1. A frozen food product comprising a rice composition including partially cooked rice, the rice composition forming an envelope, said envelope filled with a sauce component, the sauce component being distributed along the full length of the rice envelope.
2. A frozen food product comprising a potato composition, the potato composition forming an envelope, said envelope filled with a sauce component, the sauce component being distributed along the full length of the potato envelope.
3. A frozen food product in accordance with claim 1 wherein the sauce component comprises cheese.
4. A frozen food product in accordance with claim 3 wherein the product comprises more than 5% weight on weight cheese.
5. A frozen food product in accordance with claim 4 wherein the product comprises more than 7.5% weight on weight cheese.
6. A frozen food product in accordance with claim 5 wherein the product comprises 8-12% weight on weight cheese.
7. A frozen food product in accordance with claim 6 wherein the product comprises 10% weight on weight cheese.
8. A frozen food product in accordance with claim 3 wherein the cheese is mozzarella.
9. A frozen food product in accordance with claim 1 wherein the product is configured as a half-moon.
10. A process for manufacturing a food product in accordance with claim 1 comprising the steps of:
a. coaxially co-extruding the rice or potato composition and sauce component thereby to form a continuous extrudate, the rice or potato composition being located radially exterior to the sauce component;
b. cutting the continuous extrudate into uniform portions;
c. mechanically forming the uniform portions into formed portions of desired shape and;
d. freezing the formed portions.
11. A process in accordance with claim 10 comprising the further step of coating the unfrozen formed portions in batter.
12. A process in accordance with claim 11 comprising the further step of coating the unfrozen battered formed portions in breadcrumb.
13. A process in accordance with claim 12 comprising the further step of partially cooking the unfrozen battered formed portions coated in breadcrumb.
14. A process in accordance with claim 10 comprising the further step of preparing the rice composition for extrusion by partially cooking the rice.
15. A process in accordance with claim 10 wherein the step of mechanical forming maintains the longitudinal dimension of the sauce component before and after forming.
16. A product obtainable by the process of claim 10.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A relay welding detector for detecting welding of a relay which is disposed between a switching element and a secondary battery in a system for supplying power from the secondary battery to a load through the switching element and which connects or disconnects a power line running from the secondary battery to the load, comprising:
a recharging and discharging state detector which detects recharging and discharging states of the secondary battery;
an interruption instructing device which instructs an interruption of the power line by the relay when it is determined -by the recharging and discharging state detector that the secondary battery is not being recharged or discharged when the power line is connected by the relay; and
a welding judging device which judges welding of the relay when the interruption is instructed.
2. The relay welding detector according to claim 1, wherein:
the recharging and discharging state detector is a sensor for detecting an electric current flowing to the secondary battery, and
the interruption instructing device is a device for instructing interruption of the power line when the detected current value is approximately 0.
3. The relay welding detector according to claim 1, further comprising:
a capacitor which is disposed between the relay and the switching element; and
a voltage lowering device which lowers the voltage of the capacitor when the interruption instructing device instructs interruption of the power line by the relay, wherein:
the welding judging device is a device for judging welding of the relay when the voltage of the capacitor is lowered by the voltage lowering device.
4. The relay welding detector according to claim 1, wherein:
the load is an electric motor which is driven with a three-phase alternating current;
the switching element is an inverter; and
the power line is a line connected to each phase wound around the electric motor.
5. The relay welding detector according to claim 1, wherein the welding judging device is a device which is provided with a voltage detector for detecting a voltage between terminals of the relay and judges that the relay is welded when the detected voltage is below a predetermined value.
6. A relay welding detector for detecting welding of a relay which is disposed between a secondary battery and an inverter in a vehicle having a drive system for supplying power from the secondary battery to an electric motor through the inverter and which connects or disconnects a power line running from the secondary battery to the electric motor, comprising:
a running speed detector which detects a running speed of the vehicle;
a braking operation detector which detects the operation of brakes of the vehicle;
an interruption instructing device which instructs interruption of the relay when a running speed detected by the running speed detector is approximately 0 with the power line connected by the relay and an operation of brakes is detected by the braking operation detector; and
a welding judging device which judges welding of the relay when the interruption is instructed.
7. The relay welding detector according to claim 6, wherein the welding judging device comprises a voltage detector for detecting a voltage between the terminals of the relay and judges that the relay is welded when the detected voltage is below a predetermined value.
8. A method for detecting welding of a relay which is disposed between a switching element and a secondary battery in a system for supplying power from the secondary battery to a load through the switching element and which connects or disconnects a power line running from the secondary battery to the load, comprising the steps of:
(a) detecting recharging and discharging states of the secondary battery;
(b) instructing an interruption of the power line by the relay when the power line is connected by the relay and it is determined from the detected recharging and discharging states that the recharging and discharging are not being performed; and
(c) judging welding of the relay when the interruption is instructed.
9. The method for detecting welding of a relay according to claim 8, wherein:
the step (a) is a step for detecting an electric current flowing to the secondary battery, and
the step (b) is a step for instructing interruption of the power line when the detected current value is approximately 0.
10. The method for detecting welding of a relay according to claim 8, further comprising the step of:
(d) lowering the voltage of a capacitor which is disposed between the relay and the switching element when the step (b) instructs interruption of the power line by the relay, wherein:
the step (c) is a step for judging welding of the relay when the voltage of the capacitor is lowered by the step (d).
11. The method for detecting welding of a relay according to claim 8, wherein:
the step (c) is a step for judging that the relay is welded when the voltage between the terminals of the relay is below a predetermined value.