JPH0212554B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention The present invention achieves accurate energization within a short time while preventing the juice contained in food materials from accidentally flowing out from an insulating container during energization processing. The present invention relates to an electrode body for use in an electrically processed food manufacturing apparatus that can produce electrically processed foods with a pleasant flavor.

Traditionally, raw food materials such as agricultural products, marine products, or other materials have been rapidly sterilized using the Joule heat generated by current resistance, in order to obtain flavorful electrically processed foods. The production equipment that directly fills a cylindrical insulating container with both sides open, and then applies electricity while pressing the filled food material between a pair of left and right electrode plates through a salt-containing water contact, is described above. Developed by the present applicant, it has achieved considerable effects as it has been put into practice.

By the way, as mentioned above, when raw food materials are directly filled into an insulating container so as to be placed between the left and right pair of salt-containing water contact bodies, and subjected to energization processing under the pressure of the electrode plates, During the manufacturing process, the juice contained in the food material constantly oozes out from the food material due to the pressing action and progress of ripening, and flows out from the insulating container onto the work table, staining the work table and making it unsanitary. Of course, the juice spilling onto the workbench may cause an electrical leakage accident, and food materials cannot be heated to the correct temperature for sterilization, resulting in an unexpected injury. This was something that was strongly desired.

In view of the above, the present invention has been developed by sandwiching a food material filled in an insulating container with both upper and lower surfaces open between a pair of upper and lower electrode bodies via upper and lower salt-containing water contacting bodies, and pressing the food material with either the upper or lower electrode body. Even if the lower electrode body is placed on the lower side of the insulating container, a liquid storage chamber is formed around the bottom wall and the insulating container, which are in close contact with the lower salt-containing water electrically connected body. In addition, the upper surface is formed in an open shape, so that the juice exuded from the food material during press energization processing does not accidentally flow out of the insulating container, and all of it can be absorbed by the lower electrode body. A device for producing energized processed foods that can be received and housed in a juice storage chamber provided around an insulating container to prevent electrical leakage accidents and achieve accurate energized processing work hygienically and safely. Various preferred embodiments of the structure of the electrode body in the electrically processed food manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an insulating container consisting of a rectangular cube with both upper and lower surfaces open, and raw foods such as agricultural products, marine products, or other materials are stored in the insulating container 1. Material A is directly filled. Salt-containing water electrical connection members 2 and 3 are placed in close contact with the upper and lower open surfaces of the filled food material A, respectively. On the lower side of the insulating container 1 formed as described above, a bottom wall 5 that is in close contact with the lower salt-containing water electrical contact body 3 and a liquid reservoir 7 of an appropriate size are formed around the insulating container 1. A lower electrode body 4, which is formed integrally with a surrounding wall 6 and has an open top rectangular shape, is placed in pressure contact with the lower electrode body 4.

Then, the lower electrode body 4 formed as described above
A fitting step 8 is provided on the bottom wall 5 side of the insulating container 1 so that the lower side of the insulating container 1 is inserted into the container under accurate pressure contact, so that the insulating container 1 can be stored without moving in the left-right, front-back, and front-back directions. has been done.

Reference numeral 9 denotes an insulating base for installing the lower electrode body 4 that accommodates the lower side of the insulating container 1, and the lower electrode body 4 is placed in a recess 10 provided on the surface of the insulating base 9. An electrode electrically conductive body 11 is disposed via a lead wire 12, and the bottom wall 5 of the electrode electrically conductive body 11 is in close contact with the bottom wall 5 of the electrode. 13 is an insulating container 1 so as to be in close contact with the upper salt-containing water electrical contact body 2.
The upper electrode body 13 is formed into a rectangular shape substantially similar to the insulating container 1, and an insulating support rod 14 is attached to the base end side of the upper electrode body 13. At the center of the insulating support rod 14, a temperature sensor 15 for detecting the ripening temperature of the food material A is provided to protrude downward from the upper electrode body 13. 16 is a lead wire of the upper electrode body 13. Reference numeral 17 denotes a liquid overflow groove vertically installed at a suitable position on the upper edge of the insulating container 1.

Therefore, the insulating container 1 with both upper and lower sides open
The food material A filled inside is passed through the upper and lower salt-containing water contact bodies 2 and 3 to the electrode body 13, which consists of a pair of upper and lower electrode bodies,
4, and either the upper or lower electrode body 1
While being pressed by the pressing operation 3 or 4, the electrode bodies 13 and 4 are sterilized by energization by passing electricity between them.

What is shown from Fig. 3 to Fig. 12 is
This shows various modified embodiments of the lower electrode body 4 in the case where a member for positioning the lower electrode body 4 in a press-contact state is provided on the lower side of the insulating container 1.
The rectangular lower electrode body 4 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 has a bulging protrusion 18 that bulges inward at a suitable location on the surrounding wall 6, which is integrally extruded. Then, the lower electrode body 4 is press-supported to the lower side of the insulating container 1 by the supporting action of the bulging protrusion 18 without moving left and right or forward or backward, and at the same time, the surrounding wall 6 of the lower electrode body 4... A juice reservoir chamber 7 corresponding to the length of the bulging protrusion 18 is formed between the insulating container 1 and the insulating container 1. Therefore, the bottom wall 5 of the lower electrode body 4 of this embodiment is formed into a planar shape.

The lower electrode body 4 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. On top of 5 is a rectangular insulating container 1.
A rectangular inserting electrode body 19 with an open top surface that can be stored in a press-contact manner without moving back and forth from side to side is integrally installed on the lower side of the lower electrode body 4, and the surrounding wall 6 of the lower electrode body 4 and the inserting electrode body 19 are connected to each other. It goes without saying that the height of the insertion electrode body 19 in this embodiment is lower than the height of the lower electrode body 4, provided that a liquid reservoir chamber 7 of an appropriate size is formed between the two.

The lower electrode body 4 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is formed into a rectangular shape with an open upper surface, consisting of a flat bottom wall 5 and a surrounding wall 6, and each of the surrounding walls 6... Elastic support pieces 20 curved inwardly and downwardly are integrally formed on a part of the upper edge, and the lower electrode body 4 is attached to each of the elastic support pieces 20 on the lower side of the insulating container 1. This is a case in which the liquid storage chamber 7 is positioned between the insulating container 1 and the surrounding wall 6 of the lower electrode body 4 while being positioned in pressure contact without moving back and forth from side to side.

The lower electrode body 4 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is used when the insulating container 1 filled with food material is cylindrical. The whole is formed into a cylindrical shape with an open top surface by a flat bottom wall 5 and a cylindrical surrounding wall 6, and a lower electrode body 4 is disposed on the bottom side of the cylindrical insulating container 1 on the bottom wall 5 side. The circular fitting step portion 21 is integrally molded so as to be placed in pressure contact without moving back and forth from side to side. A reservoir chamber 7 is formed.

The lower electrode body 4 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 is used in the cylindrical insulating container 1 similarly to the previous embodiment, and the lower electrode body 4 of this embodiment is The entire structure is formed into a cylindrical shape with an open top surface by a flat bottom wall 5 and a cylindrical surrounding wall 6, and on the bottom wall 5 of the lower electrode body 4, a lower part of the cylindrical insulating container 1 is formed. A cylindrical fitting electrode body 22 with an open top surface is integrally installed on the side so that the lower electrode body 4 can be positioned in pressure contact without moving back and forth from side to side. A juice reservoir chamber 7 of an appropriate size is formed between the electrode body 22 and the electrode body 22. In this embodiment, it goes without saying that the height of the insertion electrode body 22 is formed to be shorter than the height of the surrounding wall 6 of the lower electrode body 4.

Further, the lower electrode body 4 has an open upper surface simply having a planar bottom wall 5 and a surrounding wall 6, without providing any member on the lower electrode body 4 side for fitting the lower side of the insulating container 1. Even if the insulating container 1 and the lower electrode are formed, by simply changing the shape of the insulating container 1, the insulating container 1 and the lower electrode may be able to be placed in pressure contact with each other at the bottom side of the insulating container 1 without moving back and forth from side to side. A juice storage chamber 7 of an appropriate size can be easily provided between the body 4 and the surrounding wall 6. That is, the insulating container 1 of each embodiment shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 14, protrusions 23 are attached outwardly to the lower surface of each side wall of the insulating container 1, which is formed into a rectangular cube. This is an insulating container 1 having an upright cylindrical shape, and a plurality of protruding protrusions 24 extending outward at approximately equal intervals on the lower outer circumferential surface of the insulating container 1.

Therefore, when the insulating container 1 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 13 is used, the whole is made into the same rectangular shape as the insulating container 1 as shown in FIG. 15,
In addition, even if the lower electrode body 4 has a planar bottom wall 5 and a surrounding wall 6 and has an open upper surface, it can be prevented from being moved from side to side and back and forth by the engagement of the bulging protrusion 23 on the lower side of the insulating container 1. It is possible to position the lower electrode body 4 in a press-contact manner and to form a liquid reservoir chamber 7 around the insulating container 1.

Furthermore, even when the upright cylindrical insulating container 1 shown in FIG. 14 is used, the lower electrode body 4 is
As shown in FIG. 6, even if the whole is formed into a cylindrical shape having the same shape as the insulating container 1 and an open top surface with a flat bottom wall 5 and a surrounding wall 6, the expansion will be the same as described above. Since the projecting body 24 can be placed in pressure contact with the lower side of the insulating container 1 without moving it from side to side or back and forth, the juice storage chamber 7 can be easily formed around the insulating container 1. It is something.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the lower electrode body 4
An insulating container 1 is placed in a fitting step 8 provided on the bottom wall 5 side of the
After placing the bottom side of the insulating container 1 and closing the bottom side of the insulating container 1 with the lower saline water contact 3, raw food material A is filled from the open top side, and the upper part is placed on top of the filled food material A. A large number of salt-containing water electrical connection bodies 2 are prepared in which they are closely laid.

Next, the lower electrode body 4 on which the lower side of the insulating container 1 is placed is placed on the insulating base 9 at the electrode contact body 11 position.
The electrode contact body 11 and the lower electrode body 4 are installed on the top.
The bottom wall 5, the lower saline water electrical contact 3, the food material A, and the upper salt water electrical contact 2 are brought into close contact with each other.

Once set in this manner, the upper electrode body 13 is inserted into the insulating container 1 from the open top side through an appropriate means, and then either the upper or lower electrode body 13 or 4 is moved to remove the food material A. At the same time as pressing the entire body, the tip of the temperature sensing body 15 is inserted to approximately the center position of the food material A, and the electrode body 11 and the electrode body 1 are inserted.
3, so that an equal current flows between them.

Then, food material A will be sterilized by heat sterilization within a short time due to the heat generated by the resistance, and the sterilization temperature of food material A will be detected by temperature sensor 15, so food material A will be heated at a preset temperature. When the heat sterilization temperature is reached, the electricity supply is stopped, and the raw food material A becomes an electrically processed food with a moderately compacted flavor.

By the way, a lot of juice is mixed into the raw food material A for seasoning, and this juice is absorbed by the pressing action of either the upper or lower electrode body 13 or 4 during energization processing and the sterilization effect by heat sterilization. Salt-containing water oozes out of the insulating container 1 through the lower electrical contact body 3 and tends to flow onto the insulating base 9.

However, the lower electrode body 4 is placed in pressure contact with the lower side of the insulating container 1, and between the insulating container 1 and the surrounding wall 6 of the lower electrode body 4, there is a liquid reservoir chamber 7 of an appropriate size. As a result, the juice seeping out from the bottom side of the insulating container 1 does not flow out onto the insulating base 9 and accumulates in the juice storage chamber 7, thereby preventing the occurrence of electrical leakage accidents caused by the leakage of the juice. Not only can injuries caused by this be prevented from occurring, but also the work of wiping off spilled juice can be eliminated, and the electrical processing work can be carried out efficiently and hygienically.

Therefore, once the electrically processed food is obtained by the above-mentioned electrical processing operation, the lower electrode body 4 with the insulating container 1 placed thereon is removed from the insulating base 9, and a new lower part with the insulating container 1 placed thereon is removed. By placing the electrode body 4 on the insulating base 9 so as to be in contact with the electrode electrically connected body 11 and repeating the same operation as before, it is possible to always obtain a homogeneous electrically processed food.

In short, since the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, the food material A filled in the insulating container 1 whose upper and lower surfaces are open is transferred to the upper and lower saline water contactors 2 and 3.
sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower electrode bodies 3 and 4,
Even when energization is carried out while pressing with either the upper or lower electrode body 13 or 4, the lower electrode body 4 located on the lower side of the insulating container 1 will not touch the lower salt-containing water electrical contact body 3. Since it is formed in an open upper surface with a bottom wall 5 that is in close contact with the insulating container 1 and a surrounding wall 6 in which a liquid reservoir 7 is provided around the insulating container 1, the pair of upper and lower electrode bodies 13 and 4 can be kept in contact with the upper and lower salt-containing water. The bottom side of the insulating container may be able to be brought into close contact with the food material through the electric bodies 2 and 3 to perform the energization processing well, and to always obtain homogeneous and flavorful energization processed food. Rather than allowing the large amount of juice that oozes out to the outside, all of it is collected and stored in the juice storage chamber 7 formed around the insulating container 1, thereby preventing electric leakage accidents and injury accidents due to electric leakage due to the leakage of juice. This has the effect of being able to safely, efficiently, and hygienically accomplish the electrical machining work while preventing the occurrence of this problem.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an electrode body in the electrically processed food manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway longitudinal sectional front view of the electrically processed food manufacturing apparatus,
The figure is a perspective view of the lower electrode body used in the device, and Figures 3 to 12 show modified embodiments of the lower electrode body, and Figure 3 shows a bulging protrusion formed on the surrounding wall. FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the lower electrode body when the insertion electrode body is integrally provided on the bottom wall,
FIG. 6 is a longitudinal side view of FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the lower electrode body when an elastic support piece is integrally attached to a part of the upper edge of the surrounding wall, and FIG. 8 is a longitudinal section of FIG. 7. A side view, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the lower electrode body when it has a cylindrical shape, FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional front view of FIG. 9, and FIG.
The figure is a perspective view of a lower electrode body having a cylindrical shape with a cylindrical insertion electrode body integrally provided on the bottom wall.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view of Figure 11, Figure 13 is a perspective view of a rectangular insulating container with protrusions attached to the lower surface of each side wall, and Figure 14 is a cylindrical insulating container. A perspective view of a case in which a bulging protrusion is attached to the lower outer peripheral surface of the container, and FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a case in which a lower electrode body is placed in pressure contact with the lower side of a rectangular insulating container to which a bulging protrusion is attached. FIG. 16 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the case where the lower electrode body is placed in pressure contact with the lower part of the cylindrical insulating container provided with the bulging protrusion. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Insulating container, 2, 3... Upper and lower salt water contact bodies, 4... Lower electrode body, 5... Its bottom wall, 6... Its surrounding wall, 7... Soup storage chamber provided around the insulating container, 13
...upper electrode body.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Food material filled in an insulating container with both upper and lower sides open is sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower electrode bodies via the upper and lower salt-containing water contact bodies, and energized while being pressed with either the upper or lower electrode body. The lower electrode body located on the lower side of the insulating container includes a bottom wall that is in close contact with the lower salt-containing water contact body, and a surrounding wall in which a liquid reservoir is provided around the insulating container,
Moreover, an electrode body for an electrically processed food manufacturing apparatus is characterized in that the upper surface is formed in an open shape.