CN1054972C - Food sterilizing apparatus - Google Patents

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CN1054972C
CN1054972C CN95103286A CN95103286A CN1054972C CN 1054972 C CN1054972 C CN 1054972C CN 95103286 A CN95103286 A CN 95103286A CN 95103286 A CN95103286 A CN 95103286A CN 1054972 C CN1054972 C CN 1054972C
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田口昌男
平野义隆
仙石浩次
中谷雅之
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The present invention relates to food sterilizing equipment having the advantages of simple structure, and thorough and effective food sterilization. The food sterilizing equipment suitable for the sterilization of a food contained in a rigid food container is composed of a food supplying part, a linear cylindrical heating chamber, a linear cylindrical cooling chamber and an output part, wherein the tail end of the upper stream and the tail end of the lower stream of each part are respectively provided with an input opening and an output opening; any two adjacent parts in the composition parts are parallelly or vertically connected with each other at the respective output opening and the respective input opening by a sealing passage inserted between the respective output opening and the respective input opening. The composition parts are also provided with respective pushers at the tail ends of the upper streams of the composition parts, and the pushers are used for pushing the rigid food container to the lower stream, and the stroke of each pusher is at least identical to the width of the rigid container.

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Food sterilizing apparatus
The present invention relates to a kind of food sterilizing apparatus, it can successfully finish the sterilization and the cooling step of food in the rigid container.
According to routine, contain the nutraceutical of solid and liquid, for example, but the food of stewing and withdrawal is packed before, will in sterilization container, in batches sterilize with its solid component of foodstuff storing that packed form is sold.For example: the Japan Patent publication discloses a kind of sterilizing installation that is used to produce aseptic solid-state food for 56-121468 number.In this equipment, the graininess solid-state food mixes with the liquid that transmits media as heat, and through heating, sterilization is separated from liquid again.Yet the defective of this equipment is to pass through complicated operations, promptly earlier liquid is mixed with solid before heating and sterilising food prods, pumps liquid after finishing sterilization, and when sterilizing heated food along with equipment in the rotation solid food of container be easy to cracked.
The Japan Patent publication discloses a kind of sterilizing installation 50-88251 number, is used for the food of container is sterilized.It is made up of a sterilizing chamber and a conveyer belt that runs on charging and discharging opening that has charging aperture and discharging opening.The container that food is housed by conveyer belt enter successively sterilizing chamber, food in container by being heated in the running between sterilizing chamber's charging aperture and the discharging opening and sterilizing.Yet the major defect of this equipment is sterilizing chamber's unsealing, and therefore, its sterilization functions is insufficient inevitably.
The Japan Patent publication discloses one for 49-71177 number and has boiled/sterilizing installation, by a boiling case of bringing air valve and air outlet valve into, one boil/sterilizing chamber and one be installed on boil/endless conveyor belt below the sterilizing chamber forms.This equipment main lacks limit and is that the sterilizing chamber can not seal and carries out effective disinfecting action, because endless belt conveyer is placed in the boiling case.
The Japan Patent publication discloses a kind of high-temperature sterilization equipment 51-42391 number, is made up of a container that is divided into many continuously arranged cells, and by a dividing plate separately, dividing plate removable being used for opens and closes between wherein any two adjacent cells.Yet the major defect of this equipment is to install many separate converyers in each cell, makes the overall structure of this equipment quite complicated.
The Japan Patent publication discloses a kind of high-temperature sterilization equipment 5-30952 number, and by a heating/sterilizing chamber, cooling chamber and one are positioned at indoor air blown producer and run on each chamber, air blown producer and extend to outdoor endless belt conveyer and forms.Yet this equipment has a main defective, heating/sterilizing chamber, and the efficient of cooling chamber and air blown producer is not high, because endless belt conveyer is by they operations.
In view of the above problem that in food sterilizing apparatus, exists, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of simple in structure and can be thoroughly and efficiently carry out the food sterilizing apparatus of food sterilizing.
According to the present invention, by providing a kind of being used for that the food sterilizing apparatus that the food that is loaded on rigid container is sterilized has been reached above-mentioned purpose, described equipment is characterised in that this equipment is by a food supply part, the cylindric heating clamber of one line style, a cylindric cooling chamber of one line style and a translator unit are formed, each part is equipped with import and outlet with downstream end separately at its upstream, and described part any two adjacent parts are parallel to each other or vertically link to each other with inserting wherein seal channel in its import separately and exit.The terminal at its upstream propeller that also disposes separately of described part is used for pushed downstream rigidity food containers, and each described propeller has the stroke (stroke) that equates at least with the width of rigid container.
Now, for a more detailed description by the accompanying drawing of explanation most preferred embodiment of the present invention to the present invention.
Fig. 1 is according to the schematic diagram of first embodiment of food sterilizing apparatus of the present invention, and its structure has been described.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of second embodiment of food sterilizing apparatus of the present invention, and its structure has been described.
In Fig. 1, first most preferred embodiment of the present invention has explained through diagrams.Food sterilizing apparatus 1 comprises line style food supply part 4 cylindraceous, is connected with air exhauster 2; The cylindric heating clamber 8 of one line style parallels for knot part 4 with the cylindric food of line style, inserts pressure controling chamber 44 between the two, and described pressure controling chamber 44 sides are by first passage valve 6 and 42 restrictions of four-way valve; The cylindric cooling chamber 16 of one line style is arranged in parallel with the cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style, inserts second channel valve 10 between the two; And an output 24, parallel with cylindric cold Deng of line style chamber 16, insert pressure controling chamber 62 between the two, described pressure controling chamber 62 side direction are by third channel valve 20 and 60 restrictions of the 5th channel valve.
The cylindric food supply part 4 of line style has the chamber of the about 60cm of an inner length, its end is an axial advance device 30, can vertically promote the rigidity food containers moves forward, its other end is another propeller 32, the direction rectangular with food supply part 4 axis promotes the rigidity food containers, and described propeller 32 so design is to enter the pressure controling chamber 44 that is positioned at the cylindric heating clamber of line style 8 upstreams by first passage valve 6 in order to promote the rigidity food containers.The inside of cylindric food supply part 4 downstream ends of line style also has one to turn to platform 36 to be used for 90 ℃ of rigidity food containers upsets.
The about 180cm of line style heating clamber 8 inner length cylindraceous, be connected with a steam heater 40, end is provided with a pressure controling chamber 44 at its upstream, its side is by four-way valve 42 and promote the propeller 46 restriction rigidity food containers of rigidity food containers by four-way valve 42 forward and jar can be linear array as what fill food, so that when promoting the jar of this ranks rear end, the jar of its front end is advanced in next step procedure of processing.
A propeller 47 is equipped with in the downstream of the cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style, it is to promote the rigidity food containers with heating clamber 8 rectangular directions, and described propeller 47 so design is to hold along entering chamber, the cylindric cold ground of line style 16 by second channel valve 10 in order to promote rigidity food.Pressure controling chamber's 44 inner faces have one to turn to platform 48 to be used for 90 ° of rigidity food containers upsets.Equally, also there is an identical platform 49 that turns to the inside of cylindric heating clamber 8 downstream ends of line style, and is used for 90 ° of rigidity food containers upsets.
The about 180cm of cylindric cooling chamber 16 inner length of line style is connected with cooling device 50, and its upstream termination has a propeller 52 promotion rigidity food containers to advance.In addition, another propeller 54 is arranged, to promote the rigidity food containers with the rectangular direction of cooling chamber 16 at the downstream end of the cylindric cooling chamber 16 of line style.Described propeller 54 so design is to enter the pressure controling chamber 62 that is positioned at output 24 upstreams by third channel valve 20 in order to promote the rigidity food containers.The upstream and downstream end of the cylindric cooling chamber 16 of line style turns to platform 56,57 respectively in addition, is used for the rigidity food containers is rotated 90 °.
The about 60cm of the inner length of output 24, there is a pressure controling chamber 62 on its top, upstream, and the side limits by the 5th channel valve 60 with the propeller 66 that the rigidity food containers pushed away the 5th channel valve 60 forward.Output 24 downstream ends also have a conveyer 68, are used to transmit the food that is contained in the rigid container.Pressure controling chamber 62 the insides have and one turn to platform, are used for 90 ° of rigidity food containers upsets.
The method operation as described below of first embodiment with said structure according to food sterilizing apparatus of the present invention.The for example food of the food cans cylindric food supply part 4 of line style of packing into of container of packing into starts air exhauster 2, fills steam from the bottom to food cans, and the steam upper reaches of tending to act is so that remove the air between food granule in the jar.Yet two jars of whiles that food is housed are shifted onto by propeller 30 and turn to platform 36, overturn 90 ° then.
Then, first passage valve 6 is opened, and turns on the platform 48 turning to two food cans on the platform 36 to be shifted onto by propeller 32.Then, the propeller 32 that stretches out is recovered to the origin-location, turns to 90 ° of platform 48 upsets, so that the axis of the longitudinal axis of two food cans and the cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style point-blank in the steering gear 48.In this step operation, first passage and four- way valve 6 and 42 are all closed.So steam charged pressure control room 44 in this case, wants the cylindric heating clamber 8 of pressure controling chamber's 44 pressure inside and line style to reach balance always.When the cylindric heating clamber 8 of pressure controling chamber's 44 internal pressures and line style equated, four-way valve 42 was opened, and turned to the food cans on the platform 48 to be advanced in the cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style by propeller 46.
Then, four-way valve 42 is closed, and starts the interior food of 40 pairs of jars of steam heater and sterilizes.Simultaneously, the internal pressure of pressure controling chamber 44 is adjusted to the pressure that equals the cylindric food supply part 4 of line style, and two other food cans is sent into pressure controling chamber 44 from the cylindric food supply part 4 of line style.Be placed on and turn on the platform 48, overturn 90 ° then, the axis that makes the longitudinal axis that turns to two food cans on the platform 48 and the cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style is got ready for food cans enters the cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style on same straight line.Then, four-way and 42 is opened again, turn to the food cans on the platform 48 to be shifted onto in the cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style by propeller 46, when two food cans arrive the other end of the cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style, move on to and be positioned at the turning on the platform 49 of cylindric heating clamber 8 downstream ends of line style, turn to 90 ° of platform 49 upsets.In such a way, along with food cans reach gradually in the cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style, the food in jar is heated and sterilizes, and reaches predetermined sterilization requirement.
When food cans moves on to when turning to platform 49, second channel valve 10 is opened, and turns to food cans on the platform 49 to be pushed to by propeller 47 and is positioned at the turning on the platform 56 of the cylindric cooling chamber 16 of line style.Pressure in the internal pressure of attention cylindric heating clamber 8 of line style in this operating process and the cylindric cooling chamber 16 of line style is kept balance.Then, the food cans that turns to platform 56 to drive on it is overturn 90 °, by propeller 52 food cans is advanced the cylindric cooling chamber 16 of line style again.Simultaneously, the device 50 that is cooled through cooling chamber 16 time of the food in being loaded in the cylindric cooling chamber 16 of line style jar cools down.Similarly, other food cans adds to and turns to platform 56 and be advanced in the cylindric cooling chamber 16 of line style by propeller 52, is positioned at the turning on the platform 57 of cylindric cooling chamber 16 downstream ends of a type so that the cylindric cold food cans in the chamber, chamber 6 of line style move on to successively.Food in jar cools off through the cylindric cooling chamber 16 of line style the time gradually.Then, turn to platform 57 and two top food cans thereof to overturn 90 °, third channel valve 20 is opened, and turns on the platform 69 so that propeller 54 is shifted food cans onto.Attention is in this step operation, and the pressure of the cylindric cooling chamber 16 of the internal pressure of pressure controling chamber 62 and line style reaches balance.
Then, third channel valve 20 cuts out, and the internal pressure of pressure controling chamber 62 is adjusted to the pressure balance with output 24.Simultaneously, turn to platform 69 and on 90 ° of food cans upsets, the 5th channel valve 60 is opened so that turn to the food cans on the platform 60 to be shifted onto output 24 by propeller 66.Simultaneously, the food cans newly sent to of the food cans in the output 24 is shifted onto on the conveyer 68 successively.
Fig. 2 has explained through diagrams according to the structure of second embodiment of food sterilizing apparatus of the present invention.Notice that those and first embodiment come down to that identical part, its label are corresponding to be added 100 in front and no longer be further described.The food sterilizing apparatus 100 of second embodiment consists of: the cylindric food supply part 104 of a line style is connected with an air exhauster 102; Cylindric heating clamber 108 of one line style and the cylindric food supply part 104 vertical bindings of line style insert pressure controling chamber 144 between the two, and described pressure controling chamber 144 sides are by first passage valve 105 and 142 restrictions of four-way valve; Cylindric cooling chamber 116 of one line style and cylindric 109 vertical linking to each other of heating clamber of line style insert second channel valve 110 between the two; And a discharge section 124, parallel with the cylindric cooling chamber of line style 116, insert pressure controling chamber 162 between the two, said pressure controling chamber 162 sides are by third channel valve 120 and 160 restrictions of the 5th channel valve.
The about 60cm of cylindric food supply part 104 inner length of line style, its end is adorned a propeller 130 and is promoted the rigidity food containers vertically, its other end is a pressure controling chamber 144, in propeller 146 is arranged, promote the rigidity food containers along direction with the axis normal of the cylindric food supply part 104 of linearity.Propeller 146 protracts and promotes the rigidity food containers and enter linear cylindric heating clamber 108 through first passage valve 142.Have one to turn to platform 136 in the pressure controling chamber 144, can be with 90 ° of rigidity food containers upsets.
The about 180cm of linear cylindric heating clamber 108 inner length, link to each other with steam heater 140, its downstream end has a propeller 152, along promoting the rigidity food containers with the rectangular direction of heating clamber 108 axis, also have one to turn to platform 149, shift herein rigidity food containers onto finally with turning to 90 ° of platform 149 upsets by propeller 146, the stretching, extension with propeller 152 pushes in the cylindric cooling chamber 116 of line style through second channel valve 110 again.
The about 180cm of linear cylindric cooling chamber 116 inner length, link to each other with the propeller 154 of cooling device 150 and downstream end, propeller 154 is along promoting the rigidity food containers with the rectangular direction of cooling chamber 16 axis, and described propeller 154 so design is to enter pressure controling chamber 162 in order to promote the rigidity food containers when it stretches through third channel valve 120.Downstream end also is equipped with one and turns to platform 157 in the cylindric cooling chamber 116 of line style, makes 90 ° of rigidity food containers upsets.Have one to turn to platform 169 with 90 ° of rigidity food containers upsets in the pressure controling chamber 162, propeller 166 promotes the rigidity food containers to output 124.
The about 60cm of the inner length of output 124, downstream end is equipped with conveyer 168, and the food transport in the rigidity food containers is gone out device.
Food sterilizing apparatus of the present invention has simple in structure and can be thoroughly and efficiently carry out food The advantage of sterilization.

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1. one kind is used for food sterilizing apparatus (1,100) that the food that is contained in the rigid container is sterilized, it is characterized in that it consists of:
Food supply part (4,104), linear cylindric heating clamber (8,108), a linear cylindric cooling chamber (16,116) and an output (24,124), each part is equipped with corresponding input and output mouth with downstream end at its upstream,
Described part any two adjacent parts are parallel to each other or vertically link to each other with inserting therebetween seal channel (6,10,106,110) in its output and input port separately,
The terminal at its upstream propeller (30,32,46,47,52,54,66) that the rigidity food containers is pushed to the downstream that also is equipped with of described part,
There is the stroke that equates at least with the width of rigid container on each described propeller (30,32,46,47,52,54,66) top.
2. food sterilizing apparatus according to claim 1 (1,100) is characterized in that the cylindric food supply of described linearity partly is equipped with an air exhauster (2,102).
3. food sterilizing apparatus according to claim 1 (1,100) is characterized in that described seal channel (6,10,106,110) is a channel valve.
4. food sterilizing apparatus according to claim 1 (1,100) is characterized in that the downstream end of the cylindric heating clamber of described linearity (8,108) is equipped with pressure controling chamber (44,144).
5. food sterilizing apparatus according to claim 1 (1,100) is characterized in that described propeller (32,46,47,52,54,66) except propeller (30) foremost, all be provided with in be arranged in their fronts turn to platform (36,48 accordingly, 49,56,57,69).
6. food sterilizing apparatus according to claim 1 (1,100) is characterized in that described output (24,124) upstream termination is equipped with a pressure controling chamber (62,162).
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