JPH03260796A - Food send out device for automatic food coocking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily send out a food in a basket to a container by providing an opening/closing mechanism equipped with a sending-out chute which opens the bottom surface part of the basket and guides the sent-out food. CONSTITUTION:When the opening/closing mechanism 26 provided with the sending-out chute 27 is driven to open the bottom surface part 37A of the basket 37, the sending-out chute 27 receives the food sent out of the bottom surface part 37A and guides and sends it out to a container A which is arranged below. Simultaneously, a receiving dish member 36 which is associated with the opening /closing mechanism 26 moves away from the lower position of the sending-out chute 27 not to disturb the operation for sending the food out of the sending-out chute 27 to the container A. Then the receiving dish member 36 moves and returns to below the opening/closing mechanism 26 after the opening/closing mechanism 26 opens the bottom surface part 37A to receive drops of water dripping from the opening/closing mechanism. Consequently, the noodles in the basket can easily and securely be sent out to the container without inverting the basket, so the mechanization of the device is facilitated and unnecessary drops of water, etc., are prevented from entering the container.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a food dispensing device for an automatic food cooking device for cooking foods such as udon, soba, spaghetti, and ramen.

(b) Prior art As a technology prior to the present invention, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-172264
There is a noodle cooking device disclosed in the publication.

This device produces noodle dough by kneading flour and water, forms the noodle dough into noodle strings, boils the noodles in boiling water, and stores the boiled noodles in a container. .

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention Since the noodles cooked using the conventional device are stored in a vertically long basket with an open top, the noodles in the basket are not transferred to the next cooking process. In some cases, the noodles cannot be removed without reversing the basket, making it difficult to mechanize and have to rely on workers.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a food dispensing device for an automatic food cooking device that allows food in a basket to be easily delivered to a container and prevents unnecessary water droplets from entering the container. .

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a basket that stores and transfers food and can send out the food by opening the bottom part in an automatic food cooking device that automatically cooks food, and the basket. An opening/closing mechanism is provided with a delivery chute that opens the bottom of the basket and guides the food to be delivered into the container, and the opening/closing mechanism operates in conjunction with the opening/closing mechanism and retreats from a position below the delivery chute during the operation of opening the bottom of the basket. The device also includes a saucer member that extends below the opening/closing mechanism during standby to receive water droplets dripping from the opening/closing mechanism.

(E) Function In the present invention having such a structure, when the opening/closing mechanism provided with the delivery chute is driven to open the bottom part of the basket, the delivery chute receives the food delivered from the bottom part and guides it to the container below. At the same time, the tray member interlocked with the opening/closing mechanism is retracted from a position below the delivery chute so as not to obstruct the exit of the food from the delivery chute to the container. After the opening/closing mechanism opens the bottom portion, the saucer member moves back under the opening/closing mechanism and receives water droplets dripping from the opening/closing mechanism.

(f) Example Each figure shows an embodiment of the invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a reception device as a reception means that issues an order card and sends a sales instruction to the processing and cooking device 2 when a customer inserts a medium such as money or a card and selects the noodles to be sold. is coin slot 3,
There are provided an insertion slot 4 for cards and banknotes, a plurality of selection buttons 5 provided for each type of noodles to be sold, a card sales slot 6 for issuing an order card for the noodles selected by the selection buttons 5, and the like.

That is, when a coin, a banknote, a card, or a combination thereof corresponding to a predetermined amount of money for purchasing a product is inserted into the coin slot 3 or 4 of the reception device 1, the product selection operation becomes possible. , when one of the selection buttons 5 is selected by the customer, the type data of the selected product, the order number, etc. are written and memorized, and an order card with the product name, order number, etc. printed is sent to the card sales outlet 6. It is set to be sent.

The processing and cooking device 2 includes a noodle making machine 7 that makes udon noodles, a noodle making machine 8 that makes soba noodles, and a noodle boiling device 9 that boils and cooks the raw noodles made by these noodle making machines 78. and a washing device 10 for washing the boiled noodles cooked in the boiling device 9 with cold water.

The noodle making machines 7 and 8 mix flour and water for each meal to make noodle dough, form the resulting noodle dough into noodle strings, and send them from the delivery conveyor 11 to the boiling device 9. That's what I do.

The noodle boiling device 9 has a large number of baskets 14 suspended in the boiling water of a doughnut-shaped boiling water tank 13, and is equipped with a rotary conveyance device 15 that moves one basket at a time. The noodle strings sent out from the delivery conveyors 11 of the machines 7 and 8 are received in the basket 14, and the noodles are moved to a predetermined delivery position where the boiled noodles are delivered to the washing device 10.
By opening the bottom surface 14A of the port 14, the boiled noodles are delivered to the washing device 10.

Further, the "udon" and "soba" delivered into the basket 14 are boiled while being transferred by the conveying device 15, and when they are moved to a predetermined delivery location where they are delivered to the cleaning device 10, they are boiled. It is set to be. Note that this setting can be determined by the installation position of the noodle making machine 7.8 and the transport time by tact movement of the transport device 15.

The cleaning device 10 is provided with a rotary conveyance device 38 in the center of the cleaning tank 39 that suspends a large number of baskets 37 and moves one basket at a time. The basket 37 is rotated in synchronization with the rotation. Then, at the delivery position of the noodle boiling device 9, from the basket 14 of the noodle boiling device 9 to the basket 37
The boiled noodles received in the container are irradiated with cold water discharged from a flush shower 40 while being transported by a transport device 38, and are transported to a delivery position to a container delivery device 41.

The conveying device 38 is provided with a rotating shaft 17 whose lower part is connected to a drive motor 16 that is controlled to be driven intermittently and rotated, and radially extending outwardly at equal intervals at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the rotating shaft 17. A plurality of arm portions 18 extending from the top and bottom are provided in upper and lower pairs, and support members 19 are provided between the upper and lower pairs of arm portions 18 and 18, respectively, so as to extend vertically.

Each support member 19 is provided with a support rod 20 having a basket 37 hanging thereon at its upper end so as to be movable up and down. Normally, the support rod 20 is held at a lower position by its own weight and the weight of the basket 37, and the basket 37 is Cleaning tank 39
It is suspended inside.

Further, 21 is an elevator device that locks onto the lower end of the support rod 20 and moves the support rod 20 up to a predetermined position.
A basket 37 storing boiled noodles transfers the boiled noodles to the container delivery device 4.
When the push-up piece 2 moves to the predetermined delivery position to be delivered to the
2 is locked to the lower end of the support rod 20, and the support rod 20 is pushed up to a predetermined position and moved, and then returned down after the stored boiled noodles are sent out.

That is, the push-up piece 22 is fixed to an endless chain 24 that is rotated by a drive motor 23 that can rotate forward and backward, and when the basket 37 moves to the delivery position, the support rod 20 is moved to a predetermined position by the forward rotation of the drive motor 23. When the drive motor 23 is reversed after being pushed up to a predetermined position, the support rod 20 is returned to the lower position/downward again.

On the other hand, the basket 37 is made of a net or a board material with many water holes so that the stored boiled noodles can be washed and cooked, and the bottom part 37A can be opened and closed so that the noodles can be taken out from the bottom. However, the spring 25 is normally closed to prevent the noodles from falling due to its elasticity.

Therefore, the basket 37 of the cleaning device 10 is
The boiled noodles received from the basket 14 are washed by the water shower 40 while being transported by the transport device 38, and then transported to the delivery position/\\container delivery device 41, and then moved to the upper position by the elevator device 21. It is configured to be pushed up.

26 is a basket 3 located at the delivery position of the cleaning device 10
This is an opening/closing mechanism that is provided corresponding to 7 and opens and closes the bottom portion 37A of the basket 37 pushed up by the elevator device 21 by pressing downward.

This opening/closing mechanism 26 presses the bottom surface 37A of the basket 37 from above to open it in an inclined state, and also takes over the boiled noodles delivered from above the bottom surface 37A and guides them into the container A on the container delivery device 41. It is provided with a delivery chute 27 that delivers data, and a support arm 28 that supports the delivery chute 27 and is fixed to a drive shaft 29.

The drive shaft 29 extends horizontally and is rotatably supported, and a drive arm 30 is provided parallel to the support arm 28 fixed in correspondence with the basket 37 at the delivery position. One end of a connecting rod 31 is connected to the end of the connecting rod 31. The other end of the connecting rod 31 is connected to a rotary plate 33 rotated by a drive motor 32, and the drive shaft 29 is reciprocated every time the rotary plate 33 rotates once, so that the delivery chute 27 is connected to the drive shaft 29. It reciprocates up and down using the fulcrum as a fulcrum, and opens and closes the bottom portion 37A of the basket 37.

That is, a drive arm 30 is provided on the drive shaft 29 in parallel with the support arm 28 that supports the delivery chute 27, and the upper end of the connecting rod 31 is rotatably supported at the end of the drive arm 30. The lower end of the connecting rod 31 is rotatably supported at a position outside the center of a rotary plate 33 whose center portion is connected to the drive motor 32, so that the connecting rod 3 can be rotated by one rotation of the drive motor 32.
1, the delivery chute 27 is moved from the upper standby position to the bottom part 37 of the basket 37.
It is configured so that it can be rotated to the open position where A is opened downward/tilted, and then returned to the standby position/rotation.

Further, the rotary plate 33 is provided with a control section 34 by cutting out a part of the outer circumferential surface formed in a perfect circular shape, and a detection switch 35 provided opposite to the outer circumferential surface is capable of detecting one revolution of the rotary plate 33. In addition, the detection switch 35 is operated to stop the drive motor 32 every time the rotary plate 33 rotates once.

36 is a saucer member that receives water droplets dripping from the opening/closing mechanism 26, and a suspension rod 5 provided extending from the drive shaft 29.
0 and the lower end of an interlocking rod 52 whose upper end is rotatably supported on a support shaft 51 extending parallel to the drive shaft 29, the suspension rod 50 and the interlocking rod 52 are parallel to each other. They are each rotatably connected to each other so as to extend in a horizontal direction, and are suspended and supported so as to extend substantially horizontally.

The receiving tray member 36 is connected to the delivery chute 2 of the opening/closing mechanism 26.
In the standby position where 7 is located upward, the delivery chute 27 and the support arm 2 are positioned below the delivery chute 27 and the support arm 28, that is, the delivery chute 27 and the support arm 2 are located extending substantially horizontally below the opening/closing mechanism 26.
In the open position where the exit chute 27 opens the bottom surface 37A of the basket 37, it is retracted away from the lower position of the delivery chute 27 and extended approximately horizontally. and the bottom part 37
The delivery of the boiled noodles from A to the container A on the container delivery device 41 through the delivery chute 27 is not obstructed.

Further, the saucer member 36 is provided with a drain tube 53 for draining water droplets dripping from the opening/closing mechanism 26.

To explain the operation at this delivery position, the basketball throat 37 is moved to the container delivery device 41 by the conveyance device 38.
When the basket 37 is transported and positioned at the delivery position, the basket 37
is pushed up to the upper position by the elevator system %<21, and the elevator system 21 is stopped and held in the upper position.

When the basket 37 is positioned upward, the drive motor 32 rotates the rotary plate 33 once and then stops when the detection switch 35 is activated. By one rotation of the rotary plate 33, the delivery chute 27 moves downward from the upper standby position, presses the bottom surface 37A of the basket 37 located above downward and opens it, and the saucer member 36 moves the delivery chute 27 downward. 27 and retreats from the position below the delivery chute 27. At this time, the boiled noodles on the bottom portion 37A are delivered to the container A on the container delivery device 41 through the delivery chute 27.

After this, the delivery chute 27 is returned to its movable position upward, the bottom portion 37A is returned to the closed state by the spring 25, and the saucer member 36 is moved between the delivery chute 27 and the support arm 28.
Advance and return to the lower side of . Therefore, water droplets adhering to the delivery chute 27 and the support arm 28 from the bottom surface 37A and the delivered boiled noodles, etc., drip down into the saucer member 36 and are drained by the drain tube 53, so that the water droplets adhere to the delivery chute 27 and the support arm 28 from the bottom part 37A and the delivered boiled noodles, etc., drip into the saucer member 36 and are drained by the drain tube 53, so that the water droplets adhere to the delivery chute 27 and support arm 28. It won't drip down.

Then, when the delivery chute 27 returns to the standby position,
The drive motor 23 of the elevator device 21 rotates in reverse to return the basket 37 to the lower position.

Note that the vertical movement of the basket 37 by the elevator device 21 and the opening/closing operation of the bottom surface portion 37A of the basket 37 by the opening/closing mechanism 26 are performed during the stop time of the conveying device 38 that moves the basket 37 in tact.

The container delivery device 41 delivers a container A for storing boiled noodles in accordance with the boiled noodles dispensed from the basket 37 of the cleaning device 10, and also transfers the container A containing the boiled noodles to the stocker section 43 of the receiving device 42. It is something to do.

The receiving device 42 transfers the container A containing the boiled noodles to the stocker section 4.
3, and the order number of the stored noodles is displayed on the display 44.
When the order card by the customer is inserted into the card slot 45, the corresponding product is sent to the outlet 46 and the noodle soup supply device 47 is placed in the container A. They now supply mentsuyu from the restaurant.

(G) Effects of the Invention Since the present invention has a grooved bottom as described above, the noodles in the basket can be easily and reliably delivered to the container without reversing the basket, and the mechanization of the device is easy. At the same time, it is possible to prevent unnecessary water droplets from entering the inside of the container.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Each figure shows an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view showing the opening/closing mechanism in the standby position, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the opening/closing mechanism in the open position, and FIG. 3 is a similar state. 4 is a side view in a similar state, FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the cleaning device portion, and FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the automatic food cooking device. 26... Opening/closing mechanism, 27... Delivery chute, 36.
... saucer member, A... container.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic food cooking device that automatically cooks food includes a basket that stores and transfers food and can deliver the food by opening the bottom of the basket, and a container in which the food to be delivered is placed when the bottom of the basket is opened. An opening/closing mechanism is provided with a delivery chute that guides the bottom of the basket to the opening/closing mechanism. A food dispensing device for an automatic food cooking device, comprising a saucer member for receiving water droplets dripping from the opening/closing mechanism.