JPH04199496A - Automatic fry vending device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily supply fry materials from a stock chamber to a basket for fry without fail by dropping the fry materials in a vessel into the basket for fry with gravity, simultaneously with opening. CONSTITUTION:A vessel P at the highest order of a chain conveyer 24 is passed through the surface of a guide board and conveyed out from a convey-out port 39 by a vessel pulling-out member 63. In this case, a holder 74 loaded with the vessel P is moved to the side of a frying chamber together with a movable stand and stopped when a cutter 77 on the movable stand is moved at the any one upper position of a pair of right and left baskets 80 for fry. Then, the holder 74 is inverted, the lid of the vessel held by the holder 74 is opened, and the fry materials in the vessel are dropped and supplied into the basket 80 moved on standby in a cooking tank 84. Further, when all the fry materials in the vessel are dropped down, the holder 74 is returned. Thus, the fry materials can be easily supplied from the stock chamber to the frying chamber without fail.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to an automatic fry vending device that automatically prepares and sells fries such as fried chicken, chicken nuggets, or french fries.

[Conventional technology]

Among this type of vending apparatus, one is known in which fried ingredients are automatically fried in oil and sold (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-20520). However, with the above-mentioned conventional device, the consumer opens the lid of the container and inserts the fried ingredients into the device, which is stored in a refrigerator or the like that is separate from the fry vending device. This is troublesome, and there is a risk that trouble may occur if the product is supplied into the device without opening the lid. Therefore, the present applicant previously proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 1174905 that a storage chamber for freezing and storing fried ingredients and a frying chamber for frying the fried ingredients were divided into the main body of the apparatus, and the storage chamber was divided into a frying chamber for frying the fried ingredients. A stocker is provided for storing a large number of the above fried ingredients in containers with lids, and a carrying means is provided for sending out the containers containing the frying ingredients stored in the stocker from the storage room, and a carrying means is provided for transporting the containers sent out by the carrying out means. An automatic fryer that can automatically carry out everything from freezing and storing fried ingredients to cooking and selling them, by being equipped with a transfer and supply means that holds the container on the container, opens the lid of the container, and guides the fried ingredients in the container to a frying work chamber. We proposed a sales device. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention relates to improvements in the above-mentioned automatic fry vending device, and particularly relates to the process from frozen storage of fried ingredients to cooking and sales of the above-mentioned fried ingredients, and in particular, the improvement of the above-mentioned automatic fry vending device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic fry vending device that can more reliably carry out the process of guiding ingredients to a fry work room. [Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, an automatic fry vending device according to the present invention has the following configuration. That is, a storage chamber for freezing and storing fried ingredients and a frying chamber for frying the fried ingredients are divided into the main body of the device, and the fried ingredients are placed in a container with a lid in the storage chamber. In addition to providing a storage capacity for storing a large number of containers, there is also a carry-out means for sending out the containers containing the frying material stored in the stocker from the storage room, and a carrying-out means for transferring and holding the containers sent out by the carrying-out means, opening the lids of the containers, and removing the containers. In the automatic fry vending apparatus, the transfer supply means transfers and holds the container containing the fry material sent out from the storage chamber by the carry-out means, and inverts the container. A holder for opening the container containing fried ingredients held by the holder and a cutter for opening the lid of the container when the container containing fried ingredients held by the holder is turned over are arranged on a movable table that moves in an approximately horizontal direction. When transferring and holding the container to the above-mentioned holder, the holder is placed near the storage chamber, and when opening the container, the cutter is placed above the frying basket in the frying work chamber, and the frying material inside the container is removed at the same time as the container is opened. It is characterized by being made to fall into the basket for frying work by its own weight. [Function] As described above, as a transfer supply means for guiding the container containing fried material sent out from the storage room by the carrying means to the frying work room, it transfers and holds the container containing fried material sent out from the storage room and turns it over. A holder for opening the container containing fried ingredients held by the holder and a canter for opening the lid of the container when inverting the container containing fried ingredients held by the holder are arranged on a movable table that moves approximately horizontally. When transferring and holding the container to the above-mentioned holder, the holder is placed near the storage chamber, and when opening the container, the cutter is placed above the frying basket in the frying work chamber, and the frying material inside the container is removed at the same time as the container is opened. By allowing the ingredients to fall into the frying basket under their own weight, it is possible to simply and reliably supply the frying material from the storage chamber to the frying basket in the frying chamber. [Example] Fig. 1 is an external perspective view showing one embodiment of the automatic fry vending device of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional front view thereof. In the figure, ] is the main body of the apparatus, which has a configuration in which two box-shaped main body cases 1a and ]b are integrally arranged side by side as shown in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 1, opening and closing doors 2a and 2b are provided on the front of each of the main body cases 1a and 1b, and on the front of one of the opening and closing doors 2a, a display panel 3 and fly selection buttons 48 to 4f are provided. , display section 5 for frying work status, etc., coin slot 6, bill slot lower, amount display section 8, return lever 9
A, a return port 9b, etc. are provided. Further, a pair of left and right opening/closing openings 10 for taking out fries are provided on the front surface of the other opening/closing door 2b. Furthermore, a storage chamber 11 for freezing and storing fried ingredients is provided in the main body case la, and a frying chamber 12 for frying the fried ingredients is provided in the other main body case lb. A heat insulating material 13 is provided on the inner surface of the storage chamber 11, and a cooling device 14 is installed above the storage chamber 11 to keep the inside of the storage chamber 11 at a predetermined temperature (for example, about -20°C) at all times. ing. Further, in the storage chamber 11, a stocker 20 is provided in which a large number of frying materials are arranged and stored in synthetic resin containers P with lids. In the above-mentioned embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the container P stores the frying material F in a container body Pl having a substantially rectangular shape with a thousand sides and a flan portion on the periphery, and the upper surface thereof is shaped like a sheet made of synthetic resin or the like. The structure is sealed with a lid P2. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the illustrated stocker 20 has a substantially V-shaped cross section between a turntable 21 provided at the bottom of the storage chamber and an annular disk 22 provided at the top of the storage chamber. It has a structure in which a plurality of struts 23 are provided in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of chain conical hairs 24 that move in the vertical direction are provided in the circumferential direction between adjacent struts, and in this example, as shown in FIG. 6. Six chain connecting hairs 24 are arranged in the circumferential direction. In FIG. 2, 25 is a roller that supports the annular disk 22 so as to rotate freely. As shown in FIG. 2, the stocker 20 is rotatable around a vertical shaft 26 provided approximately at the center of the storage chamber 11, and is driven by a motor 27 provided below the storage chamber 11 to rotate gears 28a and 28a.
28b and a cylindrical shaft 29 integrated with the turntable 21, it is rotatably driven at a low speed. As shown in FIG. 2, each of the above-mentioned chain connecting hairs 24 has an endless synthetic resin sprocket attached to a pair of upper and lower sprockets 31a and 31b, which are rotatably provided between adjacent columns 23 and 23 via a horizontal shaft 30. It has a structure in which a chain 32 is suspended, and each chain is provided with a large number of racks 33 on which containers P containing frying materials are placed. Each of the racks 33 is formed into a U-shape on a plane as shown in FIG.
4 so that it can be raised and lowered vertically using a horizontal raising and lowering shaft 35, and when located outside each chain 32, the fifth
As shown in the figure, the protrusion 33c provided on the base piece 33a of the mouth-shaped rank 33 comes into contact with the lower surface of the protrusion 34a formed on the support member 34, and is held approximately horizontally as shown in the figure, so that the chain 32
It is configured so that it hangs downward when moved inside. As described above, the container P containing the frying material is placed and stored on the upper part of the facing pieces 33b and 33b of the mouth-shaped rack 33 held substantially horizontally, and the bottom of each container P is As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of left and right protrusions P3 are formed to prevent horizontal displacement when placed on a rack, and the opposing pieces 33b and 33b of each rack 33 are provided with a pair of protrusions P3 as shown in FIG. A diagonally upward bent portion 33d is formed in contact with the inner surface of the protrusion P3. Each of the chain converter hairs 24 is equipped with a reversal prevention mechanism to prevent the rack 31 on which the containers P are placed from falling down due to its own weight. Although a one-way clutch is built in between the horizontal shaft 30 and the horizontal shaft 30 that rotatably supports it, it is not shown in the figure. Further, in the embodiment, six chain container containers 24 each contain containers containing different types of fried ingredients such as fried chicken, chicken nuggets, or french fries, and when the consumer selects the desired fried food, The stocker 20 is automatically rotated by the motor 27, and the chain conveyor 24 containing the frying material selected by the consumer is automatically moved to the side of the frying work chamber 12 by means of a detection means and a stopper mechanism, etc. not shown in the figure. The vehicle is configured to stop at a certain position. Chain conveyor 2 located on the frying work chamber 12 side
Near the top rack 33 on the frying room side of No. 4,
A carry-out port 39 for carrying out the container P containing the frying material placed on the rack 31 to the frying work room side, and a pair of left and right opening/closing doors 40 for opening and closing the carry-out port 39 are provided. . As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, each opening/closing R40 can be moved in the left and right direction in FIG. 9 by a roller 43 along a pair of upper and lower guide rails 42 and 42 attached to a support plate 41, It is configured in a so-called opening type in which both @40 and 40 close to each other and close the outlet 39 as on the same day, and when opened, move away from each other in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Reference numeral 44 denotes a pair of upper and lower endless healds for opening and closing the doors 40. Each of the healds 44 is wound around a pair of upper and lower driving pulleys 45a and a driven pulley 46 provided on the vertical shaft 45, respectively. In FIG. 9, each belt 44 has an opening/closing door 40 on the left side in the figure on the back side, and an opening/closing door 40 on the right side in FIG. They are connected and fixed via a locking piece 47 that is integrally provided. On the 4th, a reversible motor drives both belts 44, and by rotating the motor 48 in forward and reverse directions, the gear 49a
- Heald 44 rotates forward and backward via 49b, shaft 45, and drive pulley 45a, and both 840 and 40 move toward or away from each other to open and close the outlet 39. Also, the chain controller located on the side of the frying work room mentioned above.
A feeding means 50 is provided at the upper part of the container 24 for carrying out the container P placed on the highest rank 33 and then moving the next rank upward to the carrying-out position. In the embodiment, the feeding means 50 comprises the frying chamber 1
An operating rod 51 that moves forward and backward in the vertical direction is provided at the upper part of the storage chamber 1 inside the chain converter hair 24 located on the second side, and a support member 52 provided at the lower end of the operating rod 51,
As shown in FIG. 8, a pair of pushers 53 for pushing down the rack 33 are rotatably mounted on a shaft 54. The pusher 53 is urged to rotate counterclockwise in FIG. 8 by a spring 55, and is normally held in the state shown in FIG. 8 by abutting against a stopper 56. As shown in FIG. 2, the operating rod 51 is connected via an elongated hole to a lever 57 and another lever 157b that swings up and down with one end 57a as a fulcrum in the upper part of the storage chamber 11. Rotating disk 59 provided on the output shaft of the motor 58
The configuration is such that the pusher 53 is moved up and down via the operating rod 51 by vertically swinging the upper eccentric bin 59a. The pusher 53 is normally located at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 8, and when activated, moves downward to the position 53 shown by the chain line in FIG. By contacting the uppermost rack 33 on the inside of the chain conveyor 24 as shown in FIG. The height dimension of the ranks 33 adjacent to each other in the direction is increased. When the downward movement of the pusher 53 is completed, it rises and returns to the solid line position in FIG. 8, and the rack 3 that has rotated upward at that time
When the pusher 53 hits the shaft 5, the pusher 53 hits the shaft 5.
4 in the clockwise direction in FIG. 8 against the spring 55. On the other hand, on the outside of the carrying out port 39, there is a carrying out means 60 for sending out the container P containing the frying material placed on the uppermost rack 33 of the chain container 24 located on the side of the frying work room to the side of the frying work room. , and a transfer/supply means 70 for transferring and holding the container containing the frying material sent out by the carrying-out means 60, opening the lid of the container, and supplying the frying material into the frying work chamber 12. The carrying-out means 60 in the illustrated example has a reciprocating arm 6 inside a frame 61 provided at the upper part of the frying work chamber 12 as shown in FIG.
2 is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction as shown in FIG. It was installed as possible. In FIG. 10, reference numeral 64 denotes a reversible motor that moves the reciprocating arm 62 forward and backward, and 65 denotes a belt driven by the motor. By rotating the motor 64 in the forward and reverse directions, the forward and backward arm 6 is moved through the heald 65.
This is a configuration that allows the 2 to move forward and backward. The reciprocating arm 62 is normally located at the position shown in solid line in FIG. 10, and the container drawer member 63 at its tip is in a state of hanging downward as shown in the figure. When taking out a container containing fries in the storage chamber 11, the motor 64 rotates forward and moves forward/backward arm 6.
2 moves forward toward the storage chamber 11 side, and when the member 63 comes into contact with the container P containing frying material placed on the -F position rack 31,
The member 63 is retracted counterclockwise in the figure, and once it has climbed over the container P, it hangs downward again. Next, the motor 64 rotates in the reverse direction, and the member 63 retreats to the right in the figure and comes into contact with the side surface of the flange portion of the container P, as shown by the chain line in FIG. At this time, the member 63 comes into contact with the end plate 62a of the reciprocating arm 62 and is prevented from rotating clockwise in the figure. In this state, the advancing/retracting arm 62 continues to move backward, thereby moving the container P into the storage chamber II.
It is something that can be drawn from. Reference numeral 69 in the V is a guide plate when pulling out the container P, and the guide plate 69 is provided extending to the inside of the opening/closing door 40, and the opening/closing 1s40 has a recessed portion to avoid interference with the guide plate 69. is formed, but is omitted from the figure. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the transfer supply means 70 is mounted on a support frame 71 attached to the upper part of the frying chamber 12 along a pair of guide rails 72, 72 in the left-right direction in the figure. A movable table 73 that moves is provided, and a holder 74 for transferring and holding the container P sent out from the storage chamber 11 is provided on the movable table 73. The holder 74 is formed into a U-shape in plan view, and its base is rotatably mounted on the movable base 73 via a shaft 75. Reference numeral 74a denotes a presser piece provided on the top surface of the holder 74, and the flange portion P1 of the container P is held between the presser piece 74a and the top surface of the holder. 74b is a support member that supports the bottom of the container held in the holder 74. The holder 74 is configured to be rotated as shown by the chain line in FIG. 2 by a forward/reverse motor 76 to invert the container held in the holder. A cutter 77 is provided to open the lid P2. The cuff 7 is formed into a U-shape in plan as shown in FIG. 11, and is opened by cutting off three sides of the lid P2, which is rectangular in plan, inside the flange portion of the main body of the container. In FIG. 11, 78 is a forward/reverse motor for moving the movable table 73, and 79 is an endless belt driven by the motor 78. The movable table 73 is attached to the lower side of the heald 79 by a connecting portion U79a Connection is fixed. The movable table 73 is normally located at the solid line position shown in FIGS.
is transferred to the holder 74, the motor 78
The movable table 73 is moved to position the canter 77 on the movable table above the frying work basket 80 in the frying work chamber 12, and the basket in this embodiment is as shown in FIG. A pair of left and right baskets are provided, and the cutter 77 is selectively moved to positions 77 and 77 shown in chain lines in FIG. 11 in correspondence with each basket 80. In order to detect each of the above positions, three detection switches 8i are provided on the support frame, and one operator 82 for each of the switches 81 is provided on the movable base 73. Also, the cutter 77 is located at the position 771 or 77□.
12, the holder 74 is reversed by the motor 76 as shown by the line M in FIG. 12, and the lid P2 of the container P is opened by the cutter 77, thereby dropping the frying material into the frying basket. be. Each of the baskets 80 is formed of a perforated plate or the like, and is disposed inside the pair of left and right fly retrieval openings 10, respectively. Each basket 80 also has a shaft 85 attached to the edge of the cooking tank 84.
They are each attached to be rotatable independently and can move in and out of the cooking tank 84 filled with cooking oil. An oil supply tank 86 is provided below the cooking tank 84, and cooking oil is regularly circulated and supplied into the cooking tank 84 from the oil supply tank 86 via pipes 86a and 84a by a pump (not shown). The oil in the cooking tank 86 is kept at a constant temperature (for example, 180°C) by an extension 87 provided at the bottom of the tank 86.
'C level). 88 is a drain oil tank, 88
a is a discharge port with a valve, 89 is a new oil tank, and pump 8
9a supplies new oil to the oil supply tank 86 via a pipe 89b. Furthermore, a cartridge 90 containing a large number of cups C is provided at the front upper part of each basket 80,
One cup C is placed one by one on a cup mounting table 91 provided inside the fry take-out opening. Each of the baskets 80 is rotated independently around the shaft 85 as shown by solid lines and chain lines in FIG. , when the frying material is fed, the selected one of the baskets 80 is in the position 80. shown by the chain line in FIG.
to receive the frying material from container P. Then, the cooking tank 84 is stopped for a predetermined period of time to fry the fried ingredients, and after draining the oil at the solid line position, the frying ingredients are transferred to the chute 93 and the cylindrical body 93a integrated therewith by rotating inverted as shown by the chain line 802 in the figure. It is configured to lead into the cup C through the. In FIGS. 2 and 3, 94 is an exhaust fan, 95 is a deodorizing filter, and 96 is an automatic control section. In the above configuration, the consumer inserts a predetermined amount of coins or banknotes into the slots 6 and 7 shown in FIG.
When any one of 8 to 4f is pressed, the stocker 20 in the storage chamber 11 rotates, and the chain controller A 24 storing the container P containing the selected frying material is moved to the position shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. It stops when it is located on the frying chamber 12 side. Next, at the same time as opening/closing M40 of the carrying out port 39 is opened, the advance/retreat arm 42 of the carrying out means 60 enters into the storage chamber 11,
The chain container 24 is removed by the container drawer member 63.
The top of the line! The SP passes through the guide plate 69 and exits to the exit 3.
9 and transferred onto the holder 74 of the transfer supply means 70. Then, the above-mentioned unloading port 39 is closed by the opening/closing lid 40, and the operating rod 51 of the feeding means 50 is landed, and the uppermost rack 33 inside the conveyor is pushed down by the pusher 53, and the next container outside the container is pushed down. P is the highest rank!
, and the operating rod 51 returns to its original position. Next, the holder 74 with the container P transferred thereto moves to the frying work room side together with the movable table 73, and the cutter 77 on the movable table 73 moves to the pair of left and right frying baskets 80.
It stops when it moves to one of the upper positions,
The holder 74 is inverted as shown by the solid line in FIG. 12, the lid of the container held by the holder 74 is opened, and the fried ingredients in the container are moved into the cooking tank 84 and fall into the waiting Baskent 80. Supplied. When all the fried ingredients in the container have fallen, the holder 74 returns to the solid line position in Figure 12, and at the same time, the movable table 73 returns to the solid line position in Figures 2 and 11, and in that state, the holder 74 is free. By rotating the end side downward, the used container P falls under its own weight and is collected into a collection container 83 shown in FIG. 2. At the same time, the fried ingredients fed into the Baskent 80 are fried for a predetermined time in oil in the cooking tank 86, drained of oil as described above, and then put into the cup C. The frying operation is completed by returning to the solid line position in Figure 3. The above-mentioned series of operations, as well as the frying material storage temperature, oil heating temperature, etc., are all automatically controlled by the control section 96, and the above operation status is sequentially displayed on the display section 5 provided on the front door. When the frying operation is finished, the consumer can take out the cup C containing the fries by opening the displayed opening/closing opening 10 for taking out the fries. Although not shown in the figure, a fire extinguisher is provided near the cooking tank 84, and when the internal temperature of the device above the cooking tank reaches a predetermined set temperature (for example, 95°C or higher), the fire extinguisher is automatically activated. configured to operate. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the automatic fry vending device according to the present invention has a movable table 7 that moves in a substantially horizontal direction by pulling out a container containing frozen fried ingredients stored in the storage room l) using a carrying out means.
3 is transferred and held by the holder 74 on the movable table, and with the force and tough 7 provided on the movable table positioned above the frying work basket 80 in the frying work chamber 12, the above-mentioned operation is performed by reversing the holder 74. Since the lid P2 of the container P is opened by Force 2 and Tough 7 and the fried ingredients in the container are directly dropped and supplied to the basket 80, the fried ingredients are easily and reliably supplied from the storage room to the frying work chamber. This has the advantage of being able to provide an automatic fry vending device with a simple structure and easy maintenance at a low cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of an automatic fry vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view thereof, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view, and Fig. 4 is a partial cutaway of a frying material storage container. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rack, Fig. 6 is a plan view of the stocker, Fig. 7 is a plan view of the chain container, No. 8M is a partial front view, and No. 9 is a view of the opening/closing door. FIG. 10 is an enlarged front view of the carrying-out means and the transfer and supply means, FIG. 11 is a plan view of the transfer and supply means, and FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing the operating state of the transfer and supply means. 1 is the main body of the device, 11 is a storage room, 12 is a frying work room, 2
0 is a stocker, 21 is a turntable, 24 is a chain converter, 39 is a container carrying out port, 40 is an opening/closing door, 60 is a carrying out means, 62 is an advancing/retracting arm, 63 is a container drawing member,
70 is a transfer supply means, 73 is a movable table, 74 is a holder, 7
7 is a cutter, P is a container, Pl is a container body, P2 is a lid, F
is the frying material. Figure 1] Figure 4 Figure 6 Figure 8

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A state in which a storage chamber for storing fried ingredients frozen and a frying work chamber for frying the fried ingredients are divided into the main body of the device, and the fried ingredients are placed in a container with a lid within the storage chamber. A stocker for storing a large number of frying ingredients is provided, and a carry-out means for sending out the containers containing frying ingredients stored in the stocker from the storage room, and a transfer means for transferring and holding the containers sent out by the carry-out means, opening the lids of the containers, and releasing the containers. In an automatic fry vending machine, the transfer supply means transfers and holds the container containing the fry material sent out from the storage chamber by the carry-out means, and inverts the container. A holder for opening the container containing fried ingredients held by the holder and a cutter for opening the lid of the container when the container containing fried ingredients held by the holder is turned over are arranged on a movable table that moves in an approximately horizontal direction. When transferring and holding the container to the above-mentioned holder, the holder is placed near the storage chamber, and when opening the container, the cutter is placed above the frying basket in the frying work chamber, and the frying material inside the container is removed at the same time as the container is opened. An automatic fry vending device characterized in that the fries are dropped by their own weight into a basket for fry operation. (2) The automatic fried fry vending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the carrying-out means comprises a container drawer member provided at the tip of a reciprocating arm provided at the upper part of the storage chamber and movable in a substantially horizontal direction.