JP4898499B2 - Automatic fryer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic fryer that can easily perform the introduction of ingredients into an oil tank and the cleaning of the oil tank.

Conventionally, as a device for fried foods efficiently, an oil tank that stores oil for frying food, and a traveling body that rotates in one direction on a rotating track in which an upper part and a lower part provided at a position higher than the oil tank form a horizontal line And a plurality of sweeping blades attached to the traveling body that moves while pushing the food in the oil tank from one end side to the other end side and finally sweeps out of the oil tank when the traveling body passes the lower horizontal line. An automatic fryer is known (for example, Patent Document 1), and is useful in a restaurant in the restaurant industry. However, since the automatic fryer 21 shown in FIG. 3 described in Patent Document 1 moves at the same height as the horizontal line of the traveling body 23 when the sweep blade 22 moves in the upper horizontal line, the cook can When putting food into the oil tank, the sleeve of the cooking clothes may touch the sweep blade 22 that moves in the upper horizontal line if care is not taken. Further, when cleaning the oil tank, it may be difficult to clean unless the sweep blade 22 located in the upper horizontal line is removed.
Japanese Patent No. 2933122

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the automatic fryer which can perform the injection | pouring of the foodstuff into an oil tank, and the cleaning in an oil tank easily.

The automatic fryer of the present invention made in view of the above technical background, as claimed in claim 1, an oil tank for storing oil for frying food, and an upper part and a lower part provided at a position higher than the oil tank form a horizontal line When the traveling body rotates in one direction on the rotating track and the traveling body passes the lower horizontal line, the food in the oil tank is moved while pushing from one end side to the other end side, and finally swept out of the oil tank. An automatic flyer having a plurality of sweeping blades attached to a running body, wherein the sweeping blades are attached to the traveling body using a hinge mechanism, and when the sweeping blades move along the upper horizontal line, The guide disposed in the above is characterized in that the end of the sweep blade opposite to the end attached to the traveling body is lifted upward.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the automatic flyer according to the first aspect, further comprising an oil scrap removing blade attached to the traveling body.

  In the automatic fryer of the present invention, when the sweep blade moves on the upper horizontal line, the end portion on the side opposite to the end portion of the sweep blade attached to the traveling body (that is, the end portion in front of the cook) is Since it is lifted upward, it is possible to easily put the food into the oil tank and clean the oil tank.

  Hereinafter, although the automatic fryer of this invention is demonstrated based on drawing, the automatic flyer of this invention should not be construed as being limited to the following description.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of an automatic fryer of the present invention. The automatic fryer 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with an oil tank 2 on a gantry 13 and rotates in a direction indicated by an arrow on a rotating track in which an upper part and a lower part form a horizontal line at a position higher than the oil tank 2. There is a chain as a running body suspended on two main sprockets, and a transport mechanism consisting of a plurality of stainless steel sweeping blades 3 attached to the chain at predetermined intervals. The drive sprocket is rotated by driving a motor. By rotating one of the main sprockets, the chain travels on the rotation path (the chain line in FIG. 1 indicates the rotation path of the chain. The main sprocket, chain, motor, and drive sprocket are built in the device. Therefore, it is omitted in Fig. 1. See Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 if necessary).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the sweep blade 3 is a Teflon (registered trademark) slider including a sweep blade mounting member 6 attached to the chain 5 and a support member 7 for detachably supporting the sweep blade 3. It is attached to the chain 5 using a hinge mechanism composed of 8 and a pin 9 and is movable up and down. Accordingly, the guide 4 is disposed in front of the chain 5, and the slider 8 slides along the guide 4 when the sweep blade 3 moves along the upper horizontal line at the height position of the upper horizontal line of the guide 4. By moving to a height position such that the end opposite to the end attached to the chain 5 is lifted upward, the side opposite to the end attached to the chain 5 of the sweep blade 3 Is lifted upward by a hinge mechanism. The guide 4 shown in FIG. 1 is a circle having a horizontal line at the bottom, but when the sweep blade 3 moves along the horizontal line at the top, it is opposite to the end on the side attached to the chain 5. As long as the side end is lifted upward, it does not necessarily have a circle shape. The guide 4 is made of stainless steel, for example. By making the guide 4 made of stainless steel, the slidability with the Teflon (registered trademark) slider 8 can be improved.

  The automatic fryer 1 shown in FIG. 1 further has an oil scrap removing blade 10 attached to a chain 5. The oil residue removing blade 10 is made of an elastic stainless steel spring whose lower end (end on the bottom side of the oil tank) has a large number of cuts toward the upper end, and sinks at the bottom of the oil tank. It is convenient to get rid of.

  The fried food material X swept from the oil tank 2 by the sweep blade 3 is collected on a net-like discharge plate 11 provided on the front side of the oil tank 2, and the oil residue removed by the oil residue removing blade 10 is discharged as a net. It passes through the plate 11 and is collected in an unillustrated oil recovery box installed below it. The heating temperature of the oil tank 2 and the traveling speed of the chain 5 can be controlled by the control unit 12.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention has industrial applicability in that it can provide an automatic fryer that can easily perform the introduction of food into the oil tank and the cleaning of the oil tank.

It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of one Embodiment of the automatic fryer of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows schematic structure of one Embodiment of the attachment mode to the chain of a sweep blade. It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of one Embodiment of the conventional automatic fryer.

Explanation of symbols

1,21 Automatic fryer 2 Oil tank 3,22 Sweep blade 4 Guide 5,23 Traveling body (chain)
6 Sweeping blade attachment member 7 Sweeping blade support member 8 Slider 9 Pin 10 Oil scrap removal blade 11 Net-like discharge plate 12 Control unit 13 Base X Food that has been fried

Claims (2)

  An oil tank that stores oil for frying food, a traveling body that rotates in one direction on a rotating track in which an upper part and a lower part that are located higher than the oil tank form a horizontal line, and the traveling body passes through the lower horizontal line An automatic fryer having a plurality of sweeping blades attached to a traveling body that moves while pushing the ingredients in the oil tank from one end side to the other end side and finally sweeps out of the oil tank, When the sweep blade moves on the upper horizontal line, the guide on the front of the traveling body is used to move the sweep blade to the end opposite to the end attached to the traveling body. An automatic flyer characterized in that the part is lifted upward.   The automatic fryer according to claim 1, further comprising an oil scrap removing blade attached to the traveling body.