CN213719638U

CN213719638U - Oil dropping device for food processing

Info

Publication number: CN213719638U
Application number: CN202022525846.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汤可元; 辅大兴
Original assignee: Nanjing Jiafu Food Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nanjing Jiafu Food Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-04
Filing date: 2020-11-04
Publication date: 2021-07-20
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-04

Abstract

The utility model relates to a field of food processing equipment discloses a food processing is with device that drips oil, it includes the box, the oil-draining basket that the mesh has densely covered, heat preservation lid and collection mechanism, the box is used for supporting subaerial, oil-draining basket activity sets up on the box, the box top is located to the heat preservation lid, the heat preservation lid is close to oil-draining basket one side fixedly connected with heat preservation subassembly, collect mechanism fixed connection in oil-draining basket below, collect the mechanism setting and keep away from one side of heat preservation lid at oil-draining basket. This application has and when carrying out the oil logging when taking oily food under the low temperature weather, can heat the air in the box through the heat preservation subassembly, reduces because of the lower oil cooling that leads to on the food of temperature solidifies the possibility, improves the effect of oil logging efficiency.

Description

Oil dropping device for food processing

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of food processing equipment, in particular to an oil draining device for food processing.

Background

At present, frying and baking are common processing means in the food processing process. Food such as meat cooked food can remain a large amount of oils in the surface after processing, and for the convenience of subsequent processing, often can use the oil drain device to handle food.

In the related art, a food oil draining device comprises a box body, an oil draining plate with small holes densely distributed in the box body and a collecting tank, wherein the oil draining plate is arranged at the top end of the box body and is fixedly connected with the box body, and the collecting tank is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the box body. In use, an operator places the food with oil on an oil draining plate, and the drained oil drops into the collecting mechanism under the action of gravity.

In view of the above-mentioned related arts, the inventors believe that there is a disadvantage that food is directly exposed to air during oil leaching, and when the air temperature is low, oil carried outside the food is cooled and solidified, the fluidity is deteriorated, and the oil is difficult to be leached, which affects the oil leaching efficiency.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to improve among the relevant art food and directly expose in the air at the waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall in-process, when the air temperature is lower, the oil cooling that food outside was carried solidifies, and mobility worsens, is difficult to the waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall, influences the defect of waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall efficiency, the application provides a food processing with waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall device.

The application provides a pair of oil dropping device for food processing adopts following technical scheme to obtain:

an oil draining device for food processing comprises a box body, an oil draining basket densely distributed with meshes, a heat-insulating cover and a collecting mechanism, the box body is used for supporting on the ground, the oil draining basket is movably arranged on the box body, the heat preservation cover is arranged at the top of the box body, one side of the heat preservation cover close to the oil draining basket is fixedly connected with a heat preservation component, the heat preservation component comprises an electric heating block, the collecting mechanism is fixedly connected below the oil draining basket, the collecting mechanism comprises a tray, a conduit and a valve, the tray is arranged on one side of the oil draining basket far away from the heat-insulating cover, and with the inner wall fixed connection of box, form the cavity between tray and the oil drain basket, pipe one end is connected in the tray and is deviated from one side of oil drain basket, and the other end passes the box and stretches the box outside, the valve sets up in the one end that the pipe stretches out the box outside.

Through the technical scheme, when the air temperature is low, an operator places oil-containing food on the oil draining basket, and closes the heat-insulating cover to enable the interior of the box body to be relatively closed. At the moment, the electric heating block is electrified, so that the air in the box body is insulated and heated, the possibility of solidification of oil cooling on food caused by low temperature is reduced, the oil is favorably drained smoothly, and the oil draining treatment under the low-temperature processing environment is realized. The oil that has on the food filters and food separation through the oil leaching basket of netting to on flowing the tray through the mesh on the oil leaching basket, when the oil in the tray was about to fill with, open the valve, carry out the oil extraction.

Preferably: the oil draining basket is characterized in that an annular bulge is arranged on one side, facing the oil draining basket, of the box body, an annular groove is formed in the edge of one side, facing the box body, of the oil draining basket, and the annular bulge is in inserting fit with the annular groove.

Through the technical scheme, the oil draining basket is inserted on the inner wall of the box body, and after the oil draining basket is blocked after long-term use, the oil draining basket can be taken out to be cleaned, so that the oil draining basket is repeatedly used; when the oil draining net basket is damaged, an operator can take out the oil draining net basket to repair or replace the oil draining net basket.

Preferably: the improved heat insulation box is characterized in that a sliding rail is arranged at the top of the box body along the length direction of the box body, a sliding block is arranged on one side, close to the box body, of the heat insulation cover, an upright post is arranged on the outer side of the box body, the sliding rail extends out of the outer side of the box body and is supported on the ground through the upright post, and the sliding block is matched with the sliding rail in a sliding mode.

Through the technical scheme, when an operator pushes the heat-insulating cover along the sliding rail, the heat-insulating cover drives the sliding block to move along the sliding rail. The operator need not to mention the heat preservation lid, only needs to carry out the push-and-pull operation along the slide rail and can open the heat preservation lid, can be more laborsaving. When the heat preservation cover slides to the slide rail positioned on the outer side of the box body, the support of the upright post to the slide rail disperses the force born by the slide rail, so that the support of the slide rail to the heat preservation cover is more stable.

Preferably: the heat preservation cover comprises a first split body and a second split body, the first split body and the second split body are correspondingly spliced and attached, and magnetic strips are arranged on the edge of one side, opposite to the second split body, of the first split body and the edge of one side, opposite to the second split body, of the second split body, and the magnetic strips attract each other.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, when the operator opened the heat preservation lid, promote first components of a whole that can function independently and second components of a whole that can function independently simultaneously to both sides, make the operation more convenient. Through the arrangement of the magnetic strips, the first split body and the second split body can be fixedly attracted when being close to and attached to each other, the relative sealing of the interior of the box body is kept, and the possibility that dust enters the box body from a gap between the first split body and the second split body is reduced.

Preferably: be equipped with the stop gear who is used for restricting the removal of first components of a whole that can function independently on the box, stop gear includes the spacing subassembly that fixed block and restriction fixed block removed, the fixed block is fixed in the outside of first components of a whole that can function independently, spacing subassembly sets firmly on the box, spacing subassembly includes pole setting, spring and pin, the pole setting slope sets up, and with box fixed connection, rotate between pin and the pole setting and be connected, spring one end and box fixed connection, the other end with the one end fixed connection of box is kept away from to the pin, the second components of a whole that can function independently is the same with the spacing mode of first components of a whole that can function independently.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, when the heat preservation lid was opened, the fixed block of locating the heat preservation lid both sides was slided along with first components of a whole that can function independently and second components of a whole that can function independently respectively, when the fixed block slided to the slide rail edge, the fixed block was contradicted with the pin for the pin is rotatory round the rotation department between pin and the pole setting, thereby restriction fixed block removes, reduces the heat preservation lid and from the possibility that breaks away from on the slide rail, has played limiting displacement to the heat preservation lid. When the heat preservation cover is closed, the fixed block is separated from the stop lever, and the stop lever is reset around the vertical rod under the traction of the spring.

Preferably: the sliding block and the sliding rail are in interference fit, and sealing strips are arranged on one sides, close to the box body, of the first split bodies and the second split bodies in the width direction.

Through the technical scheme, when the magnetic strips on the first split body and the second split body are attracted, the sliding blocks in interference fit, the sliding rails and the sealing strips enable the seams at the edges of the heat-preservation cover to be tighter, the airtightness inside the box body is improved, and therefore the heat-preservation effect of the heat-preservation cover is favorably enhanced.

Preferably: the external negative pressure air exhaust mechanism that is equipped with of box, the oil-logging basket of netting sets up to the negative pressure screen cloth that uses with the negative pressure air exhaust mechanism cooperation, the negative pressure air exhaust mechanism includes casing and air exhauster, casing and box fixed connection, the vent has been seted up to one side of box, just the outside at the vent is established to the casing cover, air exhauster and shells inner wall fixed connection, the exhaust port department of air exhauster is connected with the blast pipe, the outside to the casing is worn to establish by the blast pipe.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, the operator places food on the negative pressure screen cloth, closes the heat preservation lid, then opens the negative pressure air exhaust mechanism, makes the air exhauster bleed to the box in through the vent. At the moment, because the negative pressure screen cloth obstructs the air flow, negative pressure is formed in the cavity, oil carried on the surface of the food flows down at an accelerated speed under the action of the negative pressure in the cavity below, and the oil draining efficiency is improved.

Preferably: the negative pressure air exhaust mechanism further comprises a filter plate, the filter plate is fixedly connected to the box body, the vent is blocked by the filter plate, an exhaust pipe is connected to one side of the box body, which is far away from the shell, at the vent, and the exhaust pipe extends into the cavity and is provided with a downward opening.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, when negative pressure air exhaust mechanism bled, the oil that drops falls into the cavity under the negative pressure effect. The opening of the exhaust pipe is arranged downwards, so that the possibility that the drained oil enters the shell through the exhaust pipe is reduced; simultaneously, the setting of filter plate can block the oil that gets into in the intake pipe, has further reduced the negative pressure and has bled the possibility that the mechanism will drop oil suction casing in.

In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

1. when carrying out the oil logging when taking oily food under the low temperature weather, can heat the air in the cavity through the heat preservation subassembly in the heat preservation lid, reduced because of the lower possibility that leads to the oil cooling on the food to solidify of temperature, improved oil logging efficiency.

2. Through the arrangement of the negative pressure air exhaust mechanism and the negative pressure screen, negative pressure is formed in the cavity, so that oil on food is drained under the action of the negative pressure in an accelerating manner, and the oil draining efficiency is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the internal structure of an oil dripping device for food processing according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the overall structure of an oil dripping device for food processing according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a state in which the fixing block and the limiting component abut against for limiting according to an embodiment of the application.

Reference numerals: 1. a box body; 2. a heat preservation cover; 21. a first split body; 22. a second body; 3. a slide rail; 4. a slider; 5. a column; 6. a limiting mechanism; 61. a fixed block; 611. a support plate; 612. a baffle plate; 62. a limiting component; 621. erecting a rod; 622. a stop lever; 623. a spring; 7. a magnetic strip; 8. a sealing strip; 9. a collection mechanism; 91. a tray; 92. a valve; 93. a conduit; 10. a negative pressure screen; 101. an annular groove; 102. an annular projection; 11. a cavity; 12. an electric heating block; 13. a negative pressure air extraction mechanism; 131. a housing; 132. an exhaust fan; 1321. an exhaust pipe; 133. an air exhaust pipe; 134. filtering the plate; 14. and a vent.

Detailed Description

The present application is described in further detail below with reference to figures 1-4.

The embodiment of the application discloses oil dropping device for food processing. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the oil dropping device for food processing comprises a box body 1, an oil dropping basket arranged on the box body 1, a heat preservation cover 2 buckled at the top of the box body 1, a negative pressure air exhaust mechanism 13 arranged outside the box body 1 and a collecting mechanism 9 fixedly connected below the oil dropping basket. The oil draining basket is arranged as a negative pressure screen 10, the box body 1 is supported on the ground, the negative pressure screen 10 is arranged on the box body 1, and food is placed on the negative pressure screen 10 for oil draining. One side of the heat preservation cover 2 close to the negative pressure screen mesh 10 is provided with a heat preservation component for preserving and heating the air in the box body 1, and the heat preservation component is an electric heating block 12. The negative pressure air exhaust mechanism 13 is used for accelerating the oil draining efficiency, and the collecting mechanism 9 is used for collecting oil drained from food through the negative pressure screen 10.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the inner wall of the box body 1 is provided with an annular protrusion 102, the negative pressure screen 10 is provided with an annular groove 101 along the periphery downwards, and the negative pressure screen 10 is matched with the annular protrusion 102 through the annular groove 101 so as to be inserted into the inner wall of the box body 1. The heat preservation cover 2 comprises a first split body 21 and a second split body 22, and the first split body 21 and the second split body 22 are correspondingly spliced and attached. The magnetic strips 7 which are mutually attracted are arranged on the edges of the opposite sides of the first split body 21 and the second split body 22, and the sealing strips 8 are arranged on the sides of the first split body 21 and the second split body 22 close to the box body 1 respectively along the width direction. The outside of the box body 1 is provided with a stand column 5, the top of the box body 1 is fixedly connected with a slide rail 3 extending out of the outside of the box body 1 along the length direction, and the part of the slide rail 3 extending out of the box body 1 is fixedly connected with the top end of the stand column 5. The first split body 21 and the second split body 22 are respectively provided with a sliding block 4 at one side close to the box body 1, and the sliding blocks 4 are in interference fit with the sliding rails 3.

Referring to fig. 4, before oil draining is started, an operator pushes the first and second sub-bodies 21 and 22 in opposite directions along the slide rail 3, so that the first and second sub-bodies 21 and 22 are away from each other and each drives the respective fixing block 61 to slide. After the first and second sub-bodies 21 and 22 are separated, the operator puts the food with oil on the negative pressure screen 10, at this time, the electric heating block 12 is electrified and heats the air in the box body 1, so that the air keeps a certain temperature, and the possibility that the oil on the food is cooled and solidified due to low temperature, and the fluidity is poor, and the oil leaching effect is poor is reduced. The box body 1 is provided with a limiting mechanism 6, and when the first split body 21 and the second split body 22 slide to the end of the slide rail 3, the limiting mechanism 6 limits the first split body 21 and the second split body 22.

Referring to fig. 4, the limiting mechanism 6 includes a fixing block 61 and a limiting assembly 62. The outer sides of the first and

second split bodies

21 and 22 are fixedly connected with fixing blocks 61, each fixing block 61 includes a supporting plate 611 and a baffle 612 which are perpendicular to each other, the supporting plate 611 is horizontally arranged below the baffle 612, and the supporting plate 611 and the baffle 612 are integrally formed. The limiting component 62 comprises a vertical rod 621, a spring 623 and a stop lever 622, the vertical rod 621 is fixedly connected to the top end of the box body 1 and is arranged obliquely towards the fixing block 61, and the stop lever 622 is rotatably connected to one end, far away from the box body 1, of the vertical rod 621. One end of the spring 623 is fixedly connected with the box body 1, and the other end of the spring 623 is fixedly connected with one end of the stop lever 622 far away from the box body 1.

Referring to fig. 4, when the first and second sub-bodies 21 and 22 slide to the end of the slide rail 3, the supporting plate 611 touches one end of the blocking rod 622 close to the box 1, and the blocking rod 622 rotates around the rotation connection point until the blocking rod 622 rotates to the horizontal position, and one side of the blocking rod 622 close to the box 1 abuts against the supporting plate 611. At this time, the baffle 612 continues to slide along the original sliding direction until the baffle 612 contacts the stop lever 622, and at this time, the baffle 612 and the upright 621 are abutted against one end of the box body 1, so as to limit the first and second sub-bodies 21 and 22. At this time, the food with oil is already placed on the negative pressure screen 10, and then the operator slides the first and second sub-bodies 21 and 22 along the slide rail 3 to make them approach to each other, and at the same time, the fixing block 61 moves away from the limiting assembly 62 along with the first and second sub-bodies 21 and 22, and the stop lever 622 is reset under the traction of the spring 623. The first sub-body 21 and the second sub-body 22 continuously slide until the first sub-body 21 and the second sub-body 22 approach each other, and are fixed and attracted by the magnetic strip 7 to fix the first sub-body 21 and the second sub-body 22. At this time, the sealing strips 8 respectively arranged on the first split body 21 and the second split body 22 are also attached to the box body 1, the sliding rails 3 and the sliding blocks 4 are in interference fit, the box body 1 is sealed, and negative pressure air extraction operation can be performed.

Referring to fig. 2, the negative pressure suction mechanism 13 includes a housing 131, a filter plate 134, and a suction fan 132. The housing 131 is fixedly connected with the box body 1, and the exhaust fan 132 and the filter plate 134 are arranged in the housing 131. The exhaust fan 132 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the housing 131, an exhaust pipe 1321 is connected to an exhaust port of the exhaust fan 132, and the exhaust pipe 1321 penetrates the outer side of the housing 131. The side wall of the box body 1 is provided with a vent 14, and the filter plate 134 is fixedly connected to the box body 1 and blocks the vent 14. An exhaust pipe 133 is connected to the side of the box 1 facing away from the housing 131 at the vent 14, and the exhaust pipe 133 extends into the cavity 11 and is opened downward.

Referring to fig. 2, after the housing 1 is closed, the operator activates the vacuum pumping mechanism to pump the cavity 11 into a negative pressure state by the suction fan 132, and the oil carried on the food starts to be separated from the food under the filtration of the negative pressure screen 10 and drips through the negative pressure screen 10. The air exhaust pipe 133 with the downward opening can primarily obstruct the drained oil, and the possibility that the drained oil is pumped away by the negative pressure air exhaust mechanism 13 is reduced. The filter sheet 134 blocks oil droplets drawn into the suction pipe 133, further reducing the possibility that the negative pressure suction mechanism 13 will draw the drained oil into the casing 131.

Referring to fig. 2, the collecting mechanism 9 includes a tray 91, a valve 92 for closing the collecting mechanism 9, and a conduit 93 for discharging oil, the tray 91 is disposed on a side of the negative pressure screen 10 away from the thermal insulation cover 2, and is fixedly connected to an inner wall of the box 1. Form cavity 11 between tray 91 and the negative pressure screen cloth 10, the discharge port has been seted up to tray 91 bottom, and pipe 93 one end is connected in the one side that tray 91 deviates from the oil drain basket, and the other end passes box 1 and stretches the box 1 outside, and valve 92 sets up in the one end that pipe 93 stretches out the box 1 outside. During draining, valve 92 remains closed. Under the action of the negative pressure air exhaust mechanism 13 and the negative pressure screen 10, oil carried by the food drops onto the tray 91 through the negative pressure screen 10 and is collected by the tray 91. After the oil is drained, the negative pressure air exhaust mechanism 13 and the electric heating 12 block stop working, the operator pushes the first split body 21 and the second split body 22 along the slide rail 3 in opposite directions simultaneously again, so that the first split body 21 and the second split body 22 are far away from each other, and then the food on the negative pressure screen is taken out. When the tray 91 is about to be filled, the operator opens the valve 92 and discharges the collected oil out of the tank 1 along the conduit 93.

The implementation principle of the oil leaching device for food processing in the embodiment of the application is as follows: before oil draining, an operator closes the valve 92, pushes the first and

second split bodies

21 and 22 along the slide rail 3, so that the first and

second split bodies

21 and 22 are separated from each other, and limits the first and

second split bodies

21 and 22 through the limiting mechanism 6. Then, the operator rests the oil-containing food on the negative pressure screen 10, and pushes the first and second divided

bodies

21 and 22 along the slide rail 3, so that the first and second divided

bodies

21 and 22 are combined. Then, the electric heating block 12 is energized, and heats the air in the cabinet 1. At the same time, the operator activates the negative pressure suction mechanism 13, and the suction fan 132 generates negative pressure in the cavity 11 by suction. Under the action of the negative pressure, the oil carried on the surface of the food is separated from the food and drops through the negative pressure screen 10 into the tray 91. After the oil of the food is drained, the negative pressure air exhaust mechanism 13 and the electric heating 12 stop working, the operator pushes the first split body 21 and the second split body 22 along the slide rail 3 again, so that the first split body 21 and the second split body 22 are separated from each other, and then the food drained is taken out. When the tray 91 is about to be filled, the operator opens the valve 92 to discharge the collected oil to the outside of the tank 1.

The present embodiment is only for explaining the present application, and it is not limited to the present application, and those skilled in the art can make modifications of the present embodiment without inventive contribution as needed after reading the present specification, but all of them are protected by patent law within the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a food processing is with oil logging device which characterized in that: the oil draining net basket comprises a box body (1), an oil draining net basket body, a heat preservation cover (2) and a collecting mechanism (9), wherein net holes are densely distributed in the oil draining net basket body, the box body (1) is used for being supported on the ground, the oil draining net basket body is movably arranged on the box body (1), the heat preservation cover (2) is arranged at the top of the box body (1), one side, close to the oil draining net basket body, of the heat preservation cover (2) is fixedly connected with a heat preservation assembly, the heat preservation assembly comprises an electric heating block (12), the collecting mechanism (9) is fixedly connected below the oil draining net basket body, the collecting mechanism (9) comprises a tray (91), a guide pipe (93) and a valve (92), the tray (91) is arranged on one side, far away from the heat preservation cover (2), of the oil draining net basket body and is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the box body (1), a cavity (11) is formed between the tray (91) and the oil draining net basket body, one end of the guide pipe (93) is connected to one side, far away from the oil draining net basket body (91), the other end of the valve penetrates through the box body (1) and extends to the outer side of the box body (1), and the valve (92) is arranged at one end, extending out of the box body (1), of the guide pipe (93).

2. The oil dripping device for food processing according to claim 1, wherein the side of the box body (1) facing the oil dripping basket is provided with an annular protrusion (102), the side of the oil dripping basket facing the box body (1) is provided with an annular groove (101) along the edge, and the annular protrusion (102) is in inserted fit with the annular groove (101).

3. The oil dripping device for food processing according to claim 1, wherein: the improved box is characterized in that a sliding rail (3) is arranged at the top of the box body (1) along the length direction of the box body (1), a sliding block (4) is arranged on one side, close to the box body (1), of the heat-insulating cover (2), an upright post (5) is arranged on the outer side of the box body (1), the sliding rail (3) extends out of the outer side of the box body (1) and is supported on the ground through the upright post (5), and the sliding block (4) is matched with the sliding rail (3) in a sliding mode.

4. The oil draining device for food processing according to claim 1 or 3, wherein: the heat preservation cover (2) comprises a first split body (21) and a second split body (22), the first split body (21) and the second split body (22) are correspondingly spliced and attached, and magnetic strips (7) are arranged on the edge of one side, opposite to the first split body (21) and the second split body (22), of the first split body and the second split body respectively, and the magnetic strips (7) are attracted with each other.

5. The oil dripping device for food processing according to claim 4, wherein: a limiting mechanism (6) for limiting the movement of the first split body (21) is arranged on the box body (1), the limiting mechanism (6) comprises a fixed block (61) and a limiting component (62) for limiting the fixed block (61) to move, the fixed block (61) is fixed at the outer side of the first split body (21), the limiting component (62) is fixedly arranged on the box body (1), the limiting component (62) comprises an upright rod (621), a spring (623) and a stop lever (622), the upright rod (621) is obliquely arranged, and is fixedly connected with the box body (1), the stop lever (622) is rotationally connected with the upright stanchion (621), one end of the spring (623) is fixedly connected with the box body (1), the other end of the spring is fixedly connected with one end of the stop lever (622) far away from the box body (1), the second sub-body (22) and the first sub-body (21) have the same limiting mode.

6. The oil dripping device for food processing according to claim 4, wherein: and sealing strips (8) are arranged on one sides of the first split body (21) and the second split body (22) close to the box body (1) along the width direction.

7. The oil dripping device for food processing according to claim 6, wherein: box (1) is equipped with negative pressure air exhaust mechanism (13) outward, the oil leaching basket of netting sets up negative pressure screen cloth (10) for using with negative pressure air exhaust mechanism (13) cooperation, negative pressure air exhaust mechanism (13) are including casing (131) and air exhauster (132), casing (131) and box (1) fixed connection, vent (14) have been seted up to one side of box (1), just the outside at vent (14) is established to casing (131) cover, air exhauster (132) and casing (131) inner wall fixed connection, the exhaust port department of air exhauster (132) is connected with blast pipe (1321), the outside to casing (131) is worn to establish in blast pipe (1321).

8. The oil dripping device for food processing according to claim 7, wherein: negative pressure air exhaust mechanism (13) still include filter plate (134), filter plate (134) fixed connection is on box (1), vent (14) shutoff is blocked in filter plate (134), one side that box (1) deviates from casing (131) is connected with exhaust tube (133) in vent (14) department, exhaust tube (133) stretch into in cavity (11) and the opening sets up downwards.