CN213791423U - Agitating unit is used in food detection sample preliminary treatment - Google Patents

Agitating unit is used in food detection sample preliminary treatment Download PDF

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CN213791423U
CN213791423U CN202022794136.8U CN202022794136U CN213791423U CN 213791423 U CN213791423 U CN 213791423U CN 202022794136 U CN202022794136 U CN 202022794136U CN 213791423 U CN213791423 U CN 213791423U
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A stirring device for preprocessing a food detection sample comprises a base, wherein the upper ends of a first support and a second support are respectively and fixedly connected with a crushing box and a stirring box, the left end of a rotating shaft is connected with a driving assembly, a filter screen and a guide plate are arranged in the crushing box, the upper end of the stirring box is provided with a cover plate, the right end of the rotating shaft is connected with a transmission assembly, and the lower end of a traction rope is connected with a stirring assembly; drive both sides crushing roller through drive assembly and carry out the breakage to food sample, not only can improve the effect of follow-up food stirring, still avoid causing the damage to equipment simultaneously, can sieve food sample through the filter screen, the accuracy to food testing result has been improved, stirring paddle leaf reciprocating up-and-down motion has been realized through drive assembly, thereby the stirring mixed effect to food material has been improved, can further improve the accuracy that detects food, this device can clear up stirring paddle leaf, also can clear up the agitator tank is inside simultaneously, be favorable to follow-up stirring to other food samples and detect.

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Agitating unit is used in food detection sample preliminary treatment
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a food detection equipment technical field specifically is a food detects agitating unit for sample pretreatment.
Background
The food refers to various finished products and raw materials for people to eat or drink and the products which are both food and traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to the tradition, but do not include the products for treating. Food detection is an important operation means for judging whether the quality and the sanitation of food meet the qualified standards, and the food detection is to inspect the quality of food raw materials, auxiliary materials, semi-finished products, finished products and byproducts according to the international and national food sanitation safety standards so as to ensure the qualified quality of the products. The food inspection contents comprise sensory detection of food, detection of nutrient components, additives and harmful substances in the food and the like. In order to grasp the food hygiene condition or find whether the food has harmful components, the food is generally sampled and detected by a sampling device. In the process of food detection, food raw materials are often required to be uniformly stirred, and then a stirred sample is extracted for detection.
At present, food is generally stirred by manually holding a stirrer by hands, so that the labor intensity is high, the stirring efficiency is low and the stirring effect is poor; the food raw materials usually contain massive particles, and the massive particles are directly stirred, so that the food stirring effect is poor, the detection result is influenced, meanwhile, the stirring equipment is easy to damage, and the cost is increased; at present, when food is stirred, food is not screened, and all food raw materials are directly stirred, so that the stirring effect of the food is poor, and the accuracy of food detection is further influenced.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a food detects agitating unit for sample pretreatment to solve the problem that appears in the above-mentioned background art.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:
a stirring device for pretreating food detection samples comprises a base, wherein a first support and a second support are fixedly connected to the upper end of the base, a crushing box and a stirring box are fixedly connected to the upper ends of the first support and the second support respectively, two rotating shafts are rotatably connected to the left wall and the right wall of the crushing box, crushing rollers are fixedly connected to the outer walls of the rotating shafts, a driving assembly is connected to the left end of the rotating shaft, a filter screen and a guide plate are arranged inside the crushing box, a feed hopper is communicated to the upper wall of the crushing box, a connecting pipe is communicated between the right wall of the crushing box and the left wall of the stirring box, a cover plate is mounted at the upper end of the stirring box, two support rods are fixedly connected to the upper end of the cover plate, a rotating rod is rotatably connected between the support rods at two sides, a transmission assembly is connected to the right end of the rotating rod, two reels are fixedly connected to, the lower wall of the stirring box is communicated with a discharge pipe.
Preferably, a food detection sample agitating unit for preliminary treatment, drive assembly includes first spur gear, first spur gear rigid coupling in pivot left end, both sides first spur gear intermeshing transmission, front side pivot left side still rigid coupling has the second spur gear, broken case left wall is provided with first motor, first motor output rigid coupling has the third spur gear, third spur gear and second spur gear meshing transmission.
Preferably, a food detection sample agitating unit for preliminary treatment, drive assembly includes the backup pad, the backup pad rigid coupling is in right side branch right-hand member, the backup pad upper end is provided with the second motor, second motor output rigid coupling has incomplete gear, bull stick right-hand member rigid coupling has the fourth straight-tooth gear, incomplete gear and the transmission of fourth straight-tooth gear intermittent type nature meshing.
Preferably, a food detects agitating unit for sample pretreatment, the stirring subassembly includes the connecting plate, the connecting plate rigid coupling is in the haulage rope lower extreme, be provided with the spring between connecting plate and the apron, the connecting plate upper end is provided with the third motor, the connecting plate middle part is rotated and is connected with the (mixing) shaft, (mixing) shaft upper end rigid coupling in third motor output, the apron is run through in the activity of (mixing) shaft lower extreme, (mixing) shaft downside outer wall rigid coupling has a plurality of stirring paddle leaf.
Preferably, a food detects agitating unit for sample preliminary treatment, the equal rigid coupling of lateral wall has the fixed plate about the agitator tank, through connection has fastening bolt between fixed plate and the apron, fastening bolt's downside spiro union has fixation nut.
Preferably, a food detects agitating unit for sample preliminary treatment, broken bottom of the case portion left end articulates there is the clearance door, install the hasp between clearance door upper end and the broken case left wall.
The utility model has the advantages that:
1. the utility model has the advantages of reasonable design, first motor passes through third straight-teeth gear, second straight-teeth gear, pivot and the cooperation of first straight-teeth gear, drives both sides crushing roller and carries out the breakage to the food sample, can prevent to contain massive food granule in the food raw and other materials, not only can improve the effect of follow-up food stirring, still avoids causing the damage to equipment simultaneously, and the practicality is high.
2. Can sieve food sample through the filter screen, avoid not equidimension food granule to mix the stirring together, not only can improve follow-up food stirring and mix the effect, improved the accuracy to food testing result moreover.
3. Start the third motor and drive stirring paddle leaf and rotate and stir food sample, start the second motor simultaneously and through incomplete gear, fourth straight-teeth gear, bull stick, reel, haulage rope, connecting plate and spring cooperation, realized stirring paddle leaf reciprocating up-and-down motion to improve the stirring mixed effect to food material, can further improve the accuracy that detects food.
4. Through twisting off fixation nut, extract fastening bolt, can separate fixed plate and apron, take out the apron and can clear up stirring paddle leaf, also can be favorable to the follow-up stirring to other food samples to detect simultaneously to the inside clearance of agitator tank, improved the accuracy that detects.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used for describing the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a local top view of the crushing box of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the transmission assembly of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the stirring assembly of the present invention.
In the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:
1-base, 2-first prop, 3-second prop, 4-crushing box, 5-stirring box, 6-rotating shaft, 7-crushing roller, 8-driving component, 801-first straight gear, 802-second straight gear, 803-first motor, 804-third straight gear, 9-filter screen, 10-feed hopper, 11-connecting pipe, 12-cover plate, 13-supporting rod, 14-rotating rod, 15-transmission component, 1501-supporting plate, 1502-second motor, 1503-incomplete gear, 1504-fourth straight gear, 16-reel, 17-hauling rope, 18-stirring component, 1801-connecting plate, 1802-spring, 1803-third motor, 1804-stirring shaft, 1805-stirring blade, 19-a discharge pipe, 20-a fixing plate, 21-a fastening bolt, 22-a fixing nut, 23-a cleaning door and 24-a guide plate.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the present embodiment is a stirring device for preprocessing food detection samples, comprising a base 1, a first pillar 2 and a second pillar 3 fixedly connected to the upper end of the base 1, a crushing box 4 and a stirring box 5 respectively fixedly connected to the upper ends of the first pillar 2 and the second pillar 3, two rotating shafts 6 rotatably connected to the left and right walls of the crushing box 4, crushing rollers 7 fixedly connected to the outer walls of the rotating shafts 6, a driving assembly 8 connected to the left end of the rotating shafts 6, a filter screen 9 and a guide plate 24 arranged inside the crushing box 4, a feeding hopper 10 connected to the upper wall of the crushing box 4, a connecting pipe 11 connected between the right wall of the crushing box 4 and the left wall of the stirring box 5, a cover plate 12 mounted to the upper end of the stirring box 5, two supporting rods 13 fixedly connected to the upper end of the cover plate 12, a rotating rod 14 rotatably connected between the supporting rods 13, a transmission assembly 15 connected to the right end of the rotating rod 14, two reels 16 fixedly connected to the outside the rotating rod 14, a traction rope 17 is wound on the winding wheel 16, the lower end of the traction rope 17 is connected with a stirring assembly 18, and the lower wall of the stirring box 5 is communicated with a discharge pipe 19.
The driving assembly 8 comprises a first straight gear 801, the first straight gear 801 is fixedly connected to the left end of the rotating shaft 6, the first straight gears 801 on the two sides are in meshed transmission, a second straight gear 802 is further fixedly connected to the left side of the rotating shaft 6 on the front side, a first motor 803 is arranged on the left wall of the crushing box 4, a third straight gear 804 is fixedly connected to the output end of the first motor 803, and the third straight gear 804 is in meshed transmission with the second straight gear 802.
The transmission assembly 15 comprises a supporting plate 1501, the supporting plate 1501 is fixedly connected to the right end of the right side supporting rod 13, a second motor 1502 is arranged at the upper end of the supporting plate 1501, an incomplete gear 1503 is fixedly connected to the output end of the second motor 1502, a fourth straight gear 1504 is fixedly connected to the right end of the rotary rod 14, and the incomplete gear 1503 and the fourth straight gear 1504 are in intermittent meshing transmission.
Stirring subassembly 18 includes connecting plate 1801, and connecting plate 1801 rigid coupling is provided with spring 1802 between connecting plate 1801 and the apron 12 in the lower extreme of haulage rope 17, and connecting plate 1801 upper end is provided with third motor 1803, and the middle part of connecting plate 1801 rotates and is connected with (mixing) shaft 1804, and (mixing) shaft 1804 upper end rigid coupling is in the output of third motor 1803, and the apron 12 is run through in the activity of (mixing) shaft 1804 lower extreme, and the outer wall rigid coupling of (mixing) shaft 1804 downside has a plurality of stirring paddle leaf 1805.
The left side wall and the right side wall of the stirring box 5 are fixedly connected with fixing plates 20, fastening bolts 21 penetrate between the fixing plates 20 and the cover plate 12, and fixing nuts 22 are screwed on the lower sides of the fastening bolts 21; after the stirring finishes or uses one section time, through twisting off fixation nut 22, extract fastening bolt 21, can separate fixed plate 20 and apron 12, take out apron 12 and can clear up stirring paddle leaf 1805, also can be to the inside clearance of agitator tank 5 simultaneously, be favorable to follow-up stirring other food samples to detect, improved the accuracy that detects.
Broken 4 bottom left ends of case are articulated to have clearance door 23, install the hasp between clearance door 23 upper end and the broken 4 left walls of case, open the hasp and can open clearance door 23 to can clear up the food granule of broken 4 bottom of case and handle and recycle.
The utility model discloses a theory of operation does:
when using this device, at first will wait to detect food sample and drop into between two crushing rollers 7 in broken case 4 through feeder hopper 10, first motor 803 drives third spur gear 804 and rotates, it rotates to drive front side pivot 6 through second spur gear 802, the first straight gear 801 intermeshing cooperation of rethread both sides drives the first straight gear 801 reversal of rear side, and then drive both sides crushing roller 7 inwards rotates in opposite directions, carry out the breakage to food sample through crushing roller 7, can prevent to contain bold food granule in the food raw and other materials, not only can improve the effect of follow-up food stirring, still avoid causing the damage to equipment simultaneously, the practicality is high.
Then food after the breakage falls on filter screen 9, the great food granule that does not reach the requirement can fall broken case 4 bottom along filter screen 9, clearance door 23 is opened to follow-up accessible takes out the clearance or recycles, the food raw material granule that reaches the granule size requirement can pass filter screen 9 and fall on baffle 24, rethread connecting pipe 11 enters into agitator tank 5, can sieve through filter screen 9, the food granule of equidimension not has been avoided mixing together, not only can improve follow-up food stirring and mixing effect, and the accuracy to food testing result has been improved.
Start third motor 1803 and drive (mixing) shaft 1804 and stirring paddle leaf 1805 and rotate, stir food sample through stirring paddle leaf 1805, start second motor 1502 simultaneously and drive incomplete gear 1503 and rotate, incomplete gear 1503 intermittent type nature drives fourth spur gear 1504 and rotates, fourth spur gear 1504 drives bull stick 14 and two reel 16 rotations, and then intermittent type nature is taut with relax, it rises and extension spring 1802 to drive connecting plate 1801 when haulage rope 17 is taut, and then drive (mixing) shaft 1804 and stirring paddle leaf 1805 and rise, when haulage rope 17 is when the pine, through the effect of spring 1802 resilience force and gravity, stirring shaft 1804 and stirring paddle leaf 1805 descend once more, thereby stirring paddle leaf 1805 reciprocating up-and-down motion has been realized, thereby the stirring mixed effect to food material has been improved, can further improve the accuracy that detects food.
The electrical components are externally connected with a power supply, and the control mode is common knowledge, so that the detailed description is omitted in the specification.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the invention is not restricted to details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Although the present description is described in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment includes only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should be able to integrate the description as a whole, and the embodiments can be appropriately combined to form other embodiments as will be understood by those skilled in the art.

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1. The utility model provides a food detection sample agitating unit for preliminary treatment, includes base (1), its characterized in that: the upper end of the base (1) is fixedly connected with a first support column (2) and a second support column (3), the upper ends of the first support column (2) and the second support column (3) are respectively and fixedly connected with a crushing box (4) and an agitating box (5), the left wall and the right wall of the crushing box (4) are rotatably connected with two rotating shafts (6), the outer wall of each rotating shaft (6) is fixedly connected with a crushing roller (7), the left end of each rotating shaft (6) is connected with a driving assembly (8), a filter screen (9) and a guide plate (24) are arranged inside the crushing box (4), the upper wall of the crushing box (4) is communicated with a feed hopper (10), a connecting pipe (11) is communicated between the right wall of the crushing box (4) and the left wall of the agitating box (5), an cover plate (12) is installed at the upper end of the agitating box (5), two support rods (13) are fixedly connected with the upper end of the cover plate (12), and rotating rods (14) are rotatably connected between the support rods (13), the utility model discloses a stirring device, including bull stick (14), bull stick (14) right-hand member is connected with drive assembly (15), the outside rigid coupling of bull stick (14) has two reels (16), the winding has haulage rope (17) on reel (16), haulage rope (17) lower extreme is connected with stirring subassembly (18), agitator tank (5) lower wall intercommunication has discharging pipe (19).
2. The stirring device for food detection sample pretreatment according to claim 1, wherein the stirring device comprises: drive assembly (8) are including first spur gear (801), first spur gear (801) rigid coupling is in pivot (6) left end, both sides first spur gear (801) intermeshing transmission, the front side pivot (6) left side still rigid coupling has second spur gear (802), broken case (4) left side wall is provided with first motor (803), first motor (803) output rigid coupling has third spur gear (804), third spur gear (804) and second spur gear (802) meshing transmission.
3. The stirring device for food detection sample pretreatment according to claim 1, wherein the stirring device comprises: drive assembly (15) include backup pad (1501), backup pad (1501) rigid coupling in right side branch (13) right-hand member, backup pad (1501) upper end is provided with second motor (1502), second motor (1502) output rigid coupling has incomplete gear (1503), bull stick (14) right-hand member rigid coupling has fourth spur gear (1504), incomplete gear (1503) and fourth spur gear (1504) intermittent type meshing transmission.
4. The stirring device for food detection sample pretreatment according to claim 1, wherein the stirring device comprises: stirring subassembly (18) are including connecting plate (1801), connecting plate (1801) rigid coupling is in haulage rope (17) lower extreme, be provided with spring (1802) between connecting plate (1801) and apron (12), connecting plate (1801) upper end is provided with third motor (1803), connecting plate (1801) middle part is rotated and is connected with (mixing) shaft (1804), (mixing) shaft (1804) upper end rigid coupling is in third motor (1803) output, apron (12) is run through in the activity of (mixing) shaft (1804) lower extreme, (mixing) shaft (1804) downside outer wall rigid coupling has a plurality of stirring paddle leaf (1805).
5. The stirring device for food detection sample pretreatment according to claim 1, wherein the stirring device comprises: the equal rigid coupling of lateral wall has fixed plate (20) about agitator tank (5), through connection has fastening bolt (21) between fixed plate (20) and apron (12), the downside spiro union of fastening bolt (21) has fixation nut (22).
6. The stirring device for food detection sample pretreatment according to claim 1, wherein the stirring device comprises: broken case (4) bottom left end articulates there is clearance door (23), install the hasp between clearance door (23) upper end and broken case (4) left wall.
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