JP2815289B2 - Automatic baking method and apparatus for okonomiyaki - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic okonomiyaki baking method and apparatus for automatically and continuously baking okonomiyaki.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a okonomiyaki material, chopped cabbage, flour dissolved in water and fluidized, and a piece of okonomiyaki material, such as an egg, stored in a cup have been marketed. At home, you can bake just by mixing this one piece of okonomiyaki. However, such conventional okonomiyaki has an advantage in that one material is preliminarily distributed and the time required for making it at home can be saved, but it must be baked on an iron plate. Baking okonomiyaki on an iron plate requires a considerable amount of time, and a thick iron plate is required for delicious baking. For this reason, it would be more convenient if the baked okonomiyaki could be commercialized. However, in order to commercialize baked okonomiyaki, a large amount of okonomiyaki needs to be supplied, and if baked okonomiyaki is baked by humans, it is difficult to meet demand. Also, in order to bake okonomiyaki, the okonomiyaki material must be made so as to finally have a substantially plate shape,
Wheat flour, which is a part of the okonomiyaki material, is dissolved in water and exhibits a fluid state, so that if pressed from above by a pressing member, the flour will adhere. On the other hand, JP-A-54-14
No. 5,275, proposes a hamburg firing furnace. This product is equipped with a reversing device on a conveyor in which iron plates are connected endlessly, a hamburger that has been formed to a predetermined thickness is placed on the conveyor and transferred, and the hamburger is turned over by a baking device during the transfer. The baking is performed automatically and continuously. However, even in this firing furnace, the okonomiyaki material having fluid flour is baked using this apparatus, because the hamburger that has been formed into a predetermined thickness is simply baked. Even if it can be baked while being inverted, it cannot be baked to a certain thickness.
Further, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. Sho 61-30431 also proposes a device in which meat and fish are placed on a conveyor in which iron plates are connected endlessly and the meat and fish are automatically and continuously grilled by a baking device. . However, even if the okonomiyaki material having the fluid flour is baked using such an apparatus, the okonomiyaki baked in a certain thickness cannot be obtained because the okonomiyaki is simply baked. Also, suppose that the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-145275 and the Japanese Utility Model Application
For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 431 is provided with a vertically movable pressing member a, and presses the okonomiyaki material A by lowering it to a predetermined position with respect to the upper surface of an iron plate b forming a conveyor. It is also possible to do. But,
Since the iron plate b is heated by the baking device and variously deformed for each iron plate b, even if the upper surface position of the conveyor 12 is not determined and the pressing member 71 is lowered to a predetermined position,
For example, the interval t between the pressing member 71 and the upper surface of each of the iron plates b1 and b2 varies between the iron plate b1 deformed into an upwardly curved shape and the iron plate b2 deformed into a downwardly curved shape. The fed okonomiyaki material A may not be formed to a constant thickness. Accordingly, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-145
It is difficult to automatically and continuously obtain okonomiyaki baked to a constant thickness by simply using the apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 275 or No. 61-30431.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic okonomiyaki baking method capable of baking okonomiyaki with a constant thickness. It is to provide the device.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing an automatic okonomiyaki baking method having the following features. In the automatic okonomiyaki baking method of the present invention, the okonomiyaki material A is sequentially supplied onto the conveyor 12 for sequentially transferring one piece of the okonomiyaki material A. afterwards,
The supplied okonomiyaki material A is inverted. Next, on the upper surface side of the inverted okonomiyaki material A, there are provided dimensioning members 72 projecting downward, and the lower surfaces of the pressing members 71, 73 having a weight capable of pressing the okonomiyaki material A. The okonomiyaki material A on the conveyor 12 is placed on the side
The weight of the pressing members 71 and 73 is applied from above to the lower end of the dimensioning member 72 of the pressing members 71 and 73 until the lower end of the sizing member 72 contacts the upper surface of the conveyor 12. This is an automatic okonomiyaki baking method in which the thickness of the material A is adjusted to a constant thickness and the baked material is baked.

On the other hand, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing an automatic okonomiyaki baking apparatus having the following features. The automatic baking device for okonomiyaki of the present invention,
Conveyor 12 for sequentially transferring one piece of okonomiyaki material A
And a supply device 2 for sequentially supplying one piece of the okonomiyaki material A onto the conveyor 12, a reversing device 4 for reversing the supplied okonomiyaki material A, and a baking device 8 for baking the okonomiyaki material A. And a thickness adjusting device 7 for adjusting the thickness of the okonomiyaki material A. In addition, the thickness adjusting device 7 includes a support member 70 that is vertically movably arranged above the conveyor 12 and pressing members 71 and 73 having a weight capable of pressing the okonomiyaki material A. Further, the pressing members 71 and 73
Is provided with a dimensioning member 72 protruding downward from the lower surface, and the pressing members 71 and 73 are supported by the supporting member 70 so as to be able to move up and down, so that the supporting member 70 moves downward. Thus, the lower surfaces of the pressing members 71 and 73 can be placed on the upper surface of the okonomiyaki material A on the conveyor 12, so that the pressing members 71 and 73 can be placed on the okonomiyaki material A on the conveyor 12. By applying the weight and pressing until the lower end of the dimensioning member 72 contacts the upper surface of the conveyor 12, the thickness of the okonomiyaki material A can be adjusted by an automatic okonomiyaki baking apparatus. is there.

[0006]

According to the automatic baking method of okonomiyaki of the present invention, pressing members 71 and 73 having a dimension determining member 72 protruding downward and having a weight capable of pressing the okonomiyaki material A are conveyed. By placing the okonomiyaki material A on the conveyor 12 from above, the weight of the pressing members 71 and 73 is placed on the upper surface side of the okonomiyaki material A on the conveyor 12.
Pressing is performed until the lower end of the dimensioning member 72 contacts the upper surface of the conveyor 12. By doing so, the thickness of the okonomiyaki material A can be adjusted according to the amount of protrusion of the dimensioning member 72 from the pressing members 71, 73. At this time, since the lower end of the dimensioning member 72 is pressed until the lower end of the dimensioning member 72 comes into contact with the upper surface of the conveyor 12, the okonomiyaki having a constant thickness is always applied regardless of the upper surface position of the conveyor 12. Obtainable.

On the other hand, in the automatic okonomiyaki baking apparatus of the present invention, there are provided dimensioning members 72 projecting downward, and pressing members 71, 73 having a weight capable of pressing the okonomiyaki material A. The pressing members 71 and 73 are placed on the upper surface side of the okonomiyaki material A on the conveyor 12 as the supporting member 70 moves downward by supporting the supporting member 70 so as to be vertically movable. And this placement allows the lower end of the sizing member 72 to be
It is assumed that the pressing members 71 and 73 press the okonomiyaki material A on the conveyor 12 from the upper side until it comes into contact with the upper surface of the tray 2. In this way, even when the iron plates 12a... 12a forming the conveyor 12 are warmed by the baking device 8 and variously deformed for each of the iron plates 12a. With only 73, the okonomiyaki material A can always be adjusted to a constant thickness. Thereby, the thickness adjusting device 7 can be simplified.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an automatic baking method for okonomiyaki according to the present invention and an apparatus therefor will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic baking apparatus for okonomiyaki according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The automatic baking apparatus for okonomiyaki of the present invention comprises:
A conveyor device 1 for sequentially transferring the okonomiyaki material A, a supply device 2 disposed on the start end side of the conveyor device 1, a scraper 3 disposed on the rear side of the supply device 2, and a scraper 3 , A reversing device 4 and a baking device 8 disposed on the rear side.

The conveyor device 1 includes left and right wheels 11,
An endless conveyor 12 wound around 11, a heating means 13 for heating the conveyor 11, and an oil supply means 14 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the conveyor 12 is made endless by connecting a plurality of iron plates 12a... 12a having a predetermined width. Then, it is wound around the left and right wheels 11, 11 shown in FIG. 1, and circulates from the start end side to the rear end side (X direction in the drawing) as the wheel 11 rotates. In addition, this circulation is intermittently movable for each length of the iron plate 12a, that is, for each iron plate 12a by adjusting the rotation of the wheel 11.
Further, in this embodiment, the width of the conveyor 12 is such that four okonomiyaki materials A can be arranged, and at the same time, the four okonomiyaki materials A are placed and transported. Therefore, each device such as a supply device 2, a scraping device 3, and a reversing device 4, which will be described later, also simultaneously supplies four okonomiyaki materials A,
The four devices are arranged side by side in the width direction on the conveyor 12 so that they can be raked and inverted. Hereinafter, one of them will be described.

The heating means 13 of the conveyor 12 is for applying residual heat to the conveyor 12 and is disposed at the start end of the conveyor 12 in front of the supply device 2 and comes to this position by a heat retaining burner. To a predetermined temperature. In this embodiment, the conveyor 12 retains the residual heat until the okonomiyaki material A is baked to a certain extent until the okonomiyaki material A is placed. It is sufficient that the flour forming a part of the flour can be formed from a fluid state to a viscous state.

The oil supply means 14 is arranged behind the heating means 13 at the start end of the conveyor 12 and supplies oil to the circulating conveyor 12 sequentially. In this embodiment, a scrap removing device 15 is provided on the rear side of the oil supply means 14 to remove scraps of the okonomiyaki material A adhered on the conveyor 12.

The supply device 2 is for sequentially supplying the okonomiyaki material A onto the conveyor 12 as shown in FIG.
A solids conveying device 21 for conveying solids such as cabbage;
The apparatus includes a flour feeding device 22 for feeding flour dissolved in water, an egg feeding device 23 for sending stirred eggs, and a stirring device 24 for receiving and stirring these.

The solid material transfer device 21 includes a solid material transfer conveyor 21a, and a weight measuring device 21b disposed below the conveyor 21a. The conveyor 21a for transferring solids receives solids mixed with cabbage, ginger, green onions, etc., which have been cut into a predetermined size, from the hopper at the start end on the left side in the drawing, and sequentially transfers the solids rearward to the weighing device 21b.
Drop. The means for transporting the solids is not limited to a conveyor, but may be, for example, a feeder that conveys by vibration. Also, in this embodiment,
Two rotating members 21c, 21c are provided on the rear side of the solid material conveying conveyor 21a, and a large amount of solids such as cabbage are dropped on the weight measuring device 21b at a time by these rotating members 21c, 21c. Not to be.
Specifically, each of the rotating members 21c has a cylindrical shape whose peripheral surface is formed in a mesh shape, and the upper surface of the solid material transporting conveyor 21a is formed between the surface of the solid material transporting conveyor 21a and the peripheral surface of the rotating member 21c. It is attached so as to form a predetermined space therebetween, and is configured to rotate in a direction opposite to the solid material transport conveyor 21a, and the solid material is transported while being stacked high on the solid material transport conveyor 21a. If
Only the material between the surface of the solid material transporting conveyor 21a and the peripheral surface of the rotating member 21c is passed, and the feeding of more than that is stopped by the rotation of the rotating member 21c. Thereby, a small amount of solid matter can be sent to the weighing device 21b by a predetermined amount.

The weight measuring device 21b receives the solids dropped from the solids conveying conveyor 21a in a tray 21e,
When the amount of the tray 21e accumulated for one piece of okonomiyaki is increased, the weight of the support shaft 21 of the tray 21e depends on its weight.
and the rear end of the support shaft 21f contacts the limit switch 21g. At this time, if a large amount of solid matter is dropped at once, a measurement error occurs, but the solid matter transfer device 2
Since a small amount of solid matter is received by a predetermined amount by the two rotating members 21c, 21c, measurement can be performed with almost no measurement error. Thereby, one solid is measured, and thereafter, the measured solid is pushed out from the front side of the tray 21e by the pushing member 21h disposed in the tray 21e, and the stirring device 2 described later is used.
4 is placed in the stirring container 24a. The weight setting means of the weight measuring device 21b is attached to the support shaft 21f by a heavy weight 2.
1i is attached and the weight 21i is set by moving the weight 21i, but may be set by another method.

The flour feeding device 22 and the egg feeding device 23 are constituted by the same device, and are flour (hereinafter referred to as fluidized flour) which is dissolved in water and exhibits a fluid state.
Stirred eggs are stored in storage containers 22a and 23a, respectively.
This is put into the stirring container 24a of the stirring device 24 by a predetermined amount by a valve mechanism. Specifically, each piston 22
When b and 23b are pulled, the first valves 22c and 23c are opened, and the storage containers 22a and 22b are set in an amount set for one piece of okonomiyaki.
3a, when the pistons 22b, 23b are pressed, the first valve closes and at the same time the second valves 22d, 23d
Is opened, and the amount of the fluidized flour and the eggs that have been stirred are sent to the stirring container 24a of the stirring device 24.
The feeding device is not limited to a device using a valve, but may be, for example, a device using a rotary valve, as long as it can feed a predetermined amount at a time.

The stirrer 24 mixes the solids conveyed by the solids conveyer 21 with the fluidized flour and the stirred eggs sent by the flour feeder 22 and the egg feeder 23 to a stirrer 24a. And stirred by a stirring member 24b disposed in the stirring container 24a. This stirring member 24b is
24c, a plurality of rod-shaped members 24c... 24c are disposed inside the agitating member 24b.
While rotating around the stirring member 24b with the rotation of, the whole revolves around the inside of the stirring container 24a at the same time.
The solid matter, the fluid flour and the stirred eggs are thoroughly stirred, and one piece of mixed okonomiyaki material A is produced. An opening / closing shutter 24d is provided on the lower surface of the stirring container 24a, and one okonomiyaki material A is placed on the conveyor 12 by opening the shutter 24d.

The above-mentioned supply device 2 is provided with a solid material transfer device 21, a flour feed device 22, and an egg feed device 23. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be such that one piece of okonomiyaki material mixed and made into a cup or the like is sequentially supplied by a conveyor.

The scraper 3 is disposed on the conveyor 12 and collects the okonomiyaki material A placed on the conveyor 12 at the center. This raking device 3
As shown in FIG. 3, there are provided a rotating shaft 31 rotatably and vertically movable, a plate-shaped scraping member 32, and an operating member 33 for operating the scraping member 32.

The rotating shaft 31 has a driving gear 31a on the upper part, and the driving gear 31a is connected to a driving shaft (not shown) to rotate. Also, at the bottom,
Upper and lower two screw gears 31b, 3 connected to the support member 33;
1b is fixed, and rotates with the rotation of the rotating shaft 31.

The operating member 33 has an operating body 33a and two upper and lower screw gears 33b, 33b rotatably mounted on the upper part of the supporting body 33a. Also, the support body 3
3a and each of the screw gears 33b, 33b
3b is rotatably attached to a peripheral portion separated from the core 33c by a predetermined distance. On the other hand, the upper and lower two screw gears 33
b and 33b are two screw gears 31 above and below the rotating shaft 31.
When the gears b and 31b mesh with each other, they rotate and, at the same time, revolve around the respective peripheral portions of the screw gears 31b and 31b. The support member 33 includes two upper and lower screw gears 33b,
33b and two screw gears 31b above and below the rotating shaft 31;
31b is attached to the rotating shaft 31 so as to mesh with each other.

The raking member 32 is attached to the lower end of the support body 33a via a leaf spring 34. The vertical position of the raking member 32 is set so that the lower end of the raking member 32 contacts the upper surface of the conveyor 12 when the rotating shaft 31 is lowered.
2 is the outer peripheral portion of the okonomiyaki material A placed thereon. Here, the movement of the raking member 32 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, when the upper and lower two screw gears 33b, 33b of the operation main body 33a rotate with the rotation of the rotating shaft 31, the operation main body 33a becomes screw gears 33b, 33b. Core 33c
, The raking member 32 rotates vertically in the outer peripheral position of the okonomiyaki material A.
At this time, the lower side in the rotational motion is brought into contact with the upper surface of the conveyor 12 by the action of the leaf spring 34 to be in a linear motion,
After moving a predetermined distance, it rises. At the same time, the upper and lower two screw gears 33b and 33b of the operation main body 33a orbit the upper and lower two screw gears 31b and 31b of the rotating shaft 31, so that the scraping member 32 is placed on the outer peripheral portion of the okonomiyaki placed thereon. Turn the position once. When the scraping member 32 descends, the leaf spring 34 relieves the shock when the scraping member 32 comes into contact with the upper surface of the conveyor 12 to reduce the operation body 33a.
As described above, the scraping member 32 is linearly moved to slide on the upper surface of the conveyor 12 so that the okonomiyaki material A can be scraped over a wide range. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the raking member 32 is rotated vertically with the upper surface of the conveyor 12 at the lowermost end, the leaf spring 34 may not be provided. Also, instead of a leaf spring,
The linear motion and the rotary motion may be performed.

The reversing device 4 automatically turns the okonomiyaki material A collected by the scraping device 3 upside down. As shown in FIG. 5, two reversing plate-like materials are provided. Inverting members 41, 41, and this inverting member 4
1 and 41 are provided. In addition, each reversing member operation section 42 includes a reversing member 41.
Guide member 42 that supports
a and a rotating means for rotating the reversing member 41. In this embodiment, the rotating means comprises a pinion 42b attached to the reversing member 41, and a rack engraved on the peripheral surface of the guide member 42a along the longitudinal direction. Then, when the okonomiyaki material A is sent, the two guide members 42a, 42a move the opposing reversing members 41, 41 in directions approaching each other, and move the okonomiyaki material A and the upper surface of the conveyor 12 together. In between. In this state, the okonomiyaki material A is lifted by raising each of the reversing members 41, 41, and the pinion 42b is rotated as the guide members 42a, 42a move toward the illustrated side, whereby the reversing members 41, 41 are rotated. 41 is rotated rearward in the figure. Thereby, the lower surface of the okonomiyaki material A becomes the upper surface, and the inversion is completed.

As shown in FIG. 1, a lower surface burner 81 for heating the rear side of the conveyor 12 from below to maintain the temperature suitable for baking the okonomiyaki material A, as shown in FIG.
And an upper surface burner 82 for baking the okonomiyaki material A on the conveyor 12 from above, and a baking area 83 is formed at a predetermined position on the rear side of the conveyor 12.

In this embodiment, a pressing device 5 and a profile forming device 6 are provided between the reversing device 4 and the baking device 8, and a thickness adjusting device 7 is provided in the baking device 8. Are provided and provided.

The pressing device 5 is disposed behind the reversing device 4 and includes a columnar pressing member 51 supported by a support rod 52 as shown in FIG. The lower surface of the pressing member 51 is formed in a planar shape.
The vertical movement of the support rod 52 enables the vertical movement with respect to the upper surface of the conveyor 12, and when the okonomiyaki material A is sent from the reversing device 4, the pushing member 51 descends to a predetermined height position. The okonomiyaki material A on the conveyor 12 is pressed from the upper surface side. Thereby, the lower surface of the inverted okonomiyaki material A is formed in a planar shape, and the generation of a space is prevented.

The outer shape forming device 6 is disposed behind the above-mentioned press forming device 5 and forms a substantially circular shape as an outer peripheral shape of okonomiyaki as a product. As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the external shape forming device 6 has a cylindrical shape.
1, a removing member 62, and an operating member 6 for operating the cylinder 61
3 is provided. The operating member 63 includes a tubular body moving member 63a that causes the tubular body 61 to make a predetermined movement in the horizontal direction, and a guide member that guides the tubular body moving member 63a.

The cylindrical body 61 is formed by forming a thin plate having a predetermined width into a cylindrical shape, and the inner peripheral diameter thereof is larger than the outer peripheral diameter of the okonomiyaki to be formed. The placed okonomiyaki material A can be covered from above. The cylindrical body 61 is supported by the support shaft 6.
1a on the conveyor 12 by the cylindrical member 63a
And is supported so that it cannot move in the horizontal direction and can move in the vertical direction. The removing member 62 is for removing scum of the okonomiyaki material A attached to the cylindrical body 61,
An outer ring 62a having a diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the cylindrical body 61;
An inner peripheral ring 62b having a diameter slightly smaller than the inner peripheral diameter of the cylindrical body 61 is provided.
By disposing so that 2b is overlapped, a gap 62c corresponding to the thickness of the substantially cylindrical body 61 is formed between the two. The removing member 62 is inserted into the gap 62c.
1 and is suspended by the cylindrical body moving member 63a,
As shown in FIG. 7 (B), when the lower end of the cylinder 61 slides upward in this gap, the scraps of the okonomiyaki material A adhered to the cylinder 61 can be removed. Note that a coil spring or the like may be attached to the support shaft 61a of the cylindrical body 61 so as to absorb the impact applied to the conveyor 12 when the cylindrical body 61 descends.

The member 63a for moving the cylinder is formed of a cylinder 61 described later.
, The operating member 63 can be moved in the horizontal direction in accordance with the lateral movement of the cylindrical body moving member 63a. On the other hand, the guide member includes an L-shaped crank member 63b connected to a motor, and the tip of the crank member 63b is connected to the end of the cylindrical body moving member 63a. And, this crank member 63b
Makes the cylinder movable member 63a make a circular motion by the crank motion. When the cylinder member 63a moves circularly by the crank member 63b, the cylinder body 61 moves along a circle 64 having a radius equal to the length of the crank member 63b as shown in FIG.

In the present embodiment, the cylinder 61 is made to circularly move by the crank member 63b.
You may perform by another method. Further, the motion is not limited to the circular motion, and may be, for example, an elliptical motion. Further, the cylinder 61 is
As described above, the cylinder 61 itself may be rotated while making a circular motion by the crank member 63b or the like.

The thickness adjusting device 7 finally adjusts the thickness of the substantially baked okonomiyaki material A. The thickness adjusting device 7 includes a pressing member 71 supported by a supporting member 70 as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B. The pressing member 71 has a weight 73 placed on an upper portion, a lower surface formed in a flat shape, and a dimension determining member 72 on the lower surface.
72 is mounted so as to protrude downward. or,
Insertion holes 74, 74 are formed at both ends of the pressing member 71, and the support member 70 is passed through the insertion holes 74, and the engaging portions 70 a provided at the lower end of the support member 70 are provided. By being locked, it is supported in a state of being suspended from above the conveyor 12. Then, as the support member 70 moves up and down, the pressing member 71 moves up and down for a predetermined period. On the other hand, the dimensioning members 72.
When the pressing member 71 is lowered by the support member 70, the lower end thereof contacts the upper surface of the conveyor 12, and a gap 75 having a predetermined interval between the upper surface of the conveyor 12 and the lower surface of the pressing member 71.
Is formed, and the thickness of the okonomiyaki material A is adjusted by the gap 75.

Next, a method of baking okonomiyaki with the apparatus of the present invention will be described. The conveyor 12 is made movable, and the iron plates 12a... 12a forming the conveyor 12 are intermittently fed. And the iron plate 12a of the conveyor 12
During the feeding for one minute, the feeding device 2, the scraping device 3, the reversing device 4, the pressing device 5, the outer shape forming device 6, and the thickness adjusting device 7 each operate and make a predetermined movement once.

First, one iron plate 1 on the conveyor 12
When 2a reaches the heating means 13, the temperature is raised to a predetermined temperature by the heat retaining burner. Thereby, while circulating from the starting end side of the conveyor 12 to the baking device 8,
Residual heat is given to the conveyor 12. And the supply device 2
After stirring the solid matter such as cabbage, the fluid flour and the stirred eggs in the stirring container 24a, the shutter 24d of the stirring container 24a opens, and one piece of the okonomiyaki material is placed on the conveyor 12. A is placed. At that time, the iron plate 12
Since a is heated by the heat retention burner 13a, the placed flour of the okonomiyaki material A gradually changes from a fluid state to a viscous state.

Then, the placed okonomiyaki material A is sent to the scraping device 3, during which another suitable material such as meat is manually placed on the placed okonomiyaki material A. Is placed. Then, when the scraping device 3 is reached, the plate-shaped scraping member 32 repeats a rising motion that gradually rises from the upper surface of the conveyor 12 toward the center of the okonomiyaki material A, and circulates along the outer periphery of the okonomiyaki material A. By doing so, the okonomiyaki material A is collected at the center while the viscous flour that has flowed and spread is scraped at the center. At this time, since the flour that has spread and spread is formed from a fluid state to a viscous state by the heating means 13, it is prevented that once the scraping device 3 collects the flour, the flour that has collected and flows again and spreads. . In this case, for example, it is conceivable to prevent the flow of the fluid wheat flour by forming in advance a circular concave portion on which the okonomiyaki material A is to be placed on the conveyor 12, but it is costly to form the concave portion. At the same time, the steps after the inversion and the like become complicated, and the entire steps are costly. However, as described above, the okonomiyaki material A can be placed on the flat conveyor 12 and flown by being formed by the scraper 3 of the present invention. Therefore, it is advantageous in that the manufacturing cost can be reduced as compared with the case where the concave portion is formed on the conveyor 12. In addition, the scraping device 3 not only scrapes the spread flour to the center, but also scraps the cabbage and the like to the center at the same time when the cabbage or the like is broken.

The scraped okonomiyaki material A is sent to the reversing device 4 where it is turned over. Even in this state, the okonomiyaki material A is left unfavorable by the residual heat of the iron plate 12a by the heat retaining burner 13a. Since the lower surface of the baked material A is in a partially baked state, the reversing member 4 is not deformed.
The inversion is performed by being lifted by 1, 41. In addition, there is no occurrence of a thin plate-like portion formed only of flour on the outer peripheral portion of the okonomiyaki material A by the raking device 3, and the okonomiyaki material A is collected in the center portion, so that a part thereof is cut off. And the reversal is easily performed.

The inverted okonomiyaki material A is pressed from the upper side by the pressing member 51 of the pressing device 5, whereby the whole okonomiyaki material A is formed in a plate shape.

Then, when the okonomiyaki material A is sent to the outer shape forming device 6, the outer periphery of the okonomiyaki material A rolls on the inner surface of the cylindrical body 61 with the circular movement of the cylindrical body 61 as shown in FIG. Abuts and is gradually formed into a substantially circular shape. Thereby, the okonomiyaki material A can be formed into a substantially circular outer peripheral shape without cutting. After that, it enters the baking area 83 and is baked from both upper and lower surfaces.

Further, when the pressing member 71 is sent to the thickness adjusting device 7 in the baking area 83, the pressing member 71 descends, and FIG.
First, the lower surface of the pressing member 71 contacts the upper surface of the okonomiyaki material A as shown in FIG. In this state, the pressing member 71
Floats from the locking portion 70a of the support member 70,
The pressing member 71 is not supported by the supporting member 70 and
1 and the weight of the weight 73 are applied to the okonomiyaki material A. The okonomiyaki material A with the weight of the pressing member 71 and the weight 73 gradually decreases in thickness, and the sizing member 72
.. 72 become thinner until the lower end thereof comes into contact with the upper surface of the conveyor 12. At this time, for example, when the okonomiyaki material A is pressed by lowering the pressing member 71 to a predetermined position with respect to the upper surface of the conveyor 12, the iron plate 1 forming the conveyor 12 is pressed.
2a... 12a are heated by the baking device 8 and the iron plate 1
2a... 12a, the conveyor 1
2, the distance t between the pressing member 71 and the upper surface of each iron plate 12a varies even if the pressing member 71 is lowered to a predetermined position, and as a result, the okonomiyaki material sequentially sent A is not formed to a constant thickness. However, by adjusting the thickness by the weight of the pressing member 71 and the weight 73 as described above, the thickness can always be formed to be constant regardless of the upper surface position of the conveyor 12, and this can be prevented. By repeating the above steps,
Automatically and continuously baked okonomiyaki can be obtained.

It should be noted that the baked okonomiyaki can be eaten as it is with a sauce or the like attached. However, when the okonomiyaki is to be frozen once and then used as frozen okonomiyaki, the frozen okonomiyaki is placed behind the conveyor 12 of the present apparatus. An apparatus may be provided to automatically and continuously flow the okonomiyaki baked as described above to the freezing apparatus.

[0041]

As described above, according to the automatic baking method of okonomiyaki according to the present invention, the thickness of the okonomiyaki material A is determined by the dimension determining member 72 from the pressing members 71 and 73 regardless of the upper surface position of the conveyor 12. Can be adjusted according to the amount of protrusion, and okonomiyaki with a constant thickness can be automatically and continuously obtained.

In the automatic baking device for okonomiyaki of the present invention, the iron plates 12a... 12a forming the conveyor 12 are heated by the baking device 8 and variously deformed for each of the iron plates 12a. Even if different, the pressing member 71 having a predetermined weight supported by the support member 70,
With only 73, the okonomiyaki material A can always be adjusted to a constant thickness. Thus, the thickness adjusting device 7 can be simplified, and the entire device can be manufactured at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an entire okonomiyaki automatic baking apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a supply device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a scraping device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the movement of a raking member.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a reversing device.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a thickness adjusting device.

FIG. 7A is an explanatory view of an outer peripheral scraping device.
(B) is an explanatory view of a state in which the cylindrical body of the outer periphery scraping device is covered with an okonomiyaki material.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the movement of a cylinder.

FIG. 9A is an explanatory diagram of a thickness adjusting device.
(B) is an explanatory view when the okonomiyaki material is pressed by the thickness adjusting device.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a positional relationship between the pressing member and the conveyor when the pressing member is lowered to a certain height position.

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 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Conveyor device 2 Feeding device 3 Scavenging device 4 Reversing device 8 Baking device 12 Conveyor 13 Heating means 31 Rotating shaft 31b, 33b Screw gear 32 Scavenging member 34 Plate spring 61 Cylindrical body 82 Upper burner 81 Lower burner 83 Burning area A Okonomiyaki material

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A47J 37/00-37/06 A23L 1/48

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An okonomiyaki material (A) is sequentially supplied onto a conveyor (12) for sequentially transferring one piece of okonomiyaki material (A), and thereafter the supplied okonomiyaki material (A) is supplied. Flip,
Next, on the upper surface side of the inverted okonomiyaki material (A),
The lower surface of the pressing members (71) (73) having a weight capable of pressing the okonomiyaki material (A) while having a dimensioning member (72) protruding downward is placed on the conveyor ( 12) The weight of the pressing members (71) and (73) is applied to the upper okonomiyaki material (A) from above, and the lower end of the dimensioning member (72) in the pressing members (71) and (73) is moved to the conveyor (12). ), Until the okonomiyaki material (A) on the conveyor (12) is adjusted to a certain thickness and is baked. Automatic baking method. 2. A conveyor (12) for sequentially transferring one piece of okonomiyaki material (A), and a supply device (2) for sequentially supplying one piece of okonomiyaki material (A) onto the conveyor (12). )
A reversing device (4) for reversing the supplied okonomiyaki material (A), a baking device (8) for baking the okonomiyaki material (A), and adjusting the thickness of the okonomiyaki material (A) A supporting member (70) disposed vertically above the conveyor (12) so as to be movable up and down, and a okonomiyaki material (A). ) Having a weight capable of pressing)
(73), wherein the pressing members (71) and (73) include a dimensioning member (72) protruding downward from the lower surface, and the pressing member (71).
Since the support member (70) is supported by the support member (70) so as to be able to move up and down, the lower surface of the pressing members (71) and (73) moves along the conveyor (12) as the support member (70) moves downward. ) Can be placed on the upper surface side of the okonomiyaki material (A) above, and by this mounting, the pressing member (71) applies the weight to the okonomiyaki material (A) on the conveyor (12). ,
The thickness of the okonomiyaki material (A) can be adjusted by pressing until the lower end of the dimensioning member (72) comes into contact with the upper surface of the conveyor (12). An automatic baking device for okonomiyaki.