EP0378011A1 - Device for treating honey - Google Patents

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EP0378011A1
EP0378011A1 EP89400839A EP89400839A EP0378011A1 EP 0378011 A1 EP0378011 A1 EP 0378011A1 EP 89400839 A EP89400839 A EP 89400839A EP 89400839 A EP89400839 A EP 89400839A EP 0378011 A1 EP0378011 A1 EP 0378011A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
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    • B01F27/19—Stirrers with two or more mixing elements mounted in sequence on the same axis
    • B01F27/192—Stirrers with two or more mixing elements mounted in sequence on the same axis with dissimilar elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
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    • B01F27/80—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis
    • B01F27/805—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis wherein the stirrers or the receptacles are moved in order to bring them into operative position; Means for fixing the receptacle
    • B01F27/806—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis wherein the stirrers or the receptacles are moved in order to bring them into operative position; Means for fixing the receptacle with vertical displacement of the stirrer, e.g. in combination with means for pivoting the stirrer about a vertical axis in order to co-operate with different receptacles
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    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
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  • the present relates to a device for treating honey, more particularly crystallized honey stored in a cylindrical barrel, prior to its final packaging.
  • honey extracted from the hives in the hive frames is always in the liquid state; this allows it to be extracted by mechanical devices such as those described, for example, in patents FR 85 09 906, 86 18 429 and 87 16 566. These devices use centrifugal force to allow honey to be removed from the alveoli frames in which the bees previously stored it. It is then decanted and purified by various means until it is stored or potted.
  • honeys notably acacia or heather honeys and certain honeydew (fir) all honeys crystallize in a more or less long time depending on the glucose / water ratio.
  • heated honeys tend to brown and also to recrystallize in an anarchic or coarse manner, unflattering to the eye, especially when this recrystallization occurs when the honey is stored in so-called "linear" packages.
  • This is, in fact, a natural phenomenon that does not affect the quality of honey, but it is often not perceived as such by consumers, especially since they do not have always specialist salespeople able to explain it to them.
  • the object of the present invention is to develop a device for the treatment of honey, more particularly crystallized honey stored in a barrel, in particular cylindrical, which can make it possible to offer the consumer a honey whose manufacture does not involve any heating operation and which can be kept cool, which considerably improves conservation and makes consumption more pleasant.
  • Another object of the invention is to give honey a pasty structure, therefore spreadable, which can be made durable by a particularly simple subsequent treatment.
  • the invention relates to a device characterized in that it is constituted by a vertical shaft driven in rotation by a geared motor at one of its ends or upper end and carrying at its opposite end or lower end, an assembly scraping and kneading likely to come into engagement with the honey stored in the barrel to transform its crystallized structure into a pasty structure, this scraping and kneading assembly being constituted by an endless screw centered integrally on the vertical shaft and cooperating with scraper paddles mounted perpendicularly on the latter and provided with teeth on their lower part.
  • the aforementioned device therefore makes it possible to make pasty, or "to skin” without any rise in temperature and only by mechanical means, a honey crystallized inside the barrels, as is the case for 90% of the batches of honey sold and therefore transported.
  • the honey in fact retains its crystallization which therefore reconstitutes identically after being put in pots.
  • a conventional homogenizing device capable of breaking the grain.
  • the essential element of the device according to the invention corresponds to the scraping and kneading assembly which is driven at a speed of the order of 50 revolutions per minute, and in fact has a double action of wear or scraping of the crystallized surface of the honey, and kneading of the honey thus treated.
  • the number of scraper paddles is of course not limitative of the invention; however, it has been observed that particularly satisfactory results are obtained by mounting, equidistant around the vertical shaft, three scraper paddles inclined downward in the direction of rotation of the latter in order to increase their efficiency during scraping.
  • the scraper pallets are equipped at their outer end opposite the vertical shaft, with flexible linings, in particular in Teflon (registered trademark), capable of being applied against the walls of the barrel. It is necessary that these linings are sufficiently elastic to provide guidance and to take into account the deformations of certain drums which are particularly damaged during transport.
  • the main role of the worm is, in addition to ensuring more vigorous mixing of the treated honey, to allow the device to sink into the honey as the treatment progresses; to facilitate this movement, the lower end of the worm is preferably provided with fine teeth.
  • this depression can be achieved by any means including manual without departing from the scope of the invention; it is however particularly advantageous to design a device whose implementation can be fully automated.
  • the geared motor carrying the vertical shaft rests on a support mounted to slide on a vertical mast in order to move downward under the effect of its own weight to allow the set of scraping and mixing to automatically sink into the barrel as the honey is processed.
  • the support preferably cooperates with a winch mounted integrally on the mast.
  • the device according to the invention comprises specific extracting members.
  • these extractor members are constituted by an extractor tube immersed in the treated honey and cooperating with an Archimedes screw movable in rotation at its internal part and with an evacuation tube opening onto its periphery for automatically transfer the treated honey of pasty structure into pots or a receiving tank.
  • the Archimedes screw is driven at low speed by a motor with two directions of rotation.
  • the invention also provides for being able to operate the extractor members automatically as the honey is treated by the scraper and kneading assembly.
  • the assembly constituted by the motor, the extractor tube, the Archimedes screw and the evacuation tube is mounted integrally on the support. so as to automatically sink into the barrel as the honey is butchered.
  • the device according to the invention is schematically constituted by a bracket 1, mounted on wheels 21 shown schematically, comprising a mast 2 along which can slide a horizontal support 3.
  • a winch 4 fixed to the mast 2 allows to control the movement of the support 3.
  • the support 3 carries a high-power gearmotor 5 which controls the rotation according to arrow A of a vertical shaft 8 of stainless steel, the lower end of which carries a scraper and kneading assembly which will be described in more detail detail of the rest of this talk.
  • the above-mentioned device is intended for the treatment of honey stored in a barrel 8 with the aim of mechanically transforming its crystallized structure into a pasty structure allowing it to be potted.
  • the barrel 8 of cylindrical shape is placed on the bracket 1, in line with the scraping and kneading assembly 7 and, to ensure its maintenance in position, is fixed to the mast 2 by means of a strap 20.
  • the scraping and kneading assembly 7 is constituted, on the one hand, by an endless screw 9 centered integrally on the vertical shaft 6 and the lower part 10 of which is provided with fine toothing and , on the other hand, by three scraper paddles 11 mounted equidistant around the shaft 6 and defining a rotary assembly whose diameter corresponds to that of the barrel 8.
  • the pallets 11 are mounted inclined downward in the direction A of rotation of the vertical shaft 6 and are provided at their lower part with a toothing 12 allowing to wear the surface of the crystallized honey to be treated shown dotted on the figure in order to "cut it up” and give it a pasty structure.
  • Flexible linings 13 mounted at the outer end of the scraper paddles 11 are applied against the inner walls of the barrel 8 and allow the rotation of the scraping and kneading assembly 7 to be guided.
  • the assembly 7 is represented above the surface of the honey to be treated; of course, it sinks and enters the honey as the treatment progresses; the role of the worm 9 is to allow this depression while promoting the mixing of the honey treated by the teeth 12 of the scraper paddles 11 in order to give it a more pasty structure.
  • this depression along arrow B of the scraping and kneading assembly 7 in the barrel 8 as the honey is processed is automatic; it also causes the support 3 to move downwards by sliding along the mast 2.
  • the support 3 also carries an extractor tube 14 whose lower end 15 plunges into the barrel 8 slightly above the pallets 11, and which comprises, at its internal part, an Archimedes screw 16 driven in slow rotation by a two-way motor 17; an evacuation tube 18 opens at the upper periphery of the extractor tube 14.
  • the assembly constituted by the motor 17, the extractor tube 14, the Archimedes screw 16 and the evacuation tube 18, mounted on the support 3, is automatically inserted into the barrel 8 as and when treatment of honey by the scraping and kneading assembly 7; the entire processing is therefore completely automatic.

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Consisting of a vertical shaft (6) driven in rotation by a gear motor (5) at one of its ends or upper end and carrying at its opposite end or lower end a scraping and mixing unit (7) capable of engaging the honey stored in the barrel (8) to convert its crystalline structure the into a pasty structure, this scraping and mixing unit (7) consisting of an endless screw (9) centred jointly on the vertical shaft (6) and interacting with scraper paddles (11) fitted perpendicularly to the latter and provided with teeth (12) in their lower part. <IMAGE>

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La présente se rapporte à un dispositif pour le traitement de miel, plus particulièrement de miel cristallisé stocké dans un fût cylindrique, antérieu­rement à son conditionnement final.The present relates to a device for treating honey, more particularly crystallized honey stored in a cylindrical barrel, prior to its final packaging.

Le miel extrait des ruches dans les cadres de ruches se trouve toujours à l'état liquide ; cela lui permet d'être extrait par des dispositifs mécani­ques tels que ceux décrits, par exemple, dans les bre­vets FR 85 09 906, 86 18 429 et 87 16 566. Ces dispo­sitifs utilisent la force centrifuge pour permettre d'évacuer le miel des alvéoles des cadres dans les­quels les abeilles l'ont préalablement entreposé. Il est, ensuite, décanté et épuré par différents moyens jusqu'à son stockage ou sa mise en pot.The honey extracted from the hives in the hive frames is always in the liquid state; this allows it to be extracted by mechanical devices such as those described, for example, in patents FR 85 09 906, 86 18 429 and 87 16 566. These devices use centrifugal force to allow honey to be removed from the alveoli frames in which the bees previously stored it. It is then decanted and purified by various means until it is stored or potted.

A l'exception de quelques miels, notamment les miels d'acacia ou de bruyère et de certains miel­lats (sapin) tous les miels cristallisent dans un temps plus ou moins long en fonction du rapport gluco­se/eau.With the exception of a few honeys, notably acacia or heather honeys and certain honeydew (fir) all honeys crystallize in a more or less long time depending on the glucose / water ratio.

Par suite, la quasi totalité des miels sor­tant des dispositifs extracteurs et stockés dans des fûts dans l'attente de leur conditionnement final, se trouve à l'état cristallisé.As a result, almost all of the honeys leaving the extractor devices and stored in barrels pending their final packaging are in the crystallized state.

De façon classique, pour pouvoir effectuer ce conditionnement final, les négociants doivent fon­dre les miels stockés dans ces fûts, c'est-à-dire les rendre à nouveau liquides par élévation de températu­re, et ensuite opérer ce que l'on appelle une cristal­lisation dirigée. Dans tous les cas, une recristalli­sation se produit dans les pots après conditionnement final ; celle-ci est plus ou moins rapide selon l'ori­gine du miel.Conventionally, to be able to perform this final conditioning, the traders must melt the honeys stored in these barrels, that is to say make them liquid again by raising the temperature, and then operate what is called a directed crystallization. In all cases, recrystallization occurs in the pots after final packaging; this is more or less rapid depending on the origin of the honey.

Or, il est bien connu que cette élévation de température, jusqu'à présent nécessaire pour permettre le conditionnement final des miels, n'est pas sans inconvénient étant donné qu'elle risque de provoquer une oxydation de ces derniers, et par suite, une aug­mentation de leur teneur en hydroxy-méthyl-furfurol (HMF). Une telle oxydation est favorisée par une sur­chauffe ou même par une chauffe faible mais de trop longue durée.However, it is well known that this rise in temperature, hitherto necessary to allow the final conditioning of honeys, is not without drawback since it risks causing oxidation of the latter, and consequently, a increase in their content of hydroxy-methyl-furfurol (HMF). Such oxidation is favored by overheating or even by weak heating but of too long duration.

En outre, les miels chauffés ont tendance à brunir et également à recristalliser d'une manière anarchique ou grossière, peu flatteuse à l'oeil, sur­tout lorsque cette recristallisation se produit quand le miel est entreposé dans des conditionnements dits "linéaires". Il s'agit là, en fait, d'un phénomène naturel n'influant pas sur la qualité des miels, mais, celui-ci n'est souvent pas perçu ainsi par les consom­mateurs, d'autant plus qu'ils ne disposent pas tou­jours de vendeurs spécialistes aptes à le leur expli­quer.In addition, heated honeys tend to brown and also to recrystallize in an anarchic or coarse manner, unflattering to the eye, especially when this recrystallization occurs when the honey is stored in so-called "linear" packages. This is, in fact, a natural phenomenon that does not affect the quality of honey, but it is often not perceived as such by consumers, especially since they do not have always specialist salespeople able to explain it to them.

Il est de toute façon clair que, jusqu'à présent, quelles que soient les précautions prises lors du conditionnement final, les acheteurs acquiè­rent toujours un miel qui cristallisera.It is anyway clear that, until now, whatever precautions taken during the final packaging, the buyers always acquire a honey which will crystallize.

Or, on s'est aperçu que cette structure freine le développement des ventes de miel, surtout auprès des enfants qui sont habitués aux diverses pâtes à tartiner spécialement conçues pour eux, qui deviennent de plus en plus nombreuses sur le marché. Les enfants ne sont d'ailleurs pas les seuls à être sensibles à ces problèmes de structure, et, le goût du consommateur adulte va également vers des produits facilement tartinables, ce qui est confirmé par le succès croissant des beurres de synthèse qui restent mous même conservés au frais.However, we realized that this structure slows the development of honey sales, especially among children who are used to the various spreads specially designed for them, which are becoming more and more numerous on the market. Children are not the only ones to be sensitive to these structural problems, and, the taste of the adult consumer also goes towards easily spreadable products, which is confirmed by the growing success of synthetic butters which remain soft even kept cool.

La présente invention a pour objet de mettre au point un dispositif pour le traitement de miel, plus particulièrement de miel cristallisé stocké dans un fût, notamment cylindrique qui puisse permettre de proposer au consommateur un miel dont la fabrication n'implique aucune opération de chauffe et qui puisse être maintenu au frais, ce qui en améliore considéra­blement la conservation et rend plus agréable sa cons­ommation.The object of the present invention is to develop a device for the treatment of honey, more particularly crystallized honey stored in a barrel, in particular cylindrical, which can make it possible to offer the consumer a honey whose manufacture does not involve any heating operation and which can be kept cool, which considerably improves conservation and makes consumption more pleasant.

Un autre but de l'invention est de conférer au miel une structure pâteuse, donc tartinable, pou­vant être rendue durable par un traitement ultérieur particulièrement simple.Another object of the invention is to give honey a pasty structure, therefore spreadable, which can be made durable by a particularly simple subsequent treatment.

A cet effet, l'invention concerne un dispo­sitif caractérisé en ce qu'il est constitué par un arbre vertical entraîné en rotation par un motoréduc­teur à l'une de ses extrémités ou extrémité supérieure et portant à son extrémité opposée ou extrémité infé­rieure, un ensemble de raclage et de malaxage suscep­tible de venir en prise avec le miel stocké dans le fût pour transformer sa structure cristallisée en une structure pâteuse, cet ensemble de raclage et de malaxage étant constitué par une vis sans fin centrée solidairement sur l'arbre vertical et coopérant avec des palettes racleuses montées perpendiculairement sur ce dernier et munies d'une denture à leur partie infé­rieure.To this end, the invention relates to a device characterized in that it is constituted by a vertical shaft driven in rotation by a geared motor at one of its ends or upper end and carrying at its opposite end or lower end, an assembly scraping and kneading likely to come into engagement with the honey stored in the barrel to transform its crystallized structure into a pasty structure, this scraping and kneading assembly being constituted by an endless screw centered integrally on the vertical shaft and cooperating with scraper paddles mounted perpendicularly on the latter and provided with teeth on their lower part.

Le dispositif susmentionné permet donc de rendre pâteux, ou de "dépecer" sans aucune élévation de température et uniquement par des moyens mécaniques un miel cristallisé à l'intérieur des fûts, comme cela est le cas pour 90 % des lots de miel commercialisés et donc transportés.The aforementioned device therefore makes it possible to make pasty, or "to skin" without any rise in temperature and only by mechanical means, a honey crystallized inside the barrels, as is the case for 90% of the batches of honey sold and therefore transported.

Il convient de noter que, après traitement par ce dispositif, le miel conserve en fait sa cris­tallisation qui se reconstitue donc à l'identique après mise en pots. Pour obtenir un miel pâteux ayant une structure crémeuse durable, il est nécessaire de lui fait subir un traitement ultérieur dans un appa­reil homogénéisateur classique susceptible de briser le grain.It should be noted that, after treatment with this device, the honey in fact retains its crystallization which therefore reconstitutes identically after being put in pots. To obtain a pasty honey with a lasting creamy structure, it is necessary to subject it to a subsequent treatment in a conventional homogenizing device capable of breaking the grain.

L'élément essentiel du dispositif conforme à l'invention correspond à l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage qui est entraîné à une vitesse de l'ordre de 50 tours minute, et a en fait une action double d'usu­re ou de raclage de la surface cristallisée du miel, et de malaxage du miel ainsi traité.The essential element of the device according to the invention corresponds to the scraping and kneading assembly which is driven at a speed of the order of 50 revolutions per minute, and in fact has a double action of wear or scraping of the crystallized surface of the honey, and kneading of the honey thus treated.

Le nombre de palettes racleuses n'est bien entendu pas limitatif de l'invention ; on a, cepen­dant, pu constater que l'on obtient des résultats par­ticulièrement satisfaisants en montant, à équidistance autour de l'arbre vertical, trois palettes racleuses inclinées vers le bas dans la direction de rotation de ce dernier afin d'augmenter leur efficacité lors du raclage.The number of scraper paddles is of course not limitative of the invention; however, it has been observed that particularly satisfactory results are obtained by mounting, equidistant around the vertical shaft, three scraper paddles inclined downward in the direction of rotation of the latter in order to increase their efficiency during scraping.

Pour que le dispositif susmentionné puisse traiter la totalité du miel contenu dans le fût, il est nécessaire que les palettes racleuses puissent agir sur toute la surface cristallisée et donc que le diamètre de l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage cor­responde au diamètre du fût ; pour éviter d'abîmer les bords de ce dernier, selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, les palettes racleuses sont équipées à leur extrémité externe opposée à l'arbre vertical, de garnitures souples, notamment en Téflon (marque dépo­sée), susceptibles de s'appliquer contre les parois du fût. Il est nécessaire que ces garnitures soient suf­fisamment élastiques pour réaliser un guidage et tenir compte des déformations de certains fûts particulière­ment malmenés en cours de transport.In order for the aforementioned device to be able to process all of the honey contained in the barrel, it is necessary that the scraper paddles can act on the entire crystallized surface and therefore that the diameter of the scraping and kneading assembly corresponds to the diameter of the barrel; to avoid damaging the edges of the latter, according to another characteristic of the invention, the scraper pallets are equipped at their outer end opposite the vertical shaft, with flexible linings, in particular in Teflon (registered trademark), capable of being applied against the walls of the barrel. It is necessary that these linings are sufficiently elastic to provide guidance and to take into account the deformations of certain drums which are particularly damaged during transport.

Conformément à l'invention, le rôle princi­pal de la vis sans fin est, outre d'assurer un malaxa­ge plus vigoureux du miel traité, de permettre un enfoncement dans le miel du dispositif au fur et à mesure du traitement ; pour faciliter ce mouvement, l'extrémité inférieure de la vis sans fin est, de pré­férence, munie d'une fine denture.In accordance with the invention, the main role of the worm is, in addition to ensuring more vigorous mixing of the treated honey, to allow the device to sink into the honey as the treatment progresses; to facilitate this movement, the lower end of the worm is preferably provided with fine teeth.

Bien entendu, cet enfoncement peut être réalisé par des moyens quelconques notamment manuels sans pour cela sortir du cadre de l'invention ; il est cependant particulièrement avantageux de concevoir un dispositif dont la mise en oeuvre puisse être totale­ment automatisée.Of course, this depression can be achieved by any means including manual without departing from the scope of the invention; it is however particularly advantageous to design a device whose implementation can be fully automated.

A cet effet et selon une autre caractéristi­que de l'invention, le motoréducteur portant l'arbre vertical repose sur un support monté coulissant sur un mât vertical afin de se déplacer vers le bas sous l'effet de son propre poids pour permettre à l'ensem­ble de raclage et de malaxage de s'enfoncer automati­quement dans le fût au fur et à mesure du traitement du miel.To this end and according to another characteristic of the invention, the geared motor carrying the vertical shaft rests on a support mounted to slide on a vertical mast in order to move downward under the effect of its own weight to allow the set of scraping and mixing to automatically sink into the barrel as the honey is processed.

Conformément à cette configuration, le sup­port coopère, de préférence, avec un treuil monté solidairement au mât.According to this configuration, the support preferably cooperates with a winch mounted integrally on the mast.

Afin d'éviter un déplacement ou une mise en rotation du fût lorsque l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage est amené en rotation et que les palettes racleuses agissent sur le bloc de miel, il est néces­saire de fixer le fût au mât, notamment au moyen d'une sangle avec tendeur.In order to avoid displacement or rotation of the barrel when the scraper and kneading assembly is brought into rotation and the pallets scrapers act on the honey block, it is necessary to fix the barrel to the mast, in particular by means of a strap with tensioner.

Lorsque le miel stocké dans le fût a été traité dans sa totalité, celui-ci, de structure pâteu­se, a une viscosité interdisant son pompage par les dispositifs classiquement utilisés pour le miel liqui­de : pompe à rotor et stator flottants, pompe à impul­seur, pompe à piston excentrique ... Pour permettre de transférer le miel soit directement dans des pots, si l'on souhaite une recristallisation, soit dans une cuve de réception, si l'on prévoit un traitement d'homogénéisation ultérieur de façon à obtenir un miel ayant une structure crémeuse durable, le dispositif conforme à l'invention comporte des organes extra­cteurs particuliers.When the honey stored in the barrel has been treated in its entirety, the latter, of pasty structure, has a viscosity preventing it from being pumped by the devices conventionally used for liquid honey: floating rotor and stator pump, impeller pump, pump with eccentric piston ... To allow the honey to be transferred either directly into pots, if recrystallization is desired, or into a receiving tank, if a subsequent homogenization treatment is planned so as to obtain honey having a durable creamy structure, the device according to the invention comprises specific extracting members.

Selon une autre caractéristique de l'inven­tion, ces organes extracteur sont constitués par un tube extracteur plongeant dans le miel traité et coopérant avec une vis d'Archimède mobile en rotation à sa partie interne et avec un tube d'évacuation débouchant sur sa périphérie pour transférer automati­quement le miel traité de structure pâteuse dans des pots ou dans une cuve de réception.According to another characteristic of the invention, these extractor members are constituted by an extractor tube immersed in the treated honey and cooperating with an Archimedes screw movable in rotation at its internal part and with an evacuation tube opening onto its periphery for automatically transfer the treated honey of pasty structure into pots or a receiving tank.

Selon une autre caractéristique de l'inven­tion, la vis d'Archimède est entraînée à faible vites­se par un moteur à deux sens de rotation.According to another characteristic of the invention, the Archimedes screw is driven at low speed by a motor with two directions of rotation.

L'invention prévoit également de pouvoir faire fonctionner les organes extracteurs automatique­ment au fur et à mesure du traitement du miel par l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage.The invention also provides for being able to operate the extractor members automatically as the honey is treated by the scraper and kneading assembly.

A cet effet et selon une autre caractéristi­que de l'invention, l'ensemble constitué par le mo­teur, le tube extracteur, la vis d'Archimède et le tube d'évacuation est monté solidairement au support de façon à s'enfoncer automatiquement dans le fût au fur et à mesure du dépeçage du miel.To this end and according to another characteristic of the invention, the assembly constituted by the motor, the extractor tube, the Archimedes screw and the evacuation tube is mounted integrally on the support. so as to automatically sink into the barrel as the honey is butchered.

Les caractéristiques du dispositif qui fait l'objet de l'invention seront décrites plus en détail en se référant aux dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • - la figure 1 est un schéma d'ensemble du dispositif,
  • - la figure 2 est un détail montrant l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage.
The characteristics of the device which is the subject of the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
  • FIG. 1 is an overall diagram of the device,
  • - Figure 2 is a detail showing the scraping and kneading assembly.

Selon la figure 1, le dispositif conforme à l'invention est schématiquement constitué d'une poten­ce 1, montée sur des roues 21 représentées schémati­quement, comportant un mât 2 le long duquel peut cou­lisser un support horizontal 3. Un treuil 4 fixé au mât 2 permet de maîtriser le mouvement du support 3.According to Figure 1, the device according to the invention is schematically constituted by a bracket 1, mounted on wheels 21 shown schematically, comprising a mast 2 along which can slide a horizontal support 3. A winch 4 fixed to the mast 2 allows to control the movement of the support 3.

Selon la figure 1, le support 3 porte un motoréducteur de forte puissance 5 qui commande la rotation selon la flèche A d'un arbre vertical 8 en acier inoxydable dont l'extrémité inférieure porte un ensemble de raclage et de malaxage qui sera décrit plus en détail de la suite de cet exposé.According to FIG. 1, the support 3 carries a high-power gearmotor 5 which controls the rotation according to arrow A of a vertical shaft 8 of stainless steel, the lower end of which carries a scraper and kneading assembly which will be described in more detail detail of the rest of this talk.

Le dispositif susmentionné est destiné au traitement de miel stocké dans un fût 8 dans le but de transformer mécaniquement sa structure cristallisée en une structure pâteuse permettant sa mise en pot.The above-mentioned device is intended for the treatment of honey stored in a barrel 8 with the aim of mechanically transforming its crystallized structure into a pasty structure allowing it to be potted.

Selon la figure 1, le fût 8 de forme cylin­drique est mis en place sur la potence 1, au droit de l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage 7 et, pour assu­rer son maintien en position, est fixé au mât 2 au moyen d'une sangle 20.According to Figure 1, the barrel 8 of cylindrical shape is placed on the bracket 1, in line with the scraping and kneading assembly 7 and, to ensure its maintenance in position, is fixed to the mast 2 by means of a strap 20.

Selon la figure 2, l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage 7 est constitué, d'une part, par une vis sans fin 9 centrée solidairement sur l'arbre vertical 6 et dont la partie inférieure 10 est munie d'une fine denture et, d'autre part, par trois palettes racleuses 11 montées équidistantes autour de l'arbre 6 et défi­nissant un ensemble rotatif dont le diamètre corres­pond à celui du fût 8.According to FIG. 2, the scraping and kneading assembly 7 is constituted, on the one hand, by an endless screw 9 centered integrally on the vertical shaft 6 and the lower part 10 of which is provided with fine toothing and , on the other hand, by three scraper paddles 11 mounted equidistant around the shaft 6 and defining a rotary assembly whose diameter corresponds to that of the barrel 8.

Selon la figure 2, les palettes 11 sont mon­tées inclinées vers le bas dans la direction A de rotation de l'arbre vertical 6 et sont munies à leur partie inférieure d'une denture 12 permettant d'user la surface du miel cristallisé à traiter représentée en pointillés sur la figure afin de le "dépecer" et lui donner une structure pâteuse.According to Figure 2, the pallets 11 are mounted inclined downward in the direction A of rotation of the vertical shaft 6 and are provided at their lower part with a toothing 12 allowing to wear the surface of the crystallized honey to be treated shown dotted on the figure in order to "cut it up" and give it a pasty structure.

Des garnitures souples 13 montées à l'extré­mité externe des palettes racleuses 11 viennent s'appliquer contre les parois internes du fût 8 et permettent de guider la rotation de l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage 7.Flexible linings 13 mounted at the outer end of the scraper paddles 11 are applied against the inner walls of the barrel 8 and allow the rotation of the scraping and kneading assembly 7 to be guided.

Selon la figure 2, et pour des raisons de compréhension, l'ensemble 7 est représenté au-dessus de la surface du miel à traiter ; bien entendu, celui-­ci s'enfonce et pénètre dans le miel au fur et à mesu­re du traitement ; le rôle de la vis sans fin 9 est de permettre cet enfoncement tout en favorisant le malaxage du miel traité par les dentures 12 des palet­tes racleuses 11 afin de lui conférer une structure plus pâteuse.According to FIG. 2, and for reasons of understanding, the assembly 7 is represented above the surface of the honey to be treated; of course, it sinks and enters the honey as the treatment progresses; the role of the worm 9 is to allow this depression while promoting the mixing of the honey treated by the teeth 12 of the scraper paddles 11 in order to give it a more pasty structure.

Selon la figure 1, cet enfoncement selon la flèche B de l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage 7 dans le fût 8 au fur et à mesure du traitement du miel est automatique ; il entraîne également le déplacement vers le bas du support 3 par coulissement le long du mât 2.According to Figure 1, this depression along arrow B of the scraping and kneading assembly 7 in the barrel 8 as the honey is processed is automatic; it also causes the support 3 to move downwards by sliding along the mast 2.

Selon la figure 1, le support 3 porte égale­ment un tube extracteur 14 dont l'extrémité inférieure 15 plonge dans le fût 8 légèrement au-dessus des palettes 11, et qui comporte, à sa partie interne, une vis d'Archimède 16 entraînée en rotation lente par un moteur à deux sens de rotation 17 ; un tube d'évacua­tion 18 débouche à la périphérie supérieure du tube extracteur 14.According to Figure 1, the support 3 also carries an extractor tube 14 whose lower end 15 plunges into the barrel 8 slightly above the pallets 11, and which comprises, at its internal part, an Archimedes screw 16 driven in slow rotation by a two-way motor 17; an evacuation tube 18 opens at the upper periphery of the extractor tube 14.

Il est clair que la rotation de la vis d'Ar­chimède 16 entraîne automatiquement le déplacement du miel traité selon les flèches D dans le tube extra­cteur 14 puis dans le tube d'évacuation 18 à l'extré­mité duquel il peut être transféré directement dans des pots ou encore dans une cuve de réception 19 der­rière laquelle il peut subir un traitement d'homogé­néisation destiné à lui conférer une structure pâteuse durable.It is clear that the rotation of the Archimedes screw 16 automatically causes the honey treated according to the arrows D to move in the extractor tube 14 then in the evacuation tube 18 at the end of which it can be transferred directly into pots or in a receiving tank 19 behind which it can undergo a homogenization treatment intended to give it a durable pasty structure.

Bien entendu, l'ensemble constitué par le moteur 17, le tube extracteur 14, la vis d'Archimède 16 et le tube d'évacuation 18, monté sur le support 3, s'enfonce automatiquement dans le fût 8 au fur et à mesure du traitement du miel par l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage 7 ; l'ensemble du traitement est donc totalement automatique.Of course, the assembly constituted by the motor 17, the extractor tube 14, the Archimedes screw 16 and the evacuation tube 18, mounted on the support 3, is automatically inserted into the barrel 8 as and when treatment of honey by the scraping and kneading assembly 7; the entire processing is therefore completely automatic.

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1°) Dispositif pour le traitement de miel, plus particulièrement de miel cristallisé stocké dans un fût notamment cylindrique, antérieurement à son conditionnement final, dispositif caractérisé en ce qu'il est constitué par un arbre vertical (6) entraîné en rotation par un motoréducteur (5) à l'une de ses extrémités ou extrémité supérieure et portant à son extrémité opposée ou extrémité inférieure, un ensemble de raclage et de malaxage (7) susceptible de venir en prise avec le miel stocké dans le fût (8) pour trans­former sa structure cristallisée en une structure pâteuse, cet ensemble de raclage et de malaxage (7) étant constitué par une vis sans fin (9) centrée solidairement sur l'arbre vertical (6) et coopérant avec des palettes racleuses (11) montées perpendicu­lairement sur ce dernier et munies d'une denture (12) à leur partie inférieure (10).1) Device for treating honey, more particularly crystallized honey stored in a barrel, in particular cylindrical, prior to its final packaging, device characterized in that it consists of a vertical shaft (6) driven in rotation by a geared motor (5) at one of its ends or upper end and carrying at its opposite end or lower end, a scraper and kneading assembly (7) capable of coming into engagement with the honey stored in the barrel (8) to transform its structure crystallized into a pasty structure, this scraping and kneading assembly (7) being constituted by an endless screw (9) centered integrally on the vertical shaft (6) and cooperating with scraper paddles (11) mounted perpendicularly on the latter and provided with a toothing (12) at their lower part (10). 2°) Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les palettes racleuses (11) sont inclinées vers le bas dans la direction de rotation de l'arbre vertical (6).2) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the scraper vanes (11) are inclined downward in the direction of rotation of the vertical shaft (6). 3°) Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que l'ensem­ble de raclage et de malaxage (7) comporte trois palettes racleuses (11) montées équidistantes autour de l'arbre vertical (6).3 °) Device according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the scraper and kneading assembly (7) comprises three scraper blades (11) mounted equidistant around the vertical shaft (6). 4°) Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que la vis sans fin (9) est munie d'une denture (12) à son extrémité inférieure.4 °) Device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the worm (9) is provided with a toothing (12) at its lower end. 5°) Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les palet­tes racleuses (11) sont équipées à leur extrémité externe opposée à l'arbre vertical (6), de garnitures souples (13), notamment en Téflon susceptibles de s'appliquer contre les parois du fût.5 °) Device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the scraper paddles (11) are equipped at their outer end opposite the vertical shaft (6), with linings flexible (13), in particular Teflon capable of being applied against the walls of the barrel. 6°) Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que le motoré­ducteur (5) portant l'arbre vertical (6) repose sur un support monté coulissant sur un mât (2) vertical afin de se déplacer vers le bas sous l'effet de son propre poids pour permettre à l'ensemble de raclage et de malaxage (7) de s'enfoncer automatiquement dans le fût (8) au fur et à mesure du traitement du miel.6 °) Device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the geared motor (5) carrying the vertical shaft (6) rests on a support mounted to slide on a vertical mast (2) in order to move towards the bottom under the effect of its own weight to allow the scraping and kneading assembly (7) to sink automatically into the barrel (8) as the honey is processed. 7°) Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le support coopère avec un treuil (4) monté solidairement au mât (2) .7 °) Device according to claim 6, characterized in that the support cooperates with a winch (4) mounted integrally with the mast (2). 8°) Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un tube extracteur (14) plongeant dans le miel traité et coopérant avec une vis d'Archimède (16) mobile en rotation à sa partie interne et avec un tube d'évacua­tion (18) débouchant sur sa périphérie pour transférer automatiquement le miel traité de structure pâteuse dans une cuve de réception.8 °) Device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it comprises an extractor tube (14) immersed in the treated honey and cooperating with an Archimedes screw (16) movable in rotation at its part internal and with an evacuation tube (18) opening on its periphery to automatically transfer the treated honey of pasty structure into a receiving tank. 9°) Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que la vis d'Archimède (16) est entraînée par un moteur (17) à deux sens de rotation.9 °) Device according to claim 8, characterized in that the Archimedes screw (16) is driven by a motor (17) with two directions of rotation. 10°) Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 9, caractérisé en ce que l'ensemble constitué par le moteur (17), le tube extracteur (14), la vis d'Archimède (16) et le tube d'évacuation (18) est monté solidairement au support (3) de façon à s'enfoncer automatiquement dans le fût (8) au fur et à mesure du traitement du miel.10 °) Device according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that the assembly constituted by the motor (17), the extractor tube (14), the Archimedes screw (16) and the tube evacuation (18) is mounted integrally to the support (3) so as to automatically sink into the barrel (8) as the honey is processed.
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