JP3582787B2 - Fried rice cracker manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a deep-fried rice cracker suitable for use in producing a flat-shaped deep-fried rice cracker.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a flat-shaped fried rice cracker production apparatus, Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-4051 filed by the present applicant is known.
[0003]
This conventionally known apparatus for producing a deep-fried rice cracker is provided with a deep-frying oil tank that opens upward below a lower portion of a pair of endless chains arranged side by side on a machine frame, and includes rollers on both sides between the pair of chains. In the lower part of the endless chain, the fry basket attached with the openable top on the back side of the chain traveling direction is inclined upward at the front side of the above-mentioned fry basket in the traveling direction of the chain, and protrudes outside the chain. A large number of them are provided in the longitudinal direction of the chain, and furthermore, a pinching guide of the roller that presses the upper lid and presses against the basket is provided continuously below the endless chain, and the rollers are provided on both sides of the rice cracking dough supply position of the upper part of the endless chain. A substantially mountain-shaped rail that pushes up the upper lid by moving along is provided, and one end is pushed up at the rear end of the pushed up lid and End provided rotatable dough feed guide plate above the cracker dough supply position was achieved, further comprising comprises a vacuum suction fabric alignment apparatus to align the rice cracker dough into dough feed guide plate.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
This conventionally known automatic apparatus for producing a deep-fried rice cracker requires a dough supply guide plate for supplying the dough of the deep-fried rice cracker to the fry frame because the deep-fried basket has a lid and is one-sided, so that the dough hits the upper lid. It often happened that the basket was not able to fit inside the basket because it bounced off or moved partially with the dough supply guide plate. As a result, some fried rice crackers did not fry well and there was a problem that the yield was poor.
[0005]
Furthermore, the above-mentioned deep-fried oil tank of the above-mentioned conventionally known deep-fried rice cracker automatic manufacturing apparatus has to be dish-shaped due to the configuration in which the deep-fried basket moves horizontally, and therefore the heated oil in the deep-fried oil tank is heated. Frying oil (usually 250 ° C) has a low temperature difference of about 20 ° C on both sides from the center part, resulting in uneven frying temperature, resulting in uneven quality of frying color. There was a problem that it was difficult to obtain fried rice crackers.
[0006]
Further, in the above-mentioned conventionally known one, since the fried basket with a lid is fixed to the endless chain, the lid side is facing up when receiving the dough, but when passing through the frying oil tank, the lid is set to the lower side. As a result of moving the inside of the frying oil tank in a state where the frying oil tank is in a state of becoming thick, it is necessary to put a large amount of frying oil into the frying oil tank by the thickness of the lid.
[0007]
Further, the above-mentioned conventionally known one is not shown in the above-mentioned patent publication (Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-4051), but the heating means installed on the lower surface of the frying oil tank are all fixed types, so that the temperature of the frying oil varies. Even if it occurs, it is difficult to adjust it, and there is a problem that the fried rice crackers have uneven fried color.
[0008]
An object of the present invention is to minimize the amount of frying oil to be filled in a frying oil tank , to save the amount of frying oil used, and to minimize the occurrence of temperature unevenness in the frying oil filled in the frying oil tank. It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for producing a deep-fried rice cracker with a good yield that can prevent oxidation of the frying oil .
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a fried basket with a lid, into which a plurality of dough for fried rice cracks are placed one by one, and a lid with a lid between a pair of endless chains arranged side by side on the machine frame. A large number of frying frames are attached in the longitudinal direction of the endless chain, and the dough for fried rice crackers is put in each frying frame and covered , and the frying oil heated by heating means installed at the lower part of the frying oil tank is placed in the frying oil . In the apparatus for producing a deep-fried rice cracker, which is moved in one direction in a state of being immersed to fry the rice cracker, the deep-fried basket is composed of a fry frame and a lid frame provided separately from each other, and the endless chain is located outside the pair. Is divided into a first endless chain and a pair of second endless chains located inside, and are juxtaposed in the direction in which they overlap with each other, and the lifting frame is swingably attached to the first endless chain. By fixing the lid frame to the second endless chain at the same pitch as the fry frame, and synchronizing the movement of the first endless chain and the second endless chain, the fry frame is lower in the frying oil tank. A frying oil that is configured to move while overlapping with each other with the lid frame facing upward, and that, in the longitudinal direction on both sides of the frying oil tank, the frying oil contained therein by the moving frying basket circulates horizontally. A reflux plate is provided .
[0010]
The present invention is also characterized in that a plurality of the heating means are provided, and a part of the heating means is configured to be movable.
[0011]
The invention further comprises a reversing roller for reversing the fry frame at a position where the product chute of the first endless chain is provided, and a linear motion device for pushing the extrusion frame into the reversed fry frame. It is characterized in that means for removing the rice cracker is provided.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
1 and 2, a horizontally long dish-shaped frying oil tank 2 is installed on a base 1, and the inside of the frying oil tank 1 is filled with frying oil 2. Between the frying oil tank 2 and the base 1, for example, a heating means 4 having a total of eight high-frequency electromagnetic induction heating type heating coils 3 arranged in two rows of four is set. Below the heating coil 3, cooling means 5 and 6 for the heating coil 3 composed of a cooling nozzle and a blower are provided. The heating means 4 may be of a gas burner type, as described in the above-mentioned known technique (Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-4051).
The heating means 4 composed of the above-described heating coil 3 is configured so that all or a part thereof can be horizontally moved in a short time in consideration of occurrence of unevenness in the temperature region since the plane is circular. . This moving means slidably attaches each support base supporting each heating coil 3 to a long hole provided in the base 1. This is an example.
[0014]
A machine frame 7 is mounted on the base 1 on the upper surface side of the frying oil tank 2, and a pair of front and rear first sprockets 8, 8, 8, 8 are provided on left and right end portions of the machine frame 7. Are mounted parallel to each other at the same height on the left and right sides, and are located slightly inside and below the first sprockets 8, 8, 8, 8, and have a slightly smaller diameter than the first sprockets 8, 8, 8, 8. Four second sprockets 9, 9, 9, 9 are mounted in parallel at the same height on the left and right sides.
[0015]
A pair of first endless chains 10, 10 are suspended and arranged between the left and right first sprockets 8, 8, 8, 8, and between the first endless chains 10, 10, especially FIG. Are arranged at equal intervals over the entire circumference in the longitudinal direction, and the first endless chains 10, 10 are provided by supporting members 11a, 11a provided at both ends thereof. Is mounted so as to be swingable in the traveling direction. As shown in FIG. 6, the first endless chains 10 are guided by first guide rails 12, which are installed on both sides of the frying oil tank 2 and have a substantially U-shaped cross section. 1 is configured to circulate in a substantially inverted trapezoidal shape when viewed from the front.
[0016]
The configuration of the fry frame 11 that constitutes one of the fry baskets 19 is, as shown in FIG. 9 in particular, a plurality of dough storage plates 11c in a frame 11b having a planar rectangular shape. The bottom plate 11d of the dough storage tray 11c is provided with a number of small holes 11e, and as described above, the support members 11a provided at both ends of the frame 11b are connected to the first endless. It is swingably suspended from the chains 10 and 10. The bottom plate 11c is further provided with a slit 11f. The bottom plate 11c may be replaced with a net-like one.
[0017]
A pair of second endless chains 13, 13 are also suspended and arranged between the second sprockets 9, 9, 9, 9, and between the second endless chains 13, 13, in particular, FIG. 1 and FIG. ., A large number of lid frames 14, 14... Are fixed at the same pitch as the fry frame over the entire circumferential longitudinal direction and are fixedly mounted by mounting members 14a provided at both ends thereof. As shown in FIG. 6, the second endless chains 13, 13 have a U-shaped cross section, which is installed inside the frying oil tank 2 at a position slightly higher than the first guide rails 12, 12, respectively. The guide rails are guided by the second guide rails 15 and 15 and circulate so as to have a substantially inverted trapezoidal shape when viewed from the front in FIG. The first endless chains 10, 10 and the second endless chains 13, 13 form a double ring with a wide gap between the upper side and both sides as viewed from the front in FIG. , The lid frames 14, 14... Cover the upper portions of the fry frames 11, 11.
[0018]
The structure of the lid frame 14 that constitutes the other part of the fry basket 19 is, as shown in FIG. 10 in particular, that the inside of the flat rectangular frame 14b covers the dough storage plates 11c of the fry frame 11 respectively. As described above, the lid 14d is formed by partitioning with the plurality of partition plates 14c, and the mounting members 14a provided at both ends of the frame 14b are fixed to the second endless chains 12, 12, as described above. Many small holes 14e are formed in the lid 14d. The lid 14d may be replaced with a net.
[0019]
The fry frame 11 and the lid frame 14 constitute a fry basket 19.
[0020]
In particular, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the lid frame 14 does not come under the frying frame 11 in the frying oil tank 2, and covers the upper surface of the frying frame 11. Since it is configured to move near the bottom surface, the distance between the bottom surface of the frying oil tank 2 and the frying frame 11 can be reduced, so that the amount of the frying oil 2a to be put into the frying oil tank 2 can be reduced. Even if it is less, the frying frame 11 can be sufficiently immersed in the frying oil 2a.
[0021]
Further, the lid frame 14 covers the upper surface of the dough storage plate 11c of the frying frame 11 in the frying oil tank 2, thereby preventing the dough 22 of the fried rice cracker fried in the hot frying oil 2a from being violently deformed. It works so that the raised rice cracker is fried flat without deformation.
[0022]
Further, instead of the first guide rail 12 and the second guide rail 15 as means for circulating the first endless chains 10, 10 and the second endless chains 13, 13 in an inverted trapezoidal shape, a part or both of them are provided. It is possible to use guide sprockets.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of frying oil circulating plates 16, 16 are attached to the first guide rails 12, and are hung down along the longitudinal direction on the front side and the rear side inside the frying oil tank 2. An oil passage 2b flowing in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the frying frame 11 to the frying oil 12 pushed in one direction by the frying frame 11 and the lid frame 14 moving in the frying oil 2a in one direction; 2 b is formed between the frying oil reflux plates 16, 16 and the front and rear portions of the frying oil tank 2 so that the frying oil 2 a is refluxed in the frying oil tank 2. The frying oil recirculation plates 16 and 16 may be fixed to the frying oil tank 2, but if they are configured as in the embodiment, they have an advantage that they are easy to clean and clean the frying oil tank 2. I have. In addition, what is installed at both ends of the frying oil tank 2 are frying oil separators 17, 18 for promoting the reflux of the frying oil 2a.
[0024]
In particular, in FIGS. 1 and 2, on the right side of the machine frame 7, an automatic feeding device 20 for fried rice crackers is set. In the drawing, reference numeral 21 denotes a hopper, which receives a dough 22 from a fried rice cracker dough manufacturing apparatus (not shown), and feeds the dough 22 to an alignment chute 24 by a conveyor 23, where the alignment is vibrated by a vibration motor 25. By the chute 24, the dough 22 is sequentially aligned without excess or shortage in the six rows of the alignment gutters 26 connected to the alignment chute 24, and in particular, as shown in FIGS. The stand-by state is established in a state of standing at the tip of the gutter 26.
[0025]
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a reference symbol 30 is a hollow cloth suction drum having six suction nozzles 31 attached to its outer periphery at equal intervals. As shown in FIG. The rotation is controlled by a variable speed reduction motor 32 with a clutch and a brake. The dough suction drum 30 is connected to a negative pressure device 34 called a vortex blower or a ring blower as shown in, for example, FIG. It is configured so as to obtain an attraction force necessary to hold the attraction 22. In particular, as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8F, the designation symbol 35 is a dough separating frame member.
[0026]
Referring again to FIG. 1, between the first sprocket 8 and the second sprocket 9 on the left side of the machine casing 7, there is provided a means 36 for removing the fried rice cracker. As shown in FIG. 4, the detaching means 36 operates in synchronization with the reversing roller 37 that hooks the fry frame 11 and reverses it by about 180 °, and the movement of each fry frame 11 attached to the first endless chain 10. A linear motion device 38 such as a fluid cylinder or an electromagnet, and when the fry frame 11 turned upside down by the reversing roller 37 faces the lower side, the linear motion device 38 operates to move its piston. As shown in FIG. 5, six extruding punches 39a attached at equal intervals to the extruding punch mounting member 39 attached to the rod 38a are inserted through the slits 11f of the dough storage dish 11c, and the fried rice crackers stored and attached to the inside. 40 is extruded toward a product chute 41. Although the fried rice cracker 40 falls under its own weight when the fried frame is inverted, some of them are attached to the fried rice cracker, and are provided for completeness. A product chute 41 is provided below the reversing roller 37.
[0027]
Next, the operation of the above-described fried rice cracker manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention will be described. The dough 22 of the fried rice cracker conveyed from a dough manufacturing device (not shown) is collected in a hopper 21 of an automatic supply device 20 and transferred to an aligning chute 24 via a conveyor 23. Are aligned by the vibration given by the vibration motor 25, are aligned in six rows in the embodiment by the alignment gutter 26, are erected near their outlets, and are suction-moved one by one by the suction nozzle 31 of the fabric suction drum 30. Wait for
[0028]
The dough-sucking drum 30 is intermittently rotated by the variable speed reduction motor 32 in accordance with the movement of the fry frame 11 attached to the first endless chain 10, particularly from the position shown in FIG. As shown in (c) of FIG. 8, the tip of the suction nozzle 31 sucks the dough 22 standing at the outlet of the alignment gutter 26, and rotates counterclockwise in the figure. As shown, it stops at the position where the suction nozzle 31 stands up and waits until the next operation instruction is issued. When the limit switch (not shown) detects the approach of the moving frying frame 11, the dough suction drum 30 rotates again in the counterclockwise direction in the figure as shown in FIG. As shown in (e), when the dough storage plate 11a of the fried frame 11 comes directly below, the suction nozzle 31 rotates so as to come directly above it, and as shown in (f) of FIG. The dough 22 is forcibly separated from the suction nozzle 31 by the punch member 35 and falls into the dough storage plate 11a of the fry frame 11 to be stored. The dough suction drum 30 from which the dough 22 is released further continues to rotate counterclockwise, and as shown in FIG. 8A, the dough 22 standing again at the outlet of the alignment gutter 26 by the suction nozzle 31 again. And stand by when it is lifted directly above as shown in FIG. 8 (c). Thereafter, this operation is repeated.
[0029]
The fry frame 11 which has received the dough 22 is carried by the first endless chains 10, 10 and the first endless chains 10, 10 are guided by the first guide rails 12, 12, especially as shown in FIG. As described above, the frying frame 11 is immersed in the frying oil 2a in the frying oil tank 2. Before and after the immersion of the frying frame 11, another lid frame 14 suspended on the second endless chains 13, 13 covers the frying frame 11, and the two integrally move in one direction in the frying oil tank 2. And each dough 22 stored in each dough storage dish 11c of the fry frame 11 is pressed from above by each of the lids 14d of the lid frame 14, so that the dough 22 can be heated by high-temperature frying oil at, for example, about 250 ° C. It is fried without rage, and is raised from the frying oil tank 2. At this time, the frying oil 2a in the frying oil tank 2 is pushed in one direction by each frying frame 11 and each lid frame 14 moving in one direction in the inside, and is divided into two hands by the frying oil separator 17, and left and right. Flows from the oil passages 2b, 2b formed by the frying oil return plates 16, 16 to the other frying oil separator 18, whereby the frying oil 2a naturally convects, and the temperature in the frying oil tank 2 becomes uneven. Is prevented as much as possible.
[0030]
The unevenness of the temperature of the frying oil 2a can be known by the color of the fried rice cracker. Therefore, the installation position of the heating coil 3 is adjusted as necessary, and furthermore, it is devised so as not to cause temperature unevenness.
[0031]
After the lid frame 14 guided by the second endless chains 13, 13 is removed from the fry frame 11 lifted from the frying oil tank 2 by the movement of the first endless chains 10, 10, the fry frame 11 is released. After being rotated by about 180 ° by the reversing roller 37, it returns to the original position. At that time, the slit provided on the dough storage plate 11c of the fry frame 11 by its own weight or as shown in FIG. The fried rice cracker 40 in the dough storage dish 11c is reliably pushed out of the dough storage dish 11c by the extrusion punch 39a inserted from 11f, dropped into the product escape chute 41, and subjected to the next oil draining, packaging, etc. Will be transferred to
[0032]
FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the dissociating means. According to the drawing, the dissociating means 45 includes a rotating cam plate 46 rotated by a driving force of the second sprocket 9 via a driving force transmitting means, and a spring. An operating member 48 pivotally biased in one direction by 47 to pivotally connect the central portion thereof, and a cam floor 49 attached to one end of the operating member 48 and in contact with the cam portion 46a of the rotary cam plate 46 And a plurality of punch members 50 projecting at equal intervals from an attachment member 51 attached to the other end of the operation member 48.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
[0034]
According to the structure of claim 1, since the lid frame covers the upper surface of the frying frame and both move in the frying oil tank, the moving part is thinned as a whole, and the frying frame is further moved inside the frying oil tank. Since it is always located below the lid frame and the interval between the bottom of the frying oil tank can be reduced, even if the amount of frying oil is reduced, the amount of oil is sufficient to immerse and move the frying frame, By reducing the amount of frying oil, it is possible to reduce the production cost, and because it is necessary to constantly replenish the frying oil brought out by the rice cracker that is fried when the amount of frying oil is low, it prevents oxidation of the frying oil, and furthermore it is fresher. The effect of being able to obtain a delicious fried rice cracker, which can be obtained because it is fried with a deep fried oil, can be obtained.
[0035]
Furthermore, since the frying frame and / or the lid frame that moves through the frying oil during the operation, and the frying oil recirculation plate, the convection of the frying oil in the frying oil tank through the central portion returns from both sides, so that the temperature of the frying oil can be evenly controlled. The effect is that it is possible to obtain a fried rice cracked rice cake that is kept uniform and has no variation in color.
[0036]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, by adjusting the movement of the heating means, it is possible to prevent the temperature fluctuation from occurring in the frying oil from this aspect as much as possible. .
[0037]
According to the third aspect of the invention, the same effect as that of the first aspect is achieved, and furthermore, it is possible to reliably prevent a situation in which the fried rice crackers are stuck to the fry frame and cannot be discharged to the product chute.
Can be increased.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing an apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view schematically showing an apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a part of a fried oil tank of the apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view illustrating a means for dissociating fried rice crackers in the apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view illustrating a means for dissociating fried rice crackers of the apparatus for producing deep-fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a state in which the apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention is divided at the position of the fried oil tank.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a means for adsorbing fried rice crackers in the apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
8 (a) to 8 (f) are explanatory views illustrating the operation of the means for adsorbing fried rice crackers in the apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a plan view of a fry frame of the apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the lid frame of the apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
11 (a) and 11 (b) are explanatory views showing another embodiment of a means for taking out fried rice crackers of the apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 1 base 2 frying oil tank 2a frying oil 2b oil passage 3 heating coil 4 heating means 5, 6 coil cooling means 7 machine frame 8 first sprocket 9 second sprocket 10 first endless chain 11 frying frame 11a support member 11b frame 11c Dough storage tray 11d Bottom plate 11e Small hole 11f Slit 12 First guide rail 13 Second endless chain 14 Cover frame 14a Mounting member 14b Frame 14c Partition plate 14d Cover 14e Small hole 15 Second guide rail 16 Frying oil reflux plate 17 Frying oil separation Body 18 Frying oil separator 19 Fry basket 20 Automatic supply device 21 Hopper 22 Dough 23 Conveyor 24 Alignment chute 25 Vibration motor 26 Alignment gutter 30 Suction drum 31 Suction nozzle 32 Deceleration variable motor 33 Pressure-resistant hose 34 Negative pressure device 35 Punch member 36 Separation Means 37 Reverse roller 38 Linear motion device 38 Piston rod 39 extruded member 39a extrusion punch 40 fried rice crackers 41 product chute 45 dissociating means 46 rotates the cam plate 46a cam portion 47 spring 48 actuating member 49 the cam floor 50 mallet member

Claims (3)

A fry basket in which a plurality of doughs for fried rice cracks are put one by one as a fry frame with a lid, and a number of the fry frames with the lid are provided in a longitudinal direction of the endless chain between a pair of endless chains arranged side by side on the machine frame. Put the dough of fried rice cracker in each fried frame, cover it, and move it in one direction while immersed in fried oil heated by heating means installed at the bottom of the fried oil tank and move it in one direction In the apparatus for producing deep-fried rice crackers, the fry basket is composed of a fry frame and a lid frame provided separately from each other, and the endless chain is a pair of first endless chains located on the outside and a pair of first endless chains located on the inside. A second endless chain, and the two endless chains are arranged side by side in a direction in which they overlap with each other, the lifting frame is swingably attached to the first endless chain, and the lid frame is attached to the second endless chain. By fixing at the same pitch as the frying frame and synchronizing the movement of the first endless chain and the second endless chain, the frying frame becomes lower side and the lid frame becomes upper side in the frying oil tank and overlap each other. A fry oil circulating plate is provided in the longitudinal direction on both sides of the frying oil tank, the frying oil accommodated by the moving fry basket to create a flow of horizontal circulation . Production equipment for fried rice crackers. The apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the heating means are provided, and a part of the heating means is configured to be movable.   At the position where the product chute of the first endless chain is provided, there is provided a reversing roller for reversing the fry frame, and a linear motion device for pushing the extrusion frame into the reversed fry frame. The apparatus for producing fried rice crackers according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is provided.

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