CN216308444U - Warm air type down feather drying equipment - Google Patents

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CN216308444U
CN216308444U CN202122869212.1U CN202122869212U CN216308444U CN 216308444 U CN216308444 U CN 216308444U CN 202122869212 U CN202122869212 U CN 202122869212U CN 216308444 U CN216308444 U CN 216308444U
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The utility model discloses warm air type down feather drying equipment which comprises a fixed cylinder, a dehydration unit and a warm air unit, wherein the fixed cylinder is arranged on the fixed cylinder; two ends of the bottom of the fixed cylinder are fixedly connected with two supporting legs respectively, a water outlet is formed in the center of the bottom of the fixed cylinder, and a water outlet nozzle is fixedly connected to the water outlet; the dehydration unit comprises an annular sliding block, a roller barrel body, a roller barrel cover, an activated carbon rod, through holes, a connecting plug and a roller barrel bottom, wherein the annular sliding block is connected in a sliding groove formed in one end in the fixed barrel in a sliding mode, the inner side of the annular sliding block is fixedly connected with one end of the roller barrel body, the roller barrel body is uniformly provided with the through holes, the end part of the other end of the roller barrel body is fixedly connected with the roller barrel bottom, the roller barrel bottom is uniformly provided with the through holes, and the side face of the roller barrel cover is fixedly connected with the connecting plug; can dewater and spin-dry down and discharge water outside the barrel, and the drying efficiency is high.

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Warm air type down feather drying equipment
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of drying equipment, in particular to warm air type down feather drying equipment.
Background
The down grows on the abdomen of the goose and the duck and is in the shape of reed flowers, namely, flaky feathers. As the down feather is an animal protein fiber, ten million triangular tiny air holes are densely distributed on the down feather spherical fiber, the down feather spherical fiber can contract and expand along with the change of air temperature, the temperature adjusting function is generated, the hot air emitted and flowing by a human body can be absorbed, and the invasion of external cold air is isolated. China is a major country for producing and consuming down feather, more than one thousand down feather factories are engaged in down feather processing in China according to incomplete statistics, the down feather processing technology approximately comprises degreasing, rinsing, drying and sorting, and the drying is an extremely important link.
The drying equipment provided by the prior art application number 201720822945.0 is characterized in that a plurality of mutually independent heating pipes are arranged in a heat preservation cavity in a heater shell, each heating pipe is respectively provided with an electric heating pipe, the heating pipes are connected with a heat conduction oil cavity of a down drying cylinder wall of a down drying cylinder through a return pipeline and a conveying pipeline, an oil pump is arranged on the return pipeline or the conveying pipeline, and a control switch is arranged on the conveying pipeline; the controller is respectively connected with the control switch, the oil pump and the temperature sensor A arranged on the down drying cylinder.
The down feather drying equipment cannot dewater and dry down feather, and is low in drying efficiency, so that the warm air type down feather drying equipment is provided.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to overcome the defects in the prior art, and provides warm-air down drying equipment which can dehydrate and spin down and discharge water out of a barrel, has high drying efficiency and can effectively solve the problems in the background art.
In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a warm air type down feather drying device comprises a fixed cylinder, a dehydration unit and a warm air unit;
fixing the cylinder: two ends of the bottom of the fixed cylinder are fixedly connected with two supporting legs respectively, a water outlet is formed in the center of the bottom of the fixed cylinder, and a water outlet nozzle is fixedly connected to the water outlet;
a dehydration unit: the automatic cleaning device comprises an annular sliding block, a roller barrel body, a roller barrel cover, an activated carbon rod, a through hole, a connecting plug and a roller barrel bottom, wherein the annular sliding block is connected in a sliding groove formed in one end inside a fixed barrel in a sliding mode, the inner side of the annular sliding block is fixedly connected with one end of the roller barrel body, the through hole is uniformly formed in the roller barrel body, the roller barrel bottom is fixedly connected to the end part of the other end of the roller barrel body, the through hole is uniformly formed in the roller barrel bottom, the connecting plug is fixedly connected to the side face of the roller barrel cover, the connecting plug is in threaded connection with the inner wall of one end of the roller barrel body, the through hole is uniformly formed in the roller barrel cover, and the activated carbon rod is fixedly connected to the center of the side face of the roller barrel cover;
a warm air unit: is arranged on the fixed cylinder.
The effect of a fixed section of thick bamboo is used for supporting fixed cylinder stack shell and warm braw unit, the landing leg is used for supporting a fixed section of thick bamboo, the delivery port is used for going out water, the faucet is used for deriving the water of delivery port, when needs dewater the eiderdown, rotate annular slider, it rotates to drive the cylinder stack shell, the cylinder stack shell drives cylinder cover and cylinder bobbin base and rotates, thereby make the water on the eiderdown discharge from the through-hole, the effect of connecting the stopper is used for connecting cylinder cover and cylinder stack shell, the peculiar smell on the eiderdown, impurity and water can be absorbed to the activated carbon stick.
Furthermore, the dehydration unit also comprises a holding sleeve and a rotating column, the eccentric position on the side surface of the annular sliding block is fixedly connected with the rotating column, and the holding sleeve is sleeved on the rotating column in a rotating manner. The holding sleeve is held by hand to rotate, the rotating column is driven to rotate, and the rotating column drives the annular sliding block to rotate.
Furthermore, the dehydration unit still contains bracing piece and commentaries on classics piece, the side central point at the cylinder bottom puts fixedly connected with commentaries on classics piece, the commentaries on classics piece is put with the central point of bracing piece and is rotated and be connected, the both ends and the fixed section of thick bamboo inner wall fixed connection of bracing piece. The bracing piece is used for supporting fixed commentaries on classics piece, changes the piece and makes the cylinder stack shell more stable when rotating.
Further, the warm air unit includes temperature detect switch two, an air inlet section of thick bamboo, motor dead lever, spiral heating wire, fan leaf and motor, the inside other end fixedly connected with motor dead lever of a fixed section of thick bamboo, the central point of motor dead lever puts the side fixed connection with the motor, the central point of fan leaf puts the output shaft fixed connection with the motor, the other end tip of a fixed section of thick bamboo and the one end fixed connection of an air inlet section of thick bamboo, fixedly connected with temperature detect switch two on the outer wall of an air inlet section of thick bamboo, fixedly connected with spiral heating wire on the inner wall of an air inlet section of thick bamboo, spiral heating wire's input is connected with temperature detect switch two's output electricity, the input of motor is connected with the output electricity of external control switch group. When needs are dried down feather, the temperature control switch II for controlling the spiral heating wires is opened, the external control switch group for controlling the motor is opened, the motor works to drive the fan blades to rotate, so that the fan blades blow air to the roller barrel body, the spiral heating wires heat the air entering the air inlet barrel, so that the fan blades blow warm air to the roller barrel body, and the motor fixing rod is used for fixing the motor.
Furthermore, the warm air unit still contains rice font heat-conducting plate, the inboard fixedly connected with rice font heat-conducting plate of spiral heating wire. The spiral heating wires transfer heat to the heat conducting plates in the shape of a Chinese character 'mi', the contact areas of the heat conducting plates with air are increased, so that the air is heated faster, the air temperature is higher, and the down feather is dried faster.
Furthermore, the warm air unit further comprises a first temperature control switch, a heat insulation plate and a heating plate, the heating plate is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the fixed cylinder, the heat insulation plate is fixedly connected to the heating plate, the first temperature control switch is fixedly connected to the heat insulation plate, and the input end of the heating plate is electrically connected with the output end of the first temperature control switch. Open the temperature detect switch I of control heating plate, thereby the heating plate work produces the heat, and the heat transmits the cylinder stack shell through a fixed section of thick bamboo to heating the eiderdown, making drying efficiency higher, the heat insulating board plays to keep warm and prevents that the people from touching carelessly and being scalded.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: this warm braw type eiderdown drying equipment has following benefit:
1. the dewatering unit arranged in the warm air type down feather drying equipment can dewater down feather, so that the moisture attached to the down feather is reduced, the down feather is dried more easily, and the active carbon rod can absorb peculiar smell, impurities and water on the down feather;
2. the warm air unit arranged in the warm air type down feather drying equipment can heat surrounding air, so that the fan blades blow warm air to the drum body of the drum, the drying of moisture on down feather is accelerated, and the drying efficiency is improved;
3. this warm braw type eiderdown drying equipment can dewater the eiderdown and spin-dry to outside discharging water to the section of thick bamboo, drying efficiency is high.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a right side schematic view of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the upper structure of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the present invention.
In the figure: the device comprises a fixed cylinder 1, supporting legs 2, a water outlet 3, a water outlet nozzle 4, a dehydration unit 5, a ring-shaped sliding block 51, a roller body 52, a roller cover 53, an activated carbon rod 54, a through hole 55, a holding sleeve 56, a rotary column 57, a connecting plug 58, a roller bottom 59, a support rod 510, a rotary block 511, a warm air unit 6, a temperature control switch I61, a heat insulation plate 62, a temperature control switch II 63, an air inlet cylinder 64, a heat conduction plate 65 m-shaped, a motor fixing rod 66, a heating plate 67, a spiral heating wire 68, a fan blade 69 and a motor 610.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the present embodiment provides a technical solution: a warm air type down feather drying device comprises a fixed cylinder 1, a dehydration unit 5 and a warm air unit 6;
a fixed cylinder 1: two ends of the bottom are respectively and fixedly connected with two supporting legs 2, the central position of the bottom of the fixed cylinder 1 is provided with a water outlet 3, and a water outlet nozzle 4 is fixedly connected to the water outlet 3;
a dehydration unit 5: the drum type air conditioner comprises an annular sliding block 51, a drum body 52, a drum cover 53, an activated carbon rod 54, a through hole 55, a connecting plug 58 and a drum bottom 59, wherein the annular sliding block 51 is slidably connected in a sliding groove formed in one end inside a fixed drum 1, the inner side of the annular sliding block 51 is fixedly connected with one end of the drum body 52, the drum body 52 is uniformly provided with the through hole 55, the other end of the drum body 52 is fixedly connected with the drum bottom 59, the drum bottom 59 is uniformly provided with the through hole 55, the side surface of the drum cover 53 is fixedly connected with the connecting plug 58, the connecting plug 58 is in threaded connection with the inner wall of one end of the drum body 52, the drum cover 53 is uniformly provided with the through hole 55, and the activated carbon rod 54 is fixedly connected to the center position of the side surface of the drum cover 53;
the dehydration unit 5 further comprises a holding sleeve 56 and a rotating column 57, the side eccentric position of the annular slide block 51 is fixedly connected with the rotating column 57, and the holding sleeve 56 is rotatably sleeved on the rotating column 57. The grip sleeve 56 is gripped by hand to rotate, the rotary column 57 is driven to rotate, and the rotary column 57 drives the annular slide block 51 to rotate.
The dewatering unit 5 further comprises a support rod 510 and a rotating block 511, the rotating block 511 is fixedly connected to the center of the side surface of the drum bottom 59, the rotating block 511 is rotatably connected to the center of the support rod 510, and two ends of the support rod 510 are fixedly connected to the inner wall of the fixed drum 1. The support rod 510 is used to support the fixed rotary block 511, and the rotary block 511 makes the roller body 52 more stable when rotating.
The warm air unit 6: is mounted on the fixed cylinder 1.
The warm air unit 6 includes temperature detect switch two 63, an air inlet tube 64, a motor fixing rod 66, spiral heating wire 68, fan blade 69 and motor 610, the inside other end fixedly connected with motor fixing rod 66 of a fixed section of thick bamboo 1, the central point of motor fixing rod 66 puts and the side fixed connection of motor 610, the central point of fan blade 69 puts and the output shaft fixed connection of motor 610, the other end tip of a fixed section of thick bamboo 1 and the one end fixed connection of an air inlet tube 64, fixedly connected with temperature detect switch two 63 on the outer wall of an air inlet tube 64, fixedly connected with spiral heating wire 68 on the inner wall of an air inlet tube 64, the input of spiral heating wire 68 is electrically connected with the output of temperature detect switch two 63, the input of motor 610 is electrically connected with the output of external control switch group. When the down feather needs to be blown and dried, the second temperature control switch 63 for controlling the spiral heating wire 68 is turned on, and the external control switch group for controlling the motor 610 is turned on, so that the motor 610 works to drive the fan blade 69 to rotate, thereby blowing air to the roller barrel body 52, the spiral heating wire 68 heats the air entering the air inlet barrel 64, thereby enabling the fan blade 69 to blow warm air to the roller barrel body 52, and the motor fixing rod 66 is used for fixing the motor 610.
The warm air unit 6 further comprises a heat conducting plate 65 shaped like a Chinese character 'mi', and the heat conducting plate 65 shaped like a Chinese character 'mi' is fixedly connected to the inner side of the spiral heating wire 68. The spiral heating wire 68 transfers heat to the heat conducting plate 65 shaped like a Chinese character mi, and the heat conducting plate 65 shaped like a Chinese character mi increases the contact area with air, so that the air is heated faster, the air temperature is higher, and the down quilt is dried faster.
The warm air unit 6 further comprises a first temperature control switch 61, a heat insulation plate 62 and a heating sheet 67, the heating sheet 67 is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the fixed cylinder 1, the heat insulation plate 62 is fixedly connected to the heating sheet 67, the first temperature control switch 61 is fixedly connected to the heat insulation plate 62, and the input end of the heating sheet 67 is electrically connected with the output end of the first temperature control switch 61. The first temperature control switch 61 for controlling the heating sheet 67 is turned on, the heating sheet 67 works to generate heat, and the heat is transmitted to the roller body 52 through the fixed barrel 1, so that down feather is heated, drying efficiency is higher, and the heat insulation plate 62 plays a role in heat insulation and prevents people from being burned due to careless touch.
The effect of a fixed section of thick bamboo 1 is used for supporting fixed cylinder stack shell 52 and warm braw unit 6, landing leg 2 is used for supporting a fixed section of thick bamboo 1, delivery port 3 is used for going out water, faucet 4 is used for deriving the water of delivery port 3, when needs dewater the eiderdown, rotate annular slider 51, it rotates to drive cylinder stack shell 52, cylinder stack shell 52 drives cylinder cover 53 and cylinder bobbin base 59 and rotates, thereby make the water on the eiderdown discharge from through-hole 55, the effect of connecting plug 58 is used for connecting cylinder cover 53 and cylinder stack shell 52, peculiar smell on the eiderdown, impurity and water can be absorbed to activated carbon rod 54.
The working principle of the warm air type down feather drying equipment provided by the utility model is as follows:
when the down feather needs to be dehydrated, the down feather is put into the roller barrel body 52, then the roller barrel cover 53 is screwed on the roller barrel body 52, the holding sleeve 56 is held tightly by hands to rotate, the rotating column 57 is driven to rotate, the rotating column 57 drives the annular slide block 51 to rotate, the annular slide block 51 drives the roller barrel body 52 to rotate, the roller barrel body 52 drives the roller barrel cover 53 and the roller barrel bottom 59 to rotate, so that the water on the down feather is discharged to the fixed barrel 1 from the through hole 55, the water is discharged out of the barrel from the water outlet 3 on the fixed barrel 1, the dehydrated down feather becomes easier to dry, when the down feather needs to be blown with warm air, the temperature control switch II 63 for controlling the spiral heating wire 68 is opened, the external control switch group for controlling the motor 610 is opened, the motor 610 works to drive the fan blade 69 to rotate, so as to blow air to the roller barrel body 52, the spiral heating wire 68 transfers the heat to the heat-conducting plate 65 in a shape like a Chinese character mi, the heat-conducting plate 65 shaped like a Chinese character 'mi' has increased the area of contact with the air to make the air heated faster, make the air temperature higher, thereby make fan blade 69 blow the warm air to cylinder barrel 52, accelerate the drying rate of eiderdown, promote drying efficiency.
It should be noted that the core chip of the external control switch set disclosed in the above embodiments is a PLC single chip, the temperature control switch is a TM22 type temperature control switch of tamei electric appliance ltd, guan, and the motor 610, the spiral heating wire 68, and the heating plate 67 may be freely configured according to practical application scenarios, and it is recommended that the motor 610 is a brushless dc motor, the spiral heating wire 68 is an HRE heating wire of yinxin precision alloy ltd, tay, and the heating plate 67 is a cast aluminum heating plate. The external control switch set controls the operation of the motor 610 using a method commonly used in the art.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a warm braw type eiderdown drying equipment which characterized in that: comprises a fixed cylinder (1), a dehydration unit (5) and a warm air unit (6);
fixed cylinder (1): two supporting legs (2) are fixedly connected to two ends of the bottom of the fixed cylinder (1) respectively, a water outlet (3) is formed in the center of the bottom of the fixed cylinder (1), and a water outlet nozzle (4) is fixedly connected to the water outlet (3);
dehydration unit (5): comprises an annular slide block (51), a roller barrel body (52), a roller barrel cover (53), an activated carbon rod (54), a through hole (55), a connecting plug (58) and a roller barrel bottom (59), wherein the annular slide block (51) is connected in a sliding groove formed in one end inside the fixed barrel (1) in a sliding way, the inner side of the annular slide block (51) is fixedly connected with one end of the roller barrel body (52), the roller barrel body (52) is uniformly provided with the through hole (55), the other end part of the roller barrel body (52) is fixedly connected with the roller barrel bottom (59), the roller barrel bottom (59) is uniformly provided with the through hole (55), the side surface of the roller barrel cover (53) is fixedly connected with the connecting plug (58), the connecting plug (58) is in threaded connection with the inner wall of one end of the roller barrel body (52), the roller barrel cover (53) is uniformly provided with the through hole (55), the center of the side surface of the roller cover (53) is fixedly connected with an activated carbon rod (54);
warm air unit (6): is arranged on the fixed cylinder (1).
2. A warm air type down drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the dehydration unit (5) further comprises a holding sleeve (56) and a rotating column (57), the rotating column (57) is fixedly connected to the eccentric position of the side surface of the annular sliding block (51), and the holding sleeve (56) is sleeved on the rotating column (57) in a rotating mode.
3. A warm air type down drying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: the dehydration unit (5) still contains bracing piece (510) and commentaries on classics piece (511), the side central point of cylinder barrel head (59) puts fixedly connected with commentaries on classics piece (511), the central point of commentaries on classics piece (511) and bracing piece (510) puts to rotate and is connected, the both ends and the fixed section of thick bamboo (1) inner wall fixed connection of bracing piece (510).
4. A warm air type down drying apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: the warm air unit (6) comprises a temperature control switch II (63), an air inlet cylinder (64), a motor fixing rod (66), a spiral heating wire (68), a fan blade (69) and a motor (610), the other end of the inner part of the fixed cylinder (1) is fixedly connected with a motor fixed rod (66), the center position of the motor fixing rod (66) is fixedly connected with the side surface of the motor (610), the central position of the fan blade (69) is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the motor (610), the other end of the fixed cylinder (1) is fixedly connected with one end of the air inlet cylinder (64), a second temperature control switch (63) is fixedly connected on the outer wall of the air inlet cylinder (64), the inner wall of the air inlet cylinder (64) is fixedly connected with a spiral heating wire (68), the input end of the spiral heating wire (68) is electrically connected with the output end of the temperature control switch II (63), and the input end of the motor (610) is electrically connected with the output end of the external control switch group.
5. A warm air type down drying apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: the warm air unit (6) further comprises a heat-conducting plate (65) shaped like a Chinese character 'mi', and the inner side of the spiral heating wires (68) is fixedly connected with the heat-conducting plate (65) shaped like a Chinese character 'mi'.
6. A warm air type down drying apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: the warm air unit (6) further comprises a first temperature control switch (61), a heat insulation plate (62) and a heating plate (67), the heating plate (67) is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the fixed cylinder (1), the heat insulation plate (62) is fixedly connected to the heating plate (67), the first temperature control switch (61) is fixedly connected to the heat insulation plate (62), and the input end of the heating plate (67) is electrically connected with the output end of the first temperature control switch (61).
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