WO2024101481A1

WO2024101481A1 - Automatic frying equipment

Info

Publication number: WO2024101481A1
Application number: PCT/KR2022/017691
Authority: WO
Inventors: 장종대
Original assignee: 장종대
Priority date: 2022-11-11
Filing date: 2022-11-11
Publication date: 2024-05-16

Abstract

The present invention provides automatic frying equipment comprising: a first cooking unit to which a plurality of baskets containing primarily fried food are mounted, the primarily fried food having been achieved by a plurality of first fryers in a cooking room; a first cooking standby unit including a plurality of first input units in which the plurality of baskets containing the primarily fried food are disposed, respectively; a robot unit installed on the upper side of the cooking room and transporting the baskets disposed in the plurality of first input units; a control unit for controlling the robot unit and a frying time according to a control signal having been input thereto; a second cooking unit for performing secondary frying after the plurality of baskets are fed into a plurality of second fryers by the robot unit in the order having been input by the control unit; and a second cooking standby unit including a plurality of second input units in which the plurality of baskets containing secondarily fried food are disposed by the robot unit, respectively.

Description

Frying automation equipment

The present invention relates to a frying automation facility, and more specifically, to a frying automation facility that puts fried food in a basket into a set fryer using a robot arm.

Generally, fried chicken is cooked by coating the surface of a raw chicken cut into appropriate sizes with batter evenly, putting the batter-coated raw chicken into high-temperature oil, and frying it for a certain period of time.

In order to cook such fried chicken, it is necessary to transfer raw chicken cut to an appropriate size into a container containing batter, frying powder, and various seasoning sauces, and stir it with hands or a spatula to coat the raw chicken with batter. Since it has to be done by a person, it requires a lot of effort and time to cook, which not only reduces production but also causes additional labor costs, making it uncompetitive. Additionally, if problems such as batter or seasoning sauce are not evenly applied to the chicken or the batter comes off, the taste and texture of the chicken will deteriorate.

Korean Patent No. 10-1648135 (2016.08.08) relates to a fully automatic fryer, in which a plurality of modular process units that perform each preset frying process are detachably placed in each separate space. A frying process unit, a basket installed to communicate with a plurality of process units of the frying process unit and containing frying ingredients, a transfer unit that lifts and lowers the basket while sliding it back and forth, and a horizontal unit that horizontally moves the transfer unit. It has a transport unit including a moving part, and the transport unit includes a lifting shaft, a transport plate that is lifted up and down along the lift shaft, a forward and backward guide rail installed on the transport plate, and a forward and backward guide rail along the forward and backward guide rail. It is characterized by having a connection plate that moves forward and backward and is connected to the basket.

In the prior art, when one frying ingredient is put into the frying device, other frying ingredients must still be on standby until the frying cooking for that frying ingredient is completed, so it takes a lot of time to fry, so there is a problem of low efficiency. , In order to increase cooking efficiency, if several frying ingredients are put into one frying device at once, there is a risk that the frying ingredients will stick to each other and cause defects, as well as under-fried and over-fried parts. There were problems such as:

Prior art for the present invention may include Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1648135 (title of the invention: fully automatic fryer).

The present invention was created to solve the above problems. The first fried food contained in a basket is put into a fryer set using a robot unit, and a sensor unit is placed in each fry unit to detect the robot according to the presence or absence of the basket. The purpose is to provide a frying automation facility that automatically arranges the basket in the fryer.

The present invention includes a first cooking unit where a plurality of baskets containing first fried fries are placed in a plurality of first fryers in a cooking chamber, and a plurality of first input units where a plurality of baskets containing first fried fries are respectively disposed. a first cooking standby unit, a robot unit installed on the upper side of the cooking chamber and transporting the baskets arranged in the plurality of first input units, a control unit that controls the robot unit and frying time according to an input control signal, the control unit A second cooking unit that performs secondary frying after each of the plurality of baskets is put into a plurality of second fryers by the robot unit in the order inputted in , and a plurality of baskets containing fries secondarily fried by the robot unit are provided. A frying automation equipment including a second cooking standby unit including a plurality of second input units disposed respectively is provided.

The basket is formed in the shape of a grate, and is disposed between a container part for holding fried food, a mounting part formed in front of the container part, a handle part coupled to an upper side of the container part, and the container part and the handle part, It may include a connection portion formed with a protrusion protruding toward the handle.

The connection part may include a first connection part connected to the handle part, a second connection part connected to the container part, formed in a curved shape from the first connection part toward the container part, and having the protrusion formed thereon.

The first cooking standby unit is formed to protrude above the first input unit, includes a first holder on which the holder is mounted, and is formed to protrude above the first input unit, and the first holder is formed based on the first input unit. It may further include a second holder disposed on the opposite side and having a first receiving groove on which the handle part is mounted, and a first sensor unit disposed below the second holder and detecting the presence or absence of the basket.

The second cooking unit includes a plurality of second fryers that cook secondary fries by inserting baskets containing the first fries into a plurality of pots, respectively, and a third stand protruding above the pot and on which the handle is mounted. It is disposed in front of the third holder and may include a second sensor unit that detects the presence or absence of the basket.

The ports are provided in pairs in each second fryer, and the robot unit is configured to prevent the oil temperature of the plurality of second fryers from falling when the basket is inserted into the plurality of ports. 2. All of the baskets may be accommodated first in only one of the pair of ports provided in each of the plurality of second fryers, and then all of the baskets may be accommodated in the other one of the pair of ports provided in each of the plurality of second fryers. .

The second cooking standby unit is formed to protrude above the second input unit, and includes a fourth holder on which the holder is mounted, and a fourth holder which is protruded above the second input unit and is formed based on the second input unit. It may further include a fifth holder disposed on the opposite side and formed with a second receiving groove on which the handle part is mounted, and a third sensor unit disposed below the fifth holder and detecting the presence or absence of the basket.

According to the frying automation equipment according to the present invention, when the baskets are all disposed in the plurality of second input units, the robot unit grasps the basket on which secondary frying has been completed in the second cooking unit and It pauses in the state taken out of the cooking unit, and when the plurality of baskets in which the secondary fried food is cooked are discharged from the plurality of second input units, the robot unit cancels the pause and places the baskets held in the empty second input units. It can be invested.

The robot unit may include a rail unit installed on the upper side of the galley, a robot arm unit whose upper end is movably installed on the rail unit, is formed as a multi-joint structure, and has a gripper disposed at an end to pick up and transport the basket. there is.

The robot arm unit includes a moving part that is movably installed on the rail, a first body part that is rotatably installed in the moving part, and a second body part that is rotatably installed in the first body part, It is rotatably installed on the second body, and includes a third body with the gripper disposed at an end to pick up and transport the basket, and the grippers are provided in a pair and extend in the width direction of the third body. Accordingly, the baskets can be selectively held by being installed to be movable in a direction closer to or farther away from each other.

The basket is formed in the shape of a grate, and is disposed between a container part for holding fried food, a mounting part formed in front of the container part, a handle part coupled to an upper side of the container part, and the container part and the handle part, It includes a connecting portion formed with a protrusion protruding toward the handle, and the gripper includes a first accommodating portion in which the second connecting portion is accommodated, and a second accommodating portion connected to the first accommodating portion and into which the protruding portion is inserted. can be formed.

According to the frying automation equipment according to the present invention, the user places the first fried fries on the first cooking stand, inputs a control signal to the control unit, and according to the input control signal, the robot unit prepares the first cooking unit for the second cooking unit. The basket placed in the first cooking standby unit is inserted, and when the second frying is completed in the second cooking unit, the above sequence of inserting the basket containing the second frying into the second cooking standby unit is automated, allowing the user to cook more easily. can do.

In addition, while the prior art directly crushes the fried food when cooking it, the present invention uses a basket to put the fried food into the fryer, thereby improving hygiene and quality.

Figure 1 is a layout diagram of the frying automation equipment of the present invention.

Figures 2 to 4 show the cooking process of the automatic frying equipment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a diagram showing the first cooking standby unit and the second cooking standby unit.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the robot part of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a diagram of gripping a basket using the gripper of the robot unit.

Figure 8 is an enlarged view of A in Figure 7.

The present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, but these are merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true scope of technical protection of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the attached claims.

Referring to Figure 1, it shows a simplified layout of the frying automation equipment 1000 of the present invention, which includes a first cooking unit 1200, a first cooking standby unit 1300, a robot unit 1400, a control unit 1500, and a second cooking unit. (1600) and a second cooking standby unit (1700).

In the first cooking unit 1200, a plurality of baskets 1100 containing fries first fried in a plurality of first fryers 1210 arranged in the cooking chamber K are mounted.

In the first cooking standby unit 1300, a plurality of baskets 1100 containing first fried fries are disposed in a plurality of first input units 1310, respectively.

The robot unit 1400 is installed on the upper side of the galley (K) and transports the baskets 1100 arranged in the plurality of first input units 1310, respectively.

The control unit 1500 controls the robot unit 1400 and the frying time according to the input control signal.

The second cooking unit 1600 performs secondary frying after the plurality of baskets 1100 are respectively put into the plurality of second fryers 1610 by the robot unit 1400 in the order input from the control unit 1500. Perform.

In the second cooking standby unit 1700, a plurality of baskets 1100 containing secondary fried fries are arranged in a plurality of second input units 1710 by the robot unit 1400, respectively.

Referring to Figures 2 to 5, the cooking process of the automatic frying equipment 1000 of the present invention is shown.

In the first cooking unit 1200, the user directly performs preliminary frying in a plurality of first fryers 1210 and places the first frying in a plurality of baskets 1100, respectively.

In the first cooking standby unit 1300, the plurality of baskets 1100 containing the first fried food are disposed in the first input unit 1310, and include a first holder 1320, a second holder 1330, and a first holder 1320. Includes 1 sensor unit (1340).

The first holder 1320 is formed to protrude above the first input portion 1310, and the holder 1120 of the basket 1100 is mounted thereon.

The second holder 1330 is formed to protrude above the first input unit 1310, and is disposed on the opposite side of the first holder 1320 with respect to the first input unit 1310, and the basket ( A first receiving groove 1331 in which the handle portion 1130 of 1100 is mounted is formed.

The first sensor unit 1340 is disposed below the second holder 1330 and detects the presence or absence of the basket 1100.

The robot unit 1400 is installed on the upper side of the galley (K) and transports the baskets 1100, respectively.

The control unit 1500 allows the user to use a user interface (UI) installed inside, and controls the robot unit 1400 and the frying time according to the input control signal.

The second cooking unit 1600 performs secondary frying of fries that have completed the primary frying, and includes a second fryer 1610, a third holder 1620, and a second sensor unit 1630.

The plurality of second fryers 1610 cook the second frying by putting the baskets 1100 containing the first frying into each of the plurality of pots 1611.

The ports 1611 are provided in pairs in each second fryer 1610, and when the robot unit 1400 inputs the basket 1100 into the plurality of ports 1611, the plurality of second fryers 1611 In order to prevent the oil temperature of the fryer 1610 from dropping, all of the baskets 1100 are accommodated in only one of the pair of ports 1611 provided in each of the plurality of second fryers 1610, All of the baskets 1100 are accommodated in the other one of the pair of ports 1611 provided in each of the plurality of second fryers 1610.

In one embodiment, after all of the baskets 1100 are accommodated in the ports 1611 formed on the left of the pair of ports 1611 provided in each of the plurality of second fryers 1610, the ports formed on the right ( 1611), all of the baskets 1100 are accommodated.

The third holder 1620 protrudes above the port 1611, and the handle portion 1130 of the basket 1100 is mounted thereon.

The second sensor unit 1630 is disposed in front of the third holder 1620 and detects the presence or absence of the basket 1100.

In the second cooking standby unit 1700, the plurality of baskets 1100 containing secondary fried food are disposed in the second input unit 1710, and a fourth stand 1720, a fifth stand 1730, and a fourth stand 1720 are provided. Includes 3 sensor units (1740).

The fourth holder 1720 protrudes above the second input portion 1710, and the holder 1120 of the basket 1100 is mounted thereon.

The fifth holder 1730 is formed to protrude above the second input unit 1710, and is disposed on the opposite side of the fourth holder 1720 with respect to the second input unit 1710, and the basket ( A second receiving groove 1731 in which the handle portion 1130 of 1100 is mounted is formed.

The third sensor unit 1740 is disposed below the fifth holder 1730 and detects the presence or absence of the basket 1100.

When all of the baskets 1100 are placed in the plurality of second input units 1710, the robot unit 1400 removes the baskets 1100 on which secondary frying has been completed in the second cooking unit 1600. It is held and paused in a state taken out of the second cooking unit 1600, and when the plurality of baskets 1100 in which the secondary fried food is cooked are discharged from the plurality of second input parts 1710, the robot unit 1400 ) cancels the pause and inserts the held basket 1100 into the empty second input unit 1610.

Referring to FIG. 6, the structure of the robot unit 1400 is shown.

The robot unit 1400 is installed on the upper side of the galley K, transports the basket 1100, and includes a rail unit 1410 and a robot arm unit 1420.

The rail unit 1410 is installed on the upper side of the cooking compartment (K).

The robot arm unit 1420 has an upper end movably installed on the rail unit 1410, is formed in a multi-joint structure, and includes a moving unit 1421, a first body unit 1422, and a second body unit 1423. , includes a third body portion 1424 and a gripper 1425.

The moving part 1421 is movably installed on the rail part 1410.

The first body portion 1422 is rotatably installed on the moving portion 1421.

The second body portion 1423 is rotatably installed on the first body portion 1422.

The third body portion 1424 is rotatably installed on the second body portion 1423, and the gripper 1425 is disposed at an end to pick up and transport the basket 1100.

The grippers 1425 are provided as a pair and are installed to be movable in a direction closer to or farther away from each other along the width direction of the third body portion 1424 to selectively grip the basket 1100 and accommodate the first It includes a portion 1425a and a second receiving portion 1425b.

Referring to FIG. 7, the basket 1100 is shown being gripped using the gripper 1425 of the robot unit 1400.

The basket 1100 contains cooked fries and includes a container portion 1110, a holder 1120, a handle portion 1130, and a connection portion 1140.

The container portion 1110 is formed in the shape of a grille and contains cooked fries.

The mounting portion 1120 is formed in front of the container portion 1110.

The handle portion 1130 is coupled to the upper side of the container portion 1110.

The connection portion 1140 is disposed between the container portion 1110 and the handle portion 1130 and includes a first connection portion 1141 and a second connection portion 1142.

The first connection part 1141 is connected to the handle part 1130.

The second connection part 1142 is connected to the container part, is formed in a curved shape from the first connection part 1141 toward the container part 1110, and has a protrusion 1143 protruding toward the handle part 1130. is formed

The basket 1100 is selectively gripped and transported using the gripper 1425 of the robot unit 1400, and the gripper 1425 holds the first receiving part 1425a and the second receiving part 1425b. Includes.

The first accommodating part 1425a accommodates the second connecting part 1142 therein.

The second accommodating part 1425b is connected to the first accommodating part 1425a, and the protrusion 1143 is inserted.

Claims

A first cooking unit where a plurality of baskets containing first fried food from a plurality of first fryers in the cooking room are placed;

a first cooking standby unit including a plurality of first input units in which a plurality of baskets containing first fried fries are respectively disposed;

a robot unit installed on the upper side of the galley and transporting each of the baskets placed in the plurality of first input units;

a control unit that controls the robot unit and frying time according to an input control signal;

a second cooking unit that performs secondary frying after each of the plurality of baskets is put into a plurality of second fryers by the robot unit in the order input from the control unit;

A frying automation equipment comprising a second cooking standby unit including a plurality of second input units in which a plurality of baskets containing fries secondaryly fried by the robot unit are each disposed.
In claim 1,

The basket is,

It is formed in the shape of a grate, and includes a container part for holding fried food,

A mounting portion formed in front of the container portion,

A handle part coupled to the upper side of the container part,

A frying automation equipment disposed between the container portion and the handle portion and including a connection portion formed with a protrusion protruding toward the handle portion.
In claim 2,

The connection part is,

A first connection part connected to the handle part,

A frying automation equipment that is connected to the container, is formed in a curved shape from the first connection to the container, and includes a second connection on which the protrusion is formed.
In claim 1,

The first cooking and waiting department,

a first holder protruding above the first input unit and on which the holder is mounted;

a second holder protruding above the first input unit, disposed on an opposite side of the first holder based on the first input unit, and having a first receiving groove on which the handle unit is mounted;

A frying automation equipment disposed below the second holder and further comprising a first sensor unit that detects the presence or absence of the basket.
In claim 1,

The second cooking unit,

a plurality of second fryers for cooking second frying by inserting baskets containing the first frying into a plurality of pots, respectively;

a third holder protruding above the port and on which the handle is mounted;

A frying automation equipment disposed in front of the third holder and including a second sensor unit that detects the presence or absence of the basket.
In claim 5,

The ports are provided in pairs in each second fryer,

When inserting the basket into a plurality of ports, the robot unit gives priority to only one of a pair of ports provided in each of the plurality of second fryers in order to prevent the oil temperature of the plurality of second fryers from falling. A frying automation equipment that accommodates all of the baskets and then accommodates all of the baskets in another one of a pair of ports provided in each of the plurality of second fryers.
In claim 1,

The second cooking and waiting department,

A fourth holder protruding above the second input unit and on which the holder is mounted;

A fifth holder protrudes above the second input unit, is disposed on the opposite side of the fourth holder based on the second input unit, and has a second receiving groove on which the handle part is mounted;

A frying automation equipment disposed below the fifth holder and further comprising a third sensor unit that detects the presence or absence of the basket.
In claim 7,

When all of the baskets are placed in the plurality of second input units, the robot unit temporarily stops in a state in which the basket in which secondary frying has been completed in the second cooking unit is held and taken out from the second cooking unit, When the plurality of baskets in which the secondary fried food is cooked are discharged from the plurality of second input units, the robot unit releases the temporary stop and inserts the grasped baskets into the empty second input units.
In claim 1,

The robot part,

A rail portion installed on the upper side of the galley,

A frying automation equipment including a robot arm unit whose upper end is movably installed on the rail unit, is formed as a multi-joint structure, and has a gripper disposed at the end to pick up and transport the basket.
In claim 9,

The robot arm part,

A moving part movably installed on the rail,

A first body portion rotatably installed on the moving unit,

A second body portion rotatably installed on the first body portion,

A third body portion rotatably installed on the second body portion and the gripper disposed at an end to pick up and transport the basket,

The gripper is provided as a pair, and is installed to be movable in a direction closer to or farther away from each other along the width direction of the third body portion, and is a frying automation equipment for selectively gripping the basket.
In claim 10,

The basket is,

It is formed in the shape of a grate, and includes a container part for holding fried food,

A mounting portion formed in front of the container portion,

A handle part coupled to the upper side of the container part,

It is disposed between the container portion and the handle portion and includes a connection portion formed with a protrusion protruding toward the handle portion,

The gripper is,

A first receiving portion in which the second connection portion is accommodated,

A frying automation equipment connected to the first accommodating part and having a second accommodating part into which the protrusion is inserted.