JP3163277B2 - Apparatus for sorting soups with ingredients - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a subdivision apparatus capable of easily subdividing soups such as miso soup, curry, soup and the like into a predetermined amount to be served to customers while keeping the mixing amount of the ingredients substantially constant. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the restaurant industry, restaurants and canteens of factories, about 10 to 20 liters of canned miso soup, curry, corn soup, corn chowder, etc. prepared in another place are put into a large pot. When heating the container and serving it to the customer, the container was agitated to a predetermined amount and then dropped into the container.

[0003]

As described above, since the soups are constantly heated, they need to be stirred frequently so as not to burn. Therefore, a dedicated worker was required, and there was a problem that the cost of soups was high in terms of labor costs. In addition, there is a problem that the mixing amount of the ingredients varies, and the shape of the ingredients is broken due to frequent stirring.

[0004] In addition, heating is performed only when serving to a customer without always heating it. However, in this case, it takes a certain amount of time until the soups are warmed. There was a problem that could not be done.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of such a point. In order to subdivide soups and serve them to customers, not only there is no danger of scorching, but also by performing work every subdivision and immediately It is an object of the present invention to provide a subdivision device that can be provided to a customer and that does not cause variation in the mixing amount of the ingredients and does not lose the shape of the ingredients.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems According to the present invention, there is provided a container for separating and storing an ingredient and a soup liquid from an ingredient soup, a means for heating the container to an appropriate temperature, Means for extracting and mixing the ingredient and the soup liquid by a predetermined amount from the container, and mixing the ingredient and the soup liquid by separating means through which the soup liquid passes. .

[0007] In short, the present invention is intended to separate cooked soup into ingredients and soup liquid by separating means, and take out and mix a predetermined amount of the soup. There has been no practice of storing soups after cooking in separate components and soup liquids, and no such idea has been known.

As described above, the present invention is characterized in that the ingredients and the soup liquid are stored separately, but it is not necessary to completely separate the ingredients and the soup liquid. In addition, some ingredients may be mixed in soups.

[0009]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention. A container 1 is accommodated in an outer cylinder 2, and a space between the container 1 and the outer cylinder 2 is filled with heated water 3. The heating water 3 is maintained by the heater 61 so that the soups can be heated to an appropriate temperature of about 65 to 70 ° C.

The lower part of the container 1 is separated into a component storage part 4 and a soup liquid storage part 5, and a stainless steel net 6 is inclined downward from the upper part of the soup liquid storage part 5 toward the component storage part 4. Have been.

Therefore, the soups introduced from the inlet by opening the lid 43 at the upper end of the container 1 hit the mesh body 6,
The soup liquid is stored in the soup liquid storage part 5, and the ingredients fall from the mesh body 6 to the ingredient storage part 4.

The means for separating the utensil and the soup liquid used in the present invention is not limited to a net-like body, and may be a plate having a number of openings through which only the soup liquid passes. There is no particular limitation as long as it can be separated into

In the above-described embodiment, the stainless steel mesh member 6 is inclined downward, but this is not necessarily required.

The partition wall may be formed simply by a mesh, or a cylindrical mesh may be provided inside. In this case, if the soup mixed with the ingredients is put into the ingredient accommodating section, the soup flows into the soup liquid accommodating section 5 through the mesh.

[0015] A certain amount of soup liquid may be mixed in the ingredient accommodating section. In order to reduce the mixing of soups, the net-like body may be positioned so as to reduce the volume of the container.

In the figure, reference numeral 62 denotes a level switch, which detects that the amount of the heated water is less than a predetermined amount and automatically supplies the heated water.

At the lower ends of the ingredient storage section 4 and the soup liquid storage section 5, cylindrical bodies 7 and 7 'are respectively provided at the lower end openings 20 and 2 of the containers.
It is fixed by welding or the like so that 0 'and the openings 8, 8' of the cylindrical bodies 7, 7 'coincide with each other.

As shown in FIG. 2, fixed cylinders 10, 10 'having openings 9, 9' are tightly fitted to the cylinders 7, 7 'so as to be rotatable. ′ Is the outer valve, metering cylinder 1
0, 10 'act as an inner valve and together form a metering valve. At the rear of the metering cylinder, push rods 11, 11 '
It is tightly fitted so that it can slide back and forth.

As shown in FIG. 3, a flange disc 12 for connecting ball valves 19, 19 'with screws is fixed to the distal ends of the cylinders 7, 7'. Has a short cylindrical body 13 fixed thereto. A seal cylinder 14 for preventing liquid from leaking from between the fixed quantity cylinder 10 and the cylinder 7 is tightly fitted to the short cylinder 13 and connected and fixed with screws.

Gears 1 are provided at the rear of the metering cylinders 10 and 10 '.
5, 15 'are fixed by screws 16 with screws. A short cylindrical body 17 is fixed behind the gears 15, 15 ', and a piston seal cylindrical body 18 is tightly fitted to the short cylindrical body 17, and is connected and fixed by screws.

Since the push rods 11 and 11 'are tightly fitted at predetermined positions to the fixed quantity cylinders 10 and 10' at the predetermined positions, the tip of the push rods 11 and 11 'and the cylinder 7 ,
A space of a certain volume is formed between the tip and the 7 'tip.

With the openings 9, 9 'of the metering cylinders 10, 10' and the openings 20, 20 'of the lower end of the container respectively aligned, a certain amount of utensil and soup liquid are accommodated in the space, respectively. By rotating the gears 15 and 15 ', a certain amount of ingredients and soup liquid can be separately taken out into the metering valve.

Then, the ball valves 19, 19 'are opened, and the push rods 11, 11' are slid forward to push out the ingredients and the soup liquid, and to receive the extruded ingredients and the soup liquid in the same container. It can be subdivided into soups mixed with approximately the same amount of ingredients.

In the above-described embodiment, the quantitative cylinder 1 having the same configuration
The ingredients and the soup liquid are separately stored at 0 and 10 '. However, this is not always the case. For example, the metering cylinder may be divided into two chambers via a partition, and the ingredient and the soup liquid may be separately accommodated in each chamber. In this case, if a notch for sandwiching the partition is formed in the extrusion rod, the ingredient and the soup liquid can be simultaneously extruded in the same manner as described above.

Next, an embodiment of a device for opening and closing the ball valves 19, 19 ', rotating the metering cylinders 10, 10' and sliding the push rods 11, 11 'forward and backward will be described with reference to FIG. . Although omitted in FIG. 3, the container 1 for accommodating the soup liquid and the tool for connecting and fixing to the openings of the cylindrical bodies 7, 7 'are as follows.
As shown in FIG.

An operation canister 29 having a handle 22 at the rear end and a rack 23 at the front end is supported by supports 25, 25 fixed to guide rails 24, 24 so as to be able to reciprocate.

The guide rails 24, 24 are formed in a U-shaped cross section, and slidably support the plate body 26 at opposing U-shaped portions. Below the guide rails 24, 24, similar guide rails 24 ', 24' are fixed facing each other.
Similarly, the plate 26 'is slidably supported by the opposed U-shaped portions.

Guide holes 27, 2 are formed in the plates 26, 26 '.
A rod 28, which is vertically fixed to the operation can 29, is inserted into the guide holes 27, 27 ', and the lower end of the rod 28 is bent horizontally, and the bent portion is supported. It is supported by the tool 30 so that it can reciprocate in the same direction as the operation can.

The guide holes 27 and 27 'are formed by elongated holes parallel to each other and oblique long holes connecting the long holes, and as the rod 28 moves through the oblique long holes, the plate bodies 26 and 2' are formed.
6 'slides.

A rack 31 is fixed to the plate 26, and the rack 31 meshes with the pinions 15, 15 'fixed to the metering cylinders 10, 10'.

The rack 32 is also fixed to the plate 26 '.
The rack 32 meshes with the pinion 33. The pinion 33 is fixed to a lower end of a shaft 34 rotatably supported, and a gear 35 is fixed to an upper end of the shaft 34.
Are two gears 36, 3 for opening and closing the ball valves 19, 19 '.
It is meshed with 6 '.

The rack 23 formed at the tip of the operation can 29
Is meshed with a pinion 38 fixed to a shaft 37 rotatably supported.

A cam 39 is fixed to the shaft 37.
9 is a connecting rod 40 connecting the rear ends of the push rods 11 and 11 '.
Is engaged.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG.
A description will be given based on FIGS. Before the operation, as shown in FIG. 5, the inner valves (quantitative cylinders) 10 and 10 'of the quantitative valve are open,
When the ball valves 19, 19 'are closed, the push rods 11, 1
1 'is in the stop position to the right, the filling and the soup liquid are always filled in the metering valve.

FIG. 3 shows a state where the handle 22 is slightly pulled. When the rod 28 is further pulled to reach the bending point of the long hole 27 ', the plate 26' does not move. As shown, the ball valves 19 and 19 'remain closed, but the plate 26 and the rack 31 move, so that the fixed amount cylinder 1
0,10 'is rotated by 180 °, and the lower end openings of the ingredient storage part 4 and the soup liquid accommodation part 5 of the container 1 are closed, so that the ingredient and the soup liquid are closed in the metering valve. In addition, the extrusion rods 11 and 11 '
Does not move in this state.

Further, when the handle 22 is pulled and the rod 28 comes to the end of the oblique long hole of the plate 27 ', the plate 26'
As the rack 32 moves, as shown in FIG. 7, the ball valves 19 and 19 'are rotated and opened by 90 degrees, and the components and the soup liquid in the metering valve are brought out. When the ball valve opens, the soup liquid in the metering valve flows out.

Further, when the handle 28 is pulled to bring the rod 28 to the lower end of the long hole of the plate 27 'parallel to the operation can, the push rods 11, 11' slide forward as shown in FIG. The tip protrudes slightly from the ball valve, and completely pushes out the soup liquid and the ingredients. The extruded soup liquid and ingredients are appropriately passed through the outlet 42 of the funnel 41 connected to the discharge ports of both ball valves. Can be received on simple dishes.

When the push rod moves, the plates 26, 2
Since 6 'does not move, the metering cylinder and the ball valve do not rotate. Further, when the metering cylinder and the ball valve rotate, the cam 39 rotates, but the shape of the cam 39 is set so as not to push the push rod.

The operation time is about 0.5 seconds from the state shown in FIGS. 5 to 6, and about 0.5 seconds from the state shown in FIGS.
Second, the state from FIG. 7 to FIG. 8 is about 1 second, which is about 2 seconds in total.

Next, if the operation can is pushed, the state returns to the first state (the second step) of FIG. 5 through the states of FIG. 8 to FIG. 7 and FIG. This operation time is the same as above, and is about 2 seconds in total, and the operation time of one process is within about 4 seconds.

In the state shown in FIG. 6, since the fixed amount cylinder is filled with air, if the air is filled in the state shown in FIG. 5, the air is mixed into the soup and the soup liquid and mixed into the soup. The air becomes bubbles and vigorously agitates the ingredients. for that reason,
Even if the soup liquid is mixed in the ingredient, it is made uniform and a substantially constant amount falls into the fixed quantity cylinder.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a cylindrical body 7 (7 ') serving as an outer valve has a cylindrical body 4 having a flange 44 at its upper end.
5 is fixed by welding. The flange 44 and the flange 46 at the lower end of the container are detachably connected and fixed by an appropriate known connecting means.

With such a configuration, the container 1 can be easily separated and washed separately, and the apparatus of the present invention can be easily washed, so that the container 1 can always be kept clean. The connecting means is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to use a known connecting means which can be fastened and removed with a band-like material with one touch.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention, and shows an embodiment of the apparatus which further facilitates disassembly and assembly and allows easy disassembly and cleaning for each part.

A shaft 48 connected to the handle 47 is fitted with a belt wheel 49 at the tip and bevel gears (spiral gears) 50 and 51 at the center and rear.

A timing belt 54 is stretched between the belt wheel 49 and the belt wheel 53 fitted and fixed to the shaft of the cylinder valve 52. At the center of the connecting plate 55 connecting the rear ends of the push rods 11, 11 ', the cylinder valve 5 is provided.
Two axes are fixed.

A cam groove 56 is formed on the outer periphery of the cylinder valve 52, and a projection 58 formed on a plate connected to the connecting plate 55 is fitted into the cam groove 56, so that the rotation of the belt wheel 53 is controlled. , The linear motion of the push rods 11 and 11 '.

A bevel gear 57 meshes with the central bevel gear 50, and converts the rotational movement of the bevel gear 50 into a rotational movement in the orthogonal direction.

A cam groove 56 'is formed in a portion of the rear part of the bevel gear 57 where no gear is formed, and a projection provided on the lower surface of one end of the rack 32' is fitted into the cam groove 56 '. Is converted into a linear motion of the rack 32 '.

The gears 15, 15 'mesh with the rack 32', and by rotating the gears 15, 15 ', the metering cylinders 10, 10' are rotated, and the hopper joint 5
The opening at 9, 59 '(opening at the lower end of the container) is opened and closed.

The connection between the flanges of the hopper joints 59 and 59 'and the flange at the lower end of the container 1 is formed so as to be easily detachable similarly to the embodiment shown in FIG.

Similarly, a bevel gear 60 meshes with a bevel gear 51 at the rear of the shaft 48, and the gears 36 and 36 'are rotated by the rack 32 similarly guided by the cam groove 56 ". 19 'is opened and closed.

The operation of the above embodiment is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIGS. That is, the metering cylinder is rotated by 180 ° to the state of FIG. 6, then the ball valve is rotated by 90 ° to the state of FIG. 7, and then the push rod is slid forward to obtain the state of FIG.
State.

Until the metering cylinder rotates by 180 °, the ball valve does not rotate, and until the ball valve rotates by 90 °, the push rod does not move so that the cam grooves 26 and 2 respectively.
6 ', 26 "are formed.

By rotating the handle 47 in the reverse direction, the state returns to the initial state. Since the gears are formed as described above, the gears can be easily detached from each other, so that they can be easily disassembled into all parts and cleaned, and the entire apparatus of the present invention can always be kept clean.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, all the mechanisms are mechanical. This need not be the case, but if formed in this way, no electric parts such as a motor are used, so that a failure can be prevented and the configuration can be made at low cost.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the above embodiment, the heating of the container 1 is performed by an electric heater. The internal temperature is detected by the temperature sensor, and the electric heater is controlled so that the soup liquid has an appropriate temperature of 65 to 70 ° C.

Further, in the above embodiment, one metering valve is used, and the soup liquid and the ingredients are put into the metering cylinder 10 together. Even if the ingredients and the soup liquid are contained in the same fixed quantity cylinder 10 as described above, the ingredients dropped into the fixed quantity cylinder do not spread, so that the mixing amount of the ingredients into the soup can be made substantially constant.

In this case, the plate is mounted so as to be able to advance and retreat between the opening of the container at the lower end of the container 1 and the flange of the hopper joint, and the container falls according to the type of the soup. It is preferable to adjust the size of the opening.

In the above embodiment, since the liquid level of the soup reaches the upper surface of the net-like body 6, the soup liquid is mixed into the container, but the container dropped as described above is substantially constant. It will be fine.

In FIG. 10, the liquid level gauge nozzle detects the liquid level of the soup liquid. When the amount of the soup liquid and the amount of the liquid are low, the liquid level is detected and notified, and the next soup liquid is discharged from a drum or the like. Is to be input.

In FIG. 10, a safety valve is provided. When the electric heater fails and the internal temperature rises, steam is released from the safety valve to maintain the apparatus safely. Is what you do.

The apparatus of the present invention can be applied without any problem if the purpose is to subdivide soups mixed with ingredients such as miso soup, curry, soup, etc. into individual portions. Further, the miso soup can be sealed in a can and used for subdivision for the purpose of selling it with a vending machine or the like.

According to the present invention, the ingredients and the soup liquid are automatically sorted and mixed in a substantially constant amount, respectively, so that the mixing amount of the ingredients is made substantially constant, and it is easy for one person (about 180 to 200
cc).

Further, if the ingredients and the soup liquid are heated to an appropriate temperature of about 65 to 70 ° C., there is no danger of scorching and there is no need to stir, so no special operator is required, and the ingredients lose their shape. Can be prevented.

[0066]

As described above, according to the present invention, the mixing amount of the soup ingredients to be subdivided can be made substantially constant, and the soups can be easily subdivided into servings. Work cost can be greatly reduced, soups can be prevented from scorching, and the shape of the ingredients can be prevented from collapsing.

[0067]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded sectional view of the metering valve of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state before the operation of the metering valve of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the metering cylinder rotates.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a ball valve rotates.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the push rod is slid forward.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 2 Outer cylinder 3 Heating water 4 Component storage part 5 Soup liquid storage part 6 Net-like body (means for separating components from soup liquid) 7, 7 'Cylindrical body (outer valve) 10, 10' Quantitative cylinder (inner valve) 11, 11 'push rod 15, 15' pinion 19, 19 'fixed to fixed cylinder 19, 19' ball valve (valve for discharging contents) 36, 36 'gear for opening and closing ball valve 39 cam

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A container for separating and storing an ingredient and a soup solution from soups mixed with the ingredient, means for heating the container to an appropriate temperature, and taking out a predetermined amount of the ingredient and the soup solution from the container. Means for mixing, wherein the container is separated and contained in the ingredient and the soup liquid by a separating means through which the soup liquid passes. 2. The subdivision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein means for separating the soup and the soup liquid is inclined downward from above the soup liquid storage section of the container toward the tool storage section. 3. The subdivision device according to claim 1, wherein the means for separating the soup and the soup liquid is a net or a plate having a large number of openings through which only the soup liquid passes. 4. After the container and the soup liquid are taken out of the container and stored in a fixed quantity cylinder in a substantially constant amount, a valve for discharging the contents in the fixed quantity cylinder is opened to fit tightly into the fixed quantity cylinder. The dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the extruded rod is slid forward to extrude the ingredient and the soup liquid into small pieces. 5. The fixed quantity cylinder is tightly fitted to a cylinder having an opening communicating with an opening at the lower end of the container so as to be rotatable, and the opening formed in the fixed quantity cylinder and the opening of the cylinder are formed. After taking out the ingredients and soup liquid in the fixed quantity cylinder, rotate the fixed quantity cylinder, close the opening of the lower end of the container, and store a predetermined amount of the ingredient and soup liquid in the fixed quantity cylinder. The subdivision device according to claim 4, wherein 6. The subdivision device according to claim 5, wherein a flange is formed at a lower end of the container, a hopper having a flange at an upper end of the cylindrical body is fixed, and both flange portions are detachably connected. 7. The metering cylinder by rotating, pushing or pulling a handle to move a rack in conjunction with the movement of an operation can connected to the handle and rotating a gear meshed with the rack. By rotating the body, and then further rotating or pushing or pulling the handle, another rack is moved in conjunction with the movement of the operation can connected to the handle, and the contents meshed with the rack are discharged. By opening or closing the valve, and further turning or pushing or pulling the handle, the rotary motion linked to the movement of the operation can connected to the handle is converted into reciprocating motion by the cam mechanism, and the push rod is slid forward. The subdivision device according to claim 5.