JPH10248729A - Japanese horseradish grating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grating device capable of taking a large grating surface in a simple structure and maintaining the grating function of a part equivalent to a conventional grater without changing it. SOLUTION: A grating roller 8 is turned for a prescribed angle in one direction and then turned for the prescribed angle in the opposite direction and Japanese horseradish (WASABI) 11 is grated on the grating surface 9 of the grating roller 8. Thus, the grating surface 9 of the grating roller 8 is utilized for the entire surface of the roller 8, the grating surface 9 is taken large even in a small shape and the grating function of the Japanese horseradish is maintained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic wasabi lowering apparatus capable of obtaining grated wasabi having the same taste, flavor, aroma and the like as that obtained by a craftsman who has lowered this wasabi without any need for manual labor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various kinds of wasabi are packaged in a tube-shaped container and sold. However, the taste, flavor, aroma, etc., of the processed wasabi are extremely different from those of the grated wasabi. I do.

[0003] In addition, since the wasabi is most excellent in taste, aroma, nutrition and the like immediately after it is grated, artisans in the sushi restaurant, high-class Japanese food restaurant, etc., take down the glove before using it.

[0004]

As a method of automatically lowering the wasabi without using any manual operation, the wasabi was automatically reciprocated using a flat grater to lower the wasabi. In this case, the grated surface cannot be made large, and grated wasabi will accumulate at the same position on the grater, resulting in a reduced function of the grater.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a wasabi lowering device which has a simple structure and can obtain a large lowering surface, and can maintain a lowering function of a portion corresponding to a conventional grater without changing.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a wasabi lowering device according to the present invention uses a pressing device to apply a predetermined pressing force to a wasabi piece against a lowering roller, and to apply the pressing roller to the lowering roller. It is characterized in that the washer is turned by a predetermined angle in one direction and then by a predetermined angle in the opposite direction so that the wasabi is lowered on the lower surface of the lowering roller. According to this feature, the lowering surface of the lowering roller can be used for the entire surface of the roller, and the lowering surface of the lowering roller can be made larger and the function of lowering the wasabi can be maintained while having a small shape.
Furthermore, by rotating alternately to the left and right, the front and back surfaces of the teeth in the traveling direction can be used for the lower surface, and the lowering function of the wasabi can be maintained for a long time.

In the wasabi lowering device of the present invention, it is preferable that the pressing device is provided above the lowering roller, and that the lowering portion of the lowering roller is provided with a collecting and dropping portion of the lowering wasabi. In this way, if the lowering portion of the lowering roller is formed with an accumulation dropping portion of the washer, the lowering of the lowering function caused by the accumulation of a large amount of the washer on the lowering surface of the lowering roller becomes easier. Absent.

[0008] In the wasabi lowering device of the present invention, it is preferable that the collecting and dropping portion includes a peeling piece adjacent to the lowering surface of the lowering roller. By doing so, the grated wasabi is peeled off from the grated surface of the grated roller that has passed through the strip, and the function of the grated surface is maintained for a long period of time.

[0009] In the wasabi lowering device of the present invention, it is preferable that the collecting and dropping portion includes a guide piece inclined from both sides of the peeling piece toward the center. In this way, the grated wasabi that has been peeled off by the peeling pieces is automatically brought to the center, and is easily dropped by its weight, and can be accurately dropped on a lower receiving tray or the like.

The washer lowering device of the present invention is arranged so that the contact portion between the lowering roller and the wasabi piece and the stacking and dropping portion are substantially vertically opposed to each other, and the lowering roller is centered on its rotation axis. It is preferable to rotate by 180 ° or more in one direction and 180 ° or more in the opposite direction again. In this way, the wasabi that has been lowered and adhered to the grater roller will surely pass through the peeled pieces, the peeled pieces will effectively remove the grated wasabi, and the old grated wasabi will adhere to the grated roller surface. Does not remain.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, an automatic wasabi lowering device 1 has a housing 2 and a transparent synthetic resin cylinder 3. The cylindrical body 3 is provided with a housing 2 by a cylindrical body support 4.
It is detachably attached to. The cylindrical body 3 has a flange 5 at the upper end, and a substantially L-shaped key groove 6 is formed in the flange 5.

The lower end of the cylindrical body 3 is provided with a flare 7 extending downward so as to enclose the cylindrical lower surface 9 of the lowering roller 8 as shown in FIGS. The flare 7 has one or more cuts 10. The flare 7 can be formed by attaching a separate member to the cylinder 3 from the cylinder 3.
The lower end of the cylindrical member 3 is cut in an arc shape along the lower surface 9 of the lower roller 8, and the cylindrical body 3 is brought close to the lower roller 8.

The cylindrical body 3 has such an inner diameter that various kinds of wasabi pieces 11 (wasabi) can be inserted in a vertical direction, and the inserted wasabi pieces 11 are pressed against the lowering roller 8. Pressing device 12 is mounted above the pressing device. The pressing device 12 has a cap 13, and a pressing rod 14 that penetrates the cap 13 is provided. A pressing disk 15 is fixed to the tip of the pressing rod 14, and between the cap 13 and the pressing disk 15. Is spring 16
Is interposed.

A locking pin 17 is provided inside the cap 13.
Is extended, and this locking pin 17 is
The cap 13 is fixed to the cylindrical body 3 in a state where the wasabi piece 11 is pressed against the lowering roller 8 by being locked in the key groove 6 formed in the flange 5 of the cylindrical body 3 and the cylindrical body 3 and the pressing device 1.
2 can be fixed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lowering roller 8 has front and rear end flanges which are pivotally connected in a U-shape. The pivoting guide 20 is shown in detail in FIG.
Are inserted into the pivot holes 25, 25, under which a stripping piece 26 serving as a scraper, and a guide piece 27, 2 having a guide surface 28 inclined downward and inclined downward.
7 are provided. In addition, the peeling piece 2 is attached to the pivoting guide 20.
6 and a guide piece 27 are provided, but it is not necessary to particularly provide the pivot guide 20 and may extend from the housing 2.

Numerals 29 in FIG. 1 denote legs provided below the housing 2, wherein the gathering and dropping portion of the rubbed wasabi, which is a part of the pivoting guide 20, is located at a predetermined height, and the rubbed wasabi is positioned below it. This is to secure a space for disposing the tray 30 for dropping the tray.

Next, a procedure for using the wasabi lowering apparatus 1 and its operation will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, a saucer 30 is placed in front of and below the wasabi lowering device 1, and a wasabi piece 11, which is a wasabi, is put into the cylindrical body 3. Next, the cap 13 is allowed to reach the flange 5 by pushing the wasabi piece 11 inserted by the pressing disk 15 of the pressing device 12 downward,
The locking pin 17 is fitted into the key groove 6 of the flange 5 by rotating the cap 13.

By this pushing, the spring 16 is compressed and the pushing rod 14 comes out of the cap 13. This state is shown in FIG.
Is pressed against the lower surface 9 of the lowering roller 8 by the pressing disk 15, whereby the preparation of the wasabi lowering is completed.

Therefore, the wasabi piece 11 is completely restricted from moving left and right by the side surface of the cylindrical body 2 and is in a state of freely moving downward.

In this state, when an operation button 31 provided at a predetermined position is pressed, an electric motor is driven into the inside of the housing 2 to rotate the lowering roller 8 in the normal direction and subsequently in the reverse direction, and the lowering surface 9 is alternately repeated. Then, lower the wasabi piece 11 from the tip. Here, it is preferable that the lowering roller 8 rotates at least 180 ° or more in one direction and repeats the rotation.

The rotation of the lowering roller 8 gradually causes the washer W to begin to adhere to the lowering surface 9 to form a predetermined mass. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the lower surface 9 of the lower roller 8 and the cylinder 3. In particular, the movement of the tip of the wasabi piece 11 to the left and right is restricted by the flare 7 extending to the vicinity of the lower surface 9. The tip of the wasabi piece 11 is sandwiched between the cylinder 3 and the lowering roller 8 to prevent a situation in which the wasabi lowering operation is hindered.

The flare 7 has a cut 10 formed at a predetermined position, and the grated wasabi W is sent downward along with the grated surface 9 through this opening.

Further, below the lowering roller 8, a peeling piece 26 as shown in FIG. 5 is fixed so as to be close to the lowering surface 9 of the lowering roller 8, so that the lowering member 9 adheres to the lowering surface 9 of the lowering roller 9. The wasabi W is dropped so that the grated surface 9 passes through the strip 26 so that the wasabi W is peeled off as shown in FIG.

Further, the lowered wasabi W descends on the guide piece 2.
7 is guided to the center by the guide surface 28, and falls accurately to the tray. In addition, since a large amount of the wasabi W does not remain on the grated surface 9 by repeating the normal rotation and the reverse rotation of the grated roller 8, the lowering ability of the grated surface 9 does not decrease.

In particular, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the lowering roller 8 is rotated forward by approximately 180 ° or more, and further reversely rotated by 180 ° or more, so that A0 is up to A1 and B0 is up to B1. It always passes from the position to the separation piece 20 below.

For this reason, during the cycle of forward rotation and reverse rotation, the entire circumference of the grated surface 9 always passes through the peeled piece 20, and the old grated wasabi W does not remain on the grated surface 9, so that fresh grated wasabi W is always produced. Can be discharged.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and even if there are changes and additions without departing from the gist of the present invention. Included in the invention.

[0029]

The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the grated surface of the grate roller can be used for the entire surface of the roller, so that a large grated surface can be obtained and the wasabi-gathering function can be maintained while having a small shape. become.
Furthermore, by rotating alternately to the left and right, the front and back surfaces of the teeth in the traveling direction can be used for the lower surface, and the lowering function of the wasabi can be maintained for a long time.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, if a lowering portion of the lowering roller is formed with a gathering drop portion of the lowering wasabi, the lowering lower portion of the lowering roller makes it easier for the lowering roller to drop. There is no deterioration of the grater function caused by the accumulation of slag.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, the grated wasabi is peeled off from the grated surface of the grate roller that has passed through the strip, and the function of the grated surface is maintained for a long time.

(D) According to the invention of claim 4, the grater wasabi peeled off by the peeling piece is automatically brought to the center and is easily dropped by its weight, and is accurately placed on the lower receiving tray or the like. Can be dropped.

(E) According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the wasabi that has been lowered and adhered to the lowering roller surely passes through the peeling piece, and the peeling piece effectively removes the grated wasabi. No old grated wasabi is left on the grated roller surface.

[0035]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an automatic washer lowering device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which wasabi pieces are set.

FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a pivot guide.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the vicinity of a strip.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the rotation of a lowering roller.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the rotation of a lowering roller.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 automatic washer lowering device 2 housing 3 housing 4 cylindrical support 5 flange 6 key groove 7 flare 8 lowering roller 9 lowering surface 10 cutout 11 wasabi piece 12 pressing device 13 cap 14 pressing rod 15 pressing disk 16 spring 17 Locking pin 20 Pivot guide 21 Rotating shaft 22 Screw 23 Side piece 25 Pivot hole 26 Peeling piece 27 Guide piece 29 Leg 30 Receiving tray 31 Operation button W Grated wasabi

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A pressing device is used to apply a predetermined pressing force to a wasabi piece against a lowering roller, rotate the lowering roller by a predetermined angle in one direction, and then rotate the lowering roller by a predetermined angle in the opposite direction. A wasabi lowering device that lowers the wasabi on the lower side of the roller. 2. The wasabi lowering device according to claim 1, wherein the pressing device is provided above the lowering roller, and a lowering portion of the lowering roller is provided with an accumulation dropping portion of the lowering wasabi. 3. The wasabi lowering device according to claim 2, wherein the collecting and dropping portion includes a peeling piece adjacent to the lowering surface of the lowering roller. 4. The wasabi lowering device according to claim 3, wherein the accumulation dropping portion includes a guide piece inclined from both sides of the peeling piece toward the center. 5. A contact portion between a lowering roller and a wasabi piece,
The stacking and dropping portion is disposed so as to be substantially vertically opposed, and the lowering roller is moved in one direction around the rotation axis thereof.
The wasabi lowering device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the device is rotated by 0 ° or more and again rotated by 180 ° or more in the opposite direction.