JP4010421B2 - Dashi extractor - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a soup stock extraction apparatus that is used in a soup making equipment for making soup for cooking such as noodles and extracts soup stock from powdered soup stock.

  Conventionally, as a soup manufacturing apparatus for cooking soup for cooking noodles, etc., a water tank part for storing water, a pump part for sending water stored in the water tank part to a heater part, and the water tank part A heater section for heating water sent from the heater, a switching valve for switching to a path for returning hot water heated by the heater section to the water tank section or a path for sending to the extraction apparatus, and an extraction apparatus for extracting the dashi from the dashi material And a storage part for storing the soup stock, a heat-retaining tank part for storing cooking soup mixed with the soup stock sent from the stock extractor and sent from the storage part, and production of soup for cooking Some have a control unit to control.

And the stock extractor used in this apparatus includes a storage part for storing the powdery raw material, an injection part for injecting hot water or the like to the powdered raw material stored in the storage part, and the storage part And a stirring part provided at the bottom of the container, the hot water is sprayed onto the raw material that is stored in the storage part, and the stirring part extracts the stock by stirring the raw material together with the hot water, and the soup stock is stored in the storage part. (For example, refer patent document 1).
Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-350133

  However, when the soup stock is in powder form, the soup stock may become cloudy by stirring with the above apparatus, or the soup stock may form a paste-like film at the bottom of the container. For this reason, there has been a problem that it is difficult to extract the soup efficiently when the soup is strong like a soup for cooking such as noodles and a transparent feeling is required.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is a soup extractor used in a soup making apparatus for making soup for cooking noodles and the like, and when extracting soup stock from soup stock, It is an object of the present invention to provide an extraction device that can prevent turbidity or the formation of a paste-like film at the bottom of the container.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a soup extractor for extracting soup stock from a powdery soup stock material, which is used in a soup stock making apparatus for producing soup for cooking such as noodles. However, it comprises a housing portion for storing raw materials, an injection portion for injecting hot water into the housing portion, and a stirring portion provided at the bottom of the housing portion, and the stirring portion has its own axis at the bottom of the housing portion. A main body provided rotatably, a relay part provided in the main body in a manner extending in a radial direction at a predetermined distance from the bottom of the storage part, and a bottom part of the storage part at a distal end of the relay part And when the main body rotates on its own axis at the bottom of the housing portion, the relay portion rotates in the circumferential direction of the housing portion, and the soup stock passes along with it. The plate part is powdered so as to form a groove Characterized in that it is made as to agitate. According to this, when extracting the dashi from the powdered dashi raw material, the dashi stock can become cloudy or the dashi raw material can be prevented from forming a paste-like film at the bottom of the container, and the dashi stock has a transparent feeling. Can be created efficiently.

  Further, it is preferable that the plate portion is provided to be rotatable in the vertical direction at the distal end portion of the relay portion, or is provided to be movable in the vertical direction at the distal end portion of the relay portion instead of or in addition thereto. . According to this, it is possible to easily and reliably adjust the contact degree and insertion depth between the plate portion and the dashi raw material, depending on the type of powdery raw material, the component ratio, the size of the grains, the amount of hot water, etc. Can be extracted.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said board part consists of elastic members, such as rubber | gum. According to this, even when a board part contacts the bottom part of an accommodating part, it can rotate smoothly, without damaging an accommodating part.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said relay part is formed in the reverse L-shape. According to this, it is possible to ensure the distance from the bottom portion of the housing portion, and it is possible to further prevent or reduce contact with the dashi raw material in the housing portion.

  Moreover, it is preferable that a hot water amount sensor is provided at an upper position in the housing portion, and the hot water supply from the injection portion is stopped when the hot water amount sensor detects hot water. According to this, it is possible to prevent the hot water in the storage part from becoming full or the hot water from overflowing from the storage part.

  According to the present invention, when extracting the stock from the powdered soup stock, the stock can be prevented from becoming cloudy, or the stock can be prevented from forming a paste-like film at the bottom of the housing portion, and has a transparent feeling. It becomes possible to produce soup stock efficiently.

  Next, a stock extraction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are diagrams showing a soup production apparatus for cooking to which the stock extractor according to the present embodiment is applied. This cooking soup manufacturing apparatus includes a water tank (1) for storing water, a pump (2) for sending water stored in the water tank (1) to a heater (3), and a water tank (1). A switching valve (V1) for switching between a heater (3) for heating the water that has been supplied, a path for returning hot water heated by the heater (3) to the water tank (1), or a path for sending to the extraction device (5); It is sent from the stock extractor (5) for extracting the stock from the powdered stock material (hereinafter referred to as stock powder) (G), the storage unit (6) for storing the soup stock, and the stock extractor (5) However, it has a heat retaining tank part (7) for storing cooking soup mixed with soup and the soup stock sent from the storage part (6), and a control part (8) for controlling the production of cooking soup, Housed in a frame (100). In addition, (101) is a temperature adjustment knob for adjusting the temperature of the water tank (1) and the temperature of the heat retaining tank (7), and (102) is a liquid crystal display showing the state of this apparatus.

  This cooking soup manufacturing apparatus mainly manufactures cooking soups such as noodles, and extracts the soup stock from the stock powder (G) and stores the soup stock for cooking by mixing the soup stock and the soup stock. When using the soup for cooking, a bowl (A) such as a bowl is placed at a predetermined position on the plate (104), and a necessary amount is poured from the spout (103) to the bowl (A). ing.

  The said water tank (1) is a container formed in the shape of a metal rectangular parallelepiped, and is disposed at the top of the apparatus. In this embodiment, a ball tap (11) is provided in the immediate vicinity of the water tank (1). As shown in FIG. 3, when the water level of the water tank (1) falls below a certain amount, the ball tap (11) opens the ball tap and replenishes the water tank (1) with water. Since the supply speed of water replenished from the ball tap (11) is faster than the delivery speed of water used for extraction, the constant water level is always maintained, and the work of replenishing water into the water tank (1) It becomes unnecessary. In addition, in the unlikely event that the ball tap (11) breaks down or the water is not stopped due to aging of the packing, an overflow drain (12) is provided at the upper part of the water tank (1). ) Is preferably provided.

  The water stored in the water tank (1) is sent to the heater (3) by the action of the pump (2), heated by the heater (3), and then the water by the switching action of the switching valve (V1). Returned to the tank (1) or sent to the stock extractor (5).

  Moreover, the said control part (8) controls the residence heating time of the water in the said heater (3), and the time when it becomes hot water and flows out into the said stock extraction apparatus (5), and pump (2) by this time control ) Is determined, and as a result, the amount of water flowing in from the water tank (1) and the amount of hot water flowing out to the stock extractor (5) are determined.

  For example, when the stock is not extracted, the water stored in the water tank (1) is sent to the heater (3) by the action of the pump (2) and heated in the heater (3), and then the switching valve ( If it is controlled so that it is returned to the water tank (1) by V1), the water passes through the path of the water tank (1), the pump (2), the heater (3), the switching valve (V1), and the water tank (1). Since it is heated while refluxing, it is possible to always extract hot water and send it to the extraction device (5). At this time, the controller (8) monitors the water temperature with a temperature sensor (ST1) provided in the water tank (1), and controls to turn off the heater (3) when the temperature exceeds a certain temperature. Assuming that the water (hot water) in the water tank (1) is kept at a constant temperature, it is possible to prevent the hot water in the water tank (1) from overflowing due to boiling.

  The stock extractor (5) includes a storage part (51) in which the stock powder (G) is stored, an injection part (52) for injecting hot water into the storage part (51), and the storage part (51). The stirring part (53) provided in the bottom part (51a) of this. Reference numeral (55) denotes a receiving member that is filtered from the bottom (51a) of the accommodating part (51) but receives juice.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 5, the accommodating portion (51) includes a detachable bottom portion (51a) formed in a circular shape, and a side surface portion (upper side) from the peripheral portion of the bottom portion (51a) ( 51b), and the entire upper surface is opened. The bottom portion (51a) is provided with four substantially fan-shaped circulation ports (51c) of the same size, and a filter (54) is provided on the back surface thereof. In addition, the said bottom part (51a) and the filter (54) can be easily wash | cleaned by removing from a accommodating part (51).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the filter (54) includes a first filter member (54a) having a large number of passage holes, and a fine mesh shape disposed above the first filter member (54a). The second filter member (54b). As described above, the second filter member (54b) is formed in a fine mesh shape, so that a plurality of gaps are formed between the second filter member (54b) and the first powder member (54). Regardless of the size, any soup powder (G) can be smoothly filtered without clogging.

  The said injection part (52) is arrange | positioned at the upper center of the said accommodating part (51), receives the hot water sent by switching by the said switching valve (V1), and receives the command of a control part (8). Accordingly, hot water is sprayed at a predetermined angle (in the direction of the bottom peripheral edge of the storage portion in this embodiment) with respect to the dashi powder (G) in the storage portion (51) at predetermined intervals and intervals.

  The stirring portion (53) has a main body portion (53a) provided in the center of the bottom portion (51a) of the housing portion (51) so as to be rotatable about its own axis, and a mode extending in a radial direction from the main body portion (53a). It has two relay parts (53b) (53b) provided and a plate part (53c) provided at the tip of one relay part (53b).

  The main body portion (53a) is formed in a cylindrical shape, and is connected to a motor (not shown) that is driven in the same manner as a stirring honey (71) in a heat retaining tank (7), which will be described later, and is driven synchronously. . The rotation speed, the rotation time, and the like can be controlled by the control unit (8) according to the type and amount of the dashi powder.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the relay part (53b) is formed in an inverted L shape so as to be separated from the bottom part (51a) of the housing part (51). Thus, when the stirring section (53) rotates, the relay section (53b) itself does not come into contact with the soup powder (G) in the storage section (51), or even if it comes into contact with the soup powder (G), the soup powder (G Only the upper part of) is only stirred a little. The predetermined distance between the relay part (53b) and the bottom part (51a) is preferably 15 mm or more, and more preferably 25 mm or more so as not to contact the dashi powder (G) as much as possible.

  The said board part (53c) consists of elastic members, such as a thin flat rubber, and is provided in the perpendicular direction in the front-end | tip part of the said relay part (53b). Thereby, when the stirring part (53) rotates, the plate part (53c) can stir the soup powder (G) so as to form an annular groove (L) through which the soup passes. The thickness (length in the direction perpendicular to the rotation direction) of the plate part (53c) is preferably 2 mm so that the soup can pass through and the soup is not cloudy and does not form a paste-like film. It should be ˜20 mm, more preferably 5 to 10 mm. The vertical direction means not only the direction perpendicular to the bottom (51a) of the housing part (51) but also all directions intersecting the bottom (51a).

  In this embodiment, the said board part (53c) is rotatably provided in the perpendicular direction in the front-end | tip part of a relay part (53b). The plate portion (53c) is screwed in a long hole provided in the relay portion (53b), and is provided to be movable in the vertical direction at the distal end portion of the relay portion (53b). Thereby, the insertion depth with respect to the dough powder (G) of a board part (53c) can be adjusted.

  Thus, when the spray part (52) sprays hot water onto the powdered soup powder (G) in the storage part (51), the stock powder (G) and hot water are mixed in the storage part (51). As a result, the stock is extracted, and the stock is filtered by the filter (54) and received by the receiving member (55) below the accommodating portion (51). When the main body (53a) of the stirring section (53) is driven and rotated in its own axis in a state where a predetermined amount of hot water has accumulated in the storage section (51), the relay section (53b) is almost completely exposed to the powder (G). The plate portion (53c) stirs the dough powder (G) so as to form an annular groove (L) through which dashi soup passes along with rotation in the circumferential direction of the housing portion (51) without contact. Therefore, when extracting the dashi from the dashi powder (G), the dashi stock can be prevented from becoming cloudy or the dashi raw material can be prevented from forming a paste-like film at the bottom (51a) of the container (51). It is possible to efficiently produce soup stock.

  The heat retaining tank (7) is a tank formed in a metal rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is disposed at the lower part of the apparatus. The heat retaining tank (7) mixes the soup sent from the stock extractor (5) and the soup stock sent from the reservoir (6) by the action of a pump (not shown). The soup for cooking obtained by mixing is stored.

  Moreover, the said control part (8) shall be controlled so that it may inject | pour in a dashi soup intermittently with respect to a dashi soup when mixing a dashi soup and a dashi soup. According to this, since dashi soup with a small amount of liquid is intermittently injected in synchronization with the flow of dashi soup, dashi soup and dashi soup can always be mixed at the same mixing ratio.

  Further, the heat retaining tank (7) is provided with a stirring honey (71), and operates in synchronization with the stirring honey of the stock extraction device (5). According to this, when the soup stock is poured into the heat retaining tank (7), the soup stock and the soup stock become one solution while being stirred by the stirring honey (71) provided at the dropping position. Stirring action can prevent clogging of cooking soup.

  Further, a soup stock tank (9) for storing only the soup stock is provided together with the heat retaining tank (7), and the soup stock extractor (5) is sent out by the action of the switching valve (V2). The route to (9) is followed and stored in the soup stock tank (9). According to this, it is possible to store not only soup for cooking but also soup stock for many other uses.

  The heat retaining tank (7) is provided in a state where it can be taken out. Because cooking soup contains salt, kitchen appliances often use rust-resistant stainless steel, but daily cleaning is essential in terms of hygiene. For this reason, daily washing | cleaning can be made easy by making it the design which can take out the heat retention tank (7) which stores the soup for cooking.

  Further, a heat retaining heater (10) is provided below the heat retaining tank (7) and the soup stock tank (9), so that the soup stock in the soup and soup stock tank (9) for cooking in the heat retaining tank (7) It is designed to keep warm. In addition, the temperature maintaining tank (7) and the soup stock tank (9) are provided with temperature sensors (ST2) and (ST3), respectively, and the controller (8) maintains the temperature so that cooking soup and soup stock does not clog. To be controlled.

  In addition, the main body part (53a), the relay part (53b), and the plate part (53c) in the agitation part (53) are not limited to the above-mentioned shapes, and as shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. It may be a shape. In short, the relay part (53b) is provided on the main body part (53a) in such a manner that it extends in the radial direction at a predetermined distance from the bottom part (51a) of the housing part (51), and the plate part (53c) is relayed. What is necessary is just to be provided in the perpendicular direction in the front-end | tip part of a part (53b).

  Moreover, it is good also as what replaces with the stirring part (53) of a desired shape according to the kind and quantity of stock powder (G).

  In addition, the two relay portions (53b) and (53b) are provided, but this is for rotating the stirring portion (53) with a good balance between left and right, and only one relay portion (53b) may be provided. Good.

  Further, a hot water amount sensor is provided at an upper position in the housing portion (51), and when the hot water in the housing portion reaches a predetermined amount or more, the hot water amount sensor detects the hot water and stops the supply of hot water from the injection portion (52). It may be a thing. According to this, it can prevent that the hot water in a accommodating part (51) becomes full, or hot water overflows from a accommodating part (51).

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 11, in order to achieve the various conditions of the soup stock, the stock powder type, the amount of the stock powder, the favorable extraction conditions, the condition in the storage unit, the type of the stirring unit, the control, and the hot water injection angle are set to predetermined ones. It is good to set. For example, in the case of usage example A (for Kansai-style udon soup) and usage example B (for ramen), the above items are in the right column (A: Dashi powder type (1) (3), B: Dashi The powder type is preferably (2) (3) or the like.

  The present invention is applicable to a cooking soup manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing cooking soup such as noodles.

It is a perspective view of the soup manufacturing apparatus for cooking in which the stock extraction apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is used. It is a structure schematic of the soup manufacturing apparatus for cooking of FIG. It is a perspective view of a water tank. It is a perspective view of a stock extractor. It is side sectional drawing of a stock extractor. It is a top view of a stock extractor. It is an expanded sectional view of a filter. It is a block circuit diagram which shows the control system of the soup manufacturing apparatus for cooking. It is a figure which shows the stirring part concerning other embodiment. It is a figure which shows the stirring part which concerns on other embodiment. It is a table | surface which shows extraction conditions and an effect.

Explanation of symbols

5 ... Extraction device 51 ... Storage part 52 ... Injection part 53 ... Stirring part 53a ... Main body part 53b ... Relay part 53c ... Plate part 54 ... Filter part

Claims (6)

A soup extractor used for cooking soup making equipment for making soup for cooking noodles, etc.
A storage unit for storing the powdered stock material, an injection unit for injecting hot water into the storage unit, and a stirring unit provided at the bottom of the storage unit,
The stirring unit includes a main body provided on the bottom of the housing so as to be rotatable about its own axis, and a relay provided on the main body in a manner extending in a radial direction at a predetermined distance from the bottom of the housing. And a plate portion provided in a vertical direction with respect to the bottom portion of the accommodating portion at the distal end portion of the relay portion,
When the main body rotates about its own axis at the bottom of the housing portion, the relay portion rotates in the circumferential direction of the housing portion, so that the plate portion is powdered so as to form an annular groove through which the soup passes. A stock extractor that stirs the stock.   The stock extraction device according to claim 1, wherein the plate portion is provided to be rotatable in a vertical direction at a distal end portion of the relay portion.   The stock extraction device according to claim 1, wherein the plate portion is provided so as to be movable in a vertical direction at a front end portion of the relay portion.   4. The stock extraction device according to claim 1, wherein the plate portion is made of an elastic member such as rubber.   The stock extraction device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the relay portion is formed in an inverted L shape.   The hot water amount sensor is provided at an upper position in the housing portion, and when the hot water amount sensor detects hot water, the supply of hot water from the injection portion is stopped. Dashi extractor.