JP2000210040A - Fried bean curd opener for inari-sushi (fried bean curd stuffed with vinegared rice) maker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the yield improvement of Inari-sushi having a specified good shape, free from damage of a fried bean curd and having high quality. SOLUTION: This fried bean curd opener for Inari-sushi maker comprises the following units: a fried bean curd intermittently transferring mechanism (A) for intermittently transferring fried bean curds 2 with a specified space between them in a specified direction; a pair of upper and lower fried bean curd preliminary opening mechanisms (B) consisting of two pairs of cramping tines 9 and 10 for cramping the upper edge and the lower edge of the cut end 2a of a fried bean curd placed on the mechanism (A) and opening them; a sushi cooked rice-pushing out rod (F) for inserting cooked rice (G) for constant shaped sushi into the inside of the fried bean curd from the opening part 2c; and a pair of vertically openable upper and lower guiding pieces 5, 6 which are freely coming into and out of the inside of the fried bean curd 2 through the opening part 2c, and which guide the sushi cooked rice (G) and the pushing out rod (F). This fried bean curd opener is further provided with a fried bean curd cramping mechanism (C) having the following structure, that is, when the sushi cooked rice is pushed into the inside of a fried bean curd 2, the upper edge 2c of the opening part 2b of the fried bean curd is cramped from the inner side and the outer side with the upper guide piece 5 and a fried bean curd pusher 41, respectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automated inari sushi making machine for making inari sushi mechanically and continuously.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 7 which shows a part of a conventional inari sushi making machine, a conventional oil fry opening device is provided with a turn table a at a fixed interval and intermittently conveys in a fixed direction. The upper and lower portions of the cut portion c of the fry a on the fry intermittent transport mechanism b with a pair of upper and lower fry opening mechanisms d, e with a pair of two gripping claws f, g, f, g, The cutout portion c is opened in the opening portion h by moving the upper oil lifting opening mechanism d upward.

[0003] A sushi rice (not shown), which has been formed into a predetermined shape and size in advance from the opening h into the fryer a, is pushed in by a sushi rice pushing mechanism to produce a sushi rice.

[0004]

However, since the upper and lower skins of the fried a, which has been boiled and cut in half, are hardly peeled off because the upper and lower skins are adhered to each other, as described above,
A pair of upper and lower oil lifting opening mechanisms d and e, a pair of gripping claws f,
Even if the cut portion c is opened by g, f, and g, the cut portion c of the fried a is opened wide as shown in FIG. 8, but the rear portion i is only opened narrow. At the rear left and right corners j, j, no opening (peeling) occurs, and both skins remain adhered.

[0005] Therefore, even if the sushi rice is pushed into the fry a by the sushi rice pushing mechanism in this state, the sushi rice is not pushed into the deep part of the fried rice a, and especially, the sushi rice is left and right inside the right and left corners j, j. Sushi rice is left unpacked, which tends to cause variations in shape, making it difficult to obtain a good-value sushi with a predetermined shape and good shape.

Further, if the cut portion c is forcibly widened by a pair of upper and lower oil fry opening mechanisms d and e to open it wide, or if the sushi rice is forcibly pushed to the back, the fry a may be damaged or broken. As a result, defective products are generated and the yield is deteriorated.

In view of the above, a pair of upper and lower first oil-opening mechanisms d and e and a second oil-lifting opening mechanism (not shown) formed by opening and closing a pair of left and right or upper and lower opening plates so as to be openable and closable are provided. After the cut portion c is opened in the vertical direction by the first oil-lifting opening mechanisms d and e, the pair of opening plates of the second oil-lifting opening mechanism (not shown) are inserted into the oil-lifting a in a closed state, and a pair of opening plates are opened. A pre-opening device has been proposed by the applicant, in which the plate is opened to push the fry a in the left-right direction or the up-and-down direction so as to pre-open the inside of the fry a according to its shape.

However, the pre-opening device has the following problems. This pushing force is used to push sushi rice, which has been formed into a predetermined shape and size in advance, from the opening h into the interior of the fry a, which has been preliminarily opened by peeling off the inside, using an extruding rod or the like (not shown). Is a fry a, in particular, a pair of gripping claws f, g, f, of the pair of first fry opening mechanisms d, e, respectively.
g acts on the upper and lower portions of the cut portion c which is gripped by g, so that the fried product a is easily damaged or broken, so that defective products are easily generated, and the yield is deteriorated.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has a pair of upper and lower preliminary oil-opening mechanisms composed of a pair of two gripping claws to vertically cut an oil-cutting section. After the opening, a pair of upper and lower guide pieces for guiding the sushi rice and its pushing rod are inserted up to a predetermined position in the fryer and opened up and down, and the upper guide piece and the fryer presser hold the fryer opening. By holding the upper part of the cut from the inside and outside and simultaneously releasing the gripping of the upper and lower parts of the cut part by the above-mentioned oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanism, the above-mentioned pair of guide pieces allows the oil to be lifted into a shape along the outer shape. The opening is opened, and the fry opening is clamped by a wide surface between the guide piece and the fry presser, so that the fryer is not damaged or broken by the pushing force of the sushi rice by a predetermined amount. And it can be reliably push the molded sushi rice to the inner part, good shape with a predetermined shape, and has an object to provide a frying opening device sushi making machine Nari want to high quality Inari sushi can manufactured with good yield.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides an inari sushi making machine with an oil fry opening device, wherein the oil fry is placed at a constant interval and intermittently conveyed in a fixed direction. A pair of upper and lower oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanisms each comprising a pair of two openable and closable gripping claws that grip the upper and lower portions of the oil-lifting cut portion on the oil-lifting intermittent transport mechanism and open the cut portion in the vertical direction. A sushi rice extruding rod for pushing a predetermined amount of sushi rice into the fryer from the opening, and a vertically movable sushi rice and the extruding rod that can be inserted into and removed from the fryer through the opening. An oil fry opening device for an Inari sushi making machine comprising a pair of upper and lower guide pieces that can be opened and closed, wherein when the sushi rice is pushed into the oil fry, the upper fried opening upper part, and the upper guide piece and the oil fryer from inside and outside. Oil fried sandwiched between Characterized by comprising providing a lifting mechanism.

[0011]

When the oil lift placed on the intermittent oil transfer mechanism is conveyed to the oil opening device by the conveyance mechanism and stopped, the pair of upper and lower preliminary oil opening mechanisms move in opposition to each other, and the pair of upper and lower oil holding mechanisms are gripped in pairs. The holding claws are closed, and the upper and lower cuts of the cut fried oil are gripped. The pair of two gripping claws in the lower oil lifting preliminary opening mechanism grip the lower part of the cut part through an insertion hole formed through the oil lifting mounting part of the oil lifting intermittent transport mechanism and are held at that position. However, the upper oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanism rises to a predetermined position and stops while holding the upper portion of the cut section. As a result, the cut portion of the oil fry is opened vertically.

Next, when the pair of guide pieces advance in the closed state and are inserted from the opening to a predetermined position in the fryer, the pair of guide pieces are opened substantially horizontally in the up-down direction. The upper and lower skins of the oil fry are peeled off and are securely opened from the opening to the back, and at the same time, the vicinity of the opening of the oil fry is clamped and fixed by the oil fry presser and the upper guide piece that are vertically downward. However, at this time, the upper and lower portions of the upper and lower portions of the oil-lifting cutout portion by the pair of upper and lower oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanisms, that is, the pair of upper and lower gripping claws are released.

Next, the sushi rice extruding rod is guided by the pair of guide pieces and moves forward to push the sushi rice formed into a predetermined shape and size into the deep inside of the fryer. The rear portion of the fryer is supported by a rear support mechanism. Further, even if the pushing force of the molded sushi rice by the pushing rod acts on the holding portion between the upper guide piece and the oil presser at the upper part of the oil lifting opening, the opening of the opening at the wide plane of the upper guide piece and the oil presser is Since the upper portion is pinched, the pinching portion is not damaged or broken.

After the molded sushi rice is pushed into the fryer, the sushi rice push-out rod is retracted and comes out of the pair of guide pieces, whereby the tips of the pair of guide pieces are turned inwardly and closed. Thus, the upper holding of the oil lifting opening by the upper guide piece and the oil lifting presser is released. Next, the pair of guide pieces are retracted and pulled out of the fryer, stopped at a predetermined position, and prepared for the next fryer opening and pushing of the molded sushi rice.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an oil fry opening device for an inari sushi making machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side view of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a drive mechanism of the device, and FIG.
Fig. 4 is a partially cross-sectional side view of the above-mentioned apparatus in a state in which an oil flotation opening portion is preliminarily opened, Fig. 4 is a partially cross-sectional side view of the same apparatus in a state in which oil frying is completely opened, and Fig. 5 is a same-side apparatus. FIG. 6 is a side view of a state in which molded sushi rice is pushed into the inside of the fried rice, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a desired sushi made by a sushi making machine not provided with the above-mentioned device.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, on the upper surface of the horizontal frame 1, a plurality of oil fry receiving sections 3 for mounting the canned and half cut oil fries 2 at regular intervals. Is provided on the upper surface, and an oil-lifting intermittent transport mechanism (A) for intermittently transporting the oil-lifting 2 in a certain direction is horizontally arranged.
On the bottom wall of each of the oil landing sections 3,.
The ... position corresponding to the cut portion 2a of the frying 2 placed in insertion holes 4 of the two pair of gripping claws 9, 10 of the lower frying preliminary opening mechanism B ₂ to be described later penetrates vertically It has been formed.

The oil-lifting intermittent transport mechanism (A) is formed by a turntable in the illustrated example, but is not limited to this, and may be a belt conveyor (not shown). In either case, the motor is intermittently rotated in a certain direction by a driving source such as a motor (not shown).

In the oil-lifting intermittent transport mechanism (A), at the upper part in a direction perpendicular to the rotation direction of each of the oil-lifting units 3, an upper oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanism (B ₁ ), an oil-lifting and holding mechanism (C) and an oil-lifting mechanism 2 and a rear support mechanism (D) are sequentially arranged from the outside to the inside. In addition, the rear support mechanism (D) is arranged at the substantially intermediate portion between the above-described oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanism (B ₁ ) and the oil-lifting intermittent transport mechanism (A). , A pair of guide pieces 5 and 6, a sushi rice introduction mechanism (E), and a sushi rice pushing rod (F) are arranged.

A lower oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanism (B ₂ ) is arranged below the insertion hole 4 formed in the oil-lifting intermittent transport mechanism (A). (B ₁ ) constitutes a pair of upper and lower preliminary oil opening mechanisms (B).

The above-mentioned upper, lower both frying preliminary opening mechanism _{(B 1), (B 2} ) as is shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, so that the tip is opened and closed, the pivot at pivot 7,7 mutually Of the pair of left and right gripping claws 9, 9, 9, 10, which are attached and urged in the opening direction by intervening springs 8, one of the pair of gripping claws 9, 9 in the illustrated example is an upper part and a lower part. Both lifting shafts 1
1 and 12 respectively, and the other gripping claws 10 and 10 respectively support rollers 13 and 14 to one side of the rear end.
1 and 3 to 5, the pair of right and left grips 3 and 14 are pressed and moved in the left and right directions against the spring force in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5 by the driving mechanism 15 shown in FIG. The claws 9, 10, 9, 10 are configured to be opened and closed.

The drive mechanism 15 is, as shown in FIG.
Vertical drive mechanism 15a of upper oil lifting preliminary opening mechanism (B ₁ )
And a vertical drive mechanism 15 of the lower oil lifting preliminary opening mechanism (B ₂ ).
b, and an opening and closing drive mechanism 15c for the pair of gripping claws 9, 10, 9, 10 in the upper and lower oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanisms (B ₁ ) and (B ₂ ).

As shown in FIG. 2, one vertical drive mechanism 15a is a block 16 fixed to the upper surface of the frame 1.
Two vertically moving shafts 17, which are vertically arranged so as to be freely movable,
Connecting plates 19 and 20 are provided at the upper and lower ends of 18, and the above-described elevating shaft 11 is fixed to one end of the upper connecting plate 19 with bolts 21 and 21, and the lower connecting plate 20 is driven by a motor (not shown) or the like. The upper oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanism (B ₁ ) described above is configured to move up and down in conjunction with the cam mechanism 22 rotated up and down so as to freely move up and down.

As shown in FIG. 2, the other drive mechanism 15b includes a frame 1 and a block 2 fixed to the frame 1.
3, the lower ends of the elevating drive shaft 24 and the elevating shaft 12, which are vertically suspended so as to be vertically movable, are fixed by a horizontal connecting plate 25.
The connecting plate 25 is connected to a cam mechanism 26 which is rotated by a drive source such as a motor (not shown) so as to be vertically movable so as to vertically move the above-mentioned lower oil reserve preliminary opening mechanism (B ₂ ). I have.

As shown in FIG. 2, the opening / closing drive mechanism 15c has a support plate 28 fixed horizontally to the upper end of a vertically moving shaft 27 vertically extending through the frame 1 and the block 16. The upper end of a vertical rotating shaft 30 is rotatably supported on the support plate 28 with a bearing 29 interposed therebetween.
Is rotatably and vertically movable supported on a frame 1 with a bearing 31 interposed therebetween, and an end of the rotating shaft 30 protruding downward from the frame 1 is rotated by a driving source such as a motor (not shown). By being linked to the crank mechanism 32, the rotating shaft 30 is rotated forward and backward by a fixed rotation angle. A lower end of the elevating shaft 27 has a cam mechanism 33 rotated by a driving source such as a motor (not shown).
It is linked to the elevator so that it can move up and down.

The upper and lower parts of the rotating shaft 30 are
As shown in FIG. 2, the operating plates 34 and 35 for gripping claws are respectively fixed, and the upper operating plate 34 and the lower operating plate 3
Reference numeral 5 denotes a roller 1 for each of the gripping claws 10 and 10 of the upper oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanism (B ₁ ) and the lower oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanism (B ₂ ).
The rotating shaft 30 is moved forward and backward and vertically moved by the link mechanism 32 and the elevating shaft 27 so as to be opposed and symmetrically moved up and down by the cam mechanisms 22 and 26 described above. In the pair of upper and lower preliminary oil opening mechanisms (B ₁ ) and (B ₂ ), one of the gripping claws 10, 10 is opened and closed with respect to the other gripping claw 9, 9, and the intermittent transport mechanism (A) is lifted. The upper and lower portions of the cut portion 2a in the oil fry 2 are gripped and released. Further, the two operation plates 34, 35 and the pair of two gripping claws 9, 10, 9, 10, respectively, move up and down in synchronization.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5, the oil lifting and holding mechanism (C) is a block 36 fixed to the back of one of the gripping claws 9 in the upper oil lifting preliminary opening mechanism (B ₁ ). A presser which is vertically attached to an insertion hole 36a penetrating vertically and is vertically movable, and which is screwed with a nut 38 via a washer 37 at an upper end protruding upward from the insertion hole 36a so as not to drop downward. The holding shaft 3 is formed by a horizontal holding plate 39a provided at the lower end of the shaft 39 and a compression spring 40 supported at both ends at the lower end of the block 36 and externally mounted.
An upper portion 2c of the opening 2b in the oil fry 2 is configured to be clamped by an oil fry presser 41 formed by urging the lower portion 9 and the upper guide piece 5 as shown in FIG.

The rear support mechanism D is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5, a block provided at the lower part of a vertical plate 44 of a support member 43 having one end fixed to the rotating shaft 42 at right angles to the axial direction. 45, a support shaft 4 having a support plate 46a at the tip.
6 is slidably inserted in the front-rear direction (the left-right direction in FIG. 4), and attached forward (to the left in FIG. 4) by a compression spring 47 which is hung on both ends of the support plate 46a and the vertical plate 44 and is externally mounted. As shown in FIG. 5, when the sushi rice (G) is pushed into the fried rice 2,
It is configured to elastically support the rear portion 2d of the oil fry 2.

The rotating shaft 42 is rotated forward and backward by a predetermined angle through a crank mechanism or a link mechanism by a drive source such as a motor (not shown).
The rear support mechanism (D) is rotated to the positions shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, respectively. Further, the forward escape of the support shaft 46 is prevented by fixing the pin 48 to the base of the support shaft 46 or the like.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the pair of upper and lower guide pieces 5 and 6 have support bases 49 at their base ends with an interval allowing the sushi rice pushing rod (F) to be inserted. By pivoting on the pivots 50 and 51 to the
a, 6a are formed so as to be able to close inward and open symmetrically outward, and to be closed in a substantially flared side surface, and near the base ends of both guide pieces 5, 6. One end of each of the pair of links 52 and 53 is pivotally connected to each of the pivots 54 and 55, and the other end of each of the links 52 and 53 is pivotally connected to each other by the pin 56 so as to be rotatable. 5,6
Are linked to open and close freely.

The sushi rice introduction mechanism (E) is shown in FIGS.
Or sushi rice introduction block 57 as shown in FIG.
, Sushi rice (G) and its extruded rod (F)
Is formed so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction, and an introduction hole 59 for quantitatively formed sushi rice (G) is opened in an upper portion or a side portion (upper portion in the illustrated example) in communication with the insertion hole 58. The sushi rice introduction block 57 is located at the rear of the pair of guide pieces 5 and 6 on the center line, and is fixed to the support block 49 with screws 60 and 60.

The above-mentioned pair of guide pieces 5, 6 and the sushi rice introduction mechanism (E) are driven by a motor or the like (not shown) so that they can be inserted into and removed from the inside of the fryer 2 through the opening 2b of the cutout 2a. As a result, a constant stroke advance / retreat operation is performed via a crank mechanism or the like.

The sushi rice pushing rod (F) is slidably inserted into the insertion hole 58 of the sushi rice introduction block 57 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5.
As shown in FIG. 1, when the quantitatively formed sushi rice (G) is introduced into the insertion hole 58, the sushi rice (G) is in the retracted position, and the pair of guide pieces 5 and 6 in the closed state and the sushi rice introduction block 57.
In synchronization with the pair of guide pieces 5 and 6 being inserted into the fry 2 from the opening 2b, the sushi rice pushing rod (F) moves forward as shown in FIG. G) is pushed into the pair of guide pieces 5 and 6, and the pair of guide pieces 5 and 6 are inserted to a predetermined position in the fry 2. After stopping at that position, only the sushi rice pushing rod (F) is further moved to the predetermined position. 5, the fixed shaped sushi rice (G) is pushed into the deep fry 2 as shown in FIG. 5 and then stopped, and then a pair of guide pieces 5, 6 and a sushi rice introduction block 57. The sushi rice extruding rod (F) is retracted to the position shown in FIG. 1 and stopped, and is ready for the next introduction, extrusion and pushing into the oil fry 2 of the quantitatively molded sushi rice (G).

The pair of guide pieces 5 and 6 have a function of opening the oil fry 2 along its shape by closing movement, and a function of guiding the quantitatively formed sushi rice (G) and the sushi rice extruding rod (F). Having. In FIG. 6,
(H) Inari sushi.

[0034]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, the cut portion is preliminarily opened in the vertical direction by the pair of upper and lower oil preliminarily opening mechanisms, and is inserted in a closed state from the opening. A pair of guide pieces for guiding the quantitatively formed sushi rice and its extruded rod are opened by pushing the quantitatively formed sushi rice into the fried rice with the sushi rice extruding rod, and when the quantitatively molded sushi rice is pushed into the fried rice, the upper guide is provided. Since the upper part of the opening for oil fry is clamped from inside and outside on the wide flat surface of the oil fry holding mechanism consisting of the piece and the oil fryer, even if the pressing force of the fixed molded sushi rice may act on the fry holding part, As the gripping by a pair of gripping claws does not hurt or break the fried rice, the fixed shaped sushi rice has a good shape with a predetermined shape filled up to the deep part of the fried rice without scratches It can improve the Inari sushi in the yield of quality.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side view showing an embodiment of an oil fry opening device of an inari sushi making machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view showing a drive mechanism of a pair of upper and lower oil lifting preliminary opening mechanisms of the same device.

FIG. 3 is a partially cross-sectional side view showing a state in which the oil flotation opening is preliminarily opened by a pair of upper and lower oil fry preliminary opening mechanisms of the same device.

FIG. 4 is a partially cross-sectional side view showing a state where a pair of two guide pieces of the same device are inserted into the inside of the oil fryer.

FIG. 5 is a partially cross-sectional side view showing a state in which a fixed amount of sushi rice is pushed into the fryer with the sushi rice pushing rod of the same device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a sushi to be manufactured by a sushi making machine provided with the same device.

FIG. 7 is a partially cross-sectional side view showing a fry opening mechanism of a conventional inari sushi making machine.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the oil fry showing a state where a cut portion is opened by the same mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Oil-lifting 2a Cut-off portion 2b Opening 2c Upper part of opening 5, 6 A pair of guide pieces 9, 10 A pair of gripping claws 41 Oil-lifting presser A Oil-lifting intermittent transport mechanism B A pair of oil-lifting preliminary opening mechanism C Oil-lifting and holding mechanism F Sushi rice Extruded rod G Quantitative molded sushi rice

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An oil-lifting intermittent transfer mechanism for mounting oil-lifters at regular intervals and intermittently transporting the oil-lifted oil in a fixed direction, and holding the upper and lower cut-off portions of the oil-lifting intermittent transfer mechanism by gripping the cut-off portion. A pair of upper and lower oil-frying preliminary opening mechanisms each comprising a pair of openable and closable gripping claws for vertically opening the sushi rice, a sushi rice pushing rod for pushing a predetermined amount of sushi rice into the fryer from the opening, and the oil fryer. An oil fry opening apparatus for a sushi making machine comprising a pair of upper and lower guide pieces that can be inserted into and removed from the opening, and that can be opened and closed up and down to guide the sushi rice and its pushing rod. An oil fry opening for an inari sushi making machine, wherein an oil fry holding mechanism for holding the upper part of the fry opening when the sushi rice is pushed into the fryer is provided between the upper and lower guide pieces and the fryer presser from inside and outside. apparatus.