CN212437192U - Automatic bean curd stick and soybean oil skin equipment of individual layer steel band power - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an automatic dried bean and soybean oil skin equipment of individual layer steel band power, the on-line screen storage device comprises a base, the base top is equipped with stores up the thick liquid jar, it is equipped with the evaporation case to store up the thick liquid tank top, evaporation case bottom one side is equipped with the workstation, evaporation case bottom fixedly connected with first hot plate, evaporation case top intercommunication has exhaust duct, the inside check valve that is equipped with of exhaust duct, the inside clearance board that is equipped with of evaporation case, clearance board bottom and both sides all with the inner wall laminating of evaporation case, clearance board top one side fixedly connected with connecting rod. The utility model discloses a set up the evaporation tank and evaporate in advance the soybean milk, can discharge a large amount of moisture in the soybean milk in advance, the effectual curing time that reduces the soybean milk on the steel band has improved the production efficiency of dried bean and soybean oil skin to avoided the soybean milk to produce extravagantly in a large amount of adhesions on the steel band, made the soybean milk raw materials can obtain the high-efficient utilization.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a bean products production and processing equipment technical field, concretely relates to automatic dried bean and soybean oil skin equipment of individual layer steel band power.
Background
The bean product is a food prepared by processing beans such as soybeans, small beans, green beans, peas, broad beans and the like serving as main raw materials. Most of the bean products are bean curd obtained by coagulating soybean milk of soybean and its remade product. .
In the processing process of the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins, the soybean milk is generally directly coated on a steel belt, and the steel belt is heated to evaporate water in the soybean milk so as to solidify the soybean milk to form the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins.
Therefore, it is necessary to develop a single-layer steel belt power automatic dried bean milk cream and soybean oil skin device to solve the above problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at providing an automatic dried bean milk cream rolls of individual layer steel band power and soybean oil skin equipment evaporates in advance the soybean milk through setting up the evaporating chamber, can discharge a large amount of moisture in the soybean milk in advance, the effectual curing time that reduces the soybean milk on the steel band has improved the production efficiency of dried bean milk cream rolls and soybean oil skin to it produces extravagantly to have avoided a large amount of adhesions of soybean milk on the steel band, makes the soybean milk raw materials can obtain high-efficient utilization, with the above-mentioned weak point in the solution technique.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: the single-layer steel belt powered automatic dried bean and soybean oil skin equipment comprises a base, wherein a pulp storage tank is arranged at the top end of the base, an evaporation tank is arranged at the top end of the pulp storage tank, and a workbench is arranged on one side of the bottom end of the evaporation tank;
the bottom end of the evaporation box is fixedly connected with a first heating plate, the top end of the evaporation box is communicated with an exhaust pipeline, a one-way valve is arranged in the exhaust pipeline, a cleaning plate is arranged in the evaporation box, the bottom end and two sides of the cleaning plate are both attached to the inner wall of the evaporation box, one side of the top end of the cleaning plate is fixedly connected with a connecting rod, one end of the connecting rod, which is far away from the cleaning plate, extends out of the outer side of the evaporation box, and one end of the connecting rod, which is close to the outer side of the evaporation box;
first relief hole has been seted up to evaporation tank bottom one side, first relief hole one side is equipped with the baffle, the sealed pad of baffle top one side fixedly connected with, the sealed pad is kept away from one side of baffle and the outer wall laminating of evaporation tank, the second relief hole has been seted up to baffle one side surface, the bottom at sealed pad is established to the second relief hole, the fixed cover of evaporation tank one side outer wall fixedly connected with, fixed cover inboard matches with the baffle, evaporation tank bottom one side fixedly connected with electric putter, electric putter bottom fixedly connected with connecting plate, the bottom fixed connection of connecting plate one side and baffle, baffle bottom one side is equipped with the stock guide.
Preferably, one side of the guide plate close to the baffle is fixedly connected with a sliding block, the surface of one side of the baffle close to the guide plate is provided with a sliding groove, and the inner side of the sliding groove is connected with the sliding block in a sliding manner.
Preferably, the bottom end of the material guide plate is fixedly connected with a support rod, and the bottom end of the support rod is fixedly connected with the workbench.
Preferably, the thick liquid pump is equipped with in thick liquid storage tank one side, thick liquid pump one side and thick liquid storage tank intercommunication are taken out, it has defeated thick liquid pipe to take out thick liquid pump top intercommunication, defeated thick liquid pipe keeps away from the one end and the evaporating box intercommunication of taking out the thick liquid pump.
Preferably, a driving roller is arranged at the top end of the workbench, a driven roller is arranged at one end, far away from the driving roller, of the top end of the workbench, a steel belt is arranged between the driving roller and the driven roller, and the steel belt is wound on the outer sides of the driving roller and the driven roller.
Preferably, the material guide plate is arranged at one side of the top end of the steel strip, a second heating plate is fixedly connected to the top end of the workbench, and the second heating plate is arranged under the steel strip.
Preferably, one side of the top end of the workbench is fixedly connected with a dividing cutter, one side of the workbench, which is close to the dividing cutter, is provided with a winding roller, the bottom end of the winding roller is provided with a support column, and the bottom end of the support column is fixedly connected with the base.
Preferably, the two sides of the bottom end of the workbench are fixedly connected with first support frames, the bottom end of each first support frame is fixedly connected with the base, the two sides of the bottom end of the evaporation box are fixedly connected with second support frames, and the bottom ends of the second support frames are fixedly connected with the base.
In the technical scheme, the utility model provides a technological effect and advantage:
1. the evaporation box is arranged to evaporate the soybean milk in advance, so that a large amount of water in the soybean milk can be discharged in advance, the curing time of the soybean milk on the steel belt is effectively reduced, the production efficiency of the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins is improved, the waste caused by the large amount of adhesion of the soybean milk on the steel belt is avoided, and the soybean milk raw material can be efficiently utilized;
2. through the contact ratio of control second relief hole and first relief hole, the discharged flow of the inside soybean milk of steerable evaporating box and the thickness that forms on the steel band, and then reached the purpose of control dried bean and soybean oil skin finished product thickness, made its quality control more convenient.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art according to these drawings.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the baffle of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the working table of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the structure of part A of FIG. 1 according to the present invention;
fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the structure of the part B of fig. 1 according to the present invention.
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the device comprises a base 1, a slurry storage tank 2, an evaporation box 3, a workbench 4, a first heating plate 5, an exhaust pipeline 6, a check valve 7, a cleaning plate 8, a connecting rod 9, a handle 10, a first discharge hole 11, a baffle 12, a sealing gasket 13, a second discharge hole 14, a fixed sleeve 15, an electric push rod 16, a connecting plate 17, a material guide plate 18, a sliding block 19, a sliding chute 20, a support rod 21, a slurry pump 22, a slurry conveying pipe 23, a driving roller 24, a driven roller 25, a steel belt 26, a second heating plate 27, a slitting knife 28, a winding roller 29, a support column 30, a first support frame 31 and a second support frame 32.
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In order to make the technical solution of the present invention better understood by those skilled in the art, the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The utility model provides a single-layer steel belt power automatic dried bean and soybean oil skin device as shown in figures 1-5, which comprises a base 1, wherein a pulp storage tank 2 is arranged at the top end of the base 1, an evaporation tank 3 is arranged at the top end of the pulp storage tank 2, and a workbench 4 is arranged at one side of the bottom end of the evaporation tank 3;
the bottom end of the evaporation box 3 is fixedly connected with a first heating plate 5, the top end of the evaporation box 3 is communicated with an exhaust pipeline 6, a one-way valve 7 is arranged inside the exhaust pipeline 6, a cleaning plate 8 is arranged inside the evaporation box 3, the bottom end and two sides of the cleaning plate 8 are both attached to the inner wall of the evaporation box 3, one side of the top end of the cleaning plate 8 is fixedly connected with a connecting rod 9, one end, far away from the cleaning plate 8, of the connecting rod 9 extends out of the evaporation box 3, and one end, close to the outer side of the evaporation box 3, of the connecting rod 9 is fixedly connected with a handle 10;
Further, in the above technical solution, a sliding block 19 is fixedly connected to one side of the material guide plate 18 close to the baffle plate 12, a sliding groove 20 is formed in a surface of one side of the baffle plate 12 close to the material guide plate 18, and an inner side of the sliding groove 20 is slidably connected to the sliding block 19.
Further, in the above technical solution, the bottom end of the material guiding plate 18 is fixedly connected with a supporting rod 21, the bottom end of the supporting rod 21 is fixedly connected with the workbench 4, and the soybean milk in the evaporation tank 3 flows onto the steel belt 26 through the material guiding plate 18.
Further, in above-mentioned technical scheme, 2 one sides of storage tank are equipped with the pump of drawing milk 22, pump of drawing milk 22 one side and storage tank 2 intercommunication, pump of drawing milk 22 top intercommunication has defeated thick liquid pipe 23, defeated thick liquid pipe 23 keeps away from the one end and the evaporation case 3 intercommunication of pump of drawing milk 22, start pump of drawing milk 22 and go into evaporation case 3 with the soybean milk of storing in the storage tank 2 through defeated thick liquid pipe 23 pump, go into a quantitative soybean milk to the inside pump of evaporation case 3 according to the production of dried bean and soy bean milk skin.
Further, in the above technical scheme, a driving roller 24 is arranged at the top end of the workbench 4, a driven roller 25 is arranged at one end of the top end of the workbench 4, which is far away from the driving roller 24, a steel belt 26 is arranged between the driving roller 24 and the driven roller 25, the steel belt 26 is wound on the outer sides of the driving roller 24 and the driven roller 25, and the driving roller 24 is started to drive the steel belt 26 to convey the soybean milk.
Further, in the above technical solution, the material guiding plate 18 is arranged at one side of the top end of the steel belt 26, the top end of the workbench 4 is fixedly connected with a second heating plate 27, the second heating plate 27 is arranged under the steel belt 26, and the steel belt 26 is heated by the second heating plate 27, so that the soybean milk is rapidly solidified on the steel belt 26 to form the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skin.
Further, in the above technical scheme, one side of the top end of the workbench 4 is fixedly connected with a dividing cutter 28, one side of the workbench 4 close to the dividing cutter 28 is provided with a winding roller 29, the bottom end of the winding roller 29 is provided with a support column 30, the bottom end of the support column 30 is fixedly connected with the base 1, and the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins are solidified to form the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins which are cut by the dividing cutter 28 and then are wound by the winding roller 29 for subsequent processing.
Further, in the above technical scheme, the equal fixedly connected with first support frame 31 in 4 bottom both sides of workstation, first support frame 31 bottom and base 1 fixed connection, the equal fixedly connected with second support frame 32 in 3 bottom both sides of evaporating box, second support frame 32 bottom and base 1 fixed connection, first support frame 31 can support workstation 4, and second support frame 32 can support evaporating box 3.
The implementation mode is specifically as follows: when the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins are processed, firstly, the slurry pumping pump 22 is started to pump the soybean milk stored in the slurry storage tank 2 into the evaporation tank 3 through the slurry conveying pipe 23, a certain amount of soybean milk is pumped into the evaporation tank 3 according to the production amount of the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins, the first heating plate 5 at the bottom of the evaporation tank 3 is started to heat the evaporation tank 3, the soybean milk stored in the evaporation tank 3 can be further heated, the steam generated by heating and evaporating the soybean milk in the evaporation tank 3 is discharged through the exhaust pipeline 6, the steam backflow can be prevented by arranging the check valve 7 in the exhaust pipeline 6, the soybean milk is pre-evaporated by arranging the evaporation tank 3, a large amount of water in the soybean milk can be discharged in advance, the curing time of the soybean milk on the steel belt 26 is effectively reduced, the production efficiency of the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins is improved, and the waste caused by the large amount of adhesion, the soybean milk raw materials can be efficiently utilized, when the pre-evaporation of the soybean milk in the evaporation box 3 is finished, the electric push rod 16 is started to contract to drive the baffle plate 12 to move upwards through the connecting plate 17, when the baffle plate 12 moves upwards, the second discharge hole 14 is overlapped with the first discharge hole 11, the soybean milk in the evaporation box 3 is discharged through the overlapped part of the first discharge hole 11 and the second discharge hole 14 and flows onto the steel belt 26 through the material guide plate 18, the discharged flow of the soybean milk in the evaporation box 3 and the thickness formed on the steel belt 26 can be controlled by controlling the overlapping degree of the second discharge hole 14 and the first discharge hole 11, the purpose of controlling the thickness of finished products of the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins is further achieved, the quality control is more convenient, the driving roller 24 is started to drive the steel belt 26 to convey the soybean milk, and the steel belt 26 is heated through the second heating plate 27 at the top end of the workbench 4, the soybean milk is rapidly solidified on the steel belt 26 to form the dried beancurd sticks and the soybean oil skins, and the soybean milk is cut by the cutting knife 28 and is wound by the winding roller 29 for subsequent processing.
This practical theory of operation:
referring to the attached drawings 1-5 of the specification, firstly, a slurry pump 22 is started to pump the soybean milk stored in a milk storage tank 2 into an evaporation tank 3 through a slurry conveying pipe 23, a first heating plate 5 at the bottom of the evaporation tank 3 is started to heat the evaporation tank 3, the steam generated by heating and evaporating the soybean milk in the evaporation tank 3 is discharged through an exhaust pipeline 6, the soybean milk is pre-evaporated through the evaporation tank 3, a large amount of water in the soybean milk can be pre-discharged, the solidification time of the soybean milk on a steel belt 26 is effectively reduced, after the pre-evaporation of the soybean milk in the evaporation tank 3 is finished, an electric push rod 16 is started to contract to drive a baffle plate 12 to move upwards through a connecting plate 17, when the baffle plate 12 moves upwards, a second discharge hole 14 is overlapped with a first discharge hole 11, at the moment, the soybean milk in the evaporation tank 3 is discharged through the overlapped part of the first discharge hole 11 and the second discharge hole 14 and flows to the steel belt 26 through a guide plate, the driving roller 24 is started to drive the steel belt 26 to convey the soybean milk, the steel belt 26 is heated through a second heating plate 27 at the top end of the workbench 4, the soybean milk is rapidly solidified on the steel belt 26 to form the dried bean curd sticks and the soybean oil skins, and the dried bean curd sticks and the soybean oil skins are cut by the cutting knife 28 and wound by the winding roller 29 for subsequent processing.
While certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described above by way of illustration only, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description are illustrative in nature and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.
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1. The utility model provides an automatic dried bean and soybean oil skin equipment of individual layer steel band power, includes base (1), its characterized in that: a slurry storage tank (2) is arranged at the top end of the base (1), an evaporation box (3) is arranged at the top end of the slurry storage tank (2), and a workbench (4) is arranged on one side of the bottom end of the evaporation box (3);
the bottom end of the evaporation box (3) is fixedly connected with a first heating plate (5), the top end of the evaporation box (3) is communicated with an exhaust pipeline (6), a one-way valve (7) is arranged inside the exhaust pipeline (6), a cleaning plate (8) is arranged inside the evaporation box (3), the bottom end and two sides of the cleaning plate (8) are both attached to the inner wall of the evaporation box (3), one side of the top end of the cleaning plate (8) is fixedly connected with a connecting rod (9), one end, far away from the cleaning plate (8), of the connecting rod (9) extends out of the evaporation box (3), and one end, close to the outer side of the evaporation box (3), of the connecting rod (9) is fixedly connected with a handle (10);
the device is characterized in that a first discharging hole (11) is formed in one side of the bottom end of the evaporation box (3), a baffle (12) is arranged on one side of the first discharging hole (11), a sealing gasket (13) is fixedly connected to one side of the top end of the baffle (12), one side, away from the baffle (12), of the sealing gasket (13) is attached to the outer wall of the evaporation box (3), a second discharging hole (14) is formed in one side surface of the baffle (12), the second discharging hole (14) is formed in the bottom end of the sealing gasket (13), a fixing sleeve (15) is fixedly connected to the outer wall of one side of the evaporation box (3), the inner side of the fixing sleeve (15) is matched with the baffle (12), an electric push rod (16) is fixedly connected to one side of the bottom end of the evaporation box (3), a connecting plate (17) is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the electric, a material guide plate (18) is arranged on one side of the bottom end of the baffle (12).
2. The single-layer steel belt powered automatic dried beancurd stick and soybean oil skin equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the material guide plate is characterized in that a sliding block (19) is fixedly connected to one side, close to the baffle (12), of the material guide plate (18), a sliding groove (20) is formed in the surface of one side, close to the material guide plate (18), of the baffle (12), and the inner side of the sliding groove (20) is in sliding connection with the sliding block (19).
3. The single-layer steel belt powered automatic dried beancurd stick and soybean oil skin equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the bottom end of the material guide plate (18) is fixedly connected with a support rod (21), and the bottom end of the support rod (21) is fixedly connected with the workbench (4).
4. The single-layer steel belt powered automatic dried beancurd stick and soybean oil skin equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein: store up thick liquid jar (2) one side and be equipped with pump (22), pump (22) one side and store up thick liquid jar (2) intercommunication, pump (22) top intercommunication has defeated thick liquid pipe (23), defeated thick liquid pipe (23) keep away from the one end and the evaporation case (3) intercommunication of pump (22).
5. The single-layer steel belt powered automatic dried beancurd stick and soybean oil skin equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the automatic winding device is characterized in that a driving roller (24) is arranged at the top end of the working table (4), a driven roller (25) is arranged at one end, far away from the driving roller (24), of the top end of the working table (4), a steel belt (26) is arranged between the driving roller (24) and the driven roller (25), and the steel belt (26) is wound on the outer sides of the driving roller (24) and the driven roller (25).
6. The single-layer steel belt powered automatic dried beancurd stick and soybean oil skin equipment according to claim 5, characterized in that: the material guide plate (18) is arranged at one side of the top end of the steel strip (26), the top end of the workbench (4) is fixedly connected with a second heating plate (27), and the second heating plate (27) is arranged under the steel strip (26).
7. The single-layer steel belt powered automatic dried beancurd stick and soybean oil skin equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein: workstation (4) top one side fixedly connected with divides cutter (28), one side that workstation (4) are close to branch cutter (28) is equipped with winding roller (29), winding roller (29) bottom is equipped with support column (30), support column (30) bottom and base (1) fixed connection.
8. The single-layer steel belt powered automatic dried beancurd stick and soybean oil skin equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein: workstation (4) bottom both sides equal fixedly connected with first support frame (31), first support frame (31) bottom and base (1) fixed connection, evaporating case (3) bottom both sides equal fixedly connected with second support frame (32), second support frame (32) bottom and base (1) fixed connection.
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