JPH0115253B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] 〔Technical field〕 The present invention relates to a stirring type pickle machine.

[Background technology]

For example, pickled rice bran is produced by fermenting mash from a mixture of rice bran, boiled water, and an appropriate amount of salt to make a nukadoko (pickle bed), and then adding pickle ingredients such as raw vegetables to this pickle bed. Ru. This fermentation is basically lactic acid bacteria fermentation, but in addition to this fermentation is also involved with yeast fermentation, which gives the resulting pickles a complex flavor.

By the way, this pickle itself is a living thing along with the pickle bed, and it is an extremely unstable existence in the metabolic pathway of a living thing that never takes a break. In order to suppress other unnecessary anaerobic bacteria such as butyric acid bacteria, it is necessary to blow air into the pickle bed. For this reason, when making pickles, the pickle bed must be stirred several times a day, which is troublesome. If stirring is neglected, a problem arises in that a bad odor is generated from the rice bran bed.

In view of these circumstances, by mechanically rotating the container containing the pickle material and the pickle bed to effectively stir the pickle bed and the pickle material in the container,
A stirrer-type pickle machine has been developed that eliminates the trouble of stirring by hand and allows pickles to be pickled effectively while suppressing the generation of characteristic odors.

[Purpose of the invention]

In such a case, the present invention aims to provide a stirrer-type pickle machine equipped with a more convenient container.

[Disclosure of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the stirring type pickle machine according to the present invention includes a container for storing pickle ingredients and a pickle bed, and a stirring drive means for rotating the container, and the rotation of the container causes the pickle ingredients and pickles to be mixed. The stirring type pickle machine stirs with the floor, and the main body of the container is formed into a drum shape with a circumferential wall and side walls provided on both sides thereof, and one of the side walls has a diameter smaller than the diameter of the circumferential wall. It has an inlet/outlet consisting of a receiver tube protruding from the side wall, and is closed so as to be openable/closed by a cap that can be screwed onto the outer periphery of the receiver tube. The device is characterized in that it is provided with a stagnation prevention means that can be attached and removed by opening and closing the cap, and that the stagnation prevention means has a shape that can close off most of the internal space of the receiving barrel.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof.

1 and 2 show a cross section of a first embodiment of the stirrer-type pickle machine according to the present invention as seen diagonally from below, and FIG. 3 shows a cross section taken along the - line. As you can see in these figures,
This stirring type pickle machine consists of a stirring drive unit (stirring drive means) U on the lower side and a pickle container C on the upper side.

As shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b, the stirring drive unit U is equipped with a unit case 1,
This unit case 1 consists of a lower case 2 and an upper case 3. The lower case 2 and the upper case 3 are each formed into a deep dish shape, and the unit case 1 is formed by fitting these two cases 2 and 3 vertically. The bottom side wall 2a of the lower case 2 is provided with four anti-slip protrusions 4 made of rubber material, and a drainage hole 5 which is oval in shape when viewed from above is provided approximately in the center of the bottom side wall 2a. It is formed. The upper wall 3a of the upper case 3 is provided with an outer protruding rib 6 that is square in shape when viewed from above.
A concave portion 7 recessed in an arc shape is formed inside. This recess 7 is formed by a drainage receiving wall 8, and a drainage guide tube 9 communicating with the drainage hole 5 is provided in the center of this receiving wall 8. Water cutting wall 8
There are two openings, a first roller opening 10 and a second roller opening 11. A drive roller 12 projects partially upwardly through the first roller opening 10, and a guide roller 13 partially projects upwardly through the second roller opening 11.

The drive roller 12 includes a case body 14 having a groove 14a in the middle in the axial direction, and the roller body 1.
It consists of two rubber anti-slip members 15, 15 wrapped around the outer periphery of 4. Further, the guide case 13 has a pair of case pieces 17, 17 fixed to the outer periphery of the case axis 16.

In the drive unit U, when a timer knob 18 that also serves as a power source is turned, a motor built in the drive roller 12 is rotated, and the drive case 12 is driven.

The main body 19 of the container C is formed as a slightly flat circular drum by blow molding, and a drive roller 1 is provided at the center of the width of the cylindrical peripheral wall 20.
2 and a protruding ring 22 which is inserted into the grooves 14a and 21 of the guide roller 13 is integrally provided. Bottom side wall 23 serving as one side wall of the main body 19
is blindly integrally formed at one end of the circumferential wall 20. The upper side wall 24 which becomes the other side wall of the main body 19 is
It is integrally molded so as to be parallel to the bottom side wall 23, and these peripheral wall 20, bottom side wall 23, and upper side wall 24
A cylindrical main body space 25 is formed by this. A cylindrical receiving tube portion 26 protrudes from the center of the circle of the upper wall 24, and this receiving tube portion 26 is oriented horizontally as shown in FIG. Receiver part 26
The diameter of the container body 19 is narrowed to about 1/2 of the diameter of the container body 19, and an inlet/outlet opening 27 is formed on the inner periphery, and a male threaded portion 28 is provided on the outer periphery. A cap 30 is attached to the male threaded portion 28 with a female threaded portion 29 screwed thereto.

As shown in FIG. 4, this cap 30 is
The rotation operation cylinder part 31 on the large diameter side and the grip cylinder part 32 for detachment and removal on the small diameter side are integrally molded in a stepped shape. The rotation operation cylinder part 31 has a hook protrusion 33 on the outer periphery.
The grasping tube part 32 for detaching and detaching is provided with a hook protrusion 34 and a finger rest rib 35 for opening and closing on its outer periphery. A seal retaining ring 37 is protruded on the inside of the stepped portion 36 formed by the rotary operation cylinder part 31 and the gripping cylinder part 32 for detachment.This seal retaining ring 37 prevents the seal packing from falling out when the cap is removed. 38 is installed. This seal packing 38 is compressed and positioned between the end faces of the cap 30 and the receiving cylinder portion 26. A cylindrical portion 39 is provided in the center of the cap 30 so as to be parallel to the rotary operation cylindrical portion 31. The outer side of this cylindrical portion 39 is open, while the other side of the cylindrical portion 39 is open. A closing wall portion 40 is integrally formed at the end portion. These cylindrical portion 39 and closing wall portion 40 are
It serves as a part of the lid as well as an accumulation preventing means for preventing the pickle bed from entering and accumulating in the loading/unloading port 27. The accumulating prevention means have a diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the access port 27 and are arranged concentrically, and the closed viewing wall portion 40 is located in the base space near the upper wall 24 of the access port 27. 41.

As shown in FIG. 6a, the container body 19 is made by preparing first and second molds 42, 43 which are formed by dividing the desired shape into two parts, and by using both molds 42, 43.
After charging a tube-shaped resin raw material 44 such as polyethylene heated between them, both molds 42 and 43 are put together as shown in FIG. It is preferable that air be press-fitted into the resin material 44 to perform blow molding. According to this, a semi-finished product 46 is obtained as shown in FIG. 6c, and a portion corresponding to the tip of the receiving cylinder portion 26 is removed by machining as a removed portion 47. According to the above blow molding, the container body 19
is completely integrated only by molding, and the protruding ring 22
Since these portions are formed at the same time, complete sealing of the portion corresponding to the internal space 25 can be easily achieved, and moisture from the pickles will not leak from the container body 19 or itself.

As seen above, the container C can be set and separated from the stirring drive unit U without using any attachment/detachment means.
That is, the drive unit U has a drive roller 12 and a guide roller 13 protruding upward, whereas the container C is set with its both side walls 23 and 24 facing vertically and the cap 30 on its side. has been done. The circumferential wall 20 rests on both rollers 12 and 13, and there the timer knob 18
When turned on, the drive roller 12 rotates, and the container C is rotated with the guidance of the guide roller 13. As shown in FIG. 3, the container C contains pickle ingredients a such as vegetables and a pickle bed b, which are actively stirred by the rotation. This allows stirring for the required amount of time without using your hands, which eliminates all the troublesome conventional methods, and also keeps your hands from smelling like pickles. Due to the stirring, new air is mixed into the pickle bed b, which suppresses the smell of pickles. The stirring also causes the pickles to collide with the pickle material a and the pickle bed b, allowing the pickles to be better pickled.

After stirring, the container C can be released from the driving mode by simply lifting it, and can be placed in the refrigerator to suppress the smell of pickles or prevent over-pickling. At this time, the drive unit 12 can be completely disassembled and used to rotate other containers C.

As in the embodiment described above, if a stagnation prevention means is provided, it is possible to prevent the pickle bed b etc. from entering the space inside the inlet/outlet 27 and stagnation during stirring, as in the case where the stagnation prevention means is not provided. Therefore, there is no fear that a part of the pickle floor b may adhere to the back surface of the cap 30 and cause any inconvenience such as spilling. If there is no accumulating prevention means, the pickle bed B etc. will enter the inlet/outlet port 27, resulting in the inconvenience that only a part of it cannot be stirred, but with the accumulation prevention means, all the pickle bed will be inside the main body. Since it remains in the space 25, the pickle bed b can be thoroughly stirred. Since the pickle bed b becomes more fluid due to the accumulation prevention means, the pickle bed b is prevented from persistently adhering to the cap 30, and cleaning of the cap is facilitated.

The sealing performance of the container C is almost perfect due to the seal packing 38 and the threaded portion, but as seen in the above embodiment, the lower end height of the loading/unloading port 27 is set to be sufficiently higher than the lower end inner circumferential surface height of the container circumferential body wall 20. If the height is set high, as shown in FIG. 8, even if some water w from the pickle material a accumulates inside, it will not immediately leak out to the outside. This results in
This also prevents troubles such as the drive unit U becoming dirty with water or water entering the unit U causing electric shock. Incidentally, the drive roller 12 is provided with a water shield flange 48. Moreover, if the opening 27 is kept within the minimum opening diameter necessary for loading and unloading the pickle ingredients, there is an advantage that the reliability of the sealing will be higher than when the opening is wide. Even if moisture enters the inlet/outlet 27, the seal packing 38 is located at the destination of the moisture, so that a sealing effect can be reliably obtained.

FIG. 9 shows a second embodiment. In this example, as can be seen by comparing it with the one in FIG. 10, the container circumferential wall 20 is formed by an inclined surface that protrudes in a V-shape in the outer diameter direction and has a smaller diameter at the sides than at the center. ing. In other words, as shown in FIG. 10, if the container circumferential wall 20 is a horizontal wall surface, the pickle material a carried above and the pickle floor b
On the other hand, with the inclined circumferential wall 20 shown in Fig. 9, the pickle floor b etc. will fall not only in the vertical direction but also in the direction along the slope or in the direction perpendicular to the slope. It will start falling in various directions. This further promotes the stirring effect and prevents the pickle bed b from becoming smelly. However, as there are more opportunities for pickling ingredients to collide with each other, the way pickles are made will also be promoted.

FIG. 11 shows a third embodiment.
In this example, the seal packing 38 and the stagnation prevention means are unified as one component.

FIG. 12 shows a fourth embodiment.
As explained above, in order to keep the pickle bed, which is a living thing, in good condition, it is necessary to send air into the pickle bed by stirring.
At this time, it is necessary to pay attention to the gas (CO ₂ ) generated by fermentation in the pickle bed. When using a completely sealed container, the container body may swell and become deformed due to the gas, and the pickle floor inside may scatter with a sound when the cap is removed. In addition, when making pickles, not just rice bran pickles, salt is generally used, but the action of this salt causes moisture to come out of the pickle ingredients, and in return, lactic acid bacteria, etc. in the pickles permeate into the pickle ingredients. You will be able to make pickles.
At first, the moisture is absorbed into the pickle bed, but as the moisture increases, it cannot be completely absorbed and begins to float on the pickle bed. If there is too much moisture in this way, the moisture will interfere with stirring the pickle bed, resulting in an unfavorable pickle bed condition that will prevent new air from coming into contact with lactic acid bacteria and butyric acid bacteria in the pickle bed. For this reason, when making pickles, it was necessary to separately scoop out and remove the water floating on the pickle bed to make it in a good condition.

The fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 12 allows the generated gas to be drained out of the container without leaking into the water, and also to separate excess moisture from the pickle bed to maintain the pickle bed in good condition at all times. It has been made possible. In this example, the closing wall portion (inner lid) 4 of the accumulation preventing means also serves as the seal packing 38.
0 is provided with several inner holes 49, and one outer hole 5 is provided in the center of the cap 30.
0 is set. Between the cap 30 and the closing wall 40, there are an inner passage hole 49 and an outer passage hole 50.
A space 51 is formed that communicates with each other. The inner through hole 49 may be a round hole type, as shown in FIG. 13, or a slit type, as shown in FIG. 14. In addition, these inner through holes 49
is arranged closer to the outer diameter of the closing wall portion 40, and a trapezoidal recess 52 is formed on the space 51 side thereof.

According to this example, as shown in FIG. 12, the generated gas is exhausted to the outside through an inner through hole 49 located above. Further, from the inner through hole 49 at the bottom, excess moisture is removed into the space 51, and the 15th
It will be stored as shown in the figure. this space 51
Moisture can pass through the inner through hole 49 between the inner body space 25 and the inner body space 25, and thereby the amount of moisture in the inner body space 25 can be adjusted. Since a considerable amount of water is stored in the space 51, until the water level reaches the outer through hole 50, only gas is expelled to the outside. If the cap 30 is made transparent, the height of the water can be visually checked from the outside, so if you remove the cap 30 and treat the water at that point, only gas will always escape. Can be done. Although it is conceivable that the inner passage hole 49 may become clogged with the pickle bed b, the inner passage hole 49 is washed by the moisture w accumulated in the space 51, so that clogging is prevented. In particular, if the inner through hole 49 is arranged closer to the outer diameter of the closing wall portion 40 as shown in FIG. This clogging prevention effect can be exerted from the beginning.

Further, by providing the recess 52 in the inner through hole 49, only the portion corresponding to the inner communicating hole 49 can be made thinner while keeping the wall thickness of the closing wall portion 40 large. As a result, the passage length of the inner passage hole 49 itself is shortened, so that the clogged pickle bed can be easily removed with the help of water pressure and gas pressure. Of course, the same objective can be achieved by making the entire closing wall 40 thin, but this also results in the disadvantage that the closing wall 40 is easily torn. Moreover, if the partial thin wall structure is used, the closing wall portion 40 is made of a soft elastic material such as silicone rubber, so the 17th
In both the round hole type shown in the figure and the slit type shown in Fig. 18, the thin wall portion 53 is locally elastically deformed toward the space 51 by internal pressure and becomes openable, making it possible to more effectively clean the clogged pickle bed. can be excluded.

As shown in FIG. 19, the recess 52 may be provided on the side of the pickle floor b of the closing wall 40;
In this case, there is a problem that the recess 52 is actively clogged with the pickle bed. On the other hand, if the recess 52 is provided on the side of the space 51, this fear will be eliminated and the moisture in the space 51 will more easily come into contact with the pickle bed of the inner through hole 49. Note that the inner through hole 49 may be provided, for example, in the cylindrical portion 39 instead of in the closing wall portion 40.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As we have seen above, in the stirring type pickle machine according to the present invention, the structure of the loading/unloading port consists of a receiver part and a cap that is screwed into this, so the opening/closing operation of the loading/unloading port can be done with the extremely simple operation of screwing in the cap. At the same time, it has a high sealing effect on the loading and unloading opening, making it extremely convenient as a small pickle machine for easily pickling at home.

Inside the receiving tube for screwing the cap, there is a mechanism to prevent accumulation that can close most of the internal space, so there is no need to worry about the pickles in the container getting into the internal space of the receiving tube and accumulating. . Since the receiving tube needs to be long enough for the cap to be screwed into, there is inevitably a space inside the receiving tube that protrudes from the space inside the container. Because the floor is not stirred sufficiently, it can accumulate and cause odor and rot. In addition, the pickles that have accumulated inside the receiver tend to stick to the back of the cap or the inner wall of the receiver and harden, making the cap dirty and difficult to clean, or when the cap is removed. ,
There is also the inconvenience that the pickled vegetables etc. that are stuck to the container spill out of the container and stain the surrounding area. However, if the internal space of the receiving tube is closed off with the accumulation preventing means as in this invention, the pickle bed etc. will not get in, and therefore the pickle bed will accumulate and rot or stick to the cap etc. There is no need to worry about staining, which is effective in maintaining the quality of the pickle floor, and it is also extremely convenient for handling the pickle machine, such as cleaning.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are a perspective view and a sectional view showing a first embodiment of the stirring type pickle machine according to the present invention, FIG. Fig. 5 is a perspective external view of the container, Fig. 6 shows the process of blow molding the container, and Fig. 6 a shows the process of blow molding the container. The front part (b) of the same figure shows the molded state, and the part (c) of the same figure shows the state of the semi-finished product in cross section. FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a container without accumulation prevention means, and FIG.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the container showing the embodiment, FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view explaining the action of the container, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view explaining the action of the container in the first embodiment, and FIG. 11 is the third embodiment. Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional view of Fig. 4.
FIG. 13 is a front view showing an example of the arrangement of the inner through hole, FIG. 14 is a front view showing an example of the inner through hole having a slit type, and FIG. 15 is a front view showing an example of the arrangement of the inner through hole. Fig. 16 is a sectional view illustrating the operation, and Fig. 16 is a sectional view illustrating the condition in which the inner passage is washed with moisture in the fourth embodiment. Fig. 17 is an enlarged view of an example in which the vicinity of the round-hole type inner passage has a thin wall structure. Fig. 18 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which internal pressure is not applied, and Fig. 18 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which internal pressure is applied. Figure a shows a state in which no internal pressure is applied, and Figure b shows a state in which internal pressure is applied, respectively, as cross-sections. FIG. 19 is a sectional view showing a clogged state of the pickle bed when the recess is provided on the side of the pickle bed. U...Stirring drive unit (stirring drive means),
C... Container, 12... Drive roller, 13... Guide roller, 19... Container body, 20... Container circumferential wall, 23, 24... Side wall, 25... Space within main body,
27... Container inlet/outlet, 30... Container cap.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A stirring-type pickle machine that includes a container for storing pickle ingredients and a pickle bed, and a stirring drive means for rotating the container, and stirs the pickle ingredients and the pickle bed by rotating the container. and the main body of the container is:
It is formed into a drum shape by a circumferential wall and side walls disposed on both sides thereof, and one of the side walls has an inlet/outlet consisting of a receiving tube portion having a smaller diameter than the circumferential wall and protruding from the side wall, and the receiving tube portion has an opening. A cap that can be screwed onto the outer periphery closes the loading/unloading port so as to be openable and closable.Furthermore, a stagnation prevention means is provided inside the receiver portion and is detachable by opening and closing the cap, and the stagnation prevention means is a stirring type pickle machine characterized by having a shape that allows most of the internal space of the receiving cylinder to be occluded. 2. The accumulation prevention means is an inner lid consisting of a cylindrical part located along the inside of the receiving cylinder part, and a closing wall part provided in a closed shape at one end of the cylindrical part and located in the base space of the loading/unloading opening. A stirring type pickle machine according to claim 1. 3. A patent in which a space is provided in the inner lid, an inner hole is provided in the closing wall, and an outer hole is provided in the cap, and these inner and outer holes communicate through the space. The stirring type pickle machine according to claim 2. 4. The stirring type pickle machine according to claim 3, wherein the inner through hole is installed closer to the outer diameter of the closing wall. 5. The stirring type pickle machine according to claim 4, wherein a recess is formed in the closing wall portion at a location corresponding to the inner side of the inner lid of the inner through hole. 6. The stirring type pickle according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the stirring drive means is a stirring drive unit having a drive roller and a guide roller arranged apart from the drive roller. Machine.