JPH06311935A - Cover plate locking device for frying frame in frier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automate locking and locking release of a cover body, and to remarkably reduce a work burden of a worker by combining a rotary knob for locking the cover plate of a frying frame, and a first and a second engaging members provided along a running route of the frying frame. CONSTITUTION:A first and a second engaging member 16, 17 are arranged along a running route of a frying frame 10, and can be engaged to a rotary knob 14 of the frying frame 10, respectively. Therefore, when the frying frame 10 is run through a carrying chain 20, a first member 16 drives the rotary knob 14 to a lock position and can lock a cover plate 12, and a second engaging member 17 drives the rotary knob 14 to a release position, and can release the cover plate 12. Also, when a pressing roller 15 is provided additionally, the pressing roller 15 depresses the cover plate 12 in the upstream side being near by a first engaging member 16, therefore, the rotary knob 14 can be driven more smoothly to the lock position by a first engaging member 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lid plate locking device for a frying frame in a fryer for automatically locking the lid plate of the frying frame in a fryer for frying deep-fried foods such as deep-frying. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When mass-producing fried food such as deep-fried food,
A large flyer with a frying frame for material transport is used. That is, the material for frying is put into the frying frame on the upstream side of the fryer, conveyed in frying oil together with the frying frame, and then discharged from the frying frame on the downstream side. In addition, when it is necessary to reverse the front and back of the material during frying, or when the material needs to be pressed and sunk in oil to be processed, a frying frame having a lid plate is used.

A large number of frying frames are installed between a pair of conveying chains arranged on both sides of the oil tank, and can run in the oil tank at a predetermined speed set according to the type of material. Workers are arranged on the upstream side and the downstream side of the fryer, respectively, to put the material into the frying frame, close the lid plate and lock it, and unlock it to open the lid plate and process it. They share the work of discharging the finished products.

[0004]

According to such a conventional technique, an operator can add a material and discharge a product on the upstream side and the downstream side of an oil tank, and can also lock a lid plate and a lock, respectively. Since the work needs to be released, the work content is complicated, and there is a problem that the work load on the worker tends to become excessive, especially when handling a material that needs to be finished in a short time.

Therefore, in view of the problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a rotary knob for locking the lid plate of the frying frame and first and second engagements arranged along the traveling path of the frying frame. An object of the present invention is to provide a lid plate locking device for a frying frame in a flyer that can automatically lock and unlock the lid plate by combining the members, and can significantly reduce the work load on the worker.

[0006]

The structure of the present invention for achieving the above object is a lifting frame that is installed between a pair of conveyor chains, and a rotary knob that is attached to the lifting frame and locks the lid plate of the lifting frame. And a first and a second engaging member that are arranged along the traveling path of the frying frame and that engage with the rotating knob. The first engaging member locks the rotating knob in the released position. The second feature is that the second engagement member drives the rotation knob in the lock position to the release position.

Incidentally, on the immediate upstream side of the first engaging member,
A pressing roller for pressing the cover plate can be attached.

[0008]

According to the structure of the invention, the first and second engaging members are arranged along the traveling path of the frying frame and can be engaged with the rotary knobs of the frying frame respectively. Therefore, when the frying frame travels via the transport chain,
The engaging member of the drive mechanism can drive the rotation knob to the lock position to lock the lid plate, and the second engagement member can drive the rotation knob to the release position to release the lock of the lid plate. You can

When the pressing roller is attached, the pressing roller presses the cover plate immediately upstream of the first engaging member, so that the rotary knob is more smoothly locked by the first engaging member. Can be driven to.

[0010]

Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A lid lock device for a frying frame in a fryer includes a frying frame 10 having a pair of left and right rotary knobs 14, 14.
On the other hand, along the traveling route, the pressing rollers 15, 1
5, the first engaging member 16, 16, the second engaging member 17,
17 are provided (FIG. 1).

The frying frame 10 is a shallow box-shaped body whose main material is a punched thin plate, and has a main body 11 and a cover plate 12.
And left and right side plates 13, 13. Side plates 13, 13
Is a single plate with sufficient thickness, and each has
The support shaft 13a is provided so as to project. The support shafts 13a, 13a are
The frying frame 10 is arranged on a straight line passing through the central portions of the side plates 13 and 13, and the frying frame 10 is rotatably installed between the pair of transport chains 20 and 20 via the support shafts 13a and 13a.

The lid plate 12 covers the upper surface of the main body 11 and the upper half of one side surface (FIGS. 2 and 3), and the hinge 1
It is connected to the main body 11 via 1a and 11a (FIGS. 3 and 4). A stopper 11b is attached to each of the hinges 11a and 11a to limit the opening angle of the cover plate 12 (two-dot chain line in FIG. 3). Further, the tip of the lid plate 12 slightly protrudes obliquely downward from the main body 11 (FIG. 1) and can be used as a clue for opening and closing work.

The rotary knobs 14 and 14 are attached to the left and right symmetric positions of the frying frame 10 via square blocks 14b and 14b which are fixed to the side plates 13 and 13 upward. The corner blocks 14b and 14b have lid plates 12 whose upper end surfaces are closed.
(Fig. 2). A stepped shaft hole 14c is formed in the square block 14b in the vertical direction, and a compression spring 14d and a rivet-shaped shaft 14a are inserted into the shaft hole 14c from below. The rotary knob 14 is attached to the upper end of a shaft 14a that is biased downward via a compression spring 14d. Therefore,
The rotary knob 14 can rotate horizontally along with the shaft 14a.

Each of the rotary knobs 14 is a flat plate-shaped member which forms each vertex of an equilateral triangle in an arc shape having a small diameter (FIGS. 1 and 4). The shaft 14a is connected to the center of the rotary knob 14, and the rotary knob 14 is positioned so that the bottom side thereof is positioned immediately outside the lateral side of the lid plate 12 when any one apex of the rotary knob 14 is correctly directed to the outside. , Its size is set (solid line in FIG. 4). Therefore, the rotary knob 14 takes a lock position that locks the lid plate 12 so that it cannot be opened when its one apex faces inward (dashed line in the figure), and releases the lock when one apex faces outward. The position can be taken (solid line and two-dot chain line in the figure).

The transport chains 20 and 20 are formed by alternately chaining odd-shaped outer link plates 21, 21 ... And inner link plates 22, 22 ... (FIG. 1). Therefore,
The frying frame 10 is mounted so as to be installed between the corresponding outer link plates 21, 21 ... Through the support shafts 13a, 13a on both sides, and the outer link plate 21, between the transport chains 20, 20. According to the pitch of 21 ...
It is assumed that a large number of frying frames 10, 10 ... Are erected. In addition, a pair of guide rails 23, 23 are arranged side by side in the middle of the transport chains 20, 20.
The postures of the frying frames 10, 10 ... Traveling through 0 and 20 are controlled. That is, the frying frame 10, 1
By driving the transport chains 20, 20, the lower parts of the main body 11 lightly contact the guide rails 23, 23 and run in the direction of arrow K1 in FIG.

Pressing rollers 15, 15, first engaging member 1
6 and 16 are fixed to a horizontal frame 24 arranged above the guide rails 23 and 23.

The pressing rollers 15 and 15 are respectively disposed above the traveling path of the lifting frame 10 via the bracket 15b whose vertical position can be adjusted with respect to the horizontal frame 24, and of the lifting frame 10 passing below. The lid plate 12 can be pressed downward. In addition, the first engaging members 16, 16
Via the fixing plates 16b and 16b, presser rollers 15 and 1
It is mounted downward on the outside of 5. In addition, the presser rollers 15, 15 are the rotation knobs 14, 14 of the lifting frame 10.
It is arranged so as to correspond to the innermost side of (Fig. 4). Also,
The first engagement members 16, 16 correspond to the outer sides of the corner blocks 14b, 14b of the lifting frame 10 in the immediate vicinity thereof, and can be engaged with the rotation knobs 14, 14 in the release position from the outside. However, the presser rollers 15, 15 are
At the immediate upstream side of the engaging members 16, 16 of the frying frame 1
It is assumed that the cover plate 12 of 0 is pressed.

The second engaging members 17, 17 are directly attached to the lower surface of another horizontal frame 25 arranged downstream of the first engaging members 16, 16 (FIGS. 1 and 4). ). Second
The engaging members 17, 17 of the rotary knob 14 of the frying frame 10,
At the same height position as 14, corner blocks 14b, 1
It is arranged corresponding to the innermost side of 4b. Therefore, the second engagement members 17, 17 can engage with the rotation knobs 14, 14 in the locked position from the inside.

The first engaging members 16, 16 are located outside the rotary knobs 14, 14 in the disengaged position when the lifting frame 10 travels in the direction of arrow K1 in FIG. 4 via the transport chains 20, 20. The rotary knobs 14 and 14 can be driven to the lock position by rotating the rotary knobs 14 and 14 in the directions of arrows K3 and K4 in FIG.
At this time, the pressing rollers 15 and 15 press the cover plate 12 downward immediately before the first engaging members 16 and 16 engage with the rotary knobs 14 and 14 and prevent the cover plate 12 from floating. To prevent.

The frying frame 1 via the carrier chains 20, 20.
When 0 further moves to the downstream side, the second engaging member 17,
17 engages the rotary knobs 14, 14 in the locked position from the inside, and the rotary knobs 14, 14 are indicated by the arrow K5 in FIG.
, K6 to drive the rotary knobs 14, 14 to the release position (two-dot chain line in the figure). Therefore, thereafter, the lid plate 12 can be easily opened by lifting the tip portion.

Such a lid frame locking device for a frying frame can be incorporated in a fryer F having an oil layer Fa (FIG. 5).

Each transport chain 20 for transporting the frying frames 10, 10 ... Passes through a sprocket R1 arranged at the upstream end of the oil tank Fa and a sprocket R2 at the downstream end to the oil tank Fa.
Is set so as to circulate through sprockets R3 and R4 arranged above the lower part of the oil tank Fa.
Shall proceed in the direction. In addition, in the middle part of the oil tank Fa, inversion devices 26, 26 of arbitrary type are provided,
The passing frying frames 10, 10, ... Can be sequentially reversed. In addition, the oil tank Fa is a stand Fb that houses a burner or the like.
Is supported through.

Pressing rollers 15, 15 and the first engaging member 1
6 and 16 are arranged on the upstream side of the oil tank Fa. On the other hand, the second engaging members 17, 17 are arranged on the downstream side of the oil tank Fa.

The guide rails 23, 23 corresponding to the upper portions of the transport chains 20, 20 are bent at the upstream end of the oil tank Fa so as to form a downward inclination of about 45 degrees and above the sprocket R1. (Fig. 6). An interference member 23a is arranged in front of each sprocket R1. Interference member 23
a and 23a support the front side of the frying frame 10 from below when the transport chains 20 and 20 are folded back via the sprockets R1 and R1, so that the frying frame 10 is not inverted and the frying frame 10 is not inverted. You can get inside.

The material is put into the frying frames 10, 10 ... At the upstream side of the oil tank Fa (arrow A in FIG. 5). After that, each frying frame 10 has the lid 12 closed and the oil tank Fa.
Since it enters inside, the cover plate 12 is pressed by the pressing rollers 15, 15.
Then, the rotary knobs 14 and 14 are locked by being driven by the first engaging members 16 and 16 to the locking position. Therefore, the frying frame 10 can be subsequently reversed by the reversing devices 26, 26.

The lifting frame 10 returns to its original position after being turned over a plurality of times and advances to the downstream side to drive the rotary knobs 14, 14 to the release position via the second engaging members 17, 17. Thereby, the lock of the lid plate 12 is released. Therefore, the processed product can be taken out by opening the cover plate 12 at the downstream end of the oil tank Fa (direction of arrow B in FIG. 5). After that, the frying frames 10, 10, ... May be conveyed as they are to the upstream side without closing the lid plates 12, 12 ,.

[0028]

[Other Embodiments] Each frying frame 10 can automatically discharge processed products at the downstream side of the oil tank Fa (Fig. 7).

The guide rails 23, 23 corresponding to the upper portions of the transport chains 20, 20 are bent at the downstream end of the oil tank Fa so as to form an upward inclination of about 45 degrees, and the guide rails in the oil tank Fa are bent. The end portions of 23 and 23 are respectively raised diagonally rearward of the sprocket R2 and cut, and a guide plate 23c for discharging is attached to the end portions. In addition, an interference member 23b is arranged inside each sprocket R2 in order to pull down the rear side of the frying frame 10 that moves to the ascending slope portion. It is to be noted that each of the frying frames 10 advances to the downstream side with the cover plate 12 facing downward by going through an odd number of inversions.
It is arranged below the traveling route of 0, 10 ...

In each of the frying frames 10, immediately before reaching the downstream end of the oil tank Fa, the lid plate 12 is unlocked via the second engaging members 17 and 17, but the lid plate 12 is located inside the oil tank Fa. It is supported by the guide rails 23, 23 and moves to the positions of the sprockets R2, R2 without opening. Lid plate 12
The guide frame 23c is opened by rotating the main body 11 in the direction along the upwardly inclined portion through the interference members 23b and 23b when the lifting frame 10 moves to the upwardly inclined portion through the sprockets R2 and R2. Connected to. Therefore, the processed product in the frying frame 10 can slide down to the guide plate 23c side through the lid plate 12 and be automatically discharged. After that, the frying frame 10 can be conveyed to the upstream side through the sprockets R3 and R3 while ascending the upslope portion while keeping the lid plate 12 open.

The rotary knobs 14, 14 of each frying frame 10
Is an equilateral triangle as a whole, the second engaging member 1
7 and 17 can drive the rotary knobs 14 and 14 in the lock position to the release position regardless of whether they are arranged above or below the traveling path of the lifting frame 10.
Therefore, when the frying frame 10 is inverted by an even number of times and the second engaging members 17 and 17 are arranged above the frying frame 10, each rotary knob 14 has a pair of engaging protrusions that open at 120 degrees. Part 1
It is sufficient to form 4t and 14t (FIG. 8).

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the frying frame having the rotary knob for locking the lid plate, and the first and second members arranged along the traveling path of the frying frame. By providing the mating member, the first and second engaging members can respectively drive the rotary knob to the lock position and the release position, automatically lock the lid plate, and release the lock. In addition, it is possible to completely eliminate the complicated work of locking and unlocking the lid plate when loading materials and discharging products. Therefore, it is possible to greatly reduce the work content of workers and improve work efficiency. In combination with the automatic material supply device and the product automatic discharge device, there is an excellent effect that the fully automatic operation of the flyer can be easily realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the overall configuration

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line XX in FIG.

3 is a view corresponding to the arrow Y in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram corresponding to the arrow Z in FIG.

[Figure 5] Usage status explanatory diagram

FIG. 6 is an enlarged explanatory view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged explanatory view of a main part showing another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an essential part showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Lifting frame 12 ... Lid plate 14 ... Rotating knob 15 ... Pressing roller 16 ... First engaging member 17 ... Second engaging member 20 ... Conveying chain

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A frying frame that is installed between a pair of conveyor chains, a rotary knob that is attached to the frying frame, locks a lid plate of the frying frame, and is disposed along a traveling path of the frying frame, A first engaging member that engages with the rotating knob; the first engaging member drives the rotating knob in a release position to a lock position; and the second engaging member. A lid member locking device for a frying frame in a flyer, wherein the combination member drives the rotary knob in the lock position to a release position. 2. On the immediate upstream side of the first engaging member,
The lid plate locking device for the frying frame of the flyer according to claim 1, further comprising a pressing roller for pressing the lid plate.