JP3170536U - Home fermenter - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a home fermenter capable of easily taking in and out an evaporating dish. SOLUTION: A recess is formed in the front part of the mounting net located at the bottom of the plurality of mounting nets installed in the fermentation chamber, and a handle is attached to the evaporating dish. When accommodated in the fermentation chamber below the placement net, the handle is placed so that the tip of the handle of the evaporating dish is located in this recess and does not protrude above the placement net beyond this recess. It was attached to the evaporating dish. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a home fermenter that ferments food such as bread dough made by a bread kneader or the like.

  The home fermenter is equipped with a heater on the bottom of the fermentation chamber that houses bread dough, etc. to heat the fermentation chamber to a predetermined temperature, and puts an evaporating dish on the inner bottom of the fermentation chamber to moderate the humidity in the fermentation chamber. Is supposed to keep

Paragraph 0020 of the utility model registration No. 3111588

  In the above-described conventional home fermenter, a plurality of stages (for example, six stages) of loading nets on which food is placed are provided so that a large amount of food such as bread dough can be accommodated in the fermentation room at a time. On the other hand, an evaporating dish is placed on the inner bottom surface of the fermentation chamber in order to maintain the humidity in the fermentation chamber.

  However, since a number of loading nets are provided, the height dimension width of the space between the lowermost loading net and the bottom of the fermentation chamber, that is, the space for storing the evaporating dish is small. For this reason, when the evaporating dish was put in and out, the fingers of the cook were caught on the placement net immediately above, and it was difficult to put in and out the evaporating dish. Moreover, the water in the evaporating dish may spill due to the reaction when the finger of the cook is caught on the placement net. An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem and to easily devise and remove the evaporating dish.

  The home fermenter of the present invention includes a heater for heating the fermentation chamber, an evaporating dish that is detachably accommodated in the fermentation chamber, and a multistage mounting net that is mounted in the fermentation chamber at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. And in a home fermenter for fermenting food such as bread dough placed on the placement net, forming a recess in the front portion of the placement net located at the bottom of the placement net, A handle is attached to the evaporating dish, and when the evaporating dish is accommodated in the fermentation chamber below the placement net, the tip of the handle is located in the recess and beyond the recess. This handle is attached to the evaporating dish so as not to protrude on the mounting net.

  The home fermenter of the present invention has a handle in the evaporating dish and a recess formed in the front part of the placement net located at the bottom of the placement net. And the evaporating dish can be easily taken in and out, and the handle and the finger of the cook are hardly caught on the placement net during the evaporating dish. Therefore, water does not spill from the evaporating dish, and the fermentation chamber can be maintained in an optimum humidity environment.

  The perspective view of this invention household fermenter.   The expanded sectional view of the principal part of the fermenter.   The top view which shows the positional relationship of the mounting net | network and evaporating dish of the fermenter.   The expanded sectional view of the main heater of the same fermenter, the heater for humidification, and the evaporating dish part.   The block circuit diagram of the fermenter.

  The fermenter for home use of the present invention includes a fermentation chamber 1 made of aluminum with a full opening, a laterally opening / closing door 2 that opens and closes the fermentation chamber 1, an exterior 3 that covers the fermentation chamber 1, and a lower position of the door 2. A control panel 4 provided in the exterior 3, a plurality of placement nets 5 (5 a, 5 b, 5 c...) That are detachably mounted in the fermentation chamber 1, and a main heater 6 that heats the interior of the fermentation chamber 1. An evaporating dish 7 that is contained in the fermentation chamber 1 and generates steam, a humidifying heater 8 that heats the evaporating dish 7, a temperature sensor 9 and a humidity sensor 10 that are installed in the rear upper part of the fermentation chamber 1, It has. Although the example which installed the temperature sensor 9 and the humidity sensor 10 in the rear upper left part in the fermentation chamber 1 is described in FIG. 1, it is not limited to this, For example, the rear upper right in the fermentation chamber 1 is described. You may install in the part.

  A net receiving member 12 made of a wire is attached to the left and right side portions of the fermentation chamber 1. The mesh receiving member 12 is provided with a plurality of receiving portions 12a, 12b, 12c,... So that a plurality of placement nets 5 can be mounted in the vertical direction (3 to 6 stages). Are inserted in the horizontal direction from the opening portion and placed on the receiving portions 12a, 12b, 12c,. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, only the mounting net 5a located at the bottom is shown, and other mounting nets 5b, 5c,... Are omitted.

  The placement net 5 is composed of a wire rod, and a plurality of dough for fermentation (bread dough kneaded in advance) is placed thereon. Among the plurality of placement nets 5, the wire rod at the front and left and right center portions of the placement net 5a located at the lowermost part is eliminated, and the outer shape of the placement net 5a is substantially reverse concave when viewed from above. A concave recess 13 is formed. For this reason, the tip of the handle 14 of the evaporating dish 7 placed on the humidifying heater 8 is positioned in this recess 13, and the evaporating dish 7 with this handle 14 is put in and out of the fermentation chamber 1. Making it easy.

  The main heater 6 has a sheathed heater or a cord heater attached to the back surface of the bottom plate 1a made of aluminum constituting the fermentation chamber 1 except for the central portion thereof, and an aluminum foil is bonded and fixed to the bottom plate 1a with an adhesive from below. It is composed by doing.

  The humidifying heater 8 is configured by attaching a sheathed heater or a cord heater to the back surface of a hot plate 8a made of aluminum and bonding and fixing the aluminum foil to the hot plate 8a with an adhesive from the outside.

  The bottom plate 1a of the fermentation chamber 1 has a rectangular opening 15 at the front, rear, left and right central portions, and a humidifying heater 8 is attached to the opening 15. As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of upper and lower insulating members 16 are interposed between the inner periphery of the opening 15 and the outer periphery of the hot plate 8a of the humidifying heater, and are attached to the opening 15 with screws 17 or an adhesive. Thereby, the humidifying heater 8 is thermally insulated from the bottom plate 1a of the fermentation chamber 1, and the bottom plate 1a and the heating plate 8a of the humidifying heater are mounted in a substantially flat state.

  The evaporating dish 7 is made of aluminum or the like, and an elongated handle 14 is attached to the front. When the evaporating dish 7 is placed on the hot plate 8a of the humidifying heater 8, the tip of the handle 14 is positioned at the recess 13 of the placement net 5a. The evaporating dish 7 can be easily put in and out of the fermentation chamber 1 without being carried out.

  On the front face of the control panel 4, a power switch button 18, a temperature adjustment button 20 for adjusting the fermentation temperature in the fermentation chamber 1, a timer setting button 21 for setting the fermentation time, a temperature indicator 22 for displaying the temperature in the fermentation chamber, A fermentation time indicator 23 for displaying the operation time (fermentation time) of the fermentation apparatus, and a humidity indicator 19 for displaying the humidified state in the fermentation chamber by blinking of LEDs are provided. A control circuit 11 composed of a microcomputer is mounted inside the control panel 4. The arrangement and shape of each button and display are not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and can be arbitrarily changed in design.

  As shown in the block circuit diagram of FIG. 5, the control circuit 11 receives the operation signal from each button 18, 20, 21 and the detection signal from the temperature sensor 9, the humidity sensor 10, and the main heater 6 and humidification. The heater 8 is turned on / off, and the fermentation temperature and fermentation time are digitally displayed on the indicators 22 and 23. In addition, the humidity indicator 19 displays the humidity state in the fermentation chamber by blinking three LEDs of red, yellow, and green. When the power switch button 18 is turned on, the main heater 6 and the humidifying heater 8 are energized to heat the fermentation chamber 1 and the evaporating dish 7.

    The operation of the present invention will be briefly described using fermentation of bread dough as an example. First, a plurality of placement nets 5a, 5b, 5c,... On which dough kneaded outside the fermentation chamber is placed are inserted into the fermentation chamber and placed on the receiving portions 12a, 12b, 12c,. Put. Next, the evaporating dish 7 containing a predetermined amount of water is placed in the fermentation chamber and placed on the hot plate 8 a of the humidifying heater 8. Thereafter, when the power switch button 18 is turned on, the fermenter is operated with the standard set value incorporated in the control circuit 11 in advance.

  That is, when the power switch button 18 is turned on, the fermentation time is set to a standard setting value of 35 minutes and the fermentation temperature is set to 35 ° C., and the main heater 6 and the humidifying heater 8 are energized to heat the fermentation chamber 1 and the evaporating dish 7. To do. The fermentation time and the temperature in the fermentation chamber are digitally displayed on the indicators 22 and 23. In addition, the humidity indicator 19 displays the humidity state in the fermentation chamber by blinking three LEDs of red, yellow, and green. That is, the humidity indicator 19 blinks the green LED when the humidity in the fermentation chamber is within the appropriate range (60% to 80%), blinks the yellow LED when the humidity is insufficient, and displays the red LED when the humidity is excessive. Displayed flashing.

  It is necessary to change the fermentation temperature and time depending on the type of bread dough such as bread, sweet bread, and French bread. The timer setting button 21 has a plus button and a minus button. As an example, each time the button is pressed once, the fermentation time can be increased or decreased by 1 minute between 1 minute and 60 minutes.

  The adjustment of the fermentation temperature is performed in the range of 28 ° C. to 41 ° C. using the temperature adjustment button 20. The temperature sensor 9 constantly detects the temperature in the fermentation chamber and transmits a detection signal to the control circuit 11 to control the main heater 6 on and off so that the fermentation chamber is maintained at the set temperature.

  The humidity sensor 10 constantly detects the humidity in the fermentation chamber 1 and transmits the detection signal to the control circuit 11 to control the on / off of the humidification heater 8 so that the humidity in the fermentation chamber becomes 60% to 80%. To do. That is, when the yellow LED on the humidity indicator 19 blinks, the humidifying heater is turned on due to insufficient humidity, and when the red LED blinks, the humidifying heater is turned off due to excessive humidity, and the green LED always blinks. In response to the signal from the humidity sensor 10, the humidifying heater is turned on / off by the control circuit 11 so that the humidity falls within an appropriate range (60% to 80%).

  As described above, the present invention forms a recess in the front part of the placement net located at the bottom of the plurality of placement nets, and places the evaporating dish in the fermentation chamber below the placement net. When accommodated, the handle is attached to the evaporating dish so that the tip of the evaporating dish handle is located in this recess and does not protrude beyond the recess over the mounting net. Therefore, the evaporating dish can be easily put in and out.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fermentation room 4 Control panel 5, 5a, Placement net 6 Main heater 7 Evaporating dish 8 Humidification heater 11 Control circuit 12 Net receiving member 13 Recess 14 Handle 18 Power switch button 19 Humidity indicator 21 Timer setting button 22 Temperature display 23 Fermentation time indicator

Claims (1)

A main heater that heats the fermentation chamber; an evaporating dish that is detachably accommodated in the fermentation chamber; and a multi-stage mounting net that is mounted at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction in the fermentation chamber. In a home fermenter that ferments food such as bread dough placed on a net,
A recess is formed in the front part of the placing net located at the bottom of the placing net, a handle is attached to the evaporating dish, and the evaporating dish is placed in the fermentation chamber below the placing net. When the handle is housed, the handle is mounted on an evaporating dish so that the tip of the handle is located in the recess and does not protrude above the placement net beyond the recess. Fermenter.

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