Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
  • G07F17/0064—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for processing of food articles
  • G07F17/0078—Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a hot or cooked condition, e.g. popcorn, nuts
  • G07F17/0085—Food articles which for processing need cooking in a liquid, e.g. oil, water
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J37/00—Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
  • A47J37/12—Deep fat fryers, e.g. for frying fish or chips
  • A47J37/1228—Automatic machines for frying and dispensing metered amounts of food
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
  • G07F17/0064—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for processing of food articles
  • G07F17/0078—Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a hot or cooked condition, e.g. popcorn, nuts

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a process for cooking food products and a device for the implementation of this process and the distribution of cooked products.
• Automatic dispensers for hot food products consist of a food storage and preservation unit consisting of a fridge-freezer; a cooking unit comprising a tank of liquid, for example oil, heated by electric resistors and into which the food to be cooked from the preservation unit is immersed; distribution and packaging mechanisms for cooked food; means for discharging cooking vapors; a coin mechanism and an electromechanical and / or electronic management system.
• the patents FR-A-2.501. 91 and FR-A-2,593,626 describe an industrial fryer in which the hot oil contained in an airtight tank is forced to pass into a frying tank by means of a piston exerting a pressure on the surface of oil, cooking food by soaking.
• the process which it relates to consists in bringing the products into a cooking tray, in spraying them with a cooking liquid previously brought to a predetermined temperature, in carrying out the evacuation of the cooking liquid from the tank under a flow lower than that of core- born of the liquid by spraying, so that the tray fills progressively to a determined level, by immersing the food products, to stop the supply of cooking liquid so that the tray gradually empties , then when the pan is empty, possibly to undertake a new cooking cycle by sprinkling and immersion, and finally to carry out the evacuation of the cooked products from the pan.
• the cooking container has a perforated bottom ensuring permanent evacuation of the cooking liquid, the perforations in this bottom ensuring the passage of the cooking liquid at a lower flow rate than that the flow rate of the pump ensuring the supply of cooking liquid to the food products by spraying.
• the cooking block comprises a drawer mounted to slide horizontally, and the front wall of which is capable of sealingly closing the block, this drawer being associated with means of movement between a closed position and an open position carrying the actual cooking tray, the cooking tray being pivotally mounted on the drawer about a horizontal axis disposed on the side opposite to the front face of the drawer, the bottom of the tray resting, in the closed position, on a support stop , then during the movement of opening the drawer on the front and lower edge of the opening in the cooking block for the passage of the drawer.
• This arrangement ensures simple evacuation of cooked products.
• Figure 1 and 2 are two views in longitudinal section, respectively during cooking and in the evacuation phase of cooked food.
• Figure 3 is a sectional view through a horizontal plane, in the evacuation phase of cooked food.
• the cooking and food distribution unit is part of a distributor assembly comprising a storage unit constituted by a refrigeration cabinet for conservation and / or freezing according to the type of food to be distributed, equipped with a front door allowing loading food into a hopper through which a bucket conveyor whose shape is adapted to the food to take only one dose at a time
• the products thus conveyed, are counted and arranged waiting in a container secured to a movable drawer which allows the unloading of food thanks to a motorization which causes its opening and closing.
• the cooking unit shown comprises a heating block 1 and a cooker 2 in which a cooking pan 3 is arranged.
• the heating block 1 comprises a reservoir containing the cooking liquid 4, for example cooking oil, at protected from light, but at atmospheric pressure.
• This reservoir is closed by a cover 5. Under the reservoir is provided a compartment 6 intended for the electrical resistances 7 for heating the liquid, the temperature of which is stabilized in a precise manner by means of regulation.
• the cover 5 of the tank 1 supports a pump 8 connected to a tube 9 which plunges into the liquid for the purpose of taking the latter, and a pipe 10 which joins the cooker 2 and extends to the top of the cooking tank. 3, where it opens out through at least one dispensing nozzle 10a.
• the substantially parallelepipedic cooker 2 has a funnel-shaped bottom 11 provided with a drain pipe 12 which communicates with the reservoir 1.
• An overflow pipe 13 leaves the cooker, above the bottom 11, and joins the tank 1.
• the cooker 2 has a neck 14 intended to guide the food to be cooked, coming from the container of the storage unit and passing through an airlock 15, up to the cooking tray 3.
• the front face of the cooker 2 comprises a plate 16 constituting the front of a drawer 17 opening towards the front by means of columns 18 guided in bearings 19 and connected at their end opposite to the facade of 16 by a plate 20 in which is formed a longitudi ⁇ nal light 22 used for the engagement of a crank pin 23 mounted at one end of a connecting rod 24 whose other end is wedged on the shaft of a motorcycle - reducer 25.
• the seal between the door 16 of the drawer 17 and the front of the cooker 2 is produced by means of a seal 26.
• the cooking tray 3 is mounted on the drawer 17 by a horizontal hinge pin 27 disposed at the upper edge of the tray and on the wall of the latter opposite the door 16. This arrangement ensures, during the exit of the drawer, and as shown in Figure 2, the tilting of the tray down around the hinge axis 27, which ensures the evacuation by gravity of cooked food, taking into account that the wall of the tray 3 opposite to that comprising the hinge pin 27 is open.
• the bottom 28 of the tank 3 In the closed position of the drawer, the bottom 28 of the tank 3 is in abutment against a support stop 29 ensuring its precise positioning.
• the bottom 28 is inclined up and down and from its wall comprising the axis 27 towards its opposite open wall.
• the open wall of the container 3 is closed by a plate 31 secured to the drawer.
• the cooking tray 3 has a perforated bottom 28, while its side walls are pierced with a row of holes 30 located near their upper edge.
• the cooking vapors are evacuated from the cooker 2 by an upper orifice 32 fitted with a filter and a smoke extractor with variable gaits.
• the automatic distributor in which takes place the cooking block 2 and heater 1 is equipped with a programmable management system which processes all the information given by sensors and according to the food products to be cooked and distributed.
• the operating order comes, for example, from a coin mechanism.
• the food coming from the preservation chamber, is loaded by gravity into the cooking container 3.
• the pump 8 conveys the oil contained in the tank 1 by the pipe 10 up to the drawer 17 and its tray 3 where it sprinkles the fries it contains.
• the tank is filled by immersing the food until the oil level reaches the holes 30, which ensure the return of oil to the reservoir, by debor ⁇ .
• the cooking oil is constantly renewed and is recycled at each operation, which makes it possible to use a small volume at an optimal temperature by heating in the tank 4.
• the tray 3 swings forward and discharges the fries into a cup, a tray or any other appropriate container 33, dispensed from a reserve and falling, one by one, into a receptacle located in front of the cooker 2. Once filled, each container slides into a chute to a display where it is accessible to the consumer.
• the cooking container 3 can be replaced by a basket formed of a metallic fabric, the mesh of which is capable of letting the cooking liquid flow at a rate lower than that of the supply of cooking liquid. .

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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• Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
• General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
• Frying-Pans Or Fryers (AREA)
• Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
• Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)
• General Preparation And Processing Of Foods (AREA)
• Meat, Egg Or Seafood Products (AREA)

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• 1989
  • 1989-03-24 FR FR8904208A patent/FR2644684B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
• 1990
  • 1990-03-23 EP EP90905562A patent/EP0416088A1/de not_active Withdrawn
  • 1990-03-23 JP JP2505804A patent/JPH03505042A/ja active Pending
  • 1990-03-23 AU AU54144/90A patent/AU5414490A/en not_active Abandoned
  • 1990-03-23 WO PCT/FR1990/000199 patent/WO1990011583A1/fr not_active Ceased
  • 1990-03-23 CA CA002029864A patent/CA2029864A1/fr not_active Abandoned

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