JP2009279075A - Stick-like food producing toy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stick-like food producing toy capable of cooking and producing real stick-like foods by a simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: When a food 22 is placed on an endless sheet 6 between both rollers 7 and 3 at a position where a guide roller 7 of a slider 2 is separated from the roller 3 of a body 1, the endless sheet 6 is pushed between both the rollers 7 and 3 by its weight. When the roller 3 is manually rotated at the position where the guide roller 7 is approached to the roller 3 by moving the slider 2, the food material 22 is wrapped and rounded at a loosened part 6A of the endless sheet 6 between both the rollers 7 and 3 by the sliding movement of the endless sheet 6 to form the stick-like food 24. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a stick-shaped food manufacturing toy that can be used by children and the like to cook and enjoy real stick-shaped foods (for example, sushi rolls), especially from thin stick-shaped foods (for example thin rolls) to thick stick-shaped foods (for example thick dishes). The present invention relates to a stick-shaped food manufacturing toy that can easily meet a desired size requirement over a roll.

Various types of rolled sushi production apparatuses have been conventionally known. For example, in Patent Document 1, a fixed-size rice is placed flat on a belt that is stretched between a pair of rollers, and this belt is attached to a pair of rollers. The belt is clamped between the openable and closable arms having the opposed pieces for holding the belt, and the openable and closed arms are closed and the belt is held between the opposed pieces, and the belt is pulled in the opposite direction in this state. A sushi roll is produced by rolling and squeezing the cooked rice into a cylindrical shape.
JP-A-6-7097

  However, the conventional sushi production device is useful as a device for continuous mass production of sushi rolls for commercial use. However, the openable and closable arm, its drive mechanism, and the reversible belt retractor that controls the slack and traction of the belt. It is impossible to divert this as it is to a small cooking toy used by children at home.

  Therefore, the present invention can be used not only for children to play at home, but also for cooking practice in schools, etc., and can be used to cook and produce real stick food (eg, rolled sushi) with a simple operation. It provides manufacturing toys.

  The stick-shaped food manufacturing apparatus of the present invention includes a main body in which a pair of side walls are formed, a main driving roller that is rotatably supported between the pair of side walls at one end portion of the pair of side walls, and A slider disposed on the upper part of the main body so as to move substantially horizontally in the approaching / separating direction with respect to the main driving roller, and is laid on one side end of the slider so as to be rotatable in parallel with the main driving roller, A guide roller that approaches and separates from the main driving roller by the movement of the slider, and is arranged on the slider so as to be rotatable in parallel with the main driving roller at a position opposite to the main driving roller via the guide roller. A driven roller, and an endless sheet wound around the main driving roller and the driven roller with a required amount of slack, and the main driving roller and the guide roller are separated from the main driving roller. When the food is placed on the endless sheet between the two rollers at the position, the endless sheet is dropped between the two rollers by its weight, and the main roller is rotated at a position close to the main roller. Thus, the food material is wound around the slack portion of the endless sheet dropped between the two rollers due to the sliding movement of the endless sheet, and the driven roller includes one end of the slider and the slider. The main feature is that the amount of looseness of the endless sheet between the main driving roller and the guide roller can be made variable by allowing the installation position to be changed in multiple stages with respect to the other end.

  When actually making a stick-shaped food (for example, rolled sushi) using this stick-shaped food manufacturing toy, first, the slider is moved to a separation position where the endless sheet is stretched between the main driving roller and the driven roller. Since the guide roller is separated from the main driving roller at the separated position of the slider, a pre-cooked food (for example, vinegared rice) is placed on the endless sheet between the main driving roller and the guide roller so as to be flat. Adjust the shape to the shape. Next, when the slider is moved to the winding position where the guide roller is close to the main driving roller, the endless sheet is dropped between the main driving roller and the guide roller by the weight of the food. In this state, when the main driving roller is manually rotated, the food material is rolled up roundly at the slack portion of the endless sheet dropped between the main driving roller and the guide roller by the sliding movement of the endless sheet. The plate-like food material (for example, dried nori) is inserted into the throttle portion of the endless sheet sandwiched between the main driving roller and the guide roller at the stage where the food material is wound into a rod shape, and the main roller is rotated, thereby Wound well around the periphery of the food. As a result, a rod-like food having a plate-like food wrapped around its outer periphery is formed. Therefore, the rod-like food completed on the endless sheet by moving the slider to the separation position again and expanding the endless sheet. (For example, rolled sushi) appears and can be removed.

  If the installation position of the driven roller is changed, the amount of looseness of the endless sheet formed between the main driving roller and the guide roller changes, and the amount of looseness determines the outer diameter of the rod-shaped food. By changing the installation position, a stick-shaped food (for example, rolled sushi) formed in an arbitrary size such as a thick roll, a thin roll, or a middle-thick roll between them is obtained.

  According to the present invention, as described above, the food (for example, vinegared rice) placed at a predetermined position of the endless sheet is rolled up in the slack portion of the endless sheet by the slide operation of the slider and the manual rotation operation of the main driving roller. So, you can easily make and enjoy stick-shaped foods such as real sushi rolls.

  Therefore, children can enjoy making stick-shaped foods such as sushi rolls at home, and the children's willingness to cook can be used for cooking learning.

  In addition, by changing the position of the driven roller, a bar-shaped food (eg, rolled sushi) formed in an arbitrary size such as thick roll, medium thick roll, and thin roll can be obtained. If you make stick-shaped foods such as thin sushi rolls and stick-shaped foods such as medium-sized sushi rolls in advance, then if you make stick-shaped foods such as thick sushi rolls as a core, sushi rolls with various patterns and patterns inside You can also easily make stick foods such as.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the stick-shaped food manufacturing toy according to the present embodiment has a pair of side walls, a rectangular box-shaped main body 1 having an open upper side, and an upper portion of the main body 1 that can move substantially horizontally. The slider 2 is provided.

  Both the main body 1 and the slider 2 are integrally molded using a synthetic resin material, for example, polypropylene as a base material.

  The main body 1 is provided with a rising portion 1A having an appropriate height at one end portion of a pair of side walls, for example, the left front end portion in FIGS. 1 and 2, and an upper open portion is provided at the upper end portion of the rising portion 1A. A roller 3 (main driving roller) is installed between the pair of left and right side walls 1a and 1a so as to be able to rotate substantially horizontally.

  Here, the roller 3 has a handle 3A fixed to a shaft end portion that protrudes outward from the bearing portion 4 on the side wall 1a, and is manually rotated while gripping the handle 3A.

  The rising portion 1A of the main body 1 has a bottom at the bottom of the main body 1 even when the slack portion 6A of the endless sheet 6 hangs down due to the weight of the vinegared rice 22 when producing a later-described thick-rolled sushi roll 24. Not set to any height.

  The slider 2 is formed in a rectangular tray shape with a bottom front end cut out. The slider 2 can move substantially horizontally in the approaching / separating direction with respect to the roller 3 in the upper edge portion excluding the rising portion 1A of the main body 1, that is, in the front-rear direction in the example shown in FIGS. It is arranged.

  Further, the slider 2 is formed at substantially the same height as the rising portion 1A of the main body 1, and the upper ends of the left and right side walls 2a, 2a are positioned opposite to the roller 3 through a guide roller described later. A driven roller 5 is installed so as to be rotatable in parallel with the roller 3 across the sections.

  An endless sheet 6 is wound around the roller 3 and the driven roller 5 with a required amount of slack.

  The endless sheet 6 is formed of a relatively thick synthetic resin film having an appropriate hardness, for example, a polypropylene film.

  A guide roller 7 is installed at the front end of the slider 2 so as to be able to rotate in parallel with the roller 3 across the upper ends of the left and right side walls 2a, 2a. Is arranged close to and away from the roller 3.

  Here, the driven roller 5 of the slider 2 can be erected in multiple stages between the rear end portion of the slider 2 and the guide roller 7 so that the endless sheet between the roller 3 and the guide roller 7 can be changed. The amount of slack in 6 is variable.

  In the present embodiment, three bearing portions 8, 9, 10 are provided on the left and right side walls 2a, 2a of the slider 2 from the rear end portion to the front end portion where the guide roller 7 is disposed, and these bearing portions 8-10 are provided. Any one of these can be selected so that the position of the driven roller 5 can be changed.

  Each of the bearing portions 8 to 10 is formed as a bearing hole opened upward at the peripheral edges of the left and right side walls 2 a and 2 a of the slider 2, and the driven roller 5 can be engaged and disengaged vertically with respect to the bearing holes 8 to 10. It has become.

  In the present embodiment, the bearing portion 4 of the roller 3 and the bearing portion 11 of the guide roller 7 are also formed as bearing holes opened upward, and the roller 3 and the guide roller 7 are formed with respect to the bearing holes 4 and 11. It can be engaged and disengaged in the vertical direction.

  Each of the bearing holes 4 and 8 to 11 is formed such that the upper open portion thereof is smaller than the corresponding spindle diameter of the roller so that the roller spindle does not easily escape upward.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the slider 2 is moved to the winding position where the guide roller 7 is close to the roller 3 between the main body 1 and the slider 2, the slider 2 is moved back and forth. A locking mechanism 12 for blocking is provided.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the lock mechanism 12 is provided on a lock piece 13 that is slidable in the vertical direction at the rear end of the slider 2 and on the inner surface of the rear wall of the main body 1. The lock piece 13 is composed of a striker 14 that is inserted and removed in the vertical direction.

    The lock piece 13 integrally has a knob 13a at the upper end, and is held so as to be slidable in the vertical direction through the bottom of the recess 15 provided at the rear end of the slider 2. 13 a is accommodated in the recess 15.

  The slider 2 includes a holder member 16 that prevents the slider 2 from being detached from the main body 1. The holder member 16 is pivotally supported by the lower edges of the front end portions of the left and right side walls 2a and 2a of the slider 2 so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, and projects to the outer surface near the upper edges of the left and right side walls 1a and 1a. The rail part 17 formed in the can be engaged and disengaged. The holder member 16 is engaged with the rail portion 17 to prevent the slider 2 from being detached from the main body 1, and the holder member 16 and the rail portion 17 constitute a slide guide mechanism. .

  Further, a band plate made of a synthetic resin material that prevents the endless sheet 6 from being lifted from the guide roller 7 over the left and right side walls 2a and 2a at a position near the upper side of the guide roller 7 at an upper portion of the holder member 16. A sheet presser member 18 is detachably mounted via the concave and convex engaging portions 18a and 18b.

  On the other hand, a pair of sheet pressing rollers 19 that sandwich the endless sheet 6 in cooperation with the handle roller 3 are provided at the upper end of the rising portion 1A of the main body 1 at positions close to the left and right ends of the roller 3. It is built to be rotatable.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 20 denotes a rubber ring for preventing slipping of the sheet made of an elastic material such as silicon rubber fitted to the left and right ends of the roller 3 and the guide roller 7.

  Next, the usage pattern of the stick-shaped food manufacturing toy of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  1 and 2 show a roller arrangement configuration in the case where the follower roller 5 is installed on the bearing portion 8 at the rear end portion of the slider 2 to make a thin sushi roll. The usage pattern in the case of making sushi rolls based on 2 is schematically shown in the order of steps by (A) to (D).

  FIG. 3A corresponds to FIG. 1, and the slider 2 is a winding position where the front end of the left and right side walls 2 a abuts the rear end of the rising portion 1 </ b> A of the main body 1 and the guide roller 7 is close to the roller 3. It has become. This winding position is locked by falling into the striker 14 of the main body 1 by the lock piece 13 of the lock mechanism 12 by its own weight or by lightly pressing down.

  At this time, the endless sheet 6 hangs down from the tray bottom front end of the slider 2 to the bottom of the main body 1 due to its own weight.

  Therefore, first, the lock piece 13 is lifted from the striker 14 via the knob 13a to release the lock, and the slider 2 is moved between the handle roller 3 and the driven roller 5 as shown in FIG. Move to the separation position that is expanded by.

  Since the guide roller 7 is separated from the roller 3 at the separated position of the slider 2, the previously cooked vinegared rice 22 is placed on the endless sheet 6 between the roller 3 and the guide roller 7. The shape is adjusted to a flat shape or the like, and an unillustrated ingredient is placed on the central portion of the vinegared rice 22 as necessary.

  Next, when the guide roller 7 is moved to the winding position close to the roller 3 as shown in FIG. 3C, the endless sheet 6 is moved between the roller 3 and the guide roller 7 by the weight of the vinegared rice 22. Fall in between. At the winding position of the slider 2, the lock piece 13 of the lock mechanism 12 is dropped into the striker 14 to be engaged, and the slider 2 is locked to the main body 1.

  In this state, when the roller 3 is manually rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 3C, the endless sheet 6 dropped between the roller 3 and the guide roller 7 by the sliding movement of the endless sheet 6. In the slack portion 6A, the vinegared rice 22 is rolled up. The dried seaweed 23 is inserted into the squeezed portion of the endless sheet 6 sandwiched between the roller 3 and the guide roller 7 as shown in FIG. By rotating 3, the outer periphery of the vinegared rice 22 is wound well.

  As a result, a thin-rolled sushi roll 24 in which the dried seaweed 23 is wound around the outer periphery is formed.

  Therefore, the slider 2 is unlocked and moved to the separation position as shown in FIG. 3D, and the endless sheet 6 is stretched to complete the endless sheet 6. The rolled sushi 24 appears and can be taken out.

  If the installation position of the driven roller 5 is changed to the middle thick winding position shown by the phantom line in FIG. 3A or the thick winding position, the driven roller 5 is formed between the roller 3 and the guide roller 7. The amount of looseness of the endless sheet 6 increases, and the molding outer diameter of the rolled sushi 24 is determined by this amount of looseness. Therefore, after changing the erection position of the driven roller 5, by performing the winding operation in the above-described manner, medium-thick sushi rolls or thick-rolled sushi rolls are obtained.

  When making thick sushi roll 24, in addition to simple thick rolls with ingredients in the center of vinegared rice 22, make thin sushi rolls and medium thick sushi rolls in advance. By putting sushi and medium-sized sushi rolls in a molding machine of an appropriate shape and applying pressure, thin roll sushi and medium-thick sushi rolls having an appropriate cross-sectional shape can be obtained. A thick sushi roll with various patterns and patterns inside.

  4 and 5 show a toy form when making thick sushi, and FIG. 4 shows that the driven roller 5 is repositioned to the front bearing 10 and the slider 2 is brought into the winding position. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the slider 2 is slid to the separated position.

  As described above, according to the stick-shaped food manufacturing toy according to the present embodiment, the slide 2 is slid and the roller 3 is manually rotated, so that a predetermined position of the endless sheet 6, that is, between the roller 3 and the guide roller 7. The vinegared rice 22 placed on the endless sheet 6 is rolled up with the slack portion 6A of the endless sheet 6 so that a real sushi roll 24 can be easily made and enjoyed and eaten.

  Therefore, not only can children enjoy making sushi rolls at home, but also the children's motivation to cook can be used for cooking learning.

  Further, by changing the position of the driven roller 5, the rolled sushi 24 of any size such as thick roll, medium thick roll, thin roll, etc. can be obtained. If you make sushi rolls and make them sushi rolls, you can easily make sushi rolls with various patterns and patterns inside.

  Here, especially in this embodiment, when the slider 2 is moved to the winding position where the guide roller 7 is close to the roller 3 between the main body 1 and the slider 2, the movement of the slider 2 is performed. A locking mechanism 12 for blocking is provided. For this reason, when rolling the roller 3 to form rolled sushi, the guide roller 7 can be fixed at a fixed position to form an appropriate rolled sushi having a predetermined outer diameter without deformation.

  Further, since the slider 2 is movable with respect to the upper edge of the main body 1 and includes a holder member 16 that prevents separation from the main body 1, the slider 2 can be moved in the vertical direction when forming the rolled sushi. It is possible to prevent rattling and to form an appropriate rolled sushi as described above, and to move the slider 2 back and forth stably and smoothly.

  Further, since the slider 2 includes a sheet pressing member 18 that prevents the endless sheet 6 from being lifted in the vicinity of the guide roller 7, the endless sheet 6 may be lifted from the guide roller 7 at the time of forming the rolled sushi. In addition, an appropriate rolled sushi can be formed as described above.

  On the other hand, the main body 1 includes a sheet pressing roller 19 that sandwiches the endless sheet 6 in cooperation with the roller 3 at a position close to the roller 3. A proper tension can be generated between the endless sheet 6 and the roller 7 to form an appropriate rolled sushi as described above.

  Further, since the roller 3, the driven roller 5, and the winding guide roller 7 are detachable from the main body 1 and the slider 2, respectively, the rollers 3, 5, and 7 are removed to remove the endless sheet 6. Exchange and cleaning can be performed easily.

  In addition, although this embodiment demonstrated taking sushi as an example, according to the stick-shaped food manufacturing toy of this invention, it is clear that it can apply also when making not only a roll sushi but another stick-shaped food.

The perspective view which shows one Embodiment of this invention except an endless sheet | seat. The disassembled perspective view of embodiment shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the roll sushi shaping | molding process in embodiment shown in FIG. The perspective view similar to FIG. 1 which shows the state which rearranged the driven roller. The perspective view which shows the state which moved the slider from the state of FIG. 4 to the separation position.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body 1A ... Rising part 2 ... Slider 3 ... Roller 5 ... Driven roller 6 ... Endless sheet 6A ... Slack part 7 ... Guide roller 12 ... Locking mechanism 16 ... Holder member 18 ... Sheet pressing member 19 ... Sheet pressing roller 22 ... Vinegar Rice
23 ... Dried seaweed 24 ... Sushi roll

Claims (6)

A main body formed with a pair of side walls;
A main driving roller which is installed at one side end of the pair of side walls so as to be rotatable substantially horizontally between the pair of side walls;
A slider disposed on the upper part of the main body so as to be movable substantially horizontally in the approaching / separating direction with respect to the main driving roller;
A guide roller that is rotatably mounted on one side end of the slider so as to be rotatable in parallel with the main driving roller, and is moved toward and away from the main driving roller by the movement of the slider;
On the slider, a driven roller that is rotatably installed in parallel with the main driving roller at a position opposite to the main driving roller via the guide roller;
An endless sheet wound around the main driving roller and the driven roller with a required amount of slack,
When the food is placed on the endless sheet between the two rollers at the position where the guide roller is separated from the main driving roller, the main driving roller and the guide roller drop the endless sheet between the two rollers by its weight. The guide roller is configured to wind the food at the slack portion of the endless sheet dropped between the two rollers by sliding the endless sheet by rotating the main driving roller at a position close to the main driving roller, And,
The driven roller can be erected in multiple stages between one end of the slider and the other end of the slider, and the amount of looseness of the endless sheet between the main driving roller and the guide roller can be reduced. A stick-shaped food manufacturing toy characterized by being variable.   2. A lock mechanism for preventing the movement of the slider when the guide roller is moved to a winding position close to the main driving roller between the main body and the slider. A stick-shaped food manufacturing toy according to 1.   The stick-shaped food manufacturing toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the slider is provided with a holder member that is movable with respect to an upper portion of the main body and that prevents the slider from being detached from the main body.   The stick-shaped food manufacturing toy according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the slider includes a sheet pressing member that prevents the endless sheet from being lifted near the guide roller.   The said main body is provided with the sheet | seat press roller which clamps the said endless sheet | seat in the position close | similar to the said main driving roller, and cooperates with this main driving roller. The stick-shaped food manufacturing toy as described.   The stick-shaped food manufacturing toy according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the main driving roller, the driven roller, and the guide roller are detachable from the main body and the slider, respectively.

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