CN210934576U

CN210934576U - Rabbling mechanism of chafing dish seasoning stew pot

Info

Publication number: CN210934576U
Application number: CN201921597815.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴跃丽; 龙先奇; 陈建强
Original assignee: Sichuan Chengdu Red Lantern Food Co ltd
Current assignee: Sichuan Chengdu Red Lantern Food Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-24
Filing date: 2019-09-24
Publication date: 2020-07-07
Anticipated expiration: 2029-09-24

Abstract

The utility model relates to a stirring mechanism of a hot pot seasoning stew pot, which belongs to the technical field of hot pot seasoning manufacturing equipment and comprises a pot body, wherein a sealing cover is arranged on the pot body, a feeding pipe is arranged on the sealing cover, a discharging pipe is arranged on the side wall of the pot body, a stirring mechanism for stirring the seasoning in the pot body is arranged on the sealing cover, the stirring mechanism comprises a plurality of stirring shafts, a plurality of stirring blades are arranged on the stirring shafts along the length direction of the stirring shafts, each stirring blade is spirally arranged, a first driving piece for driving the plurality of stirring shafts to rotate and move along the circumferential direction of the sealing cover is arranged on the sealing cover, each stirring shaft can be driven by the first driving piece to move along the circumferential position of the sealing cover while rotating, so that the stirring shaft can extend into different positions in the pot body for further stirring, and the stirring effect of the bottom materials in the pot body is improved.

Description

Rabbling mechanism of chafing dish seasoning stew pot

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of hot pot seasoning preparation equipment technique and specifically relates to a rabbling mechanism of hot pot seasoning stew pot is related to.

Background

At present, the hotpot is popular with people, has the characteristics of various dishes, unique seasoning and the like, and during the preparation process of the hotpot seasoning, because the ingredients are more in variety and all need to be fried and processed, the hotpot seasoning is usually in an oil material mixing state after being fried, in order to quantitatively add oil and materials into a packaging bag, the oil material is usually separated, and at the moment, an oil material separating tank is used; in order to improve the taste of the hotpot condiment, the fried hotpot condiment is generally placed in a stewing pot for stewing.

The Chinese patent with the publication number of CN205758289U discloses a stew pot, which comprises a bracket and a pot body, wherein the pot body is a cuboid, and the bracket is respectively positioned at four corners of the bottom of the pot body; a feeding port is formed in one side of the top end of the pot body, and a discharging port is formed in the lower end of the side wall of the pot body; a cover plate is arranged at the top of the pot body, a handle is arranged on the cover plate, and the cover plate is hinged with the pot body; the bottom of the pot body is provided with a heating device; a motor is arranged on one side of the pot body and is in driving connection with a stirring shaft through a speed reducer, and the stirring shaft is transversely arranged in the middle of the inside of the pot body; a bearing is arranged between the stirring shaft and the side wall of the pot body, and the stirring shaft is provided with a spiral stirring blade; the motor outside is equipped with the motor guard shield, and the motor guard shield top is equipped with the control keypad.

But its weak point lies in, when needs are to the hot pot seasoning stirring in the pot body, drive the (mixing) shaft through the motor and rotate for the (mixing) shaft drives stirring vane and stirs the hot pot seasoning in the pot body, and only adopts spiral helicine stirring vane's setting, and its stirring effect is comparatively single, has reduced the stirring effect to hot pot seasoning.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a stirring mechanism of chafing dish bed charge stew pot that stirring mode is complicated and can improve stirring effect.

The above utility model discloses an above-mentioned utility model purpose can realize through following technical scheme:

the utility model provides an rabbling mechanism of chafing dish bed charge stew pot, includes the pot body, be provided with the closing cap on the pot body, be provided with the heating mechanism that is used for carrying out the heating to the pot body on the diapire of the pot body, be provided with the inlet pipe on the closing cap, be provided with the discharging pipe on the lateral wall of the pot body, be provided with the rabbling mechanism that is used for carrying out the stirring to the internal bed charge of pot on the closing cap, rabbling mechanism includes a plurality of (mixing) shafts of circumferential position hoop setting on the closing cap along the closing cap, be provided with a plurality of stirring vane, every on the (mixing) shaft along the length direction of (mixing) shaft stirring vane all is the heliciform setting, be provided with the first driving piece that is used for driving a.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, can drive every (mixing) shaft through first driving piece and remove along the circumferential direction position of closing cap in the rotation for when the (mixing) shaft drives stirring vane and stirs at the rotation, the circumferential direction position that the pot body can be followed to a plurality of (mixing) shafts plays further stirring effect, makes the (mixing) shaft can stretch into the further stirring of going forward to the internal different positions of pot, has improved the stirring effect to the internal bed charge of pot.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the sealing cover deviates from the circumference position hoop along the sealing cover on the face of inlet pipe and is provided with the spout, every all be provided with sliding connection on the (mixing) shaft in the slider in the spout, the one end of (mixing) shaft rotate connect in on the slider.

By adopting the technical scheme, the arrangement of the sliding groove and the sliding block can play a guiding effect on the movement of the stirring shafts in the pot body, so that the stirring shafts can further move along the circumferential position of the pot body, and the movement effect of the stirring shafts in the pot body is improved; the stirring shaft is rotationally connected to the sliding block, so that the first driving piece can drive the stirring shaft to rotate on the sliding block, and the stirring shaft can rotate while moving along the circumferential position of the pot body.

The utility model discloses further set up to: first driving piece is including the fixed ring gear that sets up on the face that deviates from the inlet pipe at the closing cap, rabbling mechanism is still including wearing to establish and rotate the drive shaft of connecting on the closing cap, the interval between drive shaft and every (mixing) shaft equals, just fixedly connected with drive gear, every are established in the tip cover of pot body to the drive shaft all overlap on the (mixing) shaft establish and fixedly connected with be used for simultaneously with drive gear and ring gear meshed's rotating gear.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when the circumference position removal of the pot body is followed to the (mixing) shaft of needs drive in the rotation, rotate through driving the drive shaft, make the drive shaft drive the running gear and rotate, because of running gear simultaneously with drive gear and ring gear meshing, make running gear move on the ring gear in the pivoted, thereby make running gear drive (mixing) shaft along the circumference position hoop removal of ring gear in the pivoted, adopt drive gear, the mode of running gear and ring gear meshing, its transmission process is steady, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure, and the rotation effect of (mixing) shaft has been improved.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the stirring mechanism is provided with the multiunit on the closing cap, the multiunit the stirring mechanism is located same straight line and sets up along the length direction of closing cap, be provided with on the closing cap and be arranged in driving the (mixing) shaft pivoted second driving piece simultaneously among the multiunit stirring mechanism.

By adopting the technical scheme, the stirring effect of the materials in the pot body can be further improved by the multiple groups of stirring mechanisms, so that the bottom materials in the pot body can be further stirred by the multiple stirring shafts of the multiple groups of stirring mechanisms, and the stirring effect is improved; the setting of second driving piece can drive a plurality of rabbling mechanisms's drive shaft simultaneously and rotate, has practiced thrift the cost.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the second driving piece is including the cover establish and fixed connection in every drive epaxial sprocket, and is a plurality of around being equipped with the chain on the sprocket, fixedly on the closing cap being provided with and being used for driving one of them drive shaft pivoted motor.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when a plurality of drive shafts of needs drive rotate simultaneously, drive one of them drive shaft through the motor and rotate, because of around being equipped with the chain on a plurality of sprockets for one of them sprocket can drive a plurality of sprockets and rotate simultaneously, thereby makes a plurality of drive shafts rotate simultaneously, adopts sprocket driven mode, and its transmission is steady, can prevent to appear the phenomenon of skidding between sprocket and the chain, has improved the drive effect to the drive shaft.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the protective box is used for covering the plurality of chain wheels and is detachably connected to the sealing cover through bolts.

By adopting the technical scheme, the protection box can protect the chain and the chain wheel, prevent the chain and the chain wheel from being exposed to the outside and rusting, and prolong the service life of the chain and the chain wheel; the protection box is detachably connected to the sealing cover through the bolt, and the protection box is conveniently taken down to maintain and replace the chain and the chain wheel.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the all around edges perpendicular to closing cap of closing cap is provided with the turn-ups that is used for with the outer wall butt of the pot body, the turn-ups deviates from on the face of the pot body and is located turn-ups both sides and be provided with the movable plate, just the both sides that are located the pot body on the outer wall of the pot body are provided with the fixed plate, the fixed plate with the movable plate is parallel to each other and sets up relatively, be provided with the third driving piece that is used for driving the movable plate and drives the closing cap and go.

By adopting the technical scheme, the sealing cover is heavier, and the three driving pieces are adopted to drive the movable plate to drive the sealing cover to lift, so that the labor is saved; the sealing cover is opened, so that the pot body is convenient to clean and maintain by operators.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the third driving piece comprises an air cylinder fixedly arranged on the fixed plate, and the driving end of the air cylinder is fixedly connected to the moving plate.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, its simple structure of setting up of cylinder, it is better to the drive effect of closing cap.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the cross section of the sliding groove is arranged in a T shape, and the sliding block is matched with the T-shaped sliding groove.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, set up the cross section of spout into "T" shape, can prevent that the slider from breaking away from in the spout along vertical direction, improved the sliding effect of slider in the spout.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the pot body is provided with a plurality ofly, and is a plurality of the tip that the pot body was kept away from to the inlet pipe is provided with first pipeline, every the inlet pipe all sets up with first pipeline intercommunication, the one end of first pipeline is closed setting, and the other end is the opening setting, and is a plurality of the tip that the pot body was kept away from to the discharging pipe is provided with the second pipeline, every the discharging pipe all sets up with second pipeline intercommunication, the one end of second pipeline is closed setting, and the other end is the opening setting, all be provided with the tubing pump on the opening end of first pipeline and second pipeline.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, can carry the bed charge to a plurality of pot bodies simultaneously through first pipeline, can export the bed charge in a plurality of pot bodies simultaneously through the second pipeline, improved the space utilization effect of a plurality of pot bodies in arranging the factory building in to the use of cost has been practiced thrift.

To sum up, the utility model discloses a beneficial technological effect does:

drive the drive shaft through the motor and rotate, make the drive shaft drive chain transmission, thereby make the chain pass through the sprocket and drive a plurality of drive shafts and rotate simultaneously, make the drive shaft drive gear and rotate, because of rotating gear simultaneously with drive gear and ring gear meshing, thereby make rotating gear along the circumferential position hoop displacement of ring gear in the rotation, make rotating gear drive (mixing) shaft along the circumferential position hoop displacement of ring gear in the rotation, thereby make the (mixing) shaft move to the internal different positions of pot and further stir in the stirring, the stirring effect to the internal bed charge of pot has been improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the whole of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the explosion structure of the protection box and the pan body of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the cover and a plurality of stirring mechanisms of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the stirring mechanism of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic sectional view of the sliding chute and the sliding block of the present invention.

In the figure, 1, a pan body; 11. sealing the cover; 111. a feed pipe; 112. a discharge pipe; 113. a first conduit; 114. a second conduit; 115. a pipeline pump; 13. a stirring shaft; 131. a stirring blade; 132. a chute; 133. a slider; 134. a toothed ring; 135. a drive shaft; 136. a drive gear; 137. a rotating gear; 138. a sprocket; 139. a chain; 14. a motor; 141. a protection box; 142. a bolt; 15. flanging; 151. moving the plate; 152. a fixing plate; 153. and a cylinder.

Detailed Description

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

Referring to fig. 1, for the utility model discloses a rabbling mechanism of hot pot seasoning stew pot, including a plurality of pot bodies 1, be provided with the closing cap 11 on the pot body 1, be provided with on the diapire of the pot body 1 and be used for carrying out the heating mechanism that heats to the pot body 1, be provided with inlet pipe 111 on the closing cap 11, be provided with discharging pipe 112 on the lateral wall of the pot body 1.

As shown in fig. 1, in order to feed a plurality of pan bodies 1 simultaneously, a first pipeline 113 is arranged at the end of the feed pipes 111 far away from the pan bodies 1, each feed pipe 111 is communicated with the first pipeline 113, one end of the first pipeline 113 is closed, the other end of the first pipeline 113 is open, and a pipeline pump 115 is arranged at the open end of the first pipeline 113.

As shown in FIG. 1, in order to output the bottom materials in the plurality of pot bodies 1 simultaneously, second pipelines 114 are arranged at the end parts of the plurality of discharging pipes 112 far away from the pot bodies 1, each discharging pipe 112 is communicated with the second pipeline 114, one end of each second pipeline 114 is closed, the other end of each second pipeline 114 is opened, and a pipeline pump 115 is arranged at the opened end of each second pipeline 114.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in order to stir the bottom materials in the pot body 1, a plurality of sets of stirring mechanisms for stirring the bottom materials in the pot body 1 are disposed on the sealing cover 11, and the plurality of sets of stirring mechanisms are disposed along the length direction of the sealing cover 11 and are located on the same straight line.

With reference to fig. 2 and 3, each group of stirring mechanisms includes a plurality of stirring shafts 13 circumferentially disposed on the sealing cover 11 along the circumferential position of the sealing cover 11, a plurality of stirring blades 131 are disposed on the stirring shafts 13 along the length direction of the stirring shafts 13, and each stirring blade 131 is spirally disposed.

With reference to fig. 3 and 5, in order to enable the plurality of stirring shafts 13 of each group of stirring mechanisms to move circumferentially along the circumferential position of the sealing cover 11, a sliding groove 132 is circumferentially arranged along the circumferential position of the sealing cover 11 on the surface of the sealing cover 11 away from the feeding pipe 111, a sliding block 133 slidably connected in the sliding groove 132 is arranged on each stirring shaft 13, and one end of each stirring shaft 13 is rotatably connected to the sliding block 133; in this embodiment, in order to prevent the sliding block 133 from being separated from the sliding groove 132, and thus prevent the stirring shaft 13 from being separated from the cover 11, the sliding groove 132 is disposed in a "T" shape in cross section, and the sliding block 133 is disposed in cooperation with the "T" shaped sliding groove 132.

With reference to fig. 4 and 5, in order to drive the plurality of stirring shafts 13 in each group of stirring mechanisms to rotate while driving the plurality of sliders 133 to slide in the sliding grooves 132, the face of the sealing cover 11 departing from the feeding pipe 111 is fixedly provided with the toothed ring 134, the stirring mechanisms further comprise a driving shaft 135 penetrating and rotatably connected to the sealing cover 11, the distance between the driving shaft 135 of each group of stirring mechanisms and each stirring shaft 13 is equal, the end of the driving shaft 135 in the pot body 1 is sleeved with and fixedly connected with the driving gear 136, and each stirring shaft 13 is sleeved with and fixedly connected with the rotating gear 137 for being simultaneously meshed with the driving gear 136 and the toothed ring 134.

When the backing material stirring in the pot body 1 needs to be carried out, through driving drive shaft 135 to rotate, make drive shaft 135 drive gear 136 to rotate, mesh with drive gear 136 and ring gear 134 simultaneously because of rotating gear 137, make rotating gear 137 along the circumferential position hoop movement of ring gear 134 in the pivoted, thereby make rotating gear 137 drive every (mixing) shaft 13 and rotate on slider 133, and can drive slider 133 on the (mixing) shaft 13 and move in spout 132 simultaneously, thereby make a plurality of (mixing) shafts 13 drive stirring vane 131 rotation simultaneously, a plurality of (mixing) shafts 13 can be in the pot body 1 internal ring direction removal, make (mixing) shaft 13 drive stirring vane 131 stir when removing, make stirring vane 131 can stir the backing material of each position in the pot body 1, the stirring effect to backing material in the pot body 1 has been improved.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in order to drive the plurality of driving shafts 135 to rotate simultaneously, a chain wheel 138 is sleeved and fixedly connected to each driving shaft 135, a chain 139 is wound around the plurality of chain wheels 138, and a motor 14 for driving one of the driving shafts 135 to rotate is fixedly arranged on the cover 11; when a plurality of driving shafts 135 need to be driven to rotate simultaneously, the motor 14 drives one of the chain wheels 138 to rotate, so that one of the chain wheels 138 drives the chain 139 to transmit, and the chain 139 drives the plurality of chain wheels 138 to rotate, so that the plurality of chain wheels 138 drive each driving shaft 135 to rotate.

As shown in fig. 2, in order to protect the sprocket 138 and the chain 139 on the cover 11 and prolong the service life of the sprocket 138 and the chain 139, a protective box 141 for covering the plurality of sprockets 138 is provided on the cover 11, and the motor 14 is located outside the protective box 141 and fixedly provided on the protective box 141; in order to detachably attach the protection box 141 to the cover 11, thereby facilitating maintenance and replacement of the sprocket 138 and the chain 139, the protection box 141 is attached to the cover 11 by bolts 142.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in order to improve the connection effect between the cover 11 and the pot body 1, a flange 15 for abutting against the outer wall of the pot body 1 is provided at the peripheral edge of the cover 11 perpendicular to the cover 11.

As shown in fig. 2, the flange 15 is provided with moving plates 151 on the surface deviating from the pan body 1 and on the two sides of the flange 15, the outer wall of the pan body 1 is provided with fixing plates 152 on the two sides of the pan body 1, and the fixing plates 152 and the moving plates 151 are parallel to each other and are arranged oppositely.

As shown in fig. 2, in order to drive the moving plate 151 to lift the cap 11, so as to facilitate opening the cap 11, an air cylinder 153 is disposed on the fixed plate 152, and a driving end of the air cylinder 153 is fixedly connected to the moving plate 151; the moving plate 151 is driven to move by the cylinder 153, so that the moving plate 151 drives the sealing cover 11 to be opened, the pot body 1 is convenient to clean, and the condition of bottom materials in the pot body 1 is convenient to observe.

The implementation principle of the embodiment is as follows: when the backing material in the pot body 1 needs to be stirred, the motor 14 is driven by the motor 14 to drive the chain 139 to rotate, the chain 139 drives the plurality of chain wheels 138 to rotate simultaneously, so that the chain wheels 138 drive the driving shafts 135 to rotate, the plurality of driving shafts 135 drive the driving gear 136 to rotate simultaneously, because the rotating gear 137 is meshed with the driving gear 136 and the toothed ring 134 simultaneously, the rotating gear 137 rotates and moves on the toothed ring 134 in the circumferential direction, so that the rotating gear 137 drives the stirring shaft 13 to move in the circumferential direction in the pot body 1 while rotating, so that the stirring shaft 13 drives the stirring blades 131 to drive the plurality of stirring shafts 13 to move in the circumferential direction in the pot body 1 while stirring, so that the stirring shaft 13 drives the stirring blades 131 to move to each position in the pot body 1 to stir, and the plurality of stirring shafts 13 play a stirring effect while moving in the circumferential direction, thereby improving the stirring effect of the stirring shaft 13 driving the stirring blades 131 to stir the bottom materials in the pot body 1.

The embodiment of this specific implementation mode is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, not limit according to this the utility model discloses a protection scope, so: all equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape and principle of the utility model are covered within the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an rabbling mechanism of chafing dish bed charge stew pot, includes the pot body (1), be provided with closing cap (11) on the pot body (1), be provided with the heating mechanism that is used for carrying out the heating to the pot body (1) on the diapire of the pot body (1), be provided with inlet pipe (111) on closing cap (11), be provided with discharging pipe (112), its characterized in that on the lateral wall of the pot body (1): be provided with on closing cap (11) and be used for carrying out the rabbling mechanism that stirs to the bed charge in the pot body (1), rabbling mechanism includes (mixing) shaft (13) of a plurality of circumference position hoop settings on closing cap (11) along closing cap (11), the length direction of following (mixing) shaft (13) on (mixing) shaft (13) is provided with a plurality of stirring vane (131), every stirring vane (131) all are the heliciform setting, be provided with on closing cap (11) and be used for driving a plurality of (mixing) shaft (13) rotation and follow the first driving piece of closing cap (11) circumference position hoop movement.

2. The stirring mechanism of the hot pot seasoning stew pan as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the circumference position hoop that follows closing cap (11) on closing cap (11) the face that deviates from inlet pipe (111) in closing cap (11) is provided with spout (132), every all be provided with sliding connection on (mixing) shaft (13) in slider (133) in spout (132), the one end of (mixing) shaft (13) rotate connect in on slider (133).

3. The stirring mechanism of the hot pot seasoning stew pan as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: first driving piece is including fixed ring gear (134) that sets up on closing cap (11) deviates from the face of inlet pipe (111), rabbling mechanism is still including wearing to establish and rotate drive shaft (135) of connecting on closing cap (11), interval between drive shaft (135) and every (mixing) shaft (13) equals, drive shaft (135) end cover in the pot body (1) is established and fixedly connected with drive gear (136), every all overlap on (mixing) shaft (13) and establish and fixedly connected with be used for simultaneously with drive gear (136) and ring gear (134) meshed rotating gear (137).

4. The stirring mechanism of the hot pot seasoning stew pan as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: the stirring mechanism is provided with a plurality of groups on the sealing cover (11), the stirring mechanisms are positioned on the same straight line and are arranged along the length direction of the sealing cover (11), and a second driving piece which is used for driving the stirring shafts (13) in the stirring mechanisms of the plurality of groups to rotate simultaneously is arranged on the sealing cover (11).

5. The stirring mechanism of the hot pot seasoning stewing pot as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the second driving piece comprises chain wheels (138) which are sleeved and fixedly connected to each driving shaft (135), a plurality of chains (139) are wound on the chain wheels (138), and a motor (14) used for driving one driving shaft (135) to rotate is fixedly arranged on the sealing cover (11).

6. The stirring mechanism of the hot pot seasoning stew pan as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the protective box (141) used for covering the plurality of chain wheels (138) is arranged on the sealing cover (11), and the protective box (141) is detachably connected to the sealing cover (11) through bolts (142).

7. The stirring mechanism of the hot pot seasoning stew pan as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the utility model discloses a pot cover, including pot body (1), turn-ups (15) that the edge perpendicular to of all around of closing cap (11) is provided with the turn-ups (11) that are used for with the outer wall butt of the pot body (1), turn-ups (15) just are located the both sides of turn-ups (15) on deviating from the face of the pot body (1) and are provided with movable plate (151), the both sides that just are located pot body (1) on the outer wall of the pot body (1) are provided with fixed plate (152), fixed plate (152) with movable plate (151) are parallel to each other and set up relatively, be provided with on fixed plate (152) and be used for driving movable plate (151) to.

8. The stirring mechanism of the hot pot seasoning stew pan as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the third driving piece comprises an air cylinder (153) fixedly arranged on the fixed plate (152), and the driving end of the air cylinder (153) is fixedly connected to the moving plate (151).

9. The stirring mechanism of the hot pot seasoning stew pan as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: the cross section of the sliding groove (132) is arranged in a T shape, and the sliding block (133) is matched with the T-shaped sliding groove (132).

10. The stirring mechanism of the hot pot seasoning stew pan as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the pot body (1) is provided with a plurality ofly, and is a plurality of the tip that the pot body (1) was kept away from in inlet pipe (111) is provided with first pipeline (113), every inlet pipe (111) all sets up with first pipeline (113) intercommunication, the one end of first pipeline (113) is closed setting, and the other end is the opening setting, and is a plurality of the tip that the pot body (1) was kept away from in discharging pipe (112) is provided with second pipeline (114), every discharging pipe (112) all sets up with second pipeline (114) intercommunication, the one end of second pipeline (114) is closed setting, and the other end is the opening setting, all be provided with tubing pump (115) on the opening end of first pipeline (113) and second pipeline (114).