JPH0149462B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides soft cream, hard cream,
Alternatively, the present invention relates to a frozen dessert mixing device that adds an additive such as fruit pulp or dry toppings to a frozen dessert such as whipped cream, and stirs and mixes the frozen dessert and the additive.

[Prior art]

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, a mixer device has generally been used as a frozen dessert mixing device that adds additives such as fruit pulp to frozen desserts such as soft serve ice cream and stirs and mixes the mixture. This mixer device, as shown in Figure 5,
This is simply a stirring blade (agitator) 4 fixed to a motor 2 provided on the upper part of the apparatus main body 1 via a long motor shaft 3. Therefore, the mixed frozen dessert produced by the above-mentioned mixer device is simply made by mixing soft serve ice cream and fruit pulp in a container, and there is a problem in that it cannot be formed into a fixed shape.

Therefore, in recent years, frozen dessert mixers have been proposed that are capable of mixing a product such as ice cream or ice milk with a flavoring substance such as tyokolatekutsky, molding this mixture into a predetermined shape, and extracting it. (Unexamined Japanese Patent Publication No. 1983-
Publication No. 187753).

However, with the frozen dessert mixer mentioned above,
The mixing auger for mixing the product and the flavoring substance has a one-piece construction that has both the function of mixing the frozen dessert and the function of pushing out the frozen dessert. Therefore, when the extrusion opening of the mixing cone is open, the frozen dessert is subjected to the mixing action and the extrusion action at the same time, so it is not possible to thoroughly mix the frozen dessert and then push out the frozen dessert as necessary. . Moreover, even if the above-mentioned mixing auger is able to mix frozen desserts, only an insufficient mixing state can be obtained in a short period of time, and it takes a long time to mix them sufficiently. Furthermore, although a stirring action is required depending on the type of frozen dessert, the above-mentioned mixing auger cannot provide at least a stirring action for frozen desserts.

In addition, in the above-mentioned frozen dessert dessert mixer, the mixing auger is configured to be rotatable but cannot be raised or lowered, and by raising the mixing cone, the frozen desserts stored inside the mixing cone can be Since the mixture is mixed by a mixing auger, the vertical stroke of the mixing cone becomes extremely long. As a result, the supporting state of the mixing cone, which requires the most stability when placed, tends to become unstable, and if the supporting state of the mixing cone is poor, the mixing cone may shake while moving up and down. There is a risk that the frozen dessert stored inside will overflow. Additionally, there is an increased risk that the mixing cone may hit an unexpected object and fall during its long lifting stroke. In order to avoid such inconvenience, the mixing cone must be firmly attached and fixed to the cone support structure, which not only complicates the structure but also requires the work of replacing and cleaning the mixing cone. It becomes a hassle.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to easily stir and mix frozen desserts such as soft serve ice cream and additives such as fruit pulp, and furthermore, it is possible to easily stir and mix frozen desserts such as soft serve ice cream and additives such as fruit pulp, and to fully prepare frozen desserts in a short time. To provide a frozen dessert mixing device which enables stirring and mixing and then extraction as required, and further improves stable support of the mixing container by shortening the lifting stroke of the mixing container.

[Structure of the invention]

The frozen dessert mixing device according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a stirring means in which a driving motor is provided with stirring blades via a long motor shaft, and the frozen dessert and additives put into a mixing container by this stirring means. In the frozen dessert mixing device, the motor shaft is provided with a stirring blade at its lower end, and the stirring blade is installed concentrically along the motor shaft with the installation position of the stirring blade as the lower limit of movement. A guided and movable frozen dessert extracting means is provided, and the frozen dessert extracting means has a limited moving area to be fed into the mixing container so that the mixed frozen dessert in the mixing container can be pushed out from the extraction opening of the mixing container. It is characterized by what it does. Thereby, frozen desserts such as soft cream and additives such as fruit pulp can be sufficiently stirred and mixed in a short time, and furthermore, it is possible to sufficiently stir and mix the frozen desserts before extraction.

The frozen dessert mixing device according to the second aspect of the present invention is provided with a stirring means in which a driving motor is provided with stirring blades via a long motor shaft, and the frozen dessert and additives put into a mixing container by this stirring means. In the frozen dessert mixing device, the motor shaft is provided with a stirring blade at its lower end, and is guided to the motor shaft and concentrically therewith with the installation position of the stirring blade as the lower limit of movement. The apparatus is further provided with a vertically movable frozen dessert extracting means that is lowered to the top of the motor shaft, and a vertically movable container raising and lowering means that raises a mixing container disposed on an extension of the axis of the motor shaft relative to the frozen dessert extracting means. It is characterized by This results in
The lifting stroke of the mixing container can be shortened, and the stability of supporting the mixing container is improved.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on FIGS. 1 to 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, a drive motor (not shown) for the stirring means 10 is provided at the upper part of the frozen dessert mixing device 9. This drive motor is provided with a long motor shaft 11, and an agitator 12 is fixed to the lower end of the motor shaft 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, the motor shaft 11 is provided with a piston 13 serving as a frozen dessert extracting member, which is inserted through a through hole 13a formed approximately in the center of the motor shaft 11. , is provided so as to be slidable between the drive motor side end of the motor shaft 11 and the stirring blade 12 side end using the motor shaft 11 as a guide. That is, piston 1
3 is configured to be freely raised and lowered by being guided concentrically along the motor shaft 11 with the attachment position of the stirring blade 12 serving as the lower limit of movement.
Further, the piston 13 has a movement range limit for feeding into the blend cup 18 so that the mixed frozen dessert in the blend cup 18 as a mixing container, which will be described later, can be pushed out from the extraction port 18a of the blend cup 18. . In the vicinity of the piston 13, a dispense lever 14 is connected to the A-
The dispense lever 14 and the piston 13 are connected to the link 1.
6. the piston 13;
The dispense lever 14 and the link 16 constitute a frozen dessert extraction means 17.

Below the motor shaft 11, a blend cup 18 serving as a mixing container is held by a cup holder 19. Above blend cup 1
The inner diameter of the piston 8 is set to be approximately the same as the outer diameter of the piston 13. Also, blend cup 18
has a funnel shape at its bottom, and an extraction port 18a opened in an arbitrary shape such as a star shape is formed at the bottom for extracting the mixed frozen dessert mixed in the blend cup 18. ing. The cup holder 19 has a through hole formed in its center approximately for holding the blend cup 18 concentrically with the motor shaft 11, and a slide shaft 2 is provided near the through hole.
A guide hole is formed through which the holes 0 and 20 are inserted.
The cup holder 19 is guided by inserting the vertically extending slide shafts 20, 20 into guide holes. And cup holder 19
As shown in FIG.
is connected. Further, one end of the link 23 is connected to the link 22 near the link 21, and one end of the L-shaped blend lever 24 is connected to the other end of the link 23. This blend lever 24 has its bent corner 2
It is provided so as to be swingable in the CD direction using 4a as a fulcrum. Therefore, the cup holder 19 can move up and down in conjunction with the blend lever 24 while holding the blend cup 18 concentrically with the motor shaft 11 and on the extension line of the motor shaft 11. . That is, the container elevating means 25 is configured to be able to move up and down so that the blend cup 18, which is disposed on the extension of the axis of the motor shaft 11, is raised relative to the piston 13. The cup holder 19, slide shafts 20, 20,
The links 21 to 23 and the blend lever 24 constitute a container lifting means 25.

Further, the cup holder 19 is provided with a seal cap 26 which can be pivoted by an arm 27 to seal the frozen dessert if it leaks from the extraction port 18a. A control section including a lower limit micro switch 29, an upper limit micro switch 30, a relay 31, etc. shown in FIG. The start and stop of rotation of the drive motor is controlled in accordance with the upper and lower limit positions of the blend cup 18 which is moved up and down by the container lifting means 25.

To produce a mixed frozen dessert, first, an appropriate amount of frozen dessert such as soft serve ice cream is put into the blend cup 18.
At this time, the frozen dessert is added to the blended cup 18.
The extraction port 18a formed at the bottom of the container is inserted so as to close the extraction port 18a to prevent the next additive to be added from leaking from the extraction port 18a.

Next, additives prepared in advance, such as topping sauce such as concentrated fruit juice, dry toppings such as peanuts, chiyocolate, kutsky, and dried grapes, and fruit pulp are added to the blended cup 18.
put it in. At this time, if the frozen dessert leaks from the extraction port 18a, apply the seal cap 26 to the extraction port 18a.

Next, slowly turn the blend lever 24 to D.
Push down in the direction. When the blend lever 24 swings in the D direction, the respective links 23, 2
2 and 21 are interlocked in sequence, and the cup holder 19 begins to rise. When the cup holder 19 rises and the blend cup 18 reaches the position (lower limit position) where the stirring blade 12 begins to be accommodated therein, the lower limit micro switch 29 detects this, and the lower limit micro switch 29 and the relay 31 The drive motor begins to rotate.

When the drive motor rotates, the stirring blade 12 also rotates, and the rotation of the stirring blade 12 stirs and mixes the frozen dessert and additives in the blend cup 18. At this time, the piston 13 does not rotate with the rotation of the drive motor.

When the blend lever 24 is further pushed down in the D direction, the blend cup 18 is also further raised,
The upper limit micro switch 30 operates at the position just before this rises completely (upper limit position), and the rotation of the drive motor is stopped.

When the blend lever 24 is pushed down to the final swing position, the actuating rod 24b of the blend lever 24 and the link 23 are in a straight line, and even if the blend lever 24 is released, the cup holder 19 is raised tightly. It is temporarily held in the same state.

Next, the dispense lever 14 is pushed down in the direction B as shown in FIG. The downward force of the dispense lever 14 is transmitted to the piston 13 via the link 16, and the piston 13 slides toward the stirring blade 12 side of the motor shaft 11. Therefore, the piston 13 gradually moves the blend cup 1
8 and begins to push out the mixed frozen dessert in the blend cup 18 from the extraction port 18a. Here, since the extraction port 18a is opened in an arbitrary shape such as a star shape, the mixed frozen dessert in the extracted state can be arbitrarily placed in a paper cup or an edible container such as a corn cup, and the mixed frozen dessert can be prepared as desired. It is formed into the shape of. Thereby, mixed frozen desserts having various shapes, colors, tastes, etc. can be easily and quickly produced in the required amount.

Next, push the blend lever 24 back in the C direction to return it to its original position, and press the blend cup 1.
8 to its original position. At this time, the blend cup 18 returns and passes through the upper limit position and the lower limit position, but since the power supply to the drive motor is stopped by the action of the relay 31, etc., the stirring blade 12 does not rotate. Next, push the dispense lever 14 back in the direction A, and
3 to the drive motor side. Next, the cleaning nozzle 32 is used for the mixed frozen dessert to be manufactured.
The above-mentioned stirring blade 12, piston 13, blend cup 18, etc. are cleaned.

In this embodiment, manual types are shown as the frozen dessert extracting means 17 and the container elevating means 25, but it goes without saying that electric types may also be used.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the frozen dessert mixing device according to the first invention is equipped with a stirring means in which a stirring blade is provided to the drive motor via a long motor shaft, and the frozen dessert is fed into a mixing container by this stirring means. In the frozen dessert mixing device for stirring and mixing frozen desserts and additives, the motor shaft is provided with a stirring blade at its lower end, and the stirring blade is installed along the motor shaft with the installation position of the stirring blade as the lower limit of movement. A frozen dessert extracting means that can be raised and lowered is provided concentrically with the frozen dessert extracting means.
This configuration has a moving area limit for feeding the mixed frozen dessert into the mixing container so that the mixed frozen dessert in the mixing container can be pushed out from the extraction port of the mixing container.

In this way, the stirring blade is provided at the lower end of the motor shaft, and the frozen dessert extraction means that can be raised and lowered to push out the mixed frozen dessert from the extraction port of the mixing container is separately provided. The extrusion action does not work, and the frozen dessert can be extracted after sufficiently stirring and mixing. Moreover, it is possible to obtain a sufficiently stirred and mixed state of the frozen dessert in a short period of time.

As described above, the frozen dessert mixing device according to the second invention is equipped with a stirring means in which a stirring blade is provided to the drive motor via a long motor shaft, and the frozen dessert is fed into a mixing container by this stirring means. In the frozen dessert mixing device for stirring and mixing frozen desserts and additives, the motor shaft is provided with a stirring blade at its lower end, and the stirring blade is guided by the motor shaft with the installation position of the stirring blade as a lower limit area of movement. a vertically movable frozen dessert extracting means that is lowered concentrically with the motor shaft; and a vertically movable container raising and lowering means that raises a mixing container disposed on an extension of the axis of the motor shaft relative to the frozen dessert extracting means. It is a configuration with.

In this way, since both the frozen dessert extracting means and the container elevating means are configured to be able to move up and down so as to be movable in the direction toward each other, the elevating stroke of the mixing container is significantly shortened. Therefore, the amount of upward movement of the mixing container is reduced, which improves the stable support of the mixing container, and prevents the mixing container from shaking and overflowing the frozen dessert or falling from the mixing container itself. In addition to reducing the risk of damage, there is no need to make the supporting state of the mixing container a rigid structure like in the past, so the container support structure can be simplified and the mixing container can be easily replaced. It has the effect of becoming

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the first and second inventions, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing frozen dessert extraction means, and FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing container lifting means.
FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing a control section of the frozen dessert mixing device, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a conventional example. 9 is a frozen dessert mixing device, 10 is a stirring means, 11 is a motor shaft, 12 is a stirring blade, 13 is a piston (frozen dessert extraction member/frozen dessert extraction means), 17 is a frozen dessert extraction means, 18 is a blend cup (mixing container),
18a is an extraction port, and 25 is a container lifting means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A driving motor is equipped with a stirring means provided with stirring blades via a long motor shaft, and the stirring means stirs the frozen dessert and additives put into the mixing container. In the frozen dessert mixing device for mixing, the motor shaft is provided with a stirring blade at its lower end, and an elevator that is guided concentrically along the motor shaft with the installation position of the stirring blade as the lower limit of movement. A flexible frozen dessert extracting means is provided, and the frozen dessert extracting means has a moving area that is fed into the mixing container so that the mixed frozen dessert in the mixing container can be pushed out from the extraction opening of the mixing container. A frozen dessert mixing device featuring: 2. A frozen dessert mixing device in which a drive motor is equipped with a stirring means provided with stirring blades via a long motor shaft, and the stirring means stirs and mixes frozen desserts and additives placed in a mixing container. The motor shaft is provided with a stirring blade at its lower end, and the frozen dessert extracting means is movable up and down, guided by the motor shaft and lowered concentrically with the installation position of the stirring blade as the lower limit of movement. What is claimed is: 1. A frozen dessert mixing device comprising: a container raising and lowering means that can be raised and lowered to raise and lower a mixing container arranged on an axial extension of the motor shaft relative to the frozen dessert extraction means.