WO1998026382A1 - Dispositif de finition de portions pretes a l'usage d'un aliment surgele - Google Patents

Dispositif de finition de portions pretes a l'usage d'un aliment surgele Download PDF

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WO1998026382A1
WO1998026382A1 PCT/NL1997/000674 NL9700674W WO9826382A1 WO 1998026382 A1 WO1998026382 A1 WO 1998026382A1 NL 9700674 W NL9700674 W NL 9700674W WO 9826382 A1 WO9826382 A1 WO 9826382A1
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oven
foodstuff
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Paul Lodewijk Arie Hamm
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Hoverdale N.V.
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/0064—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for processing of food articles
    • G07F17/0078—Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a hot or cooked condition, e.g. popcorn, nuts
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/10—Casings or parts thereof, e.g. with means for heating or cooling
    • G07F9/105—Heating or cooling means, for temperature and humidity control, for the conditioning of articles and their storage

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus for finishing ready-portioned deep-frozen foodstuff, provided with a holder for keeping the foodstuff deep-frozen, and an oven for receiving the foodstuff and coupled with the holder via a metering member, and a control means for controlling the metering member and the dispensation of a desired portion from the holder for finishing in the oven.
  • a vending machine for french fries comprising a freezer part holding the french fries until they are sold and an oven part connected with said freeze part.
  • the french fries to be finished are fed into the oven from the freezer part via a chute filling a basket which is slidable to and from the oven.
  • a screw-like metering member is applied for dropping a measured quantity of french fries into the basket .
  • the object of the invention is to improve said known apparatus by providing a better separation between the holder for keeping the foodstuff deep frozen and the oven in which the foodstuff is finished.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is characterized in that between the holder and the oven a metering channel is provided having an entrance flap and an exit flap which can be operated independently of each other. Due to the separate operation of the entrance flap and the exit flap of the metering channel, it is possible to guarantee that hot vapours from the oven cannot reach the holder containing the deep-frozen foodstuff.
  • the apparatus according to the invention provides the possibility of dispensing the desired portion into the space between the entrance flap and the exit flap and retaining it there until finishing in the oven is desired, at which moment the exit flap is oper- ated.
  • Retention of the portion in said space achieves as further advantage that the oven's cycle time is shortened; since, as soon as there is a demand for a portion to be finished, it can be dispensed into the oven immediately without undergoing the entire metering channel cycle. Consequently, it is desirable that the entrance flap and the exit flap of the metering channel interact such that during operation no direct link is established between the holder and the oven. It is further desirable, that the foodstuff in the holder and the metering channel is maintained below approximately -10°C.
  • the application of the metering channel also ensures that the formation of condense on the foodstuff is prevented, which condense could cause the indi- vidual elements constituting the foodstuff to freeze on to each other. Such freezing on to each other would have an adverse effect on the accurate metering of the desired portions .
  • the oven is an electrically heated hot- air oven.
  • a pre-eminently well suited oven for this purpose is the oven described in the applicant's own Dutch patent application 1002813, which application, by reference, should be considered as being inserted herein.
  • the advantage of using such an oven in the apparatus according to the invention is that the apparatus can be employed anywhere, especially in areas where the use of fat or oil for finishing foodstuffs is prohibited.
  • the apparatus being used in petrol stations, drilling stations, lunchrooms, hospitals, company canteens and clubs, cafes cum bistro, swimming pools, universities, refectories, schools and in general all the places where there is a limited availability of fried and deep-fried foodstuffs due to there being no or too small a suitable work force .
  • the apparatus according to the invention is preferably operated such that during finishing, the oven is adjusted to maintain a temperature of approximately 240°C.
  • the foodstuff can then be finished in 60 seconds at the most .
  • the apparatus according to the invention makes it possible to finish deep-frozen foodstuff without the use of fat . This provides the advantage that there is a decrease in costs, the fire hazard is substantially reduced, there is less of a burden on the environment, and healthier eating habits are encouraged.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is preferably equipped with an oven having an electrical capacity of at least about 6 kW.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is shown schematically in the figure and is indicated by reference number 1.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a holder 2 for keeping the foodstuff deep frozen, and an oven 3 in which the foodstuff can be finished.
  • a control means 4 is provided which serves on the one hand for controlling the oven 3 , and on the other hand for dispensing a desired portion from the holder 2, for finishing in the oven 3.
  • the control means 4 is coupled with flap control members 5 and 6 belonging to an entrance flap 7 and an exit flap 8, provided in a metering channel 9 which forms the coupling between the holder 2 for the foodstuff and the oven 3.
  • a preferred additional provision is a partition 10, under which the oven 3 is located.
  • both the holder 2 for keeping the foodstuff deep-frozen and the metering channel 9 are located. Above this partition a temperature of below -10°C is maintained.
  • a pay machine 11 may be coupled with the control means 4, which pay machine 11 in turn is coupled with a unit for the insertion of coins 12 respectively a bank note reader 13.
  • the oven is an electrically heated hot-air oven, for instance, of the kind described in the Dutch patent application 1002813 to applicant.
  • a temperature of approximately 240°C is maintained in the oven 3.
  • the oven 3 is equipped with electrical heating means having a power requirement of at least approximately 6 kW. Said power capacity and finishing temperature and finishing time have been shown to result in foodstuff of good quality. Lower power capacities have been shown result in a quality reduction of the ready product.
  • control unit 4 After insertion of a coin into the coin unit 12 or insertion of a bank note into the bank note reader 13 and confirmation of this payment, pay unit 11 signals to control unit 4 that a portion of foodstuff is to be prepared. If no pay unit is employed, the fry cycle has to be initiated in another manner, for instance, by operating a start button. An appropriate portion is already waiting in the metering channel 9. Control unit 4 directs the flap control 5 to operate exit flap 8 in order to load the oven with said portion. In the oven 3, the foodstuff is subjected to the desired heating up to the finishing temperature. In the case of a portion of french fries, said temperature is 240°C.
  • the control unit 4 causes the flap control unit 5 to close the exit flap 8.
  • the control unit 4 causes flap control unit 6 to open entrance flap 7 to allow a next portion to be dispensed from the holder 2 for the deep-frozen foodstuff into the metering channel 9.
  • the control device 4 closes the entrance flap 7.
  • control means 4 When buying more than one portion, and after receipt and con- firmation of the payment, the control means 4 first operates the flap control member 6 in order for the flap 7 to open and to allow the desired extra portions to reach the metering channel 9 to be added to the portion already there. The control means 4 then closes the entrance flap 7 while control means 4 causes flap control member 5 to open the exit flap 8 to load the oven 3. After said loading, flap control member 5 is again made to close the exit flap 8, subsequent to which, in the manner described above, one single portion is dispensed into the metering channel 9, awaiting a following sale and loading of the oven 3.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de finition d'une portion prête à l'usage d'un aliment surgelé, lequel dispositif est doté d'un récipient, destiné à conserver l'aliment surgelé, ainsi que d'un four, destiné à recevoir cet aliment et couplé au récipient via un dispositif de mesure. L'invention concerne également des moyens de commande du dispositif de mesure servant à fournir, à partir du récipient, une portion voulue au four, aux fins d'exécution du processus de finition dans celui-ci. Entre le récipient et le four on a donc monté un conduit de mesure, lequel est doté d'une trappe d'entrée et d'une trappe de sortie que l'on peut commander de façon indépendante.
PCT/NL1997/000674 1996-12-09 1997-12-08 Dispositif de finition de portions pretes a l'usage d'un aliment surgele WO1998026382A1 (fr)

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NL1004728A NL1004728C2 (nl) 1996-12-09 1996-12-09 Inrichting voor het in gerede porties afbereiden van een diepgevroren voedingsmiddel.
NL1004728 1996-12-09

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WO1999059110A1 (fr) * 1998-05-13 1999-11-18 Fritt Master System- Und Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mbh Dispositif de mise en portions de produits alimentaires en morceaux et de transfert desdits produits alimentaires dans une chambre de traitement chauffante
WO2016190833A1 (fr) * 2015-05-28 2016-12-01 Ay-Solar Enerji Ve Malzemeleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Distributeur automatique de collations

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FR2597319A1 (fr) * 1986-04-16 1987-10-23 Adour Meca Electrothermie Pays Appareil pour la preparation et la distribution automatiques de produits frits.
FR2689731A1 (fr) * 1992-04-10 1993-10-15 App Automatiques Ste Indle Perfectionnements aux dispositifs de préparation de maïs éclaté.
EP0566802A1 (fr) * 1990-10-12 1993-10-27 SOCAMEX Sarl Dispositif de préparation de mais éclaté
EP0608463A1 (fr) * 1993-01-25 1994-08-03 Münchow, Sigrid Distributeur automatique de frites
EP0636334A1 (fr) * 1993-07-30 1995-02-01 ETABLISSEMENTS R. KOHL, Société Anonyme Appareil distributeur de frites a pre-paiement

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FR2597319A1 (fr) * 1986-04-16 1987-10-23 Adour Meca Electrothermie Pays Appareil pour la preparation et la distribution automatiques de produits frits.
EP0566802A1 (fr) * 1990-10-12 1993-10-27 SOCAMEX Sarl Dispositif de préparation de mais éclaté
FR2689731A1 (fr) * 1992-04-10 1993-10-15 App Automatiques Ste Indle Perfectionnements aux dispositifs de préparation de maïs éclaté.
EP0608463A1 (fr) * 1993-01-25 1994-08-03 Münchow, Sigrid Distributeur automatique de frites
EP0636334A1 (fr) * 1993-07-30 1995-02-01 ETABLISSEMENTS R. KOHL, Société Anonyme Appareil distributeur de frites a pre-paiement

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"SHUTTLE INSULATION KEEPS FRY MACHINE COOL, TOO", MACHINE DESIGN, 10 August 1995 (1995-08-10), pages 50

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999059110A1 (fr) * 1998-05-13 1999-11-18 Fritt Master System- Und Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mbh Dispositif de mise en portions de produits alimentaires en morceaux et de transfert desdits produits alimentaires dans une chambre de traitement chauffante
WO2016190833A1 (fr) * 2015-05-28 2016-12-01 Ay-Solar Enerji Ve Malzemeleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi Distributeur automatique de collations

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