JPS5822208B2 - Fried tofu deoiling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a fried tofu deoiling apparatus that continuously removes oil from fried tofu.

Recently, with the development of the restaurant industry, the demand for products using fried tofu, such as Inari sushi, has been on the rise. It is necessary to drain the oil.

Traditionally, draining the tofu was done by putting the fried tofu in a pot or other container filled with boiling water and stirring it, or by pouring boiling water over the fried tofu in a colander or the like, and then draining the tofu. However, all of these processes were performed manually, which had the disadvantage of being inefficient and imposing a lot of physical strain on the workers.

Therefore, the present invention has a continuous conveyance route for fried tofu, and provides front and back conveyance means with water permeability capable of conveying fried tofu by sandwiching it from the front and back along the route. A fried tofu deoiling device that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks by installing water discharging means to spray hot water onto the fried tofu in the route on the outside of both the front and back sides, and a dehydration means to dehydrate the fried tofu that has been bathed in hot water. The purpose is to provide the following.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically explained based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fried oil deoiling device 1 has a pedestal 3 supported by a plurality of columns 2, and an upper cover 5 is mounted on the pedestal 3 in the vertical direction by a plurality of column bolts 6. It is movable and adjustable.

An oil removal chamber 7 and a cooling chamber 9 are arranged in the space formed between the pedestal 3 and the cover 5, and each chamber 7, 9 is connected to the pedestal 3.
Tank part fixed on top? a.

9a and cover parts 7b and 9b are suspended from the cover 5 and supported by bolts 10.

A continuous oil transfer route 11 is formed between the tank parts 7a and 9a and the cover parts 7b and 9b.
1 is provided with a plurality of pairs of dewatering rollers 12, 12' and 14, 14' along the route 11 and sandwiching the route 11 so as to be rotatably driven.

The rollers 12, 12', 14, 14' are provided so as to be movable and adjustable in the directions of arrows B and C.
As shown in FIG. 2, a large number of wire fitting grooves 13 are formed at regular intervals on the outer peripheral surfaces of the wires 2', 14, and 14'.

Between adjacent rollers 12, 12' in the oil removal chamber 7,
A pair of shower nozzles 15 and 15' for discharging hot water are arranged to sandwich the conveyance route 11 from above and below in the figure, and at a position facing the roller 12' in the approximate center of the oil removal chamber 7. , the cutter 11 is rotatably driven and the arrows B and C
As shown in FIG.

A plurality of circular blades 17a are fixed at regular intervals.

On the other hand, in the cooling chamber 9, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of pairs of shower nozzles 19° 19' for discharging cold water are provided along the conveyance route 11, sandwiching the route 11 from above and below in the figure. There is.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, rollers 2 are provided with wire fitting grooves 13 on both sides of the conveyance route 11 in the figure.
0°20' and 2L21' are rotatably provided, and a plurality of rollers 22 with grooves 13 are also rotatably provided at appropriate positions on the pedestal 3 and upper cover 5.

Rollers 12 and 14 at the upper part of the figure sandwich the conveyance route 11.
21, 22 and 20 are wound with endless wires 23 formed by spirally winding piano wire, or in large numbers at regular intervals in a form that engages with the wire fitting grooves 13 of each roller. Similarly, the lower roller 12' in the diagram of route 11
, 14', 21', and 22°20' are wound with a large number of wires 23'.

As shown in FIG. 3, the wires 23, 23' are arranged alternately without overlapping each other, and are also arranged offset from the arrangement of the blade 17a of the cutter 11.

Incidentally, above the roller 20' at the left end in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a plurality of guide plates 26a are provided at intervals slightly larger than the width W of the fried tofu 28, and furthermore, a chute 27 for releasing the fried tofu is provided on the roller 21' at the right end in FIG. There is.

Further, a hot water tank 29 and a drain tank 30 are installed below the pedestal 3, and the tank 29 has a hot water pipe 31 extending to near the bottom of the tank and a hot water drain pipe whose end is open at the top of the tank. 32 are provided.

The hot water pipe 31 is connected to the shower nozzle 15, 15' via a heating means such as a heater and a pump, etc., so that hot water is circulated therein, and the pipe 32 is connected to the oil removal chamber tank section 7a. .

On the other hand, a drain pipe 35 connected to the cooling chamber tank section 9a is connected to the drain tank 30, and a device driving motor 36 is installed on the side of the tank 30. All the rollers, cutter 17, etc. can be rotationally driven via the transmission means.

Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, when performing oil removal work from fried tofu, the motor 36 is driven and the dewatering rollers 12, 12', 14, 14' rollers 20.2
0', 21.21', 22, the cutter 17, etc. are driven to rotate, and the wire 23.23' is moved at a constant speed in the direction of the arrow along the conveyance route 11.

Since the wires 23 and 23' are engaged with each roller through the fitting groove 13, even when the rollers rotate, the wire 2
The windings at 3 and 23' will not be misaligned,
The wire 23.23' moves reliably in the D direction.

Next, the worker places the fried tofu 28 into the inlet 26 and places it on the guide plate 2.
6a, the fried tofu 28 is fed into D by the wire 23' from the inlet 26.
Conveyance begins in the direction.

When the fried tofu 28 enters the oil removal chamber 7, the fried tofu 28 is connected to the wire 2.
3.23' from above and below, hot water is first sprayed from the top and bottom directions from shower nozzles 15 and 15' which are water discharging means, and then it is pressed from both sides by dewatering rollers 12 and 12'. The water in the fried tofu 28 is squeezed out together with the oil and drips into the tank part Ia,
The first oil removal is performed.

Note that the rollers 12 and 12' move in the vertical direction, that is, in the arrow B,
You can freely adjust the movement in the C direction, so the tofu-age 2
The pressing force when squeezing the tofu 28 can be adjusted to such an extent that no damage is caused to the fried tofu 28.

In this way, the nozzles 15, 15' and the rollers 12, 12'
After removing oil twice by
' to pour hot water on the cutter 17 and fry the tofu 2.
Cut 8 in half for Inari sushi.

At this time, the blade 17a of the cutter 17 is connected to the wires 23, 2.
3', the fried tofu 28 can be reliably cut without being interfered with by the wires 23 and 23'.

The cut aburaage 28 is further drained of oil two times and then becomes the aburaage 28.
Once the oil contained therein has been sufficiently removed, the oil is transported from the oil removal chamber 7 to the cooling chamber 9, and the shower nozzle 19 is
, 19' and then the roller 14.14'.
After the cooling operation of dehydration is repeated twice, the product is carried out of the cooling chamber 9 and discharged onto the shooter 27.

On the other hand, both the hot water spouted from the nozzles 15, 15' in the oil removal chamber 7 and the oil-containing hot water squeezed out by the rollers 12, 12' are transferred from the tank part 7a through the hot water discharge pipe 32. It is discharged into tank 29.

The hot water 39 and oil 40 are separated in the tank 29 due to the difference in specific gravity, the oil 40 with a lighter specific gravity is discharged from the tank through the drain pipe 33, and the hot water 39 is sucked and heated again from the hot water pipe 31 and sent to the nozzle. 15, 15'.

Note that since the pipe 31 opens near the bottom of the tank, the oil 40 in the tank is not sucked into the pipe 31.

Further, all of the cold water spouted from the nozzles 19 and 19' in the cooling chamber 9 is discharged from the tank portion 9a into the drain tank 30 via the drain pulp 35.

In the above embodiment, the wires 23, 23' are used as the means for transporting the fried tofu 28, but any transport means may be used as long as it has water permeability; for example, wire mesh or the like may be used by continuously connecting them. It is also possible.

However, in the case of wire mesh, scum and oil from the fried tofu 28 tend to accumulate in the mesh, making it unsanitary.Moreover, it has poor elasticity, so when the fried tofu 28 is held from both sides, excessive force may be applied to the fried tofu 28. However, if the spiral wires 23 and 23' are used as in this embodiment, slag and oil 40 are not likely to remain and are hygienic, and are highly elastic, so that the wires 28 and 28 are easily damaged. Since it can be wrapped with a certain tension, no unreasonable force will be applied to the fried tofu 28, and therefore the fried tofu 28 will not be damaged.

Furthermore, by arranging the wires 23 and 23' in a staggered manner, the hot water from the nozzles 15° and 15' can be evenly applied to the entire fried tofu, and the oil from the fried tofu 28 can be drained evenly and reliably. .

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to continuously drain the oil from the fryer 28, which not only greatly improves work efficiency compared to conventional manual oil draining. This makes it possible to significantly reduce the physical burden on workers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a fried oil deoiling device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a roller, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a partial plan view showing the vicinity of the input port and cutter of the oil removal device shown in the figure. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Deoiling device, 11... Continuous oil-lifting conveyance route, 12, 12'... Dewatering means (dewatering roller), 15, 15'... Water spraying means (shower nozzle), 23.23'... Conveying means (
Wire), 28...Fried tofu.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A frying pan has a continuous conveyance route, and water-permeable front and back conveying means configured to be able to sandwich and convey fried tofu from the front and back along the route are provided, and along the conveyance route, ,
A fried tofu deoiling device comprising water discharging means for spraying hot water onto the fried tofu in the route on both sides of the route, and dehydration means for dehydrating the fried tofu bathed in hot water. 2. A frying pan according to claim 1, which is constructed using a large number of endless wires wound at regular intervals around the outer periphery of front and rear rollers so as to sandwich the frying continuous conveyance route from the front and back. De-oiling equipment.