Stick-type food production system, stick-type food forming device, and stick-type food garnish and seasoning coating device

Abstract

The stick-type food production system according to the present invention includes a molding device arranged to cover dough around ingredient sticks formed by sandwiching ingredients between sticks, an applicator arranged in the molding device to apply decorative seasonings to the dough sticks formed from the ingredient sticks, and a deep fryer arranged in the applicator to deep fry the semi-finished products formed by applying decorative seasonings to the dough sticks in oil.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a stick-type food production system, a stick-type food forming device, and an application device for stick-type foods for the production of stick-type foods.

Background Art

[0002] For the production of stick-type foods, food is sandwiched between sticks, and after the sandwiched food is covered with dough in an appropriate form, a decorative flavor such as breadcrumbs or potato blocks is applied onto the dough according to the type of stick-type food.

[0003] Both the process of covering with dough and the process of applying the decorative flavor are carried out manually by workers. Therefore, there is a possibility that defects in dough forming or defects in applying the decorative flavor may occur, such as the dough being formed in a non-uniform form or the decorative flavor being applied unevenly. There is also a problem that this is a process that greatly increases the fatigue of workers.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] The present invention has been devised to solve such problems, and an object thereof is to provide a stick-type food production system, a stick-type food forming device, and an application device for stick-type foods for automatically producing stick-type foods of uniform quality.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0005] The stick-type food production system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a forming device provided to cover a material stick in which a stick is sandwiched between materials with dough, an application device provided to apply a decorative flavor to the dough stick formed from the material stick in the forming device, and a deep fryer provided to deep fry a semi-finished product formed by applying the decorative flavor to the dough stick in the application device with oil.

[0006] The stick-type food forming device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a forming rotating part provided to rotate a material stick formed by sandwiching a stick between materials and gripped by a transfer device, and a dough nozzle that discharges dough onto the material stick rotated by the forming rotating part.

[0007] The stick-type food garnish seasoning applying device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a garnish seasoning part including a garnish seasoning plate provided to be positioned below a dough stick formed by applying dough with a stick sandwiched between materials and gripped by a transfer device, and a garnish seasoning rotating part provided to rotate the dough stick gripped by the transfer device with respect to the garnish seasoning part so as to apply the garnish seasoning accommodated in the garnish seasoning part above the garnish seasoning plate to the dough stick gripped by the transfer device.

Advantages of the Invention

[0008] As a result, stick-type products of uniform quality can be automatically produced.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0022] Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. When assigning reference numerals to the components in each drawing, it should be noted that for the same components, as much as possible, the same numbers are assigned even if they are shown on other drawings. In addition, when describing the embodiments of the present invention, if a specific description of related known configurations or functions is determined to interfere with the understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0023] In addition, when describing the components of the embodiments of the present invention, terms such as "first", "second", "A", "B", "(a)", "(b)", etc. may be used. Such terms are merely for distinguishing the components from other components, and the essence, order, or sequence of the components are not limited by such terms. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "joined" to another component, it should be understood that the component may be directly connected or joined to the other component, or another component may be further "connected", "coupled", or "joined" between the components.

[0024] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view of the food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention as seen from above downward.

[0025] Referring to the drawings, a stick-type food processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention (Stick-type food production system) 1 may include a forming device 20, a coating device 30, and a deep fryer 40.

[0026] In one embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the reference direction is forward, but the direction is not limited thereto. In the specification of the present invention, front, rear, left, right, above, and below are expressions used for convenience of explanation and may be relatively determined depending on the direction in which the food processing system 1 and its components are arranged.

[0027] In the stick-type food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, generally, a stick (S), an ingredient stick (P1), a semi-finished product (P3) stick (S), and a semi-finished product (P3) are processed while being transferred from the rear side to the front side. Therefore, when referring to the transfer direction, it may mean the front. The ingredient supply device 80, the stick providing device 60, the forming device 20, the coating device 30, and the deep fryer 40, which will be described later, may be sequentially arranged and connected in a row from the rearmost side of the stick-type food processing system 1, and the transfer device 10 extending along the front-rear direction may be arranged across such stick providing device 60, forming device 20, and coating device 30. By operating such a stick-type food processing system 1, stick-type foods can be automatically produced.

[0028]

[0029] <Ingredient supply device 80>

[0030] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the ingredient supply device 80 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0031] The stick-type food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an ingredient supply device 80. The ingredient (N) provided by the ingredient supply device 80 may be at least one of sausage, ham, and cheese, which are solid food materials between which a stick (S) can be sandwiched, and the types thereof are not limited thereto.

[0032] The ingredient supply device 80 can separate and discharge the ingredient (N) provided in bulk. The ingredient supply device 80 may include an ingredient separation tank 81 having a drum-shaped internal space where bulk ingredients (N) are provided, and an ingredient movement passage 82 that moves the discharged ingredients (N) when the separated ingredients (N) are discharged through holes formed on the side surface of the ingredient separation tank 81. By the rotation of the ingredient separation tank 81, the bulk ingredients (N) may be separated into individual ingredients (N). When the individual ingredients (N) rise along the spiral passage formed on the inner surface of the ingredient separation tank 81 while the ingredient separation tank 81 vibrates and are transmitted to the ingredient movement passage 82, the ingredients (N) may be aligned. The unaligned ingredients (N) may fall back inside the ingredient separation tank 81 and go through the same process again. The ingredient supply device 80 may be a parts feeder.

[0033] Individual ingredients (N) may be arranged on an ingredient transfer section 83 connected to the ingredient movement passage 82. The ingredient transfer section 83 may be a conveyor belt. When the ingredients (N) are provided one by one to the ingredient transfer section 83 through the ingredient movement passage 82 during the rotation of the ingredient transfer section 83, the individual ingredients (N) may land on the ingredient transfer section 83 while being separated from each other and move along the transfer direction in a separated state. The ingredients (N) may be transferred with their longitudinal directions arranged in the left-right direction.

[0034]

[0035] <Stick providing device 60>

[0036] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a stick providing device 60 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0037] A stick-type food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a stick providing device 60. The stick providing device 60 is a device that provides a stick (S) to the ingredients (N) separated and transferred individually to form ingredient sticks (P1).

[0038] The stick providing device 60 may include a material fixing part 61 for fixing the provided material (N), and a stick inserting part 62 for sandwiching a stick (S) between the materials (N) fixed by the material fixing part 61. When the materials (N) separated and transferred individually arrive at the stick providing device 60, they land on the material fixing base 612 of the material fixing part 61. The material fixing part 61 brings the plate-shaped material gripping members 611 located above the materials (N) closer to the materials (N), and grips each material (N) between the material fixing base 612 and the material gripping members 611. The stick inserting part 62 grips the sticks (S) arranged at positions corresponding to the positions of the respective materials (N) from the left side of the materials (N), brings them closer to the right side with each material (N), and inserts the sticks (S) into the materials (N). That is, the stick inserting part 62 is capable of linear motion along the left-right direction. When the stick (S) is inserted into the material (N), a material stick (P1) is formed.

[0039] The material stick (P1) formed by the stick providing device 60 is transferred by the transfer device 10. The transfer device 10 may already surround the stick (S) at the stage when the stick (S) is inserted into the material (N), grip the stick (S) part of the material stick (P1) after the material stick (P1) is completed, or grip it after the completed material stick (P1) is transferred.

[0040]

[0041] <Transfer device 10>

[0042] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the molding device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram conceptually showing the molding device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the fabric nozzle 21 and the transfer device 10 of the molding device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0043] A stick-type food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a transfer device 10. The transfer device 10 is a device that grips a stick (S) and transfers a semi-finished product (P3) along the transfer direction to a deep fryer 40 through a forming device 20 and an application device 30.

[0044] The transfer device 10 may include a transfer operation unit 11 extending along the transfer direction. The transfer operation unit 11 may be configured by a conveyor belt. The transfer operation unit 11 may rotate. Due to the rotation of the transfer operation unit 11, an object resting on the upper surface of the transfer operation unit 11 may move forward in the transfer direction.

[0045] The transfer device 10 may include a transfer frame 12. The transfer frame 12 is coupled to the transfer operation unit 11 so as to move in the transfer direction by the rotation of the transfer operation unit 11. The transfer frame 12 may be composed of a plurality and arranged at intervals along the front-rear direction. The transfer frame 12 may include a base plate coupled to the transfer operation unit 11 and a regulating plate formed to extend upward from the front and rear ends of the base plate.

[0046] The transfer device 10 may include a gripping part 13. The gripping part 13 may grip a stick (S). The gripping part 13 is rotatably coupled to the transfer frame 12. The gripping part 13 may be rotatably coupled to the transfer frame 12 with the left-right direction as the axial direction. Therefore, the stick (S) may move along the transfer direction by the transfer device 10 and may rotate by the rotation of the gripping part 13 by other components described later. As the plurality of gripping blocks included in the gripping part 13 come closer to each other, the stick (S) may be gripped therebetween, and as the plurality of gripping blocks move farther apart from each other, the gripping of the stick (S) may be released. The plurality of gripping blocks may have a shape similar to that obtained by equally dividing a cylinder into three equal angles.

[0047] A plurality of gripping portions 13 may be coupled to the transfer frame 12. The plurality of gripping portions 13 may be arranged along the front - rear direction. Accordingly, a plurality of sticks (S) may be gripped by respective ones of the plurality of gripping portions 13 and move together along the front - rear direction.

[0048]

[0049] <Forming device 20>

[0050] The forming device 20 is a device that covers the dough (B) on the ingredient - stick (P1) formed by sandwiching the stick (S) between ingredients (N). The basic shape of the cooked food can be formed by the forming device 20. The dough (B) is covered on the ingredient - stick (P1) by the forming device 20, and the dough - stick (P2) is formed. The dough (B) provided to the ingredient - stick (P1) by the forming device 20 may be wheat - flour dough, but the material constituting the dough (B) is not limited thereto. Since the dough (B) is covered on the ingredient - stick (P1) by the forming device 20 to form the shape of the overall stick - type food, the forming device 20 may be a stick - type food forming device.

[0051] The forming device 20 may include a dough nozzle 21. The dough nozzle 21 may discharge the dough (B) onto the ingredient - stick (P1). When the dough nozzle 21 discharges the dough (B), the forming rotating portion 22, which will be described later, may rotate the ingredient - stick (P1).

[0052] The dough nozzle 21 may include a nozzle body. A slit 210 is formed in the nozzle body, and can constitute a path through which the dough (B) is discharged. The fabric (B) is discharged through the slit 210. The slit 210 may have an elongated hole shape extending along the reference direction, that is, the right side direction, which is the direction in which the stick (S) extends from the transfer device 10. The slit 210 may have a shape that opens the nozzle body along the vertical direction, and the fabric (B) is discharged from the upper side to the lower side and applied to the ingredient stick (P1) transferred to the lower side of the nozzle body by the transfer device 10.

[0053] The nozzle body may include a nozzle body base portion 211 and a nozzle body protruding portion 212. The slit 210 is formed in the nozzle body base portion 211 and may have a lower surface perpendicular to the vertical direction. The nozzle body protruding portion 212 may be formed to protrude downward from the right end of the lower surface of the nozzle body base portion 211. The nozzle body protruding portion 212 may have a tapered appearance with a width that decreases with respect to the left - right direction as it goes downward. The left boundary of the nozzle body protruding portion 212 may have a profile inclined to the left with respect to the upper side. The right boundary of the nozzle body protruding portion 212 may have a profile extending in the vertical direction.

[0054] By arranging the nozzle body protruding portion 212, the fabric (B) can be well applied to the right end of the ingredient (N), and the right end of the ingredient (N) can be well covered with the fabric (B). The fabric applied to the right end of the ingredient (N) may contact the left boundary of the nozzle body protruding portion 212 to form a streamline shape.

[0055] The nozzle body can move up and down and can move in the left - right direction parallel to the direction in which the stick (S) extends. To enable such a linear motion for the nozzle body, the nozzle body may be connected to a linear drive unit such as a linear actuator, an LM guide, a lead screw, etc., but the type of the linear drive unit is not limited to this.

[0056] The fabric (B) discharged from the nozzle may be uniformly applied to the ingredient (N) in a general corn dog shape, or the fabric (B) may have a shape that spirally surrounds the ingredient (N) by the linear movement of the nozzle body along the vertical and horizontal directions, or a plurality of annular fabrics (B) spaced apart in the horizontal direction may surround the ingredient (N). The shape of the fabric (B) that can be applied to the ingredient (N) is not limited to this.

[0057] The nozzle body may be composed of a plurality. The plurality of nozzle bodies may be respectively arranged at positions corresponding to the positions where the respective ingredient sticks (P1) arrive by moving by the transfer device 10.

[0058] The forming device 20 may include a fabric hopper 26 for accommodating the fabric (B). The fabric (B) accommodated in the fabric hopper 26 may be discharged downward through the lower end of the fabric hopper 26 and reach the fabric mooring part 24. The fabric hopper 26 may have a shape in which the width along the horizontal direction decreases as it goes downward.

[0059] The forming device 20 may include a fabric mooring part 24 and a fabric pressing part 23. The fabric (B) discharged from the fabric hopper 26 reaches the fabric mooring part 24, and the fabric pressing part 23 connected to the fabric mooring part 24 extrudes the fabric (B) in such a fabric mooring part 24. The fabric pressing part 23 may be connected to the left side of the fabric mooring part 24 and extrude the fabric (B) to the right side. The fabric pressing part 23 may be an air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder for pressing and discharging the fabric (B), or may be a blower for pressing the fabric (B) using a fluid such as air, but its type is not limited to this. By controlling the fabric pressing part 23, the speed at which the fabric (B) is discharged through the nozzle body can be adjusted.

[0060] The forming device 20 is fabric discharge Tube 25 may be included. Fabric discharge Tube 25 may be connected to the right side of the fabric tethering part 24 and the upper side of the nozzle body, and transmit the fabric (B) pressurized and discharged by the fabric pressurizing part 23 to the nozzle body. Fabric discharge Tube 25 may have a shape bent in an "L" shape.

[0061] Fabric tethering part 24, fabric pressurizing part 23, and fabric discharge Tube At least one of 25 may be composed of a plurality. Fabric tethering part 24, fabric pressurizing part 23, and fabric discharge Tube Among 25, one component composed of a plurality may be connected to each of the other components composed of a plurality.

[0062] The molding device 20 may include a molding rotating part 22. The molding rotating part 22 may rotate the material stick (P1) formed by sandwiching the stick (S) between the materials (N) held by the transfer device 10. The molding rotating part 22 may rotate the material stick (P1) with the left - right direction, which is the direction in which the stick (S) extends, as the axial direction.

[0063] The molding rotating part 22 may be located on the left side of the gripping part 13. The molding rotating part 22 may include a molding rotating tool 221 and a molding rotating drive part 222 that rotates and linearly moves such a molding rotating tool 221. The molding rotating drive part 222 may linearly move the molding rotating tool 221 along the left - right direction and rotate it with the left - right direction as the axial direction. Therefore, the molding rotating drive part 222 may include components such as a motor and an actuator for rotational drive, and components such as a lead screw and a telescopic structure for linear motion, but the types are not limited to this. The right - hand end of the molding rotating tool 221 may have a shape corresponding to the shape of the left - hand end of the gripping part 13.

[0064] The forming rotating part 22 may move to the right along the left - right direction and approach the gripping part 13, or move to the left and separate from the gripping part 13. The forming rotating part 22 may approach the gripping part 13 and be connected to the gripping part 13, and by rotating in a state of being connected to the gripping part 13, the gripping part 13 can be rotated. That is, the forming rotating part 22 may be selectively coupled to the gripping part 13 and rotate the gripping part 13 with respect to the transfer frame 12. So that the forming rotating part 22 and the gripping part 13 can be coupled by approaching each other, the forming rotating part 22 and the gripping part 13 may have corresponding shapes. For example, the forming rotating part 22 may have a protrusion extending in the up - down direction, and the gripping part 13 may have a groove into which such a protrusion can be inserted.

[0065] By the forming rotating part 22 rotating the gripping part 13, the material stick (P1) gripped by the gripping part 13 may rotate. In the situation where the nozzle body discharges the fabric (B), the forming rotating part 22 rotates the material stick (P1), and the fabric (B) can cover the material (N) of the material stick (P1) by surrounding the material (N) of the material stick (P1).

[0066] The forming device 20 may include a fabric base part 27. The fabric base part 27 may be located below the nozzle body and the transferred material stick (P1). When the fabric (B) discharged by the nozzle body falls without covering the material stick (P1), the fabric base part 27 acts as a base on which the fabric (B) lands, thereby preventing the fabric (B) from falling onto other components and causing malfunction or contamination.

[0067]

[0068] <Coating device 30>

[0069] Figures 8 and 9 are perspective views of the coating device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention seen from different angles. FIG. 10 is a view showing the coating device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front-rear direction. FIG. 11 is a diagram conceptually showing a part of the coating device 30 excluding the decorative flavor providing unit 33 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0070] The coating device 30 is a device that applies a decorative flavor to a dough stick (P2) formed from a material stick (P1) by the forming device 20 to produce a semi-finished product (P3). Therefore, the coating device 30 may be arranged in front of the forming device 20, which is behind the forming device 20 along the transfer direction. The decorative flavor provided by the coating device 30 may be breadcrumbs, sugar, a potato block which is a potato formed into a cube shape, etc., but the type is not limited thereto. Since the decorative flavor is applied to the dough stick (P2) by the coating device 30 and the stick-shaped food is semi-finished, the coating device 30 may be a stick-shaped food decorative flavor coating device.

[0071] The coating device 30 may include a decorative flavor unit 31. The decorative flavor unit 31 may include a decorative flavor plate 311 located below the dough stick (P2). The dough stick (P2) gripped by the transfer device 10 can reach the coating device 30 through the forming device 20, and the transfer device 10 may transfer and position the dough stick (P2) above the decorative flavor plate 311.

[0072] The decorative flavor plate 311 may be formed in a plate shape orthogonal to the vertical direction. The periphery of the decorative flavor plate 311 may be surrounded by a decorative flavor housing 312. Therefore, the decorative flavor plate 311 and the decorative flavor housing 312 can form a decorative flavor space which is a space that opens upward and can accommodate the decorative flavor. When the dough stick (P2) is positioned in the decorative flavor space, the decorative flavor accommodated in the decorative flavor space may be applied to the dough stick (P2). The garnish flavor housing 312 and the garnish flavor plate 311 may reciprocate in the front-rear direction to apply the garnish flavor to the fabric stick (P2).

[0073] The garnish flavor plate 311 may move in the vertical direction to get closer to or farther from the fabric stick (P2). Such an operation may be referred to as tapping. By performing the tapping operation on the garnish flavor plate 311, the garnish flavor adhering to the garnish flavor plate 311 may be applied to the fabric (B) of the fabric stick (P2) located above the garnish flavor plate 311. For the tapping operation, the garnish flavor unit 31 may include a tapping drive unit 313 connected to the garnish flavor plate 311 and forming an up-and-down movement. The tapping drive unit 313 may include a tapping motor and a cam connected to the tapping motor to convert the rotational driving force of the tapping motor into a linear movement, but the implementation method of the tapping operation is not limited thereto. The tapping drive unit 313 may be disposed below the garnish flavor plate 311.

[0074] The coating device 30 may include a garnish flavor rotating unit 32. The garnish flavor rotating unit 32 rotates the fabric stick (P2) gripped by the transfer device 10 relative to the garnish flavor unit 31 in order to apply the garnish flavor accommodated in the garnish flavor unit 31 above the garnish flavor plate 311 to the fabric stick (P2) gripped by the transfer device 10. The garnish flavor rotating unit 32 may rotate the fabric stick (P2) with the direction in which the stick (S) extends as the axial direction. The garnish flavor rotating unit 32 may be located on the left side of the gripping part 13. The garnish flavor rotating unit 32 may move to the right along the left-right direction to approach the gripping part 13 or move to the left to disengage from the gripping part 13. The decorative herb rotating part 32 may approach the gripping part 13 and be connected to the gripping part 13, and by rotating in a state of being connected to the gripping part 13, the gripping part 13 can be rotated. That is, the decorative herb rotating part 32 may be selectively coupled to the gripping part 13 and rotate the gripping part 13 with respect to the transfer frame 12. The decorative herb rotating part 32 and the gripping part 13 may have corresponding shapes so that they can be coupled by approaching each other. For example, the decorative herb rotating part 32 may have a protrusion extending in the vertical direction, and the gripping part 13 may have a groove into which such a protrusion can be inserted.

[0075] By the decorative herb rotating part 32 rotating the gripping part 13, the dough stick (P2) gripped by the gripping part 13 may rotate. The dough stick (P2) is rotated by the decorative herb rotating part 32, and the decorative herb can cover the dough (B) of the dough stick (P2) by surrounding the dough (B). By adding a tapping operation to such an operation, the decorative herb can be uniformly applied to the dough (B).

[0076] The coating device 30 may include a decorative herb providing part 33. The decorative herb providing part 33 may be connected to the lower end part of the decorative herb part 31 so as to raise and provide the decorative herb in the decorative herb part 31. Due to repeated operations, the decorative herb attached to the dough stick (P2) may detach from the decorative herb part 31, and the amount of the decorative herb accommodated in the decorative herb part 31 may decrease. The decorative herb providing part 33 may replenish the decorative herb part 31 so that the amount of the decorative herb accommodated in the decorative herb part 31 is maintained constant. The amount of the decorative herb may be the volume of the decorative herb or may be the weight of the decorative herb.

[0077] The garnish flavor supply unit 33 may include a cylinder-shaped garnish flavor supply housing 331 and a screw 332 that is located inside the garnish flavor supply housing 331 and rotates to raise the garnish flavor. The screw 332 may rotate with its extended direction as the axial direction. The screw 332 may be configured by a shaft extending in one direction and spiral blades formed around such a shaft. The garnish flavor supply housing 331 may be arranged according to a shape that slopes upward more to the left, and the upper end of the garnish flavor supply housing 331 may be coupled to the garnish flavor unit 31. Due to the rotation of the screw 332, the garnish flavor located inside the garnish flavor supply housing 331 may rise and be provided to the garnish flavor unit 31. To rotate the screw 332, the garnish flavor supply unit 33 may include a garnish flavor motor 333. The garnish flavor motor 333 may be a servo motor. By controlling the garnish flavor motor 333, the supply speed of the garnish flavor can be adjusted. The garnish flavor motor 333 may be coupled to the lower end of the garnish flavor supply housing 331.

[0078] The garnish flavor supply unit 33 may include a garnish flavor hopper 334 coupled to a region adjacent to the lower end of the garnish flavor supply housing 331. A large amount of garnish flavor may be input into the garnish flavor hopper 334, and the garnish flavor may fall and be input into the garnish flavor supply housing 331 by the garnish flavor hopper 334.

[0079] The garnish flavor supply housing 331 and the screw 332 may be configured in plural. A plurality of garnish flavor supply housings 331 and screws 332 may be arranged in a row along the front-rear direction.

[0080] The coating device 30 may include a push unit 35. The pushing part 35 may include a pusher 351 disposed adjacent to the right end, which is the end in the reference direction of the decorative garnish part 31. The pushing part 35 may include a pusher driving part 352 that moves the pusher 351 along the left - right direction. The pusher driving part 352 may include a hydraulic cylinder or the like whose left end is coupled to the pusher 351.

[0081] The pusher 351 may extend along the front - rear direction and may have a left side surface that is concave on the right side when viewed from the front - rear direction. The pusher 351 can serve to push the decorative garnish extruded to the right back to the left so that the decorative garnish accommodated by the decorative garnish part 31 can be uniformly applied to the right end of the dough stick (P2). That is, the pusher 351 may have a counter - side surface in the reference direction that is recessed along the reference direction when viewed from the direction in which the dough stick (P2) is transferred by the transfer device 10.

[0082] The coating device 30 may include a flattening part 36. The flattening part 36 can flatten the decorative garnish accommodated in the decorative garnish part 31. The flattening part 36 may include a flattening bar 361. The flattening bar 361 can move from above the garnish plate 311 along a direction orthogonal to the up - down direction so as to flatten the decorative garnish accommodated in the decorative garnish part 31. The direction in which the flattening bar 361 moves may be the front - rear direction. The flattening bar 361 may be disposed at a predetermined height above the garnish plate 311. The flattening part 36 may include a flattening rail 363 extending along the front - rear direction. The flattening connecting part 362 may be movably coupled to the flattening rail 363 along the front - rear direction and coupled to the flattening bar 361. By moving the floating connecting part 362 in the front - rear direction along the floating rail 363, the floating bar 361 can move in the front - rear direction to flatten the decorative seasoning accommodated in the decorative seasoning part 31. The floating rail 363 may be disposed at a position separated from the decorative seasoning part 31 to the right side and upward.

[0083]

[0084] <Semi - finished product detachment part 50>

[0085] The food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a semi - finished product detachment part 50. When the semi - finished product (P3) gripped by the transfer device 10 is positioned adjacent to the deep - fryer 40, the semi - finished product detachment part 50 pushes the stick (S) of the semi - finished product (P3) to detach it from the transfer device 10. The semi - finished product detachment part 50 may transfer the semi - finished product (P3) detached from the transfer device 10 to the deep - fryer 40. The semi - finished product detachment part 50 may include a push rod extending along the left - right direction to push the stick (S). When the transfer device reaches a position adjacent to the deep - fryer 40, the push rod may approach the gripping part 13 from the left side to the right side of the gripping part 13 and push the stick (S) to the right side. When the pushing operation is performed by the push rod, the gripping part 13 may release the grip on the stick (S).

[0086] The semi - finished product (P3) detached from the gripping part 13 by the semi - finished product detachment part 50 may be transferred to the deep - fryer 40. The deep - fryer 40 may include a semi - finished product transfer part 44 for gripping such a semi - finished product (P3).

[0087]

[0088] <Deep - fryer 40>

[0089] The deep - fryer 40 is a device for deep - frying the semi - finished product (P3) in oil. As shown in the figure, the deep fryer 40 may be arranged along a direction crossing the transfer direction and may have a shape extending to the right from the transfer device 10.

[0090] FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the arrangement states of the semi-finished product separating section 50b, the semi-finished product arranging section 90b, and the deep fryer 40b of a food processing system according to a modification of an embodiment of the present invention.

[0091] The stick-type food processing system according to a modification of an embodiment of the present invention further includes a semi-finished product arranging section 90b, and is the same as the stick-type food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention except that the arrangement direction of the deep fryer 40b is different. Therefore, only the different parts will be further described, and for the other parts, the description regarding the stick-type food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be applicable.

[0092] The deep fryer 40b of the stick-type food processing system according to a modification of an embodiment of the present invention may be arranged along the front-rear direction which is the transfer direction. Therefore, in order for a plurality of semi-finished products (P3) arranged along the transfer direction and moving along the transfer direction to enter the deep fryer 40b, the arrangement direction must be changed. Therefore, the deep fryer 40b of the stick-type food processing system according to a modification of an embodiment of the present invention may include the semi-finished product arranging section 90b. When the semi-finished product separating section 50b from which the semi-finished product (P3) has been transmitted from the coating device transmits the semi-finished product (P3) to the deep fryer 40b, the semi-finished product arranging section 90b rotates the arrangement direction of the semi-finished product (P3) as shown by the arrow in FIG. 12 so that the stick (S) of the semi-finished product (P3) faces the transfer direction or the opposite direction. The semi-finished product arranging section 90b may include a gripping device (not shown) having a plurality of nippers capable of gripping each stick (S), and the gripping device may grip and rotate each stick (S) and couple it to the semi-finished product transfer section. In FIG. 12, the position where the semi-finished product arranging section 90b is arranged is designated by a reference numeral. Referring to the drawings, the semi-finished product placement section 90b may be arranged such that the semi-finished product (P3) that has been separated from the transfer device at the semi-finished product separation section 50b is transmitted, and the direction in which the stick (S) points is opposite to the transfer direction, and then transmitted to the semi-finished product transfer section. Alternatively, the semi-finished product (P3) may be rotated so as to face the opposite direction.

[0093] In such a stick-type food processing system according to a modification of an embodiment of the present invention, from the ingredient (N) stage to the final product stage, the advancing direction of the object to be processed is constantly maintained forward. Therefore, by arranging all the components of the stick-type food processing system in the front-rear direction, it can be advantageous from the perspective of space utilization.

[0094] FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the deep fryer 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a view showing the internal structure of the deep fryer 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention as appearing outside.

[0095] The deep fryer 40 may include a frying section 41. The frying section 41 can heat the contained oil and fry the input semi-finished product (P3) to form a cooked product (P4). Therefore, the frying section 41 may include an oil tank capable of containing oil and a heating section for heating the oil contained in the oil tank. The oil tank may have a rectangular internal space for containing oil, and the heating section may have components such as heating wires that generate heat by supplying power. The deep fryer 40 may include a temperature control section 45. The temperature control section 45 is electrically connected to the heating section of the frying section 41 and can control the heating section to adjust the temperature of the oil.

[0096] The deep fryer 40 may include a semi-finished product transfer section 44. The semi-finished product transfer section 44 may transfer the semi-finished product (P3) across the upper side of the frying section 41 to the right side. The semi-finished product transfer unit 44 may dip the semi-finished product (P3) into the oil contained in the frying unit 41 during the transfer operation of the semi-finished product (P3). Therefore, while the semi-finished product (P3) is being transferred by the semi-finished product transfer unit 44, the semi-finished product (P3) can be dipped into and taken out of the oil contained in the frying unit 41 for frying, and the cooked product (P4) can be formed. The semi-finished product transfer unit 44 may include a semi-finished product rail 441 that extends along the left-right direction on the front and rear sides of the frying unit 41 and a semi-finished product slider 442 that is movably coupled to the semi-finished product rail 441 so that such an operation is possible.

[0097] The semi-finished product slider 442 may receive the semi-finished product (P3) and grip the stick (S). The semi-finished product slider 442 may be movably coupled to the semi-finished product rail 441 along the left-right direction and may be rotatably coupled with the front-rear direction as the axial direction. Therefore, by moving and rotating the semi-finished product slider 442 to the right along the semi-finished product rail 441 at the same time, it is possible to make the dough (B), garnish flavor, and ingredients (N) of the semi-finished product (P3) immerse or not immerse in the oil contained in the frying unit 41. As shown in the figure, the semi-finished product (P3) that does not initially immerse in the oil rotates while the semi-finished product slider 442 advances along the semi-finished product rail 441 to the right and immerses, and finally the semi-finished product slider 442 can rotate again to escape from the oil before being discharged.

[0098] The deep fryer 40 may include a light-shielding film 42 that covers the upper side of the frying unit 41. The internal structure of the deep fryer 40 may not be visible to the outside due to the light-shielding film 42. The deep fryer 40 may include an oil vapor prevention filter 43. The oil vapor prevention filter 43 can inhale the air containing the oil vapor generated from the frying unit 41 and filter and discharge the oil vapor.

[0099]

[0100] <Refrigeration device 70>

[0101] A stick-type food processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a freezing device 70. The freezing device 70 can freeze a cooked product (P4) formed by cooking a semi-finished product (P3) in the deep fryer 40. Therefore, the freezing device 70 may be disposed at the right end of the deep fryer 40.

[0102] As described above, all the components constituting the embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined or combined and operating together. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to such an embodiment. That is, within the scope of the object of the present invention, all its components may be selectively combined and operated in one or more. In addition, terms such as "including", "constituting", or "having" described above mean that the component may be inherent unless otherwise stated. Therefore, it should not be construed as excluding other components, but may further include other components. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, may be construed to have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention pertains, unless specifically defined. Commonly used terms such as those defined in a dictionary should be construed to be consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be construed as having an ideal or overly formal meaning unless specifically defined in the present invention.

[0103] The above description is only an illustrative explanation of the technical idea of the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not for limiting the technical idea of the present invention, but for explanatory purposes, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by such embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention shall be construed by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope shall be construed as being included in the scope of rights of the present invention.

Claims

1. A forming device provided to cover a fabric on a material stick formed by sandwiching a stick between materials, In the forming device, an application device provided to apply a decorative seasoning to the fabric stick formed from the material stick, In the application device, a deep fryer provided to deep fry the semi-finished product formed by applying the decorative seasoning to the fabric stick with oil, and includes, The deep fryer includes a frying part provided to heat the contained oil, and a semi-finished product transfer part that transfers the semi-finished product across the upper side of the frying part and tilts the semi-finished product during the transfer to immerse it in the oil contained in the frying part, The semi-finished product transfer part of the deep fryer includes a semi-finished product rail extending along the left-right direction on the front and rear sides of the frying part, and a semi-finished product slider that is movable with respect to the semi-finished product rail and rotatable around the axial direction in the front-rear direction, a stick-type food production system.

2. The deep fryer, The stick-type food production system according to claim 1, further including a light-shielding film covering the upper side of the frying part.

3. The deep fryer, The stick-type food production system according to claim 1, further including an oil vapor prevention filter provided to inhale air containing oil vapor generated from the frying part and filter and discharge the oil vapor.

4. The deep fryer further includes a semi-finished product arrangement part that rotates the semi-finished product when the semi-finished product is transferred from the application device so that the stick of the semi-finished product faces the transfer direction of the semi-finished product or the opposite direction of the transfer direction of the semi-finished product, the stick-type food production system according to claim 1.

5. The stick-type food production system according to claim 1, further including a transfer device that grips the stick of the semi-finished product and transfers the semi-finished product along the transfer direction to the deep fryer through the forming device and the application device.

6. The transfer device, A transfer operation part extending along the transfer direction, A transfer frame coupled to the transfer operation part so as to move along the transfer direction by the rotation of the transfer operation part, The stick-type food production system according to claim 5, including a gripping part provided to grip the stick and rotatably coupled to the transfer frame.

7. The stick-type food production system according to claim 5, further comprising a semi-finished product detachment unit that, when the semi-finished product gripped by the transfer device is positioned adjacent to the deep fryer, pushes the stick of the semi-finished product to detach it from the transfer device and transfer the semi-finished product to the deep fryer.

8. The stick-type food production system according to claim 1, further comprising a freezing device that freezes the cooked product formed by cooking the semi-finished product in the deep fryer.

9. A forming rotation unit provided to rotate a material stick formed by sandwiching a stick between materials and gripped by a transfer device, and a dough nozzle that discharges dough onto the material stick rotated by the forming rotation unit, wherein when the material stick is disposed below the dough nozzle, the dough nozzle is formed to directly discharge the dough onto the material stick, the dough nozzle includes a nozzle body movable in the elevating direction and along the extending direction of the stick, and a long hole-shaped slit formed in the nozzle body so that the dough is discharged, the slit extending along a reference direction that is the direction in which the stick extends from the transfer device, the nozzle body includes a nozzle body base portion having a lower surface perpendicular to the vertical direction and in which the slit is formed, and a nozzle body protruding portion formed to protrude downward from the end of the lower surface of the nozzle body base portion on the reference direction side and having a profile inclined along the opposite side of the reference direction toward the lower surface of the nozzle body base portion, a stick-type food forming device.

10. The forming rotation unit of the stick-type food forming device according to claim 9 is provided to rotate the material stick with the direction in which the stick extends as the axial direction.

11. The forming rotation unit of the stick-type food forming device according to claim 9 is provided to be selectively coupled to a gripping portion rotatably coupled to a transfer frame movable along a transfer operation portion of the transfer device, and rotates the gripping portion with respect to the transfer frame.

12. A garnish flavoring unit including a garnish flavoring plate provided to be positioned below a dough stick formed by sandwiching a stick between materials and applying dough, and gripped by a transfer device, and a garnish flavoring housing surrounding the periphery of the garnish flavoring plate. In order to apply the decorative flavor accommodated in the decorative flavor portion above the decorative flavor plate to the dough stick gripped by the transfer device, a decorative flavor rotating portion is provided to rotate the dough stick gripped by the transfer device with respect to the decorative flavor portion. A stick-type food decorative flavor applying device in which a decorative flavor space, which is a space for accommodating the decorative flavor and is open upward, is formed by the decorative flavor plate and the decorative flavor housing.

13. The stick-type food decorative flavor applying device according to claim 12, wherein the decorative flavor plate is provided so as to move in the vertical direction to approach or move away from the dough stick.

14. The stick-type food decorative flavor applying device according to claim 12, wherein the decorative flavor rotating portion is provided to rotate the dough stick with the direction in which the stick extends as the axial direction.

15. When the direction in which the stick extends from the transfer device is taken as the reference direction, The stick-type food decorative flavor applying device according to claim 12, further including a pusher disposed adjacent to the end of the decorative flavor portion in the reference direction.

16. The stick-type food decorative flavor applying device according to claim 15, wherein the pusher has a side surface opposite to the reference direction that is recessed along the reference direction when viewed from the direction in which the dough stick is transferred by the transfer device.

17. The stick-type food decorative flavor applying device according to claim 12, further including a decorative flavor providing portion connected to the lower end of the decorative flavor portion so as to raise the decorative flavor and provide it to the decorative flavor portion.

18. The stick-type food decorative flavor applying device according to claim 17, wherein the decorative flavor providing portion includes a cylinder-type decorative flavor providing housing and a screw provided inside the decorative flavor providing housing and configured to rotate to raise the decorative flavor.

19. The stick-type food decorative flavor applying device according to claim 12, further including a flattening bar that moves above the decorative flavor plate along a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction so as to flatten the decorative flavor accommodated in the decorative flavor portion.

20. The decorative garnish rotating part is provided so as to be selectively coupled to a gripping part rotatably coupled to a transfer frame movable along the transfer operation part of the transfer device, and rotates the gripping part with respect to the transfer frame. The stick-type food decorative garnish coating device according to claim 12.

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