JP3178899B2 - Cooking device for frozen patties in hamburger cooking - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a relates MakotoSo location adjustment of frozen patties to be used for hamburger automatic cooking apparatus,
It was developed for the purpose of supplying freshly made hamburgers in a short time in a sanitary manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the past, there have been various cooking utensils and those which reheat hamburgers prepared by hand and supply them, but it seems that there is no full-scale automatic hamburger automatic cooking apparatus. The reason is that the process of heating and baking raw hamburger patties (hereinafter abbreviated as patties) involves problems such as oil contamination and sanitation, handling patties, and large and complicated equipment. That is, the point that it is not suitable for automation has not been solved.

[0003] In the direct heating of patties, oil smoke fills the inside of the apparatus, and the oil adhering to the ceiling drops and the oil is totally contaminated. Furthermore, the handling system of Patty itself, including its storage system, is not easy. These points were one of the main overflows of hamburger automatic cooking.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present inventor has studied so that a freshly prepared hamburger can be sold by a vending machine, and has also solved the problem of oil contamination in the apparatus and the problem of handling and cooking of patties. Then, I proposed the system in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-341960.

That is, in the cooking process of sandwiching ingredients such as hamburger patties, vegetables and sauces with upper and lower breads, the apparatus proposed above includes a stocker and a cooking device for patties and a stocker and a supply device for each other material in the order of processes. The above devices are linked by a moving device for material or semi-finished products, and a packaging device for final products and a product discharging device are arranged in the final process, and an operation panel and a control device for these devices are housed in a casing. This is a hamburger automatic cooking device.

The patty stocker of the automatic hamburger cooking apparatus is a stocker for chilling a large number of patty capsules stored in an upper plate and a lower plate made of a material that can withstand heating. The structure was such that a device for heating the whole patty capsule was provided. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare capsules by the number of patties, and it takes time and effort to clean the capsules.

The present invention has been re-examined for the purpose of streamlining the method and apparatus for cooking frozen patties by eliminating capsules, which are the most important point of such an automatic hamburger cooking apparatus, or by drastically reducing the quantity.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

[0008]

That is, after the frozen patties are sequentially taken out of the stocker, if necessary, they are temporarily thawed and cooled, heated and cooked, and then sequentially taken out one by one according to a command, and the hamburger cooking process is started. To use for frozen patties in hamburger cooking
Device .

In addition, the frozen patties are sequentially taken out of the stocker, stored in a capsule container, and cooked together with the container, and then sequentially put on standby in a warming stocker. A method for cooking frozen patties in hamburger cooking, wherein the capsule container circulates and sequentially receives frozen patties, is also feasible.

[0010] An apparatus for that purpose includes a patty stocker 1 for storing hamburger patties in a frozen state, a patty loading device 2 for taking out one patty from the patty stocker,
A turntable type patty transfer device 4 with a heating / cooking device 3 adjacent to the patty feeding device 2 is provided on one side, and a lower bun stocker 9 for storing a large number of lower buns on the other, and a lower bun stocker adjacent to the lower bun stocker 9 And a turntable-type lower bun transfer device 8 for taking out and transferring one by one, and a turntable having a plurality of stock holding holes on the rotation circumference of the two turntable transfer devices 4 provided in a heat insulating cover. The stocker 6 includes a transfer device 4 and a device 6c for transferring a putty capsule between overlapping holding holes of the heat retaining stocker 6 and the heat retaining stocker 6.

Further, the patty cooking device is a patty stocking / feeding device 31 for storing frozen patties and sequentially taking out them one by one.
And a turntable-type putty capsule insertion device 32 having a holding hole at a putty supply position by the feeding device, a putty heating cooking device 3 on the turntable of the putty capsule insertion device 32, and cooking adjacent to the putty capsule insertion device 32. The structure is made up of an already putty warm storage device 37, and an empty capsule circulation device 39 interposed between the cooked putty warm storage device 37 and the putty capsule insertion device 32.

The turntable has a structure having a receiving table provided with a discharge passage hole below the turntable. This receiving table is preferably arranged concentrically with the upper turntable, and has a discharge passage hole at a predetermined position on the rotation circumference of the stock holding hole.

[0013]

With such a method and structure, the patty supplied from the stocker and stored at a low temperature is set at an optimal position of the cooking device and cooked while being contained in the capsule. The appropriately heated patties are stored in the cooked patty insulation stocker 6 and sent to the subsequent process as needed. In the post-process, it is accurately placed on the lower bun supplied from the stocker onto the moving device. Then, after vegetables and sauces are sequentially supplied thereon, an upper bun is supplied from a stocker. Then, they are packaged and provided as commodities.

Since the transfer device is of a turntable type and a receiving table with a discharge passage hole is provided below the turntable, the patties or lower buns can be heated and cooked one by one, and transferred one by one as necessary. can do.

The cooked patties are taken out of the capsule and transferred to a hamburger cooking process, and the empty capsule container is circulated and used by the circulation device, so that the number of capsule containers is extremely small. In addition, since the patties are stored frozen in a naked state, many patties can be stored in a small volume.

[0016]

【Example】

Embodiment 1 FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view of an automatic hamburger cooking apparatus provided with a patty cooking apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view. This apparatus is, from the right side of the drawing, a vertical tubular patty stocker 1 for storing hamburger patties in a frozen state, a patty input device 2 for taking out one patty from the patty stocker, and a heating cooking device adjacent to the patty input device 2. 3 turntable type patty transfer device 4, vertical cylindrical lower bun stocker 9 for storing a large number of lower buns, turntable type lower bun transfer device for taking out and transferring one lower bun from lower bun stocker 9 8, cooked patty insulation stocker 6, patty transfer device 10, vegetable supply device 13, source supply device 14 ~
17, upper bun stocker 19, upper bun heating device 29, upper bun transfer device 21, packaging device 23, and finished product removal pot 28
Etc. are arranged in order of process.

In the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hamburger patty cooking apparatus includes a stocker 1 of frozen patties from the right side of the drawing, in which a large number of patties P are stored in a vertically frozen state. I have. If necessary, the patties may be thawed by microwave heating or the like, and may be temporarily cooled in a refrigerator at about 5 ° C. In this example, as a putty input device 2 for taking out one piece of patty from this cylindrical stocker, a vertical lifting unit 2b having a cylinder structure, a pusher 2a of a horizontal cylinder, and an inclined shooter are provided below a vertical circular patty storage chamber. 2c is provided. FIG. 3 is a partial view of the stocker 1 showing the movement of the patty P.

A turntable-type transfer device 4 with an electromagnetic cooker is provided with the vicinity of the tip of the shooter 2c of the putty input device 2 substantially on the rotation circumference. This turntable can be rotated by the motor at the bottom, and the Patty Capsule and Patty P
There is a holding hole 40 capable of accommodating therein. There are an upper electromagnetic cooker 3a and a lower electromagnetic cooker 3b above and below the turntable. Further, since the entire upper electromagnetic cooker 3a can be moved up and down by the elevating unit 3c, down the upper induction cooker 3a when housing the particulate P to particulate capsules are previously housed in the holding hole 40 in the position P ₂ , Which can be heated.

The turntable type transfer device 4 can transfer patties to an adjacent cooked patty storage 6 by rotating. At this time, the patties are housed together with the capsules in the holding holes 40 of the turntable 4a of the turntable transfer device 4, and a metal fixed disk receiving table 4b is supported below the capsule. The receiving table 4b has a discharge passage hole 41 through which a putty capsule can pass. Normally, the passage hole 41 is closed by a top plate 6d of the putty capsule delivery device 6c as shown in FIG. When the turntable 4a rotates and the putty capsule reaches the top plate 6d of the putty capsule delivery device 6c closing the discharge passage hole 41, the putty capsule delivery device 6c operates, and the top plate is moved.
6d descends to the level of the receiving table 4b in the heat retaining stocker 6. Thereby, it is stored in the putty holding hole 6a of the cooked patty heat storage stocker 6.

A large number of lower buns B are stored in the lower bun stocker 9 having a vertical cylindrical shape. As shown in FIG. 4, the lower bun stocker 9 also has a turntable 7a having a plurality of pan holding holes at the bottom, and a fixed disk receiving table 7b is supported below the turntable 7a. The receiving table 7b also has a discharge passage hole through which the lower bun B can pass. When the turntable 7a and the lower bun reaches position B ₁ with a discharge passage hole rotates, fall downwardly therefrom.

Below this, there is also a turntable type lower bun transfer device 8 for transferring one lower bun to one. This structure is the same as the conventional transfer device. The lower bun transfer device 8 also has a lower bun heating device 11 for heating the lower bun, and the heated lower bun is sent to the next step. The lower bun transfer device 8 is also a turntable type and has a receiving table 8b. At a position where the turn table 8a is lower bun rotates reached Hojishon B _3, so that the ride to the conveyor 18 for feeding downward the next step.

[0022] According to such a device, Patty P is coming sequentially transferred from a plurality of stockers patties dosing device, is Patei the turn table 4a in the clockwise direction is accommodated in the capsule in the position P ₃ to rotate upper and lower electromagnetic cooker 3a, when heated at 3b, the particulate in the position P ₃ is moved into capsules each cooked patty kept stocker in 6. In cooked patty warmth stocker 6 is in a state of Patty was listed at position P ₃ ~P ₇ on a turntable that rotates in a clockwise direction. If patties in position P ₇ has the cooking command hamburger is placed onto the bottom buns on the conveyor 18 by the particulate transfer device 10 movable in the right and left by a slide rail 10a.

The patties were emptied capsule proceeds to position P ₈ by the rotation of the turntable, wherein is adapted holding holes overlap the transfer device 4 and the heat insulating stocker 6, vertical movement between the retaining hole Delivery device with a cylinder structure that can deliver and deliver patty capsules
By 6c, the heat is transferred from the turntable of the stocker 6 to the turntable of the transfer device 4. Transfer device 4
The empty patty capsule transferred to is in position P ₉
The oil is removed by the oil wiping device 5 that can move up and down by the lifting unit 5c and has a brush at the bottom.

The conveyor 18 is for moving these to a step of placing or applying vegetables and sauces. When the lower buns B and patty P coalesce at position A _1, A ₂
With basic source unit 14, seasoning source discharge unit 15
A source is applied on the patty P by the
_{In 3} , vegetables are placed by the vegetable discharge device 13. Vegetables are stored in a vegetable refrigerator 12 and the required amount is changed from the vegetable tank unit 13a of the vegetable discharge device 13 to the vegetable delivery unit 13b.
Supplied by When flavored with seasoning source units 16 and 17 go further from the position A ₃ is made, it is to be sent down the upper bun transport device 21 through the position A _4.

A large number of upper buns C are also stored in a vertical tubular upper bun stocker 19. As shown in FIG. 2, the upper bun stocker 19 also has a turntable 20a having a plurality of pan holding holes at the bottom, and a fixed disk receiving table 20b is supported below the turntable 20a.
The receiving table 20b also has a discharge passage hole through which the upper bun C can pass. When the turntable 20a is above buns reaches position C ₁ to a discharge passage hole rotates, it falls downwardly therefrom. Below this is a turntable type upper bun transfer device 21 for transferring one upper bun to one. This structure is similar to the lower bun transfer device. The upper bun transfer device 21 also has an upper bun heating device 29 for heating the upper bun, and the heated upper bun is sent to the next step. The upper bun transfer device 21 is also a turntable type, and the receiving table 21 with the discharge passage hole 42 is provided.
has b. When the turntable 21a is the upper bun reaches position A ₅ with a discharge passage hole rotates, it falls downwardly therefrom.

[0026] The position A ₅ has been waiting hamburger work in progress, on the buns C ₃ is so that the rest to on it. This position has burgers pushing device 22 of the cylinder structure on the side of the conveyor, and sends the resulting hamburger to the position A ₆ of the packaging device 23. The packaging device 23 has a packaging bag opened by an opening vacuum cylinder on a turntable 24, into which a hamburger of a product is pushed and packaged. Turntable when you finish this packaging
24 rotates and turns to the shooter 26 direction. The hamburger wrapper to shooter 26 is transferred by Burger transfer device 25 of the cylinder structure, it is possible to take out the shutter 27 is opened from the finished product take-out pot 28 position A _7.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 5 is a plan view of a second embodiment of an automatic hamburger cooking apparatus having a hamburger patty cooking apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of the patty cooking device. This hamburger patty cooking device is a patty stock / loading device 31 for storing and sequentially taking out frozen patties from the right side of the drawing.
And, a turntable type patty capsule insertion device 32,
Patty heating / cooking device 3, cooked patty heat storage device 37,
And an empty capsule circulating device 39.

The putty stock / injection device 31 has a frozen stocker 31c of frozen patties, in which a number of frozen patties P are stored vertically. As a patty input device 2 for taking out one patty from this cylindrical stocker, a vertical lifting unit 31d having a cylinder structure, a horizontal cylinder pusher 31a, and an inclined shooter 31e are provided below the vertical circular hole putty storage chamber. I have. This structure is the same as in the first embodiment.

The patty P pushed out from the cold storage stocker 31c is a patty capsule insertion device having a turntable.
It is stored under the shooter 31e in the upper lid / lower plate integrated capsule 34 waiting at the position B of 32. Top lid
FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) show examples of the structure of the lower dish integrated capsule 34. FIG.
A plate-like upper lid 34b is provided on the lower plate 34a that accommodates the patty so as to be opened and closed by a hinge. Patty capsule insertion device 32
Has a capsule discharge hole at a position D below a turntable 32a provided with four holding holes, and a receiving table 32b with a supply set hole at E.

Next, the turntable 32a is rotated 90 degrees by the motor 32c, and the patty capsule is sent to the cooking position C. At this time, the empty capsule set at the position E by the empty capsule circulating device 39 moves to the position B and is in a standby state for the next patty.

When the patties have been heated at position C,
The turntable 32a rotates 90 degrees, and the putty capsule moves to the position D and is stored in the cooked putty warm storage device 37. The cooked patties warm storage device 37 is provided with a piston that can move up and down inside a vertical cylinder whose temperature can be adjusted, and the cooked patties are placed on the piston.

The putty capsules taken out of the cooked patty warm storage device 37 are taken out by the patty transfer device 43 at the position F, and are moved to the next step of placing and applying vegetables and sauces. Example 1
It has the same structure as. The remaining empty capsule descends in the empty capsule return shooter 33 and the empty capsule circulating device 39
Into the turntable 32a by the rise of the piston.
Is set to position E. Thus, the empty capsule circulating device 39 has a structure in which a piston is provided so as to be able to move up and down inside the vertical cylinder.

In the cooking process of sandwiching the ingredients such as patties, vegetables and sauce with the upper and lower pans as in the above-described embodiment, the stocker and the cooking device of the patties and the stocker and the supply device of each other material are arranged in the order of the processes. , The above devices are linked by a material or semi-finished product moving device,
When the packaging device and the product discharging device for the final product are arranged in the final process, when the operation panel and the control device of these devices are accommodated in the casing, an automatic hamburger cooking device is completed.

In addition to the stationary type installed in a store or the like, such a device may be provided with a drive source such as a refrigerator, an air compressor, and a generator and mounted on a mobile vehicle to form a mobile type automatic hamburger cooking device. it can.

[0035]

According to the present invention, a freshly made hamburger can be supplied hygienically in a short time by using a small number of patty capsules. Significant labor savings such as capsule washing and drying can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an automatic hamburger cooking device provided with a patty cooking device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an automatic hamburger cooking device provided with the patty cooking device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line YY of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a second embodiment of an automatic hamburger cooking device provided with the hamburger patty cooking device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of a patty cooking device part.

FIG. 7 (a) is a plan view of an integrated patty capsule,
(b) is a side view of the integrated patty capsule.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Patty stocker 2 Patty feeding device 3 Heating / cooking device 4 Turntable type transfer device 6 Cooked patty warming stocker 6c Delivery device of putty capsule 8 Lower buns transfer device 9 Lower bun stocker 31 Patty stock / feeding device 32 Patty capsule insertion device 37 Cooked Patty warm storage device 39 Empty capsule circulation device

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sequentially removed frozen patties from the stocker, and thawed one o'clock cold necessary, after cooking, an apparatus to transfer one addressed in sequence taken into hamburger cooking process by a command, frozen hamburger patties state so
Patty stocker 1 to be stored, and
Patty loading device 2 for taking out one tee
Turntable type with heating cooking device 3 adjacent to device 2
And a patty transfer device 4 on one side and a number of lower vans on the other side.
And a lower bun stocker 9 for storing
Turn to take out and transfer one lower bun adjacent to 9
A table type lower bun transfer device 8;
Stock holding hole on the rotating circumference of the table type transfer device 4
Cooking with multiple turntables inside the thermal cover
Patty insulation stocker 6, transfer device 4 and insulation stocker
Delivery device for patty capsules between overlapping holding holes of bag 6
Hamburger patty cooking device consisting of a table 6c . 2. A housing to sequentially take out the capsule container frozen patties from the stocker, after each container cooked, sequentially wait for thermal insulation stocker, an apparatus to transfer one addressed in sequence taken into hamburger cooking process by a command So,
Patty stock to store frozen patties and take them out one by one
- a closing device 31, the coercive the particulate feed position by-projecting inserting apparatus
Turntable-type patty capsule insertion device with holding hole
On the turntable of the device 32 and the putty capsule insertion device 32
To the patty heating and cooking device 3 and the patty capsule insertion device 32
Adjacent cooked patties warm storage device 37 and cooked patties
Between the thermal storage device 37 and the putty capsule insertion device 32
Hamburger par with the existing empty capsule circulation device 39
Tea cooking equipment .