JP2013022430A - Soy sauce dripping device for sushi - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a soy source dripping device for Sushi which eliminates trouble in picking Sushi by hand or with chopsticks and dipping its topping in soy source.SOLUTION: The soy source dripping device for Sushi is provided with a soy source dripping mechanism at the tip of the overhung portion of its base whose upper part has an overhung U-shaped cross section. The soy source dripping mechanism is configured to detect Sushi being positioned in a space located below the mechanism and drip soy source. As a result, Sushi can be hygienically dipped in soy source without bringing it into direct contact with the soy source dripping mechanism. In addition, Sushi is automatically detected and dipped in soy source. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate trouble in picking Sushi by hand or with chopsticks and dipping its topping in soy source and eat Sushi with leeway.

Description

  The present invention relates to a soy sauce dropping device for nigiri sushi, which can automatically drop soy sauce on the material of nigiri sushi.

  Traditionally, nigiri sushi is generally eaten with hand or chopsticks and the soy sauce stored on a plate. However, in order to add soy sauce to the material that is picked up by hand or chopsticks and placed on the top of the shari, you must go through the procedure of turning the pinched nigiri sushi and putting it in the soy sauce pool. At this time, if the shari and the material are strongly and integrally attached, the soy sauce and the way of attaching can go smoothly.

  However, if the shari and the material are loosely squeezed, just place the material on the top of the shari like a so-called rotating sushi restaurant, and if it does not go through full-scale nigiri work, the material will come off and spill There were many problems.

  In order to eliminate such drawbacks, as in the invention described in Patent Document 1, when the nigiri sushi is pushed up from below into an overhang portion having a U-shaped cross section, an apparatus for raising a lift valve that opens the outlet of the soy sauce storage container is provided. I thought.

Utility registration model No. 3129856

  However, the soy sauce supply device having such a structure makes the top surface of the nigiri sushi directly contact the push-up valve mechanism, which is unsanitary, and the compression force and time of the nigiri sushi are not well adjusted, so that an appropriate amount is obtained. It was difficult to promote soy sauce dripping, and the amount of soy sauce dripping was too small or too much, which was inconvenient.

  In addition, conventionally, the nigiri sushi was eaten with soy sauce while the material was on the lower side of the material, but the material and the material were sometimes separated. In addition, Gunkan sushi nigiri sushi and so on had a lot of soy sauce in the soy sauce bowl. Usually, sushi restaurants put soy sauce in an appropriate amount in a soy sauce dish, and soy sauce is added to the material. The amount of soy sauce to be disposed of was a problem.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, Comprising: The soy sauce dripping apparatus which can dripping the soy sauce dripping quantity optimal for nigiri sushi is provided.

  The present invention according to claim 1 senses that nigiri sushi is located in the space portion below at the tip of the overhang portion of the base having a U-shaped cross section with the upper portion being overhanged, and provides the required soy sauce. A soy sauce dripping device for nigiri sushi, which is configured to hang and is provided with a soy sauce dripping mechanism.

  In the present invention according to claim 2, the soy sauce dripping mechanism includes a soy sauce storage part, a vertical cylindrical drop opening part disposed at a predetermined position of the storage part, and a loose fit in and out of the cylindrical drop opening part. The vertically movable piston rod valve, the solenoid for valve operation attached to the upper end of the piston rod valve, and the detection unit provided in the overhang part to sense that nigiri sushi is located in the space below the overhang part A soy sauce dripping device for nigiri sushi according to claim 1.

  The present invention according to claim 3 is the soy sauce dripping device for nigiri sushi according to claim 2, wherein the soy sauce dripping mechanism is provided with a dripping adjustment mechanism for adjusting the amount of soy sauce dripping.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the soy sauce dropping mechanism is provided in the overhang portion, and the presence of the nigiri sushi is detected so that the soy sauce can be automatically dropped on the material, the soy sauce dropping mechanism is directly provided. You can add soy sauce in a sanitary manner without touching the nigiri sushi, and it can automatically detect the nigiri sushi and attach the soy sauce, so when you eat sushi, you can use it with your hands or chopsticks This eliminates the complexity of adding soy sauce to the material that has been pinched to the bottom, reduces the separation between the material and the material, and allows you to eat nigiri sushi with a margin.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the soy sauce dripping mechanism has a soy sauce dripping opening made of a piston rod valve and a nigiri sushi, and has a valve operation solenoid that operates the piston rod valve, Soy sauce can be dripped and eaten automatically while being placed on the shari, eliminating the complexity of adding soy sauce when eating nigiri sushi, and without touching it with chopsticks When eating, it is hygienic, and if it is installed on a so-called conveyor belt sushi counter, the eating time will be shortened, and counterfeiting of the counter with spilled soy sauce can be prevented. The common power supply to the solenoid for valve operation with the power supply and the number of operations of the solenoid for valve operation are managed, which has the effect of managing the customers in the store and managing the amount of soy sauce reduced.Furthermore, since the soy sauce is dripped when nigiri sushi is sensed by the sensing unit, the remaining use of soy sauce as in the past can be reduced.

  According to this invention of Claim 3, since the soy sauce dripping mechanism provided the dripping adjustment mechanism for adjusting the soy sauce dripping amount, the user can adjust the usage-amount of soy sauce uniquely, It has the effect of making it easy to add soy sauce to nigiri sushi.

It is a front view which shows the whole structure of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the dripping opening part of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the solenoid for valve operation etc. of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which makes the soy sauce dripping amount of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention into a normal state. It is explanatory drawing which makes the amount of soy sauce dripping of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention small. It is explanatory drawing which makes soy sauce dripping amount of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention large. It is a circuit diagram which shows the circuit structure of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the setting state of the soy sauce dripping amount of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the state which brought the nigiri sushi of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention close to the proximity sensor. It is explanatory drawing explaining the state which the soy sauce began to dripping from the nozzle to the nigiri sushi of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the state which the soy sauce dripped at the nigiri sushi of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the state which dripping of the soy sauce to nigiri sushi of the soy sauce dripping apparatus which concerns on this invention stopped.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a drawing showing a soy sauce dropping device 10 for nigiri sushi A (shown in FIG. 9) in the present embodiment. The soy sauce dripping device 10 is configured by providing a soy sauce dripping mechanism 13 at the tip of an overhang portion 12 of a base 11 having a substantially U-shaped cross section having an overhang shape.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the central space K having a substantially U-shaped cross section is a space where the nigiri sushi A is located. The lower end flat plate portion H having a substantially U-shaped cross section serves as a mounting portion for the saucer when the soy sauce S is spilled. The soy sauce dripping mechanism 13 includes a soy sauce storage part Y, a vertical cylindrical drop opening part 14 disposed at a predetermined position of the storage part, and a vertically movable piston that is freely fitted in and out of the cylindrical drop opening part 14 The rod valve 15, the valve operating solenoid 16 attached to the upper end of the piston rod valve 15, and the proximity provided in the overhang portion 12 to sense that the nigiri sushi A is located in the space below the overhang portion 12 And a sensor 18 (sensing unit).

  The soy sauce storage part Y is constituted by a storage case having an inverted substantially L-shaped shape on the upper plate corresponding part of the base 11 having a substantially U-shaped cross section. In addition, a soy sauce inlet 17 and an openable / closable lid 29 are provided on the upper surface of the storage case Y of the soy sauce container Y, and a drip opening is provided at the lower end of the downward projecting portion of the case of the soy sauce container Y. 14 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a lower portion of a vertically movable piston rod valve 15 penetrating upward through the storage case is loosely fitted in the cylindrical dropping opening 14.

  Therefore, as the piston rod valve 15 is moved up and down, the piston rod valve 15 slides in the cylindrical dropping opening 14 to form a gap with the dropping opening 14 or is closed to close the dropping opening 14. Open and close.

  The upper end of the piston rod valve 15 communicates with the plunger of the solenoid 16 for valve operation (electromagnetic maglet plate 25) disposed on the ceiling of the storage case of the soy sauce storage unit Y, and the plunger of the solenoid 16 for valve operation The nozzle of the dripping opening 14 is opened and closed by the piston rod valve 15 in accordance with the operation (the raising and lowering operation of the electromagnetic maglet plate 25).

  The dropping opening 14 is provided with a dropping adjustment mechanism 19 for adjusting the soy sauce dropping amount. The dropping adjustment mechanism 19 is configured to move the nozzle body 21 up and down by rotating the soy sauce amount adjusting lever 20 in the overhang portion 12 near the dropping opening 14.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, a screw portion 23 a is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the nozzle holding portion 22 provided at the lower portion of the overhang portion 12, and the nozzle body is screwed into the nozzle holding portion 22. A screw portion 23 b is formed on the inner peripheral surface of 21. And the soy sauce amount adjustment lever 20 protruded to the side from the outer peripheral surface of the nozzle main body 21 is attached.

  Thus, by rotating the soy sauce amount adjusting lever 20 in any direction around the vertical axis, the nozzle body 21 can be moved up and down with respect to the nozzle holding portion 22, and the piston rod valve 15 and the dropping opening portion 14 can be adjusted. The dripping amount of soy sauce S can also be adjusted by the size of the gap.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when the proximity sensor 18 does not detect the nigiri sushi A, the gap between the piston rod valve 15 and the dropping opening 14 is not formed, and the soy sauce S does not drop from the nozzle. As shown in FIG. 5, when the soy sauce amount adjusting lever 20 is rotated counterclockwise in a plan view, the nozzle main body 21 is located above the normal position with respect to the nozzle holding portion 22, and thus the gap is reduced. The dripping amount of soy sauce S per unit time becomes small. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, when the soy sauce amount adjusting lever 20 is rotated in a clockwise direction in a plan view, the nozzle body 21 is positioned below the normal time with respect to the nozzle holding portion 22. The gap increases and the amount of soy sauce S dropped per unit time increases.

  The soy sauce S can be prevented from leaking between the nozzle holding part 22 and the nozzle body 21 by arranging the O-ring 24 on the outer peripheral surfaces of the nozzle body 21 and the nozzle holding part 22. In this way, the user can adjust the amount of soy sauce S used by the dripping adjustment mechanism 19.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a disc-shaped electromagnetic maglet plate 25 is disposed at the upper end of the piston rod valve 15. An annular valve operating solenoid 16 is disposed above the electromagnetic magnetlet plate 25. A coil spring holding portion 26 is provided on the inner peripheral side of the valve operation solenoid 16 and on the upper surface side of the electromagnetic magnet plate, and one end side of the coil spring 27 is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the coil spring holding portion 26. The other end side of the coil spring 27 is fixed to the inner wall surface of the overhang portion 12. The piston rod valve 15 is pressed against the dropping opening 14 by the coil spring 27 to prevent soy sauce leakage.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a proximity sensor 18 for detecting the proximity of the nigiri sushi A is provided on the bottom surface side of the overhang portion 12. The proximity sensor 18 detects when the center of the material of the nigiri sushi A comes to the dropping opening 14.

  FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram in which the proximity sensor 18, the valve operation solenoid 16 and the battery 28 are connected. As shown in FIG. 7, by connecting these in series, when the proximity sensor 18 detects the nigiri sushi A, the current from the battery 28 is supplied to the valve operation solenoid 16. Thereby, the solenoid 16 for valve operation can be electrically activated. In the present embodiment, the battery 28 provided on the upper part of the overhang portion 12 is used to supply current to the valve operation solenoid 16 in a DC circuit diagram. An AC power source can be used, and an AC / DC converter can be provided in the apparatus to activate the valve operating solenoid 16. Further, by measuring the sensor sensing time of the proximity sensor 18 with a computer, it is possible to know the amount of soy sauce used and the frequency of use in the store, and to know the management of customers in the store, business results, and the like.

  By comprising in this way, the usage method of the soy sauce dripping apparatus 10 of this embodiment is as follows. First, as shown in FIG. 8, by rotating the soy sauce amount adjusting lever 20 in any direction around the vertical axis, the nozzle body 21 can be moved up and down with respect to the nozzle holding portion 22, Adjust the size and set the amount of soy sauce S. Adjustment of the dripping amount of soy sauce S is possible by the method as shown in FIGS.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the nigiri sushi A is picked up with chopsticks and placed close to the bottom of the nozzle with the material placed on the shari, so that the proximity sensor 18 detects the nigiri sushi A for valve operation. A current is supplied from the battery 28 to the solenoid 16. As a result, the valve operation solenoid 16 is turned on, and the electromagnetic maglet plate 25 is pushed upward.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the piston rod valve 15 is pushed upward, and a gap is generated between the tip of the piston rod valve 15 and the dropping opening 14. Through this gap, the soy sauce S in the soy sauce storage part Y provided in the overhang part 12 flows into the dropping opening 14, and a predetermined amount of soy sauce S can be dropped from the tip of the dropping opening 14. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 11, the dripping amount of soy sauce S can be adjusted by the sensing time of the proximity sensor 18. Thus, since the soy sauce S is dripped when the nigiri sushi A is sensed by the sensing part, the remaining use of the soy sauce S as in the conventional case can be reduced.

  After the predetermined amount of soy sauce S is applied, the proximity sensor 18 is turned off and the valve operation solenoid 16 is also turned off by moving the nigiri sushi A away from the proximity sensor 18, as shown in FIG. Thereby, the clearance gap between the front-end | tip of the piston rod valve 15 and the dripping opening part 14 is lose | eliminated. Thereby, dripping of the soy sauce S from a nozzle can be stopped.

  By such a series of operations, the soy sauce dripping device 10 according to the present embodiment eliminates the trouble of pinching the sushi A with hands or chopsticks and applying the soy sauce S to the material when eating sushi. You can eat nigiri sushi A with plenty of margin, with little separation from shari.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS S Soy sauce Y Soy sauce storage part 10 Soy sauce dripping apparatus 11 Base 12 Overhang part 13 Soy sauce dripping mechanism 14 Dripping opening 15 Piston rod valve 16 Solenoid for valve operation 19 Dripping adjustment mechanism

Claims (3)

  The soy sauce dripping mechanism is configured to hang down the required soy sauce by sensing that nigiri sushi is located in the lower space part at the top of the overhang part of the U-shaped base with an overhang shape in the upper part A soy sauce dripping device for nigiri sushi, characterized in that. The soy sauce dripping mechanism has a soy sauce storage unit,
A vertical cylindrical drop opening disposed at a predetermined position of the storage unit;
A vertically movable piston rod valve freely fitted in and out of a cylindrical drop opening;
A solenoid for valve operation attached to the upper end of the piston rod valve;
The soy sauce dripping device for nigiri sushi according to claim 1, further comprising a sensing unit provided in the overhang part so as to sense that the nigiri sushi is located in a space below the overhang part.   The soy sauce dripping mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the soy sauce dripping mechanism is provided with a dripping adjustment mechanism for adjusting the soy sauce dripping amount.

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