CN218960027U - Disinfection cabinet for food processing - Google Patents

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CN218960027U
CN218960027U CN202223334417.0U CN202223334417U CN218960027U CN 218960027 U CN218960027 U CN 218960027U CN 202223334417 U CN202223334417 U CN 202223334417U CN 218960027 U CN218960027 U CN 218960027U
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The utility model discloses a disinfection cabinet for food processing, which comprises: the disinfection cabinet comprises a disinfection cabinet body, wherein the disinfection cabinet body comprises a fixing plate and a supporting plate, the top of the fixing plate is fixedly connected with a cabinet body, the cabinet body is movably connected with a cabinet door through a hinge, the disinfection assembly comprises a disinfection tank which is arranged below the inner wall of the cabinet body, the inner wall of the disinfection tank is fixedly connected with heating pipes, the number of the heating pipes is four, the right side of the interior of the cabinet body is fixedly connected with ultraviolet disinfection lamps, and the disinfection cabinet also comprises a baffle plate, a supporting plate and an electric hydraulic push rod.

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Disinfection cabinet for food processing
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of disinfection cabinets, in particular to a disinfection cabinet for food processing.
Background
The sterilizing cabinet is a tool for drying, sterilizing, disinfecting, preserving heat and dehumidifying articles such as tableware, towels, clothes, hairdressing tools, medical instruments and the like in ultraviolet rays, far infrared rays, high temperature, ozone and other modes, the appearance of the sterilizing cabinet is generally cabinet-shaped, most of the cabinet body is made of stainless steel, and the panel is made of toughened glass or stainless steel.
However, when in actual use, the ultraviolet disinfection lamp may not thoroughly disinfect food due to shielding during the disinfection of the food in the prior art, and when the cabinet body is taken out of the food, workers are easy to scald due to the high temperature of the disinfected food, water drops are easy to be generated on the inner wall of the cabinet body after pasteurization, water stains are formed after the water drops are dried, cleaning is not easy, and protection plates of most disinfection tanks are fixedly connected and are inconvenient to detach and clean.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide a disinfection cabinet for food processing, which solves the problem that water stains are not cleaned well after water drops on the inner wall of a cabinet body are dried.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: comprising the following steps:
the disinfection cabinet comprises a disinfection cabinet body, wherein the disinfection cabinet body comprises a fixed plate and a supporting plate, the top of the fixed plate is fixedly connected with a cabinet body, and the cabinet body is movably connected with a cabinet door through a hinge;
the disinfection assembly comprises a disinfection tank arranged below the inner wall of the cabinet body, the inner wall of the disinfection tank is fixedly connected with heating pipes, the number of the heating pipes is four, the right side of the interior of the cabinet body is fixedly connected with ultraviolet disinfection lamps, the number of the ultraviolet disinfection lamps is three, and the rear of the inner wall of the cabinet body is fixedly connected with a reflecting plate;
the connecting assembly comprises two sliding grooves formed in the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body, a sliding block is fixedly connected to the right side of the supporting plate and is slidably connected in the sliding grooves, two supporting blocks are fixedly connected to the left side of the inner wall of the cabinet body, and the top of each supporting block is movably connected with the left side of the bottom of the supporting plate;
the protection assembly comprises a protection plate, wherein first magnets are fixedly connected to the lower part of the inner wall of the cabinet body, the number of the first magnets is four, the positions of the first magnets are arranged in a rectangular mode, four second magnets are fixedly connected to the bottom of the protection plate, the positions of the first magnets correspond to the positions of the second magnets, and the first magnets are magnetically connected with the second magnets;
the cooling assembly comprises a baffle plate fixedly connected to the left side and the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body, a plurality of round holes are formed in the top of the baffle plate, an electric hydraulic push rod is fixedly connected to the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body and located above the baffle plate, the output end of the electric hydraulic push rod is fixedly connected with a supporting plate, a plurality of leak holes are formed in the top of the supporting plate, the positions of the leak holes correspond to the positions of the round holes, three through holes are formed in the upper side of the rear side of the cabinet body, a motor is fixedly connected to the inside of the through holes through a fixing frame, and a fan blade is fixedly connected to an output shaft of the motor;
the drainage assembly comprises a second drainage groove formed in the top of the supporting plate, two first drainage grooves are formed in the left side of the inside of the cabinet body, and a water storage box is movably connected to the left side below the inner wall of the cabinet body.
Preferably, the inner side edge of the cabinet door is fixedly connected with a sealing rubber strip.
Preferably, the clamping groove is formed in the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body, the electronic lock is fixedly connected to the inner side of the cabinet door, and a clamping block of the electronic lock corresponds to the clamping groove in position.
Preferably, the inner wall in disinfection pond has been seted up the outlet, the outlet intercommunication has the drain pipe, fixed plate top rear fixedly connected with water tank, the water inlet has been seted up on the right side of disinfection pond inner wall, the water inlet intercommunication has the inlet tube, the surface below fixedly connected with PE hose of the cabinet body, and PE hose is linked together with the water tank, the drain pipe is provided with the solenoid valve with the inlet tube, and PE hose passes through connector threaded connection with the inlet tube.
Preferably, the cabinet door is provided with an observation window.
Preferably, the outside fixedly connected with handle of cabinet door, the outside fixedly connected with controller of cabinet door, and the controller is located the top of handle, the controller pass through the wire respectively with solenoid valve, heating pipe, motor, electric hydraulic push rod and ultraviolet disinfection lamp electric connection.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. according to the utility model, the tightness between the cabinet body and the cabinet door is reinforced through the arrangement of the sealing rubber strips, water drops on the inner wall of the cabinet body can be drained to the first drainage groove through the second drainage groove and drained to the water storage box from the first drainage groove, the disinfection tank can be protected and convenient to detach and clean through the arrangement of the first magnet, the second magnet and the protection plate, and foods on the support plate can be disinfected through the arrangement of the ultraviolet disinfection lamp and the reflection plate;
2. the utility model can drive the supporting plate to move by the electric hydraulic push rod through the arrangement of the partition plate, the supporting plate and the electric hydraulic push rod, and the leak hole formed at the top of the supporting plate corresponds to the round hole formed at the top of the partition plate, so that air can circulate and dissipate heat, the working condition in the cabinet body can be seen clearly through the arrangement of the observation window, the control is convenient, and the air exhaust and the heat dissipation can be carried out in the cabinet body through the arrangement of the motor.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a sterilizing cabinet for food processing according to the present utility model;
fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a sterilizing cabinet for food processing according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic rear perspective view of a sterilizing cabinet for food processing according to the present utility model;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a protection plate of a sterilizing cabinet for food processing according to the present utility model;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a supporting plate of a sterilizing cabinet for food processing according to the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a cabinet body; 2. a cabinet door; 3. sealing the rubber strip; 4. an electronic lock; 5. a water tank; 6. a PE hose; 7. a sterilizing pool; 8. heating pipes; 9. a water outlet; 10. a water inlet; 11. a first magnet; 12. a water storage box; 13. a first drainage groove; 14. a support block; 15. a partition plate; 16. a support plate; 17. an electro-hydraulic push rod; 18. a leak hole; 19. an observation window; 20. a chute; 21. a clamping groove; 22. an ultraviolet sterilizing lamp; 23. a through hole; 24. a motor; 25. a controller; 26. a protection plate; 27. a second magnet; 28. a supporting plate; 29. a slide block; 30. a second drainage groove; 31. and a fixing plate.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Referring to fig. 1-5, the present utility model provides a technical solution: comprising the following steps: the sterilizing cabinet body comprises a fixing plate 31 and a supporting plate 28, the top of the fixing plate 31 is fixedly connected with a cabinet body 1, the cabinet body 1 is movably connected with a cabinet door 2 through a hinge, a sterilizing component comprises a sterilizing tank 7 arranged below the inner wall of the cabinet body 1, the inner wall of the sterilizing tank 7 is fixedly connected with heating pipes 8, the number of the heating pipes 8 is four, the right side of the inner part of the cabinet body 1 is fixedly connected with ultraviolet sterilizing lamps 22, the number of the ultraviolet sterilizing lamps 22 is three, the rear of the inner wall of the cabinet body 1 is fixedly connected with a reflecting plate, foods on the supporting plate 28 can be sterilized through the arrangement of the ultraviolet sterilizing lamps 22 and the reflecting plate, the connecting component comprises two sliding grooves 20 arranged on the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body 1, the right side of the supporting plate 28 is fixedly connected with sliding blocks 29, the sliding blocks 29 are slidingly connected in the sliding grooves 20, two support blocks 14 are fixedly connected to the left side of the inner wall of the cabinet body 1, the positions of the support blocks 14 correspond to the positions of the sliding grooves 20, but the positions of the support blocks 14 are slightly downward compared with the positions of the sliding grooves 20, the top of each support block 14 is movably connected with the left side of the bottom of each support plate 28, the protection assembly comprises a protection plate 26, the lower part of the inner wall of the cabinet body 1 is fixedly connected with first magnets 11, the number of the first magnets 11 is four, the positions of the first magnets 11 are in rectangular arrangement, the bottom of each protection plate 26 is fixedly connected with four second magnets 27, the positions of the first magnets 11 correspond to the positions of the second magnets 27, the first magnets 11 are magnetically connected with the second magnets 27, the disinfection tank 7 can be protected and can be conveniently detached and cleaned through the arrangement of the first magnets 11, the second magnets 27 and the protection plates 26, the heat dissipation assembly comprises partition plates 15 fixedly connected to the left side and the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body 1, the top of baffle 15 has seted up a plurality of round holes, the right side fixedly connected with electric hydraulic push rod 17 of cabinet body 1 inner wall, and electric hydraulic push rod 17 is located the top of baffle 15, electric hydraulic push rod 17's output fixedly connected with backup pad 16, a plurality of weeping holes 18 have been seted up at the top of backup pad 16, the position of weeping hole 18 corresponds with the position of round hole, three through-holes 23 have been seted up to the rear side top of cabinet body 1, through mount fixedly connected with motor 24 in the through-hole 23, the output shaft fixedly connected with flabellum of motor 24, through baffle 15, backup pad 16 and electric hydraulic push rod 17's setting, can make electric hydraulic push rod 17 drive backup pad 16 and remove, the weeping hole 18 that makes the top of backup pad 16 is corresponding with the round hole that the baffle 15 top was seted up, thereby make the air circulate and dispel the heat, the drainage component is including seting up at the second drainage component at the top of backup pad 28, second drainage component is including seting up two recesses that have the chamfer in the top left side of backup pad 28, two first drainage grooves 13 have been seted up in the left side of cabinet body 1, through mount fixedly connected with motor 24 in the through the mount fixedly connected with in the through-hole 23, the output shaft fixedly connected with flabellum of motor 24, through baffle 16 and electric push rod 17, through setting up of baffle 16 and electric hydraulic push rod 17, can make the top 12 drive water storage box 12 through the first drainage groove 12 to the second drainage groove 13, through the drain box 12 to the first drainage groove 13.
The inboard edge fixedly connected with sealing rubber strip 3 of cabinet door 2, through sealing rubber strip 3's setting, the leakproofness between cabinet body 1 and the cabinet door 2 has been consolidated, draw-in groove 21 has been seted up on cabinet body 1 inner wall right side, the inboard fixedly connected with electronic lock 4 of cabinet door 2, the fixture block of electronic lock 4 corresponds with the position of draw-in groove 21, outlet 9 has been seted up to the inner wall of disinfection pond 7, outlet 9 intercommunication has the drain pipe, fixedly connected with water tank 5 in fixed plate 31 top rear, water inlet 10 has been seted up on the right side of disinfection pond 7 inner wall, water inlet 10 intercommunication has the inlet tube, the surface below fixedly connected with PE hose 6 of cabinet body 1, and PE hose 6 is linked together with water tank 5, the drain pipe is provided with the solenoid valve with the inlet tube, and PE hose 6 passes through connector threaded connection with the inlet tube, be provided with viewing window 19 on the cabinet door 2, a rectangle through-hole has been seted up on the cabinet door 2, fixedly connected with viewing window 19 in the rectangle-hole, through the setting of viewing window 19, the circumstances in can clearly cabinet body 1, the convenience is to its control, the outside fixedly connected with handle of cabinet door 2, outside fixedly connected with controller 25, and controller 25 in the outside fixedly connected with cabinet door 2, and controller 25 are located above electric motor 25, controller 25, and water heater 25, electric motor 25, 24, electric motor 17, the electric motor controller and solenoid valve, respectively, the electric motor 17, the electric motor is connected respectively, the electric motor is provided with the electric motor.
Working principle: when in use, the utility model is moved to a position required to be used by a worker for food processing, an external power supply is connected to the disinfection cabinet, then a PE hose 6 is communicated with a water inlet pipe through a connector, food required to be disinfected is put into a supporting plate 28, a sliding block 29 fixedly connected to the left side of the supporting plate 28 is in sliding connection with a sliding groove 20 formed on the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body 1, at the moment, the bottom left side of the supporting plate 28 is movably connected with a supporting block 14 fixedly connected to the left side inside the cabinet body 1, the position of the supporting block 14 is slightly low, the position of a pushing plate is slightly inclined leftwards, so that water drops remained on the inner wall of the cabinet body 1 are conveniently drained, the cabinet door 2 can be closed at the moment, under the arrangement of an electronic lock 4, a locking block of the electronic lock 4 is automatically clamped with a clamping groove 21 formed on the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body 1, and at the same time, under the arrangement of a sealing rubber strip 3, the sealing performance between the cabinet body 1 and the cabinet door 2 is further enhanced, when the food in the cabinet body 1 is sterilized by steam, the electromagnetic valve on the water inlet pipe is controlled by the controller 25, so that the water in the water tank 5 flows into the sterilizing pond 7, the water tank 5 is a common device on the market, the water tank 5 is filled with water by opening the water tank cover, the water in the sterilizing pond 7 is heated by the heating pipe 8, the heated steam is used for pasteurizing the food in the cabinet body 1, meanwhile, the food in the cabinet body 1 is sterilized by the ultraviolet sterilizing lamp 22 also controlled by the controller 25, under the arrangement of the reflecting plate, the light of the ultraviolet sterilizing lamp 22 can be fully irradiated on the food, so that the food is sterilized, when the water drops exist on the inner wall of the cabinet body 1, the water drops flow into the second drainage groove 30 on the supporting plate 28, the drainage to the first drainage groove 13 that the inner wall left side of the cabinet body 1 was seted up through the recess that has the chamfer on the second drainage groove 30, in the water storage box 12 that the left side swing joint was down to the inner wall of the cabinet body 1 through the drainage of first drainage groove 13, the chamfer setting in water storage box 12 top left side, can be fine drain the water in the first drainage groove 13, when needing to dispel the heat in the cabinet body 1, can drive backup pad 16 through the control of controller 25 and remove, make the leak hole 18 that the backup pad 16 top was seted up align with the round hole that baffle 15 top was seted up, the rethread motor 24 drives the flabellum and rotates, dispel the heat to the steam in the cabinet body 1, the utility model can form the problem of the bad clearance of water stain after the inner wall drop of the cabinet body 1 is dry in order to solve.
It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are 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. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Although embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. A sterilizer for food processing, characterized in that: comprising the following steps:
the disinfection cabinet comprises a disinfection cabinet body, wherein the disinfection cabinet body comprises a fixed plate (31) and a supporting plate (28), the top of the fixed plate (31) is fixedly connected with a cabinet body (1), and the cabinet body (1) is movably connected with a cabinet door (2) through a hinge;
the disinfection assembly comprises a disinfection tank (7) arranged below the inner wall of the cabinet body (1), the inner wall of the disinfection tank (7) is fixedly connected with heating pipes (8), the number of the heating pipes (8) is four, the right side inside the cabinet body (1) is fixedly connected with ultraviolet disinfection lamps (22), the number of the ultraviolet disinfection lamps (22) is three, and the rear part of the inner wall of the cabinet body (1) is fixedly connected with a reflecting plate;
the connecting assembly comprises two sliding grooves (20) formed in the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body (1), a sliding block (29) is fixedly connected to the right side of the supporting plate (28), the sliding block (29) is slidably connected in the sliding grooves (20), two supporting blocks (14) are fixedly connected to the left side of the inner wall of the cabinet body (1), and the top of each supporting block (14) is movably connected with the left side of the bottom of the supporting plate (28);
the protection assembly comprises protection plates (26), wherein first magnets (11) are fixedly connected to the lower portion of the inner wall of the cabinet body (1), the number of the first magnets (11) is four, the positions of the first magnets (11) are arranged in a rectangular mode, four second magnets (27) are fixedly connected to the bottom of the protection plates (26), the positions of the first magnets (11) and the positions of the second magnets (27) correspond to each other, and the first magnets (11) are magnetically connected with the second magnets (27);
the cooling assembly comprises a baffle plate (15) fixedly connected to the left side and the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body (1), a plurality of round holes are formed in the top of the baffle plate (15), an electric hydraulic push rod (17) is fixedly connected to the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body (1), the electric hydraulic push rod (17) is located above the baffle plate (15), a supporting plate (16) is fixedly connected to the output end of the electric hydraulic push rod (17), a plurality of leak holes (18) are formed in the top of the supporting plate (16), the positions of the leak holes (18) correspond to the positions of the round holes, three through holes (23) are formed in the upper portion of the rear side of the cabinet body (1), a motor (24) is fixedly connected to the through holes (23), and fan blades are fixedly connected to the output shaft of the motor (24);
the drainage assembly comprises a second drainage groove (30) formed in the top of the supporting plate (28), two first drainage grooves (13) are formed in the left side of the inside of the cabinet body (1), and a water storage box (12) is movably connected to the left side of the lower portion of the inner wall of the cabinet body (1).
2. A food processing sterilizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the inner side edge of the cabinet door (2) is fixedly connected with a sealing rubber strip (3).
3. A food processing sterilizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the electronic lock is characterized in that a clamping groove (21) is formed in the right side of the inner wall of the cabinet body (1), an electronic lock (4) is fixedly connected to the inner side of the cabinet door (2), and a clamping block of the electronic lock (4) corresponds to the clamping groove (21).
4. A food processing sterilizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the inner wall of disinfection pond (7) has seted up outlet (9), outlet (9) intercommunication has the drain pipe, fixed plate (31) top rear fixedly connected with water tank (5), water inlet (10) have been seted up on the right side of disinfection pond (7) inner wall, water inlet (10) intercommunication has the inlet tube, the surperficial below fixedly connected with PE hose (6) of cabinet body (1), and PE hose (6) are linked together with water tank (5), the drain pipe is provided with the solenoid valve with the inlet tube, and PE hose (6) pass through connector threaded connection with the inlet tube.
5. A food processing sterilizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein: an observation window (19) is arranged on the cabinet door (2).
6. A food processing sterilizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the outside fixedly connected with handle of cabinet door (2), the outside fixedly connected with controller (25) of cabinet door (2), and controller (25) are located the top of handle, controller (25) pass through the wire respectively with solenoid valve, heating pipe (8), motor (24), electric hydraulic push rod (17) and ultraviolet disinfection lamp (22) electric connection.
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