JPH063764Y2 - Food pack processor - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is a pack treatment of foods in which foods enclosed in a resin bag are stored for freezing or refrigerating prepared foods prepared at home and prepared foods. It is related to vessels.

[Conventional technology]

In order to preserve prepared foods prepared at home and prepared foods, the foods are transferred to metal or plastic containers and frozen or refrigerated, but the surfaces exposed to foods are reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to select a container having a size suitable for the amount of food, and since it has to be washed each time it is used, there is a problem that the usability is poor.

There is also a thick plastic bag made of high-density polyethylene with a fastener attached to it for freezing, but in this case as well, it is necessary to use a bag that has a size suitable for the amount of food. Although it is expensive and can be reused many times, it is difficult to wash.

In order to improve the above problems of long-term storage of food,
A resin bag dedicated to a food pack and a sealed pack device for heat-sealing the food contained in the resin bag have been developed and are commercially available under the mark of Cue Pack.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

According to the cue pack, food can be packed using a relatively inexpensive resin bag suitable for disposable use,
On the other hand, there is a problem that a troublesome operation must be performed. That is, in the case of liquid foods such as curry and choux, and foods with a lot of juice such as simmered foods, stabilize the bottom with a ball etc. so that the resin bag does not fall, and hold the entrance while holding the food by hand. In addition, in order to block oxygen that may cause food deterioration or mold, leave a part of the outlet of the resin bag and clip it, and remove the air from this left part by hand. When air comes out, the outlet must be completely clipped again, and after that, it must be heat-sealed with a hermetic packer, and after the heat-sealing is completed, the clip must be removed and placed in a refrigerator or freezer.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims to provide a food pack processor which improves the above-mentioned problems of food pack processing and can cool, deaerate and seal the food at home very easily and easily. Is.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention partitions the upper part of the housing by a partition plate having an opening at the center, and fixes the upper end of the tunnel-shaped thin film so as to surround the opening of the partition plate. At the same time, the tunnel-shaped thin film was hung inside the housing to form a water chamber between the tunnel-shaped thin film and the housing, and the top opening of the pack bag was opened and almost closed on the partition plate. A pack bag fixing hook capable of suspending the pack bag in the state is provided, and the pack bag is suspended by the pack bag fixing hook in the tunnel-shaped thin film, and further, the casing is supplied to the water chamber. A drainage device is provided, and a pair of left and right pack bag heat sealers are provided on the partition plate above the casing.

[Action]

In the present invention, if the pack bag is suspended with the opening opened in the tunnel-shaped thin film, the food can be easily put into the pack bag through the opening. Then, after the desired amount of food is put in the pack bag, the opening of the pack bag is almost closed, and in this state, water is supplied into the water chamber composed of the housing and the thin film. The food in the bag is cooled by the water, and the water pressure can pressurize the pack bag to squeeze out the air in the pack bag and deaerate it. Therefore, pack processing can be performed very easily by heat-sealing the opening thereafter.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the pack processor of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. The drawing is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing, and the upper part thereof is partitioned by a partition plate 1a having a flat hexagonal opening 1a 'in the central portion, and a pair of left and right heat sealers 2 are provided on the partition plate 1a with the opening 1a'. It is slidably arranged so that it can be opened and closed. In this heat sealer, a heater (nichrome wire) 3 is arranged on one standing surface and a heat-resistant cushion 4 is arranged on the other standing surface, and the insulating sheet 12 shown in FIG. It is configured so that the opening of the pack bag can be heat-sealed by sandwiching the pack bag between the left and right heat sealers 2 and 2 by the heater 3 and the cushion 4 and instantaneously energizing the heater 3 Has been done.

Reference numeral 5 is a stretchable thin film arranged in a tunnel shape inside the casing, and its upper end is fixed so as to surround the opening 1a 'of the partition plate 1a, and the lower part is laterally passed through the thin film retainer 6 It becomes the entrance 13 of the pack bag. Reference numeral 8 is a pack roll material guide disposed immediately above this inlet 13, and 7 is a pack roll material mounted above it.

A three-way valve 11 that is switched by a gear motor 10 is arranged at the lower end of the housing, and when the gear motor 10 is driven, water is supplied into the housing 1 and water in the housing 1 is drained. It is configured to be switched between the case and the case where the inside of the housing 1 is shut off from both the water supply port and the drain port. An on-off valve, for example, a solenoid valve 9 is provided above the casing 1. When water is supplied from the three-way valve 11 into the casing, the solenoid valve 9 is opened to allow the casing 1 and the tunnel-shaped thin film 5 to operate. Water is supplied to the formed water chamber 16, and when the heat sealing is completed, the electromagnetic valve 9 is closed and the three-way valve 11 is switched to the drain side for draining.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a pair of gate-type pack bag fixing guides whose lower end is rotatably attached to the upper surface of the housing 1 by a pin 14a, and a pack bag fixing hook 15 is fixed to the center of the upper part thereof.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the pack bag fixing hook 15 has a U-shape with a downward cross section,
It has a projection 15a on the side fixed to the fixed guide 14 and a small hole 15b on the opposite side, and the upper end of the pack bag 7'is inserted into the fixed hook 15 as shown in FIG. 10 (A). Insert and protrusion 1
The pack bag 7'can be fixed by piercing the pack bag by 5a and projecting it inside the small hole 15b as shown in FIG. 10 (B).

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the pack bag 7'used in the present invention is a bag-shaped one having a heat seal portion 7a and a perforation 7b in a position close to the heat seal portion 7a. Is rolled to obtain the pack roll material 7.

Although the food pack processor of the present invention can be manually operated, in the illustrated embodiment, the controller 17 is provided with the solenoid valve 9 when an operation command is given by the controller 17.
Open and open the gear motor 10 to switch the three-way valve 11 to the water supply side, and when the water chamber 16 is filled with water and drained from the solenoid valve 9, the solenoid valve 9 is closed and the water supply from the three-way valve 11 is stopped. After that, when the pair of heat sealers 2 are moved inward and heat-sealed, the solenoid valve 9 is opened and the three-way valve 11 is switched to the drain side.

Since the food pack processor of the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to cool, deaerate and seal food very easily and easily as described below.

First, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the pack roll material 7 is pulled out, and the pack bag 7 ′ is pulled out upward from the thin film 5 via the sealed pack guide 8, and its upper opening is shown in FIG. And, as shown in FIG. 10, it is fixed to the fixing hook 15.

In this state (Fig. 11 (A)), a predetermined amount of cooked food 19 to be packed is transferred from the opening into the pack bag 7 ', and then the sealed pack fixing guide 14 is inserted as shown in Fig. 11 (B). Inward. Next, when the controller 17 is operated, the solenoid valve 9 is opened and the gear motor 10 is driven to make the water supply side of the three-way valve 11 communicate with the inside of the housing 1, and the water formed by the housing 1 and the thin film 5 is connected. Water is supplied into the chamber 16. The supplied water gradually rises in level to wrap the packed bag 7'containing the cooked food 19, and since the water has a larger heat capacity than air, the cooked food is cooled and at the same time, the thin film 5 is formed by water pressure. Pressure is applied to deaerate the pack bag 7'and heat seal is made easy.

Thus, when the water chamber 16 is full of water, as shown in FIG. 11 (C), the portion containing the cooked food is degassed while maintaining its shape, and above that, the pack bag is in a state of collision. When the water whose temperature has risen due to the heat of the cooked food 19 is discharged from the solenoid valve 9 to the outside, the solenoid valve 9 is closed and the water supply from the three-way valve 11 is stopped. Then, the pair of left and right sealers 2 moves inward, and when the pair of sealers sandwiches the pack bag, a micro switch (not shown) is activated to momentarily supply an electric current to the heater 3 and the heat of the heater 3 Heat seal the upper part of the pack bag (3 'part indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 12).

Thus, when the heat sealing of the pack bag is completed, the solenoid valve 9 is opened and the drain side of the three-way valve 11 is opened.
As shown in (D), the water filled in the water chamber 16 is discharged.

Then, the hermetically packed pack bag is removed from the fixed hook 15, the perforation 7b is pulled up, the perforation 7b is cut, and the opening is fixed to the fixed hook 15 to prepare for the next pack process.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to cool, deaerate, and seal foods very easily and easily without requiring the troublesome work of the related art.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 5, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 6 to 8 show a state in which a pack bag is set in the pack processor shown in FIGS. 1 to 5,
FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 7 is a plan view, and FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway side view. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the pack bag and the fixed hook, and FIGS. 10 (A) and 10 (B) are partial sectional views thereof. 11 (A) to 11 (D) are sectional views for explaining the pack processing process, and FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of the pack bag. 1 ... Casing, 2 ... Sealer, 3 ... Heater, 4 ... Heat-resistant cushion, 5 ... Thin film, 6 ... Thin film retainer, 7 ... Pack roll material,
7 '... pack bag, 8 ... pack roll material guide, 9 ... solenoid valve, 10 ... gear motor, 11 ... three-way valve, 12 ... insulating sheet, 13
Pack roll material inlet, 14 ... Pack bag fixing guide, 15 ... Pack bag fixing hook, 16 ... Water chamber, 17 ... Controller, 19 ... Cooked food.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An upper part of a casing is partitioned by a partition plate having an opening at the center, and the upper end of the tunnel-shaped thin film is fixed so as to surround the opening of the partition plate, and the tunnel-shaped thin film is packaged. A water chamber is formed by hanging it inside the body between the tunnel-shaped thin film and the housing, and the pack bag is hung on the partition plate with the upper opening of the pack bag open and almost closed. A pack bag fixing hook that can be disposed is disposed, and the pack bag is suspended by the pack bag fixing hook in the tunnel-shaped thin film, and further, a water supply / drainage device for the water chamber is disposed in the housing. A pack processor for food products, characterized in that a pair of left and right heat sealers for pack bags are disposed on a partition plate on the upper part of the housing. 2. A tunnel-shaped thin film that hangs down inside the housing is led out to the side of the housing through a thin film retainer that is arranged at the bottom of the housing, and the tip of the tunnel-shaped thin film is opened outside the housing. A pack bag which forms the entrance of the pack bag and which is formed by continuously forming a plurality of pack bags through perforations is inserted into the tunnel-shaped thin film from the entrance, and the upper end thereof is provided on the partition plate. The pack processor for food according to claim 1, which is fixed to a fixing hook. 3. A three-way valve having a water supply port, a drain port, and a communication port to the inside of the housing is arranged at a lower portion of the housing, and an opening / closing valve is arranged at an upper portion of the housing. Item 1 or 2
A pack processor for foods according to.