JPH054889U - Fermented milk preparation equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide an apparatus capable of easily producing fermented milk preparations by minimizing the operations that frequently require manpower such as stirring, heating, and cooling in a refrigerator. [Structure] A heating / cooling means 7 made of a Peltier semiconductor element is provided in the lower part of the main body case 1, and a container 6 for accommodating fermented milk preparation materials such as milk, egg yolk, gelatin, fresh cream, vanilla essence and the like is attached and detached on the upper side thereof. An automatic stirring means (5) for freely loading and stirring the fermented milk preparation material is attached to the upper lid (2). Automatic control means 11 for heating / cooling means 7 and stirring means 5
Fermented milk-prepared products can be easily manufactured by controlling the drive.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The idea is to add fermented milk preparation materials such as milk, egg yolk, gelatin, fresh cream, vanilla essence and other necessary treatments such as stirring, heating and cooling to produce fermented milk preparations such as frozen yogurt and ice cream. It relates to devices that can be easily manufactured at home.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 As this type of device, a device shown in FIG. 3, for example, has been conventionally known. Here, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the procedure for producing yogurt. That is, pack milk is prepared in advance, a small amount of plain yogurt 27 weighed with the spoon 25 is put into the milk in the pack (container) 26 (the same figure A), and well stirred with the spoon 25 (the same figure B). .. Next, the mouth of the pack 26 is closed with the cap 26a, the pack 26 is loaded in the main body case 21 (C in the same figure), and the upper lid 22 is placed (D in the same figure). Next, insert the plug 23 of the power supply into the outlet, and heat the pack 26 for about 5 to 8 hours with a heater (not shown) provided in the lower part of the main body case 21 to ferment the milk in the inside and complete the yogurt. .. (Fig. E). When cold yogurt is desired, the pack 26 is continuously placed in the refrigerator 28 to be cooled (F in the same figure).

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The above-mentioned conventional examples require frequent human operations such as stirring, heating, cooling in a refrigerator, etc., and thus fermented milk preparations cannot be easily produced. In addition, particularly when frozen milk and egg yolk (or gelatin) are mixed and fermented like fermented yogurt and then cooled with stirring, it is very troublesome. The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and it is possible to easily manufacture fermented milk preparations by omitting operations that frequently require human hands such as stirring, heating, and cooling with a refrigerator. A technical problem is to provide a device that can do so.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 An apparatus for producing a fermented milk preparation according to the present invention is configured as follows to solve the above problems. That is, the heating / cooling means 7 composed of a Peltier semiconductor element is provided in the lower part of the main body case 1, the container 6 for containing the fermented milk preparation material is detachably loaded on the upper side thereof, and the fermented milk preparation material is stirred in the upper lid 2. The stirring means 5 for controlling the stirring means 5 and the heating / cooling means 7 are driven and controlled by the automatic control means 11.

[0005]

[Work]

 In the present invention, the stirring means 5 and the heating / cooling means 7 are drive-controlled by the automatic control means 11 based on a required control program. For example, when producing frozen yogurt, it works as follows. A fermented milk preparation material (for example, milk and a small amount of gelatin) prepared in advance is put into the container 6, the upper lid 2 is placed, and the automatic control means 11 is started. Then, the stirring means 5 rotates to stir the fermented milk preparation material. Next, the heating / cooling means 7 heats the container 6 at about 45 ° C. for 5 to 8 hours to ferment the fermented milk preparation material inside. Immediately thereafter, the heating / cooling means 7 is switched to cooling, and the container 6 is cooled at approximately −5 ° C. for 1 to 2 hours while stirring is also performed at the same time, whereby frozen yogurt is completed. It should be noted that a so-called soft ice cream can be obtained by performing fermentation without any operation, adding egg yolk or fresh cream in place of gelatin, and stirring while cooling.

[0006]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus for manufacturing a fermented milk preparation according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus of this embodiment includes a main body case 1, an upper lid 2 and a bottom plate 10, a stirring means 5 hanging down from the upper lid 2, a heating / cooling means 7 provided in a lower portion of the main body case 1, and a heating / cooling means 7. A fermented milk preparation material container 6 which is detachably loaded on the upper side of the container, a cooling fan 11 arranged below the heating / cooling means 7, an automatic control means 13, and a power supply transformer 14. .. In the figure, reference numeral 15 is a plug of the power transformer 14, and 16 is a ventilation hole for the cooling fan 11.

The main body case 1 is formed of a synthetic resin material in a cylindrical shape, the upper lid 2 and the bottom plate 10 are also formed of a synthetic resin material, and the bottom plate 10 is detachably fixed to the lower end portion of the main body case 1. A rotary actuator 3 is fixed to the central portion of the upper lid 2, and a stirring means 5 is fixed to a drive shaft 4 hanging from the upper lid 2. Further, conductive connection terminals 3a and 3b of the rotary actuator 3 are additionally formed at corresponding positions of the main body case 1 and the upper cover 2, respectively, and are configured to be conductively connected when the upper cover 2 is closed.

The heating / cooling means 7 has a mounting plate 8 fixed to the upper side of the cooling fan 11 in the main body case 1, and is fixed to the lower side surface of the mounting plate 8. The heating / cooling means 7 is composed of a Peltier semiconductor element, and functions as a heat pump by utilizing the so-called Peltier effect. That is, the heating / cooling temperature can be freely set and controlled by appropriately setting the magnitude of the direct current, and the heating / cooling can be switched by switching the current direction (+) (-). Has been done. A heat radiation fin 7a is attached to the lower surface of the heating / cooling means 7 in order to enhance the cooling effect. By the way, this type of heating / cooling means 7 is provided as an electronic cooling unit from, for example, "Thermobonic".

The automatic control means 11 is composed of a microcomputer, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a predetermined drive control program is installed in advance, and drives the stirring means 5, heating / cooling means 7 and cooling fan 11. Is configured to control. The operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, in step S ₁ , the required stirring time T ₁ , heating time T ₂ , and cooling time T ₃ are set in advance, the fermented milk preparation material is put into the container 6, and the upper lid 2 is closed. Next, in step S ₂ , the automatic control means 11 is started. Then, the rotary actuator 3 rotates, and the stirring means 5 stirs the fermented milk preparation material in the container 6. Subsequently it is determined whether the step S ₃ in the required stirring time T ₁ (1 to 2 min) has elapsed, when it has passed the processing proceeds to step S _5.

Next, in step S ₄ , the fermented milk preparation material in the container 6 is heated by the heating / cooling means 7 at about 45 ° C. for 5 to 8 hours to ferment it. Subsequently, in step S ₅ , it is determined whether or not the heating time T ₂ has elapsed, and when it has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S ₆ . Next, in step S ₆ , the fermented milk preparation material in the container 6 is cooled by the heating / cooling means 7 at about −5 ° C. for 1 to 2 hours, and simultaneously stirred by the stirring means 5. Subsequently it is determined whether step S ₇ in the cooling time T ₃ has elapsed, when the elapse finished the full Rozun yogurt, the program ends.

Until the frozen yogurt is completed in this way, there is no need for manpower such as stirring, heating, and cooling with a refrigerator as in the conventional example. For example, if the apparatus is prepared and started at night, Frozen yogurt is ready in the morning. Therefore, the fermented milk preparation can be easily produced at home. As described above, ordinary yoghurt can be performed without cooling and stirring in step S ₆ . If egg yolk or fresh cream is added instead of gelatin and cooling and stirring of step S ₆ are carried out simultaneously without heating (fermentation) of step S ₄ , a so-called ice cream or soft cream is produced. The ice cream is similar to the above soft cream, although the ingredients are slightly different.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the cooling fan 11 is not necessarily a necessary component. In addition, it is not necessary to say that the configurations of the main body case 1, the upper lid 2, the stirring means 5, the container 6, the automatic control means 11 and the like can be appropriately modified and implemented.

[0014]

[Effect of the device]

 As is clear from the above description, the apparatus for manufacturing fermented milk preparations according to the present invention is provided with a heating / cooling unit composed of a Peltier semiconductor element in the lower part of the main body case, and an accommodating device for accommodating the fermented milk preparation material above it. The container was detachably loaded, and the upper lid was provided with a stirring means for stirring the fermented milk preparation material, and the stirring means and heating / cooling means were configured to be driven and controlled by an automatic control means. Fermented milk preparations can be easily manufactured without the need for manual labor such as cooling by.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus for producing a fermented milk preparation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a drive control program incorporated in the apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a yogurt manufacturing procedure according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Main body case 1, 2 ... Top lid, 5
... stirring means, 6 ... container, 7 ... heating / cooling means, 11 ... automatic control means.

Claims (1)

[Claims for utility model registration] [Claim 1] A heating / cooling means (7) made of a Peltier semiconductor element is provided in the lower part of the main body case (1), and a container (6) for containing the fermented milk preparation material is provided above the heating and cooling means. ) Is detachably loaded and the fermented milk preparation material is stirred on the upper lid (2) (5)
An apparatus for producing a fermented milk preparation, characterized in that the stirring means (5) and the heating / cooling means (7) are drive-controlled by an automatic control means (11).