JP6153392B2 - Food stirrer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a food material agitation apparatus that introduces a plurality of food materials into a stirring vessel and stirs and mixes them.

  For example, a food stirrer is known as a device that stirs and mixes a main food such as cooked rice and a secondary food such as vinegar (sushi vinegar or vinegar).

  This food stirring device is provided with a drum (stirring container) that can rotate around a rotation axis, and the stirring space in the drum crosses the stirring space in order to loosen the charged food. A rack (food material unraveling member) having a lattice shape or the like is attached. Furthermore, the rotation shaft of the drum can be tilted.

  In such a food stirrer, rice (main food) and vinegar (secondary food) are put into a drum with the rotation axis close to vertical (more specifically, rice is put in and turned there) Rotate the drum by tilting the axis of rotation to an angle close to horizontal. Thereby, the rice is passed through the rack and loosened, and the rice and vinegar are evenly mixed.

  Here, the reason why the rotation axis is tilted to an angle close to horizontal is that when the drum is rotated at this angle, the food in the drum is rolled evenly and the stirring efficiency is increased.

  In addition, as technical literatures describing the food stirring apparatus, there are, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication Nos. 2004-267134 and 2005-312401.

JP 2004-267134 A JP-A-2005-312401

  By the way, during the stirring and mixing, it is necessary to blow off the moisture with the vinegar by applying wind to the ingredients.Further, after the stirring and mixing, the drum is turned upside down and the ingredients are placed in the container installed below. Some of the drums are not provided with a lid at the opening of the drum for throwing in food because they are dropped by their own weight.

  Then, if the stirring performance is improved by tilting the rotation shaft to near horizontal and rotating the drum as described above, the food material falls from the opening of the drum.

  The present invention has been made from the above technical background, and an object thereof is to provide a food stirrer that does not drop food from a stirring vessel during stirring and mixing while improving the stirring efficiency of the food. .

  In order to solve the above problems, the food stirring device according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a food material loosening member that is rotatable about a rotation shaft and that can be tilted so as to cross the stirring space. A food material stirring apparatus provided with a stirring container, wherein the stirring container into which the food material is charged is tilted in a first tilting direction to tilt the rotating shaft to a first angle, and the stirring A second step of rotating the stirring vessel until the direction of crossing the stirring space of the ingredient loosening member is vertical after the rotation axis of the vessel is tilted to the first angle; and the second step After the above operation is performed, the stirring container is moved to 90 ° with reference to the position where the direction of crossing the stirring space of the food material unraveling member becomes vertical while raising the rotation shaft from the first angle to the second angle. Up to a rotation angle of more than 180 ° and less than 180 ° After executing the third step to rotate, the third step, the fourth step of stopping the stirring vessel at the second angle for a predetermined time, and the fourth step, And performing a fifth step of tilting the rotating shaft from the second angle to the first angle while resuming the rotation of the stirring vessel.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food stirrer according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the third step is based on a position where the direction of the food unraveling member crossing the stirring space is vertical. The stirring container is rotated by 90 °, and the fourth step is the rotation of the stirring container by 90 ° with respect to the position where the direction of crossing the stirring space of the food loosening member is vertical. Then, after the first stopping step of stopping the stirring vessel at the second angle for a predetermined time, and after the first stopping step, the stirring vessel is totaled and further rotated by less than 90 °, and the stirring vessel is A second stop step of stopping at the second angle one or more times over a predetermined time.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food material stirrer according to the first or second aspect, wherein the second step to the fifth step are repeated at least once.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food material stirring device according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein after the fifth step is performed, the stirring container is moved in the first tilt direction. A sixth step of rotating the agitation container until the direction of traversing the agitation space of the food unraveling member becomes vertical by inclining the rotation axis to a third angle by inclining in a second inclination direction opposite to And after performing the sixth step, the position where the direction of crossing the stirring space of the food material unraveling member becomes vertical while raising the rotation shaft from the third angle to the fourth angle The seventh step of rotating the stirring vessel to a rotation angle of 90 ° or more and less than 180 °, and the seventh step of performing the seventh step, and then stopping the stirring vessel at the fourth angle for a predetermined time. 8 steps and the eighth step And a ninth step of tilting the rotation shaft from the fourth angle to the third angle while restarting the rotation of the stirring vessel.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food stirrer according to the fourth aspect of the invention, wherein the seventh step is based on a position where the direction of the food unraveling member crossing the stirring space is vertical. Rotating the stirring vessel by 90 °, and the eighth step rotates the stirring vessel by 90 ° with reference to a position where the direction of the food loosening member crossing the stirring space is vertical. Then, after the third stopping step for stopping the stirring vessel at the fourth angle for a predetermined time, and after the third stopping step , the stirring vessels are further rotated by less than 90 °, and the stirring vessel Comprising a fourth stop step of stopping at a fourth angle one or more times over a predetermined time.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food material agitation apparatus according to the fourth or fifth aspect, wherein the sixth to ninth steps are repeated at least once.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food stirrer according to any one of the fourth to sixth aspects, wherein after the ninth step is performed, the rotating shaft of the stirring container is moved to the first axis. The second process to the fifth process are repeated at least once by tilting in the tilting direction of 1.

  The food material agitation device according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is the food material agitation device according to the seventh aspect, wherein the blower is capable of blowing air into the agitation space of the agitation vessel inclined in the first tilt direction. In addition, the second step to the fifth step after the sixth step to the ninth step are performed while air is blown into the stirring space by the blower. Features.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food stirrer according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, wherein the air volume of the blower in the second step to the fifth step is increased in the number of executions of the series of steps. It is characterized by becoming stronger along with it.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food material stirring device according to any one of the seventh to ninth aspects, wherein the stop time of the stirring vessel in the fourth step is the same as that of the fourth step. It becomes longer as the number of executions increases.

  According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food material agitating device according to the fourth aspect, wherein the air can be blown into the agitating space of the agitating container inclined in the second tilting direction. A fan is further provided, and the sixth to ninth steps are performed while air is blown into the stirring space by the fan.

  According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food stirrer according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, wherein the blower is capable of blowing air into the stirring space of the stirring container inclined in the second tilting direction. Further, the sixth step to the ninth step are performed while blowing air into the stirring space by the blower, and the air volume of the blower in the sixth step to the ninth step is as follows. It is characterized by becoming stronger as the number of executions of a series of steps increases.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food stirrer according to the twelfth aspect of the invention, wherein the stoppage time of the stirring container in the eighth step becomes longer as the number of executions of the eighth step increases. It is characterized by.

  In the present invention, when the stirring container rotates to a rotation angle of 90 ° or more and less than 180 ° with respect to the position after the direction crossing the stirring space of the ingredient loosening member becomes vertical, the first rotation shaft is provided. The stirring vessel is raised from this angle to the second angle, the stirring vessel is stopped at the second angle for a predetermined time, and then the rotation axis is tilted from the second angle to the first angle while restarting the rotation of the stirring vessel. .

  In this way, when the food material unraveling member lifts the food material and is in the state in which the food material is most likely to fall, the rotating shaft of the stirring vessel rises to the second angle and stops at this second angle for a predetermined time. In other cases, since the stirring vessel rotates with the rotation axis at the first angle that is lower than the second angle, the food material falls from the stirring vessel during stirring and mixing while improving the stirring efficiency of the food material. There is no longer to do.

It is a side surface which shows the foodstuff stirring apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the stirring mixing operation | movement in the foodstuff stirring apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention in order of a process. It is explanatory drawing which shows in detail the 2nd process-5th process in the foodstuff stirring apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment as an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that components having the same function are denoted by the same reference symbols throughout the drawings for describing the embodiment, and the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a side view showing a food stirring device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the food stirring device of FIG.

  In these drawings, the ingredient stirring device 10 according to the present embodiment is an apparatus for performing vinegar combination for stirring and mixing two kinds of ingredients, for example, cooked rice and vinegar, and a rotation axis R (FIGS. 3 and 4). ), And a drum 11 (stirring container) is provided.

  In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the space in the drum 11 in which the opening portion 11 a into which the food material is charged is directed upward, that is, the stirring space, crosses the stirring space in order to loosen the loaded food material. A rack 12 (a food loosening member) having a lattice shape or the like is attached.

  In the present embodiment, the drum 11 has a bowl shape with a circular cross section in the radial direction, and is integrally molded with resin so that the cooked rice is less likely to adhere to the inner wall. The diameter of the opening 11a is set to about 30 cm. The rotation axis R of the drum 11 can be tilted in two directions: a blower 13 (blower) (to be described later) (first tilt direction) and a direction opposite to the blower 13 (second tilt direction). (See FIGS. 3 and 4).

  However, the drum 11 may be made of a metal such as stainless steel, and the diameter of the opening 11a is not limited to the above-described numerical values.

  An annular holder 16 is provided around the drum 11 at a predetermined interval. A motor (not shown) for rotating the drum 11 around the rotation axis R is attached to the annular holder 16 so as to be positioned immediately below the drum 11. In addition, rollers (not shown) that come into contact with the drum 11 are rotatably provided at a plurality of locations on the annular holder 16. Therefore, the drum 11 is rotated around the rotation axis R by the motor while being held by the annular holder 16 via the roller.

  The food stirring apparatus 10 has a frame 14 configured by appropriately combining a horizontal rod 14a extending in the horizontal direction and a vertical rod 14b extending in the vertical direction. And the above-mentioned annular holding body 16 is rotatably attached to the frame 14 via a pair of bearings (not shown) which are opposed to each other in the radial direction.

  Further, the frame 14 incorporates a motor (not shown), and the drum 11 tilts in the first tilt direction and the second tilt direction described above with the bearing as the tilt center P by this motor.

  Wall plates 17 (17a, 17b, 17c) are fixed to the frame 14 so as to surround the drum 11 from three directions. In the case shown in FIG. 2, a blower 13 that blows air into the stirring space of the drum 11 is provided on the central wall plate 17 b side. Further, an input operation unit 19 is provided on the right wall plate 17c side for an operator to input the operation content and the like in the food stirring device 10 and to notify the operator of necessary information in the food stirring device 10. ing. Further, on the wall plate 17c side, the agitation / mixing of the ingredients by the ingredient agitation device 10 by controlling the motor for rotating the drum 11, the motor for tilting the drum 11 (rotation axis R of the drum 11), the blower 13, etc. A control unit (not shown) for executing the operation is incorporated.

  In addition, casters 15 are attached to the lower four portions of the frame 14 so that the food stirring device 10 can be easily moved.

  Next, the agitation / mixing operation of ingredients performed by the control unit of the ingredient agitation apparatus 10 having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. In the conceptual diagrams showing the respective steps in these drawings, the upper drawing shows the drum 11 and the blower 13 of the food stirring device 10 extracted from the side, and the lower drawing shows the rotation axis R. The drum 11 is shown in a direction facing front and rear.

  In FIG. 3, when the drum 11 is in a fixed position (the rotation axis R is nearly vertical and the direction crossing the stirring space of the rack 12 (hereinafter simply “the direction of the rack 12”) tilts the rotation axis R of the drum 11. Horizontal direction) (preparation step), the rice as the main ingredient is put into the stirring space from the opening 11a of the drum 11, and then the vinegar is poured so as to turn to the put-in rice.

  Note that the angle of the rotation axis R at the fixed position of the drum 11 does not have to be close to the vertical, and can be an angle at which rice can be put into the drum 11 or vinegar can be applied to the thrown-in rice. That's fine.

  Next, the drum 11 in which the food material is charged is tilted in the first tilting direction on the blower 13 side, and the rotation axis R is tilted to the first angle (for example, 80 ° with respect to the vertical line). (First step).

  Note that the first angle and the following second angle to fourth angle can be freely set, and are not limited to the numerical values shown in the present embodiment.

  Here, in order to increase the stirring / mixing efficiency of the food material, the rotation axis R of the drum 11 is preferably closer to the horizontal. However, if the rotation axis R of the drum 11 is nearly horizontal, depending on the size of the diameter of the opening 11a, there is a high possibility that the introduced food will spill out from the opening 11a. In the embodiment, the first angle and a third angle to be described later are set to 80 ° with respect to the perpendicular.

  If the possibility that the foodstuff spills from the opening 11a is low even if the rotation axis R of the drum 11 is further horizontal, the first angle and the third angle are more than 80 ° with respect to the perpendicular. Can be set large.

  When the rotation axis R of the drum 11 is tilted in the first tilt direction to the first angle, the second to fifth steps are executed (“second step to fifth step in FIG. 3”). Step # 1 "). The second to fifth steps may be executed only once, but may be executed a plurality of times by repeating at least once. Details of these second to fifth steps will be described later with reference to FIG.

  If the series of steps from the second step to the fifth step has been executed, the drum 11 is then tilted in the second tilt direction, and the rotation axis R is set to a third angle (for example, with reference to the perpendicular line). Tilt to about 80 °) and execute the sixth to ninth steps. Further, as in the case of the second step to the fifth step, the sixth step to the ninth step may be executed only once, but may be repeated at least once and repeated multiple times. You may make it perform.

  The sixth to ninth steps correspond to the second to fifth steps as the contents of the steps except that the tilting direction of the rotation axis R of the drum 11 is different.

  Furthermore, if a series of steps from the sixth step to the ninth step is executed, the drum 11 is again tilted in the first tilt direction to tilt the rotation axis R to the first angle, and the second step to the second step. Step 5 is executed. Further, as in the case of the second step to the fifth step, the sixth step to the ninth step may be executed only once, but may be repeated at least once and repeated multiple times. You may make it perform.

  Here, in the series of steps from the second step to the fifth step after the sixth step to the ninth step are executed ("second step to fifth step # 2" in FIG. “Second Step to Fifth Step # 3”), and the blower 13 performs the process while blowing air into the stirring space of the drum 11.

  Furthermore, when the second process to the fifth process are executed a plurality of times, the air volume of the blower 13 is preferably increased as the number of executions of the series of processes increases. In addition, the stop time of the drum 11 in the fourth step (described later) is preferably made longer as the number of executions of the fourth step increases.

  Then, only “second process to fifth process · # 1” shown in FIG. 3 is executed, and “sixth process to ninth process” and “second process to fifth process · # 1” are executed. “2” and “second step to fifth step # 3” may not be executed, or only a part thereof may be executed.

  Now, the second to fifth steps will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 4, in the second step, the drum 11 is rotated until the direction of the rack 12 becomes vertical.

  If the drum 11 is rotated in the second step until the rack 12 is vertical, in the third step, the rotation axis R is changed from the first angle to the second angle (for example, with reference to the perpendicular line). The drum 11 is rotated by, for example, about 90 ° with respect to the position where the orientation of the rack 12 becomes vertical while being raised to about 45 °.

  The reason why the rotation axis R is raised from the first angle to the second angle while rotating the drum 11 in this way is that the orientation of the rack 12 shifts from vertical to horizontal and further to vertical as the drum 11 rotates. In the process, the cooked rice is lifted to the rack 12, so that the cooked rice that has been lifted to the rack 12 falls from the rack 12 at the first angle (in this embodiment, about 80 ° with respect to the vertical line). This is because there is a risk of spilling from the opening 11 a of the drum 11.

  If the drum 11 is rotated about 90 ° while raising the rotation axis R of the drum 11 to the second angle in the third step (if the orientation of the rack 12 becomes horizontal), then in the fourth step, The drum 11 is stopped for a predetermined time at the second angle.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the fourth step is composed of two stop steps, a first stop step and a second stop step, so that the drum 11 stops twice. That is, in the first stop step, after the drum 11 is rotated 90 ° with respect to the position where the rack 12 is vertical, the drum 11 is kept at the second angle for a predetermined time (for example, 2 to 5 seconds). ). In the second stop step after the first stop step, the drum 11 is further rotated by 45 °, and the drum 11 is similarly stopped at a second angle for a predetermined time (for example, 2 to 5 seconds). However, the stop time is not limited to 2 to 5 seconds, and can be freely set according to the type, temperature, moisture content, etc. of cooked rice.

  By stopping the drum 11 while the rack 12 lifts the cooked rice in this way, the cooked rice on the rack 12 falls into the drum 11 and further reaches the upper side by the rotation of the drum 11 while adhering to the inner wall of the drum 11. The cooked rice peels from the inner wall and falls into the drum 11 after hitting the rack 12.

  In the fourth step, it is sufficient to stop the rotation of the drum 11 at least once. That is, the number of rotations of the drum 11 may be stopped twice as in the present embodiment, but may be once or three times or more. Further, the orientation of the rack 12 when the fourth step is started does not have to be horizontal. In other words, the rotation angle of the drum 11 in the third step, which is a premise when the fourth step is started, does not have to be 90 ° with respect to the position where the rack 12 is oriented vertically. The rotation angle may be 90 ° or more and less than 180 ° so that the amount of rice falling from 12 increases.

  When the rotation of the drum 11 is stopped twice or more, the rotation angle of the drum 11 is rotated by 90 ° with respect to the position where the first stop position is perpendicular to the rack 12 as in the present embodiment. In the case of the position, the rotation may be less than 90 ° in total from the position.

  That is, the rotation stop position of the drum 11 may be a rotation angle of 90 ° or more and less than 180 ° with respect to the position where the rack 12 is oriented vertically, and the drum 11 is stopped many times within the range. It may be.

  If the drum 11 is stopped for a predetermined time in the fourth step, the rotation axis R is tilted from the second angle to the first angle while restarting the rotation of the drum 11 in the fifth step.

  By such a series of steps, the direction in which the rack 12 crosses the stirring space is sequentially changed as the drum 11 rotates, so that the cooked rice is loosened by hitting the rack 12 (so-called “sharp cutting”). And vinegar are mixed with stirring.

  As described above, in the food material agitation apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, after the direction crossing the agitation space of the rack 12 becomes vertical, the drum 11 rotates by 90 ° or more and less than 180 ° with respect to the vertical. When rotating to the corner, that is, when the rack 12 lifts the food, the rotation axis R is raised from the first angle to the second angle, and the drum 11 is stopped for a predetermined time at the second angle, and then the drum The rotation axis R is tilted from the second angle to the first angle while the rotation of the rotation 11 is resumed.

  In this way, when the rack 12 is in a state where the food is most likely to fall, that is, when the food is lifted up, the rotation axis R of the drum 11 rises to the second angle and stops at this second angle for a predetermined time. In other cases, the rotation axis R is tilted from the second angle and the drum 11 is rotated at the first angle with high stirring efficiency. Therefore, while the stirring efficiency of the food is increased, the food from the drum 11 is mixed during the stirring and mixing. No longer falls.

  Here, the above description corresponds to “second step to fifth step # 1” in FIG. 3. In the present embodiment, as described above, “sixth step to ninth step”. Step 2 ”,“ second step to fifth step # 2 ”, and“ second step to fifth step # 3 ”are successively executed.

  In the sixth to ninth steps, the tilting direction of the rotation axis R of the drum 11 is not the first tilting direction, but only the second tilting direction opposite to the first tilting direction. The contents correspond to the second to fifth steps, respectively.

  That is, in the sixth step corresponding to the second step, after the fifth step is executed, the drum 11 is tilted in the second tilt direction opposite to the first tilt direction, and the rotation axis R is moved to the third step. And the drum 11 is rotated until the direction of the rack 12 becomes vertical.

  Next, in the seventh step corresponding to the third step, after the sixth step is executed, the rotation axis R is changed from the third angle to the fourth angle (for example, about 45 ° with respect to the vertical line). The drum 11 is rotated to a rotation angle of 90 ° or more and less than 180 ° with reference to the position where the direction of the rack 12 becomes vertical.

  In an eighth step corresponding to the fourth step, after the seventh step is executed, the drum 11 is stopped at a fourth angle for a predetermined time.

  In the ninth step corresponding to the fifth step, after the eighth step is executed, the rotation axis R is tilted from the fourth angle to the third angle while the rotation of the drum 11 is resumed.

  Here, in the seventh step, when the drum 11 is rotated by 90 ° with reference to the position where the rack 12 is vertical, the eighth step is the position where the rack 12 is vertical. A third stop step (corresponding to the first stop step) in which the drum 11 is rotated by 90 ° with respect to the reference and then the drum 11 is stopped at a fourth angle for a predetermined time (for example, 2 to 5 seconds); After the third stop step, the drum 11 is further rotated by less than 90 ° in total, and the drum 11 is stopped one or more times at a fourth angle for a predetermined time (for example, 2 to 5 seconds). (Corresponding to the second stopping step).

  The sixth to ninth steps described above may be executed once, but may be executed twice or more, that is, may be repeated at least once.

  Now, in the “second step to fifth step # 2” and “second step to fifth step # 3” shown in FIG. 3 after performing the sixth step to the ninth step. As described above, in the present embodiment, the blower 13 is executed while blowing air into the stirring space of the drum 11.

  In the case of vinegar combination that stirs and mixes rice and vinegar, in order to make vinegar soaked in the rice, do not blow at the initial stage. This is to make sure that excess vinegar is blown away.

  However, you may make it perform these processes, without performing ventilation.

  Further, in this case, the air volume of the blower 13 increases with the increase in the number of executions of these series of steps (that is, “second step to second step to # 2” rather than “second step to fifth step · # 2”). It is better that step 5 of # 5 ”is stronger.

  Further, the stop time of the drum 11 in the fourth step is increased as the number of executions of the fourth step is increased (that is, from the fourth step in “second step to fifth step · # 2”). Also, it is preferable that the fourth step in “the second step to the fifth step # 3” is longer).

  Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment, the embodiment disclosed in this specification is an example in all respects and is limited to the disclosed technology. Should not be considered. That is, the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed restrictively based on the description in the above-described embodiment, but should be construed according to the description of the scope of claims. All modifications are included without departing from the technical scope equivalent to the described technique and the gist of the claims.

  For example, the first to fourth angles described above are not limited to the angles described above, and the first angle in the first tilt direction may be larger than the second angle on the basis of the perpendicular, The third angle in the tilting direction of 2 should be larger than the fourth angle on the basis of the perpendicular.

  In addition, the first angle and the third angle may be the same or not based on the perpendicular, and similarly, the second angle and the fourth angle are the same based on the perpendicular. However, it does not have to be the same.

  Furthermore, the rotation angle of the drum 11 serving as the stirring container is not limited to the above-described angle.

  Furthermore, even when the angle described above is adopted, the angle is not critical, and for example, the rotation angle of 90 ° does not need to be strictly 90 °.

  And the stop time of the drum 11 in the 4th process and the 8th process can also be set freely, and is not limited to 2 to 5 seconds shown in this Embodiment.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the blower 13 is provided at a position where air can be blown into the stirring space of the drum 11 tilted in the first tilting direction (the first tilting direction when the stirring process is performed). However, the air is blown into the stirring space of the drum 11 which is tilted in the opposite position, that is, in the second tilting direction (the tilting direction opposite to the first tilting direction when the stirring process is performed). It may be provided at a position where it can be performed.

  In this case, the sixth to ninth steps can be performed while the blower 13 blows air into the stirring space.

  Further, the preparation step, the first step, the second step to the fifth step ("second step to fifth step # 1" in FIG. 3), and the sixth step to ninth step are performed. After the sequential execution, the drum 11 is tilted again in the first tilting direction, and the second to fifth steps ("second step to fifth step # 2" in FIG. 3), "second step" Rather than executing the process to the fifth process # 3 "), the sixth process to the ninth process may be executed and terminated there, or the sixth process to the ninth process may be performed. It may be repeated one or more times (at least once).

  And when repeating a 6th process-a 9th process, the air volume of the blower 13 in a 6th process-a 9th process is the number of times of execution of these series of processes (a 6th process-a 9th process). You may make it become strong with an increase in.

  When the sixth to ninth steps are repeated, the stop time of the drum 11 in the eighth step may be increased as the number of executions of the eighth step increases.

  In the above description, the case where the food stirring device of the present invention is used for combining vinegar with cooked rice and vinegar is not limited to this. For example, cooked rice and ingredients as food are used. Ingredients for agitation and mixing of various ingredients, such as mixed rice obtained by stirring and mixing, oak blossom obtained by stirring and mixing the remaining okara and ingredients after squeezing soymilk from soybeans in the process of producing tofu It can be applied to a stirring device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Food stirring apparatus 11 Drum 11a Opening part 12 Rack 13 Blower 14 Frame 14a Horizontal rod 14b Vertical rod 15 Caster 16 Annular support body 17,17a, 17b, 17c Wall board 19 Input operation part P Tilt center R Rotating shaft

Claims (13)

A food stirrer provided with a stirring vessel that is rotatable about a rotation axis, and that is provided with a food loosening member that crosses the stirring space, the rotation axis being tiltable,
A first step of inclining the rotating shaft to a first angle by inclining the stirring vessel charged with the ingredients in a first tilt direction;
A second step of rotating the agitation container until the direction of traversing the agitation space of the food loosening member is vertical after tilting the rotation shaft of the agitation container to the first angle;
After executing the second step, while raising the rotation axis from the first angle to the second angle, the position where the direction crossing the stirring space of the food loosening member becomes vertical is used as a reference. A third step of rotating the stirring vessel to a rotation angle of 90 ° or more and less than 180 °;
A fourth step of stopping the stirring vessel at the second angle for a predetermined time after performing the third step;
After performing the fourth step, a fifth step of tilting the rotating shaft from the second angle to the first angle while resuming the rotation of the stirring vessel;
The ingredients stirring apparatus characterized by performing. The third step includes
A step of rotating the stirring vessel by 90 ° with respect to a position where the direction crossing the stirring space of the ingredient loosening member is vertical;
The fourth step includes
First, the stirring container is rotated by 90 ° with respect to the position where the direction crossing the stirring space of the ingredient loosening member is vertical, and then the stirring container is stopped at the second angle for a predetermined time. The stopping process of
After the first stopping step, the stirring vessel is totaled and further rotated by less than 90 °, and includes a second stopping step in which the stirring vessel is stopped at the second angle one or more times over a predetermined time.
The food material agitation apparatus according to claim 1. Repeating the second to fifth steps at least once,
The food material agitator according to claim 1 or 2. After executing the fifth step, the stirring container is tilted in a second tilting direction opposite to the first tilting direction to tilt the rotating shaft to a third angle, and the stirring of the food material loosening member is performed. A sixth step of rotating the stirring vessel until the direction across the space is vertical;
After executing the sixth step, while raising the rotation shaft from the third angle to the fourth angle, the position where the direction of crossing the stirring space of the ingredient loosening member becomes vertical is used as a reference. A seventh step of rotating the stirring vessel to a rotation angle of 90 ° or more and less than 180 °;
An eighth step of stopping the stirring vessel at the fourth angle for a predetermined time after executing the seventh step;
A ninth step of tilting the rotation shaft from the fourth angle to the third angle while resuming the rotation of the stirring vessel after performing the eighth step;
The food material agitation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein The seventh step includes
A step of rotating the stirring vessel by 90 ° with respect to a position where the direction crossing the stirring space of the ingredient loosening member is vertical;
The eighth step includes
The stirring container is rotated by 90 ° with respect to the position where the direction crossing the stirring space of the ingredient loosening member is vertical, and then the stirring container is stopped at the fourth angle for a predetermined time. The stopping process of
After the third stopping step , the stirring vessel is totaled and further rotated by less than 90 °, and includes a fourth stopping step of stopping the stirring vessel at the fourth angle one or more times over a predetermined time.
The food material agitator according to claim 4. Repeating the sixth to ninth steps at least once,
The food material agitation apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein After performing the ninth step, tilt the rotating shaft of the stirring vessel in the first tilt direction, and repeat the second to fifth steps at least once.
The food material stirring apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein A blower capable of blowing air into the stirring space of the stirring vessel inclined in the first tilt direction;
The second step to the fifth step after performing the sixth step to the ninth step are performed while blowing air into the stirring space by the blower.
The food material agitation apparatus according to claim 7. The air volume of the blower in the second process to the fifth process becomes stronger as the number of executions of these series of processes increases.
The food material stirring apparatus according to claim 8. The stop time of the stirring vessel in the fourth step becomes longer as the number of executions of the fourth step increases.
The food material agitation apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein A blower capable of blowing air into the stirring space of the stirring vessel tilted in the second tilt direction;
The sixth step to the ninth step are performed while air is blown into the stirring space by the blower.
The food material agitation apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein A blower capable of blowing air into the stirring space of the stirring vessel tilted in the second tilt direction;
The sixth to ninth steps are executed while blowing air into the stirring space by the blower,
The air volume of the blower in the sixth to ninth steps becomes stronger as the number of executions of these series of steps increases.
The food material agitation apparatus according to claim 6. The stop time of the stirring vessel in the eighth step becomes longer as the number of executions of the eighth step increases.
The food material agitation apparatus according to claim 12.

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