JPH0317465B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a stirring type pickle machine that appropriately stirs a pickle bed to obtain good pickle production conditions.

[Background technology]

Pickles, such as nukazuke, are made by first making nukadoko (pickled vegetables) by fermenting mash from a mixture of rice bran, boiled water, and an appropriate amount of salt, and then adding ingredients such as raw vegetables to this nukadoko. be done. 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, the pickle itself is a living thing along with the bran bed, and it is an extremely unstable existence in the metabolic pathway of an organism that never takes a break. In order to keep the rice bran alive and suppress other unnecessary anaerobic bacteria such as butyric acid bacteria, it is necessary to send air into the rice bran bed and remove the gas generated in the rice bran bed. For this reason, when making pickles, the rice bran must be stirred several times a day, which is troublesome. If stirring is neglected, a bad odor will be emitted from the rice bran bed.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and aims to provide a stirring type pickle machine that can automatically stir a pickle bed and efficiently produce pickles. .

[Disclosure of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the inventors first developed an agitating type pickle in which a container containing a pickle bed is placed on a pair of rollers arranged in parallel to rotate and stir the pickle. developed a machine. According to this stirring type pickle machine, by transmitting the rotation of the roller rotated by power to the cylindrical container, the cylindrical container can be automatically rotated. However, in such stirring-type pickle machines, the rotation of the rollers is transmitted to the cylindrical container through friction, so there may be cases where the rollers slip and the rotation is not transmitted sufficiently, resulting in insufficient stirring. There is. Therefore, after further consideration, we found that
completed this invention.

That is, the present invention provides an agitating pickle machine in which a container containing a pickle bed is placed on a pair of rollers arranged in parallel to rotate and stir the pickle, One of the rollers is a drive roller that transmits rotation to the container, and the other is a driven roller that rotates as the container rotates. The gist is a stirring type pickle machine characterized in that the rotation direction of the drive roller is determined so that the pickles are fed from the side to the drive roller side.

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

The stirring type pickle machine of this embodiment is equipped with a cylindrical container 1, as shown in FIG. The container 1 is equipped with a lid 1a, and a pickle bed 3 such as a rice bran bed for making pickles from materials 2 such as raw vegetables is housed inside the container 1. After this container 1 is sealed with the lid 1a,
It is laid down sideways and placed on a pair of rollers 4a and 4b arranged in parallel. One of the pair of rollers 4a, 4b is a drive roller 4a for transmitting rotation to the container 1, and the other is a driven roller 4b that rotates as the container 1 rotates. A motor 7 is connected to the drive roller 4a via pulleys 5a, 5b and a belt 6, and the rotation of the motor 7 drives the drive roller 4a. In the figure, 8 is a power cord for supplying electric power to the motor 7, and 9 is a switch for opening and closing the connection between the motor 7 and the power source.

The stirring type pickle machine of the present invention is configured so that the bottom portion 1b of the container 1 placed on the pair of rollers 4a, 4b as described above is always sent from the driven roller 4b side to the driving roller 4a side. A feature is that the rotation direction of the drive roller 4a is determined. The reason why the rotation direction of the drive roller 4a is limited in this way is as follows.

That is, as shown in FIG.
If the direction of rotation of the drive roller 4a is determined so that the pickles are sent to the side b, as the container 1 rotates, the pickle bed 3 stored therein will be moved to the container by its own viscosity. While adhering to the inner wall surface of 1,
It moves to the driven roller 4b side (FIG. 3b). As the container 1 rotates further, the pickle bed 3 finally becomes unable to withstand its own weight and falls downward (FIG. 3c). Then, the loads Wa and Wb on the driving roller 4a and the driven roller 4b, which were equal as shown by the arrows in the figure in the state shown in FIG.
In the state shown in FIG. 3c, the force is mainly applied to the driven roller 4b, so that Wa<Wb. Therefore, slippage is likely to occur between the drive roller 4a and the container 1, and the rotation by the motor 7 may not be sufficiently transmitted to the container 1.

On the other hand, in the stirring type pickle machine of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2a, the bottom 1b of the container 1 is
However, the driving roller 4 is always moved from the driven roller 4b side.
Since the direction of rotation of the drive roller 4a is determined so that the pickles are sent to the side a, as the container 1 rotates, the pickle bed 3 stored therein will be moved to the container 1 due to its own viscosity. It is sent to the driving roller 4a side while adhering to the inner wall surface (FIG. 2b). container 1
As it rotates further, the pickle bed 3 finally becomes unable to withstand its own weight and falls downward (Fig. 2c).

By repeating the above cycle, the pickle bed is mixed with air and is always in a state suitable for the growth of lactic acid bacteria.

Load on driving roller 4a and driven roller 4b
Wa and Wb were equal in Figure 2a, but in the second
In the state shown in FIG. b and FIG. 2c, the force is mainly applied to the drive roller 4a, so that Wa>Wb.
Therefore, the container 1 is pressed more strongly against the drive roller 4a, and the rotation by the motor 7 is sufficiently transmitted to the container 1, so that the rotation of the motor 7 can be efficiently used to rotate the container 1. become. Therefore, it is possible to provide a stirring type pickle machine that can automatically stir the pickle bed and efficiently produce pickles.

In addition, since the vegetables are always given appropriate stimulation by such rotational stirring, it is also possible to produce pickles in a shorter time than conventionally.

In addition, although the stirring type pickle machine of this invention has been explained only based on the above-mentioned Example so far, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned Example. For example, in the embodiments described above, power is transmitted to the drive roller by means of pulleys and belts, but this may be done by other means. Further, in the above embodiments, the container is cylindrical, but it may be elliptical or other shape. in short,
One of the pair of rollers is a driving roller for transmitting rotation to the container, and the other is a driven roller that rotates as the container rotates, and the bottom of the container placed on this pair of rollers is always Other configurations are not particularly limited as long as the direction of rotation of the drive roller is determined so that the drive roller is fed from the driven roller side to the drive roller side.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The stirring type pickle machine of the present invention is configured as described above, and the rotation direction of the drive roller of the pair of rollers for rotating and stirring the container containing the pickle bed is such that the bottom of the container is The direction is always such that the feed is from the driven roller side to the driving roller side,
Since the load is always applied more to the drive roller side, and the rotation by the drive roller is sufficiently transmitted to the container, the pickle bed can be stirred automatically and pickles can be produced efficiently. You will be able to do this.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the main parts of an embodiment of the stirring type pickle machine of the present invention, and Fig. 2 a-
c is an explanatory diagram illustrating the stirring state of the pickle bed and how the load is applied to the pair of rollers in this example;
FIGS. 3a to 3c are explanatory diagrams illustrating the stirring state of the pickle bed and the way the load is applied to the pair of rollers when the rotation direction is reversed. 1... Container, 1b... Bottom part, 4a... Drive roller, 4b... Driven roller.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A stirring type pickle machine in which a container containing a pickle bed is placed on a pair of rollers arranged in parallel and rotated and stirred, wherein one of the pair of rollers is The other is a driving roller that transmits rotation to the container, and the other is a driven roller that rotates as the container rotates. A stirring type pickle machine characterized in that the rotation direction of the drive roller is determined so that the pickles are fed to the side.