KR940003239Y1 - Automatic food preparing apparatus for vending machine - Google Patents

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Automatic food cooker for vending machine

1 is a perspective view of a cooking cylinder of the automatic food cooking apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an overall configuration including a partial cross-section of the main part of the automatic food cooking apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the input material of the automatic food cooking apparatus according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: casing 2: inner chamber

3: blower 4: heater

7: cooking cylinder 9: first driving motor

10 material inlet member 12 sealing plate

13: discharge door member 14: solenoid valve

16: spring

The present invention relates to an automatic food cooking device for a vending machine, and more particularly, to an automatic food cooking device capable of quickly and easily cooking a hot snack without using oil or a flame by using a frozen food material. will be.

As the lives of modern people become more complicated and busy and change in the future, they seek to speed and convenience in the diet, and to save time and labor, and to live more abundantly under improved living conditions and living conditions. Active and ongoing efforts are being made in the research and development of food preparation methods and means and methods to improve the health and nutrition, while reducing the energy of repetitive and inefficient housework as a realization of desire. Furthermore, as a vending machine with a built-in simple cooking device, many research activities are being carried out so that a simple snack or sometimes a meal can be purchased anywhere, anytime.

As a result of research and development in response to changes in dietary life as described above and in accordance with the trend of instantiation of foods, in recent years, supermarkets and the like have been ready for ready-to-drink fully processed cooked foods or simply to save processing time. The primary processed foods that can be eaten just by heating are processed and sold for nutritional or sanitary reasons, and simple drinks can be purchased at any time through vending machines installed on the roadside, in subway stations, or in hallways of buildings. Ingestible.

The present invention focuses on the improvement of such a simple and rapid food cooking method and means. In recent years, the spread of vending machines is becoming more common. In the case of beverages, simple powder (water and water) can be easily added to the process of mixing unmanned sales or automatic sales by adding simple temperature (heating and cooling) control means. It is also in practice. However, in the case of processed foods, it is difficult to control the cooking time and cooking temperature appropriately for each kind of food item in order to control the degree of processed foods, and in the selection of heating means, it is conventionally mainly used for flame or electric direct heating. Having a fixed idea of using the law makes it difficult to be fully recognized for its reliability and stability without the need for human monitoring and control.The problem of cleanliness in cooking equipment or even soot or smoke during cooking In addition to the residual sedimentation problems such as oil residues due to the use of oils and seasonings, this peninsula has a complex structure as a whole and many expensive and complicated auxiliary circuits to satisfy the needs of consumers for the quality of processing and cooking. There is a difficult problem to solve by the means.

Therefore, the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, the internal structure is simple and easy to operate, and does not use the flame or direct heating method of heating without the use of oil or seasoning. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic food cooking device that can pursue clean, reliable and low cost economics using heating methods and means.

Another object of the present invention is to meet the changes in the food culture of the modern people who are increasingly busy and complicated, to save food cooking time, to cook quickly and easily, to be recognized as sanitary, and no harm to nutrition. The present invention provides an automatic food cooking device for a vending machine that can prepare instant foods as a substitute for a meal from a simple snack.

The automatic food cooking apparatus of the present invention is supplied with a small amount of energy without adding flame, oil or seasoning by supplying and circulating the heated air of a constant temperature containing sufficient moisture around the food material located in the cooking zone in the specially designed sealed cooking chamber. It is designed to cook food easily, hygienically and efficiently, and includes a casing including a discharge door member serving as a door of an outlet of the cooked food, and a heating for food cooking in an inner chamber sealed by the casing. A blower for supplying and circulating the air, and a heater for heating the air circulated by the blower to the set temperature level is installed, one end is formed of the input portion of the food material and the other end is attached to the cooking rod It is formed as the discharge part of onage food and the gap between the two ends This area consists of a plurality of holes formed on the surface of a set of holes, and then the sets of holes are expanded and formed at regular intervals over the entire surface, and a spiral winding line is formed on the inner surface of the whole cooking area. A cooking cylinder made of a heat-resistant material formed to be formed to constitute a screw part is installed, and a rotation shaft for rotationally driving the food cooking cylinder is connected to the food discharge part of the cooking cylinder to extend outside the casing, and then installed outside the casing. The material inlet member and the material inlet which are coupled to the driving motor, are attached to the filtration filter of the exhaust fan for ventilating and cooling the entire food cooking oven and the cooking apparatus, and function as the inlet of the frozen stored material. The role of the door, the guide role of the input material and the food cooking process Unit is characterized in that comprises a sealing plate which serves to seal the entire linkage and a material feed mechanism provided that comprises.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cooking cylinder of the automatic food cooking apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an overall configuration including a partial cross-section of the main part of the automatic food cooking apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 3 is an automatic according to the present invention An enlarged perspective view of the food input of food cooking equipment.

As can be seen in these drawings, the automatic food cooking apparatus according to the present invention includes a material input part including an openable sealing plate (12) frame for acting as a door of the inlet of the food material and guide role other than the input material at one side end; A casing (1) having an upper and lower opening / closing discharge door member (13) serving as a door for the outlet of the cooked food is installed on the bottom of the other side, and is sealed and sealed by the casing (1). The inner chamber (2) formed is provided with a blower (3) for supplying and circulating the heating air for food cooking, and a heater (4) for heating the air circulated by the blower (3) to a set temperature level , As shown in FIG. 1, one side end is formed as an input part of the food material, and the other end is formed as a discharge part of the cooked food, in which a plurality of support rods 5 are highlighted, Is a region where the actual cooking process takes place, and a plurality of holes are drilled in the surface of the set 6, and then the set of holes 6 is again formed at regular intervals over the entire surface portion. The spirally wound winding line 17 is formed so that the cooking cylinder 7 of heat-resistant material is constructed so that the material injected into the input portion of the material is gradually moved automatically from one end to the opposite end by the winding principle of the screw according to the rotational driving. Is installed, the rotary shaft 8 for rotating the food cooking cylinder 7 is connected to the food discharge portion side of the cooking cylinder 7 extends outward of the casing (1), the rotary shaft (8) Is coupled to the first drive motor (9), and similarly, the rotary drive rotation side (not shown) and the second drive motor (not shown) of the blower (3) are installed. Exhaust fan 18 is attached to the side wall of the tenon, through which the ventilation and cooling of the entire food cooking oven and cooking device is performed, and as shown in FIG. Well-known suitable through the support roller 15 by the action of the solenoid valve 14 by the action of the solenoid valve 14, when the material inlet member 10, the L-shaped bent portion is formed on both sides in order to limit its operating range By means of quantitative improvement in the freezer storage, it is always open to supply the material to the material input part, and acts as a guide for the input of material, or, conversely, after a certain amount of material is added, it is also automatically operated by the solenoid valve 14. It is provided with a closing plate 12 which is installed and operated by the spring 16 to be closed.

The sealing plate 12 and the discharge door member 13 are attached to the casing 1 by using a suitable linking means known in the art, and also known sealing means (for example, a gasket) are attached to the inner chamber ( 2) complete sealing and sealing state can be achieved, the rotary shaft for driving the blower (3) and the cooking cylinder (7) is passed between the casing portion and the food of the cooking cylinder (7) At the end of the dispensing unit, a suitable support bearing is installed to perform a supporting action and a sealing sealing action at the time of rotation driving of the cooking cylinder 7.

Hereinafter will be described the operation of the automatic food cooking device according to the present invention.

If no or half-cooked food ingredients are stored in the material store and stored in a material storage, and are always quantitatively weighed and prepared for the next cooking process by a suitable automatic weighing means. The material is dosed and supplied at 10. At this time, the sealing plate 12 is opened by the action of the solenoid valve 14, whereby the material movement passage from the material inlet member 10 to the material inlet of the cooking cylinder 7 is opened. When the food material is contained in the food input portion of the cooking cylinder 7, the sealing plate 12 is automatically closed by the action of the solenoid valve 14 and the spring 15, and the chamber 2 inside the casing 1 is closed. ) Is sealed and the cooking part is sealed and the cooking process starts. At this time, after the predetermined amount of material input, the material input member 10 and the material freezing storage unit are automatically sealed by the automatic measuring means.

Then, the blower 3 is rotationally driven by the operation of the second driving motor (not shown) to circulate the air, and the air circulated by the blower 3 flows through the heater 4 to be preset at a predetermined temperature. It is heated up to a level to produce a flow of heated air at a predetermined temperature.

In addition, the cooking cylinder 7 is rotationally driven by the operation of the first driving motor 9, and passes through the blower 3 and the heater 4 through the pores formed in the surface portion of the cooking cylinder 7 in advance. The cooking heating air, which is a flow of heating air at a predetermined temperature, performs a cooking process by heating a material contained in the cooking cylinder 7, and the material contained in the material input portion is an inner surface of the cooking cylinder 7. Due to the negative thread-shaped winding line (17) structure is gradually cooked in accordance with the rotational drive of the cooking cylinder (7) is automatically moved to the food outlet of the opposite side in a straight line. In addition, the flow of the heating air is very fast and high temperature until the material is finished cooking, flows through the cooking cylinder (7) and the material contained therein and is recycled and repeated by the blower (3). This food cooking process

Since it is put into the cooking cylinder (7) and the inner chamber (2) is completely sealed and then proceeds by the flow of heating air, the reduction of moisture can be suppressed as much as possible, and as a constant temperature without a drop in the heating cooking temperature. Cooking of food ingredients is performed.

As the food material is cooked and moved from one end (material input part) to the other end (food discharge part) with the rotational drive of the cooking cylinder 7, the discharge door member 13 is opened. It is discharged between the support rods 5 of the food discharge portion of the cooking cylinder 7 is contained in the container 18 disposed below the discharge door member (13).

When all the cooked food is discharged, the discharge door member 13 is sealed and opened between the material storage part and the material inlet member 10 through the action of the automatic measuring means by the next cooking instruction, and the material inlet member ( 10) the next food ingredients are added and the cooking process is repeated.

On the other hand, the cooking parts are closed and sealed, but are adequately cooled to buffer the filtration and discharge of moisture and vapors that may be released during the cooking process, and also to increase the internal temperature of the cooking oven and the whole body due to prolonged use of the apparatus. And it requires a ventilation means, in the present invention is simply installed by attaching a filtration filter (not shown) to the exhaust fan 18 to flow to the outside through a corrugated pipe (not shown), for example, is not difficult. Ventilation and cooling can be performed. By inducing such a flow of air can also be expected a thermal cut-off effect of preventing a decrease in the efficiency of the refrigerator due to the transfer of heat to the inlet of the raw material.

Through the operating food cooking apparatus of the present invention having the above-described configuration, it is possible to overcome the problems existing in the conventional apparatus by using a simpler and easier operation method and a simple known control system, It is possible to supply complete foods of instant cooking without any defects in hygiene without loss, and by adopting cooking means by simple heating air, it is excellent in cleanliness and management reliability and stability without generating spark, smoke or soot. It is possible to provide an instant automatic food cooking device.

In addition, when the internal structure is simple and the number of accessory parts is reduced, the overall size of the apparatus is reduced, which is economic in terms of cost.

Through the instant automatic food cooker of the present invention, any hot-snack food capable of instant cooking can be cooked without requiring a special cooking process or addition of oil. It is possible to develop as a vending machine with sufficient business and marketability.

Claims (4)

In the automatic food cooking apparatus, a casing (1) including a material input means (10, 12) and the discharge door member 13, and a cylindrical cooking cylinder located inside the casing (1), the cooking is performed ( 7) and a rotary shaft for rotationally driving the heating heater 4 and the blower 3 and the cooking cylinder 7 to supply and circulate the heating air for food cooking in the cooking cylinder 7. Automatic food cooking apparatus comprising a (8) and the first drive motor (9). The automatic food cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cooking cylinder has a plurality of holes formed on the outer surface of the cooking cylinder so as to form a porous shape. The automatic food cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cooking cylinder has a spiral winding line formed on an inner surface thereof so that the feeding material is automatically transferred according to the rotational driving of the cooking cylinder. 2. The automatic food cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the material input means (10, 12) comprises a sealing plate (12) which can be opened and closed automatically by the valve means (14).