JP3031831B2 - Noodles heating equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating apparatus for boiling or thawing noodles such as udon, buckwheat, and spaghetti.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a boiler has been used as this kind of heating device (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-13351). This boiling machine is configured to vertically partition the inside of the tank at the bottom of the boiling tank, a boiling tank heated from below by a gas burner, a boiler basket (men basket) inserted into and removed from the boiling tank. And a hot water guide arranged in such a manner. The hot water guide body is provided with a plurality of vertically communicating high-temperature hot water guide cylinders corresponding to one end of the boiling tank and projecting upward so as to be arranged at substantially equal intervals from each other. A plurality of low-temperature hot water guide cylinders are protruded downward from the high-temperature hot water guide cylinder toward the center of the boiling tank with respect to each of the high-temperature hot water guide cylinders. It is formed in a staircase shape with a small diameter on the lower side so as to form a step lower than the upper surface.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, the high-temperature hot water guide cylinder is offset toward one end of the boiling tank, and the low-temperature hot water guide cylinder is located closer to the center of the boiling tank than the guide cylinder. Therefore, while the temperature in the boiler becomes high on the high-temperature hot water guide cylinder side, it becomes low on the opposite side, and there is a problem that noodles cannot be uniformly boiled and thawed. The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and an object thereof is to provide a noodle heating apparatus capable of uniformly and efficiently performing heating such as boiling and thawing of noodles throughout. To offer.

[0004]

According to the present invention, the following technical measures have been taken in order to achieve the above object. That is, the present invention relates to a noodle heating apparatus comprising a heating tank heated by a heating means, a plurality of wickers which can be freely inserted into and removed from the tank, and a hot water guide disposed at the bottom of the heating tank. There are provided a plurality of hot water diffusion preventing members which partition the inside of the heating tank corresponding to each of the baskets, and each of the hot water diffusion preventing members has a rectangular cross-section so that the hot water heated by the heating means rises in the hot water diffusion preventing body. And a plurality of high-temperature hot-water outlets of the hot water guide are provided in correspondence with the hot water diffusion preventing members, respectively, and each of the baskets is formed in a box shape corresponding to the hot water diffusion preventing body. The high-temperature hot water which is inserted into and removed from each of the hot water diffusion preventing members and rises in the hot water diffusion preventing members.
But heat water diffusion preventing member after heating the noodles in Menkago
The plurality of hot water diffusions to flow laterally from the upper end of the
The rectangular cross section of the barrier is formed in a narrow and elongated shape.
The plurality of hot water diffusion preventers are spaced apart from each other in the heating bath so that the low-temperature hot water whose temperature has been reduced by heating the noodles in the noodle basket falls through the outside of each of the diffusion preventers. It is characterized by being arranged in.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that a receptacle is provided in the apparatus main body or the heating tank.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the hot water spouted from each of the plurality of hot water spouts disposed below each of the baskets is guided by the hot water diffusion preventing member and rises, and is reliably inserted into each of the baskets. Since the noodles in each of the noodle baskets are heated to a uniform temperature, they flow out from the top of the hot water diffusion preventing body, become low-temperature hot water, and descend inside the heating tank outside the hot water diffusion preventing body. Then, the temperature reaches the lower portion of the hot water guide body, the temperature is again raised by the heating means, the hot water becomes hot water, and the hot water is jetted from the jet port. Thereafter, the same operation is repeated.

On the other hand, when the noodles in each of the noodle baskets are heated to a required temperature, the noodles are turned over to put the noodles on the noodle tray and carried out to the next step.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 10 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
A noodle heating apparatus, which includes an apparatus main body 2, a heating tank 3 provided in the main body 2, and a heating means 4 including a gas burner or the like.
And a plurality (five in this example) disposed in the heating tank 3
Cylindrical hot water diffusion preventive body 5, a basket 6 that can be freely inserted into and out of each diffusion preventive body 5, and a hot water guide body 7 that vertically partitions the inside of a tank provided at the bottom of the heating tank 3. And consists of

The apparatus main body 2 is in the shape of a rectangular box with an open top, and legs 9 having a free wheel (caster) 8 at its lower end are fixed to the four lower corners of the lower surface. As shown, the heating means 4 is disposed, an outer peripheral flange portion 10A of the overflow hot water receiving gutter 10 is fixed (or mounted) over the entire circumference in the upper end portion, and an integral receptacle 11 is provided on the front upper end portion.
Is attached detachably, and an exhaust pipe 12 is fixed to the upper part of the rear surface. A car support shaft 13 extending in the left-right direction is provided at the upper end of the noodle catcher 11 horizontally and in parallel with the front face. .

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the heating tank 3 is in the form of a box having an open top, and is provided with a support flange 14 on the outer periphery of the upper end. The main drainage pipe 16 is connected to a drainage port 15 provided at the bottom, which can be placed on the inner peripheral edge of the gutter 10. The gutter 10 is also provided with an overflow drain 17, which is connected to a drain pipe 18. The drain 18 is connected via a joint 20 to a lower side of a drain cock 19 connected to the main drain 16. The overflow water is always drained as drain.

The heating means 4 includes a main gas pipe 21, a plurality of gas branch pipes 23 connected to the gas pipe 21 via a cock 22, and a lower side of the heating tank 3 of the branch pipe 23. And a burner nozzle 24 fixed upwardly to the entrance portion. A plurality of the burner nozzles 24 are provided directly below each of the baskets 6 so that uniform heating can be performed. The hot water diffusion preventive members 5 have a tubular shape with a rectangular cross section, and are disposed in the heating tank 3 at the same number as the number of the baskets 6 so as to be detachable at regular intervals. It is dimensioned to be located lower than the lower end of the basket 6 so that hot water can be reliably introduced into the basket 6 from below.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, each of the baskets 6 has a flat box shape braided like a stainless steel wire, and an operation handle 25 is erected at one longitudinal end of an upper end opening. At the end, a noodles discharge gutter 26 is fixed,
A half-pipe bearing 27 is fixed to the lower surface of the front end portion of the gutter 26 via a member 28, and the bearing 27 is attached to the support shaft 13.
It is to be placed and supported on top. The hot water guide 7
Has a lid shape with a downward edge 7A, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8 to 10, and at a position corresponding to the burner nozzle 24,
High-temperature hot water guide cylinder 3 having high-temperature hot-water spout 29 vertically penetrating
Numerals 0 are provided in a protruding manner at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the basket 6, and are located between the diffusion preventing members 5 in the center part, and four low-temperature hot water guide cylinders 31 face downward. It is provided in a penetrating manner. As shown in FIG. 10, each low-temperature hot water guide cylinder 31 has a small diameter on the lower side so that a step portion 32 is formed at a position lower than the upper surface of the hot water guide 7.

The upper end of the hot water guide tube 30 of the hot water guide 7 is located slightly (about 1.5 cm) below the lower end of the hot water diffusion preventer 5 to smoothly raise the hot water. Workability is improved. In the first embodiment, the high-temperature hot water heated by the heating means 4 is jetted upward from the jet port 29 of the hot water guide 7 and is guided by the hot water diffusion preventer 5 to ascend. After the noodles have been heated, the low-temperature hot water, which has flowed out from the upper end of the hot water diffusion preventive body 5 to the side, has dropped in temperature, has passed through the outside of each of the diffusion preventive bodies 5, and has reached above the hot water guide body 7, From the low-temperature hot water guide tube 31 to the lower portion of the hot water guide 7, the heating means 4
Is heated again, and a circulating flow of hot water is generated, and the above operation is repeated, so that the noodles are uniformly heated.

When the boiling or thawing of the noodles in the noodle basket 6 is completed, the noodles are pulled out of the discharge gutter 26 by pulling up the operation handle 25 of the noodle basket 6 and tilting it forward about the support shaft 13. It is discharged into the receiver 11. According to the first embodiment, the hot water jets 29 of the hot water guide 7 are disposed at equal intervals in correspondence with the respective baskets 6, so that the noodles in the basket 6 can be evenly distributed. And the burner nozzle 24 is located immediately below the jet port 29, so that the heating efficiency is good.
In addition, the hot water flow reliably flows upward in the basket 6 and the heating efficiency of the noodles can be greatly improved.

Since the hot water diffusion preventing member 5 and the hot water guide 7 as well as the basket 6 are detachable, cleaning is easy and cleaning of the inside of the heating tank 3 is extremely easy. FIGS. 11 and 12 show a hot water diffusion preventive body 5 which is a main part of a second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that the whole is integrated and a cylinder having a substantially square cross section is provided. Inside the body,
The plurality of partition plates 5A are fixed in parallel at equal intervals, and the same operation and effect as in the first embodiment can be expected. In addition,
According to the second embodiment, the workability of attaching and detaching the hot water diffusion preventing body 5 is improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the design may be changed as appropriate, for example, the noodle holder 11 may be detachable or may be fixed to the gutter 10 or the upper end of the heating tank 3. Can be.

[0017]

As described above, the present invention provides a heating tank heated by a heating means, a plurality of noodles which can be freely inserted into and removed from the tank, and a hot water guide disposed at the bottom of the heating tank. In the noodles heating device consisting of a body, a plurality of hot water jets of a hot water guide are provided for each of the baskets, respectively,
Since each noodle basket is characterized by being partitioned by a hot water diffusion preventive body, it is possible to heat the noodles in each noodle basket, such as boiling and thawing, uniformly and efficiently over the whole. Yes, there is no danger of noodles becoming entangled and damaging noodles.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a central longitudinal sectional side view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a heating tank in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the basket in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a left side view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the hot water guide in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a hot water diffusion preventer which is a main part of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a front view in the center longitudinal section of FIG. 11;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Noodle heating apparatus 2 Device main body 3 Heating tank 4 Heating means 5 Hot water diffusion prevention body 6 Menkago 7 Hot water guide body 11 Noodle tray 29 Hot water spout

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (58) Fields surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A23L 3/36-3/54 A23B 4/00-5/22 A23B 7/00-9/34 A23L 1 / 16-1/162 A47J 27/14-27/18

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A heating tank heated by a heating means;
In a noodle heating apparatus comprising: a plurality of wickers which can be freely inserted into and removed from the tank; and a hot water guide disposed at the bottom of the heating tank, hot water diffusion for partitioning the heating tank corresponding to each of the noodle baskets. A plurality of preventers are provided, and each of the hot water diffusion preventers is formed in a tubular shape with a rectangular cross section so that the hot water heated by the heating means rises in the hot water diffusion preventive body. A plurality of outlets are provided for each of the hot water diffusion preventers, and each of the baskets is formed in a box shape corresponding to the hot water diffusion preventer, and is inserted into and removed from each of the hot water diffusion preventers. The hot water that has risen inside the hot water diffusion prevention
After heating the hot water, it flows sideways from the top of the hot water diffusion preventer.
Rectangular cross-section of the plurality of hot water diffusion preventers
The plurality of hot water diffusion preventers are formed in a narrow and elongated shape, so that the low-temperature hot water whose temperature has been reduced by heating the noodles in the basket is lowered through the outside of each of the diffusion preventers. A noodle heating apparatus, wherein the noodles heating apparatus is arranged at a distance from each other in a heating tank. 2. The noodle heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a noodle receiver is provided in the apparatus main body or the heating tank.