JP2591702B2 - Egg breaker - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0101]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a split egg feeding apparatus which cuts a lower part of a vertically supported egg by a horizontally moving egg splitting blade and drops and feeds the split egg.

[0092]

2. Description of the Related Art With regard to this type of egg feeding apparatus, the applicant of the present invention filed an application for "an egg splitting apparatus" on January 10, 1992.

[0093]

In the above-mentioned prior application, the lower part of the egg supported in a vertical state is cut by a cleavage blade moving in a horizontal direction to perform the cleavage and to cut the egg. A technique for preventing mixing of broken eggshell fragments into broken eggs by setting a timing difference between the broken eggs and the supply of broken eggs. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to separate a cutting position of an eggshell from a supply position of a split egg in order to more reliably eliminate broken fragments of the eggshell. Further, in the above-mentioned prior application, the egg breaking supply hole is always open at the bottom of the case of the egg breaking feeding apparatus. Therefore, when the egg breaking device is integrated with the heater to form a fried egg grill, the heat of the heating device escapes through the egg breaking hole, so that the opening in a part of the lid of the heating dish is present. There is a problem that it becomes cooking and ideal fried egg cooking cannot be performed. The present invention provides an ideal fried egg cooking by performing cooking in a state in which the upper part of the heating dish is sealed in a state in which the egg breaking supply device is integrated with a heater to form an egg fryer. Make it an issue.

[0093]

Means for Solving the Problems A first invention of the present application is to provide a cleavage mechanism for moving an egg inserted vertically into a support hole of an egg support plate by moving a cleavage blade in a horizontal direction to perform a cleavage. An egg breaking guiding mechanism is provided for guiding the egg breaking from the egg receiving portion facing the supporting hole of the egg supporting plate to the egg falling hole with a phase difference from the supporting hole in the traveling direction of the egg breaking blade. The second invention of the present application has a shielding plate that enables the egg supply hole of the case body of the egg supply device to be shielded freely, and an opening shielding mechanism that moves the shielding plate in synchronization with the cleavage blade is provided. Is opened when the cleavage mechanism is activated, and is closed when the cleavage mechanism is not activated.

[0056]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the drawings. FIGS. 17 and 18 show an automatic fried egg machine integrated with an open toaster, in which an egg breaking supply device A is provided at an upper portion of a cooking device main body (open toaster) B, and is opposed to a lower surface of the breaking egg feeding device A. Then, the heating plate 31 receives the broken eggs (the contents of the eggs) F from the broken egg supply device A.
Is installed in the upper part, and the heating pan 31
A heating means (tubular heater) 33 for heating is provided. The illustrated cooker is a two-stage open toaster, in which a heating plate 32 and a tubular heater 34 are provided at the lower part.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the egg breaking mechanism 1 and the egg breaking guiding mechanism 2 are provided inside the left egg breaking case 10 with the lid 10b being detachable, to constitute the egg breaking supply apparatus A. The cleavage mechanism 1 includes an egg support plate 11 that supports the egg E in a vertical state with a part of the lower part of the egg E penetrating through the support hole 5 and is exposed downward, and an egg support plate 11 that is supported in an upright state and has a lower part. For the egg E partially exposed from the support hole 5 of the egg support plate 11, a cleavage blade 12 movable horizontally across the egg E, and the cleavage blade 1
Drive mechanism (electric motor) 13 for rotating drive 2
The cleavage blade 1 is activated by the activation of the electric motor 13.
2 is rotated to cut the eggshell, so that the broken eggs are dropped and supplied.

In this embodiment, referring to FIGS. 3 and 6, the electric motor 13 is fixed to the center of the egg support plate 11, the motor output shaft 13a is projected downward, and the tip of the motor output shaft 13a is The rotating body 15 is placed above the bearing seat 14 fixed to the center of the bottom surface 10a of the cleavage case 10 and has a prismatic shape, and the rotating body 15 is rotatably supported by the cleavage case 10,
The motor output shaft 13a is engaged with a square hole 15a formed at the center of the rotating body 15, and a circular window 12a at the center of the cleavage blade 12 is inserted into the rotating body 15 so as to engage the peripheral surface of the rotating body 15. By integrating the cleavage blade 12 with the rotating body 15 by locking the stop ridge 15b and the notch 12b of the circular window 12a,
Each time the electric motor 13 is started, the cleavage blade 12 is rotated once in the horizontal direction. Further, a pressing plate 16 that presses the upper part of the egg E from above and maintains the egg E in a pressing state from above is provided between the egg supporting plate 11 and the egg supporting plate 11, and is supported by the egg supporting plate 11 in a vertical state. The egg E is pressed against the egg support plate 11, and the pressing plate 16 is attached to the egg support plate 11 via the pivot mechanism 17 so that the base thereof is rotatable in the up-down direction via the pivot mechanism 17. Egg support plate 1 by lock mechanism 18
1 and integrated. 4 and 5,
17a is the pivot plate of the pivot mechanism 17, 18a is the lock mechanism 1
8 projections.

The pressing plate 16 is made of a plastic product, and the hemispherical egg holder 19 formed on the pressing plate 16 is deformable. The locking mechanism 18 is moved from the unlocked state shown in FIG. 7 to the projection 18a of the egg supporting plate 11 and the pressing plate. When the lever 18c is in the locked position in a state in which the notch 18b is engaged with the notch 16, the locking mechanism 18 is in the locked state in FIG. 1
The egg E in 9 is pressed against the egg support plate 11 by deformation of the hemispherical egg holder 19. Furthermore, in the embodiment, by making each of the support hole 5 of the egg support plate 11 and the egg holder 19 of the pressing plate 16 two, one rotation of the cleavage blade 12 each time the electric motor 7 is activated causes two rotations. The egg E was split at the same time.

The cleavage inducing mechanism 2 includes the cleavage blade 12 of the cleavage mechanism 1.
Below and above the bottom surface 10a of the cleavage case 10 and is provided with a cleavage supply guide plate 20 provided. The egg supply hole 4 provided on the bottom surface 10a of the egg breaking case 10 is
1 is formed with a phase difference in the traveling direction of the support hole 5 and the cleavage blade 12, and the cleavage supply guide plate 20 is located at a position facing the cleavage supply hole 4 on the bottom surface 10 a of the cleavage case 10. The egg falling hole 22 is formed in the supporting hole 5 of the egg supporting plate 11.
By forming the egg breaking down guide surface 23 for guiding the egg breaking toward the egg breaking supply hole 22 from the egg breaking receiving part 21 facing the
A phase difference is formed between the egg cutting position and the egg breaking supply position in the rotation direction of the egg breaking blade. In the embodiment, referring to FIGS. 9 to 11, the flow-down guide direction of the egg breaking down guide surface 23 is set to be an arc direction, and each time the cleavage mechanism is operated, the cleavage blade is rotated once to make two pieces. Egg support plate 1 to supply
The number of the support holes 1 and the number of the egg dropping holes of the egg supply guide plate 20 are respectively two, and the number of the egg breaking guide surfaces 23 is also two. 12
The direction of rotation is opposite to the direction of rotation of the egg breaking guide plate 20, but the number of the egg breaking holes 22 of the egg breaking guide plate 20 and the number of the egg breaking holes 4 of the bottom face 10a of the cleavage case 10 are each one, and two egg breaking down guide surfaces. By setting the flow-down guide directions of 23 to be opposite to each other (the direction of rotation of the cleavage blade and the direction of rotation of the cleavage blade), the supply of the two cleavages is made to be substantially at the same position, so that it is more ideal. It is convenient because it can be a fried egg shape (a fried egg dish in which two fried eggs are close to each other). Also, the upper surface of the egg breaking guide plate 20 contacts the lower surface of the egg breaking blade 12 to function as a blade receiving surface for the breaking blade 12, and the lower surface of the egg support plate 11 and the upper surface of the egg breaking guiding plate 20 The cleavage blade 12 is vertically sandwiched between them to prevent the cleavage blade 12 from swinging. In the embodiment, the notch 11a and the notch 20a are respectively provided in the egg support plate 11 and the split egg supply guide plate 20.
a, and the relative position of the egg support plate 11, the egg supply guide plate 20, and the cleavage case 10 is locked by a projection (not shown) protruding inward toward the peripheral wall of the cleavage case 10. It was regulated to set a predetermined phase difference between the egg breaking supply hole 4 and the support hole 5.

With reference to FIG. 12, the cleavage action according to the present invention will be described. Machine state: (a) of FIG. 12 By setting the egg E in the cleavage case 10 between the support hole 5 of the egg support plate 4 and the pressing plate 3, the egg E is elastically moved by the pressing plate 16. It is pressed against the support plate 11 to maintain a part of the lower part of the egg E exposed through the support hole 5 and exposed downward. A timer (not shown) is set at a desired time.

Cutting of eggshell: At the set time of the timer shown in FIG. 12B, the electric motor 13 is started by the operation of the timer, and the cleavage blade 12 is rotated once. The rotation of the cleavage blade 12 causes the cleavage blade 12 to contact the lower part of the egg E supported by the egg support plate 11, and cut the lower part of the egg E in the horizontal direction.

Scattering of eggshell cuttings: (c) As shown in FIG. 12 (c), the cleavage blade 12 further advances from the cutting position, so that the eggshell cuttings F move along with the movement of the cleavage blades 12 and the eggs move from the position of the support hole 5 to the eggs. The cutting blade 12 is skipped in the traveling direction.

Supply of broken egg I: FIG. 13 A: Drop on the broken egg supply guide plate: The cut piece F of the eggshell moves from the position of the support hole 5 in the traveling direction of the cleavage blade 12 so that the lower part is moved downward. The egg E cut in the horizontal direction is opened at the bottom, so that the content of the egg E,
It is dropped and supplied to the 0 egg breaking receiving portion 21. B: Movement of only broken eggs to the broken egg supply hole: broken egg supply guide plate 2
The broken egg G dropped and supplied to the 0 egg breaking receiving portion 21 moves in the falling guide direction due to the inclination of the broken egg falling guide surface 23 and is guided to the broken egg falling hole 22. At this time, the egg shell H above the cut portion of the egg E maintains the state supported by the egg support plate 11. C: Supply of broken eggs to the cooking dish: The broken eggs guided to the broken egg drop hole 22 are separated from the broken egg drop hole 4 on the case bottom surface 10a.
The egg falls down and is supplied to the cooking dish.

In the embodiment, each time the cleavage mechanism is actuated, the cleavage blade is rotated once to supply two eggs, so that the above operation is repeated to perform two cleavages. The operation of the cleavage mechanism once supplies two eggs to the cooking dish.

Next, the heat shielding effect according to the second invention of the present application will be described. The opening shielding mechanism 3 has a shielding plate 30 that can freely shield the egg feeding hole of the case main body of the egg breaking supply device. The hole is opened and moved in synchronization with the egg splitting blade, and the egg supply hole is opened by the timing of egg supply, and the egg supply hole is shielded during cooking, and the egg supply hole is shielded. Seal the upper part of the egg.

Referring to FIGS. 14 to 16, in the embodiment, the shielding plate 30 is located below the cleavage blade 12 between the case bottom surface 10a and the egg breaking supply guide plate 20, and The standby position of the blade 12 is located at a shielding position facing the egg breaking supply hole, and is separated from the position facing the egg breaking supply hole 4 to open the egg breaking supply hole 4 by timing of the egg breaking supply. ,
By setting a phase difference with the cleavage blade 12 and fixing the same to the same rotating shaft (the rotating body 15 integrated with the motor output shaft) as the cleavage blade 12, the cleavage is performed with a predetermined phase difference from the cleavage blade 12. It is configured to move synchronously with the blade 12. In addition, the shielding plate 30 is a cleavage blade 1
Similarly to 2, the shield 30 is inserted into the rotating body 15 by inserting the circular window 30a at the center thereof into the rotating body 15 and locking the locking ridge 15b on the peripheral surface of the rotating body 15 with the notch 30b of the circular window 30a. 15 and the cleavage blade 12, the electric motor 1
Each time the start-up of No. 3 was started, the egg-cutting blade 12 was rotated once by a predetermined phase difference in the horizontal direction.

In the embodiment, the egg breaking mechanism 2 is provided.
Since there is a phase difference between the egg cutting position and the egg breaking supply position in the rotation direction of the egg breaking blade, there is a slight time difference between the egg cutting timing and the egg breaking supply timing. Therefore, when setting the phase difference between the shielding plate 30 and the cleavage blade 6, even when the shielding plate 30 is set to the shielding position at the time of the cutting action of the cleavage blade, the shielding plate 30 is set to the opening position when the egg is supplied. By setting as appropriate, the object of the second invention can be achieved, but since there is only a slight time difference and there is substantially no difference in the opening time of the shielding plate 30, the standby position of the cleavage blade 12 (that is, the egg) By setting the shielding plate 30 to be located at the shielding position when the splitting blade 12 is stopped), the object of the second invention can be sufficiently achieved.

The shielding effect on the egg breaking supply hole of the second invention of the present application will be described. Standby state (FIG. 15) The shield plate 30 is located at a shield position for shielding the egg supply hole 4 of the case main body of the egg supply device, and shields the upper surface of the cooker main body 31. Therefore, even in the preheated state, the heating of the cooker main body 31 causes the cleavage case 10 of the egg breaking supply device.
Is prevented from rising. Cutting of eggshell and supply of broken eggs (FIG. 16) The shielding plate 30 is moved from a shielding position for shielding the broken egg supply holes 4 on the case bottom surface 10a of the broken egg supply device to move the broken egg supply holes 4.
In the open state in which the opening of the cooking device main body 31 enables the falling supply of the broken egg to the heating cooking dish of the cooking device main body 31, whereby the cooking device main body by the supply of the broken eggs I, II, and III of the first invention described above. No problem is caused in the drop supply of the broken eggs to the 31 heating dishes. At the time of cooking the egg with the cooking dish (FIG. 15) Returning to the standby state, the shielding plate 30 is in the shielding position for shielding the egg supplying hole 4 of the case main body of the egg supplying apparatus, and the cooker body 31 is provided. The upper surface is shielded. Accordingly, the heating of the cooker main body 31 prevents the temperature inside the cleavage case 10 of the egg breaking supply device from rising, and prevents heat from escaping into the cleavage case 10 of the breaking egg feeding device. The upper surface of the egg in the plate is in a general fried egg cooking state, and good fried egg cooking can be performed.

In the embodiment, each time the cleavage mechanism is actuated, the cleavage blade is rotated once to supply two eggs, so that the cleavage is performed twice. Since two shielding plates 30 are used to shield the two egg supply holes 4,
An intermediate position instantaneously exists between the cutting of the eggshell and the supply of eggs and the next cutting of the eggshell and the supply of eggs,
The two egg supply holes 4 are shielded.

[0202]

According to the first invention of the present application, by separating the supply position of the egg from the cutting position, the separation of the broken pieces of the eggshell and the broken eggs is ensured, and the contents of the eggs are not mixed with the broken pieces of the shell. Only can be supplied. In the second invention of the present application, when cooking the egg, the egg supply hole of the case body is shielded by a shielding plate,
By keeping the upper part of the egg on the heating plate in a sealed state, the upper surface of the egg on the cooking plate becomes in a heating state similar to general fried egg cooking, and equipped with the egg breaking supply device of the first invention. Good fried egg cooking can be provided even in a heating cooker.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an egg breaking supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is cut in a longitudinal direction in a plane and cut in a position of a breaking egg feeding hole and a support hole.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a cross-section in a horizontal direction in a plan view and a cross-section at a position of a breaking egg supply hole and a support hole.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a driving mechanism of the cleavage blade, which is also cross-sectioned at the center position in the horizontal direction in plan view

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an egg support plate.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the same.

6 shows a cleavage blade, wherein FIG. 6A is a plan view, and FIG.
Sectional view taken along line -I

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the unlocking state of the pressing plate.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the same unlocked state.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the egg breaking guide plate.

FIG. 10 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view showing cutting of an egg shell by the egg breaking supply device.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the egg breaking induction mechanism.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a shielding plate of the opening shielding mechanism.

FIG. 15 is an operation explanatory view of the opening shielding mechanism, showing the shielding plate in a standby position.

FIG. 16 is an operation explanatory view showing the shielding plate at the operation position of the cleavage blade.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing an automatic fried egg machine in which the present invention is integrated with an oven toaster.

FIG. 18 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Egg breaking supply device B Cooker main unit (oven toaster) E Egg F Breaking egg (Egg contents) 1 Breaking mechanism 2 Breaking egg induction mechanism 3 Opening shielding mechanism 4 Breaking egg supply hole 5 Support hole 10 Breaking case 10a Bottom surface Reference Signs List 11 egg support plate 12 egg breaking blade 13 drive mechanism (electric motor) 13 20 split egg supply guide plate 21 split egg receiving part 22 split egg falling hole 23 split egg flow down guide surface 30 shielding plate

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. An egg support plate 11 for supporting an egg E in a vertical state with a part of the lower part of the egg E penetrating through a support hole 5 and being exposed downward, and a support hole 5 of the egg support plate 11. The egg support plate 11 includes a cleavage blade 12 that can move horizontally in a horizontal direction across a lower part of an upright egg E that is exposed downward, and a drive mechanism 13 for moving the cleavage blade 12. A breaking mechanism 1 for breaking the eggs inserted and supported in the support hole in a vertical state by a cleavage blade moving in a horizontal direction; and a breaking mechanism 21 for breaking the eggs by a breaking tray 21 facing the support hole of the egg support plate 11. An egg-guiding unit 2 and an egg-breaking guiding mechanism 2 for guiding the egg breaking toward the egg-feeding hole 22 having a positional difference in the traveling direction of the egg-cutting blade in a plan view. Cut the lower part of the egg supported by, vertically drop the split egg, and cut the egg in the split case from the cutting position of the egg A split egg feeding device characterized in that split eggs are dropped and fed from a split egg feeding hole after being moved toward the feeding hole. 2. An egg support plate 11 for supporting the egg E in a vertical state with a part of the lower part of the egg E penetrating through the support hole 5 and exposing the lower part, and a lower part of the egg E supported in an upright state. A cutting blade 12 that is rotatable in a horizontal direction across an egg E whose portion is exposed from the support hole 5 of the egg supporting plate 11, and the motor output shaft is integrated with the cleavage blade 12 to divide the egg. And an electric motor 13 for directly connecting and rotating the egg 12 and rotating the cleavage blade in the horizontal direction to cut the lower part of the egg which is inserted and supported in the support hole of the egg support plate 11 in a vertical state. A splitting mechanism 1 for splitting; a split egg supply hole having a positional difference in the advancing direction of the split blade with respect to the split receiving part 21 from the split receiving part 21 facing the support hole of the egg supporting plate 11 in plan view. And a cleavage inducing mechanism 2 for inducing the cleavage toward the 22. The cleavage blade 12 is directly connected to the motor output shaft of the electric motor 13. The egg feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the egg breaking drive is performed, and a phase difference is formed between the egg cutting position and the egg feeding position in the rotation direction of the egg breaking blade 12. 3. The egg support hole 5 of the egg support plate 11 and the egg falling hole 22 of the egg supply guide plate 20 are each two, and the cleavage blade 12 is rotated once every time the cleavage mechanism is operated. The egg breaking supply device according to claim 2, wherein two egg breaking eggs are fed. 4. The egg support plate 11 has two egg support holes 5, the split egg supply guide plate 20 has two split flow guide surfaces 23, and the split egg drop holes 22 are different from each other. 3. The egg breaking supply device according to claim 2, wherein the number is one. 5. A shield plate 30 for shielding the egg supply hole 4 of the case bottom surface 10a of the egg supply device.
0 includes an opening shielding mechanism 3 that moves the egg dropping hole 4 in synchronization with the opening blade 12 and the cleavage blade 12 by timing of the egg breaking supply, and moves synchronously with the movement of the cleavage blade 12 of the cleavage mechanism. The breaking egg supply hole 4 is opened by the timing of the breaking egg supply, and the breaking egg supply hole is shielded during the cooking of the breaking egg, and the upper part of the breaking egg on the heating plate is sealed. Breaking egg feeding device. 6. An egg supporting plate 11 for supporting the egg E in a vertical state with a lower part of the egg E penetrating through the supporting hole 5 and being exposed downward, and a supporting hole 5 of the egg supporting plate 11. The egg support plate 11 includes a cleavage blade 12 that can move horizontally in a horizontal direction across a lower part of an upright egg E that is exposed downward, and a drive mechanism 13 for moving the cleavage blade 12. A breaking mechanism 1 for breaking the eggs inserted and supported in the support hole in a vertical state by a cleavage blade moving in a horizontal direction; and a breaking mechanism 21 for breaking the eggs by a breaking tray 21 facing the support hole of the egg support plate 11. The egg breaking guiding mechanism 2 for guiding the egg breaking toward the egg receiving portion 21 and the egg breaking hole supply hole 22 having a positional difference in the advancing direction of the egg breaking blade in plan view; the egg breaking feeding on the case bottom surface 10a of the egg breaking feeding device. A shield plate 30 for freely shielding the hole 4 is provided. An opening shielding mechanism 3 that is moved synchronously with the egg splitting blade 12 so as to be in the open state, and cuts the lower part of the egg supported vertically in the support hole of the egg support plate 11 to drop the egg vertically. At the same time, the egg is moved in a plan view from the cutting position of the egg toward the egg supply hole 4, and then the egg is dropped and supplied from the egg supply hole 4 to determine the position between the egg cutting position and the egg supply position. The position difference is formed in a plan view therebetween, and the broken egg supply hole is shielded when the broken egg is cooked by heating, so that the upper part of the broken egg on the heating plate is sealed. Egg breaking supply device. 7. The shielding plate 30 has the same rotating body 1 as the cleavage blade 12.
5 is fixed with a phase difference in the moving direction of the cleavage blade 12,
At the standby position of the egg breaking blade 12, it is located at a shielding position facing the egg supply hole 4 and is in a closed state, and the egg supply hole is opened apart from the position facing the egg supply hole 4 by timing of egg supply. The egg breaking supply device according to claim 5, wherein the egg breaking feeding device is in a state.