JPH0919271A - Stirred egg, stirring of egg for producing the same and egg-stirring apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an egg (a stirred egg) whose albumen and egg yolk are sufficiently stirred in the shell without causing foaming before breaking to egg. SOLUTION: An egg retaining container 1 comprises a cylindrical container 11 having the bottom and made of a synthetic resin and a cylindrical lid 12 covered on the container 11 and made of a synthetic resin. The egg 4 is put on an egg-receiving table 13 whose central part is bored and a hole is bored in the center in the upper part and covered with a lid 12 around which a rubber ring 16. Then, the egg-retaining container 1 is normally rotated and successively reversely rotated by a motor and these rotation is repeated for a prescribed time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an egg obtained by stirring egg white and egg yolk in a shell, and a method and apparatus for producing the egg.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In cooking using eggs as a raw material, the dishes that are used as they are without dividing the egg white and yolk of the broken egg are almost the same as fried eggs. And used it as a material after stirring it. For example, it was necessary to use a mixture of egg white and egg yolk, such as fried egg and teacup steamed.

[0003] For this reason, conventionally, the egg shell was cracked, the egg white and the yolk were once put in a container, and the mixture was stirred by hand using chopsticks or a stirring tool. In addition, when a large number of eggs are required, there has been a method in which the egg white and the yolk taken out of the shell are successively put into a mixer or the like, and then stirred.

[0004]

However, in order to stir the egg white and the yolk, a container or a tool or a machine for stirring the egg white is required.
There is a problem that even in a normal state, a small kitchen or cooking place becomes smaller. Also, the space for storing these items when not in use is wasted.

[0005] In addition, regardless of whether it is agitated by hand using a tool or a machine,
Egg yolks and egg whites are rarely completely mixed, and in the process of mixing, air bubbles are generated and unnecessary bubbles are formed, making it difficult to finish cooking.

The agitated egg of the present invention, the egg agitating method for producing the agitated egg, and the egg agitating device have been proposed in view of the above problems, and the egg white and the egg yolk are not foamed in the shell before being broken. The aim is to propose a well-stirred egg (stirred egg), as well as a method and an apparatus for producing it.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the stirred egg of claim 1, a means of stirring the yolk and the egg white in the shell was used. Further, in the egg stirring method according to claim 2, the longitudinal axis of the egg is used as a rotation axis,
A normal and reverse rotation operation of rotating the egg in one direction and then rotating it in the opposite direction was repeated for a predetermined time to stir the egg white and the yolk in the shell.

An egg stirring device according to a third aspect of the present invention is an egg holding means for holding an egg with a longitudinal axis of the egg as a rotation axis, a driving means for rotating the egg holding means around the rotation axis, and Control means for repeating the operation of rotating the drive means in one direction and the operation of rotating in the opposite direction for a predetermined time;
The method of constructing from was used.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the stirred egg of claim 1, egg yolk and egg white are stirred in a shell. In addition, in the egg stirring method according to claim 2, the normal and reverse rotation operations of rotating the egg in one direction and then rotating it in the opposite direction are repeated for a predetermined time with the axis in the longitudinal direction of the egg as a rotation axis, and the egg white and the yolk are separated. Is stirred in the shell.

Further, in the egg agitator according to claim 3,
The egg holding means holds an egg and rotates the axis of the egg in the longitudinal direction as a rotation axis. Then, the driving means rotates the egg holding means around the rotation axis. Further, the control unit controls the driving unit to repeat the operation of rotating in one direction and the operation of rotating in the opposite direction for a predetermined time.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of Embodiment 1 of an egg stirring apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the egg agitation device of Example 1
An egg holding container 1 for holding an egg vertically, a motor 2 for holding and rotating the egg holding container 1, a base 3 for supporting the motor 2, a rotation direction and a rotation speed of the motor 2 and its duration are controlled. And a control device 8 that operates.

First, the egg holding container 1 is composed of a bottomed cylindrical container 11 made of synthetic resin and a cylindrical lid 12 for covering the container 11 and made of synthetic resin. At the bottom of the container 11, an egg tray 13 having a hole having a diameter such that the tip of the egg 4 is slightly inserted into the center of the upper portion is slidably inserted in the axial direction. A short rod-shaped rotation stopper 14 is screwed into the outer periphery. Further, a motor shaft mounting hole 15 into which a rotating shaft of a motor described later is inserted is formed in a lower shaft portion of the container 11. Further, a hole is formed in the center of the upper part of the lid 12, a rubber ring 16 having a U-shaped cross section is fitted on the inner periphery of the hole, and a rotation stopper 14 is slidable on the side surface. Cut 17 is provided.

The rotating shaft 21 of the motor 2 is inserted into the motor shaft mounting hole 15 of the container 11, and is securely locked to the container 11 by a screw (not shown) for preventing idling. Motor 2
The base 3 holding the metal plate is composed of four metal columns 32... 32 attached to a circular metal bottom plate 31.
-It is formed so as to support 34. Here, the motor 2
The upper part is attached to a rotatable inner annular plate 35 which is loosely fitted in a notch between the outer annular plates 33 and 34, and the lower part is supported by a rotatable bearing 36. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the coil spring 37 has both ends screwed to the upper outer annular plate 33 and a central portion screwed to the inner annular plate 35, so that the inner annular plate 35 is always at a predetermined position. Have been restored.

Here, the egg holding container 1 corresponds to the egg holding means, the motor 2 corresponds to the driving means, and the control device 8 corresponds to the control means.

Next, the operation of the egg stirring device will be described. First, the lid 12 is removed, and the egg 4 is placed on the hole of the egg tray 13 with one of both ends down. Next, the rotation stopper 14 is aligned with the position of the notch 17 and the lid 1 is rotated.
Cover 2 gently. When the lid 12 is lowered, the rubber ring 16 presses the outer periphery of the other end of the egg 4, and the egg 4 is naturally set at the center of the egg holding container 1, and
And the rotation axis of the egg holding container 1 substantially coincides with the axis in the longitudinal direction. Since the egg 4 is pressed by the rubber ring 16, the egg 4 does not idle in the egg holding container 1. After this,
The operation of the motor 2 is controlled by the control device 8, and the egg holding container 1 is controlled.
And rotate or reverse the egg 4 therein. The spinning egg 4 has the same horizontal balance as the spinning top. The rotation speed of the motor 2 is about 1500 rpm or more, the duration in the same direction is 1 second to 2 seconds, and then the motor 2 is rotated in the opposite direction by the same rotation speed and the same duration. This is repeated for 1 minute 30 seconds or more. The coil spring 37 smoothly stops the egg holding container 1 and the egg 4 when the motor 2 switches from forward rotation to reverse rotation or from reverse rotation to forward rotation.

By the above operation, the egg white and the yolk in the shell of the egg 4 are evenly and completely agitated. Thereafter, the lid 12 is lifted, the eggs 4 inside are taken out and split, and used for egg cooking.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a stirred egg mass production apparatus which is Embodiment 2 of the egg stirring apparatus according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 3, the stirred egg mass production apparatus according to the second embodiment has a turntable in which an egg holding container 51 and a dozen or more air motors 52 for rotating the egg holding container 51 in the forward and reverse directions are equidistantly spaced from the center. 5, an egg transporting device 6 that transports the eggs 4 ... 4 in a line, an egg dispensing device 7 that sucks the eggs 4 from the egg transporting device 6 with negative pressure air and arranges them in a container 51a of the turntable 5, and an egg 4 A lid covering device (not shown) for covering the container 51a containing the lid, a lid removing device (not shown) for removing the lid from the container 51a, and the egg 4 stirred in the shell
It is composed of an egg collecting device 7 (not shown) that is picked up from a and packed in a box.

In the stirred egg mass production apparatus according to the second embodiment, first, the egg distribution device 7 which performs a predetermined operation by the cam mechanism and the crank mechanism sucks up the eggs 61 from the egg transfer device 6 with the suction disk 71 by negative pressure air, Turntable 5 container 5
Place on 1a. At the next stage in which the turntable 5 is rotated, the egg 61 of the container 51a is placed on the egg 61 of the container 51a by the lid covering device.
1b is covered. Subsequently, the egg holding container 51 is repeatedly rotated forward and backward by the air motor 52 for a predetermined time.
Thereafter, the lid 51 is used to remove the lid 51 from the egg holding container 51.
b is taken out and the egg 61 is removed from the container 51a by the egg collecting device.
Is picked up and boxed.

The forward / reverse rotation of the air motor 52 is controlled by compressed air by a separately provided compressed air control device (not shown), and the compressed air passes through a pipe provided on the rotary shaft of the turntable 5. And then supplied. A belt conveyor may be used in place of the turntable 7, and the egg holding container provided on the belt may repeat the normal rotation and the reverse rotation as it moves.

When the pressure in the lower space of the container 51a is made negative by the compressed air and the eggs 4 are adsorbed, the lid 51b becomes unnecessary.

[0022]

The agitated egg according to the first aspect of the invention does not need to stir the egg white and the egg yolk, so that the egg can be cooked immediately after breaking. Further, according to the egg stirring method of the second aspect and the egg stirring device of the third aspect, it is possible to surely stir the egg white and the yolk of the egg.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of an egg stirring apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the egg stirring device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a stirred egg mass production apparatus according to a second embodiment of the egg stirring apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,51 Egg holding container (egg holding means) 11,51a Container 12,51b Lid 2 Motor (driving means) 3 Base 4,61 Eggs 5 Turntable 6 Egg transport device 7 Egg delivery device 8 Control device (controlling device)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A stirred egg, wherein egg yolk and egg white are stirred in a shell. 2. An egg white and an egg yolk are stirred in a shell by repeating a forward / reverse rotation operation in which the egg is rotated in one direction and then in the opposite direction about a longitudinal axis of the egg as a rotation axis for a predetermined time. An egg stirring method characterized by the above. 3. An egg holding means for holding an egg with a longitudinal axis of the egg as a rotation axis, a driving means for rotating the egg holding means around the rotation axis, and an operation for causing the driving means to rotate in one direction. And a control means for repeating the operation of rotating in the opposite direction for a predetermined time, and an egg stirring device.