JPH0424946Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] This invention is a rice cracker in which a large number of baked rice crackers are stored in a mesh basket, and the rice cracker storing mesh basket is immersed in a tank flavoring liquid for a certain period of time to flavor the rice cracker. This relates to a seasoning machine.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a large number of baked rice crackers were stored in a mesh basket, and the mesh basket was held in the hand and immersed in a tank flavoring liquid for a certain period of time to season the rice crackers. For this reason, the seasoning work was time-consuming and it was not possible to efficiently season a large amount of rice crackers.

[The problem that the idea aims to solve]

By the way, it is generally foreseeable that the conventional manual flavoring work will be mechanized, but in this case, the conventional rice cracker flavoring machine suspends the rice cracker storage net basket on a vertical movement device and tastes it. This is a mechanical device that lowers and immerses the flavored liquid into the tank, and with this, the mesh basket pulled up from the tank must be shaken by hand to shake off the excess flavored liquid.
A problem arises in that the process of removing the flavored liquid is troublesome and time consuming. In addition, in order to solve this problem, it is possible to apply mechanical vibration to the mesh basket that has been pulled up from the tank to remove the excess flavored liquid. Vibration alone cannot effectively remove liquid.

The purpose of this invention is to be able to efficiently and evenly flavor a large number of baked rice crackers by soaking them in the rice cracker flavoring liquid in a tank, and to remove the liquid after flavoring by centrifugation using a high-speed rotating basket. To provide a rice cracker flavoring machine with high practical value, which can quickly and completely remove liquid and prevent the problem of breaking rice crackers during this deliquification.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem and achieve the purpose of the present invention, the rice cracker flavoring machine of this invention is equipped with a movable lifting cart that moves up and down guided by the guide rail on the machine frame having a vertical guide rail. A rotary main shaft is pivotally supported on this movable elevating cart so as to rotate around a vertical axis, and a rotary cage having an opening for inserting a mesh basket on the outer periphery at the lower end of the rotary main shaft is rotated integrally with the rotary main shaft. A lid cage that can be fitted on the outside of the rotating cage is fitted onto the rotating main shaft so as to be movable up and down, and the lid cage is rotated by a lid cage lifting device equipped on a movable lifting cart. The rice cracker storage mesh basket is held in the upper standby position, and after the rice cracker storage net basket is inserted and set into the rotating basket, the lid basket is lowered to cover the outside of the rotation basket, and the centrifugal force of the rice cracker storage net basket is applied during centrifugal dehydration. The rotating basket fitted with the lid basket is lowered so that the rice crackers stored in the mesh basket are immersed in the rice cracker flavoring liquid in the tank, and after the rice cracker seasoning is completed, the liquid is removed by centrifugation above the liquid level. The machine frame is equipped with a trolley lifting device that moves the basket up and down in two stages to the net basket set position above the tank, and a main shaft that rotates the rotating basket at high speed in the centrifugal deliquing position above the liquid level after flavoring the rice crackers is completed. The device is characterized in that a rotating device is installed on the movable lifting cart, and the rotating cage is rotated at high speed using this main shaft rotating device to blow off the excess flavored liquid by the rotational centrifugal force and remove the liquid.

[Effect]

After inserting and setting the rice cracker storage mesh basket into the rotating basket that is stopped rising above the tank, the lid basket waiting above the rotating basket is lowered by the operation of the lid basket lifting device and the rice cracker is rotated. Place the net basket over the outside of the basket to prevent it from popping out. Next, the cart elevating device is activated to lower the movable elevating cart under the guide of the machine frame guide rail, and the rotating cage fitted with the lid cage is immersed in the tank flavoring liquid for a certain period of time (for example, 2 to 3 seconds). Then season the rice crackers stored in the net basket. After this seasoning is completed, the trolley lifting device is operated again to raise and move the rotating cage to the centrifugal deliquing position above the liquid level, and at this position, the rotating cage is rotated at high speed by the operation of the main shaft rotating device, and centrifugal force is applied to the rotating cage. Remove the flavored liquid (deliquor removal). Thereafter, the trolley lifting device is operated again to raise and move the rotating basket to the mesh basket set position above the tank, and here the lid basket is raised to the standby position above the rotating basket by operating the lid cage lifting device. By removing the rice cracker storage mesh basket from the rotating basket that is opened when the lid basket is raised, one round of seasoning and deliquor processing is completed, and a large number of rice crackers are successively seasoned by repeating this process. .

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the structure of a rice cracker flavoring machine according to an embodiment of this invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.
This machine frame 1 has both side overhang frames 3a and 3b extending forward at the bottom, and a flavored liquid storage tank 30, which will be described later, is installed between the both side overhang frames 3a and 3b. A section is formed. Reference numeral 5 denotes an elevating movable trolley provided on the machine frame 1 so as to move up and down guided by the guide rails 2a to 2d.
The bogie has a total of eight guide wheels 6 (each guide wheel is attached to both ends of four axles 8 supported by bearings 7) that engage with the machine frame 1, and extends forward from the machine frame 1. The protrusion 5a has a pair of upper and lower bearings 9a,
A vertically oriented rotating main shaft 10 is provided which is pivotally supported by a shaft 9b to rotate around a vertical axis.

11 is a rotating main shaft 1 attached to the lower end of the rotating main shaft 10.
This rotating cage 11 is suspended and fixed so as to rotate together with the rotating cage 0. This rotating cage 11 has a plurality of pillar members 12 arranged at appropriate angular intervals (for example, 45 degree angular intervals) in an outer semicircular area. , an opening 13 for inserting a mesh basket formed in the outer semicircular area where the pillar member 12 is not provided.
It is formed as a frame cage with a diameter of 460 mm and a height of about 272 mm, having wire meshes 14 and 15 extending over the upper and lower surfaces, and a spindle mounting portion 16. Reference numeral 30 denotes a flavored liquid storage tank with an open top surface installed at a lower position of the rotating car 11;
is formed as a movable and exchangeable circular tank with a diameter of about 560 mm and a height of 650 mm, which has a heater 31 that heats the rice cracker flavoring liquid W (for example, soy sauce) stored inside to an appropriate temperature, and casters 32 for movement. has been done. By using such a mobile and replaceable tank, you can quickly change the seasoning.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a mesh basket with an open top for storing a large number of baked rice crackers S to be seasoned therein, and this mesh basket 17 is inserted into the rotary basket 11 from the outer circumferential opening 13 in a state in which the rice crackers are stored. 18 is a lid basket fitted into the rotation main shaft 10 so as to be movable up and down;
This lid basket 18 has a groove-shaped fork engagement part 19 on the outer periphery of the central boss part on the top surface, has a diameter of 500 mm, and a height of 210 mm.
It is formed as a frame cage with an open bottom surface and has a size of approximately 1.0 mm, and is lowered by the operation of a lid cage lifting device 20 and placed on the outside of the rotating cage 11 as shown in FIG. This lid basket lifting device 20 holds the lid basket 18 at a standby position above the rotating basket 11, and after the rice cracker storage mesh basket 17 is inserted and set inside the rotating basket 11, the lid basket 18 is moved to the outside of the rotating basket 11. It is a device that moves downward to cover the body,
A linear motor 21 with a built-in pinion gear fixed to the movable cart 5, and the linear motor 2
a rack rod 2 that meshes with a pinion gear (not shown) of 1 and moves up and down by the rotation of a linear motor 21;
2, and an interlocking rod 23 which is fixed to the lower end of the rack rod 22 and has a right-angle bent tip fork portion 23a engaged with a fork engaging portion 19 of the lid basket 18.

25 lowers the rotating basket 11 fitted with the lid basket so that the rice crackers S stored in the net basket are immersed in the tank seasoning liquid W as shown in FIG. This trolley lifting device 25 is installed on the machine frame 1 and moves it up and down in two stages to the net basket setting position above the tank.
A geared motor 26 with a brake that rotates in forward and reverse directions is fixed to the lower platform of the machine frame 1, and a pair of left and right drive sprocket wheels 2 are pivotally supported on the upper part of the motor of the machine frame 1 and are chain-linked to the geared motor 26.
7, a pair of left and right driven sprocket wheels 28 pivotally supported on the upper end of the machine frame 1, and the driven sprocket wheels 28 and the drive sprocket wheel 2.
7 and has both ends 29a and 29b fixed to the movable cart 5 as shown in FIG. 1.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a main shaft rotating device that rotates the rotating basket 11 at high speed after the completion of flavoring the rice crackers at a centrifugal deliquification position above the liquid level (the position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 5). Equipped with drive motor 3
4, a V pulley 35 attached to the motor rotation shaft, a V pulley 36 attached to the upper end of the rotation main shaft 10, and both pulleys 35, 3.
6 and a V-belt 37 wound around the belt.

Next, the operation of the rice cracker flavoring machine configured as described above will be explained. FIG. 1 shows the initial state in which the rotating cage 11 is raised and stopped at the net cage setting position above the tank 30. In this state, the rotating cage 11
Insert and set the rice cracker storage mesh basket 17 inside as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. The car is lowered by operation, and a car height of 1/2 is placed on the outside of the rotating car 11.
Fit it as shown in Figure 4 so as to cover the area. Next, the trolley lifting device 25 is connected to the endless interlocking chain 2.
9 rotates in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG.
Lower it under the guide of ~2d as shown in Figure 5,
The rotating basket 11 fitted with the lid basket 18 is immersed in the tank flavoring liquid W for a certain period of time (for example, 2 to 3 seconds) to flavor the rice crackers stored in the mesh basket. After the seasoning is completed, the cart lifting device 25 is operated so that the endless interlocking chain 29 reverses in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG.
The centrifugal liquid removal position is moved upward as shown in the imaginary line in Figure 5, and at this position, the main shaft rotation device 23 is activated to rotate the rotating cage 11 at high speed, and the flavored liquid is removed (deliquence removed) by this rotating centrifugal force. ).

Thereafter, the cart lifting device 25 is operated again to move the rotary basket 11 upwardly to the mesh basket setting position above the tank as shown in FIG. Basket 1
1 to the upper standby position as shown in FIG.
After the liquid removal process is completed, a large amount of rice crackers S are seasoned one after another by repeating this process. The above process operations of the lid cage lifting device 20, the trolley lifting device 25, and the main shaft rotating device 33 are as follows:
This is now carried out either by manual switch operation or by using an automatic control device with built-in electronic circuitry.

[Effect of idea]

Since the rice cracker flavoring machine of this invention is as described above, it is possible to immerse a large number of baked rice crackers S into the rice cracker flavoring liquid W in the tank 30 and flavor them efficiently and evenly. The operation of removing the flavored liquid after flavoring can be carried out quickly and completely by the centrifugal action caused by the high-speed rotation of the rotary basket 11. In addition, since the mesh basket 17 does not have a core rod inside, it is easy to handle.
Furthermore, excellent practical effects are achieved, such as eliminating the problem of breakage of the rice crackers when the rice crackers S are centrifugally dehydrated with the rice crackers S stored therein.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view showing a rice cracker flavoring machine according to an embodiment of the present invention in which a rice cracker storage mesh basket is inserted and set into a rotating basket, and Fig. 2 is a cutaway front view of the main parts of this rice cracker seasoning machine. Figure 3 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along the - line in Figure 1, Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the lid basket being fitted onto the outside of the rotary basket after the rice cracker storage mesh basket has been inserted and set. Figure 5 shows the rice cracker seasoning state in which the rotating basket fitted with the lid basket is immersed in the rice cracker flavoring liquid in the tank as a solid line, and the imaginary line indicates the centrifugal deliquing state in which the rotating basket is raised to the centrifugal deliquing position. FIG. S... Rice crackers to be seasoned, 1... Machine frame, 2a-2
d... Guide rail, 5... Elevating movable trolley, 6...
...Guide wheel, 10... Rotating main shaft, 11... Rotating basket, 13... Opening on the outer periphery of the rotating basket for inserting the mesh basket, 17... Net basket for storing rice crackers, 18... Lid basket, 20... Lid Car elevating device, 25... Chain rotating trolley elevating device, 30... Flavored liquid storage tank, W... Senbei flavoring liquid such as soy sauce, WL... Liquid level of rice cracker flavoring liquid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A machine frame having vertical guide rails, an elevating movable trolley provided on the machine frame so as to move up and down guided by the guide rails, and a pivot support for the elevating movable trolley so as to rotate around a vertical axis. a rotating main shaft, a rotating cage having an opening for inserting a mesh basket on the outer periphery, which is suspended and fixed at the lower end of the rotating main shaft so as to rotate together with the rotating main shaft, and a lower position of the rotating cage. a flavored liquid storage tank with an open top surface installed in the rotating basket; a mesh basket that is inserted into the rotating basket from an outer peripheral opening with a large number of baked rice crackers to be flavored stored therein; A lid basket that can be fitted on the outside of a rotating basket that is fitted into the main shaft so as to be able to move up and down; this lid basket is held in a standby position above the rotating basket, and after the rice cracker storage mesh basket is inserted and set inside the rotating basket. A lid basket elevating device installed on the movable cart lowers the lid basket so as to cover the outside of the rotating basket, and the rotating basket in which the lid basket is fitted is placed in a mesh basket so that the rice crackers stored in the rice cracker are immersed in the rice cracker flavoring liquid in the tank. A trolley lifting device installed in the machine frame that lowers the rice crackers and moves them up and down in two steps to a centrifugal dewatering position above the liquid level and a mesh basket setting position above the tank after the rice crackers have been flavored, and a rotating basket after the rice crackers have been flavored. and a main shaft rotating device installed on the movable cart that rotates the rice cracker at high speed at a centrifugal deliquification position above the liquid surface.