JP2005034126A - Grain and plant seed-germinating device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a germinating device capable of solving a conventional defect in the germination of grains and plant seeds by working out the way of using warm water. <P>SOLUTION: This germinating device is characterized by installing a water-discharging port (2) at a device body vessel (1) for performing partial water discharge, installing a piping (3) for discharging and circulating water at the bottom part of the vessel (1), connecting a part of the piping with a pump (4) for circulating water with a nozzle (6) through a pipe (5), also discharging whole water from another part and also installing a heater at the bottom part of the vessel (1) for maintaining temperature. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

The present invention suppresses the use of water or hot water for germination of cereals and plant seeds, reduces contamination and bad odor of germination water, enables germination with a short germination time, good germination rate, and extremely low production cost. An apparatus and a manufacturing method.

  In a conventional germination apparatus, the germination product is immersed in warm water or water in a container until germination is completed, or after soaking, the water is drained and germinated as it is, or it is immersed in a constant flow of warm water or water. It was.

Problems to be solved by the invention

The conventional germination apparatus has the following drawbacks.
(I) In germination by soaking in a container, water during germination generates a unique odor, and the scent remains in the germinated material.
(B) In order to prevent odors, the cost of adding water or replacing it is high.
(C) Because they are soaked for a long time, nutrients are washed away in the germinating water.
(D) The time until germination is long and the germination rate is poor.
(E) If germinated with hot water removed, the temperature is difficult to control and it smells bad and tastes bad.
The present invention has been made to eliminate these drawbacks.

Means to solve the problem

In order to achieve the above object, in the germination apparatus of the present invention, in order to prevent the smell of warm water and germinated matter during germination, the generation of odor is suppressed by draining water to a position not in contact with the germinated matter.
The remaining hot water is kept at the specified temperature by the heater (8) and circulated in the germinated material, so that the temperature of the germinated material is maintained and the generation of odor due to fermentation can be suppressed. Can do.
Since it is not soaked in warm water until the end of germination, it can touch the air and compensate for anything that tends to be deficient from the air, so germination with a good germination rate can be achieved in a short time, and the nutrients that are still germinating Can be very small.
This germination machine needs only the water initially put in the main body container until the end of germination, and does not hydrate new water during germination. Can be kept very low.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
(B) A drain port (2) is provided with a gap above the bottom of the main body container (1).
(B) A water distribution pipe (3) is provided at the bottom of the main body container (1), and a pump (4) is attached to this pipe, and a circulation pipe (5) is connected to the nozzle (6) from the pump.
(C) A partition (7) is provided at a position spaced above the inner bottom of the main body container (1).
(D) A heater (8) is provided at the bottom of the main body container (1).
The present invention has a structure as described above. When this is used, the body container (1) is filled with a material to be germinated and water is poured until it is not exposed.
After the heater (8) is activated and the water is heated to the set temperature, the specified amount of time is passed and the required amount is left from the drain (2) to be drained.
After draining, while maintaining the required temperature until germination and the remaining temperature, water is discharged from the nozzle (6) and circulated by the pump (4) to prevent the drying of the upper part and maintain the temperature of the germination, and germination is completed. After that, drain all the water from the drainage pipe (3).
The drain port (2) and the water pipe (3) can be provided in the same manner, and the water to be circulated may be freshly added from the outside.

The invention's effect

  Germination with a short germination time, low odor, and good germination rate can be produced at an extremely low production cost.

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Claims (2)

  Germination device by using water or warm water for grains and plant seeds, extracting a set amount of water or warm water during germination, and circulating and retaining the remaining water or warm water   When germinating grains and plant seeds, the effect of suppressing the outflow of nutrients in the water or warm water used for germination, and shortening the germination time and improving the germination rate by preventing contamination and bad smell of the water used and touching the air, Germination production method for the purpose of reducing production costs

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