CN219741702U - Pickling device for meat can preparation - Google Patents

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CN219741702U
CN219741702U CN202321130071.4U CN202321130071U CN219741702U CN 219741702 U CN219741702 U CN 219741702U CN 202321130071 U CN202321130071 U CN 202321130071U CN 219741702 U CN219741702 U CN 219741702U
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The utility model relates to a pickling device for meat can preparation, which belongs to the technical field of meat processing, and comprises a pickling barrel, a rotating assembly, a rotating barrel, a helical blade and a scraping plate, wherein the rotating assembly comprises a fixed end and a rotating end, the fixed end of the rotating assembly is arranged on the outer top wall of the pickling barrel, the rotating end of the rotating assembly penetrates through the top wall of the pickling barrel and is positioned in the pickling barrel, the rotating barrel is connected with the rotating end of the rotating assembly, the rotating barrel is positioned in the pickling barrel, a channel for meat blocks to pass through is reserved between the top wall and the bottom wall of the rotating barrel and the inner wall of the pickling barrel, the inner side of the helical blade is arranged on the outer side wall of the rotating barrel, the outer side of the helical blade is in sliding abutting connection with the inner side wall of the pickling barrel, one end of the scraping plate is arranged at the bottom of the helical blade, and the other end of the scraping plate is in sliding abutting connection with the inner bottom wall of the pickling barrel.

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Pickling device for meat can preparation
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of meat processing, and particularly relates to a pickling device for preparing meat cans.
Background
The curing of the meat can comprises curing of the minced meat, curing of the blocky meat and the like, in curing of the small blocky meat, a proper amount of auxiliary materials such as salt, nitrate, white sugar, ginger powder, yellow wine and the like are added for curing after cleaning and draining of the blocky meat, and the auxiliary materials are required to be uniformly coated on the cured meat, however, the conventional curing material mixing device has the condition of uneven mixing, so that the curing quality of the cured meat is reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model provides a curing device for preparing meat cans, which is used for solving the technical problem of uneven curing material mixing during curing of the existing meat cans.
The utility model is realized by the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a meat can preparation is with curing device includes curing barrel, rotating assembly, rotating tube, helical blade and scraper blade, and curing barrel's top is equipped with the feed inlet, and the bottom is equipped with the discharge gate, and rotating assembly includes stiff end and rotation end, rotating assembly's stiff end is installed curing barrel's outer roof is last, rotating assembly's rotation end passes curing barrel's roof is located curing barrel is interior, rotating tube with rotating assembly's rotation end is connected, rotating tube is located curing barrel, rotating tube's roof and diapire all with leave the passageway that supplies the meat piece to pass through between curing barrel's the inner wall, helical blade's inboard is installed on the lateral wall of rotating tube, helical blade's outside slip butt is in curing barrel's inside wall, the one end of scraper blade is installed helical blade's bottom, the other end slip butt is in curing barrel's interior diapire.
Optionally, in order to better implement the present utility model, the rotating assembly includes a motor, a rotating rod and a plurality of connecting rods, the motor is installed on an outer top wall of the curing barrel, the rotating rod is rotatably installed on the top wall of the curing barrel, one end of the rotating rod is in transmission connection with the motor, the other end of the rotating rod is located in the curing barrel, one ends of the connecting rods are respectively installed on a side wall of the rotating rod, the other ends of the connecting rods are connected with the rotating barrel, and the connecting rods are distributed in an array with the axle center of the rotating rod as a center circumference.
Optionally, in order to better implement the utility model, the pickling barrel further comprises a guide cone, wherein the guide cone is arranged on the inner bottom wall of the pickling barrel, the guide cone is positioned below the rotating barrel, and a flow passage for meat blocks to pass through is reserved between the side wall of the guide cone and the rotating barrel.
Optionally, in order to better implement the present utility model, the device further comprises a mounting plate and an electric heating block, wherein the mounting plate is mounted in the guide cone, a containing cavity is formed between the mounting plate and the inner wall of the guide cone, the electric heating block is mounted on the mounting plate, and the electric heating block is located in the containing cavity.
Optionally, in order to better realize the utility model, the pickling device further comprises a feeding pipe, a feeding hopper, an upper cover and a switch, wherein the feeding pipe is communicated with the pickling barrel through the feeding hole, the feeding hopper is arranged at one end of the feeding pipe far away from the pickling barrel, the upper cover is detachably arranged on the feeding hopper, the switch is arranged on the feeding pipe, and the switch is used for controlling the on-off of the feeding pipe.
Optionally, in order to better implement the present utility model, the pickling device further comprises a liquid supplementing pipe, a liquid supplementing bottle and a liquid supplementing brush, wherein the liquid supplementing pipe is installed on the top wall of the pickling barrel, the liquid supplementing pipe is communicated with the pickling barrel, the liquid supplementing bottle is installed on the upper part of the liquid supplementing pipe, the liquid supplementing bottle is communicated with the pickling barrel through the liquid supplementing pipe, the liquid supplementing brush is installed at one end, far away from the liquid supplementing bottle, of the liquid supplementing pipe, the liquid supplementing brush is communicated with the liquid supplementing pipe, and the liquid supplementing brush is located in the pickling barrel and above the spiral blade.
Optionally, in order to better realize the utility model, the pickling barrel further comprises a discharging pipe and a sealing plug, wherein the discharging pipe is communicated with the pickling barrel through the discharging hole, the sealing plug is in threaded connection with the discharging pipe, and when the discharging pipe is sealed by the sealing plug, the top wall of the sealing plug and the inner bottom wall of the pickling barrel are in the same plane.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
the utility model provides a pickling device for preparing meat cans, which comprises a pickling barrel, a rotating assembly, a rotating barrel, a helical blade and a scraping plate, wherein a feed inlet is formed in the top of the pickling barrel, a discharge outlet is formed in the bottom of the pickling barrel, the rotating assembly comprises a fixed end and a rotating end, the fixed end of the rotating assembly is arranged on the outer top wall of the pickling barrel, the rotating end of the rotating assembly penetrates through the top wall of the pickling barrel and is positioned in the pickling barrel, the rotating barrel is connected with the rotating end of the rotating assembly, the rotating barrel is positioned in the pickling barrel, a channel for meat blocks to pass through is reserved between the top wall and the bottom wall of the rotating barrel and the inner wall of the pickling barrel, the inner side of the helical blade is arranged on the outer side wall of the rotating barrel, the outer side of the helical blade is in sliding abutting connection with the inner side wall of the pickling barrel, one end of the scraping plate is arranged at the bottom of the helical blade, the other end of the scraping plate is in sliding abutting connection with the inner bottom wall of the pickling barrel, in this way, the rotating assembly is arranged above the pickling barrel, the rotating assembly is arranged in the pickling barrel through the rotating assembly, the helical blade is arranged on the outer side wall of the rotating barrel, the scraping plate is arranged on the bottom wall of the helical blade, and the scraping plate is in sliding abutting connection with the inner wall.
Through the structure, the pickling device for preparing the meat can solves the technical problem that the pickling materials are unevenly mixed when the existing meat can is pickled. Specifically, meat pieces and marinade are added into the curing barrel through the feed inlet, the rotating assembly drives the rotating barrel to rotate so as to drive the spiral blade to rotate, the scraping plate scrapes the meat pieces at the bottom of the curing barrel away from the barrel bottom of the curing barrel, the meat pieces enter the spiral blade to be conveyed to the top of the rotating barrel, then the meat pieces fall into the rotating barrel through a channel above the rotating barrel, the meat pieces continuously fallen and piled in the rotating barrel enter the spiral blade again along the channel below the rotating barrel to be conveyed and mixed, so that mixing of the meat pieces and the marinade is achieved, coating of the marinade is achieved through repeated conveying and mixing of the meat pieces, in the conveying process, the meat pieces are not stirred through devices such as stirring rods, the structure of the meat pieces is not easy to damage, and the mixing effect is better. Therefore, the curing device for preparing the meat can is used for fully mixing the curing materials under the condition that the meat block structure is not easy to damage, and has strong practicability.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a curing device for preparing meat cans according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a curing apparatus for preparing meat cans according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
fig. 3 is another cross-sectional view of a curing apparatus for preparing meat cans according to an embodiment of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1-pickling a barrel; 2-a rotating assembly; 21-an electric motor; 22-rotating a rod; 23-connecting rods; 3-rotating the cylinder; 4-helical blades; 5-scraping plate; 6-a guide cone; 71-a mounting plate; 72-an electric heating block; 81-feeding pipe; 82-feeding the hopper; 83-an upper cover; 84-switching; 91-a fluid replacement tube; 92-fluid infusion bottle; 93-liquid supplementing brush; 10-discharging pipe; 20-sealing plug.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more apparent, the technical solutions of the present utility model will be described in detail below. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, based on the examples herein, which are within the scope of the utility model as defined by the claims, will be within the scope of the utility model as defined by the claims.
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The embodiment provides a pickling device for meat can preparation for solve the technical problem that the marinade is unevenly mixed when current meat can is pickled. This pickling device is used in meat can preparation includes pickling bucket 1, rotating assembly 2, rotating cylinder 3, helical blade 4 and scraper blade 5, wherein:
the top of the curing barrel 1 is provided with a feed inlet, the bottom is provided with a discharge outlet, the meat blocks and the curing materials enter the curing barrel 1 through the feed inlet, and the mixed cured meat is discharged from the discharge outlet.
The rotating assembly 2 comprises a fixed end and a rotating end, the fixed end of the rotating assembly 2 is arranged on the outer top wall of the curing barrel 1, and the rotating end of the rotating assembly 2 penetrates through the top wall of the curing barrel 1 and is positioned in the curing barrel 1.
The rotating cylinder 3 is connected with the rotating end of the rotating assembly 2, the rotating cylinder 3 is positioned in the curing barrel 1, and a channel for meat blocks to pass through is reserved between the top wall and the bottom wall of the rotating cylinder 3 and the inner wall of the curing barrel 1.
The inside of helical blade 4 is installed on the lateral wall of rotor 3, the outside of helical blade 4 sliding abutment is on the inside wall of rotor 1, in this way, the meat piece in the pickling barrel 1 is transmitted and is mixed in the passageway through the effect of helical blade 4, the bottom of helical blade 4 is installed to one end of scraper blade 5, the other end sliding abutment is on the interior diapire of pickling barrel 1, the lateral wall sliding abutment of scraper blade 5 is on the inside wall of pickling barrel 1, so that scraper blade 5 will pickle the material and the meat piece guide screw blade 4 on the inside wall of pickling barrel 1, wherein, scraper blade 5 slope sets up, so that the meat piece guide screw blade 4, the meat piece is piled up in the below of rotor 3, the meat piece of pickling barrel 1 bottom receives the extrusion to be transmitted on helical blade 4, the meat piece on the helical blade 4 falls into rotor 3, mix together with other meat pieces in the rotor 3, the repeated transmission mixes fully with the pickling material and smears on the meat piece.
Through above-mentioned structure, the pickling device for meat can preparation that this embodiment provided has solved the current technical problem that the marinade mix when meat can is pickled. Specifically, meat pieces and marinade are added into the curing barrel 1 through a feed inlet, the rotating assembly 2 drives the rotating barrel 3 to rotate so as to drive the spiral blade 4 to rotate, the scraping plate 5 scrapes the meat pieces at the bottom of the curing barrel 1 away from the barrel bottom of the curing barrel 1, the meat pieces enter the spiral blade 4 to be conveyed to the top of the rotating barrel 3, then the meat pieces fall into the rotating barrel 3 through a channel above the rotating barrel 3, the meat pieces continuously fallen and stacked in the rotating barrel 3 enter the spiral blade 4 again along the channel below the rotating barrel 3 to be conveyed and mixed, so that the mixing of the meat pieces and the marinade is realized, the coating of the marinade is realized through repeated conveying and mixing, the meat pieces are not stirred by devices such as stirring rods in the conveying process, the structure of the meat pieces is not easy to damage, and the mixing effect is better. Therefore, the curing device for preparing the meat can is used for fully mixing the curing materials under the condition that the meat block structure is not easy to damage, and has strong practicability.
An alternative implementation of this embodiment is as follows: the rotating assembly 2 comprises a motor 21, a rotating rod 22 and a plurality of connecting rods 23, wherein the motor 21 is arranged on the outer top wall of the curing barrel 1, the rotating rod 22 is rotatably arranged on the top wall of the curing barrel 1, one end of the rotating rod 22 is in transmission connection with the motor 21, the other end of the rotating rod 22 is positioned in the curing barrel 1, one ends of the connecting rods 23 are respectively arranged on the side wall of the rotating rod 22, the other ends of the connecting rods 23 are connected with the rotating barrel 3, the connecting rods 23 are distributed in a circumferential array by taking the axle center of the rotating rod 22 as the center, the connecting rods 23 are arranged in two layers, one layer of connecting rods 23 is positioned on the upper part of the rotating barrel 3, the other layer of connecting rods 23 is positioned on the lower part of the rotating barrel 3, and each layer of connecting rods 23 are distributed in a circumferential array by taking the axle center of the rotating rod 22 as the center.
An alternative implementation of this embodiment is as follows: this pickling device is used in meat can preparation still includes guide cone 6, and guide cone 6 installs on the interior diapire of curing barrel 1, and guide cone 6 is located the below of rotating cylinder 3, leaves the runner that supplies the meat piece to pass through between guide cone 6's lateral wall and the rotating cylinder 3, and the meat piece drops on guide cone 6, by guide cone 6's lateral wall guide scraper blade 5 department to on the screw blade 4 is led to the scraper blade 5 with the meat piece.
An alternative implementation of this embodiment is as follows: this pickling device is used in meat can preparation still includes mounting panel 71 and electric heat piece 72, and mounting panel 71 installs in direction awl 6, forms the accommodation chamber between the inner wall of mounting panel 71 and direction awl 6, and electric heat piece 72 is installed on mounting panel 71, and electric heat piece 72 is located the accommodation intracavity to the temperature through adjusting electric heat piece 72 to the temperature to the meat piece in the pickling bucket 1 intensifies, adjusts the temperature of meat piece to the temperature that is favorable to the meat piece to cure, promotes pickling effect.
An alternative implementation of this embodiment is as follows: this pickling device is used in canned meat preparation still includes pan feeding pipe 81, pan feeding hopper 82, upper cover 83 and switch 84, pan feeding pipe 81 is linked together through the feed inlet with pickling bucket 1, pan feeding hopper 82 installs the one end of keeping away from pickling bucket 1 at pan feeding pipe 81, upper cover 83 demountable installation is on pan feeding hopper 82, switch 84 installs on pan feeding pipe 81, switch 84 is used for controlling the break-make of pan feeding pipe 81, the meat piece is placed in pan feeding hopper 82, add the meat piece to pickling bucket 1 as required, cover upper cover 83 after putting into meat piece and pickling in pan feeding hopper 82, prevent debris such as dust pollution meat piece.
An alternative implementation of this embodiment is as follows: the curing device for preparing the meat cans further comprises a liquid supplementing pipe 91, a liquid supplementing bottle 92 and a liquid supplementing brush 93, wherein the liquid supplementing pipe 91 is arranged on the top wall of the curing barrel 1, the liquid supplementing pipe 91 is communicated with the curing barrel 1, the liquid supplementing bottle 92 is arranged on the upper portion of the liquid supplementing pipe 91, the liquid supplementing bottle 92 is communicated with the curing barrel 1 through the liquid supplementing pipe 91, the liquid supplementing brush 93 is arranged at one end, far away from the liquid supplementing bottle 92, of the liquid supplementing pipe 91, the liquid supplementing brush 93 is communicated with the liquid supplementing pipe 91, the liquid supplementing brush 93 is arranged in the curing barrel 1 and above the spiral blades 4, and a cooking wine and other liquid curing materials are added into the liquid supplementing brush 93, when the meat pieces are transferred to the top ends of the spiral blades 4, the liquid supplementing brush 93 brushes the liquid curing materials onto the meat pieces, so that the meat pieces and the curing materials are mixed more uniformly, and the condition that a small amount of meat pieces are excessively cured due to the fact that a large amount of liquid curing materials are directly mixed is avoided.
An alternative implementation of this embodiment is as follows: this pickling device is used in meat can preparation still includes row material pipe 10 and sealing plug 20, arranges material pipe 10 and is linked together in pickling bucket 1 through the discharge gate, and sealing plug 20 spiro union is in row material pipe 10, and when sealing plug 20 seals row material pipe 10, the roof of sealing plug 20 is in the coplanar with the interior bottom wall of pickling bucket 1, like this, when scraper blade 5 scrapes the meat piece, sealing plug 20 places the meat piece and drops row material pipe 10 in for it is more even to mix, and the structure is more reasonable.
The above description is merely an embodiment of the present utility model, but the scope of the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present utility model, and it is intended to cover the scope of the present utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the present utility model shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A curing device for preparing canned meat, comprising:
the top of the pickling barrel is provided with a feed inlet, and the bottom of the pickling barrel is provided with a discharge outlet;
the rotating assembly comprises a fixed end and a rotating end, the fixed end of the rotating assembly is arranged on the outer top wall of the pickling barrel, and the rotating end of the rotating assembly penetrates through the top wall of the pickling barrel and is positioned in the pickling barrel;
the rotating cylinder is connected with the rotating end of the rotating assembly, the rotating cylinder is positioned in the curing barrel, and a channel for meat blocks to pass through is reserved between the top wall and the bottom wall of the rotating cylinder and the inner wall of the curing barrel;
the inner side of the spiral blade is arranged on the outer side wall of the rotating cylinder, and the outer side of the spiral blade is in sliding contact with the inner side wall of the pickling barrel;
one end of the scraping plate is arranged at the bottom of the spiral blade, and the other end of the scraping plate is in sliding contact with the inner bottom wall of the pickling barrel.
2. A curing apparatus for preparing meat cans as in claim 1 wherein said rotating assembly comprises:
a motor mounted on an outer top wall of the curing barrel;
the rotating rod is rotatably arranged on the top wall of the pickling barrel, one end of the rotating rod is in transmission connection with the motor, and the other end of the rotating rod is positioned in the pickling barrel;
the connecting rods are arranged on the side walls of the rotating rods respectively, the other ends of the connecting rods are connected with the rotating cylinders, and the connecting rods are distributed in a circumferential array with the axle center of the rotating rods as the center.
3. The curing apparatus for meat can preparation of claim 2, further comprising:
the guide cone is arranged on the inner bottom wall of the curing barrel, the guide cone is positioned below the rotating barrel, and a flow passage for meat blocks to pass through is reserved between the side wall of the guide cone and the rotating barrel.
4. A curing apparatus for preparing meat cans as in claim 3, further comprising:
the mounting plate is arranged in the guide cone, and a containing cavity is formed between the mounting plate and the inner wall of the guide cone;
the electric heating block is arranged on the mounting plate and is positioned in the accommodating cavity.
5. The curing apparatus for preparing meat cans as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
the feeding pipe is communicated with the pickling barrel through the feeding hole;
a feeding hopper which is arranged at one end of the feeding pipe far away from the pickling barrel;
the upper cover is detachably arranged on the feeding hopper;
the switch is arranged on the feeding pipe and used for controlling the on-off of the feeding pipe.
6. The curing apparatus for preparing meat cans as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
the liquid supplementing pipe is arranged on the top wall of the pickling barrel and is communicated with the pickling barrel;
the liquid replenishing bottle is arranged at the upper part of the liquid replenishing pipe and is communicated with the pickling barrel through the liquid replenishing pipe;
the liquid supplementing brush is arranged at one end of the liquid supplementing pipe, which is far away from the liquid supplementing bottle, and is communicated with the liquid supplementing pipe, and the liquid supplementing brush is positioned in the pickling barrel and above the spiral blade.
7. The curing apparatus for preparing meat cans as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
the discharging pipe is communicated with the pickling barrel through the discharging hole;
the sealing plug is in the material discharging pipe in a threaded connection mode, and when the material discharging pipe is sealed by the sealing plug, the top wall of the sealing plug and the inner bottom wall of the pickling barrel are located in the same plane.
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