JP4614117B2 - Agitator in the kettle - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
The present invention relates to a stirring apparatus in a pot for stirring additives such as rice grains, rice cooking water, and seasonings charged in the pot before cooking.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in order to provide a large amount of various products such as rice balls, inarizushi, gomokushi or chirashi sushi, there is a need for an immediate-response rice cooking system that switches between products and the amount of rice cooked. Continuous automatic rice cooking systems such as IH type and one pot type have been introduced in various places. And in such a one-pot type continuous automatic rice cooking system, additives such as rice grains, rice water and seasonings are put in the pot in advance, and the seasoning and mixture in the pot are evenly mixed before cooking. An agitating and leveling device is installed that stirs well and cooks well.
[0003]
The Hei 7-2 8 1 JP, seasonings in the required proportions, in an automatic rice cooking system for automatically cooking was poured rice, etc. into the kettle, means for lowering a pair of stirring blades in the pot And a means for reciprocating in the reverse direction while rotating the agitating blades inward in the traveling direction in the kettle, thereby disclosing the other side by means of one agitating blade. The rice and the like stirred so as to be scraped out to the other side can be stirred so that the other stirring blade moving in the opposite direction is pushed back to uniformly mix the whole. Moreover, since these stirring blades are positioned in the deep portion in the pot and the upper layer portion of the rice cooker, it is preferable to perform the uniform stirring action in the deep portion and the uniform leveling action in the upper layer portion at the same time. It can be in a cooked state.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above conventional stirring and leveling apparatus, when the stirring and leveling action of the rice grains introduced into the kettle, the cooked water, and the additives such as seasonings is completed, the stirring is being lowered into the kettle. The blades are lifted out of the pot by an elevating cylinder, etc., covered with a pot lid, transferred to the next cooking process, and transferred to the stirring and leveling action in the pot that has been newly transferred to the stirring leveling device. is there. However, when the stirring blade is lifted out of the pot by the lifting cylinder, additives such as rice grains, rice cooking water, or seasonings adhering to the stirring blade fall on the conveyor and become unsanitary. The work environment was deteriorating. Also, when the rice kettle when opening the kettle lid come is transferred to the newly leveled stirrer, rice grains adhering to the stirring blade, rice water, or a fear that seasoning is mixed into the kettle to fall (possibly ) And was unsanitary.
[0005]
In view of the above problems, the present invention collects the fallen matter from the stirring blade when the stirring blade is pulled up by the lifting cylinder, and the stirring blade is newly transferred to the stirring and leveling device. It is a technical object to provide an agitator in the pot that prevents the falling objects from the blades from being mixed.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a method in which a plurality of rice cookers into which rice and rice cooking water have been added in advance at a required ratio are sequentially transferred by an endless conveyor with the lids removed, and just before cooking. In the pot stirring device in which the inside of the pot is stirred, the stirring blade for stirring the inside of the rice cooking pot, the lifting means for moving the stirring blade up and down relative to the rice cooking pot, and the stirring blade at the end of stirring by the lifting means When pulling out the outside of the kettle, a technical means was provided which comprises a falling object collecting means for closing the opening surface of the rice cooking pot and collecting the falling substance from the stirring blade.
[0007]
Thereby, when stirring in the rice cooker by the stirring blade is finished, the stirring blade is raised by the lifting and lowering means, and the opening surface of the rice cooking pot is closed by the falling object collecting means, and the rice grains adhering to the stirring blade, rice cooking water, or Additives such as seasonings fall on the fallen object collecting means, and the fallen objects are not scattered on the conveyor, etc., and the working environment is not deteriorated.
[0008]
Further, the fallen object collecting means is provided in the water drop tray that slides the opening surface of the rice cooker between the open state and the closed state, the rice grain receiving plate that has a porous portion coated on the top surface of the water drop tray, and the water drop tray. And a drainless hose connected to the drainage basin, and further, a rodless cylinder is provided at one end of the water droplet receiving pan and a roller is provided at the other end to slide. Then, when the stirring blade is pulled out of the kettle, the rodless cylinder is immediately actuated to close the water drop tray, and the opening surface of the rice cooker is instantly closed. Then, the granular materials such as rice grains and ingredients attached to the stirring blades fall on the rice grain receiving plate and are collected, and the liquid substances such as rice cooking water and seasonings attached to the stirring blades pass through the mesh of the rice grain receiving plate. The water is collected in a drainage pot through a drainage tank and a drain hose.
[0009]
Furthermore, a pair of stopper means for preventing the accompanying rice cooker from rotating along with the rotation of the stirring blade is provided near the body of the rice cooking pot, so that the accompanying rice cooker accompanying the rotation of the stirring blade is prevented. Thus, the inside of the kettle can be efficiently stirred.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show an internal stirring device in one embodiment of the present invention. This pot stirring device 1 is provided in a transfer path by the conveyor 2 and is disposed between a seasoning supply process and a cooking process (not shown). And the support frame 4 surrounding the rice cooker 3 placed on the conveyor 2, the lifting mechanism 6 that moves the stirring blade 5 up and down relative to the rice cooking pot 3, the stirring blade drive means 7 attached to the lifting mechanism 6, It is comprised by the fallen object collection | recovery means 8 which opens and closes the opening surface of the rice cooking pot 3. FIG.
[0011]
The elevating mechanism 6 moves up and down to the vicinity of the inner bottom of the rice cooker 3, the upper layer of the rice cooker, and a retracted position above the outer side of the cooker. A stirring blade driving motor 12 that drives the stirring blade 5 is fixed to the tip of the arm 11 of the elevating cylinder 10 through a motor base 13. In the stirring blade driving motor 12, a gear box 14 is placed on the motor base 13, and a stirring shaft 15 is suspended from the gear box 14 toward the rice cooker 3. A stirring blade mounting plate 16 is fixed to the tip of the stirring shaft 15, and three stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C are suspended from the stirring blade mounting plate 16 as shown in the figure. As a result, when the stirring shaft 15 is rotated, the stirring blade mounting plate 16 rotates and the three stirring blades 5A, 5B, and 5C are rotated simultaneously.
[0012]
As the shape of the stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C, it may be formed in a hawk shape so that the tool is not caught in the pot, or may be formed in a spatula shape having a hole such as frying of a cooking utensil. . Furthermore, it is preferable that the tip of the stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C is processed into a round shape along the bottom surface of the hook, and the stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C are entirely formed so as not to damage the bottom surface of the hook. Teflon processing is recommended.
[0013]
Falling object recovery means 8 is provided between the opening surface 3 </ b> A of the rice cooker 3 and the stirring blade 5 attached to the lifting mechanism 6. The falling object collecting means 8 includes a pair of water drop trays 17A and 17B that slide the open surface 3A of the rice cooker 3 in an open state and a closed state, and a water drainer that covers the top surfaces of the water drop trays 17A and 17B with a gap provided therebetween. The rice grain receiving plates 18A and 18B having mesh holes 32, drainage basins 19A and 19B provided on the water drop trays 17A and 17B, and drain hoses 20A and 20B connected to the drainage basins 19A and 19B. Furthermore, in order to slide the opening surface 3A of the rice cooker 3 between the open state and the closed state, rod-less cylinders 21A and 21B are provided on one end side of the water droplet trays 17A and 17B, and the other ends of the water droplet trays 17A and 17B. Rollers 22 </ b> A and 22 </ b> B are provided on the sides so as to slide on the cylinder rail 23 and on the rail 24. Reference numeral 29 denotes a handle provided on the rice grain receiving plate 18.
[0014]
The drain hoses 20A and 20B connected to the drainage basins 19A and 19B of the waterdrop trays 17A and 17B are inserted at the other end into the drainage pots 25A and 25B installed at the lower part of the support frame 4, and water drops are drained by the drainage pots 25A and 25B. It may be drained into sewage when it is filled with water, or the drain hoses 20A, 20B at the other end may be directly inserted into the sewer and drained directly from the drain hoses 20A, 20B.
[0015]
The rice cooker 3 placed on the conveyor 2 in the support frame 4 is provided with a pair of stopper means 26A, 26B near the trunk. The stopper means 26A, 26B serve to prevent the rice cooker 3 from rotating on the conveyor 2 as the stirring blade 5 rotates, and a pair of air cylinders that expand and contract in the horizontal direction. 27A, 27B and stoppers 28A, 28B that hold the periphery of the rice cooker 3 around, and a pair of air cylinders 27A, 27B extend simultaneously, and the stopper 28A, 28B sandwiches the periphery of the rice cooker 3 around the conveyor. The accompanying rice cooker 3 on 2 is prevented. Reference numeral 30 denotes an adjuster presser fitting provided at the lower portion of the support frame 4, and can be stably installed by taking the horizontal stirring device 1. Reference numeral 31 denotes a stop bar disposed on the conveyor 2, and a limit switch (not shown) connected to the stop bar 31 is operated to stop the rice cooker 3 at a desired position on the conveyor 2, Accurate stirring operation can be performed.
[0016]
Next, a description will be given of the stirring and leveling process using the internal stirring device. On the conveyor 2, the rice cooker 3 with the rice cooking lid removed is transferred. A predetermined amount of rice grains and cooked water are previously introduced into the rice cooker 3, and then, in the seasoning supply step, the amount of seasoning and ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms and rice cakes suitable for the specified mixed rice Is supplied.
[0017]
As described above, when the rice cooker 3 is carried to the agitator 1 in the kettle, the stop bar 31 on the conveyor 2 is activated, and the control device is activated by a limit switch (not shown). The conveyor 2 stops.
[0018]
When the conveyor 2 is stopped, first, the pair of stopper means 25A and 25B for preventing the rice cooker 3 from being rotated on the conveyor 2 is operated, and the pair of air cylinders 26A and 26B are extended at the same time. Hold around the torso.
[0019]
Next, the fallen object collecting means 8 is operated, and control is performed to change the opening surface 3A of the rice cooker 3 from the closed state to the open state. That is, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the rodless cylinders 21A and 21B provided on one end side of the water droplet trays 17A and 17B are operated, and the water droplet trays 17A and 17B slide in the direction of the arrow. An opening surface 3A appears.
[0020]
Then, the arm 11 of the lifting cylinder 10 is extended, and the stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C are lowered to the vicinity of the inner bottom surface of the rice cooker 3 (see the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3), and the stirring blade drive motor 12 is operated to rotate the stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C, and the rice grains, the rice cooking water, the seasoning and the ingredients are uniformly stirred from the bottom of the rice cooking pot 3 and dispersed in the pot 3.
[0021]
Then, when the stirring process is performed at the bottom of the pot, the lifting blade 10 raises the stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C to the vicinity of the pot opening surface 3A, and the upper layer of the rice is similarly stirred. When stirring in the rice cooker 3 is sufficiently performed, the arm 11 of the elevating cylinder 10 is finally contracted at once, and the stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C are pulled out of the pot 3 and stirring is completed. As soon as the stirring is completed, the rodless cylinders 21A and 21B are actuated to close the water drop trays 17A and 17B toward the center (see FIG. 4), and the opening surface 3A of the rice cooker 3 is closed.
[0022]
As described above, the stirring blades 5A, 5B, and 5C are pulled up to the outside of the kettle 3, and at the same time, the opening surface 3A of the rice cooking pot 3 is closed by the water drop trays 17A and 17B, so that they adhere to the stirring blades 5A, 5B, and 5C. Additives such as rice grains, cooked water, or seasonings fall to the rice grain receiving plate 18 and the water drop receiving tray 17. Therefore, the granular materials such as rice grains and ingredients fall on the rice grain receiving plate 18, and when the rice grains and ingredients are collected to some extent on the rice grain receiving plate 18, the handle 29 is grasped and the rice grain receiving plate 18 is removed from the water drop receiving tray 17. Pick up rice grains and ingredients. On the other hand, liquid substances such as cooked rice water and seasonings pass through the mesh holes 32 of the rice grain receiving plate 18 and are collected in the water drop receiving tray 17. Then, this liquid material is received from the drainage basin 19 through the drain hose 20 by the drainage pot 25, and may be discharged into the sewage when the drainage pot 25 is full, or the drain hose 20 is not passed through the drainage pot 25. May be connected directly to the sewage for drainage. Thus, the rice grains adhering to the stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C are collected by the rice grain receiving plate 18, and additives such as cooked water and seasonings can be collected by the water drop receiving tray 17, so that they are scattered around the conveyor 2. It does not worsen the work environment.
[0023]
After the completion of stirring, the rice cooking pot 3 is transferred to the next cooking step with the opening surface 3A covered with a rice cooking lid. The rice cooker 3 in a state where a lid for rice cooking is newly removed is transferred to the agitator 1 in the kettle. However, the opening surface 3A of the rice cooker 3 is closed by the water droplet trays 17A, 17B, and the rice grains, rice water at the time of stirring / equalizing in the previous pot attached to the stirring blades 5A, 5B, 5C, or Even if the seasoning falls, there is no fear of mixing into the rice cooker 3 and it is hygienic.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of rice cookers into which rice and rice cooking water have been added in advance at a required ratio are sequentially transferred by an endless transfer conveyor with the pot lid removed, and rice cooking is performed immediately before cooking. In the pot stirring device in which the inside of the pot is stirred, the stirring blade for stirring the inside of the rice cooking pot, the lifting means for moving the stirring blade up and down relative to the rice cooking pot, and the stirring blade at the end of stirring by the lifting means When the rice cooker is pulled out of the kettle, it is provided with a fallen material collecting means for closing the opening surface of the rice cooker and collecting the fallen material from the stirring blade. The stirring blade is raised by the means, and the opening surface of the rice cooking pot is closed by the falling object collecting means, and the rice grains, rice water, or seasonings adhering to the stirring blade fall on the falling object collecting means. , Carry fallen objects Not be scattered, such as on a conveyor, not to exacerbate the work environment.
[0025]
Further, the fallen object collecting means is provided in the water drop tray that slides the opening surface of the rice cooker between the open state and the closed state, the rice grain receiving plate that has a porous portion coated on the top surface of the water drop tray, and the water drop tray. And a drainless hose connected to the drainage basin, and further, a rodless cylinder is provided at one end of the water droplet receiving pan and a roller is provided at the other end to slide. Then, when the stirring blade is pulled out of the kettle, the rodless cylinder is immediately actuated to close the water drop tray, and the opening surface of the rice cooker is instantly closed. Then, the granular materials such as rice grains and ingredients attached to the stirring blades fall on the rice grain receiving plate and are collected, and the liquid substances such as rice cooking water and seasonings attached to the stirring blades pass through the mesh of the rice grain receiving plate. The water is collected in a drainage pot through a drainage tank and a drain hose.
[0026]
Furthermore, a pair of stopper means for preventing the accompanying rice cooker from rotating along with the rotation of the stirring blade is provided near the body of the rice cooking pot, so that the accompanying rice cooker accompanying the rotation of the stirring blade is prevented. Thus, the inside of the kettle can be efficiently stirred.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing the entirety of a stirring apparatus in a pot according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view in which a part of the internal stirring device is omitted.
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing an open state of the fallen object collecting means.
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a closed state of the fallen object collecting means.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stirring device in a pot 2 Conveyor 3 Rice cooker 4 Support frame 5 Stirring blade 6 Lifting mechanism 7 Stirring blade drive means 8 Falling object collection means 9 Lifting support frame 10 Lifting cylinder 11 Arm 12 Stirring blade drive motor 13 Motor base 14 Gear box 15 Stirring shaft 16 Stirring blade mounting plate 17 Droplet tray 18 Rice grain receiving plate 19 Drainage trough 20 Drain hose 21 Rodless cylinder 22 Roller 23 Cylinder rail 24 Roller rail 25 Drain pot 26 Stopper means 27 Air cylinder 28 Stopper 29 Handle 30 Adjuster presser bracket 31 Stop rod 32 Mesh hole

Claims (3)

A plurality of rice cookers in which rice and rice cooking water have been added in a required ratio in advance are sequentially transferred by an endless conveyor with the pot lid removed, and the inside of the rice cooker is stirred immediately before cooking. In
An agitating blade for stirring the inside of the rice cooking pot, an elevating means for moving the stirring blade up and down relative to the rice cooking pot, and an opening of the rice cooking pot when the stirring blade is pulled out of the kettle at the end of stirring by the lifting means And a falling object recovery means for closing the surface and recovering the falling object from the stirring blade. The falling object collecting means includes a water drop tray that slides the open surface of the rice cooker between an open state and a closed state, a rice grain receiving plate that has a porous portion coated on the top surface of the water drop tray, and a drain provided in the water drop tray. 2. A rod hose and a drain hose connected to the drainage basin, and further, a rodless cylinder is provided on one end of the water droplet receiving tray and a roller is provided on the other end and slid by sliding. Agitator in the kettle. The internal stirring device of the pot according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a pair of stopper means for preventing the accompanying rice cooker from rotating along with the rotation of the stirring blade is provided in the vicinity of the body of the rice cooking pot.

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