JPH10313842A - Food processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food processing apparatus capable of conducting the washing and/or antiseptic solution treatment of foods in high efficiency while retaining their freshness and appearance. SOLUTION: This food processing apparatus is made up of a cylindrical drum 2 with both ends open, having a meshy or porous peripheral surface, an immersion tank 3 horizontally and rotatably supporting the cylindrical drum 2, a carry-in chute 4 faced on the inlet side opened end of the cylindrical drum 2, a carry-out conveyor 5 with its one end inserted through the outlet side opened end of the cylindrical drum 2, and a gas jet part 6 set up outside the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum 2 so as to spout a gas toward the drum 2. Furthermore, this apparatus has such a design that feed plates are axially mounted in a given superposition width successively on the inner peripheral surface of the drum 2 over the range from the inlet side opened end to the outlet side opened end, and a rake-up plate is also mounted so as to axially have a given superposition width with the feed plate which is the nearest to the outlet side opened end and lie at a specified interval in the circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface of the drum 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food processing apparatus for mixing, washing, and treating chemicals with food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, foods such as vegetables, fish and shellfish are washed by hand, but are not suitable for washing a large amount of foods. For this reason, when washing a large amount of food, a method of storing the food in a predetermined container and spraying high-pressure water from above to remove dirt is used.

In the case of treating foods such as vegetables, fish and shellfish with a chemical solution, a basket or the like containing the food is immersed in a chemical solution tank and taken out after a predetermined time. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a method in which a food is put on the top to continuously perform chemical treatment of the food.

[0004]

However, in the above-described method for cleaning foods, high-pressure water is jetted, which may damage the foods. At this time, if the food is damaged, the freshness is likely to decrease, and the commercial value of the food is reduced.

[0005] In the above-mentioned method of treating food with a chemical solution using the food storage basket, the amount of one treatment is determined by the size of the basket. For this reason, it is not efficient when a large amount of food is treated with chemicals. Further, in the method of treating food with a chemical solution using the above-described conveyor, it is necessary to adjust the moving speed of the conveyor according to the time of immersing the food in the chemical solution. For this reason, although continuous processing is possible, a large amount of processing may take time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a food processing apparatus capable of efficiently performing food cleaning and chemical solution treatment while maintaining the freshness and appearance of the food.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a cylindrical drum having a mesh-like or porous peripheral surface and open at both ends, and supporting the cylindrical drum rotatably in a horizontal direction. Immersion treatment tank, a carry-in chute facing the inlet-side open end of the cylindrical drum, a carry-out conveyor having one end inserted into the outlet-side open end of the cylindrical drum, and It consists of a gas ejection part installed to eject gas in the direction of the cylindrical drum, and has a constant overlapping width in the axial direction on the inner peripheral surface of the above-mentioned circumferential drum, from its open end to its open end. A feed plate is attached to the feed plate, and the feed plate is provided with an inclined surface inclined toward the outlet side open end with respect to the axial direction of the cylindrical drum, and the feed plate is rotated with respect to the radial direction of the cylindrical drum. A predetermined rake angle inclined at a predetermined angle in the direction is provided or the rake angle is set to zero, the feed plate closest to the outlet side open end has a certain overlap width in the axial direction, and the unloading is performed. In the range where the conveyor is inserted, the scraping plates are attached at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum.

Further, a liquid ejecting section for ejecting liquid to the cylindrical drum may be provided outside the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum, and a cover section covering the cylindrical drum and the liquid ejecting section may be provided.

[0009] Water or chemicals are put into the immersion treatment tank, food is carried into the cylindrical drum, and the cylindrical drum is swung about an axis, whereby the food is washed or treated with chemicals.

Next, by rotating the cylindrical drum in a predetermined direction, the food is fed to the outlet-side open end of the cylindrical drum by a feed plate provided in the cylindrical drum.

[0011] Then, the food is scraped by a scraping plate provided at the open end of the cylindrical drum on the outlet side, and is placed on the carry-out conveyor. Next, the food that has been washed or subjected to the chemical treatment by the carry-out conveyor is carried out of the cylindrical drum.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Food processing device 1 according to the present invention
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the apparatus comprises a cylindrical drum 2, an immersion treatment tank 3, a carry-in chute 4, a carry-out conveyor 5, and a gas ejection unit 6.

The cylindrical drum 2 has a mesh-like or porous peripheral surface, and both ends are open. Since the peripheral surface is formed in a mesh shape or a porous shape, it becomes easy to move the water or the chemical liquid in the immersion tank 3 between the inside and the outside of the cylindrical drum 2. Further, since both ends are opened, it is easy to carry in the food into the cylindrical drum 2 and to carry it out from there. At both ends, an annular body 11 having a predetermined width may be provided to prevent food in the cylindrical drum 2 from spilling out of the cylindrical drum 2 to the outside.

The immersion tank 3 supports the cylindrical drum 2 rotatably in the horizontal direction. By putting water, a chemical solution, or the like into the immersion tank 3, the food carried into the cylindrical drum 2 can be washed or treated with a chemical. The rotation of the cylindrical drum 2 can be performed by any method. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, by rotating a motor 12 provided outside the inlet-side open end 21 of the cylindrical drum 2, the motor 1 is connected to the inlet-side open end 21 of the cylindrical drum 2.
The cylindrical drum 2 can be rotated in the horizontal direction via a shaft 13 connecting the two. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, by providing the guide roller 14 at the bottom of the immersion tank 3, the cylindrical drum 2 can be rotated stably. In addition to this method, various methods such as a method of rotating the cylindrical drum 2 by providing a gear in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum 2 and engaging with a gear provided outside the cylindrical drum 2 can be adopted. .

As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the carry-in chute 4 is disposed at a position facing the open end 21 of the cylindrical drum 2 on the inlet side. By using the carry-in chute 4, food can be easily carried into the cylindrical drum 2 from the inlet-side open end 21 thereof.

The unloading conveyor 5 is arranged with one end inserted into the open end 22 on the outlet side of the cylindrical drum 2. Thereby, the food in the cylindrical drum 2 can be carried out.

The gas jetting section 6 is installed outside the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum 2 so as to jet gas in the direction of the cylindrical drum 2. Cylindrical drum 2 from the outer peripheral surface of cylindrical drum 2
, The gas can enter the inside of the cylindrical drum 2 from the mesh or porous portion of the cylindrical drum 2. For this reason, the influence of this gas can be exerted on the food inside the cylindrical drum 2. The gas ejection section 6 may be provided at any position as long as the gas is ejected to the peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum 2. However, as shown in FIG. If provided over the entire length of the cylindrical drum 2 along the axial direction, the gas jetted from the gas jetting unit 6 will be
It mixes with a liquid such as water inside to form a vigorous foam, which allows for bubbling of food. Further, since the gas is ejected upward, the momentum can be directly brought into the cylindrical drum 2. Further, since the gas is received over the entire length of the peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum 2 in the axial direction, the entire inside of the cylindrical drum 2 can be bubbled.

As the above gas, various gases can be ejected according to the purpose. For example, air or nitrogen gas can be used for bubbling food inside the cylinder.

Water or chemical liquid is put into the immersion tank 3, food such as vegetables is carried into the cylindrical drum 2 from the carry-in chute 4, and the cylindrical drum 2 is moved while the air or the like is blown out from the gas blowout section 6. By swinging about the axis, the washing or chemical treatment can be performed while the food is diffused by the vigorous flow of gas and water or chemical liquid.

The annular body 11 on the inlet side open end 21 side
In addition, a scraping plate 25 may be provided. By providing the scraping plate 25, as shown in FIG. 2, when the food is carried in from the carry-in chute 4, the food on the annular body 11 can be scraped off.

Next, a mechanism for carrying out the food carried into the cylindrical drum 2 to the outside will be described. On the inner peripheral surface of the circumferential drum 2, the feed plate 23 has a constant overlapping width in the axial direction sequentially from the inlet side open end 21 to the outlet side open end 22.
Is attached. The circumferential spacing of each feed plate 23 is
Arbitrary intervals can be set according to the number of feed plates 23 provided. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the degree of overlap of the feed plates 23 in the axial direction is made substantially equal, and the intervals in the circumferential direction are made substantially equal.
2 are provided at a constant pitch, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2, a spiral is formed by connecting the end points of the side edges forming a part of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum 2 of each feed plate 23. .

The arrangement of the single feed plate 23 with respect to the cylindrical drum 2 is not particularly limited. However, with reference to the axial direction of the cylindrical drum 2 installed horizontally, FIG.
As shown in (b), the feed plate 23 has an inlet-side open end 21.
, An inclined surface inclined downward by an inclination angle α toward the outlet side open end 22 is provided. By providing the inclination angle α, the food on the feed plate 23 is
The food can roll down or slide down to the side and move the food towards the outlet open end 22.

If necessary, the feed plate 23 is inclined at a predetermined angle in the rotation direction of the cylindrical drum 2 as shown in FIG. A rake angle β can be provided. In some cases, the rake angle β may be set to zero. By providing the above rake angle β, it is possible to prevent the food on the feed plate 23 from easily rolling down or sliding down before being lifted upward inside the cylindrical drum 2 due to the rotation of the cylindrical drum 2. .

As shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 4, as long as the feed plate 23 has a certain overlapping width in the axial direction with the feed plate 23 closest to the outlet side open end 22 and the discharge conveyor 5 is inserted, Raising plates 24 are attached at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum 2.

Since the scraping plate 24 is provided with a certain overlapping width in the axial direction with the feed plate 23 closest to the outlet side open end 22, the food carried by the feed plate 23 is scraped as it is. 24 and can be picked up. Further, since the scraping plate 24 is provided in an area where the unloading conveyor 5 is inserted, as shown in FIG. 4, the rotation of the cylindrical drum 2 causes the food 17 to be pulled up above the liquid 18 in the immersion tank 3. , This food 17 is taken out of the conveyor 5
Can be dropped on. Thereby, the food 17 can be carried out of the cylindrical drum 2 as it is.

When the lifting plate 24 is provided in parallel with the axial direction, it may be a flat plate, but may be provided with a concave portion as shown in FIG. By providing the concave portion, the scraped food 17 can be held to some extent.

The carry-out of the food in the cylindrical drum 2 to the outside of the system
By rotating the cylindrical drum in a fixed direction, for example, in FIG. 4, by rotating clockwise, the food 17 is placed on each feed plate 23, lifted up in the cylindrical drum 2, and dropped down on the way. It is. At this time, since each feed plate 23 has a predetermined inclination angle α, it is dropped to a position closer to the outlet side open end 22 than the initial position. By repeating this, the food 1 is placed near the exit side open end 22.
7 is carried. Then, it is scraped up by the scraping plate 24 and dropped on the carry-out conveyor 5. Thereby, the food 17 is carried out of the system of the cylindrical drum 2.

The above-mentioned cylindrical drum 2 may be integral with the cylindrical drum itself. However, in consideration of the cleaning of the cylindrical drum 2, the circumferential portion of the cylindrical drum 2 is divided into several pieces. , May be assembled. For example, the circumferential portion may be divided into several circumferential pieces by cutting in the axial direction. When the cylindrical drum 2 has six feed plates 23, the circumferential part of the cylindrical drum 2 is divided into six equal parts in the circumferential direction, each is cut in the axial direction, and the circumferential part is divided into six circumferential pieces. , One circumferential piece has the shape shown in FIG.
As shown in (d), one feed plate 23 is provided. Further, a predetermined one of the circumferential pieces also has a scraping plate 24. In this case, the feed plate 23 on each circumferential piece is installed with a predetermined inclination angle α and a rake angle β. In addition, the scraping plate 24 is installed horizontally with the side of the circumferential piece that is the boundary line. These cylindrical pieces are provided such that the outlet open end 22 is locked to the locking portion 15 provided on the annular body 11 on the outlet open end 22 side shown in FIG. The cylindrical drum 2 can be formed by connecting the buckle 16 with the annular body 11 on the inlet side open end 21 side.

Further, if necessary, a liquid ejecting section 7 for ejecting liquid such as water or chemical liquid to the cylindrical drum 2 is provided outside the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum 2, particularly above the cylindrical drum 2. be able to. When rotating the cylindrical drum 2 to carry out the food therein, the food may adhere to the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum 2. By spraying water or the like from above, the adhered food can be efficiently removed.

Further, in order to prevent the liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting section 7 from scattering, a cover 8 covering the cylindrical drum 2 and the liquid ejecting section 7 may be provided. If this cover part 8 is provided so as to be connected to the immersion treatment tank 3, not only the cylindrical drum 2 and the liquid ejecting part 7, but also the immersion treatment tank 3 can be covered, and water and chemical liquid are prevented from being scattered. can do.

As foods to which the food processing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied, various kinds of vegetables, cut vegetables,
It can be used for various plants such as potatoes, and can also be used for fish and shellfish such as octopus, squid and shrimp.

The food processing apparatus can be used as a washing machine for washing with water or as a chemical processing machine using various chemical liquids. Furthermore, if a plurality of the food processing apparatuses are connected, chemical processing and cleaning can be performed continuously.

Further, when a plurality of kinds of cut vegetables are washed, bubbling is performed during the washing and unloading operations, so that they can be used as a mixer for these foods.

[0034]

According to the present invention, washing and chemical treatment of food can be carried out in a cylindrical drum with water or a chemical solution in an immersion tank, and thereafter the food can be easily carried out of the food processing apparatus. . For this reason, large quantities of food can be washed and treated with chemicals at one time, and since their removal is easy,
It is possible to efficiently perform food washing and chemical treatment while maintaining the freshness and appearance of the food.

Further, if a plurality of the food processing apparatuses are arranged in series, the washing and the chemical processing of the food can be continuously performed automatically only by adjusting the rotation speed method of the cylindrical drum and the speed thereof. Can be. That is, a large amount of food can be automatically washed and treated with a plurality of chemicals.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a food processing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 1;

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

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 (a) is a front view showing one circumferential piece of a cylindrical drum of a food processing machine according to the present invention; (b) a plan view of (a); (c) a side view of (a); b) CC sectional view

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Food processing apparatus 2 Cylindrical drum 3 Immersion processing tank 4 Carry-in chute 5 Carry-out conveyor 6 Gas ejection part 7 Liquid ejection part 8 Cover part 11 Annular body 12 Motor 13 Shaft 14 Guide roller 15 Locking part 16 Buckle 17 Food 18 Liquid 21 Entrance Side open end 22 outlet side open end 23 feed plate 24 scraping plate 25 scraping plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cylindrical drum having a mesh-like or porous peripheral surface and open at both ends, an immersion treatment tank rotatably supporting the cylindrical drum in a horizontal direction, and facing an open end on an inlet side of the cylindrical drum. A carry-in chute, a carry-out conveyer having one end inserted into the open end of the cylindrical drum at the outlet side, and a gas blowout installed to blow gas in the direction of the cylindrical drum outside the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum. A feed plate is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the circumferential drum from the open end on the inlet side to the open end on the outlet side with a constant overlapping width in the axial direction, and the feed plate has an axial direction. And the feed plate is provided with a constant rake angle inclined at a predetermined angle in the rotation direction with respect to the radial direction of the cylindrical drum, or The rake angle is set to zero, the feed plate closest to the outlet side open end has a constant overlapping width in the axial direction, and the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum in a range where the unloading conveyor is inserted. A food processing apparatus comprising a scraping plate attached at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the food processing apparatus. 2. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a liquid ejecting unit that ejects liquid to the cylindrical drum, provided outside the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical drum, and a cover unit that covers the cylindrical drum and the liquid ejecting unit. Food processing equipment.