JPH0286733A - Fluffy fiber forming head assembly of cotton candy apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a stripe cotton candy by arranging an upper and lower rooms separately melting two sugars of different colors to keep the different colors outside the rooms as the cotton candy. CONSTITUTION: A head assembly 11 forming cotton-like fibers is rotated to make sugar fly toward upper and lower heating bands 39 and 25 in respective heating rooms 40 and 26 to blow out in a melted state through slot openings 35 and 23 to re-crystalize in the form of two-colored cotton candy. The two different belts of the cotton-like fibers are separated by increasing elements 44, 36 and 22 to gather cotton candy to a bar gathering to the inner wall surface of a tub 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a cotton candy apparatus, more particularly a cotton fiber forming head assembly of a cotton candy apparatus suitable for producing striped cotton candy. (flosshead assembly
) regarding.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Cotton candy and cotton candy equipment are well known. Cotton candy is sugar made into threads (spuns).
Ugar, that is, sugar made into fluff or fluff confectionery.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Generally, cotton candy is colored because colored sugar is used to make it. The most widely used color is pink, followed by blue.

Until now, traditional cotton candy equipment has been used to create striped (
Efforts have been made to make cotton candy (striped) or multicolored cotton candy, but these have fallen far short of being completely satisfactory, as the different colored sugars melt together to form a single mixed colored cotton candy. It was far away. It would therefore be desirable to provide a cotton candy device that can overcome such drawbacks of prior art cotton candy devices.

(Means for Solving the Problem) According to the present invention, a striped cotton t for manufacturing cotton candy is provided.
An an-forming head assembly is provided. The cotton fiber forming head assembly includes an upper chamber and a lower chamber adapted to melt two different colored sugars to provide striped cotton candy. In an embodiment, a stripe-enhancing element is provided between the hill chamber and the lower chamber, and the stripe enhancement element is provided outside the chamber as liquid sugar is discharged from the fluff forming head assembly and recrystallized into fluff confectionery. It is designed to hold different colors.

Further, according to the present invention, a first rotatably supported cotton candy chamber means for heating sugar and dispensing the molten sugar, and a second cotton candy chamber means arranged separately from the first cotton candy chamber means. rotatably supported cotton candy chamber means, said first chamber means having a first port means for introducing sugar into said first chamber means, and said second chamber means having a first port means for introducing sugar into said first chamber means; The chamber means has second port means for introducing sugar into the second chamber means, and the first and second chamber means are arranged such that the first colored sugar and the second colored sugar are in contact with each other. forming stripes on the recrystallized fluff confectionery by separately producing molten sugar which, when introduced into said first and second chamber means respectively, recrystallizes into the fluff confectionery simultaneously outside the respective chamber means; A flocculent fiber forming head assembly is provided having the following features.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved cotton fiber forming head assembly for use in cotton candy equipment.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cotton fiber forming head assembly for producing striped cotton candy.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be partly obvious and partly obvious from the description of the specification and drawings.

Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention is the structure exemplified in the following description,
The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims.

(Example) To explain FIGS. 1 to 4, the whole number is 10.
, a cotton candy device constructed in accordance with the present invention is shown. Cotton candy device 10 includes a housing, generally designated by the reference numeral 12, which supports a tub 20. Housing 12
is equipped with an electric motor (not shown), an on-off switch and several switches that are conventional and do not form part of the invention. Supported by housing 12 and disposed within tub 20 is a rotatable floc-forming head assembly 11 . The floc-forming head assembly 11 includes a turntable 14 mounted on a rotatable shaft 16. shaft 16
is mechanically coupled to a motor within the housing in a conventional manner to rotate the turntable 14. Connector +5a is supported by turntable 14,
1 wire 17 (FIG. 2) is connected thereto. An annular spacer 1B is supported by the turntable 14, and an annular gasket +9 is attached to the spacer 18.

Warm stripe enhancement element
r) 22 is held by a gas scaler) 19, and is adapted to be moved by a turntable 14 during rotation. A slotted lower head 24 is supported by the turntable 14, stripe enhancement elements and gas scaler 19 to form a lower heating chamber, generally indicated by the reference numeral 26. The slotted head 24 has a slotted opening.
penning) 23 and is constructed in the usual manner, except that the openings 23 are oriented annularly. Attached to the head 24 at a distance from the inner surface of the head 24, in which the slot 24 is formed, is a heating band 25. The heating band 25 is connected to the lead wire 42A.
The heating band 25 is connected to the power source PS (FIG. 2) by the heating band 25 so that the heating band 25 can be heated. The heating band 25 itself is conventional and is used in cotton candy equipment to heat the crystallized sugar when it is introduced into the lower heating chamber 28.

An annular gasket 27 is supported in the slotted head 24 and includes a one-piece metal inner barrier assembly, generally designated by the reference numeral 28.
-piece metal 1nner barrie
rassembly) is seated. Inner barrier assembly 28 includes a support plate 29 having an inwardly stepped bottom plate 30 and an inwardly stepped top plate 31 disposed to project axially oppositely. connector! 5b is supported by the bottom plate 30 and connected to a connector 15a attached to the turntable 14 via a lead wire 17. Connector 15b is also. It is connected to the heating band 25 via a lead wire 42a. Therefore, the lower heating chamber 2B is defined by the turntable 14, the slotted head 24, and the bottom plate 30.

The inner barrier assembly 28 further includes a first tube having a length sufficient to extend to or over the top of the floc-forming head assembly 11 and the upper edge 20a of the tab 20.
It has a conical wall 32. As clearly shown in FIG. 2, the wall 32 includes an opening 52 or port at the top.
t) is formed, and a through hole is formed along the longitudinal direction so as to form an inlet communicating with the lower heating chamber 26. Several bolts are placed through the support plate 29 to secure the barrier assembly 28 to the turntable 14, thereby uniting the entire assembly and allowing it to rotate as a unit. There is.

An annular stripe enhancement element 36 is seated on support plate 29 and supports an annular gasket 37 . The upper slotted head 38 is supported by the gasket 37 in the same manner as described above for the lower slotted head 24 and defines an upper chamber generally designated by the reference numeral 40. The slotted head 38 has a slotted opening 35 oriented at an angle of 45'' to the axis of rotation of the shaft 16 in a conventional manner. Disposed within the head 38 so as to be spaced apart and connected to the head 38 is a heating band 39 used to heat crystallized sugar in a conventional manner. It is.

As clearly shown in FIG. 2, the heating band 3S is connected to the connector 15c via a lead wire 42b to perform heating. A stripe enhancement element 44 and a gasket 45 are supported in the upper slotted head 38.

Seated in gasket 45 and upper slotted head 38 is a frusto-conical outer barrier assembly, designated generally by reference numeral 46.

The outer barrier assembly 4B includes a support 47, an inwardly stepped bottom plate 49, and a frusto-conical upper outer wall 48 having an outer opening or port 50 surrounding an inner port 52. is defined so that the upper chamber 40 can be accessed from between the outer wall 48 and the inner wall 32. The port 54 is the support 4 of the outer barrier assembly 4B.
7 and secures the outer barrier assembly 46 to the inner barrier assembly 28 to allow the floc-forming head assembly to rotate with the turntable 14.

In operation of the flocculent forming head assembly constructed as described above, sugar having a first color, such as pink, is introduced into the outer bow) 50 and a second color, such as blue. The sugar containing sugar is introduced into the inner port 52. The sugar with the first color introduced in the outer bow) 50 enters the upper heating chamber 40. Meanwhile, sugar having a second color is introduced through the port 52 into the lower heating chamber 2.
Enter 6.

Power is the connector or lead! 1l15a15b
, 15c, 17.42a and 42b to the heating band 25 and heating band 39. Heating bands 25 and 39 are adapted to be heated to a temperature sufficient to melt the sugar. Lead wires 17.42a and 4
It is important that 2b is insulated so that it is not affected by the melted sugar.

The shaft lfi is a flocculent fiber forming head assembly 11
is rotated at a speed of approximately 5,000 revolutions/minute. The sugar is directed towards the outer wall of the flocculent head assembly 11, in particular:
It flies towards the upper and lower heating bands 39 and 25 in the upper and lower heating chambers 40 and 26, respectively.

The sugar is melted by respective heating bands 39 and 25 and exits floc-forming head assembly 11 through slot openings 35 and 23. Sugar is slot 3
5 and 23, the separation of color 0, which is recrystallized in the form of fluff confectionery of color 2', is separated by upper chamber 40 and lower chamber 27 as the fluff confectionery flies towards the inner wall surface of tub 20. carried out and maintained and enhanced by striped enhancement elements 44, 36 and 22. The fluff forming head assembly 1 is configured such that the stripe enhancement elements 44, 38 and 22 project beyond the slots 35 and 23.
An undesirable axial diffusion of the molten sugar exiting the slot 35.23 during one rotation can be prevented. This allows for and enhances the separation of two different bands of cotton fibers. Therefore, the fluff candy that collects on the inner wall surface of the tub 20 can be collected into a stick to form striped cotton candy.

Thus, the invention features two physically separated chambers and a barrier assembly that allow sugars of different colors to be introduced into separate chambers. Color separation is enhanced by utilizing at least one color enhancement element disposed intermediate the upper and lower chambers;
And this can be further enhanced by utilizing separate striped enhancement elements located at the boundaries of each chamber.

Furthermore, the slot opening 35 is oriented at an angle of 45″″;
The remaining openings 23 in the lower slotted head are circumferentially oriented. It has been found that the sugar helps retain one color separation in the cotton candy product by flying outward from the apertures better when the apertures are oriented circumferentially. In a preferred embodiment, the slot openings of the upper and lower slotted heads 38 and 24 may be circumferentially disposed to achieve this effect. However, color separation can still be obtained with the present invention even if all of the slots or some combination of slot openings are oriented at an angle of 45@ or circumferentially. To illustrate, slot 35 is shown at a 45° angle.

Additionally, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the upper and lower slotted heads 38 and 24 are constructed of any suitable material, such as porcelain, high temperature plastic, or solid ceramic coated metal. Like all components of the floc-forming head assembly 11, it is important that the slotted heads 38 and 24 remain thermally insensitive and can be spaced apart from the heating bands 38 and 25.

These can be made from metal, preferably by machining aluminum.

It is clear from the above description that the above objects of the present invention are effectively achieved. Moreover, since changes can be made to the above description without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, all the above descriptions are merely illustrative and should not be construed in any limiting sense.

The claims are intended to cover every feature of the invention and all matter of the scope of the invention which may be omitted as a matter of language.

(Effects) As described above, according to the cotton fiber forming head assembly of the present invention, striped cotton candy can be produced! ! ! can be built.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cotton candy device constructed according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial sectional view taken along line 2-2 of the cotton candy device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cotton candy device shown in FIGS. The second showing candy equipment
FIG. 4 is an exploded front view of a cotton fiber forming head assembly constructed in accordance with the present invention. 10＠-・Cotton candy device, 11... Cotton-like 111 fiber forming head assembly, 12・War・Housing, 14... Turntable, 15a, 15b-・'' connector, 1[1
-・Fist shaft, 17Φ・Meeting wire, 18・Fist・Annular gasket, 20φ・−tab, 20a * Upper edge of the meeting・tab, 22...Striped pattern enhancing element, 23-・Slot opening, 24◆・・Het with lower slot, 2θ・Fist・
Lower heating chamber, 27... Annular gasket, 28... Inner barrier assembly, 2911 Φ support plate, 30 fist...
Bottom plate, 31...Top plate, 32...Conical wall, 34・e
e port, 35...Slot opening 0.36Φ...Striped pattern enhancing element, 37Φ...Annular gasket, 38...Head with upper slot, 39...Heating band, 42a, 4
No. 2b φ pot lead wire, 44/fist/striped pattern enhancement element, 4
5φ-O gasket, 46...Outer barrier assembly, 47...Support, 53...Opening.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A first rotatably supported cotton candy chamber means for heating sugar and dispensing the molten sugar, and a second rotatably supported cotton candy chamber means separated from the first cotton candy chamber means. supported cotton candy chamber means, said first chamber means having first port means for introducing sugar into said first chamber means, and said second chamber means having a first port means for introducing sugar into said first chamber means. and a second port means for introducing sugar into said second chamber means, said first and second chamber means having a first colored sugar and a second colored sugar, respectively, in said first and second chamber means. and a second chamber means to form stripes on the recrystallized fluff confectionery by separately making molten sugar which, when introduced into the second chamber means, simultaneously recrystallizes into the fluff confectionery outside of each chamber means. A cotton fiber forming head assembly for a cotton candy device, characterized in that: (2) said first chamber means comprises a first slotted head having a radially disposed opening for dispensing molten sugar; said second chamber means comprises a first slotted head having a radially disposed opening for discharging molten sugar 2. The floc-forming head assembly of claim 1, further comprising a second slotted head having a radially disposed opening for dispensing the floc. 3. The cotton fiber forming head assembly of claim 1, wherein the rotatable support is adapted to rotate at a speed of about 5000 revolutions per minute.