JPH0364096B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] 〔Technical field〕 This invention relates to a stirrer-type pickle machine.

[Background technology]

For example, pickled rice bran is made with rice bran and boiled water.
It is produced by fermenting mash from a mixture with an appropriate amount of salt to produce a bran bed (pickle bed), and then adding pickle ingredients such as raw vegetables to this nuka bed. 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 lives together with the pickle bed, and is an extremely unstable entity in the metabolic pathway of an organism that never takes a break. In order to keep the pickles alive and 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, there is a problem in that a bad odor will be emitted from the pickle bed.

In view of these circumstances, by mechanically rotating the pickle bed and the container containing the pickle ingredients,
A stirring-type pickle machine has been developed that agitates the pickle bed and pickle ingredients in a container, eliminating the trouble of stirring by hand, and effectively pickling pickles while suppressing the generation of characteristic odors.

[Purpose of the invention]

The object of the present invention is to make the drive system for rotating the container in such a stirring pickle machine more compact.

[Disclosure of the Invention] In order to achieve the above object, the stirring type pickle machine according to the present invention includes a stirring drive unit having a drive roller and a guide roller arranged apart from the drive roller, and a pickle material and a pickle bed. a stirring type pickle machine, comprising: a container containing a container, placed on the drive roller and guide roller, and rotated by the rotation of the drive roller, and stirring the pickle ingredients and the pickle bed by rotation of the container; The present invention is characterized in that a motor for rotating the drive roller is provided inside the drive roller.

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

FIG. 1 shows, in cross section, an example of the stirring type pickle machine according to the present invention. This stirring type pickle machine consists of a stirring drive unit U on the lower side and a container C on the upper side.

The container C is formed as a slightly flat circular drum by blow molding, and a protruding ring 2 is integrally provided at the center of the width of the circumferential wall 1. An opening smaller than the drum diameter is formed in one side wall 3 of the container C, and this opening can be opened and closed by a detachable cap 4, as shown in FIG. ing. The cap 4 is provided with a rotating grip portion 4a on the large diameter side and a rotating grip portion 4b on the small diameter side.

The stirring drive unit U is shown in FIG. 2 as viewed obliquely from above, and in FIGS. 3 to 7, its detailed structure is shown. As shown in these figures, the stirring drive unit U is equipped with a unit case 11.
consists of a lower case 12 and an upper case 13.

The lower case 12 is shaped like a saucer with a rectangular opening facing upward, and has four anti-slip protrusions 15 made of rubber material provided on the outside of its bottom side wall 14. bottom side wall 1
4, a drainage hole 16 is formed in an oval shape when viewed from above. The upper case 13 is shaped like a saucer with a rectangular opening facing downward, and is fitted onto the lower case 12 from above and secured by a set screw 17 shown in FIG. The upper wall 18 of the upper case 13 is provided with an outer protruding rib 19 that is square when viewed from above, and inside the rib 19 are a pair of container fall prevention walls 20, 20 and a container fall prevention wall 19. wall 20,2
The recess 22 is formed by the water receiving wall 21 located between 0 and 0.
is formed. The container fall prevention wall 20, 2
0 is formed as an arc-shaped wall plate portion with the protruding side facing downward, and the drain receiving wall 21 is connected to the peripheral wall 1 of the container C.
It is formed as an arc-shaped wall plate part so that the central part is deeper so that the wall plate part is located concentrically above the wall plate part. As shown in FIG. 5, the interval between the container fall prevention walls 20, 20 is slightly wider than the width formed by both side walls 3, 3 of the container C. At the center of the drain receiving wall 21, a drainage guide tube 23 having an oval shape when viewed from above protrudes downward so as to communicate with the drainage hole 16. is provided.

Two openings, a first roller opening 25 and a second roller opening, are provided in the draining wall 21 with a draining hole 24 interposed therebetween. The first roller opening 25 is wide and stepped, and the second roller opening 26 is narrower. In the first roller opening 25, the upper part of the drive roller A supported in the stirring drive unit U protrudes upward, and in the second roller opening 26, the upper part of the drive roller A supported in the drum unit U is exposed. The upper part of roller B projects upward.

The drive roller A has a cylindrical body 27 made of a resin material as its outer shell.
As shown in FIG. 8, this body 27 consists of two semi-cylindrical halves, and is formed by fitting these two halves together and fixing them with a set screw 28 shown in FIG. ing. The body 27 is slightly tapered at both ends in the axial direction, and a recessed groove 29 is formed in the center of the widthwise direction of the slightly thicker outer circumferential portion between the two ends, and a pair of left and right mounting holes are spaced apart on both sides of the recessed groove 29. Grooves 30, 30 are formed. Mounting groove 3
An annular anti-slip member 31 made of, for example, a rubber material and having a larger coefficient of friction than the driving roller body 27 is attached to the roller body 27 so as to protrude in the outer radial direction from the body 27. The protruding ring 2 of the container C is inserted into the concave groove 29, and draining protrusions 32, 32 are integrally provided at both ends of the thick portion of the body 27 in the axial direction.

End walls 33 are provided at both ends of the drive roller body 27 in the axial direction, and a through hole 35 having a notched groove 34 for preventing rotation is formed in the end wall 33. A plate holding protrusion 36 is provided on each inner side of the end wall 33, and flanges 37a, 38a are provided between the plate holding protrusion 36 and the end wall 33.
The first bearing plate 37 and the second bearing plate 38 are set so that they are sandwiched between them. The first bearing plate 37 is
The central boss 37b is fitted into the through hole 35, and a detent projection 37c protruding from the outer periphery of the central boss 37b engages with the notched groove 34. The second bearing plate 38 has an outer circumferential boss 38b and an inner circumferential boss 38c, and the outer circumferential boss 38b is fitted into the through hole 35, and the outer circumferential boss 38b
A rotation prevention protrusion 38d protruding from the outer periphery of is engaged with the notch groove 34. A rotation support hole 38e is formed on one side of the inner periphery of the inner circumferential boss 38c, and as shown in FIG. The shaft portion 39a is rotatably inserted therethrough. Drive roller support shaft 39
An anti-rotation stepped notch 39 formed on the other axial side of the
As shown in FIG. 1, b rests on a square cylinder-shaped shaft stopper 40 that protrudes upward into the lower case 12, and the half-round shaft portion with the stepped notch 39b remains in the upper case. It is restrained and stopped by a shaft restraining part 41 in the shape of a rectangular cylinder, which is provided in the interior of the shaft 13 and protrudes downward. Central boss 3 of first bearing plate 37
7b has a round shaft through hole 37d formed on its inner periphery.

The motor 42 has its back boss 43 inserted into the shaft through hole 37.
The drive roller body 27 is provided inside the drive roller body 27 so as to rotate relative to the drive roller body 27. The motor 42 is fixed, and therefore, as shown in FIG. Protruding bearing tube 4
6, and a shaft holding cylinder 47 protruding from the upper case 13.
It is sandwiched in between to prevent it from rotating. The end of the motor 42 on the shaft 48 side is located midway in the axial direction of the drive roller body 27, and a mounting flange 49 is provided at that end.
A cylindrical outer gear piece 50 is provided to protrude through. This outer gear piece 50 is fixed to the motor 42 side. On the other hand, a pinion gear 51 is attached to the motor shaft 48, and the pinion gear 51 and the outer gear piece 5
Three internal gears 52 are arranged between the 0 internal teeth to form a planetary gear mechanism. The internal gear 52 includes an intermediate transmission plate 53 having a support shaft 53a on one side and a pinion gear 53b in the center of the other side.
The other internal gear 52 is planetarily rotated through the . The rotation of the other internal gear 52 is transmitted to the output transmission plate 54 also shown in FIG.
Since the second bearing plate 38 is inserted into the bearing plate 38 so as to rotate synchronously, the deceleration rotational motion from the motor 42 is transmitted from the second bearing plate 38 to the driving roller body 27.

As shown in FIG. 11, the guide roller B has a pair of left and right roller pieces 5 on the outer periphery of a roller main shaft 55.
6 is inlaid and curved. Both roller pieces 5
A concave groove 57 into which the protruding ring 2 of the container C enters with a gap is formed between the guide roller B
is rotatably attached by a receiving plate 58 and a set screw 59, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

A stirring timer 60, which also serves as a power switch, is built into both front sides of the unit case 11, and the timer 60 is operated by a timer knob 61. Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, partition walls 62 and 63 are provided in the upper case 13 and the lower case 12 so as to protrude from the inside of the timer 60. The walls 62 and 63 separate the electrical connection part and the drive part, and all electrical connections are made below the partition wall 62 in FIG.
Even if B leaks into water, it is difficult for the water to reach the electrical connections, thereby preventing troubles such as electric shock. Note that 64 indicates a power cord.

A pickle material and a pickle bed are placed in the container C, and the opening thereof is closed by a cap 4. This container C is designed so that its circumferential wall 1 is set on a stirring drive unit U. When the timer knob 61 is turned as necessary, the power switch is turned on, the timer 60 operates for the required time, and the motor 42 is driven. This results in
The drive roller A is decelerated in a fixed direction via a planetary gear mechanism, and the container C is rotated. Since the container C rotates, there is no need to touch the pickle floor with one's hands, which has the advantage of not making one's hands smelly. Moreover, since the pickle ingredients and the pickle bed are evenly mixed throughout and the pickle ingredients collide with each other, the pickles can be effectively pickled. Furthermore, since air is supplied to the pickle bed, it is advantageous in that the generation of peculiar odors is prevented.

In particular, since the drive roller A has a built-in motor 42, the device can be made more compact than a device in which a motor is provided separately.

As described above, if the guide roller B has a smaller diameter than the drive roller A, the case can be made more compact. In this case, if the contact point of the guide roller B is placed above the drive roller A, the weight distribution to the drive roller A will be increased and the drive of the container C will be stabilized and ensured. Furthermore, if a slip prevention member 31 is attached to the outer periphery of the drive roller A, the driving of the container C becomes more stable and reliable. When water comes out in the container C, it may leak if the cap 4 is loose, but if the drive roller A is provided with the draining protrusion 32 as shown in the above embodiment, the leaked water can be prevented. The water is blocked there and can be removed through the drainage hole 24, allowing good operating conditions to continue, and also preventing troubles such as water from entering the drive roller A and electrical leakage. If grooves 29, 57 are provided in both or one of the drive roller A and the guide roller B, and the protrusion ring 2 on the container C side faces the grooves 29, 57 so as to be inserted therein, the container C can be prevented from shifting laterally. A stable stirring state can be maintained without falling or falling. If the case is provided with the container fall prevention wall 20, it is possible to effectively prevent the container C from falling sideways.

In addition, in the above embodiment, since the container can be separated by lifting it from the drive unit, in order to prevent pickle floor odor and over-pickling,
Container C can be removed from the drive unit and placed in the refrigerator, and just by lowering it, it can be set and ready for stirring. However, in this invention,
It may be of a type that cannot be separated in this way. A belt or the like may be stretched between the drive roller and the guide roller so that they interlock. Each roller may have a plurality of disk plates arranged around its shaft.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As seen above, the stirring type pickle machine according to the present invention is equipped with a motor for rotating the drive roller inside the drive roller, so the drive system for rotating the container can be made more compact. can.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an example of the stirring type pickle machine according to the present invention, and is a sectional view taken along the - line in Fig. 3a, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the stirring type pickle machine in a separated state.
Figure 3 shows the external appearance of the stirring drive unit viewed from the front from each direction, with Figure a being a plan view, Figure b being a front view of Figure a, and Figure c being a right side view of Figure A. , FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 3a, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. Figure 7 is a sectional view taken along the - line in Figure a.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of the drive roller, Figure 9 is an exploded perspective view of a part of the transmission system and shaft support system of the drive roller, and Figure 10 is the installation of the motor. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the state of the guide roller. U... Stirring drive unit, C... Container, A...
...Drive roller, B...Guide roller, 42...Motor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A stirring drive unit having a drive roller and a guide roller disposed apart from the drive roller; and a container rotated by the rotation of a drive roller, the stirring type pickle machine stirs the pickle ingredients and the pickle bed by the rotation of the container, the stirring type pickle machine comprising: a container rotated by the rotation of the drive roller, the stirring type pickle machine stirring the pickle material and the pickle bed by the rotation of the container, the circumferential direction of at least one of the drive roller and the guide roller; A stirring type pickle machine, characterized in that a groove is formed along the circumferential direction of the container, and a protruding ring facing into the groove is formed along the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the container. 2. The stirring type pickle machine according to claim 1, wherein a drainage hole is provided at a corresponding position between the drive roller and the guide roller. 3. Claims 1 or 2, wherein a recess into which the bottom of the container enters is formed in the upper part of the stirring drive unit, and the side surface of the recess opposite to the side surface of the container serves as a wall surface to prevent the container from falling over. The stirring type pickle machine described in .