JP4846443B2 - Juicer and liquid cooking method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a juicer and a liquid cooking method.

  A juicer filters foods slid down by a cutter with a rotating filter. As described in Patent Document 1, a juicer has a cylindrical filter, and as described in Patent Document 2, Some have a frustoconical filter.

  Juicers that use an inverted frustoconical filter filter the solids after the liquid has been filtered out from the food, and the centrifugal force causes the filter to crawl up and be collected in a compartment container placed around the filter. The liquid content can be filtered out stably.

  However, this type of juicer cannot sufficiently separate the liquid component when the balance between the filtration of the liquid component by centrifugal force and the speed of the solid component creeping up is lost. For example, grapes are too moist, so they run up the filter and reach the compartments before sufficiently separating the liquid.

Further, the juicer described in Patent Document 1 can add water to soybeans and squeeze it down, and can filter out soy milk with a cylindrical filter. However, a juicer using an inverted truncated cone filter has a solid content. If there is too much water to separate the water, the filter will be scooped up and will reach the compartment.
JP 2005-198937 A JP 2004-305375 A

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a juicer and a liquid cooking method capable of filtering out liquid components of various ingredients using an inverted frustoconical filter.

In order to solve the above problems, a juicer according to the present invention comprises a driving means provided in a main body, a disc-shaped cutter and an inverted frustoconical filter, and a filter unit that is rotated in the horizontal direction by the driving means, A partition container disposed so as to surround an outer periphery of the filter unit, and the driving means slid the introduced food material with the cutter and removes the liquid content of the food material slid down with the filter by centrifugal force. A juicer mode for rotating the filter unit to filter and discharge the solid content to the compartment container, and a lower speed than a minimum rotation speed that does not cause overload when the filter unit is slid down in the juicer mode. in rotate, poured ingredients having fluidity on the cutter, taking filtered off the liquid content in the filter filtration It shall be operated in the over-de.

  According to this configuration, by rotating the filter unit at a low speed, the speed at which the food material scoops up the filter can be slowed down, and the liquid can be sufficiently filtered before being discharged into the compartment container. Thereby, the foodstuff with much solid content and the foodstuff with much liquid content can be separated into solid content and liquid content.

  Further, the juicer of the present invention may be equipped with a mixer cup containing a pulverizing cutter rotated by the driving means, instead of the filter unit and the partition container.

Further, in the juicer of the present invention, the rotational speed of the filter unit before Symbol filtration mode, even lower than the lowest rotational speed that do not overload when down sliding ingredients in the juicer mode.

  In the juicer of the present invention, the drive means may filter the soy milk with the filter from the soybean suspension obtained by pulverizing the dried soybeans charged with water into the mixer cup with the pulverizing cutter in the filtration mode. The filter unit may be rotated at a possible speed.

  According to this configuration, soy milk can be produced without soaking soybeans in advance.

In the juicer of the present invention, the rotation speed of the filter unit in the filtration mode may be lower than a minimum rotation speed that does not cause overload when the food material is slid down in the juicer mode.

This arrangement thus conventional ingredients could not take filter out the liquid content in juicer, after the liquid was triturated with a mixer, so Shiboritoreru juice by taking straining liquid fraction by filtration mode juicer, Soy milk can be produced without soaking soybeans in advance.

  According to the present invention, by rotating the filter unit at a low speed, liquid components can be filtered out from various foods.

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a juicer 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The juicer 1 is provided with a DC motor 3 as a driving means inside the main body 2, a partition container 4 is attached to the upper part of the main body 2, and the partition container 4 closed by the lid 5 is further covered with an exterior cover 6. It has become. An annular partition plate 9 that divides the inside into an inner space 7 and an outer space 8 is attached to the partition container 4, and a filter unit that is connected to the output shaft of the DC motor 3 by a coupling 10 in the inner space 7. 11 is supported. The filter unit 11 includes a cutter 12 having a horizontal disk shape with a large number of cutting teeth conspicuous on the disk surface, and an inverted frustoconical filter 13 extending outward from the outer periphery of the cutter 12. Further, the lid 5 has an input pipe 14 having an upper end opened to the outside and a lower end opened in the vicinity of the cutter 12. In the juicer 1, a juice container 16 that stores liquid flowing out from the discharge port 15 formed in the lower part of the partition container 4 is disposed.

  The juicer 1 squeezes the food introduced from the input pipe 14 with the cutter 12, and crawls up the filter 13 by the centrifugal force of the filter unit 11 from the slid down food to remove the liquid from the filter eyes. 4 is discharged into the inner space 7 and collected in the juice container 16. The solid content of the food material that has scooped up the filter 13 is collected in the outer space 8 of the compartment container 4. A slight gap is provided between the partition plate 9 and the partition container 4, and the liquid remaining in the food that is not sufficiently separated by the filter 13 and collected in the outer space of the partition container 4 is separated from the partition plate 9. It leaks into the internal space 7 from the gap with the partition container 4 and can be collected in the juice container 16.

  Further, FIG. 2 shows the appearance of the juicer 1. A filter button 17 for rotating the DC motor 3 in a low speed filtration mode, a juicer button 18 for rotating the DC motor 3 in a high speed juicer mode, and a stop button 19 for stopping the DC motor 3 are provided on the outer surface of the main body 2. Yes.

  In addition, the juicer 1 is configured such that the mixer cup 20 can be mounted by removing components on the upper part of the main body 2 such as the partition container 4 and the filter unit 11. The mixer cup 20 is connected to the coupling 10 and includes a grinding cutter 21 that is rotated by the DC motor 3.

  As described above, the juicer mode is an operation mode in which the food material is slid down by the cutter 12 and the liquid is filtered by the filter 13, and the commercial power supply is full-wave rectified and applied to the DC motor 3. In the present embodiment, in the juicer mode, the filter unit 11 rotates at about 14,000 rpm when there is no load. The rotation speed of the filter unit 11 may decrease due to the load of the cutter 12 when the cutter 12 slides down the food. However, even when a hard material such as a fruit seed or a branch is introduced, it does not stop due to overload. In order to do so, the number of rotations capable of maintaining 12,000 rpm or more is selected.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the filtration mode is an operation mode for pouring a fluid food material into the cutter 12 forming the bottom of the filter unit 11 from the input pipe 14 and filtering out the liquid by the filter 13. The commercial power supply is half-wave rectified and applied to the DC motor 3. Therefore, it is assumed that the cutter 12 is not loaded, and the filter unit 11 is rotated at a speed lower than the juicer mode at about 8,000 rpm. When operating in the filtration mode, it is preferable to use the funnel 22 in order to prevent an excessive amount of food from being added.

  In the juicer mode, even in the case of the grapes, there is a lot of moisture, and even in the filtration mode, even the food that climbs the filter 13 before being completely separated in the juicer mode and is discharged to the outer space 8 of the compartment 4 Since the rotational speed of the filter unit 11 is low, the speed at which the introduced food material crawls up the filter 13 is slow, so that moisture is sufficiently filtered through the filter into the inner space 7 and then the solid content is discharged into the outer space 8. be able to.

  On the other hand, when separating the soybean suspension obtained by crushing hydrolyzed soybeans from soymilk and okara, the soybean suspension is filtered with the filter 13 while the moisture content cannot be separated in the juicer mode because of excessive solid content. And is discharged into the outer space 8. However, in this case as well, when operated in the filtration mode, the soybean suspension slowly crawls up the filter 13, soy milk is discharged through the filter 13 into the inner space 7, and only okara is collected in the outer space 8. it can.

Then, the manufacturing procedure of the soymilk using the juicer 1 is demonstrated as an example of the liquid cooking method by this invention.
1. A mixer cup 20 is attached to the main body 2, and 100 g of dried soybeans and 500 ml of water, which have been washed thoroughly and drained, are added.
2. By operating the mixer for one and a half minutes to two minutes, the soybean is crushed to obtain a soybean suspension.
3. The mixer cup is removed from the main body 2, the compartment container 4, the filter unit 11, and the like are attached, the juicer 1 is assembled, and the funnel 22 is placed on the charging pipe 14.
4). The filter button 17 is pushed, the filter unit 11 is rotated, and the soy suspension is poured from the mixer cup 20 into the funnel 22 so as not to overflow.
5). After all of the soybean suspension is charged and the soy milk does not come out from the discharge port 15, the stop button 19 is pressed to stop the operation of the juicer 1.
6). Transfer the soy milk discharged to the juice container 16 to a pan and simmer for about 5 minutes on low heat while stirring well.

  With the above procedure, soy milk and okara could be separated cleanly, and soy milk could be produced without soaking soy for more than half a day as in the past.

Next, Table 1 shows the results of filtering using the soybean suspension of this example and changing the rotational speed of the DC motor 3.

  Thus, in the juicer 1, it was confirmed that the operating speed of the DC motor 3 in the filtration mode is a preferable speed for filtering out soy milk from the soybean suspension.

Sectional drawing of the juicer of one Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows the usage method in the filtration mode of the juicer of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Juicer 2 Body 3 DC motor (drive means)
4 compartment container 11 filter unit 12 sliding cutter 13 filter 20 mixer cup 21 grinding cutter

Claims (4)

Driving means provided in the main body;
A filter unit comprising a disc-shaped cutter and an inverted frustoconical filter, and rotated in the horizontal direction by the drive means;
A compartment container disposed so as to surround the outer periphery of the filter unit;
The drive means rotates the filter unit so as to slide the charged food material with the cutter, filter the liquid content of the food material slid down with the filter by centrifugal force, and discharge the solid content to the compartment container. Juicer mode to let you
The filter unit is rotated at a lower speed than the lowest rotation speed that does not cause overload when the food material is slid down in the juicer mode, the fluid food material is poured into the cutter, and the liquid component is filtered by the filter. A juicer that can be operated in a filtration mode. The drive means includes a DC motor, and in the juicer mode, commercial power is full-wave rectified and applied to the DC motor, and in the filtration mode, commercial power is half-wave rectified and applied to the DC motor. The juicer according to claim 1. The juicer according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a mixer cup containing a pulverizing cutter rotated by the driving means can be attached to the main body instead of the filter unit and the partition container. In the filtration mode, the drive means rotates the filter unit at a speed at which soy milk can be filtered by the filter from a soybean suspension obtained by pulverizing dry soybeans charged with water into the mixer cup with the pulverization cutter. The juicer according to claim 3 .

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