CN114376184A - Sauerkraut automatic production device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an automatic production device for sauerkraut, which is characterized by comprising a conveying device, and a desalination mechanism, an ozone sterilization mechanism, a solid material canning mechanism, a soup filling mechanism, a sealing mechanism and a cap, which are sequentially connected through the conveying device. Mechanism, the desalination mechanism is used for desalting the whole pickled or cut sauerkraut, the ozone sterilization mechanism is used for ozone sterilization of the sauerkraut, and the sauerkraut solid material and the miscellaneous bacteria in the soup are sterilized by ozone sterilization. Inactivated, the solid material canning mechanism is used for canning sauerkraut into a sauerkraut bottle, and the soup filling mechanism is used for filling the sauerkraut bottle with soup, the added soup can inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms, and at the same time The nutrition and taste quality of sauerkraut are improved; the sealing mechanism is used for sealing the sauerkraut bottle, and the capping mechanism is used for sealing the sauerkraut bottle. The device has a high degree of automation, which can avoid the deterioration of product taste quality caused by heat sterilization (high temperature or pasteurization), and the secondary fermentation of sauerkraut is more uniform, which not only inhibits the growth of harmful microorganisms, but also significantly improves nutrition and taste quality and safety.

Description

Sauerkraut automatic production device

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of sauerkraut processing, in particular to an automatic production device for sauerkraut.

Background technique

Pickled cabbage is a pickled food that is widely loved by people. At present, many sauerkraut are sold in canned sauerkraut bottles. The existing sauerkraut production and processing is mainly manual operation, and the production efficiency is low, and because the sauerkraut frequently contacts with operators during the production process, it is easy to cause secondary pollution to the pickled cabbage, and the sanitation reliability is poor.

At present, there are some automatic production equipment for pickled vegetables, such as a small package of automatic production equipment for pickled vegetables disclosed in the Chinese patent with the authorization announcement number CN101912098B, including a slitter, a desalination device, and a dehydration device that are sequentially arranged in an assembly line. , mixer, automatic packaging machine, sterilization device, cooling device, air drying device, cooling device, automatic cartoning machine. This kind of production equipment automatically feeds, automatically measures, automatically packs and sterilizes, minimizes the intervention of manual labor, avoids the hidden danger of rising microbial indicators, and ensures food quality.

Since sauerkraut is a semi-finished raw material, its raw materials are mainly bottled or processed into sliced vegetables, and the flavor and taste of sauerkraut can only be guaranteed by a secondary fermentation process. Therefore, the production process of sauerkraut must meet two basic conditions. : (1) It is necessary to ensure the survival of beneficial microbial strains such as lactic acid bacteria, and to kill the miscellaneous bacteria that can cause the deterioration of sauerkraut, which requires non-thermal sterilization technology. The above-mentioned automatic production equipment for pickled vegetables usually uses high temperature sterilization or pasteurization to inactivate all microbial strains in order to facilitate the small package of pickled vegetables to be eaten immediately; For the vegetables that are mainly cut, the vegetables are large in size, and shredding (or diced) is not conducive to the preservation of flavor. The above automatic production equipment is suitable for small packaged products of pickled vegetables. The shape of the raw materials is small to be suitable for small packaging and canning. Silk (or D) this program cooperates. Based on these two reasons, the existing automatic production equipment for pickled cabbage cannot be suitable for the automatic production and processing of this sauerkraut product, and it is urgent to develop an automatic production device suitable for bottled sauerkraut.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic production device for sauerkraut, which has a high degree of automation and more uniform secondary fermentation of sauerkraut in view of the above-mentioned technical status.

The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned technical problems is: an automatic production device for sauerkraut, which is characterized in that it comprises a conveying device, and a desalination mechanism, an ozone sterilization mechanism, a solid material canning mechanism, a soup juice connected in sequence through the conveying device Filling mechanism, sealing mechanism and capping mechanism, the desalination mechanism is used for desalting the pickled cabbage, the ozone sterilization mechanism is used for non-thermal sterilization, that is, ozone sterilization of the sauerkraut, the solid material canning mechanism It is used for canning whole or split sauerkraut into a sauerkraut bottle, the soup filling mechanism is used for filling the sauerkraut bottle with soup, the sealing mechanism is used for sealing the sauerkraut bottle, and the capping The mechanism is used to cap the sauerkraut bottle.

In order to facilitate the reasonable conveyance of sauerkraut, empty sauerkraut bottles and sauerkraut bottles with sauerkraut, the conveying device includes a first conveying belt, a first conveying structure and a second conveying structure, and the first conveying belt is transported from the solid material The canning mechanism extends to the capping mechanism, the first conveying structure is arranged between the ozone sterilizing mechanism and the solid material canning mechanism, and is used for conveying sauerkraut, and the output end of the second conveying structure is connected to the The solid material filling mechanism is connected and used for conveying the pretreated sauerkraut bottle. Pickled cabbage bottles can be sterilized in advance by sterilization methods such as ozone, ultraviolet and irradiation.

The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned second technical problem is as follows: the solid material canning mechanism includes a fourth frame, and a second conveyor belt and a third conveyor belt arranged on the fourth frame, the first The second conveyor belt is annular and is located below the first conveyor belt, and the second conveyor belt is provided with a weighing device. In addition, the output end of the first conveyor structure faces the second conveyor belt; the first conveyor belt Three conveyor belts are located above the first conveyor belt, and the output end of the second conveyor structure is connected to the input end of the third conveyor belt.

In order to facilitate the sterilization of sauerkraut, the ozone sterilization mechanism includes

fifth rack,

The sterilization tank body is fixed on the fifth frame along the horizontal direction, and the bottom of the sterilization tank body is provided with a sensor for detecting ozone concentration;

a first water supply pipe for supplying water to the sterilization tank;

A cyclically replenishing ozone device for cyclically replenishing ozone for the sterilization tank in response to the ozone concentration detected by the sensor;

The first conveyor mesh belt is arranged along the length direction of the sterilization tank body, and the middle part of the first conveyor mesh belt is submerged in the water of the sterilization tank body, and the two end parts of the first conveyor mesh belt are inclined upward. , and higher than the water in the sterilization tank, in addition, the output end of the first conveying mesh belt is connected with the input end of the first conveying structure;

The first driving mechanism is used for driving the first conveying mesh belt to move along the length direction of the sterilization tank body. It is understandable that an air agitation device can be installed in the sterilization tank to promote the collision between water and sauerkraut, which helps the stacked and agglomerated sauerkraut leaves to be properly spread under the impact of water flow, and increases the exposed surface area of sauerkraut. Helps sauerkraut sterilize more fully.

In order to facilitate the recycling of ozone water overflowing from the sterilization tank to save energy consumption, the cyclic supplementary ozone device includes:

an ozone generating device, capable of producing oxygen in response to the ozone concentration detected by the sensor, and communicating with the sterilizing tank body through a water outlet pipe;

The recovery tank is provided with a water inlet communicated with the upper part of the sterilization tank body and a water outlet communicated with the ozone generating device, and at least one filter plate is arranged vertically in the recovery tank, and the filter plate is located in the between the water inlet and the water outlet.

In order to facilitate the desalination of the pickled sauerkraut, the desalination mechanism includes

sixth rack,

The desalination tank body is fixed on the sixth frame along the horizontal direction, and the desalination tank body is provided with a blowing and stirring device;

The second water supply pipe is used to supply water to the desalination tank body;

The second conveying mesh belt is arranged along the length direction of the desalination tank body, and the middle part of the second conveying mesh belt is submerged in the water in the desalination tank body, and the two end parts of the second conveying mesh belt are inclined upward , and higher than the water in the desalination tank, in addition, the output end of the second conveying mesh belt is higher than the input end of the first conveying mesh belt;

The second driving mechanism is used for driving the second conveying mesh belt to move along the length direction of the desalination tank body. The air stirring device can promote the collision between water and sauerkraut, which helps the stacked and agglomerated sauerkraut leaves to spread properly under the impact of water flow, and increases the exposed surface area of sauerkraut, which not only helps the desalination of sauerkraut, but also helps the sauerkraut. Subsequent sterilization, pickling, etc.

In order to facilitate filling the sauerkraut bottle with soup, the soup filling mechanism includes:

second rack,

a moving plate, which can be slid up and down on the second frame;

At least three groups of liquid injection assemblies are arranged on the second frame, and each group of liquid injection assemblies includes a nozzle located above the first conveyor belt, and a first inlet for conveying ozone water to the corresponding nozzle. a liquid pipe, and a second liquid inlet pipe for conveying the seasoning juice with fermenting microorganisms to the corresponding nozzle pipe, and at least three nozzle pipes are installed on the moving plate at intervals along the traveling direction of the first conveyor belt, Thereby, the moving plate drives each nozzle to slide down to insert into the corresponding sauerkraut bottle or slide upward to come out of the corresponding sauerkraut bottle;

The fourth driving mechanism is arranged on the second frame and is used for driving the moving plate to move up and down.

The ozone water is delivered to the nozzle through the first liquid inlet pipe, and the seasoning juice with fermented microorganisms is delivered to the nozzle by the second liquid inlet pipe, so that the filled soup can not only sterilize sauerkraut, sauerkraut bottles, and seasoning juice, but also It can re-add beneficial fermentation microorganisms to inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms and improve the nutrition and taste quality of sauerkraut; moreover, the soup filling mechanism can fill at least three sauerkraut bottles with soup at the same time, which helps to improve the sauerkraut bottles. Soup filling efficiency, thereby improving the production efficiency of sauerkraut.

In order to prevent the soup and sauerkraut fragments from splashing out of the sauerkraut bottle during the process of filling the soup, the lower end of each nozzle is a cylindrical or circular cone-shaped nozzle, and the side wall of each nozzle is provided with a plurality of nozzle holes in the horizontal direction; The diameter of the mouth of the sauerkraut bottle is D, the diameter of the bottom surface of the spray head is d, and 3/4D≤d≤5/6D. By spraying the soup with the nozzle horizontally toward the inner wall of the sauerkraut bottle, the direction after the collision between the soup and the inner wall of the sauerkraut bottle is still mainly horizontal, instead of facing upward to the mouth of the sauerkraut bottle, which can prevent the soup from splashing The sauerkraut bottle is used to avoid the loss of soup; the diameter of the bottom surface of the nozzle is designed so that the nozzle can press most of the sauerkraut after the nozzle is inserted into the sauerkraut bottle. Jump out of the sauerkraut bottle to avoid the loss of sauerkraut.

In order to facilitate the sealing of the sauerkraut bottle, the sealing mechanism includes

the first rack;

Two film rolls are arranged on both sides of the first frame at intervals along the traveling direction of the first conveyor belt, the sealing film is wound on the two film rolls, and the rotation of the two film rolls can cooperate with each other. Make the parafilm and the first conveyor belt move in the same direction or in the opposite direction;

A lifting frame, which can be slid up and down on the first frame, and at least two pressing blocks located above the sealing film are arranged on the lifting frame, and the pressing blocks can seal the sealing film on the sauerkraut the mouth of the bottle, and at least two pressing blocks are arranged at intervals along the traveling direction of the first conveyor belt, in addition, the number of the pressing blocks is smaller than the number of the liquid injection components;

A limit frame, which can be slid up and down on the first frame, the limit frame is located on the periphery of the lifting frame, and has limit holes corresponding to the pressing blocks one-to-one. The limit holes for the sauerkraut bottle on the first conveyor belt to be worn to limit the position of the sauerkraut bottle;

The third driving mechanism is arranged on the first frame and is used for driving the lifting frame and the limiting frame to move up and down. In this way, at least two sauerkraut bottles can be sealed at the same time, which helps to improve the sealing efficiency of sauerkraut bottles, thereby improving the production efficiency of sauerkraut. The quantity relationship between liquid injection components and briquette can balance the speed of soup canning and sealing on the same assembly line, so that sauerkraut can be produced in an orderly manner.

In order to facilitate the capping of the sauerkraut bottle, the capping mechanism includes

the third rack;

An operation table is arranged on the third frame and is connected with one side edge of the first conveyor belt in the width direction. The operation table is provided with a capping station, a capping station, and a vertical The set arc baffle;

a turntable, which is rotatably arranged on the third frame and is located above the first conveyor belt; at least one arc-shaped groove for accommodating the sauerkraut bottle is opened on the periphery of the turntable; and The pickled cabbage bottle from the first conveyor belt can enter the arc-shaped groove and rotate synchronously with the turntable, and pass through the capping station and capping station distributed along the circumference of the turntable in sequence, and finally return to the turntable. On the first conveyor belt, in addition, the arc-shaped blocking frame is located on the periphery of the turntable, and the arc-shaped blocking frame and the arc-shaped groove jointly hold the sauerkraut bottle;

A capping table is arranged on the third rack and used for placing bottle caps;

a cap feeding mechanism, including a cap storage bin and a fourth conveyor belt for conveying the bottle caps contained in the cap storage bin to the cap placing table;

A capping mechanism is arranged on the third frame and close to the capping table. The capping mechanism includes a movable suction cup gripper for grabbing the bottles on the capping table. Cap and place the cap on the sauerkraut bottle on the capping station;

The capping mechanism is arranged on the third frame and is used for screwing the cap of the sauerkraut bottle on the capping station. This design can make the structure of the capping mechanism more compact, which is helpful for the miniaturized design of the automatic production device for sauerkraut. Moreover, the design of the suction cup gripper can reduce the requirement for the positioning accuracy of the gripper when grabbing the bottle cap, so that it is easier to It is not easy to deform the bottle cap by grabbing the bottle cap securely.

Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are: 1. by non-thermal sterilization technology, namely ozone sterilization, the sauerkraut solid material and the miscellaneous bacteria in the soup are inactivated, which can avoid heat sterilization (high temperature or pasteurization). The taste quality of the product decreases, and then the beneficial microbial strains are introduced through the soup filling to make the sauerkraut undergo secondary fermentation, which can inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms, with higher safety, and at the same time improve the nutrition and taste quality of the sauerkraut; the device can reduce manual operations. It can reduce the workload of sauerkraut, improve production efficiency, and can also reduce the secondary pollution of sauerkraut, meet the requirements of automatic production of sauerkraut, and has a high degree of automation, especially suitable for mass production of sauerkraut in whole or cut vegetables; Material canning and soup filling are carried out separately to ensure sufficient solid sauerkraut and weighing accuracy, and at the same time to make the contact area between soup and sauerkraut larger, which can avoid sauerkraut fermentation caused by solid material precipitation during mass fermentation of sauerkraut. Evenly, the secondary fermentation of sauerkraut is more uniform; ③The sauerkraut bottle is sealed before capping, which can not only make the sealing of sauerkraut better, which is conducive to the secondary fermentation of sauerkraut, but also avoid the soup during capping, packaging and transportation. spill out.

Description of drawings

1 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of an ozone sterilization mechanism in an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a three-dimensional structural view of a solid material canning mechanism in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the soup filling mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the structural representation of the nozzle and part of the liquid inlet pipe in this embodiment;

6 is a perspective structural view of a sealing mechanism in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective structural view of a capping mechanism in an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the embodiments of the accompanying drawings.

As shown in Figures 1-7, it is the best embodiment of the present invention.

The sauerkraut automatic production device in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 , includes a conveying device, and a desalination mechanism 6, an ozone sterilization mechanism 7, a solid material canning mechanism 2, a soup filling mechanism 2, The sealing mechanism 4 and the capping mechanism 5, the desalination mechanism 6 is used for desalting the pickled sauerkraut, the ozone sterilization mechanism 7 is used for ozone sterilization of the sauerkraut, and the solid material filling mechanism 2 is used for filling the sauerkraut into the sauerkraut. In the bottle 11 , the soup filling mechanism 2 is used to fill the sauerkraut bottle 11 with soup, the sealing mechanism 4 is used to seal the sauerkraut bottle 11 , and the capping mechanism 5 is used to seal the sauerkraut bottle 11 .

The automatic production device for sauerkraut in this embodiment has the following advantages: (1) The sauerkraut solid material and the miscellaneous bacteria in the soup are inactivated by ozone sterilization, and then the sauerkraut is subjected to secondary fermentation by introducing beneficial microbial strains through the filling of the soup. , can inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms, and improve the nutrition and taste quality of sauerkraut; the device can reduce the workload of manual operation, improve production efficiency, and can also reduce the secondary pollution of sauerkraut, meet the automated production requirements of sauerkraut, and has a high degree of automation. It is especially suitable for the mass production of sauerkraut; ② the canning of the sauerkraut and the filling of the soup are carried out separately to ensure sufficient solid sauerkraut and weighing accuracy, and at the same time, the contact area between the soup and the sauerkraut is larger, which can Avoid the uneven fermentation of sauerkraut caused by the precipitation of solid materials when sauerkraut is fermented in large quantities, and the secondary fermentation of sauerkraut is more uniform; ③The sauerkraut bottle 11 is sealed before capping, which can not only make the sauerkraut better in sealing, but also facilitate the secondary fermentation of sauerkraut. Fermentation can also prevent the soup from spilling during capping, packaging, and transportation.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the conveying device includes a first conveying belt 84 , a first conveying structure and a second conveying structure 83 , and the first conveying belt 84 extends from the solid material canning mechanism 2 to the capping mechanism 5 . The first conveying structure is provided between the ozone sterilization mechanism 7 and the solid material canning mechanism 2, and is used to convey sauerkraut; There is also a conveyor belt (not shown in the figure). The second conveying structure in this embodiment is the sixth conveying belt 83, and the output end 831 of the sixth conveying belt 83 is connected with the solid material filling mechanism 2 and is used for conveying the sauerkraut bottle 11; Adjust the number of conveyor belts according to the situation.

In order to facilitate the sterilization of sauerkraut, as shown in FIG. 2, the ozone sterilization mechanism 7 includes a fifth rack 70, a sterilization tank 71, a first water supply pipe 72, a circulating ozone device, a first conveyor belt 74, a first Drive mechanism 75 . The sterilization tank 71 is arranged on the fifth rack 70 along the horizontal direction, and the bottom of the sterilization tank 71 is provided with a sensor (not shown in the figure). The first water supply pipe 72 is used to supply water to the sterilization tank body 71 . The cyclic replenishing ozone device is used for cyclically replenishing ozone for the sterilization tank body 71 in response to the ozone concentration detected by the sensor (not shown in the figure). The first conveyor belt 74 is arranged along the length direction of the sterilization tank 71, and the middle part of the first conveyor belt 74 is submerged in the water of the sterilization tank 71, and the two ends of the first conveyor belt 74 are inclined upward and higher than In addition, the output end 742 of the first conveyor belt 74 is located above the input end 811 of the fifth conveyor belt 81 (see FIG. 1 ). The first driving mechanism 75 is used for driving the first conveyor belt 74 to move along the length direction of the sterilization tank body 71 . The first driving mechanism 75 in this embodiment includes a driving motor and a chain transmission mechanism, and the structure of the driving motor, the structure of the chain transmission mechanism, and the connection structure of the driving motor and the chain transmission mechanism may refer to the prior art; The ozone sterilization mechanism 7 also includes structures such as a drain pipe, a water pump and a valve. The structures of the drain pipe, water pump, valve and the connection structure with the sterilization tank body 71 can also refer to the prior art, and will not be repeated here. The sterilization tank body 71 in this embodiment can also be provided with an air agitation and stirring device, so as to promote the collision between water and sauerkraut, help the stacked and agglomerated sauerkraut leaves to be properly spread under the impact of water flow, and increase the exposure of sauerkraut. The surface area of sauerkraut can be more fully sterilized.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the circulating supplementary ozone device includes a recovery tank 76 and an ozone generating device 73 . The recovery tank 76 is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet, and the water inlet communicates with the upper part of the sterilization tank body 71 through the first connecting pipe 77 . The ozone generating device 73 includes a controller (not shown in the figure), a water storage tank 733 and an ozone machine 731 in communication with the water storage tank 733 , and the water storage tank 733 communicates with the water outlet of the recovery tank 76 through the second connecting pipe 78 , and the water storage tank 733 is also provided with a water outlet pipe 732 that communicates with the sterilization tank 71; the sensor (not shown in the figure) is used to detect the ozone concentration in the sterilization tank 71 and transmit the detected signal to the In the controller (not shown in the figure), the controller (not shown in the figure) controls the operation of the ozone machine 731 to supplement the ozone in the water storage tank 733 . When the sensor (not shown in the figure) detects that the ozone concentration in the sterilization tank 71 is lower than the preset value, the detected signal is transmitted to the controller (not shown in the figure), and the controller (not shown in the figure) The ozone machine 731 is controlled to start running to produce ozone, and the ozone is delivered to the inside of the water storage tank 733 to increase the ozone concentration inside the water storage tank 733. Subsequently, the high-concentration ozone water is transported to the sterilization tank 71 through the water outlet pipe 732, thereby Increase the ozone concentration in the sterilization tank 71; when the sensor (not shown in the figure) detects that the ozone concentration in the sterilization tank 71 reaches a preset value, transmit the detected signal to the controller (not shown in the figure) , the controller (not shown in the figure) controls the ozone machine 731 to suspend operation. It can be understood that the water storage tank 733 and the ozone machine 731 are communicated through a communication pipe (not shown in the figure). At least one filter plate 79 is arranged vertically in the recovery tank 76, and the filter plate 79 is located between the water inlet and the water outlet to filter the recovered liquid, which can reduce impurities in the recovered liquid and facilitate the reuse of the recovered liquid. Moreover, the filter plate 79 is arranged vertically, which can facilitate cleaning of the impurities filtered in the recovery tank 76 . There are two filter plates 79 in this embodiment, and they are distributed between the water inlet and the water outlet of the recovery tank 76 at intervals.

In order to facilitate the desalination of pickled sauerkraut, as shown in FIG. 1 , the desalination mechanism 6 includes a sixth frame 60 , a desalination tank body 61 , a second conveyor belt 62 , a second drive mechanism 63 and a second water supply pipe 64 . Among them, the desalination tank body 61 is fixed on the sixth frame 60 along the horizontal direction, and the desalination tank body 61 is provided with an air agitation device (not shown in the figure), the air agitation and agitation device (not shown in the figure) It can promote the collision between water and sauerkraut, and help the stacked and agglomerated sauerkraut leaves to spread properly under the impact of water flow, increasing the exposed surface area of sauerkraut, which not only helps the desalination of sauerkraut, but also helps the subsequent sterilization and pickling of sauerkraut. system, etc. The air agitation and stirring device in this embodiment is to introduce air into the desalination tank body 61 through a pipeline. The second conveying mesh belt 62 is arranged along the length direction of the desalination tank body 61, the middle part of the second conveying mesh belt 62 is immersed in the desalination tank body 61, and the two end portions of the second conveying mesh belt 62 are inclined upward and higher than the desalination tank. water in the body 61 , and the output end 621 of the second conveyor belt 62 is located above the input end 741 of the first conveyor belt 74 . The second driving mechanism 63 is used for driving the second conveying mesh belt 62 to move along the length direction of the desalination tank body 61 . The structure of the second driving mechanism 63 can be referred to the first driving mechanism 75 . The desalination mechanism 6 in this embodiment further includes a drainage pipe, a valve, a water pump, etc. The related structures refer to the prior art, and are not repeated here.

In order to facilitate the replenishment of the sterilized sauerkraut and the sauerkraut bottle 11 after irradiation sterilization, so that the canned solids are more convenient, as shown in FIG. 3 , the solids canning mechanism 2 includes a fourth rack 22, and The second conveyor belt 21 and the third conveyor belt 23 are arranged on the fourth frame 22. The second conveyor belt 21 is annular and is located below the first conveyor belt 84, and a weighing device (not shown in the figure) is provided on the second conveyor belt 21. out), the weighing device (not shown in the figure) in this embodiment is a scale resting on the second conveyor belt 21 . The hopper 82 faces the second conveyor belt 21 (see FIG. 1 ). The third conveyor belt 23 is located above the first conveyor belt 84 , and the output end 831 of the sixth conveyor belt 83 is connected to the input end 231 of the third conveyor belt 23 (see FIG. 1 ). The positions of the first conveyor belt 84 , the second conveyor belt 21 and the third conveyor belt 23 are designed so that the filling and reclaiming of the solid material cans, the canning and weighing are more convenient and labor-saving.

In order to facilitate the filling of the sauerkraut bottle 11 with soup, as shown in FIG. 4 , the soup filling mechanism 3 includes a second frame 31 , a moving plate 32 disposed on the second frame 31 , and at least three groups of liquid injection assemblies 33 , the fourth drive mechanism 34 . The moving plate 32 is arranged on the second frame 31 so as to be able to slide up and down. Each group of liquid injection assemblies 33 includes a nozzle pipe 331 located above the first conveyor belt 84 , a first liquid inlet pipe 332 for conveying ozone water to the corresponding nozzle pipe 331 , and a belt for conveying the corresponding nozzle pipe 332 There is a second liquid inlet pipe 333 for the seasoning juice of fermenting microorganisms, and at least three nozzle pipes 331 are installed on the moving plate 32 at intervals along the traveling direction of the first conveyor belt 84, so that the moving plate 32 drives each nozzle pipe 331 to slide down Move to insert into the corresponding sauerkraut bottle 11 or slide upward until the corresponding sauerkraut bottle 11 is released. The fourth driving mechanism 34 is used to drive the moving plate 32 to move up and down. The fourth driving mechanism 34 in this embodiment includes a driving motor 341 , a lead screw 342 disposed on the output shaft of the motor 341 , and a mounting plate threadedly connected to the lead screw 342 . 343 , the mounting plate 343 is fixedly connected with the moving plate 32 . The soup filling mechanism 3 can simultaneously fill at least three sauerkraut bottles 11 with soup, which helps to improve the soup filling efficiency of the sauerkraut bottles 11, thereby improving the production efficiency of sauerkraut. The soup filling mechanism 3 in this embodiment also includes a moving guide mechanism for the moving plate 32, which is a matching structure between the first guide rod 35 and the first guide hole; the soup filling mechanism in this embodiment 3. It also includes a sensor-type positioning mechanism 36, which can sense the distance signal of the sauerkraut bottle 11 so that the blocking bar 361 expands and contracts along the traveling direction perpendicular to the first conveyor belt 84 in response to limit the sauerkraut bottle 11. bit. In this embodiment, each liquid inlet pipe is provided with an automatic control valve 334 .

As shown in FIG. 5 , the lower end of each nozzle 331 is a cylindrical or truncated nozzle 332 , and a plurality of nozzle holes 333 are opened on the side wall of each nozzle 332 along the horizontal direction, so that the nozzle 333 is horizontally oriented toward the sauerkraut 11 . The inner wall is sprayed with soup, so that the direction of the collision between the soup and the inner wall of the sauerkraut bottle 11 is still mainly horizontal, rather than upwards towards the mouth of the sauerkraut bottle 11, which can prevent the soup from splashing out of the sauerkraut bottle 11, thereby avoiding Soup loss. The diameter of the mouth of the sauerkraut bottle 11 is D, the diameter of the bottom surface of the nozzle 332 is d, and 3/4D≤d≤5/6D, so that the nozzle 331 can be inserted into the sauerkraut bottle 11 and the nozzle 333 can press most of the sauerkraut and soup. The impact of the jet is not easy to make the sauerkraut pressed by the nozzle 333 turn upside down and jump out of the sauerkraut bottle 11, thereby avoiding the loss of the sauerkraut.

In order to facilitate the automatic sealing of the sauerkraut bottle 11 , as shown in FIG. 6 , the sealing mechanism 4 includes a first frame 41 , two film rolls 42 , a lift frame 43 , and a limit frame 44 arranged on the first frame 41 . , a third drive mechanism (not shown in the figure). The two film rolls 42 are spaced on both sides of the first frame 41 along the traveling direction of the first conveyor belt 84 , and the sealing film 421 is wound on the two film rolls 42 , and the rotation of the two film rolls 42 cooperates with each other. The parafilm 421 and the first conveyor belt 84 can be moved in the same direction or in the opposite direction. The lifting frame 43 is slidably mounted on the first frame 41 . The lifting frame 43 is provided with at least two pressing blocks 431 located above the sealing film 421 , and the pressing blocks 431 can seal the sealing film 421 in the sauerkraut bottle 11 . and at least two pressing blocks 431 are arranged at intervals along the traveling direction of the first conveyor belt 84 . The number of the pressing blocks 431 is less than the number of the liquid injection components 33, so that the speed of canning and sealing the soup on the same assembly line can be balanced, so that the sauerkraut can be produced in an orderly manner. The limiting frame 44 is disposed on the first frame 41 so as to be able to slide up and down. The limiting frame 44 is located at the periphery of the lifting frame 43 and has limit holes (not shown in the figure) corresponding to the pressing blocks 431 one-to-one. The limiting hole (not shown in the figure) is provided for the sauerkraut bottle 11 on the first conveyor belt 84 to pass through to limit the position of the sauerkraut bottle 11 . The third driving mechanism (not shown in the figure) is used to drive the lifting frame 43 and the limiting frame 44 to move up and down. For the structure of the third driving mechanism (not shown in the figure), reference may be made to the fourth driving mechanism 34, and it may also be only a motor, an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, or the like. The sealing mechanism 4 in this embodiment can seal at least two sauerkraut bottles 11 at the same time, which helps to improve the sealing efficiency of the sauerkraut bottles 11, thereby improving the production efficiency of sauerkraut. The sealing mechanism 4 in this embodiment further includes a movement guide mechanism of the lifting frame 43 and a movement guide mechanism of the limit frame 44. The movement guide mechanism of the lifting frame 43 is a matching structure of the second guide rod 45 and the second guide hole, The movement guide mechanism of the limit frame 44 is a matching structure of the third guide rod 46 and the third guide hole.

In order to facilitate the automatic capping of the sauerkraut bottle 11, as shown in FIG. 7, the capping mechanism 5 includes a third rack 51, an operation table 52, a turntable 53, a capping table 54, a delivery table 54, Cover mechanism 55 , cover mechanism 56 and cover screw mechanism 57 . The operating table 52 is connected to one side edge of the first conveyor belt 84 in the width direction. The operating table 52 is provided with a capping station 522 , a capping station 523 , and a vertically arranged arc-shaped stopper 521 . The turntable 53 is rotatably disposed on the third frame 51 and is located above the first conveyor belt 84. At least one arc-shaped groove 531 for accommodating the sauerkraut bottle 11 is opened on the periphery of the turntable 53. The sauerkraut bottle 11 on the conveyor belt 84 can enter the arc groove 531 and rotate synchronously with the turntable 53 , and pass through the capping station 522 and the capping station 523 distributed along the circumference of the turntable 53 in sequence, and finally return to the first conveyor belt 84 superior. In addition, the arc-shaped blocking frame 521 is located at the periphery of the turntable 53 , and the arc-shaped blocking frame 521 and the arc-shaped groove 531 jointly hold the sauerkraut bottle 11 . The capping table 54 is used to place the bottle caps 12 . The cap feeding mechanism 55 includes a cap storage bin 551 and a fourth conveyor belt 552 for conveying the bottle caps 12 accommodated in the cap storage bin 551 to the cap placing table 54 . The capping mechanism 56 is disposed close to the capping table 54, and the capping mechanism 56 includes a movable suction cup gripper for grasping the bottle caps 12 on the capping table 54 and placing the bottle caps 12 in the On the sauerkraut bottle 11 on the capping station 522, the suction cup gripper 561 can reduce the positioning accuracy requirement when the gripper grabs the bottle cap 12, so that the bottle cap 12 can be grasped more easily, and it is not easy to make the bottle cap 12 deformed. The capping mechanism 57 is used for screwing the cap 12 of the sauerkraut bottle 11 on the capping station 523 . The capping mechanism 5 in this embodiment has a more compact structure, which contributes to the miniaturized design of the automatic production device for sauerkraut. It can be understood that the cap feeding mechanism 55 in this embodiment also includes a driving device for driving the fourth conveyor belt 552 to run, and the driving device can be a motor; And the drive mechanism, the moving guide mechanism can refer to the structure of the aforementioned guide rod and guide hole, and the drive mechanism can use a motor, an electric push rod, an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, and the like.

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1. The utility model provides a pickled vegetable automated production device which characterized in that: including conveyer and desalination mechanism (6), ozone sterilization mechanism (7), the solid material canning mechanism (2), hot water juice filling mechanism (3), the mechanism of sealing (4) and closing cap mechanism (5) that connect gradually through conveyer, desalination mechanism (6) are used for desalting the pickled vegetable after pickling, ozone sterilization mechanism (7) are used for carrying out ozone sterilization to the pickled vegetable, solid material canning mechanism (2) are arranged in canning the pickled vegetable to pickled vegetable bottle (11), hot water juice filling mechanism (3) are used for filling hot water juice to pickled vegetable bottle (11), it is used for sealing to pickled vegetable bottle (11) to seal mechanism (4), closing cap mechanism (5) are used for carrying out the closing cap to pickled vegetable bottle (11).

2. The automatic production device of pickled Chinese cabbage according to claim 1, characterized in that: conveyer includes first conveyer belt (84), first transport structure and second transport structure, first conveyer belt (84) certainly solid material jar mounting mechanism (2) extend to closing cap mechanism (5), first transport structure is located ozone sterilization mechanism (7) with between solid material jar mounting mechanism (2) and be used for conveying pickled vegetable, output (831) of second transport structure with solid material jar mounting mechanism (2) link up and be used for carrying pickled vegetable bottle (11) after the preliminary treatment.

3. The automatic production device of pickled Chinese cabbage according to claim 2, characterized in that: the solid material tank loading mechanism (2) comprises a fourth rack (22), and a second conveyor belt (21) and a third conveyor belt (23) which are arranged on the fourth rack (22), wherein the second conveyor belt (21) is annular and is positioned below the first conveyor belt (84), a weighing device is arranged on the second conveyor belt (21), and in addition, the output end of the first conveying structure faces the second conveyor belt (21); the third conveyor belt (23) is positioned above the first conveyor belt (84), and the output end (831) of the second conveying structure is engaged with the input end (231) of the third conveyor belt (23).

4. The automatic production device of pickled Chinese cabbage according to claim 2, characterized in that: the ozone sterilization mechanism (7) comprises

A fifth frame (70) which is provided with a plurality of supporting frames,

the sterilization tank body (71) is fixed on the fifth rack (70) along the horizontal direction, and a sensor for detecting the concentration of ozone is arranged at the bottom of the sterilization tank body (71);

a first water supply pipe (72) for supplying water into the sterilizing tank body (71);

the circulating ozone supplementing device is used for circularly supplementing ozone to the sterilization groove body (71) in response to the ozone concentration detected by the sensor;

a first conveyor belt (74) arranged along the length direction of the sterilizing trough body (71), wherein the middle part of the first conveyor belt (74) is submerged in the water in the sterilizing trough body (71), the two end parts of the first conveyor belt (74) are inclined upwards and are higher than the water in the sterilizing trough body (71), and in addition, the output end (742) of the first conveyor belt (74) is connected with the input end (811) of the first conveying structure;

the first driving mechanism (75) is used for driving the first conveying net belt (74) to move along the length direction of the sterilizing trough body (71).

5. The automatic pickled vegetable production device according to claim 4, wherein: the circulating ozone supplementing device comprises

An ozone generating device (73), wherein the ozone generating device (73) can generate oxygen in response to the ozone concentration detected by the sensor, and the ozone generating device (73) is communicated with the sterilization tank body (71) through a water outlet pipe (732);

the recycling tank (76) is provided with a water inlet communicated with the upper part of the sterilizing tank body (71) and a water outlet communicated with the ozone generating device (73), at least one filter plate (79) is vertically arranged in the recycling tank (76), and the filter plate (79) is positioned between the water inlet and the water outlet.

6. The automatic pickled vegetable production device according to claim 4, wherein: the desalination mechanism (6) comprises

A sixth frame (60),

the desalting tank body (61) is fixed on the sixth rack (60) along the horizontal direction, and an air-blowing stirring device is arranged in the desalting tank body (61);

a second water supply pipe (64) for supplying water into the desalination tank body (61);

a second mesh belt (62) arranged along the length direction of the desalination tank body (61), wherein the middle part of the second mesh belt (62) is submerged in the water in the desalination tank body (61), the two end parts of the second mesh belt (62) are inclined upwards and are higher than the water in the desalination tank body (112), and furthermore, the output end (621) of the second mesh belt (62) is higher than the input end (741) of the first mesh belt (74);

and the second driving mechanism (63) is used for driving the second conveying net belt (62) to move along the length direction of the desalting tank body (61).

7. The automatic production device of pickled Chinese cabbage according to claim 2, characterized in that: the soup filling mechanism (3) comprises

A second frame (31),

the moving plate (32) is arranged on the second rack (31) in a vertically sliding manner;

at least three groups of liquid injection assemblies (33) are arranged on the second rack (31), each group of liquid injection assembly (33) comprises a spray pipe (331) positioned above the first conveyor belt (84), a first liquid inlet pipe (332) used for conveying ozone water to the corresponding spray pipe (331), and a second liquid inlet pipe (333) used for conveying seasoning juice with fermentation microorganisms to the corresponding spray pipe (331), and at least three spray pipes (331) are arranged on the moving plate (32) at intervals along the advancing direction of the first conveyor belt (84), so that the moving plate (32) drives each spray pipe (331) to slide downwards to be inserted into the corresponding pickled vegetable bottle (11) or slide upwards to be separated from the corresponding pickled vegetable bottle (11);

and the fourth driving mechanism (34) is arranged on the second rack (31) and is used for driving the moving plate (32) to move up and down.

8. The automatic production device of pickled Chinese cabbage according to claim 7, wherein: the lower end of each spray pipe (331) is a cylindrical or truncated cone-shaped spray head (332), and the side wall of each spray head (332) is provided with a plurality of spray holes (333) along the horizontal direction; the diameter of the opening of the pickled Chinese cabbage bottle (11) is D, the diameter of the bottom surface of the spray head (332) is D, and D is not less than 3/4D and not more than 5/6D.

9. An automatic production device of pickled Chinese cabbage according to any one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that: the sealing mechanism (4) comprises

A first frame (41);

the two film winding rollers (42) are arranged on two sides of the first rack (41) at intervals along the advancing direction of the first conveying belt (84), a sealing film (421) is wound on the two film winding rollers (42), and the sealing film (421) and the first conveying belt (84) can move in the same direction or in the opposite direction through the rotating matching of the two film winding rollers (42);

the lifting frame (43) is arranged on the first rack (41) in a vertically sliding mode, at least two pressing blocks (431) located above the sealing film (421) are arranged on the lifting frame (43), the sealing film (421) can be sealed at the bottle opening of the pickled Chinese cabbage bottle (11) through the pressing blocks (431), the at least two pressing blocks (431) are arranged at intervals along the advancing direction of the first conveying belt (84), and in addition, the number of the pressing blocks (431) is smaller than that of the liquid injection assemblies (33);

the limiting frame (44) is arranged on the first rack (41) in a vertically sliding mode, the limiting frame (44) is located on the periphery of the lifting frame (43) and is provided with limiting holes corresponding to the pressing blocks (431) one by one, and the limiting holes are used for the pickled vegetable bottles (11) on the first conveying belt (84) to penetrate through to limit the pickled vegetable bottles (11);

and the third driving mechanism is arranged on the first rack (41) and is used for driving the lifting frame (43) and the limiting frame (44) to move up and down.

10. An automatic production device of pickled Chinese cabbage according to any one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that: the cover closing mechanism (5) comprises

A third frame (51);

the operating platform (52) is arranged on the third rack (51) and is connected with one side edge of the first conveyor belt (84) in the width direction, and a cover placing station (522), a cover screwing station (523) and a vertically arranged arc-shaped blocking frame (521) are arranged on the operating platform (52);

the rotating disc (53) is circumferentially and rotatably arranged on the third rack (51) and is positioned above the first conveying belt (84), at least one arc-shaped groove (531) for accommodating the pickled vegetable bottles (11) is formed in the peripheral side of the rotating disc (53), the pickled vegetable bottles (11) on the first conveying belt (84) can enter the arc-shaped groove (531) to synchronously rotate along with the rotating disc (53), sequentially pass through a cover placing station (522) and a cover rotating station (523) which are circumferentially distributed along the rotating disc (53) and finally return to the first conveying belt (84), in addition, the arc-shaped blocking frame (521) is positioned on the periphery of the rotating disc (53), and the arc-shaped blocking frame (521) and the arc-shaped groove (531) jointly clamp the pickled vegetable bottles (11);

the cap placing table (54) is arranged on the third rack (51) and is used for placing a bottle cap (12);

the cap conveying mechanism (55) comprises a cap storage bin (551) and a fourth conveying belt (552) for conveying the caps (12) contained in the cap storage bin (551) to the cap placing platform (54);

the cover placing mechanism (56) is arranged on the third rack (51) and close to the cover placing table (54), and the cover placing mechanism (56) comprises a movable sucker gripper which is used for gripping the bottle cap (12) on the cover placing table (54) and placing the bottle cap (12) on the pickled Chinese cabbage bottle (11) on the cover placing station;

and the cap screwing mechanism (57) is arranged on the third rack (51) and is used for screwing the cap (12) of the pickled Chinese cabbage bottle (11) positioned on the cap screwing station.

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