JPH1023853A - Food baking machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food baking machine capable of baking a food such as a waffle and a fish shaped pancake filled with a bean jam uniformly and efficiently without requiring a skill. SOLUTION: This food baking machine consists of a rotary shaft 3 supported as rotatable at the center of a machine frame 2, a baking mold mounting member 4 fixed to the upper end of the shaft 3, plural pairs of baking molds 5 mounted on the member 4, of which upper molds 5B can be opened and closed as rotatable around a horizontal center of the shaft, a motor 6 for intermittently driving the rotary shaft 3 and heaters 7 arranged over and under the baking molds 5 as facing each other at the stopping positions of the baking molds except for the opening and closing positions of the baking molds 5, and bakes the food in one round of the baking molds 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food baking machine for baking foods such as waffles and taiyaki.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, baking of this kind of food, for example, a waffle, is performed manually by heating several baking dies which are juxtaposed on a work table from below by a gas burner or the like, with an operator attached to each table. Demonstration sales of baking waffles are being carried out at department stores and supermarkets.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned prior art, the firing operation requires skill, the temperature of the entire firing mold is not uniform, scorching occurs, and it is troublesome to bake to a constant quality. . The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an extremely efficient food baking machine capable of uniformly baking food without requiring skill in the baking operation. is there.

[0004]

According to the present invention, the following technical measures have been taken in order to achieve the above object. That is, the present invention provides a rotary shaft rotatably supported at a central portion of a machine base around a vertical axis, a sintering die mounting member mounted on an upper end portion of the shaft, A plurality of sets of food baking molds whose molds are pivotally opened and closed about a horizontal axis; driving means for intermittently driving the rotating shaft; and baking molds at a baking mold stop position excluding the opening and closing positions of the baking molds. It is characterized by comprising heaters arranged vertically opposite to each other (claim 1).

[0005] In this case, since the food baking mold is heated from both the upper and lower surfaces, the food can be baked uniformly and efficiently in one round of the baking mold, and no skill is required. Also, in the present invention, a sensor is provided for each of the molds, and a mold detector is provided on the machine side, and the detector detects the sensor, thereby stopping the rotation shaft drive motor. The operation of the motor is started after a predetermined time has elapsed from the stop by a timer (claim 2).

Accordingly, the baking time and the temperature of the food become constant, and the baking food can be baked uniformly and of good quality. In the present invention, the output shaft of the drive motor can be connected to the lower end of the rotating shaft via a coupling (claim 3), so that the output shaft can be made compact and the heat effect of the heater can be prevented. Further, as the heater, an electromagnetic induction heater, an electric heater, an infrared gas burner, or the like can be adopted (claim 4), and further, each heater can be selectively heated partially or entirely in each firing mold. (Claim 5).

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of a food (waffle) baking machine 1 according to the present invention, in which a rotating shaft 3 rotatably supported at a central portion of a machine base 2 around a vertical axis. A firing mold mounting member 4 mounted on the upper end of the shaft 3
And seven food ware molds 5 in which a lower mold 5A is attached to the outer peripheral side of the member 4 and an upper mold 5B is opened and closed about a horizontal axis.
And a drive motor 6 with a speed reducer for intermittently driving the rotary shaft 3, and facing the upper and lower sides of the dies 5 at five dies stop positions S3 to S7 excluding the open / close positions S1 and S2 of the dies 5. And a heater 7 (shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1).

The machine base 2 includes a lower base plate 8, wheels 9 attached to the lower base plate 8, and support legs 1 erected on the lower base plate 8.
0, a disc-shaped upper base plate 11 attached to the upper end of the support leg 10, and an upper frame 13 provided on the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of the base plate 11 via a support column 12, to an arbitrary position. It is movable. The upper half of the machine base 2 is provided with a cover 14 on the outer periphery except for the firing opening / closing positions S1 and S2.

The rotating shaft 3 is rotatably attached to the center of the upper base plate 11 through a bearing 15 through the center of the upper base plate 11. The motor 6 is attached to the center of the lower surface of the upper base plate 11 with its output shaft 16 facing upward.
The output shaft 16 and the lower end of the rotary shaft 3 are coupled to the coupling 1.
7 are connected. As shown in FIG. 2, the sintering mold mounting member 4 includes a boss 19 having a central shaft hole 18, a concentric mounting ring 20, and an arm 21 connecting the ring 20 and the boss 19. The upper end of the rotating shaft 3 is fitted in the shaft hole 18 so as to be able to be fitted and removed, and is fixed so as not to rotate relatively.

Each of the sintering molds 5 includes a lower mold 5A and an upper mold 5B each having two dies.
A strip-shaped mounting plate 23 is fixed to the hinge side of the lower mold 5A as shown in FIG. Are detachably attached to the attachment ring 20 by bolts 24 and nuts 25. In addition, the upper mold 5B of each baking mold 5
As shown in FIG. 1, a handle 26 for opening and closing is provided on the opposite side of the hinge 22. Furthermore, the lower mold 5A has
Each of the printing mold detectors 27 is fixed.

The heater 7 has a lower side attached to the upper base plate 11 and an upper side attached to the upper frame 13, so that the baking mold 5 can be uniformly and efficiently heated from both upper and lower surfaces. The heater 7 shown is an electromagnetic induction heater, but an electric heater, an infrared burner, or the like can be used instead. Numeral 28 denotes a firing detector, which is formed by a proximity switch and is disposed on the upper base plate 11 near the firing stop position S2 in correspondence with the sensor 27. Is detected, the operation of the motor 6 is stopped by the detection signal. Then, when a predetermined time (arbitrarily set time) elapses after the motor 6 is stopped, the operation of the motor 6 is restarted by a timer (not shown) provided in the operation panel 29.

[0012] The temperature of the heater 7 is set to the firing stop position S3.
In accordance with the steps S7 to S7, the food is set to the optimum baking temperature, and is controlled so that the baking is performed in the best state in one round of each baking mold 5. In the first embodiment, when baking food (waffles), the baking mold stop position S1 is set as a baking product removal position, and the baking mold stop position S2 is set as a dough supply position to the baking mold 5. First, the upper mold 5B of the baking mold 5 is opened at the position S2 by the operator's hand, the dough is placed in the mold recess 30 of the lower mold 5A, and then the upper mold 5B is closed. The drive motor 6 is started by the operation of the timer, and the baking mold 5 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG.

When the rotating shaft 3 rotates by 360 ° / 7,
The sensor 27 is located on the firing type detector 28,
8, the drive motor 6 stops, that is, the firing die 5 stops.
In this way, the sintering mold 5 makes a round and its product removal position S
When it stops at 1, the operator lifts and opens the upper mold 5B,
The baked product is removed from the lower mold 5A. When the product has been taken out, the next position S is kept with the upper mold 5B open.
Then, as described above, the cloth is supplied into the mold recess 30 of the lower mold 5A at the position S2, the upper mold 5B is closed, and the above operation is repeated.

According to the above embodiment, since the heating temperature and time of the baking mold 5 are optimally set, the operator only needs to supply the dough and take out the product, and the operator needs skill. Food can be baked efficiently and uniformly. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention, which is different from the first embodiment in that four dies 5 are arranged orthogonally and four heaters 7 are provided at three dies stop positions. S2-S
4, the baking mold stop position S1 is a position where the dough is supplied and the product is taken out. The amount of product baking is smaller than that of the first embodiment, and the same operation and effect as in the first embodiment. To play.

In the second embodiment, the sintering mold mounting member 4 is used.
The arm 21 is tangentially attached to the center boss 19, and the lower die 5A is fixed to the arm 21.
In addition, the mold concave portion 30 of the firing mold 5 is divided into two groups on the left and right. The heater 7 is divided into two groups, left and right, corresponding to the baking mold 5 at the top and bottom, respectively, so that each group can be heated. Therefore, by heating only one group of the left and right sides of the baking mold 5, the amount of the baked product can be reduced by half, and the food can be baked efficiently.

That is, when firing and selling at stores such as supermarkets and department stores, the firing amount can be adjusted according to the number of customers and the sales volume. By making the mold recesses 30 of the baking mold 5 into three to six groups and making the heating group of the heater 7 correspond to this, it is possible to greatly increase or decrease the number of firings, and It will be possible to sell to.

In the first embodiment as well, the mold recess 30 of the baking mold 5 is divided into a plurality of groups, and the heating group of the heater 7 is also made to correspond to the plurality of groups so as to selectively perform heating. By increasing or decreasing the number of products to be fired, the thermal efficiency of the heater 7 can be increased, and energy can be saved. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can baked baked foods other than waffles, such as baked goods, biscuits, castella, rice crackers, and the like, and can appropriately change the design by increasing or decreasing the number of baked molds. it can.

[0018]

As described above, the food baking machine according to the present invention has a rotating shaft rotatably supported around the vertical axis at the center of the machine base, and a baking machine attached to the upper end of the shaft. A mold mounting member, a plurality of food baking molds mounted on the member, and an upper mold rotatably opened and closed about a horizontal axis, driving means for intermittently driving the rotating shaft, and the baking mold The baking die is characterized by comprising a heater disposed at the top and bottom of the baking die opposite to the baking die at a stop position excluding the opening and closing position of the baking die. The baking can be performed uniformly and efficiently in one round of the baking mold, and does not require the skill of an operator (claim 1).

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a sensor is provided for each of the molds, and a detector for the mold is provided on the machine side, and the detector detects the sensor. Thus, the rotating shaft drive motor is stopped, and the motor is started after a lapse of a predetermined time after being stopped by a timer, so that the baking temperature and time of the food are constant. , Can be baked uniformly and of good quality.

Furthermore, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since each of the heaters can selectively or partially heat each of the baking dies, the number of baked foods can be increased or decreased according to demand. In addition, efficient and efficient heating can be performed, thereby improving economic efficiency and saving energy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 4;

[Description of Signs] 1 Food baking machine 2 Machine stand 3 Rotating shaft 4 Baking mold mounting member 5 Baking mold 5A Lower mold 5B Upper mold 6 Drive motor 7 Heater 16 Output shaft 17 Coupling 27 Sensor 28 Sintering detector S1 ~ S7 Baking mold stop position

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A rotary shaft rotatably supported at a central portion of a machine base around a vertical axis, a firing die mounting member mounted on an upper end portion of the shaft, and an upper die mounted on the member. A plurality of food baking dies which are rotated and opened and closed around a horizontal axis, driving means for intermittently driving the rotary shaft to rotate, and a vertical movement of the baking dies to a stop position except for the opening and closing positions of the baking dies. And a heater disposed opposite to the heater. 2. A sensor is provided on each of the molds, and a mold detector is provided on the machine base. The detector detects the sensor, whereby the rotary shaft drive motor is stopped. 2. The food baking machine according to claim 1, wherein the motor is started to operate after a predetermined time has elapsed after being stopped by a timer. 3. The food baking machine according to claim 1, wherein an output shaft of the drive motor is connected to a lower end of the rotation shaft via a coupling. 4. The food baking machine according to claim 1, wherein the heater comprises an electromagnetic induction heater, an electric heater or an infrared gas burner. 5. The food baking machine according to claim 1, wherein each heater is capable of selectively or partially heating each baking mold. .