JP5032261B2 - Inversion device in continuous food heating equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a reversing device in a continuous food heating device that can be suitably applied to a fryer that continuously produces fried foods.

  A material reversing device may be incorporated in a fryer that continuously produces fried food (for example, Patent Document 1).

The conventional reversing device combines a receiving plate that receives the material being fried and a drive unit that reverses the receiving plate, and when the material is conveyed on the receiving plate from the upstream side, the receiving plate is reversed to remove the material. It can be inverted and released downstream.
JP 2005-168604 A

  When such a conventional technique is used, the reversing device needs to combine the receiving plate, the drive unit for reversing the receiving plate, and the sensor for detecting the timing for reversing the receiving plate, and to reverse the receiving plate at the optimum timing. There is a problem that the overall configuration tends to be complicated and expensive.

  Therefore, in view of the problems of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to combine the plurality of fixed regulating members and the comb-shaped pusher, so that no special drive unit or sensor is required and the overall configuration is improved. Another object of the present invention is to provide a reversing device in a continuous food heating device that can be greatly simplified.

  The configuration of the present invention for achieving such an object includes a plurality of regulating members arranged in parallel with the material conveyance direction, and a comb-shaped pusher that moves so as to pass between the regulating members, The regulating member aligns the shape of the upper edge portion of each of the restricting members so as to push the material up to a predetermined height from the upstream side to the downstream side in the material conveyance direction, the down slope continuous with the up slope, and the down slope The gist is to form a locking projection at the end of the slope.

  In addition, each control member can be arranged on a common support plate, and can be curved concentrically.

  When such a configuration is adopted, the pusher has a comb-like shape that passes between the regulating members, so that the material during the heat treatment is moved along the ascending slope and the descending slope formed by the upper edge portion of the regulating member, The material that is locked to the locking protrusion at the end of the descending slope and stops obliquely on the descending slope can be reliably reversed. This is because the material on the down slope is restrained so that the front end side in the transport direction cannot move through the locking projection, and the upper surface is inclined obliquely to the front side in the transport direction. In addition, the pusher may be moved so as to reciprocate only for the arrangement range of the regulating member, or may be moved so as to convey the material for the entire process of continuous heating of the material. The former pusher is a dedicated member for material reversal provided separately from the conveying means for conveying the material to heat-treat the material, and the latter pusher is a dual-purpose member also used as the material conveying means. In addition, the continuous food heating device here refers to a continuous production type fried processing device, a baking processing device, or the like.

  By arranging each regulating member on a common support plate, it can be easily attached to and detached from the continuous heating device via the support plate according to the necessity of reversal of the material during the heat treatment. In addition, each regulating member can be easily installed on a curved portion in the material conveyance direction by being concentrically curved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The reversing device in the continuous heating apparatus for food includes a plurality of regulating members 11, 11... And a comb-like pusher 21 (FIG. 1).

  Each regulating member 11 is formed by bending a round bar into a mountain shape. The shape of the upper edge portion of each regulating member 11 is uniform, and the ascending slope 11a, the descending slope 11b, and the locking projection 11c from the upstream side to the downstream side in the material transport direction K, that is, the movement direction of the pusher 21. Is formed. The restricting members 11 are arranged in parallel on the common support plate 12 at equal intervals by supporting the tops between the ascending slope 11a and the descending slope 11b via the support pillars 11d. However, each regulating member 11 has the starting point of the rising slope 11 a fixed on the support plate 12, and the locking projection 11 c at the end of the falling slope 11 b is held at a predetermined height from the support plate 12.

  The pusher 21 is configured by attaching a comb-like pusher plate 21b to a horizontal support rod 21a. In the pusher plate 21b, slits 21c, 21c,... Corresponding to the regulating members 11, 11,... Are formed, so that the pusher 21 passes between the regulating members 11, 11,. 1 can be moved in the direction of arrow K in FIG.

  Such a reversing device can be used by being mounted on, for example, a straight portion of the oil tank 31 of the continuous production type fryer 30 (region A in FIG. 2).

  The flyer 30 includes an oval oil tank 31 and pushers 21, 21... That circulate horizontally through the oil tank 31 via a chain 32. The chain 32 is wound around the sprockets 32a and 32a at both ends, and can circulate and travel in the directions of arrows K, K... In FIG. Therefore, when a material (not shown) is introduced into a specific region of the oil tank 31 delimited by the pushers 21, 21... (For example, in the direction of the arrow P1 in FIG. 2), the material is conveyed through the oil tank 31 via the pushers 21, 21. Then, it is deep-fried by the heating oil in the oil tank 31 and discharged to the outside as a fried product of the finished product (for example, in the direction of arrow P2 in FIG. 2). However, the material is turned upside down by a reversing device in the region A in the middle.

  The material W transported in the direction of the arrow K in FIG. 3A through the pusher 21 is first moved along the upslopes 11a, 11a,... Of the regulating members 11, 11,. And pushed upward (in the direction of arrow K1 in FIG. 3A). However, in FIG. 3, the code | symbol L shows the oil level of the heating oil in the oil tank 31, and only the single control member 11 is typically illustrated in the figure.

  Therefore, when the material W is pushed up through the pusher 21 until it exceeds the top of the regulating member 11 (two-dot chain line in FIG. 3A), the material W falls on the descending slope 11b of the regulating member 11 so as to rotate. (In the direction of arrow K2 in the figure), the front end portion is locked to the locking protrusion 11c of the regulating member 11 and is inclined obliquely on the descending slope 11b (a solid line in FIG. 3B). Thereafter, when the pusher 21 advances to the down slope 11b (two-dot chain line in the figure), the material W on the down slope 11b is forcibly caused by the pusher 21 (arrow K3 direction in the figure, two-dot chain line). The rotation can be reversed around the locking projection 11c (in the direction of arrow K4 in FIG. 3C). That is, the material W is fried on one side on the upstream side of the reversing device, reversed by the reversing device, and the other side is fried on the downstream side of the reversing device, so that both sides are appropriately fried and finished as a finished product. Can be discharged.

Other embodiments

  The reversing device can be mounted on the curved portion of the oil tank 31 (region B in FIG. 2, FIG. 4).

  The control members 11, 11,... Of the reversing device are concentrically curved and arranged at equal intervals on the common support plate 12 (FIG. 4, FIG. 5A). However, FIGS. 5A and 5B are a main part plan view of FIG. 4 and a developed side view of a representative regulating member 11, respectively.

  Each restricting member 11 includes a long upward slope 11a, a short downward slope 11b, and a locking projection from the upstream side to the downstream side in the material transport direction (directions of arrows K in FIGS. 4 and 5B) by the pusher 21. 11c is formed. For example, each regulating member 11 is formed by punching a plate material into the shape shown in FIG. 5B, smoothly finishing the shape of the upper edge portion, bending it into a predetermined curvature, and heat resistance such as Teflon (registered trademark) as a whole. It is preferable to perform a coating treatment with a resin. In addition, each regulating member 11 increases the length a of the rising slope 11a in order from the inner circumference side to the outer circumference side in FIG. 4, but the length b from the down slope 11b to the tip of the locking projection 11c is aligned. Formed and arranged on the support plate 12 so that the tops between the ascending slope 11a and the descending slope 11b are aligned in the same direction around the sprocket 32a (for example, in the direction of arrow P3 in FIG. 5A).

  4, the pusher 21 is formed by suspending a plurality of pusher plates 21b, 21b... Passing between the regulating members 11, 11,... On a common support rod 21a, and the pusher plates 21b, 21b. Are also arranged on the inner side of the innermost regulating member 11 and on the outer side of the outermost regulating member 11. The support rod 21a of the pusher 21 is detachably attached to the chain 32 via a bracket 21d. A roller 21e that rolls along the periphery of the oil tank 31 is attached to the tip of the support rod 21a. Yes.

  When the pusher 21 travels so as to roll around the sprocket 32a via the chain 32 (in the direction of arrow K in FIG. 4), the ascending slope 11a of the regulating members 11, 11. , 11a ... The material is pushed up onto the descending slopes 11b, 11b ... via the locking projections 11c, 11c, and the material on the descending slopes 11b, 11b ... 11c... Can be reversed.

  In the above description, the pusher plate 21b of the pusher 21 may have a hole for draining oil or may use a wire mesh material in order to smoothly move in the heated oil. The reversing device of the present invention is not limited to the frying device such as the fryer 30 but can be applied to a continuous production type baking device. However, since the baking apparatus generally includes a conveyor for conveying materials, the pusher 21 of the reversing device is a dedicated member separate from the conveyor, and the material on the conveyor is made up of the regulating members 11, 11. It is possible to reciprocate and circulate only the arrangement range of the restricting members 11, 11, so as to push up the slopes 11 a, 11 a... And reverse through the descending slopes 11 b, 11 b. That's fine.

Overall schematic perspective view Usage plan Operation explanation Overall perspective view showing another embodiment FIG.

Explanation of symbols

W ... Material K ... Conveying direction 11 ... Restriction member 11a ... Up slope 11b ... Down slope 11c ... Locking protrusion 12 ... Support plate 21 ... Pusher

Patent Applicant Asahi Equipment Co., Ltd.
Attorney Tadaaki Matsuda, Attorney

Claims (3)

  A plurality of restricting members arranged in parallel with the material conveying direction, and comb-shaped pushers that move so as to pass between the restricting members, the restricting members each having a shape of an upper edge portion; By aligning, the upward slope that pushes the material up to a predetermined height from the upstream side to the downstream side in the material conveyance direction, the downward slope that continues to the upward slope, and the locking projection at the end of the downward slope A reversing device in a continuous food heating apparatus,   2. The reversing device in a continuous food heating device according to claim 1, wherein the regulating members are arranged on a common support plate.   The reversing device in a continuous food heating device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each regulating member is bent concentrically.

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