JPH0773B2 - Automatic frying device feeder - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a method of frying tempura, which is an automatic method for automatically producing deep-fried frying, in which fine ingredients such as seafood and vegetables are tied together with a flour garment and fried. The present invention relates to a frying tool supply device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when performing this type of frying, fine ingredients such as seafood and vegetables were joined by a cloth of wheat flour, manually shaped into a frying shape and put into an oil tank for frying.

[0003]

However, in the case of this conventional manual work, the number of products to be produced is limited, and since the work is performed facing a high temperature oil tank, the working environment is extremely bad, which is preferable in food hygiene. In addition, since it is scraped by hand, there is a problem that the quality is not uniform in terms of quantity and shape.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to secure the quantity and shape quality of the scooping tool, and to provide a tray array that automatically intermittently stops in the oil tank. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic frying tool supply device that can be thrown in and mass-produced.

[0005]

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention is arranged so as to face a carrier side of a chain conveyor which is intermittently moved by disposing a plurality of tray rows in an oil tank. An agitation mechanism installed inside the supply tank, and a tool supply section formed at the bottom of the supply tank, an inclined supply section toward a supply hole formed in the tool supply section, and a hanging section from above the supply hole. A tool supply mechanism including an operating vertical supply section is provided, and a succession hole aligned with the supply hole is provided at the lower side of the supply hole of the tool supply section, and the succession hole and the tray array of the saucer row at a position of 180 degrees. A molding case in which a plurality of holes are attached to correspond to the respective trays, and a circle which is rotatably mounted in the molding case and which is fitted with the above-mentioned insertion cylinder at a corresponding 180-degree position on the outer periphery to align with the holes. From a molded rotor with arc-shaped molded recesses In addition to providing a tool forming mechanism, an air ejecting hole for ejecting air toward the forming concave portion of the forming rotor is provided in front of and behind the hole in which the inserting cylinder of the forming case is attached. An automatic scooping tool feeding device having a structure for disposing a tool pressing mechanism for pressing and molding a tool on a tray is provided above a predetermined intermittent stop position on the carrier side.

[0006]

With the above structure, the tools are quantitatively and automatically supplied to each of the trays of the tray array which is intermittently stopped, and the supplied tools are pressed and molded, so that the ingredients of a uniform scale and shape can be scooped up. Mold.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an automatic scooping tool feeder, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the automatic scooping tool. The supply device (hereinafter, simply referred to as the supply device) 5 is an oil tank 1
In this oil tank 1, a chain conveyor 2 having a plurality of trays 3 arranged at predetermined intervals is arranged and is intermittently moved in the direction of the arrow in the drawing.
The tray 3 on the a side is arranged so as to move slightly below the oil level. The supply device 5 is movably arranged on one end side of the oil tank 1 provided in this way, that is, on the side where the chain conveyor 2 is from the return 2b side to the carrier 2a side. The six trays 3 are attached in a row.

The supply device 5 is composed of a machine casing 6 and a supply section 10. The machine frame 6 is composed of a base 7 and a support 8. A caster 9 is movably attached to the base 7, and the support 8 is projected horizontally from the base 7 to end the oil tank 1. Is formed so as to face above, and a supply unit 10 is attached to the support base 8.

The supply unit 10 comprises a supply tank 11, a stirring mechanism 20, a tool supply mechanism 30, and a tool forming mechanism 50. The supply tank 11 is formed to have a width that can be accommodated within the width of the oil tank 1 by a bent plate 12 having a substantially U-shaped cross section whose bottom portion is curved in a semicircular shape and left and right side plates 13. The ingredient supply unit 14 is formed along the above. For convenience of description, the right side of the center line C of the supply tank 11 in FIG. The ingredient supply portion 14 has a front edge 15 that is hung at a predetermined distance on the front side from the center line C and has a predetermined length. The front edge 15 is formed at the rear portion of the position corresponding to the lower end of the front edge 15. A guide edge 16 that is inclined at a predetermined angle is formed, and an attachment edge 17 that is bent at a right angle and connected to the bottom of the tank 11 is formed on the upper end side of the guide edge 16. Further, a long hole-shaped supply hole 18 is formed in the longitudinal direction of the front edge 15 and the guide edge 16, and a mounting flange 19 having a hole aligned with the supply hole 18 is mounted by welding means. . A stirring mechanism 20 is installed in the supply tank 11 thus formed.

The stirring mechanism 20 comprises a rotating shaft 21 and a plurality of stirring rotating bodies 23. The rotary shaft 21 is rotatably supported at predetermined positions on the left and right side plates 13 of the supply tank 11 via bearing members 21a, and a chain wheel 22 is attached to one end of the rotary shaft 21 by a key (not shown). Machine frame 6
It is linked via a chain with a drive unit attached to the side. In addition, the rotary shaft 21 has a plurality of stirring rotary members 23.
Is detachably attached. The stirring rotator 23 is provided with a retaining ring 24 which is fitted onto the rotating shaft 21 and a plurality of arms 25 (6 in this example are illustrated) radially extending from the retaining ring 24 at a predetermined angle. As shown in FIG. 4, in this arm 25, stirring rotator 23 located at the center is provided with substantially rectangular stirring blades 26a, and stirring rotators 23 located on both left and right sides have substantially rectangular shape shown in the figure. The stirring blade 26b is attached, and each stirring rotor 23 is detachably attached to a predetermined position of the rotary shaft 21 by a push screw or the like. A guide roller 27 having a guide groove 28 of a tool supply mechanism 30 described later is rotatably attached to a predetermined position on the left and right sides of the rotary shaft 21 via a stop collar 29.

Next, the ingredient supply mechanism 30 will be described.
The tool supply mechanism 30 is composed of a vertical supply section 31 arranged along the center line C position of the supply tank 11 and an inclined supply section 41 attached to the guide edge 16 side of the tool supply section 14 of the supply tank 11. ing. A support bracket 32 is laterally mounted on the left and right side plates 13 on the upper opening side of the supply tank 11, and an operating cylinder 33 that operates synchronously at a position corresponding to the left and right guide rollers 27 attached to the rotary shaft 21 of the support bracket 32. Is mounted with the piston rod 34 facing downward, and a guide frame 36 is vertically provided on the piston rod 34 via a short rod 35. The guide frame 36 includes upper and lower connecting plates 37a and 37b and a pair of guide rods 38 having a predetermined length.
The pair of guide rods 38 are fitted into the guide grooves 28 of the guide rollers 27 attached to the rotary shaft 21 on the left and right sides in the drawing so as to be movable in the vertical direction, and a predetermined portion is provided at the center of the lower connecting plate 37b. A pressing rod 39 having a length is vertically provided, and a pressing plate 40 is horizontally provided between the left and right pressing rods 39. This pressing plate 40 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the warp-shaped cross section is formed into a substantially arcuate shape, and its width and length dimensions are formed so as to be able to be inserted into the supply holes 18 formed at the bottom of the supply tank 11.
Is configured so that a stroke S1 is given by the synchronized operation of the left and right working cylinders 33.

Further, the inclined supply section 41 is attached to the side of the guide edge 16 of the ingredient supply section 14 of the supply tank 11,
At a predetermined position on the front side of the supply tank 11 on the left and right sides, the support bracket 4 is provided in parallel with the mounting edge 17 of the ingredient supply unit 14.
2 are formed so as to project respectively, and an operating cylinder 43 for synchronous operation is attached to the left and right support brackets 42 with their piston rods 44 facing downward, and a pressing rod 45 is attached to the piston rods 44. Is the guide metal 46 attached to the attachment edge 17 side
Is inserted into the tool supply section 14, and a pressing plate 47 is inserted between the left and right pressing rods 45.
The pressing plate 47 is configured so that a stroke S2 is given along the guide edge 16 by the synchronized operation of the left and right working cylinders 43. The tool supply mechanism 30 provided in this way is configured so that the operating cylinder 43 of the inclined supply unit 41 operates at a timing slightly earlier than the operating cylinder 33 of the vertical supply unit 31.

Next, the ingredient forming mechanism 50 will be described.
The tool forming mechanism 50 includes a forming case 51 and a forming rotor 60.
The molded case 51 is composed of
1 is attached to a mounting flange 19 formed on the bottom of the supply tank 11, and is formed into a cylindrical shape having a predetermined diameter as shown in FIGS. A succession hole 52 that is aligned with the supply hole 18 that is formed in the direction is formed so as to penetrate therethrough, and the mounting flange 1 is provided on the four circumferences.
A mounting flange 53 that is aligned with the 9 is formed. In the diameter direction corresponding to the inheritance hole 52 of the molding case 51, a plurality of (six) holes 54 are provided along the longitudinal direction at intervals corresponding to the trays 3 arranged in a line on the chain conveyor 2. Then, a tapered insertion cylinder 55 is attached to each hole 54 by welding means. In addition, this input cylinder 55
As shown in FIG. 8, a stepped portion 56 is formed along the front and rear of the hole 54 in which the air is attached, and an air jet for ejecting high-pressure air toward the inside of the molding case 51 is formed in the stepped portion 56. A hole 57 is provided so that a joint 58 for connecting to an air source is attached to the air ejection hole 57. Further, flanges 59 are formed at both ends of the molded case 51.

The molding rotor 60 is made of a Teflon (registered trademark) material, has a diameter that allows it to be rotatably fitted in the molding case 51, has a predetermined length, and has a connecting rod 67 at its center. A through hole 61 through which the connecting shafts 61 and 65 are inserted, and connecting recesses 62a and 62b of the connecting shafts 64 and 65 are provided corresponding to the diametrical directions of both end faces of the same molding rotor 60,
In addition, the outer periphery orthogonal to the connection recesses 62a and 62b is provided at intervals corresponding to the holes 54 of the molding case 51 in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
3b is recessed.

Connecting shafts 64, 65 are attached to both ends of the molding rotor 60 formed in this way. The connecting shafts 64 and 65 are provided with flange portions 64a and 65a that come into contact with the end surface of the molding rotor 60, and the connecting recesses 62a and 65a are provided in the diametrical direction of the flange portions 64a and 65b.
Connection protrusions 64b and 65b that fit with 62b are formed,
The shafts of the two shafts 64, 65 have insertion holes 61 for the molding rotor 60.
Insertion holes 64c and 65c are formed so as to be aligned therewith. In the connecting shafts 64 and 65 thus formed, the connecting convex portions 64b and 65b are the connecting concave portions 62 of the molding rotor 60.
The insertion holes 61, 64c and 65c are aligned and communicate with each other by being fitted to the a and 62b and integrally connected by a bolt.

The molded case 51 thus formed is attached to the mounting flange 19 of the supply tank 11 by a bolt via the mounting flange 53, and the molded rotor 60 is inserted into the molded case 51 and the molded case is formed. Bearing members 66 are attached to both ends of 51, the molded rotor 60 is rotatably supported via both connecting shafts 64 and 65, and a connecting rod 67 is inserted into the insertion holes 61, 64c and 65c. A chain wheel 68 is keyed to the side and is integrally attached by a bolt via a collar 69 and an end plate 70. Although not shown, the tool forming mechanism 50 formed in this manner is provided with a chain and chain wheel 68 by a rotary actuator provided on the base 7 side.
The molding recesses 63a and 63b of the molding rotor 60
Molded recesses 63a and 63b are provided with an inversion motion of 80 degrees.
Is the supply hole 18 of the supply tank 11 and the hole 5 of the molding case 51.
4 are alternately matched.

The tool supply device 5 formed in this way is located above the predetermined intermittent stop position of the tray 3 of the chain conveyor 2 arranged in the oil tank 1, and the loading cylinder 55 of the tool forming mechanism 50.
Are provided corresponding to the trays 3, and a tool holding mechanism 71 is disposed above a predetermined stop position on the front side thereof. The tool holding mechanism 71 is attached between the left and right edges of the oil tank 1, and the base member 72 is provided between the edges of the oil tank 1.
A plate 73 is attached to the center of the base member 72, and an operating cylinder 74 is attached to the plate 73 with the piston rod 75 facing downward. A rod 76 having a length is detachably attached, and a plurality of (six) presser heads 78 corresponding to the tray 3 are attached to the tip of the rod 76.
Is attached to the plate 77. The holding head 78 is attached to a guide metal 79 penetratingly attached to the plate 77 at a predetermined interval so as to be vertically movable. The holding head 78 includes a rod 80 and a head 81. The rod 80 is attached in a substantially T-shape and is formed in a flat plate shape that presses the tool W supplied to the tray 8 to form a shape that follows the tray 3.
A coil spring 82 having a predetermined spring pressure is inserted into 0, and the height of the head 81 with respect to the tray 3 is attached to the guide metal 79 by the nut 83 so that the height of the head 81 can be adjusted. The holding head 78 is attached downward in the drawing. . In this way, the rod 76 is attached to the plate 77 to which the pressing head 78 is attached.
A guide rod 84 is attached at a predetermined interval centering around, and the guide rod 84 is inserted into a guide metal 85 attached to the plate 73 to hold the plate 77 horizontally and move up and down.

FIG. 11 is a time chart of the ingredient supplying mechanism 30 and the ingredient forming mechanism 50 with respect to the movement of the chain conveyor 2 in one cycle of stop and movement.
Is a cycle of stop and movement of the chain conveyor 2, B is a time chart of the inclined feeding section 41 of the ingredient feeding mechanism 30, and C is
A time chart of the vertical supply unit 31 of the ingredient supply mechanism 30,
D and E are time charts showing the reversing operation of the molding concave portions 63a and 63b of the molding rotor 60 of the component molding mechanism 50. The operations of the vertical supply unit 31 and the inclined supply unit 41 of the ingredient supply mechanism 30 are adjustable by a timer.

A predetermined amount of fine ingredients such as seafood and vegetables and a coat of wheat flour are supplied to the supply tank 11 of the ingredient supplying device 5 thus formed, and are agitated at a low speed by the agitation mechanism 20. By this stirring operation, the tool W is supplied to the tool supply unit 14 of the inclined supply unit 41 in the shortened state. In the initial supply, the stop signal from the first tray 3 causes
The molding rotor 60 is rotated 180 degrees by the operation of the rotary actuator so that the molding recess 63a is formed in the supply hole 18 for example.
And at the same time, the inclined feeding section 4 of the ingredient feeding mechanism 30
The working cylinder 43 of No. 1 extends and pushes the tool W to the lower portion of the vertical supply section 31, and at the same time, the working cylinder 33 of the vertical feeding section 31 is actuated to push the tool W to push the tool forming mechanism 50.
Of the molding rotor 60. Then, the working cylinder 33 of the vertical supply unit 31 is shortened, and subsequently, the working cylinder 43 of the tilt supply unit 41 is shortened to complete one cycle. In this initial supply, the tool W is not supplied to the first tray 3.

Then, in response to the stop signal of the second tray 3, the molding rotor 60 is inverted 180 degrees by the operation of the rotary actuator in the same manner as described above, the molding recess 63b is aligned with the supply hole 18, and the molding recess 63a is removed. The air is ejected toward the molding concave portion 63a from the air ejection hole 57 arranged in the inserting cylinder 55, so that the tool W in the concave portion 63a is detached and separated. It is supplied to the missing tray 3 via 55. at the same time,
The operation cylinder 43 of the inclined supply unit 41 of the tool supply mechanism 30 extends and pushes the tool W to the lower portion of the vertical supply unit 31, and at the same time, the operation cylinder 33 of the vertical supply unit 31 operates and pushes the tool W. It is supplied to the molding recess 63a of the molding rotor 60 of the molding mechanism 50. Then, the working cylinder 33 of the vertical supply unit 31 is shortened, and subsequently, the working cylinder 43 of the tilt supply unit 41 is shortened to complete one cycle. Then, when the tray 3 supplied with the tool W is stopped below the tool holding mechanism 71, the operating cylinder 74 of the tool holding mechanism 71 is extended by this stop signal and the holding heads 78 allow the tray 3 to operate. The upper tool W is pressed and press-molded into the shape of the tray 3. In this case, since each holding head 78 is elastically attached by the coil spring 82, it can be pressed flexibly and does not affect the chain conveyor 2. Thereafter, the above cycle operation is repeatedly performed to sequentially supply the ingredients W to form the fried food.

As described above, the tool supply device 5 of this embodiment is provided with the stirring mechanism 20, the tool supply mechanism 30, and the tool forming mechanism 50 in association with each other above the intermittent stop position of the tray 3 and the tool W. Since the tool holding mechanism for pressing and forming the tool W on the tray 3 is arranged above the predetermined intermittent stop position of the tray 3 that has supplied the above, it is possible to abolish the work by the conventional worker. Since the scraping can be automatically mass-produced and the working environment thereof can be improved, in particular, the molding concave portion 6 having a predetermined volume formed in the molding rotor 60 can be formed.
3a and 63b are supplied and filled by the vertical supply section 31 and the inclined supply section 41 of the ingredient supply mechanism 30,
Since quantitative filling is made possible and the quantity is made uniform, and the presser mechanism 71 performs press molding, the shape can be adjusted to be substantially uniform, and the quality of scooping can be improved. Further, the ingredient W is heated by the high temperature oil in the oil tank 1, and the gluten of the batter is increased by the stirring mechanism 20 and the ingredient supply mechanism 30, so that the molding concave portion 63a of the molding rotor 60,
Although it tries to adhere to 63b, high-pressure air is ejected from the air ejection holes 57 provided on both sides of the charging cylinder 55 to separate the tool W in a peeling manner, and the molding rotor 60 is cooled by the high-pressure air. The tool W can be smoothly molded and supplied.

[0022]

The present invention has the above-mentioned structure,
It is possible to abolish the work by the conventional worker, to automatically mass-produce the scooping, and to improve the working environment. Especially, the molding of the predetermined volume formed on the molding rotor. Since the concave part is supplied and filled by the vertical supply part and the inclined supply part of the tool supply mechanism, quantitative filling becomes possible and the quantity is made uniform, and it is pressed by the tool holding mechanism. As a result, the shape can be adjusted to be almost uniform and the quality of frying can be improved. Further, the ingredient is heated by the high temperature oil in the oil tank, and the gluten of the batter becomes high due to the stirring mechanism and the ingredient supply mechanism to try to adhere to the forming concave portion of the forming rotor.
High-pressure air is ejected from the air ejection holes 57 provided on both sides of the tool W to separate the tool W in a peeling manner, and the molding rotor is cooled by the high-pressure air to smoothly mold and supply the tool. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an automatic frying tool feeder.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view of the automatic frying tool feeder.

3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a molding case.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a molded case.

FIG. 7 is a front view in which a connecting shaft is attached to a molding rotor.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the ingredient forming mechanism.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the presser foot mechanism.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the presser foot mechanism.

FIG. 11 is a timing chart of each mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Oil Tank 2 Chain Conveyor 3 Sauce 5 Automatic Scraping Tool Supply Device 11 Supply Tank 14 Tool Supply Section 18 Supply Hole 20 Stirring Mechanism 30 Tool Supply Mechanism 31 Vertical Supply Section 41 Inclination Supply Section 50 Tool Forming Mechanism 51 Molding Case 52 Succession Hole 54 Hole 55 Input cylinder 57 Air ejection hole 60 Molding rotor 63a, 63b Molding recess 71 Tool holding mechanism W Tool

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An agitation mechanism installed inside a supply tank provided above a carrier side of a chain conveyor that intermittently moves by disposing a plurality of tray rows in an oil tank, and a bottom portion of the supply tank. The tool supply section formed in the above is provided with a tool supply mechanism including a tilted supply section toward a supply hole formed in the tool supply section and a vertical supply section that hangs downward from above the supply hole. In the lower part of the supply hole of the ingredient supply part, a succession hole which is aligned with the supply hole and a plurality of holes which are provided with the insertion cylinders corresponding to the respective saucers of the saucer row at 180 ° position with the succession hole are formed. And a molding rotor that is rotatably mounted in the molding case and has the arc-shaped molding recesses that are aligned with the holes by mounting the charging cylinder at corresponding 180 degree positions on the outer periphery. In addition to providing the An air ejection hole for ejecting air toward the molding concave portion of the molding rotor is formed in the front and rear of the hole in which the mounting rotor is attached, and a receiving tray is placed above the predetermined intermittent stop position on the carrier side from the tool supply stop position. Automatic scraping tool supply device having a structure for arranging a tool pressing mechanism for pressing and molding the tool.