JPH0327560Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] <Industrial application field> The present invention is mainly used to remove oil and slag (hereinafter referred to as oil) from various types of fried foods such as Satsuma-age, fries, and tempura immediately after frying. , relates to a so-called deoiling machine for deep-fried foods.

<Conventional technology> Conventional deoiling machines for fried foods mainly deoil the bottom side of the fried foods, so when deoiling both sides of the fried foods, it is necessary to deoil the bottom side of the fried foods. After that, the fried food was turned over using the falling action, and then the bottom surface (the top surface in the previous process) was deoiled. Furthermore, as for such an oil removing machine, for example, the same applicant has disclosed Japanese Patent Application No. 61-261370 (Japanese Patent Publication No. 1
-23130).

<Problems to be solved by the invention> In the above-mentioned conventional deoiling machine for fried foods, it was necessary to turn the fried foods in the middle of deoiling. In the case of soft materials, it is difficult to perform reversal using the above-mentioned falling.

Therefore, fried foods that tend to lose their shape must be manually turned over to remove oil from the top surface, which is extremely inefficient and sometimes fails even when turned over with great care. In some cases, the product loses its shape, reducing the product value.

Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional technology, and to create a deoiling machine for fried foods that can efficiently deoil the upper surface (surface) of fried foods without inverting them and without causing deformation. Our goal is to provide the following.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention for solving the problems in the conventional techniques described above has a conveyor belt conveyor consisting of a belt conveyor at the bottom and a top-side detachment consisting of a roller conveyor at the top. It has an oil roller conveyor, and is equipped with a top surface deoiling device that conveys the fried food almost horizontally while sandwiching it between both conveyors. The gist of the configuration is that belt pushing means is provided at the bottom to push the belt upward.

<Function> According to the above-described means, the conveyor belt conveyor and the deoiling roller conveyor of the top surface deoiling device convey the fried food in a substantially horizontal direction while being held therein, and the fried food is conveyed by the deoiling roller conveyor. Since the upper surface of the fried food is deoiled, the surface of the fried food can be deoiled without turning the fried food over.

In addition, since the conveyance portion of the conveyor belt of the conveyor belt is urged upward by the belt push-up means, the conveyor portion of the conveyor belt is prevented from loosening, and the fried foods are removed from the deoiling roller of the deoiling roller conveyor. Since the fried food is appropriately pressed, its conveyance is ensured, and the oil on the surface of the fried food is better adhered to the deoiling roller.

<Example> An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, which shows a schematic left side view of a deep-fried food deoiling machine, the deep-fried food deoiling machine of this example is roughly divided into an upper surface deoiling device 1 and a bottom surface deoiling device 2 in the front and back. They are arranged in series.

First, the upper surface deoiling device 1 will be described in detail. The upper surface deoiling device 1 has a conveyor belt conveyor 3 consisting of a belt conveyor at the bottom, and an upper surface deoiling roller conveyor 4 consisting of a roller conveyor at the upper part.
The fried food 7 is sandwiched between both conveyors 3 and 4 and transported forward in a substantially horizontal direction.

Left and right fixed side plates 11 are vertically disposed in parallel on a machine frame 10 formed by framing angle materials, cylindrical materials, etc. into a rectangular box shape. A conveyor belt conveyor 3 is horizontally installed in the rear half of the fixed side plate 11 of the machine frame 10. The belt conveyor 3 is constructed by rotatably supporting front and rear rotating rollers 12 via roller shafts 13 between fixed side plates 11 of a machine frame 10, and knitting metal wires into a net shape on both rotating rollers 12. An endless net conveyor belt 14 is hung thereon (see Fig. 2). Note that the rear rotating roller 12 is
It is actively rotated clockwise in FIG. 1 by a drive mechanism (not shown).

Above the fixed side plate 11, left and right movable side plates 16 are installed on an elevating body of an elevating mechanism (not shown). Both movable side plates 16 are raised and lowered via the elevating mechanism, and the upper deoiling roller conveyor 4 located above the conveyor belt conveyor 3 is installed in the rear half thereof. The roller conveyor 4
A plurality of deoiling rollers 17 (four shown in the figure) are rotatably and horizontally supported between the left and right movable side plates 16 via a roller shaft 18. The deoiling rollers 17 are each made of a metal roller such as stainless steel, and are rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 1 at the same speed via a drive mechanism (not shown).

A scraper 19 is disposed between the left and right movable side plates 16 above and behind each deoiling roller 17 . As shown in FIG. 3, the scraper 19 consists of an oil discharge gutter 20 which is installed on the left and right movable side plates 16 and has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a band-like plate fixed to the front side wall of the oil discharge gutter 20. Synthetic resin scraping plate 2
Consists of 1. The tip edge of the scraping plate 21 is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the deoiling roller 17 near the rear upper end thereof in a relatively slidable manner and along the width direction (horizontal direction) of the outer circumferential surface. ing. In addition, oil drain gutter 2
0 has a gentle downward slope toward one side (upward in Fig. 1), and a collection gutter 2 is installed at the lower end of the slope.
2 are installed in succession. Note that the recovery gutter 22 is appropriately connected to, for example, an oil recovery tank (not shown).

A belt pushing means 40 described below is provided on the upper plane portion of the conveyor belt 14 of the conveyor belt conveyor 3 of the upper surface deoiling device 1, that is, on the lower side of the conveyor portion 14a. The left and right fixed side plates 11 are provided with an appropriate number (in this example, three
A mounting frame 41 for a book is constructed with a positional relationship that equally divides the transport portion 14a in the length direction. On each mounting frame 41, an appropriate number (in this example, 3
The belt push-up means 40 are arranged in a positional relationship that substantially equally divides the conveying portion 14a of the conveying belt 14 in the width direction thereof. Belt push-up means 40
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a square plate-shaped leaf spring 43 whose front end is fixed on the mounting frame 41 by a mounting screw 42, and a front end of the leaf spring 43 (rear It consists of a channel-type mounting member 44 fixed on the top of the mounting member 44, and a roller bearing 47 mounted on the outside of the left and right projecting pieces 45 of the mounting member 44 with mounting bolts 46. roller bearing 47
The outer race 48 moves the conveying portion 14a of the conveying belt 14 upward by the elasticity of the leaf spring 43, that is, so that the conveying portion 14a does not loosen due to its own weight, the weight of the fried food, etc. , and pushes up the conveying portion 14a horizontally against their weight. In addition, the roller bearing 47
The outer race 48 guides the lower surface of the conveying portion 14a while rotating in contact with the lower surface of the conveying portion 14a as the conveyor belt 14 rotates, and corresponds to a guide roller as referred to in claim (3).

Next, the lower surface deoiling device 2 will be described in detail. The bottom surface deoiling device 2 has a bottom surface deoiling roller conveyor 5 consisting of a roller conveyor at the bottom, and a fried food pressing belt conveyor 6 consisting of a belt conveyor at the top thereof, and between the two conveyors 5 and 6. The fried food 7 is conveyed forward in an approximately horizontal direction while being held therebetween.

The lower surface deoiling roller conveyor 5 is installed adjacent to the front of the transport belt conveyor 3 in the front half of the left and right fixed side plates 11 . The deoiling roller conveyor 5 supports a plurality of deoiling rollers 24 (six are shown in the figure) rotatably and horizontally between the left and right fixed side plates 11 via a roller shaft 25. It will be done. Note that the oil removal roller 24 is formed of a metal roller such as a stainless steel material, and
It is rotated clockwise in FIG. 1 at the same speed via a drive mechanism (not shown).

On the machine frame 10, a scraper 26 is arranged below each deoiling roller 24 of the lower surface deoiling roller conveyor 5. The scraper 26 is the fourth
As shown in the figure, there is an oil discharge gutter 28 installed on the machine frame 10 via a stay 27 and having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a band-shaped synthetic resin plate fixed to the rear side wall of the oil discharge gutter 28. It consists of a scraping plate 29. Scraping board 2
The tip end edge of the deoiling roller 24 is relatively slidably in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the deoiling roller 24 near the front lower end thereof along the width direction (horizontal direction) of the outer circumferential surface. Further, the oil discharge gutter 28 is sloped gently downward toward one side (toward the right), and a recovery gutter 30 is connected to the lower end thereof. In addition, collection gutter 30
is appropriately connected to, for example, an oil recovery tank (not shown).

A fried food pressing belt conveyor 6 located above the lower surface deoiling roller conveyor 5 is installed in the front half of the movable side plate 16 . The belt conveyor 6 has the front and rear rotating rollers 32 connected to movable side plates 1 and 11, respectively, in substantially the same way as the conveyor belt conveyor 3 described above.
6 is rotatably supported via a roller shaft 33, and an endless net conveyor belt 34 made of metal wire knitted in a net shape is hung around both rotating rollers 32 (see Fig. 2). . Note that the rear rotating roller 32 is actively rotated clockwise in FIG. 1 by a drive mechanism (not shown). Further, the rear end of the frying belt conveyor 6 overlaps the rear end of the conveyor belt conveyor 3.

Note that a wide discharge chute 36 is arranged at the front end of the machine frame 10. Discharge chute 36
The rear end portion is adjacent to the front side of the frontmost deoiling roller 24 in the lower surface deoiling roller conveyor 6. Below the front end of the discharge chute 36, there is a fried food collection tray for collecting the fried food 8 that has been subjected to oil removal treatment;
Alternatively, a collection box or the like is appropriately arranged. Moreover, each conveyor 3-6 of both deoiling apparatuses 1 and 2 is operated with substantially the same conveyance speed.

In the above-mentioned fried food deoiling machine, when the conveyors 3 to 6 of both the deoiling conveyor devices 1 and 2 are operated, the fried food 7 is placed on the rear end of the conveyor belt 14 of the conveyor belt conveyor 3. When it is inserted,
By the rotation of the conveyor belt 14, the fried food 7 is transferred forward (to the right in FIG. 1). In addition,
The fried food 7 fed into the deep-fried food deoiling machine has just been fried manually or by an automatic deep-frying machine.

The fried food 7 is placed between the conveyor belt 14 and the deoiling roller 17 of the top deoiling roller conveyor 4.
It is conveyed to the lower surface deoiling device 2 in front of it while being clamped with a clamping force that does not cause deformation. During this conveyance, the outer peripheral surface of each deoiling roller 17 of the upper surface deoiling roller conveyor 4 has
Due to contact with the upper surface (surface) of the fried food 7, the oil and the like adhere to it. Then, as the oil removing roller 17 rotates, the oil and the like are removed from the scraping plate 21 of the scraper 19.
scraped off by. Thereafter, the oil is discharged through the oil discharge gutter 20 to the recovery gutter 22. The outer peripheral surface of the deoiling roller 17 cleaned by the scraper 19 is as follows:
As it rotates, it again comes into contact with the upper surface of the fried food 7 being conveyed, and removes oil and the like from the fried food 7 by adhesion. By repeating this process, while transporting the fried food 7,
Oil and the like on the upper surface of the same product 7 is removed, that is, deoiled.

When the upper surface of the fried food 7 is deoiled by this upper surface deoiling device 1, the conveying portion 14a of the conveying belt 14 of the conveying belt conveyor 3 is moved by the belt pushing means 40.
As a result, the conveying portion 14a of the conveyor belt 14 is prevented from loosening due to its own weight and the weight of the fried food, and the fried food 7 is properly pushed onto the deoiling roller 17 of the deoiling roller conveyor 4. Since it is pressed, its conveyance is ensured, and oil and the like on the surface of the fried food 7 are properly adhered to the deoiling roller 17.

Thereafter, the fried food 7 is transferred forward while being held between the conveyance belt 14 of the conveyor belt conveyor 3 and the conveyance belt 34 of the fried food holding belt conveyor 6. Further, the fried food 7 is conveyed forward while being held between the conveyor belt 34 and the deoiling roller 24 of the bottom deoiling roller conveyor 5 with a clamping force that does not cause deformation. be done. During the conveyance, the oil and the like adhere to the outer peripheral surface of each deoiling roller 24 of the lower surface deoiling roller conveyor 5 due to contact with the lower surface (back surface) of the fried food 7. The oil and the like are then scraped off by the scraping plate 29 of the scraper 26 as the conveyance roller 24 rotates. After that, oil drain gutter 2
8 and is discharged to the collection gutter 30. The outer peripheral surface of the deoiling roller 24 cleaned by the scraper 26 is
As it rotates, it again comes into contact with the lower surface of the fried food 7 being conveyed, and removes oil and the like on the lower surface of the fried food 7 by adhesion. By repeating this process, while the fried food 7 is being conveyed, oil and the like on the lower surface of the fried food 7 is removed, that is, deoiled.

In this way, the fried food 7 that has been deoiled from both the front and back surfaces is discharged onto the discharge chute 36 from the deoiling roller 24 at the forefront.

In addition, when the thickness of the fried food 7 changes, the movable side plate 16 may be moved via a lifting device (not shown).
By raising and lowering the upper surface deoiling roller conveyor 4 and the fried food holding belt conveyor 6, the elevation is adjusted to correspond to the thickness of the fried food 7. As a result, the clamping force for each type of fried food 7 is adjusted, and the fried food 7 is conveyed while being properly sandwiched between both conveyors 3, 4 or 5, 6, so that the fried food 7 can be effectively deoiled. . As such a lifting device, for example, the lifting device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 61-261370 previously proposed by the same applicant can be used.

Note that after deoiling the upper surface of the fried food 7 by arranging the upper surface deoiling device 1 and the lower surface deoiling device 2,
Since oil is removed from the lower surface, oil removal can be performed well. The upper surface deoiling device 1 and the lower surface deoiling device 2 can also be arranged in reverse order.

<Effects of the invention> That is, according to the invention, fried food is conveyed almost horizontally while being held between the conveyor belt conveyor and the deoiling roller conveyor of the top surface deoiling device, and the fried food is conveyed almost horizontally to the deoiling roller conveyor. As a result, oil is removed from the top surface of the fried food, and the surface of the fried food can be deoiled without turning the fried food.Unlike conventional deoiling machines for fried food, the surface of the fried food can be efficiently and efficiently deoiled. It can be done without losing its shape.

In addition, since the conveyance portion of the conveyor belt of the conveyor belt is urged upward by the belt push-up means, the conveyor portion of the conveyor belt is prevented from loosening, and the fried foods are removed from the deoiling roller of the deoiling roller conveyor. Since the fried food is appropriately pressed, its conveyance is ensured, and the oil content on the surface of the fried food is better adhered to the deoiling roller.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a schematic left side view of a deoiling machine for fried foods, Fig. 2 is a plan view of a conveyor belt conveyor, and Fig. 3 is a top view of a deoiling roller conveyor. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the deoiling roller and scraper of the bottom deoiling roller conveyor, FIG. 5 is a side view of the belt pushing means, and FIG. 6 is a plan view thereof. . 3... Conveyance belt conveyor, 4... Top surface deoiling roller conveyor, 7... Fried food, 1... Top surface deoiling device, 14... Conveyance belt, 14a... Conveyance portion, 40... Belt push-up means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) A belt conveyor consisting of a belt conveyor is provided at the bottom, and an oil-removing roller conveyor for upper surfaces consisting of a roller conveyor is provided above the belt conveyor, and the fried food is sandwiched between both conveyors. The conveyor belt conveyor is further provided with a belt pushing means for urging the conveying portion of the conveyor belt upwardly below the conveyor belt. Features: De-oiling machine for deep-fried foods. (2) The deoiling machine for fried food according to claim (1), wherein the conveyor belt of the conveyor belt conveyor is a net belt made of metal wire knitted into a net shape. (3) The oil removing machine for fried foods according to claim (1), wherein the belt pushing means comprises a leaf spring and a guide roller rotatably provided at the tip of the leaf spring. (4) The fried food deoiling machine according to claim 1, wherein the belt pushing means is arranged in a distributed manner in the length direction and width direction of the conveying portion of the conveying belt.