JP6008649B2 - Food production system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for producing a food containing a gelling agent such as gelatin, potato starch or white salt gum (hereinafter referred to as a gelling agent-containing food), and in particular, a food production system for cooling such food after cooking. It is about.

  Conventionally, as disclosed in Patent Document 1 below, a steam jacket kettle for cooking various foods by heating is known. The food after cooking with this type of device is put in a container such as a bat and cooled by a cooling device using a cooling chamber such as a vacuum cooler, a cold air cooler (blast chiller) or a differential pressure cooler. Yes.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-8379

  However, the conventional method requires a transfer from the heating device to the bat and a movement of the bat to the cooling device, which is troublesome and may cause burns. Further, in the cooling using the above-described cooling chamber (that is, cooling in which food is put in a vat and then put in the cooling chamber), it takes a long time until the heated food becomes a usable temperature zone. Therefore, there is a problem that productivity is inferior. On the other hand, when automating the transfer from the heating device to the cooling device, particularly in the case of multi-product small-quantity production, the frequency of cleaning becomes high, and good cleaning properties and workability must be ensured.

  Furthermore, since the gelling agent-containing food has a higher viscosity than water, the cooling efficiency of the cooling device is poor, so the amount to be put in the bat needs to be suppressed to about one third. The time and labor for transferring the items was considerably increased. In addition, when vacuum cooling is performed, bumping is likely to occur due to the viscosity of the food, and the yield may be reduced by scattering outside the bat.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention relates to the production of a gelling agent-containing food, and provides a food production system that can easily and quickly carry out cooking and subsequent cooling, and that is excellent in cleanability and workability. It is in.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the invention according to claim 1 is a food manufacturing system including a gelling agent, and a heating kettle for heating the food, and the heating kettle. A cooling pot for cooling the food after heating; and a transfer path for transferring the food heated by the heating pot to the cooling pot via a pump, wherein the heating pot and the pump between the tube is used with a sanitary pipe or flexible, of said transfer path, between the pump and the cooling container is a tube with a sanitary pipe or flexible is used, the heating The pot includes an inner pot that contains food and a jacket that is provided around the inner pot and that is supplied with steam. The cooling pot includes an inner pot that contains food and a cooling water that is provided around the inner pot. And a jacket for the heating kettle. Steam is supplied to make the water in the heating kettle less than 50 ° C. and the hot water is supplied to the cooling kettle through the transfer path, while the heating kettle, the transfer path, the pump, and the cooling A food manufacturing system characterized by washing a kettle .

According to invention of Claim 1, the gelatinizer containing foodstuff after heat cooking is transferred from a heating pot to a cooling pot with a pump, and is cooled with a cooling pot. Therefore, it is not necessary to transfer the gelling agent-containing food after cooking to a vat or the like, or to move it to the cooling chamber. Moreover, by using a cooling pot for cooling, the gelling agent-containing food can be directly cooled without using a vat or the like. Therefore, compared with conventional cooling using a cooling chamber (that is, cooling in which food is put in a vat and then put in the cooling chamber), cooling is performed in a large amount at a time and in a short time. Can do. Further, by using a sanitary pipe or a flexible pipe for the transfer path, it is possible to improve the cleaning performance and the workability.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, a jacket pot is used as a cooling pot, and the food containing the gelling agent after cooking is effectively obtained by stirring and cooling the food while passing cooling water through the jacket. Can be cooled to. And after use, warm water below 50 degreeC is manufactured with a heating kettle, and a heating kettle, a transfer path, a pump, and a cooling kettle can be washed with the warm water. By washing with warm water of less than 50 ° C., reliable washing can be achieved while preventing coagulation of the protein. In this way, it is possible to easily and quickly carry out cooking and subsequent cooling of the gelling agent-containing food, and it is possible to easily cope with multi-product and small-quantity production by improving cleaning properties and workability. it can.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the food production system according to claim 1, further comprising a dew condensation prevention means outside the cooling pot.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the dew condensation preventing means is provided outside the cooling pot, it is possible to prevent the dew condensation from occurring on the cooling pot and prevent the dew condensation water from entering the food.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the transfer path is switched between supplying the fluid from the pump to the cooling kettle or discharging the fluid to the drain without supplying the cooling kettle. Instead of washing the heating kettle, the transfer path, the pump and the cooling kettle through the transfer path, the hot water from the heating kettle is sent via the transfer path to the cooling kettle. 3. The food production system according to claim 1 , wherein the heating pot, the pump, and the transfer path from the heating pot to the drain outlet are washed while discharging to the drain outlet.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the washing process, the hot water from the heating kettle is not sent to the cooling kettle, but drained in the middle of the transfer path, and the cooling kettle is washed with separate hot water. In addition, the cooling pot can be cleaned efficiently.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, in the prior SL cooling container jacket, it said or cold water after the cold water was passed as a cooling water is passed, cold water or cold water through the said cooling water The food production system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the food production system is provided.

According to the invention of claim 4 , a jacket pot is used as a cooling pot, and the food is cooled while passing cooling water through the jacket, thereby effectively cooling the food containing gelling agent after cooking. be able to. Moreover, in that case, first, after performing rough heat removal of food using normal temperature water such as tap water or groundwater, the food can be further cooled using cold water from a chiller. Alternatively, the food can be cooled using only room temperature water or only cold water.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, regarding manufacture of a gelatinizer containing foodstuff, cooking and subsequent cooling can be implemented easily and rapidly, and the food manufacturing system which is excellent in washing | cleaning property and its workability | operativity is realizable.

It is a schematic front view which shows one Example of the foodstuff manufacturing system of this invention. It is a schematic side view of the cooling pot in the food manufacturing system of FIG.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing an embodiment of the food production system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the cooling pot in the food production system of the present embodiment.

  The food production system 1 of this embodiment includes a heating pot 2 that heats food, a cooling pot 3 that cools food heated by the heating pot 2, and a pump that heats food heated by the heating pot 2 to the cooling pot 3. 4 and a transfer path 5 (5a, 5b).

  The heating pot 2 is constituted by a jacket pot in this embodiment. Specifically, the heating pot 2 includes a bottomed cylindrical inner pot 6 that opens upward, and a jacket (outer pot) 7 provided around the inner pot 6, and steam is supplied to the jacket 7. Thus, the food in the inner pot 6 is heated. In addition, the bottom wall of the inner hook 6 is formed to bulge downward. In addition, the heating pot 2 may be provided with a food stirring device (not shown) as appropriate.

  The left and right ends of the heating pot 2 are held by the leg portions 8 and 8. At this time, in the illustrated example, the heating hook 2 is rotatably held by the left and right leg portions 8 and 8 via the shaft portions 9 and 9 along the left and right direction. Then, by operating a push button (not shown), the heating pot 2 can be tilted so that the opening of the heating pot 2 is directed downward around the shaft portions 9 and 9.

  Note that steam can be supplied to the jacket 7 via the right shaft 9, while a steam trap 10 is connected via the left shaft 9. In addition, a discharge pipe 11 is provided at the bottom of the inner hook 6. The discharge pipe 11 passes through the jacket 7 in an airtight manner and extends from the bottom of the heating hook 2 and is provided with a valve (not shown). It has been.

  The cooling hook 3 is constituted by a jacket hook in this embodiment. Specifically, the cooling hook 3 includes a bottomed cylindrical inner hook 12 that opens upward, and a jacket (outer pot) 13 provided around the inner hook 12. Cooling water is supplied to the jacket 13. The supplied food in the inner pot 12 is cooled.

  The left and right ends of the cooling hook 3 are held by the legs 14 and 14. At this time, in the illustrated example, the cooling hook 3 is rotatably held by the left and right leg portions 14 and 14 via the shaft portions 15 and 15 along the left and right direction. In the heating pot 2 described above, the shaft portion 9 is disposed at the center portion in the front-rear direction of the heating pot 2, but in this cooling pot 3, the shaft portion 15 is decentered forward from the center portion in the front-rear direction of the cooling pot 3, In the example of illustration, it arrange | positions at the front-end part of the cooling hook 3 (FIG. 2).

  The cooling hook 3 can be rotated around the shaft portion 15 by an expansion / contraction mechanism 16 including a hydraulic cylinder or an air cylinder. One end portion of the expansion / contraction mechanism 16 is connected to a support member 17 integral with the leg portion 14, while the other end portion of the expansion / contraction mechanism 16 is connected to a side portion of the cooling hook 3. Therefore, in FIG. 2, in the shortened state of the expansion / contraction mechanism 16 as indicated by the solid line, the cooling hook 3 is horizontally disposed with its opening facing upward, and in the extended state of the expansion / contraction mechanism 16 as indicated by the two-dot chain line, The cooling pot 3 is rotated forward around the shaft portion 15 so that food can be taken out from the cooling pot 3. In such a configuration, when the food is cooled, it is possible to work at a relatively low position. On the other hand, when the food is taken out into the bat by tilting the cooling pot 3 after cooling, the food must be worked at a relatively high position. And workability can be improved.

  The jacket 13 of the cooling hook 3 can be supplied with cooling water through the right shaft portion 15, and can be drained through the bottom or left shaft portion 15. The cooling water is room temperature water (such as tap water or ground water) or cold water. When the cooling water is room temperature water, the cooling water is drained after passing through the jacket 13 of the cooling pot 3. When the cooling water is cold water, the jacket 13 of the cooling pot 3 is connected to a chiller (not shown), and the cold water is circulated between the jacket 13 and the chiller. In this embodiment, normal temperature water is first passed through the jacket 13 of the cooling kettle 3 to remove the heat of the food. Cooling. However, the jacket 13 of the cooling pot 3 may be cooled with the normal temperature water through the normal temperature water. Or you may make it aim at the jacket 13 of the cooling hook 3 to cool food only with cold water through the cold water from a chiller.

  The cooling pot 3 is provided with a food stirring device (not shown). A cooling time can be shortened by stirring and cooling food with a stirring device while passing cooling water through the jacket 13 of the cooling pot 3.

  Further, condensation prevention means (not shown) is provided outside the cooling hook 3. The dew condensation preventing means is not particularly limited as long as it can prevent dew condensation on the cooling pot 3, but in this embodiment, the outer side of the jacket 13 is covered with, for example, a styrene heat insulating material, and further, the outer side is made of a stainless steel heat insulating cover. Covered with. By preventing the condensation on the cooling pot 3 by the condensation prevention means, it is possible to prevent the condensed water from being mixed into the food when the cooling pot 3 is tilted to take out the food.

  The food that has been cooked in the heating pot 2 can be supplied to the cooling pot 3 via the transfer path 5 from the discharge pipe 11 at the bottom. In the middle of the transfer path 5, a pump 4 is provided. By opening the valve (not shown) of the heating pot 2 and operating the pump 4, the pump 4 sucks the food in the heating pot 2 and the cooling pot 3 can be discharged.

  Of the transfer path 5, a sanitary pipe or a flexible pipe is used between the heating pot 2 and the pump 4 (5 a). Similarly, between the pump 4 and the cooling hook 3 (5b) in the transfer path 5, a sanitary pipe or a flexible pipe is used. In any case, it is preferable that the sanitary piping (for example, sanitary piping made of JIS G3447 stainless steel) can be easily disassembled and cleaned. In addition, the flexible tube is preferably provided so that it can be easily detached and cleaned, and in consideration of cleaning properties, it is preferable that the flexible tube is composed of a cylindrical hose having a smooth inner peripheral surface. Moreover, the flexible tube is preferably a transparent tube so that the cleaning effect can be visually confirmed.

  It is preferable that the transfer path 5 a between the heating pot 2 and the pump 4 is detachable with respect to the end of the discharge pipe 11 of the heating pot 2 and detachable with respect to the suction pipe 18 of the pump 4. In addition, the transfer path 5b between the pump 4 and the cooling hook 3 is preferably detachable from the discharge pipe 19 of the pump 4 and detachable from the cooling hook 3.

  An opening / closing valve 20 is provided in the transfer path 5 b from the discharge pipe 19 of the pump 4 to the cooling hook 3. In this transfer path 5 b, a drain pipe 21 to the drain outlet may be branched and provided upstream of the on-off valve 20, and the drain valve 22 may be provided in the drain pipe 21. In that case, when the pump 4 is operated with the on-off valve 20 opened and the drain valve 22 closed, the fluid from the pump 4 can be transferred to the cooling pot 3, while the on-off valve 20 is closed and the drain valve 22 is opened. When the pump 4 is actuated in such a state, the fluid from the pump 4 can be discharged to the drain through the drain pipe 21.

  By the way, in the present embodiment, the pump 4 is configured to be disassembled and washed. For example, it is composed of a rotary pump or a screw pump, and can be easily disassembled after use and the inside can be cleaned. Further, by using these pumps 4, the food can be transferred from the heating pot 2 to the cooling pot 3 without being destroyed.

  In this embodiment, the pump 4 is mounted on the mount 23 so that it can be easily attached and detached. Further, as described above, the transfer path 5 may be a flexible pipe. Therefore, it is easy to design or change the layout of each device of the food production system 1, that is, the arrangement of the heating pot 2, the cooling pot 3, and the pump 4. Further, by removing the pipes to the suction pipe 18 and the discharge pipe 19 of the pump 4, the pump 4 can be moved to the cleaning place and easily cleaned.

  The food production system 1 of the present embodiment is used for cooking and cooling of various foods. In particular, it is used suitably for manufacture of a gelatinizer containing foodstuff. For example, rice cakes provided at convenience stores have sauces hardened with gelatin on top of cooked rice, and when heated in a microwave oven, the gelatin melts and mixes with the cooked rice. The food production system 1 of this embodiment can be used for the production of the agent-containing food.

  According to the food production system 1 of the present embodiment, after cooking the food in the heating pot 2, the food is transferred to the cooling pot 3 via the transfer path 5 using the pump 4, and the food is cooled in the cooling pot 3. can do. Therefore, it is not necessary to transfer the heating pot 2 to a container such as a bat, and productivity can be improved by a continuous flow. Moreover, since there is no work for transferring food in a high temperature state, it is possible to prevent burns and improve the working environment.

  Furthermore, by using a jacket pot as the cooling pot 3, the food containing the gelling agent after cooking can be effectively cooled by stirring and cooling the food while passing cooling water through the jacket 13. it can. In the cooling pot 3, as described above, in this embodiment, the food is cooled by room temperature water and / or cold water. And the foodstuff after cooling with the cooling pot 3 is put into containers, such as a bat, by inclining the cooling pot 3, and may be further cooled with a refrigerator if desired. In this case, since the food is already cooled to some extent in the cooling pot 3 (for example, cooled to about 20 ° C.), the food may be put to the full capacity in the bat.

  In addition, by removing the food from the bottom of the heating pot 2, the food can be transferred to the cooling pot 3 without changing the posture of the heating pot 2. In addition, after the food is cooled in the cooling pot 3, the cooling pot 3 is tilted and the food is taken out. However, since the cooling pot 3 is configured to rotate forward around the shaft portion 15 at the front end, the food is placed at a relatively high position. It can be taken out and the workability is good. On the other hand, when the food is cooled by the cooling pot 3, the work can be performed at a relatively low position and the workability is good.

  After the heating pot 2 and the cooling pot 3 are used, the food production system 1 can be cleaned as described below. That is, steam is supplied to the jacket 7 of the heating kettle 2 to make the stored water in the heating kettle 2 hot water of less than 50 ° C. (typically around 40 ° C.), and the hot water is transferred by the pump 4 via the transfer path 5. While supplying the cooling pot 3, the heating pot 2, the transfer path 5, the pump 4 and the cooling pot 3 are washed. In addition, the drainage from the cooling pot 3 is performed by tilting the cooling pot 3 as described above. By washing with warm water of less than 50 ° C., protein coagulation can be prevented and reliable washing can be achieved.

  By the way, in the washing process described above, the hot water from the heating kettle 2 is sent to the cooling kettle 3 via the transfer path 5, but the hot water from the heating kettle 2 is discharged to the drain through the transfer path 5 while heating. You may wash | clean the path | routes 5a, 18, 19, and 21 from the hook 2, the pump 4, and the heating pot 2 to a drain outlet. While the hot water from the heating pot 2 is drained in the middle of the transfer path 5 without being sent to the cooling pot 3, the cooling pot 3 is washed with separate hot water, thereby efficiently washing the heating pot 2 and the cooling pot 3. be able to.

  Such washing is preferably carried out every batch, that is, every time one set of cooking in the heating pot 2 and subsequent cooling in the cooling pot 3 is performed. And when a foodstuff changes, it is preferable to replace and wash the transfer path 5 and the pump 4 in place of or in addition to the above-described cleaning. If two sets of the transfer path 5 and the pump 4 are prepared, food can be manufactured using the other while cleaning one.

  As described above, according to the food production system 1 of the present embodiment, particularly with respect to the production of a gelling agent-containing food, cooking and subsequent cooling can be easily and quickly performed, and the cleaning property and workability thereof are also provided. Can be improved.

  The food production system 1 of the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, in the above embodiment, the heating pot 2 heats the food under atmospheric pressure, but the food may be heated at a pressure different from the atmospheric pressure in some cases.

  Furthermore, although the heating pot 2 and the cooling pot 3 are installed one by one in the embodiment, one heating pot 2 and two cooling pots 3 may be used in combination. The heating kettle 2 may be a kneader that can stir and cook food while heating it with a steam jacket.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Food production system 2 Heating pot 3 Cooling pot 4 Pump 5 (5a, 5b) Transfer path 6 Inner pot of heating pot 7 Jacket of heating pot 8 Leg of heating pot 9 Shaft of heating pot Part 10 Steam trap 11 Discharge pipe 12 Inner hook 13 (of cooling hook) 13 Jacket 14 of cooling hook 14 Leg part 15 of cooling hook 16 Shaft part 16 of expansion / contraction mechanism 17 Support material 18 Suction pipe 19 Discharge pipe 20 On-off valve 21 Drain pipe 22 Drain valve 23 Mounting base

Claims (4)

A food production system containing a gelling agent,
A heating kettle for heating food,
A cooling kettle for cooling the food after being heated in this heating kettle,
A transfer path for transferring the food heated in the heating kettle to the cooling kettle via a pump;
Of the transfer path, between the heating kettle and the pump, a sanitary pipe or a flexible pipe is used,
Of the transfer path, between the pump and the cooling pot, a sanitary pipe or a flexible pipe is used ,
The heating kettle includes an inner kettle for containing food, and a jacket provided around the kettle to be supplied with steam,
The cooling pot includes an inner pot in which food is stored, and a jacket that is provided around the inner pot and is supplied with cooling water.
Steam is supplied to the jacket of the heating kettle so that the water in the heating kettle is warm water of less than 50 ° C., and the hot water is supplied to the cooling kettle via the transfer path, while the heating kettle, the transfer path, The food manufacturing system, wherein the pump and the cooling pot are washed. The food manufacturing system according to claim 1, further comprising a dew condensation prevention unit outside the cooling pot. The transfer path is switched between supplying the fluid from the pump to the cooling pot or discharging to the drain without supplying the cooling pot,
Instead of washing the heating kettle, the transfer path, the pump and the cooling kettle by sending hot water from the heating kettle to the cooling kettle through the transfer path,
While discharging the warm water from the heating pot to said transfer path said drain outlet through the heating kettle claims, characterized in that to clean the transport path of the pump, and from the heating pot until the water outlet The food manufacturing system according to claim 1 or 2 . The front Symbol cooling container jacket, said or cold water after the cold water was passed as a cooling water is passed, according to claim 1, characterized in that cold water or cold water is passed as the cooling water The food manufacturing system according to any one of claims.

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