JP2007014280A - Bamboo steamer and drying device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bamboo steamer and a drying device capable of placing a large amount of materials, and circulating the materials in heated air with low-resistance to dry, and automatically discharging the materials after drying. <P>SOLUTION: This bamboo steamer 1 has a netlike round body 2a having no end, a plurality of sprockets 5 which stretch the net-like round body 2 in a go-around manner, a mesh conveyor 2 which places a material on the top of the net-like round body and performs go-round action when discharging the material and drops the material from the up-and-down inversion position 2b of the netlike round body 2a, and a frame body 3 which surrounds the side of the mesh conveyor 2. The drying device has a circulation device which can circulate a plurality of bamboo steamers 1, a heated air jetting part which can dry the material through placing the material and jetting heated air to each bamboo steamer 1 in circulation, and a driving device which goes around the netlike round body of the bamboo steamer at a first circulation position when the material is finished drying and which discharges the material after drying. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a salo that can automatically discharge a large amount of material placed thereon, and a fully automatic drying apparatus using the same.

  Small-sized fish such as anchovy mushrooms, sardines, shirasu, shrimp, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “small fish”) are dried to form dried fish, dried shrimp, etc. It is boiled at the bottom, dried and dried. This is because boiled with hot water exceeding 65 ° C. is sterilized, and when the water content becomes 40% or less by subsequent drying, bacteria do not propagate and become difficult to rot.

  For this reason, until recently, it was carried by hand, boiled in a boiled pot, and dried in the sun. It forced hard labor. Therefore, an apparatus in which these are partially mechanized has been proposed. For example, one of the conventional simmering devices is configured to make a hot water runway with a length of 20 m, throw small fish as material from one end, and boil it in about 2 minutes before reaching the end. (See Patent Document 1). The steam of the boiler is passed through the smoke pipe, heat is exchanged between the smoke pipe and the boiling liquid, and the salt concentration is controlled.

  Further, as a conventional drying apparatus, an apparatus that uses an endless spiral conveyor device to dry small fish or the like while transporting them endlessly has been proposed (see Patent Document 2). This drying device has a conveyor guide rail whose shaft core is provided in a spiral shape in the vertical direction, an endless spiral conveyor that moves spirally along the conveyor guide rail, and a drive that runs the endless spiral conveyor so as to endlessly circulate. The heat source and the like are arranged at the center of the spiral inside the endless spiral conveyor device, and the fish is dried while being transported endlessly.

  However, although some proposals have been made to mechanize a part of the whole process, a practical fully automatic drying apparatus has not been developed yet. This is because there is a problem that it is necessary to handle irregular natural materials such as small fish and the like, which must be used by producers of primary industries who are not used to operating machines. Also, there are many places where the installation environment is severe. In order to solve this challenge, in addition to mechanization according to the environment, full automation is also essential. Therefore, the present applicant has intensively developed to provide such a practical drying apparatus, and has automated all the important processes to propose a highly efficient and compact drying apparatus (Patent Document 3, Patent Document). 4).

  The material to be boiled and dried is not limited to small fish. Boiled rice cakes, rice cakes, etc. are dried after boiling to make bonito, bonito, etc. In addition, there are many materials that are boiled and used as food. For example, seafood such as salmon, salmon, shrimp, and vegetables such as spinach are boiled and used as they are.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-175816 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-157820 Japanese Patent No. 3621032 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-361055

  As described above, the conventional simmering apparatus of Patent Document 1 has mechanized the boil process, but is not an automated series of processes. In particular, in a drying process that has not been fully automated, if rapid drying is performed after boiling, the water content of small fish is uneven and the product value is lost. There is a problem that it is necessary to dry uniformly in a state close to drying, and the labor and cost for this are extremely increased.

  In addition, when a drying apparatus such as Patent Document 2 is used, the small fish rolls due to the action of gravity and the wind for drying, and does not form a uniform layer of small fish, resulting in uneven drying. A large installation space was required to install the. Although proposals for mechanization have been made in this way, it is difficult to put them into practical use. Furthermore, it has been extremely difficult to automate these processes, that is, to fully automate a series of processes including material loading and unloading. .

  In this respect, the drying apparatus of Patent Document 3 proposed by the present applicant performs these automations and can solve the problems of the conventional drying apparatus with a compact configuration. However, the automation including the boil process is not possible. Difficult, and since the material is placed directly on the mesh belt and circulated, in order to continue drying, it was necessary to repeatedly load and unload the material being dried onto the mesh belt, and there was a part that had to be relied on by hand .

  On the other hand, the drying apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 4 proposed by the present applicant circulates a cello on which a large number of materials are placed, and has become an epoch-making system that further promotes automation. When the conveyor chain to be operated becomes long and unfortunately an operation trouble occurs in one of the circulating salons, there is a problem that the entire operation must be stopped to deal with it. In addition, in the case of conveyance by a large number of salons, balance is important for conveyance and discharge, and it must be performed at high speed. Above all, since it is necessary to reverse the salo when discharging, the load on the device is mechanically increased. And the bigger the Silo, the harder it was to flip. In particular, when a large-sized material, such as ginger, is processed into sardines, the load becomes large.

  For this reason, the present applicant has also proposed a method in which a plurality of each salo are extruded in a ball-like shape by a predetermined width and circulated without using a conveyor chain. However, in order to circulate in the shape of a ball, a vacant space is formed at some end of the curved path, and a plurality of nails are moved together to fill this vacant space, and this is repeated. At this time, if there are a large number of salos, the operation procedure for circulation becomes complicated.

  In addition, materials that could be put into practical use without causing any problems with materials such as chirimen small fish, but relatively large materials such as boiled dried fish (Iriko) require large driving force and drying performance, and are uniform and in a short time. Drying was unexpectedly difficult, so it was difficult to suppress uneven drying, and the wall of full automation at the final stage was high.

  In addition, since the frame portion of the salo is bulky, even if many ordinary salos are circulated, the actual amount of material circulation does not increase much. There was still a wasteful part for the circulation of the material. In this respect, the techniques of Patent Documents 3 and 4 still have room for improvement. And in the method of the conventional patent document 4, since the circulation path became long, many bending | flexion locations were made, and when pushing or towing, resistance became large at this location and there also existed a subject that mechanical loss increased.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a salo capable of placing a large amount of material, circulating it in heated air with low resistance and drying it, and automatically discharging the material after drying.

  In addition, the present invention provides a fully automatic drying apparatus that can place a large amount of material, circulate and dry in heated air with low resistance, and can automatically discharge the material after drying. Objective.

  In order to solve such a conventional problem, the iron of the present invention is provided with an endless mesh-like rotating body and a plurality of driving bodies stretched around the mesh-like rotating body so as to be able to go around, and a material is placed on the upper surface of the mesh-like circulating body. And a mesh conveyor that performs a revolving operation when discharging the material to drop the material from the upside down position of the mesh-like revolving body, and a frame that supports the driving body and surrounds the side surface of the mesh conveyor. .

  According to the silo of the present invention, a large amount of material can be placed, circulated with low resistance, and automatically discharged, so that each process of the drying device can be automated, and in the drying processing of materials such as small fish The burden on people can be reduced. Incidentally, conventional bamboo steamer eventually on the need to resort to manually close to say performed also heated as it were loosely, there is a limit to the absolutely magnitude to prevent uneven drying. However, in the salo of the present invention, hot air is uniformly sprayed from below on the entire surface of the net-like orbiting body of the plurality of salos moving up and down in the vertical direction, so that a large amount of material can be placed and dried. .

  Further, according to the drying apparatus of the present invention, the material to be dried can be placed on a cello and circulated with low resistance, and when dried, it can be automatically discharged from a predetermined circulation position. Furthermore, not only such a circulation and drying process and a discharging process, but also a material loading process and a boil process using a boiling pot can be automated, and a fully automatic and highly practical drying apparatus can be realized. Furthermore, the transfer speed of the circulating salo can be reduced, so that there are few problems associated with high-speed movement and stable circulation can be performed. In addition, a simple, compact, and lean structure consisting only of horizontal feeding and vertical raising / lowering can be achieved, and the number of bent portions of the circulation path is small, and the direction can be changed easily. And since heated air is injected with many nozzles with respect to this raising and lowering salo, a raw material can be dried and stirred simultaneously and can be dried uniformly.

  A first embodiment for carrying out the present invention includes an endless mesh-like rotating body and a plurality of driving bodies stretched around the mesh-like rotating body so as to be able to circulate, and the material is placed on the upper surface of the mesh-like circulating body, This is a cello that has a mesh conveyor that moves the material from the upside down position of the mesh-like rotating body and a frame that supports the drive body and surrounds the side surface of the mesh conveyor. Therefore, it is possible to automate each process of the drying apparatus and reduce the burden on humans in the drying process of materials such as small fish. Hot air is uniformly sprayed from below on the entire surface of the reciprocating body of a plurality of salos that move up and down in the vertical direction, so that a large amount of material can be placed and dried. The heated air can pass through the mesh-like circulator and dry the material uniformly.

  The second mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to the first mode, and a gap is provided between the upside down position and the frame so as to drop the material during the rounding operation. Since it can be discharged from the inside of the frame, the material does not scatter around. The heated air can pass through the gap like a chimney, and the heated air can be sent to the upper stage.

  A third mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode dependent on the first mode or the second mode, in which a traveling roller is provided on the frame body and can travel by placing a material thereon. The drying process can be performed while the saliro is driven by the driving roller with low resistance.

  A fourth mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to any one of the first to third modes, and the driving body is provided with a rotating shaft that supports the mesh-shaped circuit body so as to be capable of rotating. In addition, at least one of the rotating shafts is a salo provided with a clutch for transmitting a driving force to the mesh conveyor, and the clutch is connected at the time of discharging to transmit the driving force, so that the material is automatically discharged. It is possible to automatically perform the discharge process of the drying apparatus.

  In the fifth embodiment for carrying out the present invention, a circulating device that can circulate a plurality of the first to fourth forms of the salo, and a heating air is sprayed on each of the circulating salons on the material. A hot air spray unit that can dry the material, and a drying device that includes a drive device that, when the material finishes drying, circulates the reciprocating body of the cello at the first circulation position and discharges the dried material. Yes, the material is circulated with low resistance by placing it on a cello, and the heated air is jetted, so it has excellent uniform heating power to the material. Can be realized.

  A sixth mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to the fifth mode, and when starting the circulation of the cello, the material is used when the upper surface of the cello is empty at the second circulation position. It is a drying device provided with a control unit that is loaded and transported as it is when the upper surface is not empty, the material loading process can be automated, and the drying device can be automated.

  A seventh mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to the fifth mode or the sixth mode, wherein the circulation device is configured to advance the salo in the horizontal direction by the first predetermined width unit; and A drying device having a plurality of rows installed at first predetermined width intervals and having a lifting device that lifts and lowers the silo vertically in units of a second predetermined width, and can reduce the transfer speed of the circulating salo and hence high speed There are few problems with movement and stable circulation can be performed. In addition, a simple and compact structure composed only of horizontal feeding and vertical raising / lowering can be achieved, and the direction of turning can be easily changed with few bent portions of the circulation path.

  The 8th form for implementation of this invention is a form subordinate to the 5th-7th form, Comprising: The hot air injection part which orient | assigned many nozzles to the orthogonal | vertical direction directly under at least 1 row of the raising / lowering apparatus. Since the heated air is ejected from a large number of nozzles in the ascending / descending portion, the material can be dried and agitated, and the material can be handled in large quantities and dried uniformly.

  The ninth embodiment for carrying out the present invention is a form subordinate to the fifth to eighth embodiments, in which a boiled pot is provided at the third circulation position, and the material is placed at the second circulation position. Only if, the salo is lowered from the third circulation position by the second lifting device, the raw material is boiled in the boiling pot, is raised to the third circulation position, and is not lowered during the subsequent circulation. It is a drying device that can be passed through and can automate the boil process by the boiled pot and realize a fully automatic drying device.

  Hereinafter, the salo and drying apparatus of Example 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a salo in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a drying apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a drying apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 4 (a) is a sectional view taken along the line XX of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 (b) is a sectional view taken along the line Y--Y of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a state in which a lift is supported by the lifting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7A is a sectional view of the lifting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 7 (b) is a cross-sectional view of the main part in a state in which the lift of the lifting device (a) is supported, FIG. 8 (a) is a side view of the pushing-in device of the drying device in Example 1 of the present invention, FIG. (B) is a ZZ sectional view of the pushing device of the drying device of (a), and FIG. 8 (c) is a pushing device of the drying device of (b). FIG. 9A is a perspective view of the second lifting device of the drying device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9B is a side view of the second lifting device of FIG. 10 and 10 are functional block diagrams according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

  First, the iron in Example 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1, 4 (a) and 4 (b), 1 is a fish that is placed on a material such as small fish, and heated air (hot air) is sent to this to dry, 2 is placed on the material and dried, and after drying A mesh conveyor that can discharge the material dried by the endless rotating operation of the body, 2a is an endless mesh-like circulating body stretched in the frame 3, 2b is an endless mesh-like circulating body 2a from the upper surface side to the lower surface side An upside down position 3 that circulates in an inverted manner 3 surrounds the side surface of the mesh-like orbiting body 2a, and when viewed from the upper surface side, the frame of the rectangular sail 1 and 3a is provided for dropping the dried material. This is a gap between the upside down position 2 b and the frame 3. In the mesh conveyor 2, the upper surface of the mesh-like rotating body 2 a on which the material is placed is installed in parallel with the upper surface of the frame body 3. Further, the frame 3 supports the rotating shaft 6 of the mesh conveyor 2 so as to freely rotate. Although not shown, the endless mesh-like rotating body 2a is provided with ribs having appropriate heights along the axis at both ends of the upper surface (a position 45 ° behind the upside down position 2b and a position opposite thereto). In addition, it is preferable to prevent the material from dropping from the mesh-like circulating body 2a during boiling, transferring, or drying.

  Further, 4 is rotatably attached to the side surface of the frame 3, and a traveling roller for causing the salo 1 to travel on a guide member 21 (see FIG. 5) described later is provided. It is a sprocket (driving body of the present invention) for operating. Reference numeral 6 denotes a rotary shaft for attaching and driving the sprocket 5; 6a, a clutch for connecting a shaft of a motor 19 (described later) to transmit a driving force; and 7, a mesh for engaging the sprocket 5 to rotate the mesh conveyor 2 It is a chain. The chain 7 is endlessly meshed with the sprocket 5 and attached to both side edges of the mesh-like orbiting body 2a. In the first embodiment, the clutch 6a is a conical clutch that is easy to automate due to contact with the friction surface. However, other types of clutch such as a D-cut and a motor drive shaft may be used.

  Two sprockets 5 are attached to one rotary shaft 6 so as to be located on both side edges (two chains 7 are provided) of the mesh-like rotating body 2a and to stretch the mesh-like rotating body 2a. It has been. The two rotation shafts 6 are rotatably supported so as to face each other in the frame 3. Accordingly, the two rotating shafts provided at a predetermined interval, and thus the four sprockets 5, stretch the mesh-like rotating body 2 a and mesh with the two chains 7. In addition, the sprocket 5 which stretches the mesh | circular surrounding body 2a can also provide an even number of 4 or more, and the rotation shaft 6 can also be provided 2 or more.

  Then, the clutch 6a provided at one end of at least one of the rotating shafts 6 is connected to drive the endless chain 7, and the stretched mesh-like rotating body 2a is rotated. In addition, in Example 1, in order to take out the small fish etc. after drying from the side surface of a running direction, it is comprised so that it may lap | rotate toward the direction orthogonal to a running direction, However, You may make a turning direction into a running direction. . When the traveling direction is the turning direction, the rotation shaft 6 and the clutch 6a are arranged in parallel with the traveling roller 4 and it becomes difficult to arrange the side surface of the sail. However, the drive motor of the rotation shaft 6 is moved in the traveling direction. There is no need to arrange, and the running direction length of the entire drying apparatus is shortened. On the other hand, when the direction orthogonal to the traveling direction is set to the circumferential direction as in the first embodiment, the rotating shaft 6 and the clutch 6a are not disposed in parallel with the traveling roller 4 and are easily arranged. become. The material can be discharged from the side of the drying device and is easy to handle.

  4 (a) and 4 (b) show a cross section of the cello 1 in two directions. As shown in FIG. 4A, traveling rollers 4 are attached to the frame 3 so as to be rotatable on both side surfaces of the sail 1 as viewed from the traveling direction. The material such as small fish placed on the mesh conveyor 2 is discharged from the gap 3 a by rotating the sprocket 5 after drying by the circulation movement of the cello 1. In addition, the clearance gap 3a can also be provided in the both sides of the mesh conveyor 2. FIG. In this case, the discharge can be performed regardless of the direction of rotation, and the installation of the salo 1 is facilitated.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, the sprocket 5 is driven when the movable base 19a is moved and the motor 19 approaches or separates so that the clutch 6a is connected. The movable table 19a is moved when the cello 1 is sent to the material discharge position (the first circulation position of the present invention) after the material is dried, and the cello 1 is detected by a detection sensor (not shown). The motor is automatically moved. In the first embodiment, the discharge position is also a placement position for placing a new material. Further, the detection sensor is preferably used also as a space detection sensor 53 described later, but may be installed separately.

  Then, the whole structure of the drying apparatus of Example 1 is demonstrated based on FIG. 2, FIG. Reference numeral 11 denotes a drying apparatus main body that circulates the salo 1 and sends hot air to dry it.

  Hereinafter, the circulation device of the salo 1 provided in the drying apparatus main body 11 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the circulation device according to the first embodiment includes the following five portions (portions A to E). The circulation mechanism is such that one empty space is formed in the adjacent salo 1 and, in some cases, several empty spaces are formed, and in order to fill this space, the adjacent air cells 1 are sequentially moved in the circulation direction. Is what you do. In effect, the Sero 1 is circulated, but apparently empty spaces are sequentially circulated backward.

  First, the portion A in FIG. 2 is a discharge and placement position for loading and unloading materials such as small fish. When the salo 1 reaches here, the mesh conveyor 2 is driven to discharge dry small fish and the like. Thereafter, a new dry material that has not been dried is loaded on the mesh conveyor 2 that has been emptied from the upper loading / unloading conveyor 20. The discharge position and the placement position (second circulation position of the present invention) may be different positions, but may be the same position as in the first embodiment. Further, these processes are controlled by looking at flags indicating the respective states as will be described later.

  Next, a portion B in FIG. 2 is located immediately below A, and is a position where the salo 1 descends from the placement position and substantially starts a circulation operation for drying.

  In the portion C, when the cello 1 is fed from the position B and this is loaded with unboiled material, the circulation operation is temporarily interrupted here, the cello 1 is moved up and down, and this is boiled with a boiling pot. In other words, it is an elevating position for the boil (the third circulating position of the present invention). In the case of the material after boiling, the position of C is simply passed through without going up and down to put into the cooking pot.

  The part D is an area where hot air is sprayed upward from a number of nozzles installed below while raising the Sero 1, and the material such as small fish is dried. The part E is raised in the part D. This is the area where the Sero 1 is lowered. The portion E is also a portion where drying continues. Then, the Sero 1 lowered to the lowest stage in E is moved to the discharge and placement position of A, and one circulation motion is completed. When the circulation is performed in the reverse direction, a large number of nozzles are provided in an area where the salo 1 is lowered.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram for conceptually explaining the circulation state. From A position “No1” to E “No11” circulates in order. FIG. 3A shows a state when the “No 1” salo 1 has moved to the A position, that is, the discharge and placement positions. At this time, an empty space in which the salo 1 does not exist is formed at the lowest stage of E. For this reason, “No 9” to “No 11” in the E region shown in FIG. As a result, the lowermost stage is filled, and an empty space is formed at the uppermost stage of the E row as shown in FIG.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3C, the uppermost “No. 8” cello 1 of D is slid in the upper empty space of the E row. In order to fill the empty space in the upper stage of D formed by this, the four cellos 1 of “No 4” to “No 7” in the D row are raised one by one in order (see FIG. 3D).

  At this time, since a new empty space is formed at the bottom of D, as shown in FIG. 3E, “No3” in the portion C is slid in and pushed into the empty space. Push in Seiro 1 As a result, since a space is created at the position B, it is possible to lower the “No1” sailo 1 existing at A to the position B as shown in FIG. As a result, the “No1” to “No11” sailo 1 shown in FIG. By repeating this process, it becomes possible to circulate the sailo 1 in order.

  Now, referring back to FIG. 2, reference numerals 12a and 12b denote push-in devices for rotating the chain with two sprockets and sliding the salo 1 by pushing out the pressing pieces attached to the chain. Among them, the pushing device 12a is provided at the lower stage of B and the lowermost stage of E, and pushes the salo 1 with a pressing piece while placing it on the upper surface of the conveyor belt 34 (described later) and supporting it. On the other hand, the pushing device 12b is provided on the upper stage of C and the uppermost stage of D, and pushes the salo 1 supported by other members by sliding the pressing piece from above. The pushing device 12b does not necessarily require the conveyor belt 34.

  Next, in FIG. 2, 13 is provided in three places of the drying apparatus main body 11 between A and B, the area | region D, and the area | region E, the raising / lowering apparatus which raises / lowers the cello 1, 14 is small fish etc. A boiling pot for boiling the material at a temperature of 65 ° C. to 100 ° C., 15 is a hot air injection unit that uniformly distributes a number of nozzles and uniformly injects heated air in order to dry the material after boiling. . Reference numeral 16 denotes a fan for sucking high-temperature air in the drying apparatus main body 11, reference numeral 17 denotes a heat exchanger for heating the sucked high-temperature air, and reference numeral 17a denotes condensation for removing vaporized water by drying after boiling. Device. Further, 18 is an air pipe that guides the air sucked and heated by the fan 16 to the hot air jet unit 15. The heat exchanger 17 is heated by high-temperature steam sent from a boiler (not shown) and heat-exchanged.

  Subsequently, 19 is a circuit for circulating the mesh conveyor 2 by connecting the clutch 6a in order to discharge the dried material, and discharging the dried material from the gap 3a between the frame body 3 and the upside down position 2b of the cello 1. The motor 19a is a movable table that can be moved to connect or disconnect the motor 19 to or from the clutch 6a. The motor 19 is installed on the movable base 19a. The dried material placed on the mesh conveyor 2 is collected in a container. Even if the state of the material at this time is boiled (irico), it is in a state close to natural drying over the past several days. Thereafter, the clutch 6a of the motor 19 is disconnected from the rotating shaft 6 by the backward movement of the movable base 19a.

  20 is a loading / unloading conveyor for placing a new material on the mesh conveyor 2 that has been emptied by discharging the material such as small fish, and 20a is a hopper in which the material such as small fish is placed. The loading / unloading conveyor 20 is movable along the upper surface of the mesh-like rotating body 2a at the discharge and placement position (position A) shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and is rotated around the lower position of the left hopper 20a. When the material is evenly stacked, move forward, and come to the rear end of the waiting Sero 1 after discharging the material, the loading conveyor 20 is driven, and the loaded small fish and other materials are dropped little by little. It moves backward and places materials such as small fish evenly on the mesh conveyor 2. Then, when it reaches the tip of the sail 1, the loading operation is terminated, the hopper 20a is moved below, and the next operation is waited.

  Next, the lifting device 13 of the salo 1 described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5, 6, and 7. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 21 denotes a guide member of the elevating device 13 that functions as a rail when the salo 1 is placed and raised and moved to the adjacent space. This guide member 21 has an L-shaped cross section, sandwiches the salo 1 from both sides, and raises or lowers the salo 1 step by step with the traveling roller 4 placed on the rail portions on both sides.

  The elevating devices 13 provided in D and E rise and fall in small increments at a pitch corresponding to the height of the frame 3 (second predetermined width of the present invention). The lifting device 13 provided between A and B may be the same device, but it is preferable that the lifting device 13 be lowered by the height between A and B at once.

  Next, reference numeral 22 denotes a lifting / lowering sprocket that rotates to raise and lower the salo 1. Reference numeral 23 denotes a pair of chains which are stretched in mesh with the two sprockets 22 and circulate between the sprockets 22, and 24 is a rotating shaft provided with the pair of sprockets 22 at a predetermined interval.

  Of the pair of rotary shafts 24 provided above and below, if possible, the upper rotary shaft 24 is rotated at a constant angle, for example, one turn by a high torque drive motor M (see FIG. 5) such as a stepping motor. As a result, the two chains 23 circulate around the two pairs of sprockets 22 by a predetermined width (one pitch), and the guide member 21 attached in a ladder shape between the chains 23 is raised or lowered by this width. . By repeating this, the salo 1 placed on the guide member 21 can be sequentially raised or lowered by a predetermined width. It is preferable to provide a brake to ensure the non-rotation when rotation is stopped. Further, the guide member 21 has a rail portion protruding perpendicularly to the outer peripheral surface of the chain 23, in some cases inclined, and the remaining L-shaped portion is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the chain 23.

  One set of the lifting device 13 is provided so as not to hinder the traveling of the salo 1 and to support the sailo 1 from both sides by projecting the guide members 21 to face each other (see FIGS. 5 and 6). The driving of the guide member 21 to be raised or lowered is performed by rotating the two rotating shafts 24 in synchronization. For this reason, for example, the two drive shafts 24 are chain-driven, gear-driven, and belt-driven by one drive motor M, or the two drive motors M are driven by one control device. The member 21 is made to rise or fall synchronously while maintaining a parallel state. Although not shown in detail, when driven by one drive motor M, one transmission mechanism is provided with a reversing mechanism R through a gear or the like to rotate the two rotating shafts 24 in opposite directions. ing. In the drying apparatus main body 11 described above, the salo 1 is raised in the area D, and the salo 1 is lowered in the area between the area E and A and B. However, it can also be circulated in the reverse direction.

  Incidentally, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the traveling roller 4 is rotatably supported by a bearing 3 on the frame 3 of the salo 1 and travels on the rails of the two guide members 21 as both wheels. The traveling portion mounted on the rail has a small diameter so that the traveling roller 4 is guided by the rail without being removed, and the end surface of the large diameter portion is guided while abutting against the guide member 21. .

  Next, the details of the pushing device 12b according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 (a), (b), and (c). 8 (a) and 8 (b), reference numeral 31 denotes a pair of sprockets for sliding the salo 1 and transferring it by a predetermined width (the first predetermined width of the present invention). It is driven by a high torque drive motor (not shown). 32 is a chain that meshes with and circulates around a pair of sprockets 31, 33 is a pressing piece that is attached to the chain 32 and can push the salo 1 from the rear end, and 34 is a conveyor belt having chains 32 attached to both side edges. It is.

  The pressing piece 33 is attached outward on the outer periphery of the chain 32. The number of pressing pieces 33 may be one, or two pressing pieces 33 may be provided with a half cycle shift. However, when the chain 32 circulates around the sprocket 31, it is necessary to prevent the pressing piece 33 from being biased toward the rear end surface of the sail 1 at the stretched portion that is translated along the guide member 21. When the parallel movement of the pressing piece 33 is completed and the periphery of the sprocket 31 is rotated, the pressing piece 33 is separated from the rear end surface of the sail 1 and the extrusion of the sail 1 is finished. The pressing piece 33 is fixed to the side surface of the chain 32 as shown in FIG.

  In addition, since the pushing-in apparatus 12b pushes out the salo 1 mounted on the guide member 21 from the upper side, the conveyor belt 34 is not necessarily required. On the other hand, in the case of the pushing-in device 12a, the conveyor belt 34 is preferably provided if possible because the salo 1 is placed on the device and transferred by the pressing piece 33.

  Next, based on FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b), in the case of an unboiled material, a description will be given of a second lifting device that interrupts the circulation and raises and lowers the cello 1 and boiles it with a boiling pot. . In FIG. 9, 40 is a second lifting device that boiles an unboiled material at the lifting position where the boiling pot is provided, and 41 is bent in a U-shaped cross-section toward the vertical direction on which the pushed-in salo 1 is placed. A suspension frame 42 is a wire for suspending the suspension frame 41, and 42 a is an attachment fitting for the wire 42. It is preferable that at least bent portions on both sides of the U-shaped cross section of the hanging frame 41 have a net shape. The wire 42 and the mounting bracket 42 a are provided at the four corners of the hanging frame 41. The length of the wire 42 is sufficiently longer than the height of the pushing device 12b as shown in FIG. 9B, and the size of the hanging frame 41 is wider than the width of the pushing device 12b in the lateral width perpendicular to the transfer direction. The depth is slightly longer than the length of Seiro 1.

  Reference numeral 43 denotes a winding portion for winding or loosening the wire 42, 43a denotes a rotating shaft to which two winding portions 43 are attached, and 44 denotes a driving motor such as a sprocket for driving the rotating shaft 43a. The drive motor 44 is preferably a high torque stepping motor or the like. Two winding portions 43 are attached to each of the two rotating shafts 43a so that the four winding portions 43 are positioned at the four corners (upper corner portions) of the U-shaped bent portion of the hanging frame 41, respectively. When the drive motor 44 rotates the rotating shaft 43a to one side, the four wires 42 are wound up, and when the drive motor 44 rotates to the other side, the four wires 42 are loosened and lowered. The four wires 42 are moved up and down evenly so that the four winding portions 43 keep the suspension frame 41 parallel. At this time, the two rotating shafts 43a need to be rotated in synchronization, and are driven by the same drive motor 44 with a chain, a belt, or the like. It is preferable to provide a brake to ensure the non-rotation when rotation is stopped.

  Reference numeral 45 denotes a guide protrusion for guiding the lifting and lowering of the suspension frame 41, and 46 denotes an upper and lower guide for guiding the guide protrusion 45. The upper and lower guides 46 are preferably provided on both side surfaces (with respect to the transfer direction) of the suspension frame 41 for stability. Although not shown, two rows may be provided for each. 47 is a guide member that guides to a lift position soaked in the boil pot 14 and places the salo 1 on that position, and 47a is a guide member that lifts and lowers slightly because the wire 42 facilitates the introduction of the running roller 4. It is an introduction part of the guide member 47 made to do. The guide member 47 guides and guides the large diameter portion of the traveling roller 4 by the introduction portion 47a when the salo 1 is pushed in from the position B (see FIGS. 2 and 3) next to the guide member 47. The small-diameter portion is placed on the part of the rail.

  In this state, the four wires 42 are loosened and lowered, lowered into the boiling pot 14, soaked in hot water of 65 ° C. to 100 ° C. for a predetermined time, boiled with materials such as small fish, and the four wires 42 are further connected. The hoist 1 is wound up and pulled up from the hot water. When the heights of the guide member 47 and the guide member 21 coincide with each other, the ascent is stopped and sent to the lowest stage of the adjacent lifting device 13 by the pushing device 12b. It is preferable to provide a sensor (not shown) for detecting that the heights match. In addition, it is preferable to provide an introduction portion in the guide member 21 of the lifting device 13 in the D region, but it is sufficient if the interval between the guide members 21 is large.

  Next, a control apparatus that controls the drying apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 10 is a control block diagram of the drying apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 10, reference numeral 51 denotes a control unit, which is a CPU in terms of hardware, and reads various control programs and data from a storage unit 52, which will be described later, and realizes various control functions of the drying apparatus in terms of software. It is.

  A transfer control unit 51a controls the push-in devices 12a and 12b to transfer the salo 1 and controls the lifting device 13 and the second lifting device 40 to raise and lower the sail 1. In addition, 51b is an air control unit that controls air for drying, and 51c is a boil pot temperature control unit that controls the temperature of the boil pot 14. Then, 51d moves the movable base 19a to discharge the material after drying, rotates the motor 19, and returns to the original state after the discharging is finished, 51e after the discharging of the material after drying is finished, It is a loading control unit that drives the loading / unloading conveyor 20 and loads a new raw material such as raw fish.

  Next, reference numeral 52 denotes a storage unit that stores a control program and data to be read by the CPU constituting the control unit 51. The storage unit 52 is provided with the following storage units. A transfer control program storage unit 52a drives and stops the drive motors to operate the pushing devices 12a and 12b, the lifting device 13, and the second lifting device 40. Reference numeral 52b indicates that the air is heated by the heat exchanger 17 in order to set optimum operating conditions from the temperature and humidity of the air inside the drying apparatus main body 11, the humidity is controlled by the condenser, and the air flow rate is determined by the rotational speed of the fan 16. An air control program storage unit for controlling the temperature, 52c is a boil pot control program storage unit for controlling the temperature of boiling water for boiling the material, 52d is an optimal heating air temperature and humidity, drying time, circulation number, etc. It is a data storage unit that stores operating conditions and other data.

  Furthermore, 52e is a flag storage unit that stores a flag indicating the state of the drying apparatus. For example, the material placement flag is turned on when the material is placed on the salo 1 and turned off when the material is discharged. The boil flag is turned ON when the material is not boiled, and turned OFF after boiling. The control unit 51 records each state of the drying device from time to time and stores the flag in the flag storage unit 52e. The flag is referred to during control, and the state is recognized by the flag. The drying device is fully automatic. It is controlled by.

  The temperature, humidity, and air volume of the air for drying are stored in the data storage unit 52d in the storage unit 52 in units of materials, and this condition can be met by selecting a material from the input device and pressing the operation start switch. Capture and drive automatically. Further, the drying time or the number of circulations required for each material is confirmed in advance through experiments or the like and stored in the data storage unit 52d.

  Subsequently, 53 is a space detection sensor for detecting the presence of an empty space for transporting the cello 1 or the presence of the cello 1. The space detection sensor 53 may be, for example, a combination of a light emitting element and a light receiving element. When the space detection sensor 53 is blocked by the passing cello 1, it is determined that the cello 1 is present, and when there is no blockage, the space detection sensor 53 is determined to be an empty space. The space detection sensors 53 are preferably arranged in all spaces, but at least the positions of A, B, and C of the drying apparatus main body 11 shown in FIG. 2, the lowest and highest levels of D, and the highest and lowest levels of E. It is necessary to install in the lower stage.

  If the space detection sensor 53 detects the absence of the salo 1, the transfer control unit 51a permits the feeding of the adjacent salo 1, and if the salo 1 is present at a predetermined position, performs a predetermined process. Do. For example, when the drying is progressing and the discharge becomes possible, when the Sero 1 comes to the position A, the material is discharged and a new material is loaded.

  When the transfer control unit 51a detects that the positions A, B, and C in FIG. 2, the lowermost stage of D, and the uppermost stage of E are empty spaces by the space detection sensor 53, the drive control unit 51a drives the sprocket 31 of the pushing devices 12a and 12b. By rotating the motor, rotating the chain 32, and pressing the rear end surface of the salo 1 with the pressing piece 33, the adjacent salo 1 is advanced by a predetermined width into the empty space. Further, when it is detected that the uppermost stage of D and the lowermost stage of E are empty spaces, the lifting / lowering device 13 is controlled to raise and lower the salo 1 respectively, and the dry material is not boiled at the position C. The lifting / lowering device 40 of 2 is controlled to raise and lower the salo 1.

  Returning to FIG. 10, 54 is a heat exchanger control unit that performs heat control such that the circulating air at a certain temperature is heat-exchanged with water vapor at a predetermined temperature to obtain a desired heated air, and 55 is a control of the air flow rate. The air blow control unit 56 for performing the above operation is a humidity control unit for controlling the humidity in the post-boil drying apparatus main body 11 because the humidity increases. Reference numeral 57 denotes a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the air inside the drying apparatus main body 11, and reference numeral 58 denotes a humidity sensor that detects the humidity of the air inside the drying apparatus main body 11.

  When the operation of the drying apparatus according to the first embodiment is started, the temperature sensor 57 and the humidity sensor 58 detect the temperature and humidity of the air inside the drying apparatus main body 11, and the optimum operation condition for the material is stored from the storage unit 52. read out. Air is heated in accordance with these operating conditions, and the amount of air blown is controlled by controlling the rotational speed of the fan 16 to be ejected from the hot air jet section 15. At the same time, the humidity of the air inside the drying apparatus main body 11 is adjusted using the condensing device 17a.

  Further, 59 is a heating unit such as a heater for controlling the water temperature of the boil pot 14 by the boil pot temperature control unit 51c, and 60 is a boil pot temperature sensor for feeding back the water temperature of the boil pot 14. And 61, since the operation of the drying apparatus is performed in accordance with a certain sequence, for example, the elapsed time is counted like the boil time by the boiled pot 14, or the count of the number of times, for example, the number of circulation of the salo 1 is counted. Part. That is, the count unit 61 is provided with a timer and / or a counter.

  Therefore, a description will be given of the operation of the drying apparatus in the first embodiment. When the operation start switch is pressed, the operation conditions are read from the input material, and the boil temperature controller 51c heats the water in the boil 14 and raises it to a boilable temperature. At the same time, the air control unit 51b also heats the air and starts to eject hot air from the hot air injection unit 15. Next, the control unit 51 turns on the boil flag in the flag storage unit 52e.

  Next, the material placement flag is checked, and if it is OFF, the loading control unit 51e drives the loading / unloading conveyor 20, loads the material onto the sail 1 at the position A in FIGS. 2 and 3, and the transfer control unit 51a. Starts cycling. In addition, when two ribs are provided on the upper surface of the mesh-like circulating body 2a, the motor 19 is driven prior to loading and control is performed so that the two ribs are on the upper surface. When the material is placed, the material placement flag in the flag storage unit 52e is changed to ON. The material placement flag is turned OFF when the drying is finished and the material is discharged.

  When the salo 1 is transported to the position C of the boiled pot 14, the boil flag is ON, so the transfer control unit 51a is lowered using the second lifting device 40 and boiled. The boiling time is measured by the timer of the counting unit 61 and then pulled up by the second lifting device 40. At this time, the boil flag in the flag storage unit 52e is reset and changed to OFF. For this reason, in the subsequent circulation, since the boil flag is OFF, the control unit 51 does not lower the salo 1 and boil it again, but only passes here. Thus, the boil flag is automatically set to ON immediately after the start of operation, and once boiled, the boil flag is switched to OFF, and the boil process is controlled based on this flag.

  If the bottom space detection sensor 53 of the lifting / lowering device 13 at the D position detects that there is an empty space while the after-boiled salo 1 is waiting at the C position, the transfer control unit 51 a Push into the bottom space of D on section 15. By this time, the empty space formed at the A position by the revolving operation of the salo 1 is filled by the E part of the cello 1 and further filled by the D part of the cello 1 so that the empty space becomes the D position. It is formed at the bottom. When the cello 1 is sent to the D position, the cello 1 starts to be dried by the heated air from the hot air injection unit 15. At this time, the small material is vibrated and rolled by the dynamic pressure by the hot air jetted and stirred. Then, the subsequent Sero 1 follows this Sero 1 in the same manner. In addition, the agitation occurs not only in the dynamic pressure but also in each operation in the circulation process.

  The transfer control unit 51 a raises the salo 1 by a predetermined width by the lifting device 13. Moisture is gradually removed until reaching the uppermost stage. When the uppermost stage is reached, when the uppermost space detection sensor 53 at the E position detects that it is an empty space, the transfer control unit 51a pushes the cello 1 into the device 12b. Slide with.

  After that, when the space detection sensor 53 at the bottom of the E position detects an empty space, the transfer control unit 51a causes the lifting device 13 to lower the salo 1 by a predetermined width. The subsequent Sero 1 follows this as well. When the silo 1 is lowered to the lowest stage of the E position, if the A position is an empty space, the transfer control unit 51a is slid by the pushing device 12a. At this time, when the control unit 51 confirms that the material placement flag is ON, the transfer control unit 51a operates the elevating device 13 to lower the salo 1 to the position B as it is to perform the circulation again. Further, since the boil flag is OFF at the C position, it is moved to the D position without boiling. When the boil flag of all the salo 1 is turned OFF, the control unit 51 instructs the heating unit 59 to stop heating to the cooking pot temperature control unit 51c.

In this way, the control unit 51 continues to operate until drying, and continues drying while circulating the salo 1. When the drying time T or the circulation number N set for each material is exceeded, the control unit 51 informs the transfer control unit 51a, the discharge control unit 51d, and the air control unit 51b that the count unit 61 has counted up (time up). Notice. However, even if the materials are the same, the circumstances are different, so the control unit 51 does not immediately control even when counting up, but rather informs the user that the drying is about to end and prompts the user to determine the actual condition of the drying state. Is good. If there is no abnormality in the dry state, it is better to wait for the count up as it is, to end immediately if the drying is proceeding more than expected, and to set the necessary drying time T ^* or circulation number N ^* after that if the drying is delayed. .

  When the control unit 51 confirms that the material placement flag of the Sero 1 at the A position is ON at the time of counting up (time up), the control unit 51 commands the discharge control unit 51d to drive the mesh conveyor 2 and dry it. The material is discharged from Seiro 1. At this time, if the material placement flag is OFF, it is circulated as it is to the transfer control unit 51a. If the count is not counted up and all the material placement flags are OFF, the count unit 61 and each flag are reset, and the control unit 51 drives the loading / unloading conveyor 20 by the loading control unit 51e. Newly load the material. Further, when two ribs are provided on the upper surface of the mesh-like circulating body 2a, it is possible to control the two ribs as they are on the upper surface immediately after the discharge.

  In addition, while the drying operation of the drying apparatus of Example 1 is continued, the state of the air inside the drying apparatus body 11 is detected by the temperature sensor 57 and the humidity sensor 58 and the air set in units of the drying material is detected. Feedback is provided so as to obtain temperature and humidity. The air volume may be larger than a predetermined value when the difference between the detection result of the humidity sensor 58 and the target value of humidity is large, and may be a predetermined value when the difference is small.

  Thus, according to the salo 1 of Example 1, since the mesh conveyor 2 is provided in the salo 1 and this is driven and automatically discharged at the time of discharge, the material after drying can be discharged without manual operation. . The user only needs to operate the drying device, and the handling of the material in the drying process is facilitated. Since the conventional SEIRO is manually operated, reversing the heavy labor SEIRO is inevitable, and the vertical (running direction) dimensions of 630mm, 630mm in width, and 45mm in height are standard. Although only 1800 mm in length, 900 in width, and 100 in height, the salo 1 of Example 1 can be used in the drying apparatus of Example 1 without reversing operation, and thus has never been considered in the past. 4800 mm to 5000 mm, 1700 mm to 2000 mm in width, and 120 mm to 160 mm in height are possible. Compared with the conventional standard size, in this case, the vertical is 7,8 times, the horizontal is 3 times, the height is about 3 times to slightly over 3 times, and the loading area is about 21 times to 24 times, 60 to 80 times more materials can be loaded when the loading volume is reached. It is also possible to increase the loading capacity.

  This will be described in detail. For example, when processing ginger into dried sardines, if processing is performed with the above-described conventional maximum-size salo having a height of 1800 mm, a width of 900, and a height of 100, it is limited to load 13 kg of ginger. And if a seiro exceeds this size, it will be difficult for two workers to work. That is, in this processing, it is said that if 3 tons can not be processed in one hour, it will not be profitable. This is because two people must process 230 sheets of this size of the airline in one hour. . In the case of the above standard size, 1300 sheets or more must be processed per hour. This is why there was great expectation for mechanization. However, it is difficult to mechanize and automate the process of boiling, gingering, transporting for drying, reversing and discharging using ginger larger than these sizes. At the same time, since it is difficult to work manually, it has been necessary to set a limit on the size of the Seiro.

  On the other hand, since the salo 1 of Example 1 is discharged with the mesh conveyor 2 at the time of discharge | emission, it is not necessary to invert, and the boil and the circulation for drying can be maintained with the attitude | position. For example, in the case of 5000 mm in length, 1700 mm in width, and 160 mm in height, it can be processed in a short time simply by circulating as few as 43 sheets to process 3 tons of ginger per hour. is there. And as for the size of the Sero 1, there is no limit to this method as long as it is installed. In addition, since it is difficult to process 3 tons per hour, it is possible to easily provide 5 tons of processing per hour while there are many producers who are forced to withdraw from the simmering process.

  In addition, the frame 3 of the salo 1 itself is not bulky as in the conventional case, and the load amount of the material does not increase as much as expected. It can be increased to about 60 to 80 times, and 5 to 6 times in the case of the conventional maximum size of the Sero. In other words, 60 to 80 sheets can be handled with a standard size standard, and 5 to 6 sheets can be handled with the maximum size, and anyone can load and discharge materials automatically. But it can be done easily.

  Furthermore, in order to perform the same amount of drying, it can be dried slowly at a transfer speed of about 1/10 to 1/30 of the conventional one, and problems associated with high-speed movement, such as rapid turning, inclination, and speed change. It is possible to prevent breakdowns and uneven distribution of loads that occur due to the above. Drying time is shortened because it dries slowly. And since hot air is ejected at a speed of 10 m / s to 20 m / s from a large number of nozzles of the hot air injection section 15, the dry material on the steamer 1 gets mixed momentum every time it circulates, and is uniform as a whole. It becomes possible to dry. Stirring occurs not only in the wind pressure but also in the process of circulating many times.

  Moreover, according to the drying apparatus of Example 1, a dry raw material is automatically put on a cello, and when not boiled, boiled automatically, circulated repeatedly until dried, and automatically discharged when dried. Therefore, a fully automatic drying device can be realized.

  Moreover, the drying apparatus of Example 1 can enlarge the salo 1, and since each salo 1 is not connected or connected with each other, the salo 1 itself is separately transported as it is. Thus, if trouble occurs somewhere in the circulation, there is no need to stop the entire operation and repair it in order to solve this. Simply take out the problematic Sero 1 and replace it. Also, manual loading and unloading work is not required.

  Then, instead of making a large number of small seroes loaded with materials in a long path as in the prior art, a small number of large seroes can be circulated in a short path (small number of transfers). Since a large amount of material is placed on the large Sero 1 described above and moved forward by a predetermined width (one pitch) in each of the horizontal and vertical directions, and slowly moves around, there is a problem with many high-speed movements as in the past. It doesn't happen.

  Since the drying apparatus of Example 1 has a simple path, a compact and lean structure having three rows of lifting parts (or two rows in the minimum) is possible. Since hot air is blown from the lower part of the lift part upward from a large number of nozzles, it is possible to dry the material uniformly over the entire surface by drying and stirring with hot air. A gap is provided in each sailo 1, and the gaps are stacked in a stack to form a chimney. Hot air from the nozzles does not decay and hot air spreads over the upper sailo 1, so that the air in the drying apparatus main body 11 is removed. Circulation can be promoted.

  Furthermore, since the drying apparatus can perform the drying process fully automatically, even if it is used by a user who is not familiar with the operation of the machine, handling irregular natural materials, it can be used without difficulty. There is no unreasonable motion in the circular motion or loading / unloading operation, and no operation trouble occurs. It is possible to realize a drying device that is isolated from the conventional drying device in terms of practicality.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to a salo that can automatically circulate and discharge for drying by loading a large amount of material, and a fully automatic drying apparatus that can circulate, discharge, and boil and load for drying. .

The perspective view of the salo in Example 1 of this invention Overall configuration diagram of drying apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Explanatory drawing by which a salo is circulated with the drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention (A) XX sectional view of the cello of FIG. 1, (b) YY sectional view of the cello of FIG. The perspective view of the raising / lowering apparatus of the drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention The perspective view of the state which supported the salo with the raising / lowering apparatus in Example 1 of this invention (A) Sectional drawing of the raising / lowering apparatus in Example 1 of this invention, (b) Main part sectional drawing of the state which supported the salo of the raising / lowering apparatus of (a). (A) Side view of the pushing device of the drying device in Example 1 of the present invention, (b) ZZ sectional view of the pushing device of the drying device of (a), (c) Pushing of the drying device of (b) UU cross section of the device (A) The perspective view of the 2nd lifting apparatus of the drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention, (b) The side view of the 2nd lifting apparatus of (a) Control block diagram of drying apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Seiro 2 Mesh conveyor 2a Mesh-like rotating body 2b Vertical reversal position 3 Frame 3a Gap 4 Traveling roller 5 Sprocket 6 Rotating shaft 6a Clutch 7 Chain 11 Drying device main body 12a, 12b Pushing device 13 Lifting device 14 Steering pot 15 Hot air injection part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16 Fan 17 Heat exchanger 17a Condensing apparatus 18 Air piping 19 Motor 19a Movable stand 20 Unloading conveyor 20a Hopper 21 Guide member 22 Sprocket 23 Chain 24 Rotating shaft 31 Sprocket 32 Chain 33 Pressing piece 34 Conveyor belt 40 Second lifting device 41 Hanging frame 42 Wire 42a Mounting bracket 43 Winding part 43a Rotating shaft 44 Drive motor 45 Guide protrusion 46 Vertical guide 47 Guide member 47a Introduction part 51 Control part 51a Transfer control part 51b Air control part 1c Boil pot temperature control unit 51d Discharge control unit 51e Loading control unit 52 Storage unit 52a Transfer control program storage unit 52b Air control program storage unit 52c Boil control program storage unit 52d Data storage unit 52e Flag storage unit 53 Space detection sensor 54 Heat exchanger control unit 55 Air blow control unit 56 Humidity control unit 57 Temperature sensor 58 Humidity sensor 59 Heating unit 60 Boil temperature sensor 61 Count unit

Claims (9)

An endless mesh-like rotating body, and a plurality of driving bodies stretched around the mesh-like rotating body so as to be able to circulate, the material is placed on the upper surface of the mesh-like circulating body, and when the material is discharged, the material is moved by a circular motion. A salo comprising: a mesh conveyor that drops from an upside down position of the mesh-like rotating body; and a frame that supports the driving body and surrounds a side surface of the mesh conveyor. The salo according to claim 1, wherein a gap is provided between the upside down position and the frame for dropping the material during a rounding operation. The sail according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a traveling roller is provided on the frame body, and the frame can travel with the material placed thereon. Each of the driving bodies is provided with a rotating shaft that rotatably supports the mesh-like rotating body, and at least one of the rotating shafts is provided with a clutch for transmitting a driving force to the mesh conveyor. The salo according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: A circulating device capable of circulating a plurality of the salons according to any one of claims 1 to 4, and hot air capable of drying the materials by spraying heated air onto each circulating salo with the materials placed thereon A drying apparatus comprising: an injection unit; and a driving device that circulates the net-like circulating body of the salo at a first circulation position and discharges the dried material when the material has been dried. When starting the circulation of the salo, there is provided a control unit for loading the material when the upper surface of the salo at the second circulation position is empty, and transporting the raw material when the upper surface is not empty. The drying apparatus according to claim 5. The circulation device is installed in a plurality of rows at an interval of the first predetermined width, and the hoist is moved up and down in the vertical direction by a second predetermined width unit. The drying apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising an elevating device that causes the elevating device to move. The drying apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein a hot air spraying unit in which a number of nozzles are directed in a vertical direction is provided immediately below at least one row of the lifting device. Only when a boiling pot is provided at the third circulating position and the material is placed at the second circulating position, the salo is lowered from the third circulating position by the second lifting device, The drying apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the raw material is boiled and raised to the third circulation position, and during the subsequent circulation, the salo is passed without being lowered.

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