JP3924216B2 - Automatic skewer - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic skewer that automatically cooks skewers such as grilled chicken.
[0002]
[Prior art]
FIG. 10 is a side view of a part of a conventional automatic skewer.
Below the opening (12) formed in the top plate (11) of the main body case (10), heaters (13) and (13) as heating sources are arranged.
[0003]
On the other hand, a cover (14) for accommodating a mechanism for rotating the skewering material (4) being heated is erected on the rear upper surface of the top plate (11). The cylindrical skewer holder (15) penetrating the front plate (140) of the cover (14) has a skewer insertion hole (16) opened at the tip thereof, and the skewer insertion hole (16) is skewered. The base end portion of the skewer (40) of the material (4) can be press-fitted and held.
[0004]
In this case, when the operation switch (17) is turned on, the heaters (13) and (13) generate heat and the skewer holder (15) rotates around the central axis, so that the front and back of the skewer material (4) are even. The skewered grill with little unevenness is baked.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-mentioned conventional ones, smoke or smoke is dripped from the ingredients (41) and (41) of the skewering material (4) onto the heaters (13) and (13) to generate smoke. There is a problem that frequent cleaning of the heaters (13) and (13) is required because the burnt carbide sticks to the heaters (13) and (13) and deteriorates the heating performance.
[0006]
In addition, in the above-mentioned conventional one, when the skewer material (4) is held with respect to the skewer holder (15), or when the burnt skewer is removed from the skewer holder (15), the cook's hand is the heater (13 ) (13), the unpleasant feeling due to heat cannot be avoided because it is presented above, and there is a concern that the heat from the heaters (13) and (13) may cause burns when mass cooking is performed.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of such points, and prevents the soup and sauce dripped from the food (41) from adhering to the heating source to prevent contamination of the heating source and generate smoke. It is an object to be able to reduce the amount.
It is another object of the present invention to make it easy to attach / detach the skewered material (4) without causing thermal discomfort.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
[1]
The technical means of the present invention for solving the above problems are as follows:
`` The skewered material is shifted to the outside in the horizontal direction from the upper region of the heating station (A) for heating the skewered material (4) in which the ingredients (41) are pierced into the grilled skewer (40), and the outlet and inlet portions of the station. A closed loop member driven by a motor to circulate through the material attaching / detaching station (B) performing the attaching / detaching operation of (4), and a skewer holder (15) (15) conveyed by the closed loop member are held in a suspended position. An automatic skewer equipped with a heating source for heating the skewered material (4) from the side of the conveying direction at the heating station (A),
The skewer holder (15) is attached to the closed loop member so as to be able to rotate in a plane perpendicular to the travel locus of the closed loop member, and a rotating arm (21) that is in a hanging position in the heating station (A); A clip (26) disposed at a free end of the rotating arm (21) and holding the skewer (40) in a parallel posture with the rotating arm (21) by a biasing force of a spring. ,
Further, the rotating arm (21) is brought into contact with the rotating arm (21) of the skewer holder (15) holding the skewered material (4) escaped from the outlet portion in a hanging posture from the side surface. A guide member (71) having a cam inclined surface connected to a descending cam surface that further goes to the inlet side from the ascending cam surface that rotates upward to a substantially horizontal posture toward the outside of the closed loop member through the horizontal portion, and is attached to and detached from the material It is provided at station (B).
[0009]
The technical means operates as follows.
When the motor is driven, the closed loop member circulates so as to circulate between the upper area of the heating station (A) and the material attaching / detaching station (B).
[0010]
On the other hand, the rotating arm (21) of the skewer holder (15) in the material attaching / detaching station (B) is supported by the horizontal portion of the guide member (71) and maintained in a substantially horizontal posture. Therefore, the end portion of the skewer (40) of the uncooked skewer material (4) is sandwiched between the clip (26) provided at the free end of the rotating arm (21) in the substantially horizontal posture. That is, the end portion of the skewer (40) is elastically sandwiched by the biasing force of the spring, and at this time, the skewer (40) is sandwiched so as to be parallel to the rotating arm (21). Then, the skewer material (4) is transported to the inlet portion of the heating station (A) while being held by the skewer holder (15) by a closed loop member driven by a motor, and the rotating arm (21 ) Gradually rises while being guided by the descending cam surface of the guide member, whereby the rotating arm (21) is rotated from the substantially horizontal posture to the vertically downward hanging posture. Then, the skewered material (4) sandwiched between the clips (26) at the free end of the rotating arm (21) in the hanging position is conveyed from the inlet portion of the heating station (A) to the inside thereof, and the It is cooked from the side in the conveying direction by a heating source provided in the heating station (A). And, the broth or sauce dripped downward during this heating does not adhere to the heating source that heats the skewered material (4) from the side.
[0011]
On the other hand, when the skewer material (4) escapes from the outlet of the heating station (A) to the material attaching / detaching station (B) side, the rotating arm (21) of the skewer holder (15) holding the skewer material (4) The guide member (71) starts to contact the side surface. Then, the ascending cam surface of the guide member (71) is rotated toward the outside of the closed loop member until the rotating arm (21) is in a substantially horizontal posture. As a result, the skewering material (4) is attached / detached at the material attaching / detaching station (B) shifted from the outlet portion and the inlet portion of the heating station (A) in the horizontal direction.
[0012]
In addition, if `` a juice receiver (81) that receives dripping or sauce dripping from the skewered ingredients (4) cooked at the heating station (A) from below '' is provided, the juice receiver (81) The broth can be collected.
[0013]
[2]
In the above item 1,
"The rotating arm (21) is urged by a spring (19) so as to protrude from the end opposite to the free end, and is pushed against the urging force so that the clip (26) is inserted. A plunger (24) to be opened;
A plunger pushing cam provided in a region where the protruding end of the plunger (24) is pushed against the biasing force of the spring (19) and is connected to the material attaching / detaching station (B) from the outlet; '', The protruding end of the plunger (24) protruding from the rotating arm (21) of the skewer holder (15) holding the skewer material (4) escaped from the outlet of the heating station (A) is pushed into the plunger. The cam is pushed against the biasing force of the spring (19). Then, when the plunger (24) is pushed in, the clip (26) is released, and the cooked skewered material (4) falls onto a product receiving tray or the like separately set below the cooked skewer material. Then, a new skewer material (4) skewer (40) is inserted into the clip (26) in the open state, and in this state, the skewer holder (15) passes through the plunger pushing cam arrangement area. When finished, the clip (26) constituting the skewer holder (15) returns to the closed state, whereby the skewering material (4) is held by the clip (26).
[0014]
【The invention's effect】
Since the present invention has the above configuration, the present invention has the following specific effects.
Since no broth or sauce is attached to the heating source, it is possible to prevent the generation of smoke due to the fact that the broth or the like is attached to the heating source.
[0015]
In addition, since the skewering material (4) can be attached and detached at the material attaching / detaching station (B) at a position shifted horizontally from the heating station (A), the inconvenience that the cook is uncomfortable with the heat from the heating source is eliminated. The
[0016]
In the material attaching / detaching station (B), the rotating arm (21) of the skewer holder (15) is supported by the horizontal portion of the guide member (71) and is maintained in a substantially horizontal posture. The skewer material (4) can be attached to the clip (26) provided at the free end of (21) while being held substantially horizontally. Therefore, compared to the case where the skewer material (4) is attached to the skewer holder (15) in the suspended position, the setting operation of the skewer material (4) can be performed easily.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, the above-described embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an automatic skewer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view of an essential part thereof.
[0018]
In this thing, the skewered material (4) is shifted horizontally outward from the upper area of the heating station (A) for heating and cooking and the entrance (62) (63) of the heating station (A) and the skewered material (4) An annular chain (51) that is a closed loop member that circulates through a material attaching / detaching station (B) that performs the attaching / detaching operation of the material, a motor (35) that is a driving source of the annular chain (51), and the annular chain (51 ) And a skewer holder (15) (15) that holds the upper end of the skewer skewer (40) arranged at a predetermined pitch and in a vertical posture, and the skewer skewer (40) held by the skewer holder (15) (15) ) Food (41) (41) from the side heater (61) (61) as a heating source, and a saucer that receives the sauce and sauce dripped from the cooked skewered material (4) from below ( 81) and (81), and the heater (61) is a carbon lamp heater formed of a carbon-based heat generating material in the present embodiment. It is.
[0019]
Details of each part will be described below.
[Motor (35)]
The motor (35) as a drive source is disposed in the lower case (31) supported from below by the support legs (30) (30), and the rotary shaft (32) has a shaft coupling (34). The drive shaft (33) is connected via the. Near the upper and lower ends of the drive shaft (33) is rotatably supported by rotary bearings (36) and (36), and at the upper end of the drive shaft (33) is a drive for driving the annular chain (51). The side sprocket (55) is fitted and fixed in a non-rotating state. A driven sprocket (56) is externally fitted to the upper end of a driven shaft (37) standing upright from the drive shaft (33), and the driven sprocket (56) and the drive An annular chain (51) is hung on the side sprocket (55).
[0020]
[Annular chain (51)]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the annular chain (51) includes joint links (52) and (52) installed between the end faces of the rollers (53) and (53) arranged at a predetermined interval. The joint links (52) and (52) are fitted and fixed to both ends of a pipe (57) passing through the rotation center of the roller (53).
A suspension shaft (22) is rotatably inserted into the pipe (57), and a split pin (36) is externally attached to an annular groove provided around the upper end of the suspension shaft (22). The suspending shaft (22) is prevented from falling off the pipe (57) by the split pin (36).
[0021]
[Skewer holder (15)]
The skewer holders (15) (15) disposed at a predetermined pitch on the annular chain (51) can be freely rotated by the coupling pins (28) (28) in the direction of bending with respect to the suspension shaft (22). And a rotating arm (21) coupled to the. As a result, the rotating arm (21) can rotate in a plane perpendicular to the traveling locus of the annular chain (51) as the closed loop member.
[0022]
In order to connect the suspension shaft (22) and the rotating arm (21) in a freely rotatable manner, parallel legs (25) and (25) extending downward are projected from the lower end of the suspension shaft (22). In the shaft holes (27) and (27) drilled in the parallel legs (25) and (25), the shafts of the parallel arms (20) and (20) projecting from the upper end of the rotating arm (21) The connecting pins (28) and (28) are inserted through the holes (23) and (23). As a result, the overlapping portions of the parallel legs (25) and (25) and the parallel arms (20) and (20) are rotatably coupled by the coupling pins (28) and (28).
[0023]
The rotating arm (21) is formed in a cylindrical shape as a whole, and a plunger (24) for opening and closing a clip (26) described later is inserted into the rotating arm (21). A spring (19) is interposed between the flange (29) provided around the outer periphery of the plunger (24) and the inner peripheral step (18) of the rotating arm (21). Accordingly, the plunger (24) is biased toward the suspension shaft (22) by the spring (19).
[0024]
The clip (26) disposed at the free end of the rotating arm (21) includes a sandwiching plate (43) (43) in which a leaf spring is bent in a substantially square shape. As shown in FIG. 6, the base ends (44) and (44) of the holding plates (43) and (43) are engaged with an annular groove (42) provided around the output end of the plunger (24). And the mounting pieces (45) (45) bent from the sides in the vicinity of the base end portions (44) (44) are erected on the end surface on the free end side of the rotating arm (21). The brackets (47) and (47) are rotatably connected by pins (46) and (46).
[0025]
In addition, the curved portions (48) and (48) located in the tip clamping portion (49) of the clamping plates (43) and (43) are provided with through holes (69) and (69) penetrating the front and back, As shown in FIG. 8, the peripheral edges of the curved portions (48) and (48) are brought into contact with the outer periphery of the skewer (40) so that the skewer (40) can be stably clamped. ing.
[0026]
Further, a pinion (38) is provided at the free end of the rotating arm (21), and the pinion (38) is a rack (39) disposed at the entrance / exit of the heating station (A) (see FIG. 2). It is designed to mesh with each other.
The skewer holders (15) and (15) are configured to travel between the side guards (78) and (79) disposed in the heating station (A).
[0027]
[Material removal station (B)]
Next, the configuration of the material attaching / detaching station (B) will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 7, the material attaching / detaching station (B) facing the entrances (62) and (63) of the heating station (A) has the vertically downward hanging posture escaped from the heating station (A). To the horizontal portion (74) via an ascending cam surface (72) that is in contact with the side surface of the rotating arm (21) and that rotates the rotating arm (21) upward to a substantially horizontal posture. Furthermore, a guide member (71) having a cam inclined surface that reaches the inlet portion (63) of the heating station (A) via the descending cam surface (73) is provided. The horizontal portion (74) is substantially the same height as the disposition height of the suspension shaft (22) hanging from the annular chain (51) and the engaging pin (28) which is the rotation fulcrum of the rotation arm (21). Is set.
[0028]
Further, a skewer support bar (75) parallel to the skewer support bar (75) is disposed outside the horizontal portion (74), and the skewer skewer (40) is placed on the skewer support bar (75). By pushing the base end portion of the skewer into the clip (26) of the skewer holder (15), the skewer (40) can be smoothly mounted in a horizontal position.
[0029]
Further, a skewer tip guide (76) is provided so as to surround the outside of the guide member (71), and the tip of the skewer (40) of the skewered material (4) is lowered by the skewer tip guide (76). Has come to be supported.
[0030]
As shown in FIG. 2, on the inner peripheral side of the guide member (71), the rear end (protruding end) of the plunger (24) for opening and closing the clip (26) slides in a contact state. An opening guide (91) (corresponding to the “plunger pushing cam” of the above-described invention specific matter) is provided. When the rear end of the plunger (24) moves while coming into contact with the clip release guide (91), the plunger (24) moves forward against the spring (19) by contact with the clip release guide (91). 6 (the state of the imaginary line in FIG. 6), and thereby, the pinching plates (43) and (43) are opened and rotated with the pins (46) and (46) as rotation fulcrums.
[0031]
[Heater (61)]
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the heaters 61 and 61 made of carbon lamp heaters are spaced from the side (the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction) of the skewered material 4 to be conveyed. The skewered material (4) is heated from the front and back at the same time. As shown in FIG. 2, this heater (61) (61) is a linear area provided in such a manner as to sandwich the linear running area of the skewered material (4) held by the skewer holder (15) from a direction perpendicular thereto. The heaters (610) and (610) are divided into semicircular heaters (611) and (611) provided so as to sandwich the arcuate traveling region of the skewered material (4) from a direction perpendicular thereto.
[0032]
[Soup receiver (81)]
Juice receivers (81) (81) are arranged below the moving area of the skewered material (4). Specifically, the rectangular juice receiver (81) (81) corresponding to the lower part of the above-mentioned linear area heaters (610) (610) and the semicircle corresponding to the lower part of the semicircular area heaters (611) (611) The juice receivers (81) and (81) are disposed, and water can be stored in these juice receivers (81) and (81). As shown in FIG. 1, the juice receivers (81) and (81) are detachably mounted on a mounting table (82), and the juice is placed on the side wall of the body case (80) of the instrument. Opening and closing doors (83) and (83) for taking in and out the receptacle (81) are provided, and handles (84) and (84) are disposed on the opening and closing doors (83) and (83).
[0033]
[Actual behavior]
Next, the operation of the automatic skewer according to the above embodiment will be described.
When an operation switch (not shown) is turned on, the heaters 61 and 61 generate heat and the motor 35 starts to rotate.
The rotational force of the motor (35) is transmitted from the drive shaft (33) to the drive-side sprocket (55), whereby an annular chain (51) installed on the drive-side sprocket (55) and the driven-side sprocket (56). ) Is rotating.
[0034]
The skewer holders (15) (15) arranged at a predetermined pitch on the annular chain (51) are a heating station (A) as an arrangement area of the heaters (61) (61) and its entrances (62) (63) The material is circulated between the material attaching / detaching stations (B) facing each other.
[0035]
When the rotating arm (21) constituting the skewer holder (15) is on the horizontal portion (74) of the guide member (71) disposed in the material attaching / detaching station (B), the rear of the plunger (24) The end is pushed by the clip release guide (91) and is in the projecting position (the position of the imaginary line in FIG. 6), thereby opening the tip clamping part (49) of the clip (26) constituting the skewer holder (15) Maintained in a state. Therefore, when inserting the base end of the skewer (40) of the skewer material (4) into the clip (26) and maintaining the outer peripheral side surface of the skewer (40) on the skewer support bar (75) The skewer material (4) moves downstream while maintaining a horizontal posture. When the plunger (24) is out of the area where the clip opening guide (91) is disposed, the biasing force of the spring (19) provided in the rotating arm (21) of the skewer holder (15) appearing in FIG. As a result, the plunger (24) retreats, so that the clamping plates (43) (43) engaged with the annular groove (42) at the tip of the plunger (24) have the pins (46) (46) as fulcrums. Rotate in the closing direction. Thereby, the skewer (40) is clamped by the clamping plates (43) (43) of the clip (26). That is, the skewer (40) is elastically clamped by the urging force of the spring as the constituent material of the clamping plates (43) (43). When the skewer material (4) is attached to the clip (26) constituting the skewer holder (15), for example, the slender food material (410) such as a leek is set in a vertical posture as shown in FIG. .
[0036]
Next, after the skewer (40) is clamped by the clamping plates (43) (43) of the clip (26) and further moved to the inlet (63) side of the heating station (A), the skewer holder (15) is moved. The tip end of the rotating arm (21) is slid down on the descending cam surface (73) of the guide member (71), so that the rotating arm (21) becomes the inlet (63) portion. When it reaches, it becomes a vertically downward hanging posture.
[0037]
Then, when the skewer holder (15) enters the inlet (63) of the heating station (A), the pinion (38) provided on the skewer holder (15) meshes with the rack (39), so that the hanging posture The skewer holder (15) is rotated 90 degrees around the central axis, and both side surfaces of a slender food material (410) such as a leek are heated by the heaters (61) (61).
[0038]
The skewered material (4) that has entered the inlet (63) of the heating station (A) is cooked while passing through the heating station (A). It is dripped at the juice receptacles (81) (81) (water is stored) arranged below the moving area of the holders (15) (15). Accordingly, the broth or the like does not adhere to the heaters (61) and (61), it is possible to suppress the generation of smoke, and the heaters (61) and (61) are less likely to be contaminated with the broth, and there is a need for cleaning. Less.
[0039]
On the other hand, when the skewer holders (15) and (15) move to the outlet (62) of the heating station (A), the skewer holders (15) and (15) rotate around the axis due to the engagement of the pinion (38) and the rack (39). After 90 degrees of rotation, the outer periphery of the rotating arm (21) constituting the skewer holder (15) comes into contact with the ascending cam surface (72) of the guide member (71), and the rotating arm (21) gradually becomes horizontal. As a result, the rotating arm (21) becomes a horizontal posture as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the rear end of the plunger (24) constituting the skewer holder (15) is pushed forward by the clip release guide (91), thereby opening the clip (26). The skewered material (4) falls on the lower product receiving tray (not shown).
[0040]
In this case, the skewering material (4) can be attached / detached at the material attaching / detaching station (B) where the heaters (61) (61) are not provided, so the heat from the heaters (61) (61) during the attaching / detaching work can be performed. The discomfort caused by is alleviated. Also, when the skewer material (4) is attached / detached, the skewer holder (15) / (15) maintains the horizontal posture. It can be carried out.
[0041]
On the other hand, when replacing the stored water in the juice receiver (81) (81) contaminated with the broth during cooking, open the door (83) provided on the side of the body case (80). Then, the juice receptacles (81) (81) are taken out, and after the stored water is exchanged, the juice receptacles (81) (81) are set again on the mounting tables (82) (82).
[0042]
[Other]
(1) In the above embodiment, the clip (26) is automatically closed when the skewer holder (15) has passed the arrangement portion of the clip opening guide (91). Thus, the ball loading hole (94) on the side wall of the rotating arm (21) is loaded with the lock ball (96) pushed by the spring (95), and the side wall of the plunger (24) is moved forward. Thus, a configuration may be adopted in which a recess (97) into which the lock ball (96) is inserted is formed. In this case, the clip opening guide (91) is provided only in a range corresponding to the ascending cam surface (72) of the guide member (71).
[0043]
In this way, when the clip (26) is in the open state, the lock ball (96) is maintained in the engaged state in the recess (97) on the side surface of the plunger (24). Therefore, even when the skewer holder (15) has passed the position where the clip opening guide (91) is passed, the clip (26) does not automatically close by the biasing force of the spring (19), and the skewer Only when the plunger (24) is forcibly pushed in at (40), the clip (26) is closed. Therefore, unlike the one in FIG. 6, it is not necessary to hold the skewered material (4) with the hand of the cook until the clip (26) automatically closes.
[0044]
(2) The semicircular heaters (611) and (611) are removed, and another material attaching / detaching station (B) different from the material attaching / detaching station (B) is formed in the removed portion. The skewering material (4) may be attached and detached at the material attaching / detaching station (B) and the material attaching / detaching station (B).
[0045]
{Circle around (3)} A continuous rack (39) may be provided along the entire area of the heating station (A) so that the skewered material (4) is baked while rotating.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an automatic skewer according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view of a main part of the automatic skewer according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the skewer holder (15) rotated 90 degrees from the state shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a coupling of the suspension shaft (22) and the rotating arm (21). FIG. 6 is a view showing the relationship between the skewer holder (15) and the clip opening guide (91). FIG. 7 is a side view of the arrangement portion of the guide member (71). (43) View from the tip direction (43) [Fig. 9] Cross-sectional view of a modified example of skewer holder (15) [Fig. 10] Description of conventional example [Explanation of symbols]
(4) ・ ・ ・ Skewered ingredients
(15) ・ ・ ・ Skewer holder
(19) ・ ・ ・ Spring
(21) ・ ・ ・ Rotating arm
(24) ・ ・ ・ Plunger
(26) ・ ・ ・ Clip
(40) ・ ・ ・ Yakikushi
(41) ・ ・ ・ Ingredients
(A) ... Heating station
(B) ・ ・ ・ Material removal station

Claims (2)

The skewered material (4) is inserted into the grilled skewer (40) and the skewered material (4) is heated from the upper area of the heating station (A) and the outlet and inlet parts of the station are shifted outward in the horizontal direction and the skewered material ( 4) A closed loop member driven by a motor so as to circulate through the material attaching / detaching station (B) performing the attaching / detaching operation, and a skewer holder (15) (15) conveyed by the closed loop member held in a suspended position. An automatic skewer equipped with a heating source for heating the skewering material (4) from the side in the conveying direction at the heating station (A),
The skewer holder (15) is attached to the closed loop member so as to be able to rotate in a plane perpendicular to the travel locus of the closed loop member, and a rotating arm (21) that is in a hanging position in the heating station (A); A clip (26) disposed at a free end of the rotating arm (21) and holding the skewer (40) in a parallel posture with the rotating arm (21) by a biasing force of a spring. ,
Further, the rotating arm (21) is brought into contact with the rotating arm (21) of the skewer holder (15) holding the skewered material (4) escaped from the outlet portion in a hanging posture from the side surface. A guide member (71) having a cam inclined surface connected to a descending cam surface that further goes to the inlet side from the ascending cam surface that rotates upward to a substantially horizontal posture toward the outside of the closed loop member through the horizontal portion, and is attached to and detached from the material An automatic skewer at station (B). In the automatic skewer according to claim 1,
The rotating arm (21) is biased by a spring (19) so as to protrude from the end opposite to the free end, and is pushed against the biasing force to release the clip (26). A plunger (24) to
A plunger pushing cam provided in a region where the protruding end of the plunger (24) is pushed against the biasing force of the spring (19) and is connected to the material attaching / detaching station (B) from the outlet; Automatic skewer.

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