JPS608089B2 - Continuous automatic manufacturing method for American dogfish - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for continuously and automatically producing corn dogs covered in oil by wrapping sausages in batter.

Traditionally, corn dogs are made by manually skewering sausages and immersing them one by one in a container filled with batter, taking care not to get batter on the skewers and paying attention to the amount and shape of batter attached to the sausages. Batter is applied while brushing, and then immediately placed in a hot oil tank.
The skewer was held in a clip attached to a conveyor, and the skewer was held vertically in an oil bath while being immersed in oil and soot for a certain period of time.

However, in the conventional method, the oil and soot work is done manually, which causes severe fatigue in the fingertips and hands.In addition, the work is carried out close to the hot oil tank, which creates a poor working environment due to high temperatures and risks such as burns from flying oil. Furthermore, there were drawbacks such as the amount of coating and the shape of the finished product being uneven.

In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention aims to provide a manufacturing method that enables a series of steps to be performed automatically, saves labor, and can obtain uniform products. .

The present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings. In Fig. 1, a mandrel 1 rotating around a vertical axis is equipped with a plurality of sets of upper and lower arms 2 and 3 arranged radially around the mandrel so as to be able to move up and down, respectively. There is. The arms 2 and 3 are configured to move around the mandrel 1 in accordance with the rotation of the mandrel 1, and perform a vertically determined lifting and lowering operation at the top by a lifting mechanism provided inside the mandrel 1.

The arms 2 and 3 are raised and lowered by equipping each arm with rollers on respective rails provided around the mandrel.
It is also possible to perform the lifting and lowering operations according to the rotation of the mandrel. At the tip of the lower arm 2, there is a retainer 4 which is vertically divided into two parts without a lid and has a bottom and can open and close split molds 4a and 4b, and an opening/closing mechanism connected to the split molds 4a and 4b to open and close them, for example. As shown in FIG. 3, a guide rail whose distance from the mandrel 1 is adjusted, a roller that moves along the guide rail, and a pantograph type opening/closing machine 5 that expands and contracts by means of a roller shaft are installed. Arm 3
is located in the vertical direction of the arm 2, and a skewer holder 6 made of a spring-type clamping tool or the like is attached to the tip, so that the sausage A with a skewer can be held vertically.

Further, around the mandrel 1, a hot oil tank 7, a quantitative batter filling machine nozzle 8, a fixed arm 9 for separating the finished product from the skewer holder 6, and a conveyor 10 for carrying out the separated product are installed at predetermined positions. has been done.

The process in the above equipment will be explained according to FIG.

The skewered sausage A is placed in the arm 3 at the position shown in Fig. 2.
The retainer 4 of the arm 2 is in a state of closing the split molds 4a and 4b (step 1).

When the retainer 4 reaches the position n in the figure as the mandrel 1 rotates, the batter B is quantitatively filled from the quantitative filling machine nozzle 8 (step B). Next, the arm 3 is lowered at the position m in the same figure, and the skewered sausage A held by the skewer holder 6 is vertically inserted into the retainer 4 from the upper entrance.

In this way, sausage A is held in the center of retainer 4 and is fully covered with batter B (process area). When reaching W in the figure while maintaining this state, the arms 2 and 3 are simultaneously lowered by the lifting mechanism, and the retainer 4 moves slowly while completely immersed in the hot oil tank 7 (Step W).

Then, at the position V in the figure, the split mold 4a of the retainer 4,
4b, and move it slightly backwards (or downwards) so as not to contact the battered semi-finished product. As a result, the battered semi-finished product is released from the retainer 4 into the hot oil, and as it moves through the oil, it is thoroughly oiled, and the batter B is appropriately expanded and solidified to complete the product as a corn dog (Step V ). The corn dog that has been fried is lifted out of the hot oil tank 7 as the arm 3 is raised, and at the same time or subsequently, the arm 2 is also raised and the retainer 4 is pulled out of the hot oil tank 7 (step W).

Then, the pulled up corn dog contacts the fixed arm 9 at the blood position, detaches from the skewer holder 6 (it can also be pulled out manually), falls onto the conveyor 01 and is carried out, and the retainer 4 is moved to the next place. During the transfer to the blood stage of the process, the molds are cooled by heat radiation, and the split molds 4a and 4b are closed again, and the steps 1 to 1 to the blood stage are repeated in the same manner as above.

In addition, when producing a larger quantity of corn dogs, the above-mentioned process may be performed while the retainer 4 and the skewer-holding odor 6 are moved linearly by a chain conveyor or the like.

As described above, according to the present invention, the batter is quantitatively filled into a retainer consisting of two split molds that can be opened and closed left and right, and the skewered sausage is inserted into the center of the retainer, and while maintaining that state, the retainer is placed in a hot oil bath. The split mold of the retainer is opened in hot oil, and the battered semi-finished product is fully soaked in the hot oil, making it possible to mechanically carry out a series of processes from battering the batter to frying. It is safe because it does not require dangerous manual oil and soot work at high temperatures, and the amount and shape of the batter is constant, making it possible to obtain a product with a uniform shape and size.Therefore, According to this invention, it is possible to mechanically mass-produce uniform corn dogs as a product.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an outline of the equipment for carrying out this invention;
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of the structure of the retainer used in the present invention, Fig. 4 is 1, B, m, N,
V, Blood, Blood is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the process of this invention. 4...retainer, 4a, 4b...split mold, 7...hot oil tank. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. With the retainer consisting of two split molds that can be opened and closed left and right being closed, a fixed amount of batter is filled inside from the upper opening, a skewered sausage is inserted into the center of the retainer, and the retainer is held in that state. The semi-finished product with coating is separated from the retainer by opening the split mold of the retainer in the hot oil, and after thoroughly oiling it in the hot oil, it is pulled up and taken out as a product, and the semi-finished product is A continuous automatic manufacturing method for American dogs, characterized in that the separated retainer is pulled up from hot oil, the split mold is closed, and the process is continued again.