JPS6028365Y2 - egg mixer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to an egg stirrer that stirs the egg yolk and egg white without breaking the egg.

A conventional agitator of this type has a motor 51 as shown in FIG.
An egg holder 54 is attached to the upper end of the stirrer main body 53 containing a built-in battery 52 and an egg 56 with a perforation 55 formed therein (FIG. 5).
is held on the holding stand 54, and the motor 5
A device is known in which a stirring needle 58 attached to the rotor shaft 57 of 1 is inserted into the interior through the perforation 55 and the stirring needle 58 is moved around.

However, with the above configuration, in order to allow the stirring needle 58 to enter the inside of the egg 56, it is necessary to manage the egg 56 hygienically.
Since a perforation 55 is formed to allow the stirring needle 58 to penetrate inside, there is a problem that the egg yolk and egg white tend to drip out from the perforation 55 during stirring, and furthermore, the dripped egg white is transferred from the holding table 54 to the motor 51. It is also necessary to provide the holding table 54 with a special watertight structure so that it does not reach the rotor shaft 57 side.

Further, the stirring needle 58 inserted into the interior through the perforation 55 easily hits the edge of the perforation 55 during stirring and easily destroys the eggshell.
In this case, there is a risk that broken eggshell pieces may get mixed into the interior.

This problem is unavoidable as long as the method of forming perforations 55 in the eggs 56 and stirring them is adopted.

While observing the internal structure, the inventors discovered that the egg yolk and egg white could be mixed just by rotating the egg in the forward and reverse directions, without having to make holes in the egg as in conventional methods.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the egg has an albumen and a bottom hollow part 4 inside the eggshell 1 via the shell membrane 2, and is further enclosed in the scutellum 5 inside the albumen 2. The yolk 6 and the embryonic nucleus 7 are present, and the yolk 6 and the embryonic nucleus 7 are supported in the center of the egg by the chalaza 3 extending between the shell membrane 2 and the scutellum 5 at the apical position. There is.

Therefore, if the egg is rotated around the chalice and the chalice 8 is cut by twisting, the egg yolk 6 loses its support and is stirred together with the egg white 2.

An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 11 is a stirrer body made of Hewei gun fat, etc., and inside is a power supply battery 12 and a motor 13.
The battery 12 and motor 13 are connected via a forward/reverse switch 14 (see FIG. 4).

A rotor shaft 13a of the motor 13 passes through the earthen wall of the main body 11, and an elastically bendable connecting member 15 made of a spring or the like is fixed at its lower end with a rivet 16 or the like.

The motor 13 and the connecting member 15 constitute a forward/reverse drive means 17.

A cylinder holder 19 is fixed on the upper wall of the mixer main body 11 to removably hold the cylinder 18.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an egg holding tank disposed within the cylindrical body 18, and a large number of flexible protrusions 21 are formed on the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the holding tank 20.

The purpose of this protrusion 21 is to ensure that the eggs are properly held in the holding tank 20 regardless of variations in the outer dimensions of the eggs.
It may be made of a nonwoven fabric or rubber separate from the holding tank 20, or it may be made of polypropylene or polyethylene resin integrally with the holding tank 20.

The upper end of the connecting member 15 is fixed to the bottom wall of the holding tank 20 with a rivet 22 or the like, and receives the rotational force of the motor 13 via the connecting member 15.

Reference numeral 23 denotes an egg tray arranged vertically movably in the holding tank 20, and together with the holding tank 20 constitutes a holding means 24 for vertically holding eggs.

This saucer 23 is formed with lifting knobs 24, 24, which are fitted into vertical guide holes 25, 25 formed in the peripheral wall of the holding tank 20, respectively.

Reference numeral 26 designates a ring-shaped balancer fixed to the upper end of the holding tank 20 with a curl bottom shape or the like, and 27 designates a number of through holes formed in the peripheral wall to reduce the weight of the holding tank 20.

In the above configuration, the egg M shown in FIG. 1 is placed in the holding tank 20 with the large diameter part facing down, as shown in FIG.
If the egg M is inserted until the large diameter portion comes into contact with the saucer 23, the outer circumferential surface of the egg M will be reliably held by the elasticity of the protrusion 21 on the inner surface of the circumferential wall of the holding tank 20 without becoming loose.

In this state, if the changeover switch 14 of the stirrer main body 1 is turned on, for example, to the normal rotation side (the solid line position in FIG. Therefore, the egg M is also rotated in the same direction.

After a few seconds, if the motor 13 is reversed by turning the changeover switch 14 to the reverse side (the chain line position in FIG. 4), the collar 8 supporting the egg yolk 6 shown in FIG. It will be twisted due to inertia in the direction of rotation.

Therefore, by alternately performing the normal rotation and the reverse rotation, the chalaza 8 is cut, so that the egg yolk 6 is stirred together with the egg white 3.

If the above-mentioned forward and reverse operations are performed while rapidly reversing using the changeover switch 14, the collar 8 can be cut more quickly.

When the egg tray 23 is pulled up upon completion of the stirring operation, the eggs M are taken out from the holding tank 20.

Here, the egg yolk 6 and the egg white 3 can be stirred simply by holding the egg M vertically and rotating it forward and backward, so that the stirring work can be done easily and there is no need for the egg yolk etc. to drip out during stirring as in the conventional method. There is no need for a watertight structure for the rotor shaft 13a of the motor 13, making it sanitary and easy to implement.

By the way, the connecting member 15 between the rotor shaft 13a of the motor 13 and the egg holding tank 20 may be made of something other than a spring, but by using the spring, rotational vibration of the egg holding tank 20 is suppressed. At the same time, it is possible to alleviate the adverse effects on the motor 13 when the forward rotation and reverse rotation are abruptly reversed.

In the above embodiment, the rotation of the motor 13 is configured to be operated in the forward and reverse directions using the changeover switch 14.
It is also possible to configure so that forward and reverse rotation is automatically performed for a certain period of time when the power switch is turned on.

As mentioned above, this device has a simple configuration that holds the egg vertically and rotates the egg forward and backward around the vertical axis, and by twisting the chalaza that holds the egg yolk, it is possible to automatically stir the egg yolk and the egg yolk. A sanitary and convenient egg stirrer can be provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the internal structure, Fig. 2 is a cutaway front view showing an example of the egg stirrer according to this invention, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the egg stirrer, and Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the changeover switch. , FIG. 5, and FIG. 6 are explanatory diagrams of conventional examples. 17...Rotation drive means, 24...Egg holding means, M...Egg.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An egg stirrer comprising an egg holding means 24 for vertically holding an egg M, and a rotational driving means 17 for driving the holding means 24 around the longitudinal axis of the egg M so as to be able to rotate forwardly and reversely.