JPH053184Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field] The present invention relates to an oil purifier for filtering dirty edible oil such as tempura oil that has been used or is in the process of being used, and removes impurities such as fried oil. It is.

[Background Art] In oil purifiers into which high-temperature oil is poured after use, a pedestal is attached to the bottom of the container, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-259627, and this pedestal is used to Measures are taken to prevent the heat of the oil stored in the container from being transmitted to the table surface on which the container is placed. However, in the conventional example shown above, although the pedestal is attached via a mounting plate fixed to the bottom surface of the container by means such as spot welding, hot oil drips from the oil purifying section. Because the mounting plate was attached at the same time, the temperature of the oil was easily transmitted to the pedestal through the mounting plate.For this reason, when the pedestal was placed on a table, the heated pedestal via the mounting plate There were cases where the vinyl cloth etc. placed on top of the product was damaged.

[Purpose of the invention] The present invention was devised in view of these points, and its purpose is to provide an oil purifier that prevents heat from being transmitted to the base and does not cause damage to the table surface, etc. .

[Disclosure of the invention] The present invention is an oil purifier in which an oil purifying part is arranged in the upper part of a container whose lower part is an oil storage part, and a pedestal is attached to the bottom surface of the container. The bottom surface of the container in the range from which oil drips is a convex part that swells inward, and the attachment point of the pedestal to the bottom surface of the container is outside the dripping range, The heat is transferred from the oil after the temperature of the oil has dropped, rather than when it is at a high temperature when it drips from the oil purifying section.

The present invention will be described in detail below based on the illustrated embodiment. This oil purifier has a bottomed cylindrical shape with a lower part serving as an oil storage part B, and has an upper part inside a container 1 with a lid 4 attached to the upper opening. , an oil purifying section A consisting of two types of filter bodies 2 and 3 is arranged. First, the container 1 is explained. This is a bottomed cylindrical body with a slightly swollen lower part and a pedestal 6 on the bottom surface. It is made of metal such as stainless steel or aluminum, and a spout 10 is provided at the upper end by expanding a portion outward, and a handle 7 is attached to the part opposite to the spout 10. ing.

A pedestal 6 made of synthetic resin is attached to the lower surface of the container 1 via a mounting plate 60. The mounting plate 60, which is fixed to the lower surface of the periphery of the container 1 by means such as spot welding, has several countersinks 67 with internal threads, as shown in FIG. Section 67
The pedestal 6 is attached to the container 1 by screws 69 screwed into the container 1.
is attached to. A convex portion 18 that is slightly bulged inside is provided at the center of the bottom surface of the container 1, and the tip of the screw 69 is connected to the heat insulating material formed on the bottom surface of the container 1 by providing the convex portion 18. Located in space 19.

The handle 7 is made of synthetic resin and has a pair of ribs 74, 74 on its upper end surface with a rectangular through hole 75, as shown in FIG.
As is clear from FIG. 4, it is attached to the container 1 via a pair of upper and lower handle fittings 76, 76. Each handle fitting 76 has its base end fixedly welded to the container 1, and has a countersink part 77 with an internal thread cut on its distal end surface, and a screw screwed into the countersink part 77. The handle 7 attached to the container 1 by the handle 78 includes a space 71 into which fingers can be inserted, and a partition piece 72 that partitions between this space 71 and the outer peripheral surface of the container 1, so that the fingers gripping the handle 7 can It is designed to prevent contact with the outer peripheral surface of the container 1. Furthermore, the partition piece 72 itself, which is formed integrally with the handle 7, does not come into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the container 1.
A heat insulating space 73 is placed between them.

Next, the structure of the container 1 will be explained. This container 1 has a cylindrical shape with a bottom and has a spout 10 formed in a part of its upper end.
A circular ring body 11 made of metal such as stainless steel or aluminum is fixed, and an oil filler fitting 15 is removably inserted into the spout 10. The ring body 11 has an upper half that has a recess 12 on the outer surface of the portion corresponding to the spout 10 and is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the upper end of the container 1, and a lower half that has a smaller diameter than the upper half. The cylindrical part 13 of the lower half is located on the side opposite to the spout 10 with respect to the upper half and the container 1, that is, on the handle 7 side, as indicated by e in the figure. It is only deviated by the dimension. Further, a pair of protrusions 14, 14 protruding inward is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the upper half of the ring body 11 and close to the recess 12.

Spout 10 whose upper end is cut off diagonally
As mentioned above, the oil filling spout fitting 15 is formed by inflating a part of the upper end of the container 1 to the outside. is inserted until they touch. The oil filler fitting 15 has a semicircular horizontal cross section, and the curvature of the horizontal cross section increases toward the top, and when inserted into the spout 10, it is cut off as described above. The spout 10 projects upwardly from the upper end of the spout 10, and forms a void 17 between the spout 10 and the inner surface of the upper end of the spout 10.

The lid 4 that closes the upper opening of the container 1 is a main lid 40.
and an oil filling lid 41 attached to this main lid 40. The main lid 40, which has a knob 44 integrally protruding from the side opposite to the attachment part of the oil filler lid 41, has the lid 4 between the recess 12 of the ring body 11 on the side where the oil filler lid 41 is attached. and a hanging piece 42 that is in contact with the inner surface of the upper half of the ring body 11.
4 is engaged, and the pair of lock buttons 45, 45 provided on the knob 44 are engaged with the ribs 74 on the handle 7, so that the main lid 4
0 is attached to container 1.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the pair of lock buttons 45, 45 disposed inside the hollow knob part 44 are inserted downwardly through an opening 51 formed in a bottom plate 50 that closes the lower opening of the knob part 44. a convex portion 47 whose surface is provided with anti-slip unevenness that protrudes laterally from windows 54 formed on both sides of the knob portion 44;
It has a groove 49 that slidably engages with a rail-shaped rib 55 formed on the inner surface of the lock button 4, and a protrusion 48 extending from one side.
A compression coil spring 51 is installed between them.

The protrusion 1 of the ring body 11 is inserted into the recess 43 of the hanging piece 42.
4 is engaged, and if the knob 44 located on the handle 7 is pushed downward, the engaging piece 46 of each lock button 45 will be locked in the through hole 75 formed in the rib 74. The main lid 40 is attached to the container 1 without being accidentally removed. To remove the main lid 40, push in the convex portions 47 of both lock buttons 45, 45 against the compression coil spring 51 with fingers pinching the knob portion 44, so that both locks move while being guided by ribs 55. Locking piece 46 for buttons 45, 45
What is necessary is to release the handle from engagement with the rib 74 and, in this state, pull up the side of the knob 44. At this time, the engagement between the recess 43 formed in the hanging piece 42 and the protrusion 14 is naturally released.

Incidentally, the same lock button 45, 45 can be used. In addition, the bottom plate 5
0 has a protrusion 52 protruding from the side edge of the grip portion 4.
It is attached to the knob part 44 by being locked to the inner surface of 4. Further, the protruding piece 48 prevents the lock button 44 from twisting and rattling by interfacing with a rib 53 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the oil filler lid 41 has one end of a spring 56 made of stainless steel or the like placed in a recess 55 formed in the main lid 1 on the lower surface of one end of the oil filler lid 41. It is rotatably attached to the main lid 40 by being locked in the groove, and the oil filler lid 4
When 1 is turned down, spout 10 is closed to prevent dirt, dust, insects, etc. from entering, and when 1 is raised, spout 1 is closed.
0 is opened. The opening and closing of the spout 10 by the tilting operation of the oil filler lid 41 is performed by reversing the biasing direction of the spring 56, which is bent in the middle, when the oil filler lid 41 reaches the middle of the tilting angle range. It is biased in both directions. In other words, both the state in which the spout 10 is closed and the state in which the spout 10 is opened are held by the spring 56. Also, the oil filler lid 41 here
is prevented from opening further than the state shown in FIG. 7 by engagement with the wall surface surrounding the recess 55.

Now, an oil purification section A consisting of two types of filter bodies 2 and 3 is arranged in the upper part of the container 1. Both of these filter bodies 2 and 3 are connected to the container 1 through a case 8. is installed inside. The case 8 has a cylindrical shape whose diameter gradually decreases over multiple stages from the upper end to the lower end, and is attached to the container 1 by being fitted into the cylindrical portion 13 of the ring body 11. .

The filter body 2 is formed by molding paper into a cylindrical shape with a bottom, has several vertical folds around the circumference, and is housed in the case 8. The other filter body 3 is configured as a cartridge by storing activated carbon in an oil purifying case 30 that is cylindrical and made of metal such as aluminum and has holes for passing oil through the upper and lower surfaces. The oil purifying case 30 is attached to the case 8 by placing the flange 31 on the upper edge thereof on the stepped portion 82 surrounding the small-diameter lower end opening of the oil purifier case 8 . It is installed within 1.

The oil purifying section A, which is constructed by attaching both the filter bodies 2 and 3 to the case 8, is housed in the container 1 while being supported by the ring body 11. In addition, since the cylindrical portion 13 of the ring body 11 into which the case 8 is fitted is provided near the handle 7 side opposite to the spout 10, the case 8 and the filter bodies 2 and 3 attached here are also , is also installed at a position closer to the handle 7 side. For this purpose, the outer surface of the case 8 and the container 1
As is clear from FIG. 4, a flow path connecting the oil storage portion B and the spout 10 is formed between the oil reservoir B and the inner surface on the spout 10 side.

Now, in the oil purifier configured in this way, with the lid 4 removed, the oil used for tempura etc. is poured into the oil purifier and filtered in the oil purifying section A. At this time, the oil is first filtered. Fine impurities such as fried crumbs and sludge are removed by the filter body 2, which is a paper filter, and then, while passing through the filter body 3, coloring components, odors, etc. are adsorbed and removed. As described above, the filter body 2 is provided with a large number of pleats to increase its surface area, so that a large amount of oil can be poured in at once, and the filtration time can be shortened.

The oil that has passed through the filter bodies 2 and 3 in this manner is stored in the oil storage section B, which is the lower part of the container 1. The above-described series of oil purifications is possible even if the lid 4 is closed immediately after the oil is added, because air is circulated to the outside through the spout 10 and the like.

In addition, the high temperature oil that has passed through the oil purification section A drips onto the center of the bottom of the container 1, but the dripping range of this oil is provided with a convex portion 18 as described above to provide insulation between it and the pedestal 6. A space 19 is formed, and a pedestal 6
Since the mounting plate 60 for attaching the oil to the container 1 is fixed to the container 1 outside the above-mentioned dripping range, the heat of the dripped high-temperature oil is not directly transmitted to the pedestal 6.

In other words, after dripping, the convex part 1 in the oil storage part B
The heat of the oil is reduced by contacting the area surrounding the convex part 8, or by reducing the heat mixed with the oil remaining in the area surrounding the convex part 18, and then the heat of the oil is transferred through the mounting plate 60. is transmitted to the pedestal 6,
Moreover, by the time the oil dripping from the oil purification section A has spread over the entire bottom surface of the oil storage section B, the oil in the oil storage section B has been cooled down throughout the container 1, and the oil remaining in the area surrounding the protrusion 18 has been cooled down. Because of this, the pedestal 6 does not reach a high temperature, and even if it is placed on a table covered with heat-resistant vinyl cloth, etc., the vinyl cloth will not be exposed to heat. It cannot be damaged.

The annular groove surrounding the convex portion 18 at the bottom of the container 1 also functions as a place for storing residues that remain in the oil even after filtration.

When reusing the oil stored in oil storage part B,
Instead of opening the entire lid 4, it is only necessary to open the oil filler lid 41. When the oil filler lid 41 is opened, the oil filler lid 41 is held in that state by the spring 56.
Even if the container 1 is tilted, the oil filling lid 41 will not close. Then, when the container 1 is tilted, the oil in the oil storage part B, especially the clean oil in the upper layer of the oil in the oil storage part B, passes through the flow path between the inner surface of the container 1 and the outer surface of the case 8, and flows through the spout. It flows out from 10. At this time,
Even if the container 1 is tilted significantly, the main lid 40 is fixed to the container 1 as described above, so the lid 4 will not come off. Of course, the oil purifying section A will not come off.

On the other hand, oil flowing out from the spout 10 is guided by the oil filler fitting 15 and exits. This oil filler fitting 15 is provided to prevent oil from dripping from the filler spout 10, and even if oil drips down the outer surface of the oil filler fitting 15, this oil will be removed from the oil filler fitting 1.
5 and the inner surface of the spout 10, and then returns to the oil reservoir B through a small gap between the lower end of the oil filler fitting 15 and the protrusion 16 on the inner surface of the spout 10. This means that oil will not drip down the outer surface of the container 1.

When replacing the filter bodies 2 and 3, the large diameter part 80 at the upper end of the case 8 should be replaced with the cylindrical part 13 of the ring body 11.
In addition, the axes of the outer surface of the large diameter portion 80 of the case 8 and the inner peripheral surface of the upper half of the ring body 11 are shifted from each other. As is clear from FIG. 3, since there is a space in which a finger can be inserted, it is sufficient to use this space to grasp the upper end of the case 8 and pull out the case 8 together.

[Effects of the invention] As described above, in this invention, the high temperature oil that has passed through the oil purification section drips onto the convex part provided on the bottom of the container, and the oil is installed to avoid this dripping area. The heat of the dripping high-temperature oil is not transmitted to the pedestal, and by the time the oil dripping from the oil purification section spreads over the entire bottom of the oil storage section, the oil in the oil storage section has cooled down throughout the container. Since the temperature is lowered by mixing with the oil remaining in the area surrounding the oil dripping area, the heat transmitted to the pedestal is not very high, and therefore the table etc. on which the oil purifier is placed may be damaged by the heat. Moreover, the recesses formed around the protrusions by providing the above-mentioned protrusions become a place where residues that have not been completely filtered in the oil purification section accumulate. In addition, only clean oil can be used when recycling oil.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same with the lid removed, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. The figure is a front view of the same as above, Figures 6a, b, and c are a front view, longitudinal sectional view, and bottom view of the same lid, Figure 7 is a perspective view of the same lid, and Figures 8 and 9 are same as above. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view and horizontal sectional view of the lock portion of the lid, and FIG. 10 is a rear view of the lid. 1 is a container, 6 is a pedestal, 18 is a convex portion, A is an oil purifying portion, and B is an oil storage portion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) An oil purification section is arranged in the upper part of a container whose lower part is an oil storage section, and a pedestal is attached to the bottom surface of the container. An oil purifier characterized in that the bottom surface of the container in the area from which oil drips is a convex portion that bulges inward, and the attachment point of the pedestal to the bottom surface of the container is outside the dripping area. (2) The oil purifier according to claim 1, wherein the pedestal is attached to the container via a mounting plate that is fixed to the lower surface of the container outside the dripping range.