JP3840302B2 - Fly lifting device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a lifting device for fried food, and more particularly to a new type of lifting device that can be retrofitted to an existing fryer.
[0002]
[Prior art and its problems]
In recent years, fried foods are one of the most popular foods among the younger generation, and for this reason, efficient cooking of fries is required in restaurants and side dishes stores. In order to satisfy this requirement, it is preferable to use an apparatus capable of automatically performing an operation of taking out the fly (fried seed) that has been put in the fryer oil tank when it is lifted.
[0003]
Conventionally, as an automatic fryer, there is a conveyor type that is used for cooking large frying. In this method, the frying seeds are automatically taken out after a predetermined time by placing the frying seeds on a conveyor that rotates substantially horizontally at a constant speed and passing them through the oil. The disadvantage of this method is that “ken” on the surface of the product (fried), especially the surface of the processed bread crumbs (a term in the industry, which refers to the state in which the coromo after being lifted stands, this is crispy It gives a tendency to damage). In addition, a complicated and sophisticated mechanism is required to drive a long conveyor, and the price of the apparatus is very high.
[0004]
In addition to this, a flyer equipped with a lift-up device (elevating device) that mechanically raises a car containing a fried fly (fried seed) is also seen. However, the conventional fly raising / lowering device employs a complicated mechanism incorporated in the flyer main body, and therefore cannot be used unless an expensive device as a whole is purchased. Moreover, the conventional lift-up device is merely a device that lifts the fried fly and moves it out of the oil tank, and no special measures are taken for the lack of oil in the fried food. In such a device, especially flat fried seeds, such as croquettes, white fries, tonkatsu, etc., put several pieces at a time during frying, so when they are lifted up, they overlap and have poor oiliness. If the oil is not drained, it cannot be used as a product. For example, after taking out from the fryer, the frying seeds are set in a special bat and drained.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems in the conventional frying cooking apparatus, particularly the commercial frying cooking apparatus, and can be easily retrofitted to an existing (existing) fryer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new type of fly lifting device that can obtain a fly that is excellent in texture, such as being able to reliably perform the above.
[0006]
Thus, according to the present invention, a pillar (3) that can be attached to an existing fryer oil tank or a wall surface near the fryer oil tank, a housing (4) disposed above the pillar, and a link mechanism accommodated in the housing And a main body (1) having a drive rod (5) that can be moved up and down in a vertical direction, and a latch plate (6) that is attached to the drive rod and hooks a fly cage, and for being hooked on the main body A fly cage (2) having a latching means (7), the fly cage being latched by the latch plate (6) via the latch means (7), There is provided a fly lifting apparatus characterized by being capable of moving up and down in the oil tank and above the oil tank in accordance with elevation. The apparatus of the present invention can be easily attached to an existing (existing) fryer as a retrofit, and the fryer can be improved as an apparatus to which an automatic take-out operation at the time of lifting is added as it is.
[0007]
Furthermore, according to a particularly preferable aspect of the present invention, the guide piece (8) is projected obliquely with respect to the horizontal direction on the front surface of the main body of the fryer oil tank or the fly lifting device, and the end of the fly cage hooking means is provided. Is provided with a horizontal bar (9) so that when the fly cage is raised, the bar comes into contact with the guide piece so that the fly cage is inclined according to the angle of the guide piece in the oblique direction. It has become. In the apparatus of the present invention of this aspect, when the fly cage is raised, the entire fly cage is tilted obliquely, so that the frying seed (fly) is drained reliably.
[0008]
According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, an infrared heater (10) with a fan is attached below the housing of the main body so that infrared rays and wind are applied to the raised fly. According to the apparatus of the present invention of this aspect, a particularly delicious fried food can be obtained by accelerating the oil shortage of the fried food (fried seed) raised from the oil tank and not lowering the surface temperature.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the features of the present invention will be described in detail along the basic embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings.
As can be understood from FIGS. 1 and 2 in particular, the fly lifting device of the present invention comprises a main body (1) and a fly cage (2). The main body (1) has a support column (3) that can be attached to an existing (existing) fryer oil tank (22), and a housing (4) is disposed above the support column. As shown in the figure, most of the fryer oil tanks have a stepped portion (11) or a protruding portion at one end, so that the main body of the fly lifting device of the present invention is placed on such a stepped portion. The column (3) is advantageously attached to the stepped part and the outer wall of the oil tank, for example, by screwing. At this time, in the fly raising / lowering device of the present invention, it is preferable that the housing (4) is dimensioned to be 30 cm to 50 cm above the upper end of the existing fryer oil tank. In the example shown below, the fly lifting device is attached to the fryer oil tank (22) itself, but the fly lifting device can also be attached to an appropriate wall surface in the vicinity of the fryer oil tank via the support column (3).
[0010]
The housing (4) accommodates a link mechanism as will be described later, whereby the drive rod (5) can be moved up and down in the vertical direction. A latch plate (6) for latching the fly cage is mounted on the drive rod (5), and the latch plate (6) is also moved up and down as the drive rod (5) moves up and down. .
[0011]
A hooking means (7) is attached to the end of the fly cage (2), and this hooking means is generally composed of a wire-like member having at least two curved portions, and is attached to the hooking plate (6). The bent portion (24) is hooked on the plate by hooking the bent portion.
[0012]
In a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention, the guide piece (8) protrudes obliquely with respect to the horizontal direction on the front surface of the fryer oil tank, generally the front surface of the stepped portion (11), that is, protrudes. And a horizontal bar (9) is provided at the end of the fly cage latching means (7). The guide piece (8) forms an angle of 30 degrees or more, preferably 45 degrees or less with respect to the horizontal direction. When there is no stepped portion in the fryer oil tank, an appropriate plate or the like may be additionally provided in the fly lifting device main body (1), and the guide piece (8) may be provided on the front surface of the plate.
[0013]
In another preferable aspect of the present invention, an infrared heater (10) with a fan is attached to the lower surface of the housing (4) of the fly lifting device main body (1). This fan-equipped infrared heater is deployed in a size and position that allows infrared and wind to be sent to the fly as it rises. Here, the heater is preferably 300 w or more, and the irradiation wavelength region is preferably 0.75 μm to 30 μm. The fan generally has a rotational speed of 10 rpm or more, but a fan that can change the rotational speed is preferable.
[0014]
FIG. 3 schematically shows a basic example of a link mechanism that is accommodated in the housing (4) and moves the drive rod (5) up and down. As shown in the figure, a link (15) is connected to a fixed rotating shaft (14), and the link (15) is connected to a link (17) via a pin (16). It is connected to the drive rod (5) via a pin (18). On the other hand, the rotating shaft (14) is connected to the rotating shaft (20) of the motor (19). Further, a wing (21) is attached to the rotating shaft (20) of the motor, and when the motor rotates halfway, it comes into contact with a fixed stopper (not shown) to stop the rotation of the motor.
[0015]
Thus, the rotational motion of the motor (19) is converted into the reciprocating motion (lifting motion) of the drive rod (5) via the link mechanism. The link mechanism is not limited to the illustrated one, and other mechanisms may be employed as long as the rotational motion of the motor can be converted into the lifting motion of the driving rod.
[0016]
Here, in the apparatus of the present invention, the motor is driven by a timer according to each fry cooking schedule, and the control mechanism is accommodated in the housing (4), and an operation instruction is given to the timer and the motor. A control panel for feeding is provided on the front face (23) of the housing (4).
In order to establish maintenance-free control, it is convenient to use an optical sensor switch instead of a limiter switch, micro switch, relay, or the like.
[0017]
In order to operate the fly raising / lowering device of the present invention configured as described above, the frying seed to be fried is accommodated in the frying basket (2) and the latching plate (6) via the latching means (7). The motor of the link mechanism as described above is driven. Then, the drive rod (5) descends and the fly cage is immersed in the fryer oil tank (22) (see FIG. 4). Here, if the timer is operated, the motor is re-driven after a predetermined time, the drive rod (5) is raised, and the frying seed is automatically pulled up from the oil tank.
[0018]
At this time, if a fly cage provided with a bar (9) is used in the latching means according to a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention, the drive rod (5) rises, and accordingly the latch plate (6) rises. The bar comes into contact with the guide piece (8) and slides obliquely upward along the guide piece. Finally, one of the curved portions comes off, and the fly cage (8) depends on the inclination angle of the guide piece (8). 2) is tilted (see FIG. 5). Thus, the frying seed in the basket can be automatically sent out and accommodated in a separate container, for example beside the fryer.
[0019]
Moreover, at this time, the infrared heater (10) with a fan arranged according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention can be operated to irradiate infrared rays while blowing the fried seeds (fly).
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
The frying and lifting device of the present invention having the above-described configuration and action has the following excellent effects in frying cooking.
1) The fly lifting device of the present invention can be attached to an existing (existing) fryer as it is retrofitted. The elevating mechanism is simple, does not require complicated or large size, and the apparatus cost is low. In addition, many of the conventional apparatuses are difficult to work because the control panel of the machine is arranged in front of the fryer oil tank lower than the height of the human waist. In the apparatus of the present invention, the control mechanism is provided by providing a housing having the above-mentioned dimensions above the existing fryer, so that it can be operated at the level of the eyes, and the operation is higher than that of the conventional apparatus. The nature has also improved.
[0021]
2) In particular, when a horizontal bar is provided on the fly cage latching means and a guide piece for the bar is provided, the fly cage is tilted at the same time as being lifted, and oil draining is reliably performed. Therefore, even when frying flat fried seeds such as croquettes, fried white meat, and tonkatsu, the troublesome operation of removing the oil from the fryer with a special bat after taking out from the fryer as before Do not need.
Further, fried food with high commercial value can be supplied without damaging the fried “ken” found in conventional conveyor type automatic fryer.
[0022]
3) Furthermore, by using an infrared heater with a fan, it is possible to obtain a fried food with even better quality. The fried seeds are removed from the fryer and then drained. At this time, the core temperature (center temperature) of the fried seeds rises, but the surface temperature decreases and is slightly reduced, which is preferable in terms of taste. Absent. By using the lifting device of the present invention to blow air by irradiating infrared rays, it is possible to accelerate oil draining and not lower the surface temperature.
[0023]
Note that the above-described effects of the fly lifting device of the present invention are the same as those of the present invention. The food packaging sheet (Japanese Patent Application No. 3-217590, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-124676) and the food fryer auxiliary device (Special When used together with Applicant No. 8-337442), this is synergistically enhanced.
The sheet for food packaging described in the above-mentioned patent application by the present inventor is obtained by impregnating or coating a non-woven sheet with copper sulfide, and the food stored in the sheet may be a low-cost ordinary material. It has been found that delicious fries equivalent to or better than when using high-grade materials are obtained. Moreover, the food fryer auxiliary | assistance apparatus described in the said patent application by this inventor consists of a spherical body made from a thermal radiation ceramic, and is used by being sunk in the bottom of a fryer oil tank. By using this flyer auxiliary device, the fly time is shortened, and by setting the time regardless of the type of frying, the fly core temperature can be controlled to ensure that a fly without uneven heating is obtained. Can do.
[0024]
Therefore, when the fly lifting device of the present invention is used in combination with such a packaging sheet and a fryer auxiliary device, it is possible even for inexperienced persons to take out delicious fries from ordinary materials at the same time. Become. This is very important in that it is possible to provide high-quality fries that are equal to or better than those experienced by professionals in restaurants and side dishes shops that often employ fried cooking amateurs (parts, part-time workers). Is an advantage. Thus, the present invention can provide a new fry cooking system that is clearly different from the conventional ones, especially in the field of commercial fry cooking.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main body of a fly lifting apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a fly cage of the fly lifting apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a side view schematically showing an example of an operating mechanism of a drive rod of the fly lifting device according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where the fly lifting device of the present invention is attached to a fryer oil tank.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a fryer oil tank is attached to the fly lifting device of the present invention, particularly a state in which the fly cage is tilted when the fly is lifted.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fly raising / lowering device main body 2 Fly cage 3 Support | pillar 4 Housing 5 Driving rod 6 Fly cage latch plate 7 Latching means 8 Guide piece 9 Bar 10 Infrared heater 22 with a fan Flyer oil tank

Claims (2)

  A strut that can be attached to an existing fryer oil tank or a wall surface in the vicinity of the fryer, a housing disposed above the strut, a drive rod that is vertically movable by a link mechanism housed in the housing, and the drive rod A main body having a latching plate for hooking the fly cage, and a fly cage having a hooking means for hooking to the main body. It is hooked on a latch plate so that it can move up and down in the oil tank and above the oil tank according to the raising and lowering of the drive rod. The guide piece protrudes diagonally with respect to the horizontal direction, and a horizontal bar is provided at the end of the fly cage latching means. Fly lifting apparatus characterized by by contacting the guide piece according to oblique angles of the guide piece so that the fly cage is tilted.   2. The fly lifting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an infrared heater with a fan is attached under the housing of the main body.

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