JP3359563B2 - Food tray equipment in cooking and sterilizing 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 food tray device for a heat sterilizer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a large cooking pot for cooking a large amount of ingredients at once, the ingredients are placed on a large tray, the tray is pulled up by a hoist or a winch and lowered into the cooking pot, and the trays are sequentially placed thereon. Are stacked and housed, and the lid is closed and cooked and sterilized. When the cooking sterilization is completed, the tray is opened, and the tray is pulled out one by one using a hoist or winch and taken out. Immediately after completion, the tray and ingredients are still at a high temperature, and it is dangerous to hook the hoist or winch onto the tray, and wait until the inside of the kettle drops to a certain temperature (about 40 ° C) and pull it up. In order to take out the cooked food from the drawn tray and pack it, the work must be done on a tray-by-tray basis, which requires a tray stocking area and a large work table, and the workability of packing is poor. If the packaging operation is delayed, the cooked foodstuffs are exposed to the open air for a long time, and the foods that have been sterilized can be cross-contaminated by bacteria in the open air. Therefore, when a certain period of time has elapsed after cooking, it is necessary to sterilize again before packaging the foodstuffs and then package the foodstuffs, and this re-sterilization processing requires wasteful energy and labor. In addition, when cooking small or small quantities of various varieties, it becomes a complicated task to separately place small or small quantities of various kinds of ingredients on a large tray and separate them at the time of packaging and pack them separately. Workability is impaired.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a large number of trays are removably inserted into and removed from a multi-stage rack placed on a vertical cylindrical kettle to supply and take out food materials for each tray. To provide a food tray device that can be used.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a fan-shaped tray is inserted into a multi-stage rack to be accommodated in an annular cooking space surrounded by an injection tube, from the outer periphery of the rack toward the center, so that each tray can be freely inserted and removed. To support a large number of trays on a rack,
Then, the peripheral wall and the bottom plate of each tray are formed of a liquid-permeable material. Further, a rack is formed by concentrically arranging a circular inner frame and an outer frame, passing a plurality of bars in a conformal radial manner therebetween to form a shelf, stacking the shelf at a predetermined interval, and stacking a plurality of stages. A plurality of columns that stand vertically are fixed to the inner frame and the outer frame of each shelf, and at least one or more crossbars are sandwiched between adjacent columns, and the upper shelf and the lower shelf are arranged along the columns. A partition bar is formed diagonally to form a tray storage portion between the upper and lower shelves and the adjacent column and partition bar. Further, a radial auxiliary rail is provided in the middle of the bottom surface of the tray storage part of the rack, and an upward positioning pin is raised on the auxiliary rail, while a positioning hole is provided on the bottom surface of the tray, and a positioning hole of the tray stored in the tray storage part is provided. Insert the locating pins into the tray to fix the tray position.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of the rack of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. In the present embodiment, the concentric cylindrical rack 1 is
The following describes an example of the tray storage section 12 formed by division and the fan-shaped tray 6 inserted into the tray storage section 12. The rack 1 is not necessarily limited to a concentric cylindrical shape, and may be, for example, a concentric regular polygonal cylinder. 1 is a rack of the present invention,
The concentric shelves 5 are stacked at predetermined intervals and are integrally formed by a plurality of columns 8. The shelf 5 is formed by arranging the inner frame 3 concentrically inside the circular outer frame 2 and welding a plurality of bars 4 in an equiangular radial manner between the inner frame 3 and the outer frame 2 and integrally welding them. I do. As shown in FIG. 6, the outer frame 2 has an outer diameter at a predetermined interval with the peripheral injection pipe 18 interposed inside the shuttle 17, and the inner frame 3 surrounds a central injection pipe 19 provided at the center of the shuttle 17. The inside diameter is set at a predetermined interval.

[0006] A plurality of vertically standing columns 8 are placed on the shelf 5 at a position corresponding to the height of the tray 6 and a plurality of layers are vertically stacked at intervals so as to divide the outer frame 2 and the inner frame 3 into four equal parts. The concentric cylindrical rack 1 is formed by welding. Further, at the fixed position of the column 8, the partition bar 7 is extended from the inner frame 3 of the upper shelf 5 to the outer frame 2 of the lower shelf 5, and both ends thereof are welded. Contrary to the above, the partition bar 7 may be fixed from the outer frame 2 of the upper shelf 5 to the inner frame 3 of the lower shelf 5. With this configuration, a fan-shaped column-shaped tray storage section 12 is formed between the upper and lower shelves 5, adjacent partition bars 7, and columns 8 of the adjacent outer frame 2. At least one or more crosspieces 4 are interposed on the bottom surface of the tray storage portion 12, and the inner frame 3 is provided at the center of the bottom surface.
From above to fix the auxiliary beam 10 to the outer frame 2. Auxiliary bar 10
The positioning pin 11 is erected at a predetermined position. A plurality of suspension wheels 9 are fixed to the upper part of the rack 1 at equal intervals.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the tray, FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the tray, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the tray is mounted on a rack. The tray 6 is composed of a liquid-perforated plate 13 having a large number of holes, and has a fan-shaped bottom which is divided into four concentric circles in accordance with the tray accommodating portion 12 of the rack 1 and a side wall standing on the outer periphery thereof. A fan-shaped box is formed, and rods are arranged at each ridge line and the mouth thereof and welded to form a frame 14. Tray 6
Of the rack 1 is approximately 4/5 of the vertical distance between the shelves 5 of the rack 1, and a gap of approximately 1/5 is provided between the rack 5 and the upper shelf 5. A reinforcing plate 15 is radially attached to the center of the bottom surface of the tray 6, and a positioning hole 16 is provided at a predetermined position of the reinforcing plate 15 through the bottom surface and the reinforcing plate 15.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which a rack with a tray mounted on the shuttle is placed. In the kettle 17, a plurality of peripheral injection pipes 18 are erected along the inner wall, a central injection pipe 19 is erected in the center, and their bases are integrally connected to a separately provided superheated steam or hot water supply source. connect. Although not shown, the peripheral injection pipe 18 is provided with a plurality of injection ports toward the inside, and the central injection pipe 19 is provided with a plurality of injection ports radially on the outer periphery thereof. The nozzles are arranged in multiple stages in a stepwise manner with their tips aligned with the upper portions of the tray storage sections 12 of each stage of the rack 1.
The injection port has a fan-shaped tip, so that the steam, heated steam, hot water, seasoning liquid or cold water to be sprayed can be spread over a wide area in a fan-shaped manner. 6 opposes the upper gap.

The operation of the present invention will be described with the above configuration. Each of the shelves 5 of the rack 1 is divided into four equal parts by the columns 8 and the partition rods 7 to form four tray storage portions 12, and each of the tray storage portions 12 is provided with a fan-shaped box-shaped tray 6 on which ingredients are placed. Insert from outside. At this time, the tray 6 is inserted into the bottom surface of the tray storage portion 12 by sliding the auxiliary rail 10 from the inner frame 3 to the outer frame 2, and the positioning pin 1 of the auxiliary rail 10 is inserted.
1 is fitted into the positioning hole 16 of the tray 6, and the tray 6 is held at that position so that the tray 6 does not fall off during the movement of the rack 1. The same purpose can be achieved by providing the positioning pins 11 on the reinforcing plate 15 provided on the bottom surface of the tray 6 and the positioning holes 16 on the auxiliary rail 10 of the rack 1. In this way, a number of trays 6 are inserted into the rack 1 and each tray 6
Can be inserted or removed separately from the rack 1,
A small amount and various kinds of food materials can be placed on the tray 6 separately, and the tray 6 can be inserted into the rack 1 and put into the kettle 17 for each rack 1 for heat sterilization cooking. In addition, cylindrical pot 17
By accommodating the concentric cylindrical rack 1 in the
Has no extra space for cooking sterilization,
Extra heat energy loss can be avoided. Furthermore, the tray 6 can be selected and taken out from all sides of the concentric cylindrical rack 1, and when packing the cooked foodstuffs, it is possible to prevent mistakes in taking out and erroneous packaging.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a concentric cylindrical rack provided with a number of shelves is used, and a fan-shaped tray on which ingredients are placed is removably inserted from the outer periphery of the rack, so that a large amount of ingredients can be cooked. Of course, even a variety of small amounts of food can be stored in a rack separately for each tray, so that various types of food can be efficiently cooked at once. In addition, the tray is formed of a liquid-perforated plate, and a gap is provided between the tray and the upper shelf so that the seasoning liquid and heating steam can be sprayed evenly on the ingredients, and the ingredients can be cooked uniformly can do. When taking out predetermined cooked foodstuffs from the rack after cooking, a predetermined tray can be selected from the outer periphery of the rack and easily taken out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a rack of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a tray.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the tray.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a method of inserting a tray.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where a rack on which a tray is placed is stored in a shuttle;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rack 2 Outer frame 3 Inner frame 4 Bar 5 Shelf 6 Tray 7 Partition bar 8 Prop 9 Hanging wheel 10 Auxiliary bar 11 Positioning pin 12 Tray storage part 13 Perforated plate 14 Frame 15 Reinforcement plate 16 Positioning hole 17 Pot 18 Peripheral injection pipe 19 Central injection pipe

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] An injection pipe is erected along the center of a vertical cylindrical kettle and the inner periphery of the kettle, and steam, heated steam, hot water, seasoning liquid, In a cooking / sterilizing machine that injects cooling water to cook and sterilize by heating, in a multi-stage rack to be accommodated in an annular cooking space surrounded by the injection pipe, a fan-shaped tray is provided for each stage toward the center from the outer periphery of the rack. A food tray device which is inserted and removed freely, supports a number of trays on a rack, and is formed of a liquid-permeable material around a peripheral wall and a bottom plate of each tray. 2. A rack is formed by concentrically arranging a circular inner frame and an outer frame, and by passing a plurality of bars in a conformal radial manner between the racks, forming a plurality of racks at predetermined intervals. Step stacking, fixing a plurality of columns standing upright to the inner frame and outer frame of each of these shelves respectively, sandwiching at least one or more crosspieces between adjacent columns,
Claims comprising partitioning bars extending diagonally from the upper shelf to the lower shelf along the column and integrally formed, and forming a tray storage portion between the upper and lower shelves and the adjacent column and partition bar. Item 4. The food tray device according to Item 1. 3. A radial auxiliary rail is provided in the middle of the bottom surface of the tray storage part of the rack, and an upward positioning pin is raised on the auxiliary rail, and a positioning hole is provided on the bottom surface of the tray. 3. The food tray device according to claim 1, wherein the positioning pin is inserted into a positioning hole of the tray stored in the tray to fix the position of the tray.