CN103349139B - Popping candy producing equipment - Google Patents
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The invention relates to popping candy producing equipment which comprises a sugar boiling device, a stirring pot and a cooling device, arranged in sequence, as well as a carbon dioxide feeding device connected with the stirring pot, wherein the sugar boiling device is divided into a sugar melting part and a sugar boiling part, and independent temperature control is carried out on the two parts to improve the syrup quality; the stirring pot adopts a heat preservation structure to prevent the melting syrup in the stirring pot body from coagulating and solidifying, more carbon dioxide is enabled to be mixed in the melting syrup, and the taste of the popping candy is enabled to be better; the cooling device adopts a strip-shaped pipe body as a puffing cavity to supply carbon dioxide during the puffing process, the puffing is enabled to be more thorough, the carbon dioxide content in the popping candy finished product is enabled to be higher, and the taste is better; through the arrangement of a carbon dioxide heating device, the carbon dioxide feeding device avoids the part solidification of syrup, and prevents the carbon dioxide from continuously blending, thereby enabling the popping candy finished product to be higher in carbon dioxide content, more uniform in distribution and better in taste, and further improving the quality of the popping candy.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of candy production equipment, relate in particular to a kind of equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth.
Background technology
Jumping candy is people's food that particularly children like, its principle is to be combined as a whole with candy in carbon dioxide (can be also other gas) being filled into candy in the process of manufacturing candy, the wetting candy that contains great amount of carbon dioxide of saliva when edible, the carbon dioxide that loses adhesion is constantly overflowed, candy in oral cavity is ceaselessly beated, give feeling of freshness.
At present, equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth generally includes and boils sugared device, agitator tank, Bulking tank (cooling device) and appliance for applying carbon dioxide, appliance for applying carbon dioxide is connected with agitator tank, be filled with the carbon dioxide of high pressure in whipping process melting syrup, make carbon dioxide mix in melting syrup.
Above-mentioned Bulking tank generally comprises the tank body of tubbiness, tank body is provided with cooling water and encloses, after the melting syrup that is mixed with great amount of carbon dioxide is injected in tank body, that encloses by cooling water is cooling, make melting syrup occur to solidify, in the time opening the lid of tank body, curing sugar material decompression and expanded rapidly, after taking-up, be ground into again the particle of suitable size, finally pack.
Although above-mentioned Bulking tank can reach expanded object, but still there is very large defect: the bottom that 1, is deposited in tank body due to melting syrup, cooling water encloses the cooling contact portion that is just confined to melting syrup and tank body madial wall to melting syrup, and the cooling of the mid portion of cooling water to melting syrup can only be by the mode of permeating gradually, cooling effect is very poor, and curing rate is very slow; 2, in the time that uncap reduces pressure, the block sugar forming at tank body lower part, intermediate portion is difficult to occur expanded, and expanded efficiency is lower, after pulverizing, becomes jumping candy finished product, and its mouthfeel is poor; 3, cannot be naturally cracked, need other operation to pulverize; 4, need to wait for that melting syrup in tank body solidifies completely, reduces pressure after expanded, discharging, can inject melting syrup next time, the stand-by period is very long, cannot realize continuous production, and production efficiency is lower.
In addition, change sugar and boil sugar and all in the open pan that boils sugared device, complete, owing to changing sugar and to boil sugared temperature requirement different, change the temperature that sugar need to be lower, to avoid the local heating such as white granulated sugar, Fructus Hordei Germinatus sugar inhomogeneous and cause burning phenomenon, and above-mentioned boil sugared device due to change sugar, boil sugar in same open pan, carry out, be difficult to control respectively temperature, easily cause and burn phenomenon, or white granulated sugar, Fructus Hordei Germinatus sugar etc. do not melt completely, cause syrup Quality Down, finally affect the quality of candy.And because jumping candy has just melt in the mouth, stricter to the requirement of syrup, therefore, above-mentioned open pan cannot meet the sugared requirement of boiling of jumping candy; Due to change sugar, boil sugar in same open pan, carry out, only have well-done syrup in open pan poured out completely, just can carry out next pot change sugar, boil sugar, cannot carry out continuous boiling sugar, production efficiency is lower.
Also have, on appliance for applying carbon dioxide, there are following two aspect shortcomings: the carbon dioxide after 1, vaporizing by vaporizer directly passes in agitator tank, the pressure of carbon dioxide is inadequate, carbon dioxide is difficult to be dissolved in melting syrup, cause the carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product lower, mouthfeel is poor; 2, the temperature lower (generally approaching 0 DEG C) of the carbon dioxide after vaporizing by vaporizer, and melting syrup temp higher (generally higher than 100 DEG C), both temperature difference are very large, after the carbon dioxide of low temperature contacts with syrup part, this contact portion generation local solidification of lowering the temperature rapidly, stop carbon dioxide continue incorporate, cause the carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product lower on the one hand, mouthfeel is poor, cause on the other hand the carbon dioxide in jumping candy finished product to distribute even not, mouthfeel is also poor, all causes the second-rate of jumping candy.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is to provide a kind of equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth, this equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth can make melting syrup rapid curing, expanded more thorough, and can be automatically cracked be granularity jumping candy comparatively uniformly, mouthfeel is better, and enhances productivity.The technical scheme adopting is as follows:
A kind of equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth, comprise set gradually boil sugared device, agitator tank and cooling device, and with stir tank connected appliance for applying carbon dioxide, it is characterized in that:
Describedly boil sugared device and comprise sugar dissolving kettle, open pan, storage barrel, syrup withdrawing device and send sugar pipe, the bottom of sugar dissolving kettle is provided with discharge valve, storage barrel is arranged on the below of discharge valve, the bottom of open pan is provided with syrup outlet, syrup withdrawing device is connected with syrup outlet, storage barrel is provided with sugar-feeding port, and the top of open pan is provided with sugar entering mouth, between sugar-feeding port and sugar entering mouth, is connected by sending sugar to manage;
Described agitator tank comprises stirring tank body, stir cover and mixed stirring device, mixed stirring device is arranged on agitator tank and covers, the paddle of mixed stirring device extend into and stirs in tank body, agitator tank covers and is provided with carbon dioxide entrance, the top of stirring tank body is provided with syrup entrance, the bottom of stirring tank body is provided with syrup outlet, stir tank body and be provided with the first steam insulation interlayer, and the first steam inlet communicating with the first steam insulation interlayer, the first steam (vapor) outlet, agitator tank covers and is provided with the second steam insulation interlayer, and the second steam inlet communicating with the second steam insulation interlayer, the second steam (vapor) outlet,
Described cooling device comprises base, rotating shaft, rotating disk and at least three cooling tubes, rotating disk is arranged on base by rotating shaft, each cooling tube being circumferentially evenly arranged on rotating disk along rotating disk, and cooling tube vertically arranges, cooling tube comprises strip body, the upper end of body is provided with fixing upper end cover, the lower end of body is provided with can open or closed bottom end cover, in the tube wall of body, being provided with cooling water encloses, the lower end tube wall of body is provided with cooling water and encloses the cold water inlet communicating, the upper end tube wall of body is provided with cooling water and encloses the discharge outlet communicating, body bottom is provided with the syrup valve and the carbon dioxide valve that communicate with body cavity,
Described appliance for applying carbon dioxide, comprises liquid carbon dioxide holding vessel, pump, vaporizer, the first valve, the carbon dioxide temporary tank, the second valve and the carbon dioxide heater that connect successively by air duct;
The syrup withdrawing device of open pan is connected with the syrup entrance of agitator tank by syrup delivery pipe, the syrup outlet of agitator tank is connected with the syrup valve of cooling tube lower end with snap joint by syrup delivery pipe, and the air duct in carbon dioxide heater rear is connected with the carbon dioxide entrance of agitator tank, the carbon dioxide valve of cooling tube lower end by snap joint respectively.
Equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth of the present invention, by boiling the comprehensive improvement of sugared device, agitator tank, cooling device, four parts of appliance for applying carbon dioxide, solves the mouthfeel of jumping candy and the problem of production efficiency on the whole, specific as follows:
(1) boil sugared device by by change sugar, boil sugar and be made as two parts, in sugar dissolving kettle, change sugar, in open pan, boil sugar, both carry out independent temperature control, avoid white granulated sugar, Fructus Hordei Germinatus sugar etc. not to melt completely or burn phenomenon, improve syrup quality, finally improve the quality of jumping candy finished product; And the sugar-feeding port of storage barrel is by sending sugar pipe to be connected with the sugar entering mouth of open pan, in open pan bottom, syrup withdrawing device is set, in the time that syrup withdrawing device is worked, from open pan, extract well-done syrup out, syrup withdrawing device produces negative pressure in open pan, by sending sugared pipe to extract the syrup not boiling from storage barrel, change like this sugar and boil sugar and carry out simultaneously, without the sugared time of waitization, realize continuous boiling sugar, increase substantially production efficiency.
(2) because agitator tank is provided with the first steam insulation interlayer and the second steam insulation interlayer, to stirring tank body and stirring cover and carry out heating and thermal insulation, make to stir the temperature that tank body inner sustain is certain, the melting syrup that prevents from stirring in tank body condenses and solidifies, avoid blocking, and guarantee to be mixed into more carbon dioxide in melting syrup, make the mouthfeel of jumping candy better.
(3) in the time of cooling, expanded operation, by the bottom end cover closure of the cooling tube in perfusion station, the air duct of syrup delivery pipe, carbon dioxide is connected with syrup valve, carbon dioxide valve by snap joint respectively, inject melting syrup in body cavity in, be filled with carbon dioxide (gas), when syrup injects complete, close syrup valve, carbon dioxide valve, and pass into cold water from cold water inlet, cooling water encloses whole piece body is cooled, and the melting syrup in body is solidified rapidly; Rotate subsequently rotating disk, the cooling tube of this injection melting syrup is produced to perfusion station, again proceed to a cooling tube and repeat aforesaid operations, until all cooling tubes on rotating disk have poured into; After the melting syrup in Article 1 cooling tube has solidified, open bottom end cover, the decompression of exitting, curing strip sugar material expanded and cracked coming naturally rapidly in body, form granularity jumping candy comparatively uniformly, finished product jumping candy automatically drops from body lower end under the effect of body upper gas pressure and self gravitation, self-emptying, and then operate successively the discharging of next cooling tube.Owing to adopting strip body as expanded cavity, melting syrup is disperseed from the existing length direction of changing into together along body that is deposited in, and the inwall contact area of melting syrup and body is larger, and film-cooled heat is larger, cooling effect is fine, and syrup solidifies fast; The sugar cube material forming is elongated strip, reduces pressure when expanded when opening bottom end cover, and intermediate portion also can be fully expanded, expanded more thorough, makes jumping candy finished product mouthfeel better; Because sugar cube material is elongated strip, in decompression puffing process, naturally cracked is granularity jumping candy comparatively uniformly, without other pulverizing process; Finished product jumping candy automatically drops from body lower end under the effect of body upper gas pressure and self gravitation, self-emptying; Owing to being filled with carbon dioxide (gas) by carbon dioxide valve, carbon dioxide (gas) upwards dispels melting syrup, is more conducive to solidify, expanded, makes expanded more thorough; In puffing process, the carbon dioxide being filled with is also mixed in melting syrup, supplements carbon dioxide, makes the carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, and mouthfeel is better; Owing to adopting rotating disk, many cooling tubes are installed, in the time waiting for melting syrup in a cooling tube curing, can complete the perfusion work of other many cooling tubes, by the quantity of cooling tube is set, make to realize continuous production without wait, increase substantially production efficiency.
(4) appliance for applying carbon dioxide is by arranging the temporary tank of carbon dioxide, and in the front of the temporary tank of carbon dioxide, the first valve is set, rear at the temporary tank of carbon dioxide arranges the second valve, closing the second valve, open in the situation of the first valve, carbon dioxide (gaseous state) after vaporizer vaporization is filled in the temporary tank of carbon dioxide continually, in the temporary tank of carbon dioxide, produce high pressure, in the time opening the second valve, it can be the carbon dioxide (gaseous state) of the agitator tank supply high pressure of equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth, more carbon dioxide is dissolved in melting syrup, make the carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, mouthfeel is better, improve the quality of jumping candy, in addition, by carbon dioxide heater is set, ducted carbon dioxide (gaseous state) is carried out to heat temperature raising, make carbon dioxide (gaseous state) at least reach normal temperature (40 DEG C of left and right), make the temperature difference of melting syrup and carbon dioxide less, avoid syrup local solidification, stop carbon dioxide continue incorporate, thereby make carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, distribute more evenly, mouthfeel is better, further improves the quality of jumping candy.
As preferred version of the present invention, described cooling water encloses for the helical flow path around the bottom-up extension of body.By cooling water being enclosed to the helical flow path that is set to bottom-up extension, cooling more even to whole piece body, makes to solidify, expansion effect is better.
As the further preferred version of the present invention, the below of described carbon dioxide valve in syrup valve.The structure that carbon dioxide valve is such in syrup valve below, can more upwards dispel melting syrup carbon dioxide, and melting syrup is distributed in the cavity of body more equably, makes expanded more thoroughly, and expansion effect is better.
Further the excellent described internal diameter that selects body is 5～15 centimetres, and the quantity of described cooling tube is 16.The internal diameter of body is too little, and the melting syrup that can inject is less, affects production efficiency; The internal diameter of body is too large, and close with tubbiness Bulking tank of the prior art, expanded efficiency is lower; The internal diameter of body is set to 5～15 centimetres, on the basis of guaranteeing expanded efficiency, guarantees to have higher production efficiency.
As the further preferred version of the present invention, described carbon dioxide heater comprises carbon dioxide heating tank, hot water circulating device and hot water circulating pump; Carbon dioxide heating tank is provided with air inlet and gas outlet, and air inlet and gas outlet are connected on described pipeline; Water inlet and delivery port that the tank body of carbon dioxide heating tank is provided with hot water interlayer and communicates with hot water interlayer, hot water circulating device is connected with water inlet, delivery port respectively by water pipe; Hot water circulating pump is arranged on the water pipe between hot water circulating device and delivery port.The volume of carbon dioxide heating tank is larger, and the carbon dioxide diffusion that enters into carbon dioxide heating tank is come, easier heat temperature raising, and also heat temperature raising is more even; Hot water in hot water circulating device enters in hot water interlayer by water inlet, and by the suction of hot water circulating pump, makes the hot water rapid flow in hot water interlayer, and the carbon dioxide in carbon dioxide heating tank is carried out to Fast Heating intensification; By the such heater of carbon dioxide heating tank, hot water circulating device and hot water circulating pump is set, carbon dioxide is heated, it is quick, even that carbon dioxide heats up, avoid the too fast and rapid expansion of carbon dioxide local heating, avoid the generation of security incident, make production process more safe and reliable.Above-mentioned hot water circulating device generally comprises casing and is arranged on the heating tube in casing.
Further preferably, described appliance for applying carbon dioxide also comprises Pressure gauge, and Pressure gauge is arranged on the temporary tank of described carbon dioxide.By Pressure gauge is set, detect at any time the air pressure in the temporary tank of carbon dioxide, in the time that air pressure is greater than preset upper limit value, close the first valve, avoid air pressure in the temporary tank of carbon dioxide excessive and cause security incident, make production process more safe and reliable.Further preferably, described appliance for applying carbon dioxide also comprises safety valve, and safety valve is arranged on the temporary tank of described carbon dioxide.By safety valve is set, in the time that the air pressure in the temporary tank of carbon dioxide is too high, by the safety valve carbon dioxide of automatically releasing, the air pressure in the temporary tank of carbon dioxide is reduced, avoid air pressure in the temporary tank of carbon dioxide excessive and cause security incident, make production process more safe and reliable.
As the further preferred version of the present invention, described sugar dissolving kettle and open pan include a pot body, pot cover, boil sugared agitating device and can heat pot body boil sugared heater; Boil sugared agitating device and be arranged on pot cover, the paddle that boils sugared agitating device extend in pot body; Pot cover is provided with exhaust outlet.Sugar dissolving kettle and open pan all adopt the mode heating while stirring, and making sugar more fast, syrup is heated more evenly while boiling sugar, and the exhaust outlet arranging on pot cover is discharged the steam in pot body in time.Above-mentionedly boil sugared agitating device and generally comprise motor and paddle, output shaft and the paddle of motor are in transmission connection, and paddle extend in pot body.
As further preferred embodiments of the present invention, described in boil sugared heater and comprise the steam jacket being arranged on described pot body, and the steam inlet and the steam (vapor) outlet that communicate with steam jacket.Adopt steam to heat pot body, make being heated of pot body more even, and by controlling the input quantity of steam, be easy to control the temperature of pot body, it is quite easy that the temperature of sugar dissolving kettle, open pan is controlled respectively.
As further preferred embodiments of the present invention, describedly boil sugared device and also comprise vacuum extractor, the pot cover of described open pan is provided with vacuum pumping opening, vacuum extractor comprises vavuum pump and vaccum suction pipe, vavuum pump is connected with one end of vaccum suction pipe, and the other end of vaccum suction pipe is connected with vacuum pumping opening; The sectional area of vaccum suction pipe mid portion is greater than the sectional area at two ends.Vacuum extractor is extracted the steam in open pan out in time, avoids steam to condense on pot cover and again falls into syrup, makes the purity of syrup higher, makes the jumping candy finished product mouthfeel made better; The sectional area of vaccum suction pipe mid portion is greater than the sectional area at two ends, makes the suction force in open pan byer force, and suction effect is better.
As further preferred embodiments of the present invention, the pot cover of described open pan is provided with clean-out opening and covers the port lid on clean-out opening, is also provided with peep hole on port lid.Open port lid and expose clean-out opening, conveniently open pan is cleaned, safeguarded, and by peep hole, staff is easy to observe the sugared situation of boiling of open pan inside, carries out at any time personal monitoring.
Further preferably, described in boil sugared device and also comprise temperature-detecting device, temperature-detecting device is arranged on the pot cover of described open pan.Temperature-detecting device detects the temperature of open pan inside at any time, and shows, so that staff adjusts the temperature in open pan in time.Further preferably,
As the further preferred version of the present invention, described agitator tank also comprises carbon dioxide conduit, carbon dioxide conduit is close to described stirring tank body and stirs on the inwall of cover, the upper end of carbon dioxide conduit is connected with described carbon dioxide entrance, and the paddle position of the lower end of carbon dioxide conduit and mixed stirring device is corresponding.By carbon dioxide conduit is set, carbon dioxide (gas) is imported in melting syrup, in stirring, in time carbon dioxide (gas) is mixed in melting syrup, make the carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, make the mouthfeel of jumping candy better.
Because being arranged on agitator tank, mixed stirring device covers, stir cover very heavy together with mixed stirring device, being difficult to open stirring cover cleans, safeguards, for addressing this problem, as the further preferred version of the present invention, described agitator tank also comprises support and tank lid lifting device, and tank lid lifting device is rack-mount, and the clutch end of tank lid lifting device is connected with stirring cover.Realize the automatic lifting that stirs cover and upper mixed stirring device thereof by tank lid lifting device, upwards rise and stir cover, just can clean, safeguard, quite easy.More preferably described tank lid lifting device is hydraulic cylinder.The load-bearing property of hydraulic cylinder is better, and lifting is quite steady.Tank lid lifting device can be also the lifting structure of cylinder or other motor-driven.
Further preferably, described agitator tank covers and is also provided with auxiliary material entrance.By auxiliary material entrance, add some auxiliary materials (such as color, taste etc.) of jumping candy, make the taste of jumping candy, color more rich and varied.Further preferably, described mixed stirring device is magnetic stirring apparatus.Owing to adopting magnetic stirring apparatus, between magnetic stirring apparatus and cover, there is good sealing property, prevent carbon dioxide leakage.The structure that mixed stirring device also can adopt motor and paddle to match.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the real preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation that boils sugared device;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of agitator tank;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of cooling device;
Fig. 5 is the top view of Fig. 4;
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of cooling tube;
Fig. 7 is the structural representation of appliance for applying carbon dioxide.
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Be described further below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 1, this equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth, comprise set gradually boil sugared device 1, agitator tank 2 and cooling device 3 and the appliance for applying carbon dioxide 4 being connected with agitator tank 2, cooling device 3.
As shown in Figure 2, boil sugared device 1 and comprise that sugar dissolving kettle 101, open pan 102, storage barrel 103, syrup withdrawing device 104(adopt pump conventionally) and send sugar pipe 105, the bottom of sugar dissolving kettle 101 is provided with discharge valve 107, storage barrel 103 is arranged on the below of discharge valve 107, the bottom of open pan 102 is provided with syrup outlet 108, syrup withdrawing device 104 is connected with syrup outlet 108, storage barrel 103 is provided with sugar-feeding port 109, the top of open pan 102 is provided with sugar entering mouth 1010, between sugar-feeding port 109 and sugar entering mouth 1010, is connected by sending sugar to manage 105.
Sugar dissolving kettle 101 and open pan 102 include pot body 10101, pot cover 10102, boil sugared agitating device 10103 and can heat pot body 10101 boil sugared heater 10104; Boil sugared agitating device 10103 and be arranged on pot cover 10102, the paddle that boils sugared agitating device 10103 extend in pot body 10101; Pot cover 10102 is provided with exhaust outlet 106.Boil sugared agitating device 10103 and comprise motor and paddle, output shaft and the paddle of motor are in transmission connection, and paddle extend in pot body 10101.Sugar dissolving kettle 101 and open pan 102 all adopt the mode heating while stirring, and making sugar more fast, syrup is heated more evenly while boiling sugar, and the exhaust outlet 106 arranging on pot cover 10102 is discharged the steam in pot body 10101 in time.
Boil sugared heater 10104 and comprise the steam jacket 101041 being arranged on pot body 10101, and the steam inlet 101042 communicating with steam jacket and steam (vapor) outlet 101043.Adopt steam to heat pot body, make being heated of pot body more even, and by controlling the input quantity of steam, be easy to control the temperature of pot body 10101, it is quite easy that the temperature of sugar dissolving kettle 101, open pan 102 is controlled respectively.
Boil sugared device 1 and also comprise vacuum extractor 1012, the pot cover 10102 of open pan 102 is provided with vacuum pumping opening 1013, vacuum extractor 1012 comprises vavuum pump 101201 and vaccum suction pipe 101202, vavuum pump 101201 is connected with one end of vaccum suction pipe 101202, and the other end of vaccum suction pipe 101202 is connected with vacuum pumping opening 1013; The sectional area of vaccum suction pipe 101202 mid portions is greater than the sectional area at two ends.Vacuum extractor 1012 is extracted the steam in open pan 102 out in time, avoids steam to condense and again fall into syrup on pot cover 10102, makes the purity of syrup higher, makes the jumping candy finished product mouthfeel made better; The sectional area of vaccum suction pipe 101202 mid portions is greater than the sectional area at two ends, makes the suction force in open pan 102 byer force, and suction effect is better.
Boil sugared device 1 and also comprise temperature-detecting device 1014, temperature-detecting device 1014 is arranged on the pot cover 10102 of open pan 102.Temperature-detecting device 1014 detects the temperature of open pan 102 inside at any time, and shows, so that staff adjusts the temperature in open pan 102 in time.On the pot cover 10102 of open pan 102, there is clean-out opening 1015 and cover the port lid 1016 on clean-out opening 1015, on port lid 1016, being also provided with peep hole 1017.Open port lid 1016 and expose clean-out opening 1015, conveniently open pan 102 is cleaned, safeguarded, and by peep hole 1017, staff is easy to observe the sugared situation of boiling of open pan 102 inside, carries out at any time personal monitoring.
As shown in Figure 3, agitator tank 2 comprises stirring tank body 201, stirs cover 202, magnetic stirring apparatus 203, carbon dioxide conduit 204, support 206 and hydraulic cylinder 207; Hydraulic cylinder 207 is arranged on support 206, and the clutch end of hydraulic cylinder 207 is connected with stirring cover 202; Magnetic stirring apparatus 203 is arranged on and stirs on cover 202, and the paddle 208 of magnetic stirring apparatus 203 extend into and stirs in tank body 201; Stir cover 202 and be provided with carbon dioxide entrance 209 and auxiliary material entrance 2010; Carbon dioxide conduit 204 is close to and stirs tank body 201 and stir on the inwall of cover 202, and the upper end of carbon dioxide conduit 204 is connected with carbon dioxide entrance 209, and paddle 208 positions of the lower end of carbon dioxide conduit 204 and magnetic stirring apparatus 203 are corresponding; The top of stirring tank body 201 is provided with syrup entrance 2011, and the bottom of stirring tank body 201 is provided with syrup outlet 2012; Stir tank body 1 and be provided with the first steam insulation interlayer 2014, and the first steam inlet 2015, the first steam (vapor) outlet 2016 that communicate with the first steam insulation interlayer 2014; Stir cover 202 and be provided with the second steam insulation interlayer 2017, and the second steam inlet 2018, the second steam (vapor) outlet 2019 that communicate with the second steam insulation interlayer 2017.Send into melting syrup, send into carbon dioxide (gas), send into auxiliary material from auxiliary material entrance 2010 from carbon dioxide entrance 209 from syrup entrance 2011, melting syrup stirs in stirring tank body 2011, fully mix with carbon dioxide, after stirring, having mixed, melting syrup outputs to next process from syrup outlet 2012.By the first steam insulation interlayer 2014 and the second steam insulation interlayer 2017 are set, to stirring tank body 201 and stirring cover 202 and carry out heating and thermal insulation, make to stir the certain temperature of tank body 201 inner sustain, the melting syrup that prevents from stirring in tank body 201 condenses and solidifies, avoid blocking, and guarantee to be mixed into more carbon dioxide in melting syrup, make the mouthfeel of jumping candy better.By carbon dioxide conduit 204 is set, carbon dioxide (gas) is imported in melting syrup, in stirring, in time carbon dioxide (gas) is mixed in melting syrup, make the carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, make the mouthfeel of jumping candy better.Realize by hydraulic cylinder 207 automatic lifting that stirs cover 202 and upper magnetic stirring apparatus 203 thereof, upwards rise and stir cover 202, just can clean, safeguard, quite easy.
As shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, cooling device 3 comprises base 301, rotating shaft 302,303 and 16 cooling tubes 304 of rotating disk, rotating disk 303 is arranged on base 301 by rotating shaft 302, each cooling tube 304 is circumferentially evenly arranged on rotating disk 303 along rotating disk, and cooling tube 304 vertically arranges, cooling tube 304 comprises strip body 30401, the internal diameter of body 30401 is 10 centimetres (5～15 centimetres all can), the upper end of body 30401 is provided with fixing upper end cover 30402, the lower end of body 30401 is provided with can open or closed bottom end cover 30403, in the tube wall of body 30401, be provided with the helical flow path 30404 around body 30401 bottom-up extensions, the lower end tube wall of body 30401 is provided with the cold water inlet 30405 communicating with helical flow path 30404, the upper end tube wall of body 30401 is provided with the discharge outlet 30406 communicating with helical flow path 30404, one end of drainpipe 30407 is connected with discharge outlet 30406, body 30401 bottoms are provided with the syrup valve 30408 and the carbon dioxide valve 30409 that communicate with body 30401 cavitys, the below of carbon dioxide valve 30409 in syrup valve 30408.When operation, by bottom end cover 30403 closures of the cooling tube 304 in perfusion station, the pipeline of transporting molten syrup and the pipeline of carbon dioxide are respectively by snap joint and syrup valve 30408, carbon dioxide valve 30409 connects, inject melting syrup in body 30401 cavitys in, be filled with carbon dioxide (gas), when syrup injects complete, close syrup valve 30408, carbon dioxide valve 30409, and pass into cold water from cold water inlet 30405, cool stream cools to whole piece body 30401 through whole helical flow path 30404, melting syrup in body 30401 is solidified rapidly, rotate subsequently rotating disk 303, the cooling tube 4 of this injection melting syrup is produced to perfusion station, again proceed to a cooling tube 304 and repeat aforesaid operations, until all cooling tubes on rotating disk 303 have poured into, after the melting syrup in Article 1 cooling tube 304 has solidified, open bottom end cover 30403, the decompression of exitting, curing strip sugar material expanded and cracked coming naturally rapidly in body 30401, form granularity jumping candy comparatively uniformly, finished product jumping candy automatically drops from body 30401 lower ends under the effect of body 30401 upper gas pressure and self gravitation, self-emptying, and then operate successively the discharging of next cooling tube 30401.
As shown in Figure 7, appliance for applying carbon dioxide 4 comprises liquid carbon dioxide holding vessel 402, pump 403, vaporizer 404, the first valve 405, the carbon dioxide temporary tank 406, the second valve 407 and the carbon dioxide heater 408 that connect successively by air duct 401.Carbon dioxide heater 408 comprises carbon dioxide heating tank 40801, hot water circulating device 40802 and hot water circulating pump 40803; Carbon dioxide heating tank 40801 is provided with air inlet 40804 and gas outlet 40805, and air inlet 40804 and gas outlet 40805 are connected on air duct 401; Water inlet 40807 and delivery port 40808 that the tank body of carbon dioxide heating tank 40801 is provided with hot water interlayer 40806 and communicates with hot water interlayer 40806, hot water circulating device 40802 is connected with water inlet 40807, delivery port 40808 respectively by water pipe 40809; Hot water circulating pump 40803 is arranged on the water pipe 40809 between hot water circulating device 40802 and delivery port 40808.On the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide, be also provided with Pressure gauge 409 and safety valve 4010.Above-mentioned hot water circulating device 40802 comprises casing and is arranged on the heating tube in casing.By the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide is set, and in the front of the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide, the first valve 405 is set, rear at the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide arranges the second valve 407, closing the second valve 407, open in the situation of the first valve 405, carbon dioxide after vaporizer 404 vaporizations is constantly filled in the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide in a steady stream, in the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide, produce high pressure, in the time opening the second valve 407, can supply with for agitator tank 2 carbon dioxide of high pressure, more carbon dioxide is dissolved in melting syrup, make the carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, mouthfeel is better, improve the quality of jumping candy, in addition, by carbon dioxide heater 408 is set, the carbon dioxide in air duct 401 is carried out to heat temperature raising, make carbon dioxide at least reach normal temperature (40 DEG C of left and right), make the temperature difference of melting syrup and carbon dioxide less, avoid syrup local solidification, stop carbon dioxide continue incorporate, thereby make carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, distribute more evenly, mouthfeel is better, further improves the quality of jumping candy.
As shown in Figure 1, above-mentionedly boil sugared device 1, agitator tank 2, concrete annexation between cooling device 3 and appliance for applying carbon dioxide 4 is: the syrup withdrawing device 104 of open pan 102 is connected with the syrup entrance 2011 of agitator tank 2 by syrup delivery pipe 5, the syrup outlet 2012 of agitator tank 2 is connected with the syrup valve 30408 of cooling tube 304 lower ends with snap joint by syrup delivery pipe 5, air duct 401 in carbon dioxide heater 408 rears is respectively by the carbon dioxide entrance 209 of snap joint and agitator tank 2, the carbon dioxide valve 30409 of cooling tube 304 lower ends connects.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present embodiment is described further.
(1) boil sugared device 1 by by change sugar, boil sugar and be made as two parts, in sugar dissolving kettle 101, change sugar, in open pan 102, boil sugar, both carry out independent temperature control, avoid white granulated sugar, Fructus Hordei Germinatus sugar etc. not to melt completely or burn phenomenon, improve syrup quality, finally improve the quality of jumping candy finished product; And the sugar-feeding port 109 of storage barrel 103 is by sending sugar pipe 105 to be connected with the sugar entering mouth 1010 of open pan 102, in open pan 102 bottoms, syrup withdrawing device 104 is set, in the time that syrup withdrawing device 104 is worked, syrup withdrawing device 104 extracts well-done syrup in open pan 102 to agitator tank 2 out, and syrup withdrawing device 104 is in the interior generation negative pressure of open pan 102, by sending sugar pipe 105 to extract the syrup not boiling from storage barrel 103, change like this sugar and boil sugar and carry out simultaneously, without the sugared time of waitization, realize continuous boiling sugar, increased substantially production efficiency.
(2) because agitator tank 2 is provided with the first steam insulation interlayer 2014 and the second steam insulation interlayer 2017, to stirring tank body 201 and stirring cover 202 and carry out heating and thermal insulation, make to stir the certain temperature of tank body 201 inner sustain, the melting syrup that prevents from stirring in tank body 201 condenses and solidifies, avoid blocking, and guarantee to be mixed into more carbon dioxide in melting syrup, make the mouthfeel of jumping candy better.
(3) cooling, when expanded operation, by bottom end cover 30403 closures of the cooling tube 304 in perfusion station, syrup delivery pipe, the air duct of carbon dioxide is respectively by snap joint and syrup valve 30408, carbon dioxide valve 30409 connects, inject melting syrup in body 30401 cavitys in, be filled with carbon dioxide (gas), when syrup injects complete, close syrup valve 30408, carbon dioxide valve 30409, and pass into cold water from cold water inlet 30405, helical flow path 30404 cools to whole piece body 30401, melting syrup in body 30401 is solidified rapidly, rotate subsequently rotating disk 303, the cooling tube 304 of this injection melting syrup is produced to perfusion station, again proceed to a cooling tube 304 and repeat aforesaid operations, until all cooling tubes 304 on rotating disk 303 have poured into, after the melting syrup in Article 1 cooling tube 304 has solidified, open bottom end cover 30403, the decompression of exitting, curing strip sugar material expanded and cracked coming naturally rapidly in body 30401, form granularity jumping candy comparatively uniformly, finished product jumping candy automatically drops from body 30401 lower ends under the effect of body 30401 upper gas pressure and self gravitation, self-emptying, and then operate successively the discharging of next cooling tube 30401.Owing to adopting strip body 30401 as expanded cavity, melting syrup is disperseed from the existing length direction of changing into together along body 30401 that is deposited in, and the inwall contact area of melting syrup and body 30401 is larger, and film-cooled heat is larger, cooling effect is fine, and syrup solidifies fast; The sugar cube material forming is elongated strip, reduces pressure when expanded when opening bottom end cover 30403, and intermediate portion also can be fully expanded, expanded more thorough, makes jumping candy finished product mouthfeel better; Because sugar cube material is elongated strip, in decompression puffing process, naturally cracked is granularity jumping candy comparatively uniformly, without other pulverizing process; Finished product jumping candy automatically drops from body 30401 lower ends under the effect of body 30401 upper gas pressure and self gravitation, self-emptying; Owing to being filled with carbon dioxide (gas) by carbon dioxide valve 30409, carbon dioxide (gas) upwards dispels melting syrup, is more conducive to solidify, expanded, makes expanded more thorough; In puffing process, the carbon dioxide being filled with is also mixed in melting syrup, supplements carbon dioxide, makes the carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, and mouthfeel is better; Owing to adopting rotating disk, many cooling tubes 304 are installed, in the time waiting for melting syrup in a cooling tube 304 curing, can complete the perfusion work of other many cooling tubes 304, quantity by cooling tube 304 is set to 16, make to realize continuous production without wait, increase substantially production efficiency.
(4) appliance for applying carbon dioxide 4 is by arranging the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide, and in the front of the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide, the first valve 405 is set, rear at the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide arranges the second valve 407, closing the second valve 407, open in the situation of the first valve 405, carbon dioxide (gaseous state) after vaporizer 404 vaporizations is filled in the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide continually, in the temporary tank 406 of carbon dioxide, produce high pressure, in the time opening the second valve 407, it can be agitator tank 2, cooling tube 304 is supplied with the carbon dioxide (gaseous state) of high pressure, more carbon dioxide is dissolved in melting syrup, make the carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, mouthfeel is better, improve the quality of jumping candy, in addition, by carbon dioxide heater 408 is set, the carbon dioxide in air duct 401 (gaseous state) is carried out to heat temperature raising, make carbon dioxide (gaseous state) at least reach normal temperature (40 DEG C of left and right), make the temperature difference of melting syrup and carbon dioxide less, avoid syrup local solidification, stop carbon dioxide continue incorporate, thereby make carbon dioxide content in jumping candy finished product higher, distribute more evenly, mouthfeel is better, further improves the quality of jumping candy.
In addition; it should be noted that, the specific embodiment described in this description, its each several part titles etc. can be different; all equivalence or simple change of doing according to described structure, feature and the principle of patent design of the present invention, are included in the protection domain of patent of the present invention.Those skilled in the art can make various amendments or supplement or adopt similar mode to substitute described specific embodiment; only otherwise depart from structure of the present invention or surmount this scope as defined in the claims, all should belong to protection scope of the present invention.
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1. an equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth, comprise set gradually boil sugared device, agitator tank and cooling device, and with stir tank connected appliance for applying carbon dioxide, it is characterized in that:
Describedly boil sugared device and comprise sugar dissolving kettle, open pan, storage barrel, syrup withdrawing device and send sugar pipe, the bottom of sugar dissolving kettle is provided with discharge valve, storage barrel is arranged on the below of discharge valve, the bottom of open pan is provided with syrup outlet, syrup withdrawing device is connected with syrup outlet, storage barrel is provided with sugar-feeding port, and the top of open pan is provided with sugar entering mouth, between sugar-feeding port and sugar entering mouth, is connected by sending sugar to manage;
Described agitator tank comprises stirring tank body, stir cover and mixed stirring device, mixed stirring device is arranged on agitator tank and covers, the paddle of mixed stirring device extend into and stirs in tank body, agitator tank covers and is provided with carbon dioxide entrance, the top of stirring tank body is provided with syrup entrance, the bottom of stirring tank body is provided with syrup outlet, stir tank body and be provided with the first steam insulation interlayer, and the first steam inlet communicating with the first steam insulation interlayer, the first steam (vapor) outlet, agitator tank covers and is provided with the second steam insulation interlayer, and the second steam inlet communicating with the second steam insulation interlayer, the second steam (vapor) outlet,
Described cooling device comprises base, rotating shaft, rotating disk and at least three cooling tubes, rotating disk is arranged on base by rotating shaft, each cooling tube being circumferentially evenly arranged on rotating disk along rotating disk, and cooling tube vertically arranges, cooling tube comprises strip body, the upper end of body is provided with fixing upper end cover, the lower end of body is provided with can open or closed bottom end cover, in the tube wall of body, being provided with cooling water encloses, the lower end tube wall of body is provided with cooling water and encloses the cold water inlet communicating, the upper end tube wall of body is provided with cooling water and encloses the discharge outlet communicating, body bottom is provided with the syrup valve and the carbon dioxide valve that communicate with body cavity,
Described appliance for applying carbon dioxide, comprises liquid carbon dioxide holding vessel, pump, vaporizer, the first valve, the carbon dioxide temporary tank, the second valve and the carbon dioxide heater that connect successively by air duct;
The syrup withdrawing device of open pan is connected with the syrup entrance of agitator tank by syrup delivery pipe, the syrup outlet of agitator tank is connected with the syrup valve of cooling tube lower end with snap joint by syrup delivery pipe, and the air duct in carbon dioxide heater rear is connected with the carbon dioxide entrance of agitator tank, the carbon dioxide valve of cooling tube lower end by snap joint respectively.
2. equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described cooling water encloses for the helical flow path around the bottom-up extension of body.
3. equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that: the below of described carbon dioxide valve in syrup valve.
4. equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described carbon dioxide heater comprises carbon dioxide heating tank, hot water circulating device and hot water circulating pump; Carbon dioxide heating tank is provided with air inlet and gas outlet, and air inlet and gas outlet are connected on described pipeline; Water inlet and delivery port that the tank body of carbon dioxide heating tank is provided with hot water interlayer and communicates with hot water interlayer, hot water circulating device is connected with water inlet, delivery port respectively by water pipe; Hot water circulating pump is arranged on the water pipe between hot water circulating device and delivery port.
5. equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that: described sugar dissolving kettle and open pan include a pot body, pot cover, boil sugared agitating device and can heat pot body boil sugared heater; Boil sugared agitating device and be arranged on pot cover, the paddle that boils sugared agitating device extend in pot body; Pot cover is provided with exhaust outlet.
6. equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth according to claim 5, is characterized in that: described in boil sugared heater and comprise the steam jacket being arranged on described pot body, and the steam inlet and the steam (vapor) outlet that communicate with steam jacket.
7. equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: described in boil sugared device and also comprise vacuum extractor, the pot cover of described open pan is provided with vacuum pumping opening, vacuum extractor comprises vavuum pump and vaccum suction pipe, vavuum pump is connected with one end of vaccum suction pipe, and the other end of vaccum suction pipe is connected with vacuum pumping opening; The sectional area of vaccum suction pipe mid portion is greater than the sectional area at two ends.
8. equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth according to claim 5, is characterized in that: the pot cover of described open pan is provided with clean-out opening and covers the port lid on clean-out opening, is also provided with peep hole on port lid.
9. equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that: described agitator tank also comprises carbon dioxide conduit, carbon dioxide conduit is close to described stirring tank body and stirs on the inwall of cover, the upper end of carbon dioxide conduit is connected with described carbon dioxide entrance, and the paddle position of the lower end of carbon dioxide conduit and agitating device is corresponding.
10. equipment for production if sweet bursting in mouth according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that: described agitator tank also comprises support and tank lid lifting device, and tank lid lifting device is rack-mount, and the clutch end of tank lid lifting device is connected with stirring cover.
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