JPH08196253A - Heating apparatus for noodle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable the performance of heating treatment such as boiling and defrosting of a noodle homogeneously and efficiently throughout the whole body of the noodle. CONSTITUTION: This heating apparatus 1 for a noodle is composed of a heating bath 3 heated with a heating means 4, plural noodle cages 6 placed in the heating bath 3 in such a manner as to be freely put in and out and a hot water guiding member 7 placed on the bottom of the heating bath 3. The hot water guiding member 7 has plural hot-water blowing holes 29 for each noodle cage 6, and the noodle cages 6 are each separated with hot-water diffusion-protecting members 5 to make the hot water surely to flow into each noodle cage 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating device for boiling and thawing noodles such as udon, buckwheat and spaghetti.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of heating device, there is a boiled noodle machine (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-13351). This boiled noodle machine has a boiling tank heated from below by a gas burner, a boiled basket (men basket) that is removably inserted into the boiled tank, and the bottom of the boiled tank is divided into upper and lower parts. And a hot water guide body arranged as described above.

The hot water guide body is provided with a plurality of high-temperature hot water guide cylinders, which communicate vertically with each other, corresponding to one end of the boiling tank. Further, a plurality of low-temperature hot water guide cylinders are projected downward so as to be lined up corresponding to each of the high-temperature hot-water guide cylinders on the center side of the hot water guide cylinder of the hot-water guide body. It is formed in a stepped shape with a smaller diameter on the lower side so that a step lower than the upper surface of the hot water guide can be formed.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned prior art, the high-temperature hot water guide tube is offset to one end of the boiling tank, and the low-temperature hot water guide tube is located closer to the center of the boiling tank than the guide tube. Therefore, the temperature in the boiling basket becomes high on the side of the high-temperature hot water guide tube, while it becomes low on the opposite side, and there is a problem that the noodles cannot be boiled or thawed uniformly.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object thereof is to make it possible to uniformly and efficiently perform heating such as boiling and thawing of noodles. Providing a heating device.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, the present invention relates to a noodles heating device comprising a heating tank heated by a heating means, a plurality of noodle baskets that can be put in and out of the tank, and a hot water guide body arranged at the bottom of the heating tank. A plurality of high-temperature hot water outlets of the hot water guide body are provided for each of the noodle baskets, and each of the noodle baskets is divided by a hot water diffusion preventive body.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the hot water diffusion preventive body is an individual type for each basket or a whole type. Furthermore, the present invention is characterized in that the device main body or the heating tank is provided with a receptacle.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the hot water ejected from each of the plurality of high-temperature hot water outlets arranged below each of the noodle baskets is guided by the hot water diffusion preventive body and ascends, so that the hot water is surely placed in each of the noodle baskets. In addition, since the noodles in each basket are heated to a uniform temperature, they flow out from the upper end of the hot water diffusion preventer and become low-temperature hot water that falls inside the heating tank outside the hot water diffusion preventer. , Reaches the lower part of the hot water guide body, is heated again by the heating means, becomes hot hot water and is jetted from the jet port, and the same operation is repeated thereafter.

On the other hand, when the noodles in each noodle basket are heated to the required temperature, each noodle basket is turned over to put the noodles on the noodle receiving tray and carry out to the next step.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 10 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
A noodles heating device, which is a device main body 2, a heating tank 3 provided in the main body 2, and a heating means 4 including a gas burner or the like.
And a plurality (five in this example) arranged in the heating tank 3.
Of the tubular hot water diffusion preventive body 5, a basket 6 that can be put in and out of each diffusion preventive body 5, and a hot water guide body 7 that divides the inside of the tank provided at the bottom of the heating tank 3 into upper and lower parts. And consists of.

The apparatus main body 2 is in the shape of a rectangular box with the upper part opened, and legs 9 having a free wheel (caster) 8 at the lower end are fixed to the four corners of the lower surface, and the lower part is shown in FIGS. As shown, the heating means 4 is provided, and the outer peripheral flange portion 10A of the overflow hot water gutter 10 is fixed (or mounted) over the entire circumference in the upper end portion thereof, and the integral type receptacle 11 is provided at the upper end of the front portion.
Is detachably mounted, and an exhaust pipe 12 is fixed to the upper portion of the rear surface, and a basket supporting shaft 13 extending in the left-right direction is horizontally provided in parallel with the front surface at the upper end of the receptacle 11. .

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the heating tank 3 is in the form of a box-shaped container with an open upper portion, and a support flange 14 is provided on the outer periphery of the upper end, and the flange 14 is provided on the main body 2 with overflowing hot water. It can be placed on the inner peripheral edge of the gutter 10, and a main drain pipe 16 is connected to a drain port 15 provided at the bottom. An overflow drainage port 17 is also provided in the gutter 10 and a drainage pipe 18 is connected to the drainage pipe 18. Below the drainage cock 19 connected to the main drainage pipe 16, the drainage pipe 18 is connected via a joint 20. The overflowing hot water is always drained as drain.

The heating means 4 is arranged in parallel to the main gas pipe 21, a plurality of gas branch pipes 23 connected to the gas pipe 21 via cocks 22, and the lower side of the heating tank 3 of the branch pipes 23. The burner nozzles 24 are fixed to the inserted portion in an upward direction, and a plurality of the burner nozzles 24 are disposed directly below each of the noodle baskets 6 so that uniform heating can be performed.

The hot-water diffusion preventive bodies 5 are tubular with a rectangular cross section, and are arranged in the heating tank 3 in the same number as the removable baskets 6 at equal intervals, and the lower ends of the preventive bodies 5 are the same as described above. It is dimensioned to be positioned below the lower end of the noodle basket 6 so that hot water can be reliably introduced into the noodle basket 6 from below. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, each of the noodle baskets 6 has a flat box shape braided like a stainless steel wire, and an operation handle 25 is erected at one end in the longitudinal direction of the upper end opening, and the other end is provided at the other end. A noodles discharge gutter 26 is fixed, a half pipe-shaped bearing 27 is fixed to the lower surface of the front end of the gutter 26 through a member 28, and the bearing 27 is placed and supported on the support shaft 13. It has become so.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8 to 10, the hot water guide body 7 has a lid-like shape with a downward edge 7A, and at a position corresponding to the burner nozzle 24, a high-temperature hot water spray that penetrates vertically is provided. A plurality of high-temperature hot water guide cylinders 30 having outlets 29 are provided in a protruding manner upward in the longitudinal direction of the basket 6 at equal intervals, and four hot water guide cylinders are provided between the diffusion preventing bodies 5 in the central portion. The low temperature hot water guide tube 31 is provided so as to project downward. As shown in FIG. 10, each low-temperature hot water guide tube 31 has a small diameter on the lower side so that a step portion 32 is formed at a position lower than the upper surface of the hot water guide body 7.

The upper end of the hot water guide tube 30 of the hot water guide body 7 is located slightly below the lower end of the hot water diffusion preventive body 5 (about 1.5 cm) so that the hot water rises smoothly and Workability is improved. In the first embodiment, the high-temperature hot water heated by the heating means 4 is jetted upward from the jet outlet 29 of the hot water guide body 7, guided by the hot water diffusion preventive body 5 and rises, so that the hot water inside the fermented basket 6 is removed. After heating the noodles, the hot water spread prevention body 5 flows laterally from the upper end thereof, and the low-temperature hot water having a lowered temperature descends through the outside of each diffusion prevention body 5 and reaches the hot water guide body 7 above, The low-temperature hot water guide tube 31 flows into the lower portion of the hot water guide body 7, and the heating means 4
Is heated again, a circulating flow of hot water is generated, and the above operation is repeated, so that the noodles are heated uniformly.

When the noodles in the noodle basket 6 have been boiled or thawed, the operating handle 25 of the noodle basket 6 is pulled up and tilted forward around the support shaft 13 so that the noodles are removed from the discharge gutter 26. It is discharged into the receiver 11. According to the first embodiment described above, since the hot water outlets 29 of the hot water guide 7 are arranged at equal intervals in correspondence with each noodle basket 6, the noodles in the noodle basket 6 are evenly distributed. Since the burner nozzle 24 is located immediately below the jet port 29, the heating efficiency is good,
Moreover, the hot water flow surely flows upward in the noodle basket 6 and the heating efficiency of noodles can be greatly improved.

Since the hot water diffusion preventive body 5 and the hot water guide body 7 as well as the noodle basket 6 are detachable, the cleaning is easy and the inside of the heating tank 3 is extremely easy to clean. 11 and 12 show a hot water diffusion preventive body 5 which is an essential part of the second embodiment of the present invention. What is different from the first embodiment is that the whole is integrated and a cylinder having a substantially square cross section. In the state of
Since the plurality of partition plates 5A are fixed at equal intervals and in parallel, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be expected. In addition,
According to the second embodiment, the workability of attaching and detaching the hot water diffusion preventive body 5 is improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but the design can be changed appropriately, for example, the receptacle 11 can be detachable, or can be fixed to the gutter 10 or the upper end of the heating tank 3. You can

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the heating tank heated by the heating means, the plurality of noodles that can be inserted into and removed from the heating tank, and the hot water guide disposed at the bottom of the heating tank are provided. In a noodles heating device comprising a body, a plurality of hot water outlets of the hot water guide body are provided corresponding to each noodle basket,
Since each noodle basket is characterized by being divided by a hot water diffusion preventive body, it is possible to boil and thaw the noodles in each noodle basket uniformly and efficiently throughout the whole process. You can do it, and there is no danger that the noodles will be entangled and become a dumpling, or that you will hurt the noodles.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a central longitudinal side view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the heating tank in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the noodle basket in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a left side view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a hot water guide body in the embodiment.

9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a hot water diffusion preventive body which is a main part of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional front view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 noodle heating device 2 device main body 3 heating tank 4 heating means 5 hot water diffusion preventive body 6 noodle basket 7 hot water guide body 11 noodle receiving 29 high temperature hot water outlet

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A heating tank heated by heating means,
A noodles heating device comprising a plurality of baskets that can be freely inserted into and removed from the bath, and a hot water guide body disposed at the bottom of the heating bath, wherein the hot water jet outlet of the hot water guide body corresponds to each noodle basket A plurality of noodle heating devices are provided, and each noodle basket is divided by a hot water diffusion preventive body. 2. The noodle heating device according to claim 1, wherein the hot water diffusion preventive body is an individual type for each basket or an integrated type as a whole. 3. The noodle heating device according to claim 1, wherein the device body or the heating tank is provided with a noodle receiver.