JP3108155B2 - Cold water case - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cold water case which is installed in a kitchen such as a restaurant and is suitable for keeping cooking materials fresh.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a storage case for cooling and storing goods,
Today, various types are used depending on the application.

[0003] For example, Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 64-5742 discloses a flat open-case.
The storage main body with the heat insulation wall structure has a machine room for storing the condensing unit at the bottom, and a storage room with an upper surface opening is defined inside.The storage room is stored by a cooling pipe arranged in a meandering shape so as to surround this storage room. The interior space is cooled, and products are stored in the cooling space.

Further, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-93780, a glass show is used so that stored articles can be seen from the outside.
There is also a refrigerated case of a type that is used as a case part and is installed at a counter in a store or a restaurant and the like, and the doors are opened and closed to take in and out of stored goods.

[0005]

The flat open case described above is installed on a supermarket or the like to store chilled foods and the like. On the other hand, another refrigerated showcase is said to be used for storage of material in a sushi restaurant or the like.

[0006] As described above, there are various storage cases depending on the application, but in this case, the articles and materials taken out of the storage case are passed to customers or eaten without a long time. is there. However, there are some items, such as sprinkles for frying the tempura, in which it takes a long time for the items taken out of the storage case to be cooked. In this case, it is important to keep the ingredients of the tempura fresh.However, before cooking, the ingredients are kept at a certain temperature to maintain the freshness and to make it easy to cook. No storage case that can be placed in the storage is proposed.

[0007] A commonly used means is to soak the container containing the tempura material in an appropriate container containing a mixture of ice and water and cool it down. It was not enough in terms of ease of use and cooling, such as removing the material by holding the unstable container floating on the water with your hand.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide a chilled water case which is excellent in usability and can perform stable cooling which can maintain good freshness of articles.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a tank body formed by a heat insulating material having an upper opening formed so that water in the tank is cooled by a cooling pipe provided on an outer peripheral surface of the tank, and a compressor. A container in which a condensing unit such as a condenser is housed, and a machine chamber below the tank main body, and a plurality of container mounting holes having a predetermined shape are formed so as to be detachably installed at an upper surface opening of the tank main body. A mounting plate, a plurality of containers inserted and retained in the respective container mounting holes, and an opening / closing operation of pressing the containers from above so as to sink into water and fixing the containers between the container mounting plates. It consists of a free holding lid.

[0010]

[Function] After the specified containers are placed in the container mounting holes of the container mounting plate, the container is fixed so that it does not rise by covering and fixing the holding lid, and the container sinks sufficiently in the cold water of the tank body. Be inserted.

Therefore, any material before cooking can be maintained at a constant temperature, and the quality is stabilized. The holding lid can be opened and closed, the container mounting plate can be removed, and the container can be easily cleaned and the tank body can be easily cleaned, which is good for sanitation.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The cold water case 1 is composed of a tank body 2 having an upper surface opening 2A formed of a heat insulating material and a machine room 4 containing a condensing unit 3 therebelow. The condensing unit 3 includes a compressor 5, a condenser 6, a condenser cooling fan 7, a capillary tube 8, and the like.
On the other hand, the tank main body 2 combines an inner box 8a and an outer box 8b, and a cooling pipe 9 constituting a refrigeration cycle is wound around the condensing unit 3 together with the condensing unit 3 on the outer periphery including the side and bottom surfaces of the inner box 8a. Tank body 2 formed by filling a space between inner box 8a and outer box 8b with a heat insulating material 10 such as urethane foam.
The water is supplied from the upper part thereof and is stored up to a certain amount. The water is cooled through the cooling pipe 9 during the operation of the refrigeration cycle, and becomes cold water of a predetermined temperature.

A drain port 11 having a drain plug 10 is provided on the bottom surface of the tank body 2 for periodically replacing the tank with fresh water. Reference numeral 12 denotes a drain hose. On one side surface of the tank body 2, an overflow tube 13 is mounted at an appropriate height.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a metal square container (commonly known as a hotel bread) for storing ingredients of tempura (vegetables, fish, paste, etc.) 1
6 and holes 18 for receiving a round container (commonly known as a salad bowl) 17 in which tempura flour is melted, and a container mounting plate is provided at a predetermined position as shown in FIG.
It is detachably mounted on the upper surface opening 24 of the tank body 2 and mounted.

Hole 1 for receiving container 16 for tempura material
8 are provided (see FIG. 3), two square containers 16 are placed in the two holes 18 and 19 on the right side, and a smaller rectangular container 16 is placed in the hole 18 on the left end side. 3
They come in line (see FIG. 4). Then, the container 16 that has entered each hole 18 is supported such that the flange 16 a in the left-right direction is locked to each edge 18 a of the hole 18 among the surrounding flanges 16 a.

Similarly, the container 17 for the tempura flour enters the circular hole 19, and in this case also, the flange 17 a around the container 17 is locked and supported by the peripheral edge 19 a of the hole 19.

The containers 16 and 17 enter the holes 18 and 19 of the container support plate 15 as described above, but the containers 16 and 17 float due to the buoyancy of water. In order to prevent this, a holding lid 20 is placed on the container supporting plate 15 and has one side attached to the upper part of the tank body 2 by a hinge 21. The holding lid 20 that holds down the container mounting plate 15 from above is locked by a clamp member 22 provided on the tank body 2 with a locking metal fitting 28 on the other end.

As shown in FIG. 5, the holding lid 20 has openings 23a and 23b corresponding to the containers 16 and 17 for taking out the tempura material from the containers 16 and 17, respectively. A crosspiece 24 that allows the outer periphery or a part of 17 to be pressed from above is formed in a lattice shape or a bar shape.

In this manner, the containers 16 and 17 are maintained in a stable posture by the cold water in the tank main body 2 and maintained at a constant temperature. An ice layer is uniformly formed on the inner surface of the inner box 8a cooled by the cooling pipe 9. By forming an ice layer, the latent heat can be made sufficient, and the temperature is not greatly affected by the external environment, and cold water in a stable temperature range can be obtained. The temperature controller 25 is provided in the tank main body 2 so that the operation of the refrigeration cycle can be controlled to the temperature at which the ice water is generated. The temperature controller 25 has a structure in which the temperature sensing portion 26 is fixed to the bottom surface of the inner box 8a by welding or the like and inserted into a hollow protective outer tube 27 provided so as to project vertically.

The temperature controller 25 sets predetermined upper and lower temperatures. Accordingly, when the ice layer becomes thick and the temperature of the temperature controller 25 is attached to the temperature sensing part 26, the lower limit set temperature (for example, −5 ° C.) is sensed, and the compressor 5 is stopped.
Thereafter, the chilled water temperature rises, and the upper limit set temperature (for example, 2
° C), the compressor 5 is operated again.

The following describes how to use the apparatus of the present invention having the above-described configuration.

The tank body 2 is filled with water up to the point where it overflows from the overflow tube 13.

The refrigeration cycle is operated, and the water is cooled to cool water at a constant temperature. Temperature controller 25 for cold water
ON / OFF of the refrigeration cycle
By controlling, the cold water is maintained at a constant temperature. The containers 16, 1 defined in the respective holes 18, 19 of the container mounting plate 15
7 is inserted. Thereafter, the holding lid 20 is lowered, and the other end is fixed by the clamp member 22. As a result, the containers 16 and 17 are firmly pressed from above without being lifted, are immersed sufficiently in cold water in a stable posture, and are fixed and held in the container mounting plate 15.

The container 16 is sufficiently cooled, and the quality of the tempura in the container 16 is stabilized by keeping the temperature constant. When frying the tempura, use the opening 23
The material is taken out of the container 16 through a, and is put into the fry container 17 set next to the same through the opening 23b, fried with clothes. This container 17 is also floated on the water, but is fixed firmly without being moved because it is pressed by the holding lid 20, so that the clothes can be attached to the story easily. By frying fresh material kept at a constant temperature through cold water in this way, delicious tempura can be provided to customers.

Ice is formed on the inner surface of the tank body 2 and becomes cold water in which water and ice are mixed, so that the cooling of the containers 16 and 17 is sufficient. Further, the ice is continuously generated and automatically supplied, so that it is not necessary to put in a lump of ice as in the conventional case and to replenish the ice when it melts.

When the tank body 2 is to be cleaned after completion of the frying operation, the clamp member 22 is removed, the holding lid 20 is lifted up and turned, the containers 16 and 17 are removed, and then the container mounting plate 15 is removed. By draining the drain plug 10, drainage can be performed.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the container in which the cooking material (for example, tempura) is placed is fixed so as not to float by the holding lid and is placed above the tank body in a state where it is sufficiently sunk in cold water. And the container is cooled sufficiently, so that the temperature inside the container is constant and the quality of the product inside is stable, resulting in a cold water case.

Further, the inside of the container or the tank can be easily cleaned, and a good sanitary condition can be achieved.

Further, it is not necessary to supply ice to the tank,
An easy-to-use cold water case can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

Fig. 1 Schematic vertical front view of the cold water case. Fig. 2 Schematic vertical side view of the cold water case. Fig. 3 Cooling water case with only the container mounting plate attached to the upper opening of the tank body. Top view Fig. 4 Top view of chilled water case with container installed on container mounting plate Fig. 5 Top view of chilled water case with cover pressed down to hold container

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cold water case 16, 17 ... Container 15 ... Container mounting plate 20 ... Holding lid

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F25D 11/00-31/00 A47F 3/04

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A tank main body formed by a heat insulating material having an upper surface opening for cooling water in a tank by a cooling pipe disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the tank, and condensing of a compressor, a condenser, and the like. A machine room at the lower part of the tank body containing a unit, a container mounting plate removably installed at an upper surface opening of the tank body, and a plurality of container mounting holes having a predetermined shape formed therein; and A plurality of containers that are inserted into the container mounting holes and are locked and held, and a holding lid that can be freely opened and closed to hold the containers from above so as to sink into water and fix the containers between the container mounting plate. A cooling case.