JP2879020B2 - Food conveyor net conveyor processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing a net conveyor for sequentially transporting foods to a food cooking machine which cooks various foods (foods) such as vegetables, fish meat, meat, etc. in large quantities. The present invention relates to an apparatus for performing washing and other processing on a net conveyor before returning the net conveyor from an outlet to an inlet of the food cooking machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when food such as vegetables, fish, meat and the like is passed through a food cooker having a heating atmosphere including a burner, a steam generator, and the like, the food is cooked by baking or steaming.
A net conveyor is used to pass burner flame and steam through these foods. The conventional net conveyor is made up of a large number of nets (grate nets) of a predetermined size on which food is placed while being detachably hung on the conveyor body, and after passing the food through a burner or the like, the nets are burned. After removing the cooked foods such as grilled fish from the conveyor body together with the food thereon, and washing the dirty net by hand washing or the like, the net was hooked on the conveyor body.

[0003] However, when such a conventional net conveyor is derived from a food cooking machine, the operation of removing the net on which the food is placed from the conveyor body, the operation of collecting the food from the net, and the operation of removing the net from the net. Cleaning work and reattachment of the net to the conveyor body are required, and the processing of the net is troublesome, and the processing operation from removal of the net to reattachment to the conveyor body is performed by the conveyor body at the outlet of the food cooking machine. It is required to do it within the time from exiting to returning to the entrance, so it is necessary to carry out the processing of the net in a short time, and be careful not to burn the heated and yet cooled net. It is required to be removed, and furthermore, there is a disadvantage that the cooking operation of the food cannot be continuously automated.

[0004] Further, in the conventional net conveyor, since the net is simply removed from the conveyor body and washed, the food on the net tends to be scorched during cooking. There is a drawback that the shape of the food may be lost and a part of the food adheres to the net, so that the washing operation is troublesome.

[0005]

One problem to be solved by the present invention is that it is possible to automatically perform processing such as food collection and net cleaning without the need to attach / detach the net to / from the conveyor body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a net conveyor processing device for a food cooking machine, which can continuously automate the net processing operation .

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to prevent food from being scorched on the net conveyor, so that the food can be recovered without causing the food to lose its shape, and the washing operation is easy. Another object of the present invention is to provide a net conveyor processing device for a food cooking machine.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for processing a net conveyor which carries food to be cooked in a food cooking machine and moves endlessly between inside and outside the food cooking machine. there, a cleaning means for cleaning the net conveyor derived from the outlet of food cooker, and an oil with undertaken stage of attaching the oil to the surface of the net cleaning nets conveyor by the cleaning means, the cleaning means , Netcon
When the conveyor is passing, the net conveyor passes and bubbles are ejected.
And a washing tank connected to a washing water supply / drainage system,
The bubble jet nozzle is connected to a compressed air supply, and
The oil adhering means operates the net conveyor during transport of the net conveyor.
An oil tank through which the oil passes
Adjust the amount of oil adhering to the surface of the net
An object of the present invention is to provide a net conveyor processing apparatus for a food cooking machine, further comprising an oil amount adjusting means for forming an oil layer having a predetermined thickness .

As described above, the net conveyor that moves endlessly between the inside and outside of the food cooking machine is led out from the outlet of the food cooking machine, and after collecting the cooked food from the net conveyor, the net conveyor is used. Washing the net conveyor while transporting the net to the entrance of the food cooking machine, the net can be continuously washed without the necessity of detaching and attaching the net from the net conveyor. Cooking work can be automated.

In addition, when an oil layer having a predetermined thickness is formed on the surface of the net after washing the net conveyor, it is possible to prevent food from being scorched on the net conveyor when the net conveyor is cooked in the food cooking machine. Therefore, the food can be collected without causing the food to lose its shape, and the operation of cleaning the net is further facilitated.

[0010] In particular, the cleaning means is such that the net conveyor is cleaned.
While passing through the tank, wash water stirred by bubbles
Therefore, wash the net conveyor and clean the net
Removes dirt from the surface of the
Extrudes dirty washing water with fresh washing water
Is always filled with fresh washing water, so
In addition, the net can be efficiently cleaned.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a net conveyor processing apparatus 10 of a food cooking machine used to carry out the method of the present invention.
The food cooker 12 in the form shown in FIG.
A food baking machine 12A having upper and lower horizontal burners 14, 14 'used to bake the food 1, such as vegetables, meat, fish, etc., brought in from the entrance 38A is shown. The present invention can be similarly applied to other cooking such as cooking and tempura cooking. In addition, the fried food and the tempura food are cooked by passing the food through a frying pan, a tempura pan or the like for each net conveyor.

The upper and lower horizontal burners 14, 14 '
It is attached by appropriate means to the body 16 mounted on the upper part 0, and is connected to a gas supply source (not shown) by gas branch pipes 18, 18 'and a gas main pipe 20. Note that the burners 14, 14 'are not limited to the horizontal arrangement, and
May be disposed diagonally below left and right with respect to the traveling direction of the vehicle, or may be disposed directly below the net conveyor 22.

As shown in FIG. 2, the net conveyor 22 includes a chain-shaped conveyor body 22A and a net 22B attached to the conveyor body 22A. The net 22B may be formed by knitting wires vertically and horizontally, or may be formed by punching a metal plate into a porous shape.

The net conveyor 22 is a food cooking machine 1
The food to be cooked in the food cooking machine 12 is disposed so as to move endlessly between the inside and the outside of the food cooking machine 12, and the sprockets 24 and 26 before and after the conveyor body 22 </ b> A meshes with the inside of the food cooking machine 12. It is maintained substantially horizontal between the upper and lower horizontal burners 14, 14 'by means of a guide drive means 28. Each sprocket 24 of the guide drive means 28,
Reference numeral 26 is attached to and supported by the machine base 30. The food 1 to be cooked is conveyed by suitable means to the conveyor horizontal section 23 corresponding to the inlet 38A of the food cooker 12, placed on this net conveyor 22, and the conveyor horizontal section corresponding to the outlet 38B of the food cooker 12. Collected at 23 'by appropriate means. The net conveyor 22 has a plurality of conveyor guide members 68, 70, 7 in the form of sprockets or rollers at portions other than the horizontal portions 23, 23 '.
Guided by 0 ', 68', 72.

One sprocket, for example, the sprocket 24 is a driving sprocket. The driving sprocket 24 is connected to a driving source including a motor 32 mounted on the machine base 30 and a transmission mechanism 34 such as a chain and sprocket mechanism. ing. In addition, as shown in FIG.
It has a caster 36 with a lock so that the food
The whole can be freely moved to an appropriate position by this caster 36 and locked so as to stop at that position.

The conveyor processing apparatus 10 according to the present invention comprises a net conveyor 2 derived from an outlet 38B of the food cooking machine 12.
2 is provided, and an oil adhering means 42 for adhering oil to the surface of the net conveyor 22 cleaned by the cleaning means 40 is provided.

In the embodiment shown, the cleaning means 40 comprises a cleaning tank 46 having a bubble jet nozzle 44 through which the net conveyor 22 passes during transport of the net conveyor 22, and the net 22B to be cleaned is shown in FIG. As shown in the drawing, it is possible to pass through the inside of the washing tank 46 while being guided by the guide rolls 48 arranged in the washing tank 46.

As shown in FIG. 3, the washing tank 46 is connected to a washing water supply / discharge system 50 for introducing new washing water or discharging old washing water. The bubble jet nozzle 44 includes a pump (or gas cylinder) 52 and is connected to a compressed air supply unit 54 that blows compressed air into the cleaning water in the cleaning tank 46. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the net 22 </ b> B to which the dirt 3 of the net conveyor 22 from which the food 1 such as fish is collected is attached by the washing water stirred by the bubble blown into the washing water in the washing tank 46. While being washed, the next oil attaching means 42 passes through the guide roll 48.
Is transferred to

Next, in the illustrated embodiment, the oil adhering means 42 moves the net conveyor 22 while the net conveyor 22 is being conveyed.
The net 22B to be cleaned can pass through the oil tank 56 while being guided by guide rolls 58 arranged in the oil tank 56, as shown in FIG. Oil 2 to be attached to net 22B
Can be any food as long as the food 1 such as fish can be prevented from being scorched on the net conveyor 22 in the food cooking machine 12, but can be any edible oil or release oil that is usually spread on a frying pan or the like. be able to.

In the illustrated embodiment, the net conveyor processing device 12 includes a net conveyor 22 downstream of the oil applying means 42.
Oil amount adjusting means 60 for adjusting the amount of oil 2 attached to the surface of the net 22B. This oil amount adjusting means 6
Reference numeral 0 denotes a pair of oil suction rollers 62 and 62 'for adjusting the oil 2 adhering to the surface of the net 22B to an oil layer 2a having a predetermined thickness while absorbing the oil 2.

The net conveyor processing device 10 of the present invention comprises:
The food further comprises food stripping means 64 arranged on the outlet 38B side of the food cooking machine 12 to strip the food 1 from the net conveyor 22. As shown in detail in FIG. 5, the food stripping means 64 includes a stripping roller 66 having a projection 66a that cuts into the gap 22b of the net 22B of the net conveyor 22.
Consists of

This peeling roller 66 is, as shown in the figure,
Since the projection 66a cuts into the gap 22b of the net conveyor 22, it automatically rotates as the net conveyor 22 is transported.
In order to further ensure that the net conveyor 22 is peeled off, it may be driven synchronously with the transfer of the net conveyor 22.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 74 denotes an operation panel for operating the food cooking machine 12 and the net conveyor processing device 10, reference numerals 76 and 78 denote cocks and gas pressure gauges of the main gas pipe 20, and reference numeral 80 denotes food cooking. This is a blower for making the heating atmosphere in the machine 12 uniform.

Next, the use state of the food cooking machine 12 will be described in detail together with the operation of the net conveyor processing device 10 of the above embodiment. Horizontal burners 14, 1 of food cooker 12
4 'is ignited and the blower 80 is driven to drive the food cooking machine 12
Is maintained in a cookable state, and the net conveyor 22 is driven by the guide driving means 28. Before the entrance 38A of the food cooker 12, the foods 1 such as fish are sequentially placed on the horizontal portion 23 of the net conveyor 22, as shown in FIG. The net conveyor 22 conveys the food 1 on the net conveyor 22 into the food cooker 12 by the guide driving means 28, so that the food 1 is cooked (baked). The food 1 thus cooked is led out of the outlet 38B of the food cooker 12 by the horizontal portion 23 'of the net conveyor 22, and collected from the net conveyor 22 by appropriate means (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 1, the cooked food 1 that has exited from the outlet 38B of the food cooking machine 12 is fed to the food stripping means 64.
From the net conveyor 22. In particular, as shown in FIG. 5 (C), the protrusion 66a of the peeling roller 66 bites into the gap 22b of the net 22B and the food 1
Is raised from the surface of the net 22B. Therefore, the food 1 is collected without peeling off from the surface of the net 22B of the net conveyor 22 and causing the shape to collapse.

The portion of the net conveyor 22 from which the food 1 has been collected and emptied is guided to the washing means 40 as shown in FIG. The cleaning means 40 removes the dirt 3 from the surface of the net 22B of the net conveyor 22 by cleaning the net conveyor 22 with the washing water stirred by the bubbles while the net conveyor 22 passes through the cleaning tank 46. The dirty cleaning water is pushed out by the cleaning water newly supplied by the cleaning water supply / discharge system 50, so that the cleaning tank 46 is always filled with the new cleaning water. Further, the bubbles supplied to the cleaning water assist the cleaning of the net 22B by stirring the cleaning water in the cleaning tank 46.

The net conveyor 22 thus washed is then led to the oil applying means 42. As shown in FIG. 4, the oil adhering means 42 transfers the oil 2 therein while passing through the oil tank 56 to the net 22B of the net conveyor 22.
The oil 2 adhering to the surface of the net 22B is attached to the surface of the net 22B.
2 ′ adjusts the oil layer 2a to a predetermined thickness.

The net conveyor 22 having the oil layer 2a of a predetermined thickness attached thereto reaches the entrance of the food cooking machine 12 again as the horizontal portion 23, and the above operation is repeated. The oil layer 2a attached to the net conveyor 22 has a function of preventing the food 2 thereon from being scorched on the net conveyor 22. The washing water of the washing means 40 may contain an appropriate detergent so as to remove the oil layer 2a attached to the net conveyor 22 as well.

It should be noted that, even after the food 1 has been collected, the net conveyor portion on which the food 1 has been placed is still at a considerably high temperature, but the operator has to handle this net portion by hand. Since there is no need to remove, the processing operation can be performed safely.

In the above-described embodiment, the cleaning water supply / discharge system 50 discharges old cleaning water and supplies new cleaning water. After being filtered and purified, the cleaning water may be returned to the cleaning tank 46 again as new cleaning water to circulate the cleaning water.

[0031]

According to the present invention, as described above, after the cooked food is collected from the net conveyor that conveys the food to be cooked in the food cooking machine, the net conveyor is washed, so that the net conveyor is cleaned. There is no need to attach and detach the net, and the net can be washed safely and continuously, so that the food cooking operation including the cleaning process of the net conveyor can be automated.

Further, since the oil layer having a predetermined thickness is formed on the surface of the net after the net conveyor is washed, it is possible to prevent the food from sticking to the net conveyor when cooking the net conveyor in the food cooking machine. Therefore, there is a benefit that the food can be collected without losing its shape and that the washing operation is easy.

In particular, the cleaning means is such that the net conveyor is used for cleaning.
While passing through the tank, wash water stirred by bubbles
Therefore, wash the net conveyor and clean the net
Removes dirt from the surface of the
Extrudes dirty washing water with fresh washing water
Is always filled with fresh washing water, so
In addition, the net can be efficiently cleaned.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a food cooking machine provided with a net conveyor processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a part of an example of a net conveyor used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic sectional view of a cleaning means used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of an oil attaching means used in the present invention.

5A and 5B show a food peeling means used in the present invention, wherein FIG. 5A is a plan view showing a relationship with a net conveyor, FIG. 5B is a plan view of a peeling roller, and FIG. It is a side view of a peeling roller.

[Description of Signs] 1 Food 10 Net conveyor processing device 12 Food cooking machine 12A Food baking machine 14 Horizontal burner 14 'Horizontal burner 16 Airframe 18 Gas distribution pipe 18' Gas distribution pipe 20 Gas main pipe 22 Net conveyor 22A Conveyor main body 22B Net 23 Net Conveyor Horizontal Part 23 'Net Conveyor Horizontal Part 24 Sprocket 26 Sprocket 28 Guide Drive Means 30 Machine Base 32 Motor 34 Transmission Mechanism 36 Caster with Lock 38A Inlet 38B Exit 40 Washing Means 42 Oil Attachment Means 44 Bubble Spout Nozzle 46 Cleaning Tank 48 Guide roll 50 Cleaning water supply / discharge system 52 Pump (or gas cylinder) 54 Compressed air supply means 56 Oil tank 58 Guide roll 60 Oil amount adjustment means 62 Oil suction roller 62 'Oil suction roller 64 Food peeling means 66 Peeling off Over La 66a protrusion 68 conveyor guide member 68 'conveyor guide member 70 conveyor guide member 70' conveyor guide member 72 conveyor guide members 74 control panel 76 cock 78 the gas pressure gauge 80 blower

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An apparatus for processing a net conveyor which carries food to be cooked in a food cooking machine and moves endlessly between inside and outside of the food cooking machine, and is derived from an outlet of the food cooking machine. a cleaning means for cleaning the net conveyor to be, and an oil with undertaken stage of attaching the oil to the surface of the net cleaning nets conveyor by said cleaning means, said
The cleaning means is configured to transport the net during the transport of the net conveyor.
Cleaning water supply / discharge system with a bubble jet nozzle through which the conveyor passes
A washing tank connected to the bubble jet nozzle
Is connected to a compressed air supply source, and
Is the net conveyor while the net conveyor is being transported.
Which passes through the oil tank,
Adjust the amount of oil adhering to the net conveyor net surface.
Further comprising an oil amount adjusting means for adjusting the oil layer to a predetermined thickness.
It has net conveyor processing apparatus of food cooking machine according to claim.