2509305Y2 - Thawing room - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention is a freezer for frozen foods, and more specifically, it stores frozen foods and, if necessary, defrosts them, and then stores them in a heated state or after defrosting them. The present invention relates to a thawing chamber that can be stored in a refrigerator and can be used depending on the usage of frozen food after thawing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For thawing frozen foods, a microwave oven is used for thawing and heating if it is an extremely small amount of frozen products, but this is limited to a small amount of processing, for example, for commercial use. There was no thawing warehouse used for thawing and heating of a large amount of frozen products as described above, or for thawing and refrigerating storage.

[0003]

Thus, if an extremely small amount of frozen products can be thawed in a microwave oven and then heat-processed, most of them are processed at home. A large amount of frozen food such as 10 kg to 20 kg or more, such as Inari sushi, Chinese steamed bun, red rice, etc., is thawed quickly, and after thawing, heat and store it, or refrigerate it after thawing. There was no thawing cabinet that had a function that matched the storage conditions after thawing, such as storing. From this point of view, it is an object of the present invention to provide a thaw cabinet having a multi-function that can quickly thaw a large amount of frozen products and that is suitable for storage conditions after thaw.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a defrosting control box 2 on one side of the processing box 1 and a cooling control box 3 on the other side.
Is integrally provided, and a blower fan 19 is provided above the processing box 1 near the cooling control box 3 to supply cold air from the cooling chamber 14 in the cooling control box 3 to the processing box 1. The thawing control box 2 communicates with the upper communication port 11 and the lower communication port 12, and the lower communication port 12
Is provided with a blower fan 13 to supply the air in the defrosting control box 2 to the processing box 1 as a defroster.

In this invention, the processing box 1 is provided with a humidifier 7 and a humidity sensor 8 of the humidifier so that the humidity of the air circulating in the refrigerator can be adjusted.

In this invention, the frozen product in the processing box 1 is thawed by the heated air from the defrosting control box 2, is subsequently heated by the heated air, and is stored in the heated state. It becomes a defroster that can be stored after heating.

In this invention, depending on the storage conditions after thawing, the frozen product in the processing box 1 is thawed by the warm air from the thawing control box 2 and then refrigerated by the cool air from the cooling chamber 14. After being thawed, it becomes a thaw cabinet that can be stored in a refrigerator.

[0008]

The frozen product in the processing box is thawed by the hot air from the defrosting control box circulating in both boxes. This defrosted product is stored under the following storage condition, that is, the defrosted product is further heated and heated. When you want to store it in the state, the cooling device of the cooling control box is not operated, only the defrosting device of the defrosting control box is operated, and during this time, the frozen product is thawed at the temperature and time suitable for defrosting until it is thawed. However, after that, it is heated and stored by circulating heated air at a temperature suitable for the storage temperature of the defrosted product, and when you want to store the defrosted product in a refrigerator, only the defrosting device of the defrosting control box is operated until defrosting, When the thawing is completed, the operation of the thawing equipment is stopped, and subsequently only the cooling equipment of the cooling control box is operated to be refrigerated and stored.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view of a thawing container according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross sectional plan view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 1, and 1 is a processing box. And
A defrosting control box 2 is provided on one side of the processing box 1.
However, a cooling control box 3 is integrally provided on the other side to form a defroster 4. The treatment box 1 is surrounded on four sides by a heat insulating material 5 and is provided with a shelf 6 inside which a frozen product to be thawed is placed, a humidifier 7 is provided above, and a humidity sensor 8 of the humidifier 7 is provided above the top. To be The thawing control box 2 on one side of the processing box 1 is surrounded by the heat insulating material 7 like the processing box 1, and the heater 10 is inserted inside. An upper communication port 11 and a lower communication port 12 communicate with each other between the processing box 1 and the defrosting control box 2, and the lower communication port 12 is provided with a blower fan 13. The air in the thawing control box 2 heated by the heater 10 is sent to the processing box 1 by the blower fan 13, and the upper air in the processing box 1 is thawing control from the upper communication port 11. It is sucked into the box 2 and forms a circulating flow in a clockwise direction between the boxes 1 and 2. A cooling chamber 14 is formed in the cooling control box 3 on the other side of the processing box 1, and a cooler 15 is placed inside the cooling chamber 14. In addition, 16 is a compressor of a refrigerator and 17 is a humidification transformer. Reference numeral 18 denotes a blower fan for feeding the cool air in the cooling chamber 14 of the cooling control box 3 to the treatment box 1 at one corner of the treatment box 1, whereby the cool air communicates from the upper portion of the treatment chamber 1 to the upper portion. The cold air passes through the mouth 11, the thawing control box 2, the lower communication port 12, the processing chamber 1, and the upper communication port 11 and the thawing control box 2 again. Although it circulates in a clockwise direction with the box 2, a part of the cool air enters the cooling chamber 14 and is cooled and sent to the processing box 1 by the blower fan 18. The fan 13 is operated, and the heater 10 of the defrosting control box 2 is not energized. Further, 19 is a drainage hole provided in the processing box 1, 20 is a hinged door of the processing box 1, which is also made of a heat insulating material 21, and 22 is a base of the defroster 4. Further, reference numeral 23 denotes an outside air intake gallery of the cooler 15 provided in the cooling control box 3, which is provided with a filter. Reference numeral 24 is a digital thermometer of the cooling chamber 14, 25 is a dial of a temperature controller of the cooler 15, 26 is a temperature controller of the heater 10, which is provided with a thermostat at high temperature.
7 is a timer for thawing operation, 28 is a refrigeration switch, 29 is a thawing switch, 30 is a stop switch,
Reference numeral 31 is a humidity controller.

Next, an operation procedure for thawing a frozen product using the thawing chamber 4 and then storing the thawed product in a heated state and for thawing the frozen product and then refrigerating the product will be described. In the case of 1, the frozen product is first placed on the shelf 6 of the processing box 1, and by pressing the defrosting switch 29, the heater 10 in the defrosting control box 2 is energized and the blower fan 13 of the lower communication port 12 is supplied. Starts operating. As a result, the warm air becomes a circulating flow in the clockwise direction between the processing box 1 and the defrosting control box 2 through the upper communication port 11 and the lower communication port 12 to thaw the frozen product.
In this thawing, an appropriate thawing temperature is set according to the freezing temperature and quantity of the frozen product, the temperature of the heater 10 is determined by the temperature controller 26, and the thawing time under that condition is set and the thawing timer 27 is set. Thaw is completed at the most preferable thaw temperature for the frozen product by operating. Completion of this thawing, that is, thawing timer 2
When 7 indicates the completion of the scheduled time, the buzzer sounds and the stop switch 30 is set to blink the red lamp, and the worker knows that the thawing is completed by blinking the buzzer and the red lamp. By pressing the stop switch 30, the power supply to the heater 10 is stopped and the rotation of the blower fan 13 is stopped.

After the thawing is completed, in order to store the thawed product in a warmed state, the temperature of the heater 10 is adjusted by the temperature controller 26 based on the set storage temperature and the thawing timer is set. If 27 is operated in accordance with the storage time, the heating heater 10 and the blower fan 13 are operated for a desired time while keeping the storage temperature as in the case of thawing, and the storage in the heated state is performed.

When it is desired to store the thawed product in a refrigerated state after thawing, the temperature of the refrigerated storage is indicated by the temperature controller dial 25 of the cooler, and the refrigerator switch is pressed by pressing the refrigerating switch 28. 16 starts to operate, and cool air generated by the cooler 15 is generated in the cooling chamber 14, and the cool air is sent into the processing box 1 by the blower fan 18 and further enters the defrosting control box 2 from the upper communication port 11 and the blower fan 13 The thawed product on the shelf 6 is refrigerated by forming a circulating flow in the clockwise direction that is fed to the processing box 1 by the. At this time, a part of the circulation flow enters the cooling chamber 14, is cooled, and is sent to the processing box 1 again.
Next, when refrigeration is no longer needed, the stop switch 30 may be pressed to stop the operation of the refrigerator. In addition,
The humidifier 7 is for maintaining the humidity in the defroster 4,
The humidity controller 31 always maintains a desired humidity.

[0013]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the thaw cabinet according to the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to thaw a large amount of frozen products easily in a short time and under suitable conditions. Following this, the thawed product can be stored under heating, or it can be stored refrigerated following thawing. Depending on the use of the thawed product after thawing the frozen product, storage under heating It can be used as a defroster with two storage functions: cold storage and refrigerated storage, so a large amount of frozen products can be thawed in a short time, and the thawed products can be warmed and stored according to the demand of retail stores, or refrigerated. It became possible to take necessary storage means such as storage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view of a thawing cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of that of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the one shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Processing Box 2 Defrosting Control Box 3 Cooling Control Box 4 Defroster 5 Insulation Material 6 Shelf 7 Humidifier 8 Humidity Sensor 9 Insulation Material 10 Heating Heater 11 Upper Communication Port 12 Lower Communication Port 13 Blower Fan 14 Cooling Room 15 Cooler 16 Refrigerator Compressor 17 Humidifying Transformer 18 Blower Fan 19 Drainage Hole 20 Swing Door 21 Insulating Material 22 Units 23 Outside Air Intake Gallery 24 Digital Thermometer 25 Digital Temperature Controller Dial for Cooling Device 26 Temperature Controller for Heating Heater 27 Defrosting Timer 28 Refrigeration Switch 29 Defrosting switch 30 Stop switch 31 Humidity controller

Claims (4)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A defrosting control box (2) is integrally provided on one side of the processing box (1), and a cooling control box (3) is integrally provided on the other side of the processing box (1). Blower fan (1) near the cooling control box (3) at the top
9) is provided and the cooling chamber (1) in the cooling control box (3) is provided.
The cold air from 4) is sent, and the processing box (1) and the thawing control box (2) communicate with each other through the upper communication port (11) and the lower communication port (12), and the lower communication port (12). The defrosting chamber is characterized in that a blower fan (13) is provided in the box to feed the air in the defrosting control box (2) to the processing box (1). 2. A humidifier (7) is provided in the processing box (1).
And a humidity sensor (8) for the humidifier (7). 3. The frozen product in the processing box (1) is thawed by warm air from the thaw control box (2), is subsequently heated by heated air, and is stored in a heated state. The thawing cabinet according to claim 1. 4. The frozen product in the processing box (1) is thawed by warm air from the thawing control box (2),
The thawing cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the thawing cabinet is refrigerated and stored by cold air from the cooling chamber (14).