TWI728513B - Spherical granular food material granulating device - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation is a spherical granular food material granulation device, which includes a rack, a granulation module arranged on the rack, and a receiving bucket arranged under the granulation module. The granulation module includes a plurality of flow channels. The holding tank, the stop mechanism located below the holding tank and the pushing mechanism located above the holding tank, the pelletizing module can control the opening and closing of the flow channel through the sliding plate of the stop mechanism, and the pushing mechanism The pusher pushes the food raw materials in the flow channel. The spherical granular food granulation device of this invention is mainly designed through the structure of the stop mechanism. The sliding plate with through holes is used to control the communication state of the flow channels of the tank. It effectively simplifies the structure and reduces the cost of manufacturing, processing, assembly and operation and maintenance. At the same time, it makes it easier for users to clean the pelletizing module, effectively eliminates clean corners, and avoids food safety concerns.

Description

Spherical granular food material granulating device

This creation is a kind of spherical granular food granulating device, especially a spherical granular food granulating device that can be used to make spherical granular food.

People will add food particles such as noodles to the drink to enhance the flavor and taste of the drink. Among them, the traditional food particles such as noodles are mostly extruded to squeeze the raw materials into strips and cut them. Rounding forming, therefore, the traditional food pellet manufacturing process is laborious and complicated.

In order to simplify the process of the food pellets, please refer to the invention patent of the Republic of China Patent Publication No. I660684 "Spherical pellet food pelletizing device and pelletizing module", which is mainly set on a frame with a pelletizing mold Group and a power source, and a receiving barrel is arranged below the granulation module. The granulation module includes a barrel with a plurality of runners, a plurality of stop components, and a pusher assembly. A nozzle is screwed at the outlet end of the bottom of the runner. The stopper components are respectively arranged in the runners, and include an elastic member and a stopper. The pusher assembly has a plurality of nozzles corresponding to the runners. A plunger, the power source is connected to the pushing assembly and can drive the plurality of plungers to movably extend into the corresponding flow channel, and a receiving barrel is arranged under the granulation module.

When the granulation module is producing food particles, the receiving barrel can contain the forming liquid, and the food raw materials will be contained in the barrel and flow into the plurality of flow channels, and each flow channel The inner elastic member will push against the corresponding stopper to close the outlet of the flow channel, so that the food material will not flow out of the flow channel.

When the food pellets are produced, the plunger of the pushing component will respectively extend downward into the plurality of flow channels. At this time, the food materials in the flow channel will be pushed by the plunger to make the stopper By compressing the corresponding elastic member, the food material can smoothly flow out of the flow channel and fall into the receiving barrel, and interact with the forming liquid to form spherical food particles, thereby effectively simplifying the food particle manufacturing process.

However, the structure of the pelletizing module of the spherical pellet food pelletizing device is relatively complicated. When disassembling for maintenance or cleaning, the operator must separately remove the stop components and nozzles corresponding to each flow channel. It is higher, and because the stopper assembly is difficult to clean, there are concerns about food safety.

The main purpose of this creation is to provide a spherical granular food material granulation device, hoping to improve the complex structure of the granulation module of the current spherical granular food material granulation device, and there are problems of inconvenient disassembly and incomplete cleaning.

In order to achieve the purpose of the foregoing disclosure, the granulation module of this creation includes: a frame body, which includes a base part and a frame part, and the frame part is arranged on the base part; and a granulation module is arranged on the base part. The seat part of the frame body also includes: a storage tank with a plurality of flow channels formed at the bottom; a stop mechanism, which includes a base, a plurality of nozzles, a sliding plate and a sliding plate driving part, and the base is arranged Below the material container, the plurality of nozzles are arranged in the base and correspond to the plurality of flow channels respectively, the sliding plate is linearly movable through the base, and the sliding plate is formed with a plurality of nozzles corresponding to each For the plurality of through holes of the runner, the sliding plate driving member is arranged on the frame and connected to the sliding plate, and the sliding plate driving member can drive the sliding plate to move linearly to control the communication state between the plurality of runners and the plurality of nozzles; and A pushing mechanism is arranged above the material containing tank, the pushing mechanism includes a pushing member and a pushing driving member, and the pushing member is arranged above the material containing tank so as to move up and down, And the pushing member has a plurality of plungers extending downwards, the pushing driving member is arranged on the frame portion of the frame body and connected to the pushing member, and the plunger of the pushing member can be controlled to extend into the plurality of plungers respectively In the flow channel; and a receiving barrel, which is arranged under the stopping mechanism of the granulation module.

The receiving barrel of the inventive spherical granular food material granulation device can contain the forming liquid, and the material container of the granulation module can contain food materials, and the granulation module can push the food materials through the pushing mechanism Entering the flow channel of the material container, the food material can flow out of the nozzle to form a blank and fall into the receiving barrel, and the stop mechanism can move the slide plate after the food material flows out to cut off the plurality of sleeves and the plurality of sleeves. The communication state between the nozzles is used to control the outflow of food raw materials in the container, and has the following advantages:

1. Simplified structure: The pelletizing module is mainly controlled by the stop mechanism to make the through hole of the slide plate and the flow channel and nozzle of the material tank misaligned to each other, so as to achieve the effect of stopping, so there is no need Separate stop structures are provided at the corresponding flow passages, which can effectively simplify the structure and reduce the cost of manufacturing, processing, assembly, and operation and maintenance.

2. It can be easily cleaned: As mentioned above, the granulation module adopts the stop mechanism with a simplified structure, which can eliminate clean dead corners, and is not easy to have dirt residues during cleaning operations, thereby avoiding food safety concerns.

Furthermore, the base of the stopping mechanism includes an upper shell plate and a lower shell plate. The lower shell plate is detachably arranged under the upper shell plate and encloses a sliding space with a lateral opening. The sliding plate is penetrated in the sliding space, the upper shell plate is connected to the plurality of flow passages, the lower shell plate is formed with a plurality of matching grooves, and the position of the plurality of matching grooves corresponds to the plurality of flow passages, and the plurality of nozzles Are respectively correspondingly arranged in the matching grooves on the top surface of the lower shell plate, and the matching grooves may have a top-to-bottom aperture size With the stepped structure of decreasing, when the user is assembling the stop mechanism, the user can sequentially place the nozzles in the matching grooves of the lower shell plate, which can further improve the convenience of disassembling the nozzles.

10: Containment tank

11: runner

12: tank

13: sleeve

14: guide groove

20: Stop mechanism

21: Pedestal

211: Upper Shell

212: lower shell

213: Sliding Space

214: Mating Groove

22: Nozzle

23: Skateboarding

231: Through Hole

24: Skateboard drive

30: Pushing mechanism

31: Pushing parts

311: Plunger

32: Pushing drive parts

40: Frame

41: Seat

42: Shelf

50: take over the barrel

51: forming fluid

60: Food Ingredients

61: Blank

Figure 1: This is a schematic diagram of a three-dimensional appearance of a preferred embodiment of the creative spherical granular food material granulating device.

Figure 2: The schematic side plan view of this creative spherical granular food granulating device.

Figure 3: The side section and partial enlarged schematic diagram of the granulation module of this creative spherical granular food material granulation device.

Figure 4: Schematic diagram of the state of use of this creative spherical granular food granulation device.

Figure 5: Schematic diagram of the granulation operation of this creative spherical granular food material granulation device (1).

Figure 6: Schematic diagram of the granulation operation of this creative spherical granular food material granulation device (2).

Figure 7: Schematic diagram of the granulating operation of this creative spherical granular food material granulating device (3).

Figure 8: Schematic diagram of the granulation operation of this creative spherical granular food material granulation device (4).

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, which is a preferred embodiment of the creation of a spherical granular food material granulation device, which includes a frame body 40, a granulation module and a receiving bucket 50.

As shown in FIG. 1, the frame body 40 includes a seat portion 41 and a frame portion 42, and the frame portion 42 is disposed above the seat portion 41.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the granulation module is set on the seat 41 of the frame body 40 and includes a container 10, a stop mechanism 20 and a material pushing mechanism 30.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, a plurality of flow channels 11 are formed at the bottom of the material containing tank 10, wherein the material containing tank 10 includes a tank body 12 and a plurality of sleeves 13, and the plurality of sleeves 13 pass through the At the bottom of the tank body 12, the plurality of flow channels 11 are respectively formed in the plurality of sleeves 13. In addition, a tapered guide groove 14 is formed at the top of each sleeve 13 and the aperture of the guide groove 14 is from the top And the size of the bottom gradually decreases.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the stopping mechanism 20 includes a base 21, a plurality of nozzles 22, a sliding plate 23, and a sliding plate driving member 24. The nozzles 22 are arranged in the base 21 and correspond to the plurality of flow passages 11 respectively. The sliding plate 23 is linearly movable through the base 21, and a plurality of through holes 231 are formed on the sliding plate 23. The through holes 231 correspond to the plurality of flow passages 11 respectively, and the slide plate driving member 24 is connected to the slide plate 23 and can drive the slide plate 23 to move linearly to control the communication state between the plurality of flow passages 11 and the plurality of nozzles 22.

2 and 3, the base 21 of the stop mechanism 20 includes an upper shell 211 and a lower shell 212, and the lower shell 212 is detachably arranged under the upper shell 211 A sliding space 213 with lateral openings is formed in parallel, the sliding plate 23 is inserted through the sliding space 213, the upper shell plate 211 is connected to the plurality of runners 11, and the lower shell plate 212 is formed with There are a plurality of matching grooves 214, the positions of the plurality of matching grooves 214 correspond to the plurality of flow channels 11, and the plurality of nozzles 22 are respectively arranged in the matching grooves 214 on the top surface of the lower shell plate 212; in addition, the matching grooves 214 It is a stepped structure with pore size decreasing from top to bottom.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the pushing mechanism 30 is arranged above the accommodating tank 10. The pushing mechanism 30 includes a pushing member 31 and a pushing driving member 32. The pushing member 31 is The material pushing member 31 has a plurality of plungers 311 extending downward, and the material pushing member 32 is arranged on the frame portion 42 of the frame body 40 and connected to the material container 10 so as to move up and down. The pushing element 31 and the plunger 311 capable of controlling the pushing element 31 respectively extend into the plurality of flow channels 11.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the receiving barrel 50 is arranged below the stopping mechanism 20 of the granulation module.

The inventive spherical granular food material granulating device can be used to form spherical granular food materials. As shown in Fig. 3, the user can select the sleeve 13, the nozzle 22 and the sliding plate 23 of the runner 11 with different aperture sizes to Adjust and control the particle size of the shaped spherical granular food material.

As shown in Fig. 4, before the pelletizing operation of the spherical granular food material, the sliding plate 23 of the stop mechanism 20 will close the flow channel 11 of the accommodating tank 10. At this time, the user can take the food material 60 Is contained in the container 10 of the granulation module, and the forming liquid 51 is contained in the receiving barrel 50, the food material 60 will flow into the plurality of runners 11, and the slide plate 23 will Stop food ingredients 60.

As shown in Figures 5 and 6, during the pelletizing operation of spherical pellets, the sliding plate driving member 24 of the stop mechanism 20 will drive the sliding plate 23 to move. At this time, the through hole 231 of the sliding plate 23 is connected Corresponding to the flow channel 11 and the nozzle 22, the food material 60 can pass through the through hole 231 and flow into the nozzle 22. Then, the pushing driving member 32 of the pushing mechanism 30 will push the pushing member 31 to make the The plungers 311 of the pushing member 31 respectively extend into the plurality of flow passages 11 and push the food raw materials 60 inside the plurality of flow passages 11, so that the food raw materials 60 are extruded from below the nozzle 22 to form a blank 61 and fall into the receiving barrel In the molding liquid 51 of 50, at this time, the blank 61 reacts with the molding liquid 51 to form a spherical pellet food material.

As shown in Figures 6 and 7, when an appropriate amount of food material 60 is extruded from the nozzle 22, the sliding plate driving member 24 of the stop mechanism 20 will drive the sliding plate 23 to move, so that the through hole 231 of the sliding plate 23 Displacement with the flow channel 11 and the nozzle 22, and close the flow channel 11, so that the food material 60 cannot flow into the nozzle 22, thereby controlling the particle size of the blank 61 and the output amount of the food material 60; finally, as As shown in Fig. 8, the pushing driving member 32 of the pushing mechanism 30 will drive the pushing member 31 to move upward, so that the plungers 311 of the pushing member 31 are drawn away from the plurality of flow passages 11 respectively, so that the The food raw materials 60 in the hopper 10 can flow into the plurality of flow channels 11 again for the next batch of pelletizing operations of spherical granular food materials.

Wherein, the spherical granular food material granulating device can be filled with different food materials 60 according to the type of spherical granular food material to be formed. If the user wants to form a solid spherical granular food material, the user can contain alginic acid. The aqueous solution of sodium (Alginate Sodium) is used as a food material 60 and placed in the container. In the trough 10, the aqueous solution containing calcium ions is contained as the forming liquid 51 in the receiving barrel 50. When the food raw material 60 is extruded by the pelletizing module and the blank 61 falls into the forming liquid 51, The surface of the blank 61 will react with the calcium ions in the forming liquid 51 to form a calcium alginate film, and finally a solid spherical granular food material is formed.

If the user wants to form a spherical granular food with a liquid inside, the user can mix concentrated drinks, edible colloids (such as CMC-methylcellulose sodium, etc.) and calcium ions (such as calcium chloride, etc.) into food The raw material 60, and the aqueous solution containing sodium alginate as the forming liquid 51 is contained in the receiving barrel 50. When the food raw material 60 is extruded through the pelletizing module and formed into a blank 61 and falls into the forming liquid 51, the The calcium ions on the surface of the blank 61 will react with the sodium alginate in the forming liquid 51 to form a calcium alginate film, thereby forming a spherical granular food material with a liquid inside.

Wherein, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the pelletizing module is mainly controlled by the stop mechanism 20 to control the sliding plate 23, so that the through hole 231 of the sliding plate 23 and the flow channel 11 and nozzle 22 of the holding tank 10 Mutual misalignment to achieve the effect of stop, so there is no need to separately provide stop structures at the corresponding runners 11, which can effectively simplify the structure, and reduce the cost of manufacturing, assembly, operation and maintenance, and the structure is simplified. The blocking mechanism 20 allows the user to easily perform cleaning, can eliminate clean dead corners, and is not easy to have dirt residues during cleaning operations, thereby avoiding doubts about food safety.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the stepped matching groove 214 formed on the shell plate 212 under the base 21 can provide the nozzle 22 installation position, so when the user assembles the stop mechanism 20, the user can Directly placing the nozzle 22 in the matching groove 214 of the lower shell plate 212 in sequence can further improve the convenience of disassembly and assembly of the nozzle 22; in addition, the guide groove 14 of the sleeve 13 can provide a plunger 311 The guiding effect enables the plunger 311 to be guided into the corresponding flow channel 11 when it moves downward, thereby improving the positioning effect of the plunger 311.

To sum up, the inventive spherical granular food material granulation device is mainly designed through the structure design of the stop mechanism 20, and the slide plate 23 with the through hole 231 is used to control the flow passages 11 and each of the holding tank 10 The communication state between the nozzles 22 can effectively simplify the structure and reduce the cost of manufacturing, assembly, operation and maintenance. At the same time, it can make it easier for the user to clean the pelletizing module, effectively eliminate the clean corners, and avoid food safety concerns. .

10: Containment tank

12: tank

13: sleeve

20: Stop mechanism

21: Pedestal

211: Upper Shell

212: lower shell

23: Skateboarding

24: Skateboard drive

30: Pushing mechanism

31: Pushing parts

311: Plunger

32: Pushing drive parts

40: Frame

41: Seat

42: Shelf

50: take over the barrel

Claims (5)

A granulating device for spherical granular food materials, comprising: a frame body comprising a seat portion and a frame portion, the frame portion is arranged above the seat portion; a granulation module, which is arranged on the frame body The seat part includes: a container with a plurality of flow channels formed at the bottom; a stop mechanism, which includes a base, a plurality of nozzles, a sliding plate and a sliding plate driving member, the base is arranged in the container Below the chute, the plurality of nozzles are arranged in the base and correspond to the plurality of flow channels, the slide plate can be linearly moved through the base, and the slide plate is formed with corresponding to the plurality of flow channels. A plurality of through holes, the sliding plate driving member is arranged on the frame body and connected to the sliding plate, the sliding plate driving member can drive the sliding plate to move linearly to control the communication state between the plurality of flow channels and the plurality of nozzles; and a pushing mechanism , Which is arranged above the material containing tank, the pushing mechanism includes a material pushing member and a pushing drive member, the material pushing member is arranged above the material containing groove so as to move up and down, and the pushing mechanism The part has a plurality of plungers extending downwards, the pushing drive part is arranged on the frame part of the frame body and connected to the pushing part, and the plunger that can control the pushing part extends into the plurality of flow passages respectively; And a receiving barrel, which is arranged under the stopping mechanism of the granulation module. The spherical granular food material granulating device according to claim 1, wherein the base of the stop mechanism includes an upper shell plate and a lower shell plate, and the lower shell plate is detachably arranged under the upper shell plate and The enclosure forms a sliding space with lateral openings, the sliding plate is penetrated in the sliding space, the upper shell plate is connected to the plurality of flow channels, the lower shell plate is formed with a plurality of matching grooves, and the plurality of matching grooves The positions of the grooves correspond to the plurality of flow channels, and the plurality of nozzles are respectively correspondingly arranged in the matching grooves on the top surface of the lower shell plate. The spherical granular food material granulating device according to claim 2, wherein the matching groove is a stepped structure with a diameter decreasing from top to bottom. The spherical granular food material granulating device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the material containing tank comprises a tank and a plurality of sleeves, the plurality of sleeves are penetrated at the bottom of the tank, and the plurality of sleeves The flow channels are respectively formed in the plurality of sleeves. The spherical granular food material granulating device according to claim 4, wherein a tapered guide groove is formed at the top of each sleeve, and the diameter of the guide groove is gradually reduced from top to bottom.

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