JPH019433Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] <Technical classification/field> The disclosed technology uniformly coats the surface of food products such as aquatic animal meat and agricultural products that have been cut into a desired shape such as dice or strips. Belongs to the field of powder dusting technology.

<Explanation of the gist> This invention is an automated process that uniformly coats the surface of foods such as seafood, meat, vegetables, etc. that have been cut into the desired shape, such as the above-mentioned dice or strip shapes, with flour. This invention relates to a powder dusting device of the type, in which a cylindrical drum or the like is provided with a lid that can be freely opened and closed, such as an input port or a discharge port, through a clamp device, etc., and is perpendicular to the long axis of the drum with respect to the device frame. It is supported via intersecting support shafts and linked to a rotary drive device such as a motor via a chain sprocket, etc., and inside the drum there are a plurality of bars extending across the support shafts. The buttful rod is fixed, and the bar to which the buttful rod is fixed is tightly fixed to the inner surface via an expandable tool such as a cap nut provided at the end, and can be loosened and removed. This invention relates to a food dusting device.

<Prior Art> As is well known, in the food industry, instant foods, frozen foods, and the like are widely distributed as major foods in the simple food distribution market.

Among such simple foods, fried raw material foods are widely used in frozen form because of their long shelf life, nutritional value, taste, and the like.

In the manufacturing method of such fried food materials before they are finally frozen and packaged, there is a battering step in which they are coated with grain flour such as wheat flour.

However, in the battering process, in which battering is performed directly on the fried food, water leaches from the raw food, making it difficult to adhere to the food, or the battering is done too thinly, or the oil is not absorbed during frying. There is a problem with water splashing on the clothes and causing them to peel off.

To deal with this, it is common to perform a so-called dusting process in which flour or the like is sprinkled before the buttering process.

Therefore, in the past, the work in the dusting process was generally done manually, and methods such as putting the fried food into the flour and manually stirring and dusting the food were taken. Ta.

In such work, firstly, there is an inconvenience that the work environment is undesirable because it is carried out in floating dust such as flour, and also because the work is done manually, the wrists become extremely fatigued and work efficiency decreases. As a result, there was a fear that the non-uniform application of flour to the fried food material would impair the product yield and reduce the product quality.

Furthermore, since the process is done manually, there is also the disadvantage that food hygiene issues cannot be ignored.

To deal with this, mechanical automatic flour dusting devices have been devised, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-9361, flour is uniformly spread on a belt conveyor and the fried food is Methods such as splashing powder onto the material or pressing it from above as the material is transported have been taken, but simply splashing or pressing the powder does not adhere well to the material of the device, so it is difficult to perform the battering process or pre-flying process. There is also the disadvantage that the flour will peel off from the food material by the time it is finished.
In addition, to improve this, there is a technology such as the Brezden machine that allows the food material to fall during flouring to make the flour adhere more firmly, but the flour only adheres to one side of the falling food material. , all of which had difficult points on their surface.

<Purpose of the invention> The purpose of this invention is to solve the problem of insufficient adhesion of flour to food materials in the flouring treatment of fried foods, which are particularly excellent among simple foods that have various advantages based on the above-mentioned conventional technology. As a technical issue, it is possible to reliably guarantee the adhesion of powdered food materials to all surfaces, and to eliminate manual labor and maintain a sufficiently sanitary work environment. It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent dusting device for food materials that can significantly improve product retention and accuracy, thereby benefiting the field of intermediate processing technology in the food industry.

<Structure of the invention> In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the structure of this invention is such that when obtaining fried foods such as seafood, meat, vegetables, etc., the lid for feeding the drum of the flour dusting device is unclamped. A plurality of buttful rods branched into bars and fixed therein are stretched in the length direction with an expandable tool such as a cap nut provided at the end of the bar, so that the buttful rods extend along the rotational direction. A bar is tightly attached to the inner surface of the drum along the spindle of the drum so that it rotates with the drum, and then meat, vegetables, etc. are cut into strips or other desired shapes. The food material is put in together with a predetermined amount of powder such as wheat flour, the lid is sealed to the drum via a clamp, and a chain is attached to the support shaft of the frame, which intersects the long axis of the drum, by a rotary drive device such as a motor. The material and powder are rotated in a specified manner through a transmission such as a sprocket, and the material and powder are repeatedly dropped up and down and bounced up inside the drum, and the powder is evenly struck onto the surface of each fried food material and ensured. When the drum stops rotating, the lid is opened and discharged by removing the clamp, and is ready for the next stage of battering.

<Embodiment - Configuration> Next, one embodiment of this invention will be described below based on the drawings.

1 is a food material dusting device that forms the gist of this invention; rollers 3,
A safety cover 5 having a U-shaped horizontal section facing forward is mounted on the upper part of the frame 4 which is movably provided through the frame 4.
A chute 6 that opens forward and downward is provided in the middle thereof, and a replaceable tray 7 is further provided on the lower side.

A motor 9 serving as a rotational drive device is provided on one side of the frame via a bracket 8.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a drum, which is rotatable to evenly sprinkle flour on food material cut into strips, etc., and has corn cones at its upper and lower open ends. The mold lids 11, 11 are attached to mutual flange portions of the drum 10 with clamps 13, 13 having handles 12, 12, so that they can be freely sealed, removed, and opened.
Also, a pair of support shafts 14 extend diametrically from the outer surface of the drum in a direction perpendicular to and intersecting the long axis of the drum.
14 is fixed and extends outward, and is rotatably supported by bearings 15, 15 provided on the frame 4, and a sprocket 16 is fixed to one outer end of the sprocket 16, which acts as a speed reducer for the motor 9. 1
The sprocket 7 is connected to the sprocket 18 via a chain 19.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a full rod, and in this embodiment, a total of five rods, four of the same length and one slightly shorter at the outermost end, are arranged along the rotational direction of the drum 10. As shown in FIG. 3, they are formed separately and are provided at equal intervals perpendicular to the bar 21 formed on the common axis of the support shaft 14.

A male screw 22 is carved on one side of the bar 21, and a cap nut serving as a spindle-type telescopic tool that integrally fixes three handles 23, 23, 23 is attached to the male screw 22. 24 is screwed through the female thread 25 so as to be freely movable forward and backward in the axial direction.

Then, the bar 21 having the plurality of buff-full rods 20, 20, .
The bar 21 is set so that it is aligned with the support shafts 14, 14 in a straight line, that is, the baffle bars 20, 20... are set along the long axis of the drum, that is, along the rotation direction. There is.

For this set, clamp the lid 11 with the clamp 13.
With the handles 23 and 2 removed, open the
3 and 23 to reduce the length of the cap nut 24 to the bar 21 and insert it into the drum.
By rotating the handles 23, 23, 23 in the opposite direction, the total length of the bar 21 and the cap nut 24 is lengthened, and the tip of the cap nut 24 and the short outermost butt full rod 20 are attached to both sides of the inner surface of the drum. The first,
Set and fix in a straight line as shown in Figure 3.

In addition, the drum is loosened by the reverse operation described above to make its length shorter than the inner diameter of the drum, so that it can be easily taken out from the open end of the opened lid.

<Embodiment - Effect> In the above-described configuration, for example, when obtaining a fried food such as tempura cut into strips of squid, the meat of the squid is cut into strips, and the cut of the squid meat is set in the strips. A predetermined amount of powdered flour is put into the open opening of the drum from which the lid has been removed, the lid 11 is again sealed via the clamp 13, and a switch (not shown) is turned on to turn on the rotary drive device. When the motor 9 is operated, its rotational speed is reduced by the reducer 17 and the sprocket 18,
Support shaft 1 via chain 19 and sprocket 16
4, the drum 10 is integrated with the support shaft 14, and
The lids 11, 11 are rotated at a predetermined speed while being integrally sealed.

Therefore, the flour and the strip-shaped meat squid sealed in the drum are rotated and fall from the upper side to the bottom as the long drum rotates along the long axis, and the strip-shaped meat squid hits the flour. to ensure that powder is deposited on the surface.

During the rotation process of the drum, the falling meat rises again, falls down, and is struck by the powder that is being rotated and agitated to ensure that the powder is adhered to the entire surface of the drum.

In this case, unlike the above-mentioned prior art where the powder is simply sprinkled on the conveyor, the powder is definitely applied by falling from the top to the bottom of the drum, so it is possible to ensure that the powder adheres evenly and reliably. However, as the object falls, its posture is not kept constant and it is turned around freely, so that the powder is applied to all surfaces and is evenly adhered to it.

During this time, a plurality of (five in this embodiment) buttful rods 20, 20... rotate integrally with the drum, thereby assisting the cutting action on the strip-shaped squid meat that repeatedly rises and falls. Therefore, it is possible to always keep the rectangular cut meat in the initially cut rectangular shape in the drum and to flour the entire surface thereof.

When the powder adhesion work by rotating the drum for a predetermined period of time, for example, about 1 or 2 minutes, is completed, the motor 9 is stopped, the drum 10 is kept in a vertical position, and the lower lid 11 is closed via the handle 12 and the clamp 13. It is removed and opened, and the flour and the strip-shaped squid meat to which the flour is attached are dropped and stored via the shuttle lock into the receiving tray 7 set at the bottom of the frame 4, and the receiving tray 7 is used for the next battering process. After transporting, a new receiving tray 7 is reset, and the above-mentioned process is repeated for dusting the next rectangular piece of squid meat.

During this time, during the setting, resetting, or opening/closing operations of the lid, safety is maintained due to the presence of the safety cover 5, and the upper and lower lids 11, 11 seal this while the drum is rotating. As a result, dusting powder such as wheat flour does not scatter to the surrounding area, and the work environment is maintained. Furthermore, since there is no manual work involved in dusting the squid meat, there is no food hygiene problem.

When the dusting work is finally completed, the upper and lower lids 11, 11 are removed from the drum 10, and the cap nut 24 is tightened again through the handle 23 against the bar 21 inside the drum. The overall length of the cap nut 24 is shortened so that it can be easily removed from the drum, and the bar 21, the cap nut 24, and
The baffle rods 20, 20, etc., which are integrated with these, can be separately washed with water, and the drum can be reliably washed with water using a hose or the like to prepare for the next work.

In addition, the dusting device 1 itself has a base 2 as shown in the figure.
Since it is movable by the rollers 3, 3, . . . , it can be moved to a storage position or to a process for processing other types of products that require other dusting operations.

It goes without saying that the embodiments of this invention are not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments; for example, the outermost part of each buttful rod that comes into contact with the inner surface of the drum may be provided with a rubber lining on its outer surface, or
In addition, by applying a rubber lining to the outer end of the cap nut, it is possible to more securely attach it to the inner surface of the drum.
In addition, each buttful rod for the bar 21 can be screwed into the bar 21 for easy assembly and disassembly, and can also be replaced freely.The target food material is meat cut into the desired shape of seafood. Of course, it is also possible to use meat, vegetables, etc., and as mentioned above, it can also be applied to tempura and fried foods, and various embodiments can be adopted.

<Effects of the invention> As described above, according to this invention, the dusting process for food materials basically does not require manual labor and can be carried out completely automatically, resulting in better preservation of the work environment and a shorter process time. The powder can be applied uniformly to the entire surface in a timely manner, and excellent effects such as improved product precision and yield can be obtained.

In addition, the dusting of flour, etc., and the loading and unloading of food materials into the flour dusting device can be done easily and without contaminating the surrounding area, and cleaning and disinfection are also easy and there are no food hygiene problems. The excellent effect of achieving satisfactory conditions in terms of work, production, maintenance, and management is achieved.

The drum is supported by the frame via a support shaft intersecting the long axis so as to be freely rotatable along the long axis, and is linked to the rotational drive device. The process of rising and falling of the food materials and powder stored inside the machine due to its rotation can be greatly reduced, and therefore, unlike mere covering, the process of beating can be greatly reduced.
Therefore, the excellent effect of ensuring the adhesion of the powder to the food material is achieved.

In addition, since the lid body is provided on the drum so that it can be opened and removed, the food material and powder can be easily stored inside the drum, so that the surrounding work environment is not polluted during the powder adhesion process, and there is no need for manual labor. There is no need for any work at all, and excellent effects are achieved in that hygiene and environmental protection are taken seriously.Furthermore,
Since a plurality of baffle rods are disposed inside the drum in the direction along the long axis, the food material can reliably repeatedly rise and fall without passing through the chute.

However, since the baffle rod is removably attached to the inside of the drum, although it has a complicated structure when set, it can be taken out and washed separately, thereby improving food hygiene. It has the advantage of being extremely useful in terms of maintenance, and also has the excellent effect of being easily and easily attachable to and detachable from the drum.

Therefore, since the powder dusting device has a simple structure,
It has the advantage of being low in manufacturing cost and easy to maintain, and also has the advantage of being trouble-free and having excellent durability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings are explanatory diagrams of one embodiment of this invention, in which FIG. 1 is a front view in partial cross section, FIG. 2 is a side view in partial cross section, FIG. The figure is a perspective view of the buttful rod, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial sectional view of FIG. 4. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Powder dusting device, 11...Lid body, 10...Drum, 4...Frame, 14...Spindle, 9...Rotation drive device, 20...Buttful rod, 21...Bar,
24...Extendable tool, (bukuro nut).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) In an automatic flour dusting device for uniformly covering the surface of food with flour, a drum having a lid that can be opened and closed is mounted on a support shaft intersecting the long axis of the drum with respect to the frame. 1. A food flouring device, characterized in that the drum is supported and connected to a rotary drive device, and a plurality of buttful rods are removably disposed within the drum. (2) The food dusting device as set forth in claim 1 of the above-mentioned utility model registration claim, wherein the baffle rod is connected to a single bar along the support shaft and installed in the drum. (3) The food dusting device according to claim 2, wherein the bar is capable of approaching the inner surface of the drum via an extendable member at its end. (4) The food dusting device according to claim 3, wherein the expandable tool is a bag nut.