JPH08182628A - Manufacturing device for tempura (japanese deep-fried food) food - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily separate a fried food by making a forming frame out of a pair of arced divisional frames faced to each other like a principal rafter, and allowing each divisional frame to freely turn in a parting direction, in a device having upper and lower coating feeders for supplying a coating material to an annular forming frame with upper and lower ends open. CONSTITUTION: When each of forming frames 15 carried on a chain conveyor 12 at an equal interval reaches a position immediately under a lower coating feeder 20, a lower coating material 22a is supplied thereto and, then, a worker manually places a lobster 23 on the lower coating material 22a in the frame 15. Thereafter, when the frame 15 arrives at a position immediately under an upper coating feeder 21, an upper coating material 22b is fed thereto. Subsequently, a pair of divisional frames made of arced plate material to form the frame 15 are turned along a nearing direction via an engagement pin 26 at the section of a guide 27a, thereby wrapping the lobster 23 with the coating materials 22a and 22b in the frame 15. Thereafter, the frame 15 in an expanded state is immersed in oil in a tank 10, thereby processing the lobster 23 into a fried food.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tempura production apparatus for producing shrimp tempura, small fish tempura, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional technique is shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a sheet metal tank, which is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is elongated in the left-right direction and has an open upper surface, and contains a vegetable oil 2 heated to a predetermined temperature by a heater. The endless chain conveyor 3 is accommodated in the tank 1 while being extended in the left-right direction, and is circulated so that the upper side moves from the right part to the left part in FIG. 5, that is, in the arrow (A) direction. Above the right side of the chain conveyor 3 3
A is rotated in the direction of the arrow (A) along the oil level in the tank 1.

A large number of cages 4 formed in a rectangular shape in plan view are attached to the chain conveyor 3 at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential (left and right) directions, and two cages 5 are arranged in parallel in each cage 4. Install. Each molding frame 5 is formed of a strip-shaped stainless steel plate to have an elliptical shape in a plan view elongated in the left-right direction.

Above the right end of the tank 1, the lower roller on the front stage side and the throwing machine 6 and the upper roller on the rear stage side are also spaced from each other in the left-right direction. The upper frame also comes to the molding frame 5 (5a, 5a
Roller material 8 (8a, 8b) is put in c). The lower roller and the throwing machine 6 and the upper roller 7 have substantially the same structure. That is, a drop opening that is opened and closed by a valve is provided in the lower part of the tank that houses the material 8 even for granular rollers.
When the forming frame 5 arrives just below the drop port, the valve is opened to transfer the roller material 8 in the tank to the forming frame 5 (5a, 5a).
It is designed to drop a predetermined amount inward.

The lower roller and the upper roller 6 and the upper roller 7 are also inserted.
The interval between the shrimp and the molding frame 5 is 1 to 2 pitches, and the shrimp 9 is manually placed in the molding frame 5b transferred from the loading machine 6 by the lower roller at this portion. That is, the lower roller also inserts the material 8a from the lower roller and the lower roller into the forming frame 5a that has arrived just below the lower machine 6 and then the lower roller and the lower roller 8 and the upper roller 7 and the lower roller 8 respectively. Inside the molding frame 5b that arrived between
That is, the shrimp 9 is also manually placed on the upper surface of the material 8a for the lower roller, and then the upper roller is also placed on the upper surface of the shrimp 9 in the forming frame 5c that has arrived just below the loading machine 7. The material 8b is also put into the upper roller from the machine 7. As a result, the upper and lower surfaces of the shrimp 9 are covered with the lower roller 8a and the upper roller 8b, and in this state, the tank 1 is transferred to the left,
It is baked with oil 3 and then taken out from the molding frame 5 to obtain the desired tempura.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned conventional one, since the forming frame 5 has a constant annular shape, the finished tempura has an elliptical shape along the inner surface shape of the forming frame 5 whose outer shape is different from that of the shrimp 9. The shape of the shrimp becomes unclear, and the thickness of the material 8 on the surface of the shrimp 9 becomes non-uniform and the eating quality deteriorates. There was a drawback that the material 8 was peeled off from the shrimp 9 even when the adhesion was lowered. Further, since the tempura is formed in the forming frame 5, the finished tempura adheres to the forming frame and must be detached manually, which is troublesome. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a new tempura manufacturing apparatus that solves the above drawbacks.

[0007]

The present invention is configured as follows to achieve the above object. That is, an oil heated to a predetermined temperature is contained in a slender tank, an annular molding frame having upper and lower surfaces opened is arranged in the tank, and the molding frame is directed from one end in the longitudinal direction to the other end in the tank. A conveyor is provided to transfer, and one end of the tank in the longitudinal direction holds a predetermined space in the longitudinal direction to load rollers and materials into the forming frame. In a tempura manufacturing apparatus provided with a machine, the forming frame has a pair of divided frames formed by bending an elongated plate material in an arc shape to face each other in a palm-like shape, and rotates in the contacting and separating directions at one end side in the traveling direction. A split frame rotating device that is connected as much as possible and rotates the split frames in the approach direction after rotating the split frames in the approach direction for a predetermined time on the rear side of the throwing machine. It is configured to be provided. In addition, the split frame rotating device,
After gradually approaching the forming frame in the advancing direction, a first guide that extends in parallel with the advancing direction of the forming frame with a predetermined length is also arranged on the rear side of the throwing machine and fixed to the tank. A second guide having a widening guide portion that gradually widens in the traveling direction of the first guide is disposed on the rear side of the first guide and fixed to the tank, and an engagement pin is provided above or below each split frame of the forming frame. The guide pin is projected and fixed, and the guide pin is slidably contacted with the inside of the first guide and the outside of the second guide.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, 10 is a tank, 11 is vegetable oil, 12
Are chain conveyors, which are similar to the above-mentioned conventional ones, and the upper right side 12a of the chain conveyor 12 is circulated in the direction of the arrow (a) along the oil level in the tank 1. . A large number of cages 13 formed in a rectangular shape in plan view are attached to the chain conveyor 12 via connecting pins 14 at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential (left-right) direction.
Two molding frames 15 are respectively arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction and attached. As shown in FIG. 2, the forming frame 15 has a pair of dividing frames 15a and 15b formed by bending a slender rectangular stainless steel plate in an arc shape so as to face each other in a palm-like shape in the width direction so as to face each other in an advancing direction. The left end is connected to the upper surface of the front bar 13a of the holding frame 13 by a vertical stop pin 17 so as to be rotatable in the contacting and separating directions.

The divided frames 15a and 15b are bent at their lower edges outward to form a flange 15d, and are retained in an arc shape set by the flange 15d. In addition, at the end (right end) on the side opposite to the traveling direction of each of the divided frames 15a and 15b,
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, engaging pieces 15c, 15c protruding rightward from the upper edge are formed, and the engaging pieces 15c, 15c are attached on the side of the cage 13 opposite to the traveling direction (right side). It is slidably locked to the upper edge of the support plate 18. This support plate 18 is
The stopper pin 17 is formed in an arc shape with the center as the center, and stoppers 19, 19 for restricting the expansion angle of the engaging pieces 15c, 15c at a predetermined value are provided at both end portions.

The upper edge 13c of the rear bar 13b of each holding frame 13
Is bent to the left (the direction of travel) as shown in FIG.
The upper edge 13c surrounds the upper portions of the engagement pieces 15c, 15c, and the engagement pieces 15c, 15c, that is, the division frames 15a, 15a.
The upward movement of the. Also, each of the division frames 15a, 1
An engagement pin 26 that slidably contacts with first and second guides 27 and 28, which will be described later, is protruded upward (FIG. 3) and fixed to the outside of the center portion in the left-right direction (traveling direction) of 5b.

In FIG. 1, reference numerals 20 and 21 denote the tank 1 described above.
The lower roller on the front stage side and the upper roller on the rear stage side, which are spaced apart in the left-right direction above the right end portion of 0, are also the throwing machines, and the roller material 22 (22
a, 22b). The lower roller and the upper roller 20 and the upper roller 21 both have substantially the same structure.
Similarly to the conventional case, the granular roller is also provided with a drop port that is opened and closed by a valve in the lower part of the tank that stores the material 22,
When the forming frame 15 arrives just below the drop port, the valve is opened to drop the roller material 22 in the tank toward the forming frame 15 by a predetermined amount.

The distance between the lower roller and the throwing machine 20 and the upper roller and the throwing machine 21 is set to a pitch of 1 to 2 pitches of the forming frame 15, and the lower roller is also transferred from the inserting machine 20 at this portion. The contents, in this example shrimp 23, are placed manually in 15. That is, the lower roller also inserts a predetermined amount of material 22a from the lower roller into the forming frame 15 which has arrived just below the inserting machine 20, and then inserts the lower roller into the forming machine 20 and the upper roller. The shrimp 23 is manually placed on the upper surface of the material 22a in the molding frame 15 that has arrived between the machine 21 and the lower roller. Next, the upper rollers and the predetermined amount of the upper rollers 22b are loaded from the loading machine 21 into the forming frame 15 that has arrived just below the loading machine 21, that is, on the upper surface of the shrimp 23. As a result, the upper and lower surfaces of the shrimp 23 can be attached to the lower roller 22
A and the upper roller are also covered with the material 22b. It should be noted that the above-mentioned upper rollers may be installed in two stages by installing two inserting machines 21 in the traveling direction of the chain conveyor 12.

The upper rollers also rotate the respective divided frames 15a, 15b toward the rear side (left side in FIG. 1) of the throwing machine 21 for a predetermined time, and then move the divided frames 15a, 15b in the separating direction. A split frame rotating device 25 for rotating the frame is provided. The split frame rotating device 25 is as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the first guide 2 is provided on the moving path of each forming frame 15 and with the upper rollers on the left side (rear side) of the loading machine 21.
7 and the second guide 28 to the left (the traveling direction of the molding frame 15)
Are arranged in series toward and fixed to the tank 10 side.

The first guide 27 has a pair of round bar members arranged in parallel to the left and right, and the right end portion 27a is formed in a wide taper shape toward the right side, and the second guide 28 has a single round shape. The rod member is bent to the left in a U-shape, and the bent right end portion 28a is formed in a wedge shape with a width gradually decreasing toward the right. Further, the width of the parallel portion 27b of the first guide 27 is set to a small width corresponding to the reduced width of the forming frame 15, and its length is about 2 pitches of the forming frame 15, that is, the inside of the forming frame 15 depending on the oil temperature. Roll material 22
The particles of a and 22b are fixed to each other. Further, the width of the parallel portion 28b of the second guide 28 is wide corresponding to the widening width of the forming frame 15, and the length thereof is the forming frame 15.
1 pitch.

Each of the above-mentioned first guide 27 and second guide 2
8 is arranged at a height at which the engaging pins 26 provided on the respective divided frames 15a and 15b of the forming frame 15 are in sliding contact, and when the forming frame 15 passes through the first and second guides 27 and 28, The engagement pin 26 is slidably contacted with the inside of the first guide 27 and the outside of the second guide 28.

According to the above-described embodiment, each molding frame 15 is circulated in the tank 10 in the arrow (A) direction by the chain conveyor 12. Then, when the predetermined forming frame 15 arrives just below the lowering machine 20 as well, the lower roller and the lower roller 22 a are inserted from the lowering machine 20 into the forming frame 15. In this state, when the lower rollers and the upper rollers 20 and the upper rollers are transferred to the left side and arrive between the lower roller 21 and the upper roller 21, the operator manually operates the inside of the forming frame 15, that is, the lower roller 22a. Place the shrimp 23 on top. In this case, the tail 23a of the shrimp 23 is placed so as to be exposed leftward from the left ends of the dividing frames 15a, 15a. In this state, it is transferred to the left, and the upper roller 21
Of the shrimp 23, the upper roller 22a and the upper roller 22b of the shrimp 23 are thrown into the molding frame 15 which has just arrived. The material 22a and the upper rollers are also covered with the material 22b.

In this state, when the molding frame 15 is transferred to the left in the tank 10 and reaches the portion of the first guide 27, the engaging pin 26 of the molding frame 15 slides inside the first guide 27, At the right end portion 27a, the split frames 15a and 15b are rotated in the approaching direction to reduce the forming frame 15 to a small width, and the lower roller and the upper roller 22a and the upper roller 22b are squeezed to reduce the shrimp 23.
Then, the parallel portion 27b holds the pinched state for a predetermined time (about 10 to 20 seconds). As a result, the lower roller 22a and the upper roller 22b are pre-fixed to the surface of the shrimp 23 to form the primary tempura 24.

Next, when the molding frame 15 reaches the portion of the second guide 28, the engaging pin 26 of the molding frame 15 slidably contacts the outside of the second guide 28, and the right end portion 28a of each of the divided frames 1 extends.
5a and 15b are rotated in the separating direction to expand the forming frame 15 (the state at the left end in FIG. 1), the primary tempura 24 is separated from the forming frame 5, and the inside of the tank 10 is directed to the left in this state. By immersing in the oil in the tank 10 for a predetermined time,
A predetermined tempura is finished, and the finished tempura is scooped up from the left end of the tank 10 by a net conveyor (not shown) and discharged into an external container.

[0019]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the roller is fixed to the contents with a substantially uniform thickness and is separated from the forming frame to be finished. It is not regulated by a frame and will be finished in a natural state as in the case of hand-fried food. Moreover, since the tempura does not stick to the molding frame, the detachment work as in the conventional case is unnecessary. Therefore, there is an effect that high-quality and high-quality tempura can be efficiently produced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of a main part of a molding frame.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a partial plan view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Tank 11 Oil 12 Chain Conveyor (Conveyor) 12a Right Upper Part 13 Cage 13a Front Bar 13b Rear Bar 13c Upper Edge 14 Connecting Pin 15 Forming Frame 15a, 15b Dividing Frame 15c Engaging Piece 15d Flange 16 Engaging Pin 17 Stop pin 18 Support plate 19 Stopper 20 Lower roller and throwing machine 21 Upper roller and throwing machine 22 Roller and material 22a Lower roller and material 22b Upper roller and material 23 Shrimp (contents) 23a Tail 24 Primary tempura 25 Dividing frame turning device 26 Engagement Pin 27 First Guide 27a Right End Part 27b Parallel Part 28 Second Guide 28a Right End Part 28b Parallel Part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An elongated tank is filled with oil whose temperature has been raised to a predetermined temperature, an annular molding frame having upper and lower surfaces opened is arranged in the tank, and the molding frame is arranged from one end to the other end in the longitudinal direction of the tank. There is a conveyor for transporting the rollers to the rollers, and one end of the tank in the longitudinal direction holds a predetermined space in the longitudinal direction to load rollers and materials into the forming frame. In a tempura manufacturing apparatus provided with a roller and a throwing machine, the forming frame includes a pair of divided frames, each of which is formed by curving an elongated plate material in an arc shape, facing each other in the shape of a palm, and is in contact with and away from each other on one end side in the traveling direction. And the upper roller also rotates the divided frames in the approaching direction for a predetermined time on the rear side of the throwing machine, and then rotates the divided frames in the separating direction. An apparatus for manufacturing tempura characterized by having a moving device. 2. The split frame rotating device gradually approaches the forming frame in the advancing direction of the forming frame and then extends a first guide extending in parallel with the forming frame in the advancing direction of the forming frame by a predetermined length. The second guide, which is arranged on the rear stage side and fixed to the tank, has a widening guide portion that gradually widens in the advancing direction of the molding frame, is arranged on the rear stage side of the first guide and fixed to the tank, and is molded. An engaging pin is projected upward or downward and fixed to each divided frame of the frame, and the guide pin is provided inside the first guide and the second guide.
The tempura manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tempura is slidably contacted with the outside of the guide.