JP2008008605A - Drying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drying apparatus capable of reducing a conveyance distance, capable of carrying out gentle transfer, providing operation by small power, capable of reducing labor costs, and not causing bias in distribution and unevenness in drying of a placed object. <P>SOLUTION: The drying apparatus is provided with a first circulation device circulating a steaming basket 1 in a circulation path, and a second circulation device branching off and moving a predetermined steaming basket to a branch path from the circulation path when loading fresh material on the steaming basket 1 and/or discharging fresh material after drying, loading the fresh material on an empty steaming basket when carrying out loading, discharging material from the steaming basket loaded with fresh material after drying when carrying out discharge, and capable of discharging fresh material after drying, loading fresh material on an empty steaming basket and returning it to the circulation path when carrying out discharge and loading, a fan 18 circulating air, and a heat exchanger 17 heating the circulating air. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a drying apparatus that can dry a large amount of fresh ingredients in a short time, can be gently transported, can be automatically operated with small power, and does not cause unevenness in drying.

  Small fish such as anchovy sardine, sardine, shirasu, shrimp, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “small fish”) are dried to make boiled dried fish, dried shrimp, dried shrimp, etc. Boiled under atmospheric pressure and dried to dry. This is because it is sterilized when boiled in hot water over 65 ° C., and if the moisture content is 40% or less by subsequent drying, bacteria do not propagate, and it becomes difficult to rot and can be stored for a long time. In addition to small fish, salmon, salmon, etc. are dried and then made into bonito, bonito, etc., and the purpose of cooking raw materials such as salmon, shrimp, etc. Hereinafter, these are referred to as fresh materials, and the state after boiling is referred to as a material.

  For this reason, until recently, it was carried by hand, boiled in a boiling pot, and dried in the sun. In order to reduce the burden of these operations, an apparatus in which part of the process is mechanized has been proposed. For example, as a simmering device, a device has been proposed in which a hot water runway is made, small fish as material is introduced from one end thereof, and boiled until reaching the end (see Patent Document 1). In addition, a drying apparatus that uses an endless spiral conveyor to dry small fish and the like while transporting them endlessly has also been proposed (see Patent Document 2).

  However, such a device is a mechanized part of the entire process, and automatic drying devices for nature such as fisheries have been considered difficult. Therefore, the present applicant has intensively developed in order to provide a practical automatic drying apparatus, and has proposed a highly efficient and compact automatic drying apparatus by automating all processes (see Patent Document 3 and Patent Document 4). .

  However, this automation has caused the following problems. In other words, the size of the conventional Sero can be handled by two workers. The maximum size is 1800 mm in length, 900 in width, and 100 in height, and the limit is to load 13 kg of raw fish. If this size is exceeded, two workers cannot work. The biggest cause is the reversal work at the time of discharge.

  For this reason, the present applicant has proposed a salo and automatic drying apparatus that eliminates the reversing process of the salo at the time of discharge and does not require size restriction (Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-199675). This makes it possible to circulate for boiling and drying without destroying the attitude of the salo. For example, it can be as large as 5000 mm in length, 1700 mm in width, and 160 mm in height, and can process 3 tons of raw fish per hour. It became possible to process it by simply circulating a small number of 43 sheets. This is 60 to 80 times the loading capacity when using a conventional salo, and it is possible to realize an automated device that is easy to operate without waste because the configuration of the automatic drying device is also important. Became.

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 explained above, the conventional simmering apparatus of Patent Document 1 mechanizes the boiling process, and the drying apparatus of Patent Document 2 mechanizes the drying process, but only part of the process is mechanized and is difficult to put into practical use. Met.

  In this regard, the automatic drying device of Patent Document 3 proposed by the present applicant automates them except for the boiling step, and the self-propelled drying device of Patent Document 4 enables all automation (not just mechanization). (However, it is free to leave a part of the process without automation), it was a heavy load on the traction device circulating the salo.

  On the other hand, the automatic drying device proposed by the applicant at the end succeeded in solving all of these problems, and can automatically process a large amount of materials in a way that is distinct from the prior art in terms of practicality. Although it became possible, there were the following problems.

  In other words, a large amount of fresh materials can be dried, there is no unevenness in drying, the material can be dried without damaging it, it can be operated automatically with little power, and it can be dried with a small transport distance. It means that the time is short and the gentle transfer does not cause a failure or a distribution of the load that occurs due to a change of direction, a speed change or the like.

  In addition, since fisheries and the like are against nature, the amount of catch varies depending on the date and time. A single operation may fill all fish with fish, or multiple operations may fill only some of them. Generally, fishing operations are performed about 1 to 2 hours at a time, about 5 times a day. For this reason, 5 to 7 hours will elapse from the start of operation when the third operation is completed. For this reason, if the fish obtained in the first operation is stored, the freshness begins to decline. The amount of landing is often the case where all the salos are almost buried in three operations, but there are many cases where it is less than this. This tendency is particularly strong when a large amount of material can be processed. Therefore, when the amount of landing is small, the drying process has been performed after the third landing even if only a part of fish is loaded. In this case, the running cost of one drying process is higher than the case where raw fish is placed on all fish. However, placing the fish in a stand-by state until the entire fish is filled with raw fish may impair the freshness of the fish and the quality after processing.

  As a countermeasure, it is possible to refrigerate in a separate refrigeration facility so as not to reduce the freshness. However, in addition to generating new running costs, the flavor and the like of the processed product after drying are impaired. . It is desired to develop a storage device and a storage method that can reduce the manufacturing cost and running cost while maintaining the freshness of raw fish.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a drying apparatus that can be transported gently, has a short drying time, can be automatically operated with small power, and does not cause drying unevenness.

  In order to solve such conventional problems, the drying apparatus of the present invention includes a first circulation device that circulates the cello in the circulation path, and discharges fresh material after loading and / or drying the fresh material. When moving, a predetermined salo is branched from the circulation path, and the branch path is moved. When loading, fresh material is loaded on an empty salo, and when discharging, the raw material is loaded from dried salio loaded with fresh material. A second circulation device capable of discharging fresh material after drying and loading fresh material into an empty salo and returning it to the circulation path; It is characterized by comprising a fan that circulates the indoor air and a heat exchanger that can heat the circulated air and dry fresh materials.

  Further, according to the drying apparatus of the present invention, a large amount of fresh material can be stacked on a large salo, a gentle transfer is possible, a transport distance is small, and a drying time can be shortened. It can be operated automatically with small power, and dryness does not occur, resulting in good quality.

  A first mode for carrying out the present invention includes a first circulation device that circulates a cello in a circulation path and a circulation path when loading fresh material on the cello and / or when discharging fresh material after drying. When a predetermined sailo is branched and moved along the branch path, the fresh material is loaded on an empty sailo when loading, and when discharging, the material is discharged from the steamer loaded with fresh material after drying. In addition, when loading, the fresh material after drying is discharged, the fresh material is loaded on an empty salo, and this can be returned to the circulation path, and the interior of the room where the circulation path is arranged A drying apparatus comprising: a fan that circulates air; and a heat exchanger that heats the circulated air to dry fresh materials. With this configuration, a large amount of fresh material can be stacked on a large salo, a gentle transfer is possible, the transport distance is small, and the drying time can be shortened. It can be operated automatically with small power, and dryness does not occur, resulting in good quality.

  The second mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to the first mode, wherein the circulation path and the branch path are constituted by an ascending path, a descending path, and a horizontal transfer path. It is the drying apparatus characterized. With this configuration, it is possible to circulate at the shortest distance while maintaining the attitude of the salo, and it is possible to circulate using a large salo because it circulates through a simple path.

  A third mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to the first mode or the second mode, and the circulation path and the branch path have at least one free space between a plurality of moving airways. And the first and second circulation devices move the next cello to be transferred to the empty space, and further move the adjacent cello to the empty space newly formed by the movement of the cello. The drying apparatus is characterized in that the empty space is moved in order by repeating the above, and the salio of the circulation path and the branch path is transferred. With this configuration, it is possible to move one pitch at a time between the empty space and the adjacent salo, and no large traction force or pressing force is required for the movement, and even a large salo can be easily transferred and controlled. This makes it possible to automate a drying device that can dry a large amount of fresh ingredients in a single drying process.

  A fourth mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to any one of the first to third modes, and the branch path has a placement position for loading fresh material and / or dried fresh food. The drying apparatus is provided with a discharge position for discharging the material. With this configuration, loading and / or discharging can be performed in the branch path, and circulation motion can be performed in the circulation path.

  A fifth mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to any one of the first to fourth modes, and a boiling pot for boiling the fresh material after loading the fresh material on the branch path. A drying device provided. This configuration enables automation including boiling.

  A sixth mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to the fifth mode, wherein a cleaning tank is provided in the branch path, and after the fresh material is loaded on the salo, it is cleaned in the cleaning tank. It is a drying apparatus characterized by being transferred to a boiled pot. With this configuration, automation is possible including cleaning in the cleaning tank.

  A seventh mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to any one of the first to sixth modes, and controls a heat exchanger according to a set operating condition based on an indoor temperature. A drying apparatus including a control unit. With this configuration, the heat exchanger can be controlled under optimum operating conditions for drying each fresh material.

  The 8th form for implementing this invention is a form which depends on a 2nd form, Comprising: A branched path branches from the descending path of a circulation path by the 1st transfer path, and a fresh material is mounted. After loading at the position, it is lowered by the first hoistway at a predetermined position, washed in the washing tank, once lifted and then moved to the adjacent position by the second transfer path, from which the second hoistway Is a drying apparatus characterized in that it is lowered into the boiling pot by boiling, boiled, raised after boiling and returned to the descending path of the circulation path by the third transfer path. With this configuration, cleaning in the cleaning tank and boiling in the boiling pot can be circulated at the shortest distance while maintaining the posture of the salo.

  The ninth mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode subordinate to the fourth mode, and the discharge position of the branch path is a discharge that inclines the salo when discharging the fresh fresh material. A drying apparatus is provided with an apparatus. With this configuration, the discharge device can be controlled and discharged easily and inexpensively.

(Example 1)
Hereinafter, the drying apparatus of Example 1 of this invention is demonstrated based on drawing. The drying apparatus of Example 1 is a drying apparatus with a storage function having a storage function. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sail in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a drying apparatus with a storage function, which is a drying apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The perspective view which shows the whole drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus, FIG. 4 (a)-(d) is explanatory drawing of the movement of the cello at the time of unloading, FIG.5 (a)-(d) is at the time of drying. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a state in which the salo is supported by the lifting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7A is a drying device with a storage function that is the drying device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view of the 2nd raising / lowering apparatus of an apparatus, FIG.7 (b) is explanatory drawing of the raising / lowering operation | movement of the 2nd raising / lowering apparatus of (a).

  8A is a perspective view of the discharge device of the drying device with a storage function that is the drying device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8B is an explanatory view of the discharge operation of the discharge device of FIG. FIG. 9 is a partially broken sectional view showing a state in which the second lifting device of the drying device with a storage function, which is the drying device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, is aware of Seiro. FIG. 10A is a cross-sectional view of the cooling device of the drying device with a storage function, which is the drying device in Example 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 10B is the cooling device of the drying device with the storage function of FIG. FIG. 11 (a) is a top view, FIG. 11 (a) is an explanatory diagram of the air circulation path of the drying device with a storage function, which is the drying device in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 11 (b) is the drying device in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 12A is a perspective view of the pushing device of the drying device with a storage function, which is the drying device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12B is FIG. FIG. 12C is an explanatory view of a drawing device of a drying apparatus with a storage function, which is a drying apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a function in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a block diagram, and FIG. 14 shows a storage function that is a drying apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention It is a flowchart of the operation of the drying apparatus.

  First, the salo utilized with the drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus of Example 1 of this invention is demonstrated based on drawing. In FIGS. 1 and 8, 1 is a steamer that places fresh materials such as raw fish such as small fish on top of which hot air is sent for drying, and 2 is a breathable material that is placed without dropping fresh materials. The mesh 3 is a frame of the Sero 1 that is much larger than the standard size Siro and on which a large amount of fresh materials can be placed at once. 4 is rotatably attached to the side surface of the frame 3 and travels for causing the salo 1 to travel on a guide member 21 (see FIG. 6) and a grooved rail 47 (see FIGS. 7, 8, and 9) described later. A roller 5 is a roller support that pivotally supports the traveling roller 4. The roller support 5 and the running roller 4 run while supporting the frame 3 as casters provided on both side surfaces of the frame 3.

  Next, a drying device with a storage function and a cold insulation device, which are the drying device of Example 1, will be described with reference to FIGS. First, a drying apparatus with a storage function will be described. Reference numeral 11 denotes a drying apparatus main body with a storage function that circulates the salo 1 and dries when heated air is sent and circulates air (cold air) cooled by the cold insulation apparatus 50 (see FIG. 3) to store fresh materials. , 11a is a partition wall (see FIG. 3) that divides a sealed space in which the salo 1 that circulates is accommodated. A reference numeral 12a shown in FIG. 2 is a drawing device that runs in a U-shaped guide rail 33 (see FIG. 12) and locks and hooks the hook on the salo 1, and 12b is a driving mechanism common to the drawing device 12a. And a pressing device that pushes the slide 1 and slides it. In FIG. 3, a part of the configuration when viewed from above is omitted for easy understanding of the overall configuration. The drawing device 12a and the pushing device 12b need to move in the horizontal direction in the salo circulation path for drying and cold air storage and the branch path for loading and / or discharging (which will be described later). Provided in a simple path (horizontal transfer path of the present invention). The drawing device 12a and the pushing device 12b are not limited to this configuration. Cylinders and conveyor belts can also be used.

  Further, the description of FIGS. 2 and 3 will be continued. Reference numeral 13 denotes a lifting / lowering device for ascending and descending the cello 1 in the “drying / cooling area” (hereinafter referred to as “circulation area”) of the drying apparatus main body 11 having a storage function for accommodating the salo circulation path (the ascending path and descending path of the present invention). 14 is a second lifting device (in accordance with the present invention) provided in each area of the “loading / discharging / washing area” (hereinafter referred to as “preparation area”) and “boiling area” in the branch path. Equivalent to a hoistway). The Seiro circuit is composed only of an ascending path and a descending path, and further a horizontal transfer path, and the branch path is composed of a hoistway and a transfer path. Thus, since the whole movement is composed only of a vertical movement and a horizontal movement, the circulating salo 1 is transported while maintaining a horizontal posture. Details of the lifting device 13 and the second lifting device 14 will be described later. 15 is a washing tank provided in the “preparation area” for washing fresh materials such as raw fish, and 16 is a boiling pot provided in the “boiling area” for boiling the fresh material after washing at 65 ° C. to 100 ° C.

  Next, 17 is a heat exchanger for heating the sucked high-temperature air. The heat exchanger 17 is supplied with high-temperature steam from a boiler (not shown), and heats the air at any temperature between about 60 ° C. and about 100 ° C. under atmospheric pressure. In addition, 17a is a hot air injection part provided with many nozzles used supplementarily when the amount of heating is insufficient, and heats it by injecting hot air. Reference numeral 18 denotes an air circulation path formed by sealing air or cold air heated by the heat exchanger 17 in a “drying / cooling area” (the room in the first embodiment, which is composed of the partition wall 11a and surrounding ducts, etc. ) Is circulated, and a part of the fan is opened to suck in fresh air or exhaust air during exhaust.

  Next, 19 is a discharge device for discharging the dried material placed on the cello 1. The discharge device 19 inclines the salo 1 transferred to the discharge position M shown in FIG. 2, slides the material on the mesh 2 as shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b), and discharges it after discharging. In order to move to the setting position A, the original horizontal posture is restored.

  Further, in FIG. 2, 20 is a loading / unloading conveyor 20 for discharging fresh material at the discharge position M and placing it on the cello 1 that has been emptied and returned to the loading position A, and 20a is the fresh material. It is a hopper. The loading / unloading conveyor 20 is movable to the left and right along the upper surface of the mesh 2 at the A position. When it comes to the rear end portion of 1, the loading / unloading conveyor 20 is driven, the loaded fresh material is dropped while being dropped, and the fresh material is evenly placed on the mesh 2. When the loading operation for one salo 1 is completed, it moves down to the hopper 20a and waits for the next operation. The salo 1 on which fresh material is placed and the salo 1 that is not placed are individually identified (for example, a bar code or a shape to be identified is optically read or electromagnetically read by a tag), and a data storage unit of a storage unit to be described later 72d is preferably stored in each.

  Now, the lifting device 13 of the salo 1 in the “circulation area” described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 21 denotes a guide member of the lifting device 13 that functions as a rail when the salo 1 is placed and lifted and moved horizontally in a predetermined plane by the drawing device 12a and the pushing device 12b. The guide member 21 has a substantially L-shaped cross section, holds the salo 1 from both sides, and raises or lowers the salo 1 step by step in a state where the traveling roller 4 is placed on the rail portions on both sides. Note that the lifting device 13 provided in the “drying / cooling area” rises and falls in small increments at a pitch corresponding to the height of the frame 3. In addition, the edge of a rail part is provided with the protrusion (bending part) for a wheel removal prevention, and the guide member 21 is groove shape.

  Next, in FIG. 6, 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 two 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 by a high torque drive motor M at a certain angle, for example, once.

  The rotation of the drive motor M causes the two chains 23 to circulate around the two pairs of sprockets 22 by a predetermined width (one pitch), and guide members 21 installed in a plurality of stages in a ladder shape between the chains 23 Increase or decrease by the width (1 pitch). By repeating this operation, 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.

  The lifting device 13 is provided as a unit so that the guide members 21 protrude opposite to each other and hold the salo 1 from both sides. In the first embodiment, the rotating shaft 24 is chain-driven. However, the guide members 21 on both sides are kept in a parallel state by driving a gear, a belt, or driving the two drive motors M synchronously. Try to go up or down. Note that, when driven by one drive motor M, a reversing mechanism R is provided in one transmission mechanism to rotate the two rotating shafts 24 in opposite directions.

  When the lifting device 13 has moved up and down to a predetermined height, and there is an empty space at the same height of the adjacent lifting device 13 or the second lifting device 14, the traveling roller 4 of the sail 1 has two guides. It travels on the rail of the member 21 and moves to the adjacent empty space across the guide member 21 or between the guide member and the grooved rail 47. At this time, the traveling roller 4 is guided along the groove of the rail portion of the guide member 21 so as not to remove the wheel.

  Next, based on FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b), when the fresh material such as raw fish is washed before boiling, or when the fresh material is boiled in a boiling kettle, the salo 1 is raised and lowered in each case. The lifting device 2 will be described. During the cleaning, the second lifting / lowering device places the fresh material at the position A in FIG. 2, moves down to the position B, cleans it in the cleaning tank 15, moves up again, and stops at the position C. When waiting and boiling, the fresh material is received at the D position, lowered to the E position where the boiling pot 16 is located, boiled, raised again, and stopped at the F position to wait.

  7A, 7B, and 8, reference numeral 41 denotes an elevating frame that places the salo 1 and moves up and down; 42, a chain that can stop and hold the elevating frame 41 at a desired vertical position; and 42a, an elevating frame. It is a holding metal fitting for connecting 41 and the chain 42. Further, 43 is four sprockets that circulate the chain 42, 43a is a rotating shaft to which two sprockets are attached, and 44 is a high torque drive motor that rotates the sprocket 43 to circulate the two chains 42.

  45 is a sliding roller (see FIG. 8) for guiding the raising and lowering of the lifting frame 41, and 46 is a hollow prism guide which guides the lifting frame 41 up and down via this sliding roller 45. For the sake of stability, the same number of sliding rollers 45 are provided on both side surfaces opposed to each other with the prism guide 46 interposed therebetween, and four sliding rollers 45 are provided in the first embodiment. The chain 42 is inserted into the prism guide 46 and attached to two holding brackets 42 a at the top and bottom of a lifting frame 41 that slides around the prism guide 46. Reference numeral 47 denotes a grooved rail that is provided on the lifting frame 41 and can be lifted and lowered by placing the salo 1 thereon.

  With the Sero 1 placed, the two chains 42 are circulated and lowered, and lowered into the washing tank 15 or the boiling pot 16 as shown in FIG. 7 (b), and the fresh material is washed with washing water, Soak in boiling water at 65 ° C to 100 ° C under atmospheric pressure and boil. After that treatment, the chain 1 is circulated around the two chains 42 to raise the salo 1 from the washing water or hot water and raise it to the C position and the F position, respectively, and next to each other by the pushing device 12b provided near both the C and F positions. Slide to the area (D position, G position).

  Next, the discharge device 19 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b). Since the configuration of the discharge device 19 has a common configuration except for a part of the second lifting device 14, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same configuration. That is, 41 is an elevating frame, 42 is a chain, 42a is a holding bracket, 43 is a sprocket that winds or loosens the wire 42, 43a is a rotating shaft, 44 is a drive motor, 45 is a sliding roller, 46 is a prismatic guide, 47 is a grooved rail.

  However, unlike the second lifting device 14, the discharging device 19 is pivotally supported so that the lifting frame 41 does not indicate the sail 1 in a fixed manner. For this reason, when the drive motor 44 is driven and the elevating frame 41 is lifted by circling the chain 42, the angle for supporting the sail 1 is changed by the moment acting on the center of gravity of the sail 1, as shown in FIG. 9B. Inclined to.

  In FIG. 9 (a), 41a is a support body that is rotatable around a shaft support portion 48 (described later) provided on the lifting frame 41, 41b is provided adjacent to the support body 41a, and is an end portion on the discharge side of the salo 1 It is the 2nd support body which supports the lower surface of the salo 1 with the support body 41a, keeping the height of the constant. Reference numeral 47a denotes a stopper provided at the end of the grooved rail 47 so that the salo 1 does not fall from the lifting frame 41 when the salo 1 is tilted. Reference numeral 48 denotes a shaft support portion that rotatably supports the support body 41a. Although it is possible to operate without providing the second support body 41b with only the stopper 47a, it is preferable to provide the second support body 41b for stability. Further, a ratchet mechanism portion may be provided on the shaft support portion 48 so that the inclination angle is intermittently increased when the salo 1 is inclined, and the inclination angle of the elevating frame 41 can be temporarily fixed when the predetermined angle is reached. .

  When the lifting device 41 is lifted as shown in FIG. 9B, the discharge device 19 according to the first embodiment tilts the salo 1 salo 1 so that the material loaded on the salo 1 slides down and falls, and the collection container 19 To be discharged. Thereafter, when the elevating frame 41 is lowered, the support body 41a and the second support body 41b become the same height, and the salo 1 can be leveled.

  Next, the drawing device 12a and the pushing device 12b serving as the lateral sliding mechanism of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 (a), 12 (b), and 12 (c). First, the pushing device 12b which consists only of both common structure is demonstrated. 12A and 12B, reference numeral 31 denotes a main body of the pushing device 12b. 32 is a roller provided on both side surfaces of the main body 31, and 33 is a guide rail for guiding the roller 32. Reference numeral 34 denotes a chain for rotating the roller 32 to move the main body 31 back and forth, 35 denotes a sprocket for meshing with the chain 34 to drive each roller 32, and 36 synchronizes the rollers 32 on both side surfaces of the main body 31. This is a high-torque drive motor for driving.

  Reference numeral 37 shown in FIG. 12B denotes a pressing piece for pressing the cello 1 when the traveling paths of the cello 1 and the pushing device 12b are arranged at different levels. When the traveling path of the sail 1 and the pushing device 12b is on the same plane (the traveling path is not shifted and disposed), the sail 1 can be slid only by contacting even if the pressing piece 37 is not provided.

  The drawing device 12a of FIG. 12C travels inside the guide rail 33 and pulls the salo 1. Reference numeral 38 denotes a hook that is pivotally supported by the salo 1, and is a hook piece that is hooked to the gripper 1 or is gripped when pulling the salo 1, and 38 a is a spring that biases the hook piece 38 to protrude. In the normal state, the hooking piece 38 protrudes by the action of the spring 38a. However, when the pulling device 12a is run on the frame 3 during towing, the pressing piece 37 is temporarily pushed (rotated), and thereafter When reaching the inside of the frame body 3, the hook 38 is projected by the action of the spring 38a, so that the sail 1 can be hooked or gripped.

  Next, the details of the circular motion of the Sero 1 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5, the movement of the salo 1 is composed of two types of circulation movements: (I) movement when unloading fresh material, and (II) circulation movement during drying. This (I) movement at the time of loading and unloading fresh materials is the movement of the branch of the salo in the present invention, and (II) the circulation movement at the time of drying is the movement of the circulation path of the salo in the present invention. This branch path is a second circulation path branched from the circulation path when the material is loaded and unloaded.

  In order to perform the exercises (I) and (II), the circulation device (first circulation device of the present invention) that performs the exercise (I) of Example 1 and the circulation device (II of the present invention) that performs the exercise (II) As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the (second circulation device) includes (1) “preparation area”, (2) “boiling area”, and (3) “circulation area” during drying according to the processing. The three areas are provided. In addition, the basic mechanism of the movement of this cello 1 is to form one empty space in the adjacent cello 1 and, in some cases, several empty spaces, and circulate the cello 1 at the adjacent position to fill this space. It is performed by sequentially moving in the direction. In effect, the Siro 1 is circulated, but apparently empty spaces are sequentially circulated backward.

  The areas (1), (2), and (3) will be described. In FIG. 2, (1) M position of “preparation area” is a discharge position for loading and unloading fresh materials such as raw fish, and when Seiro 1 reaches here via placement position A in the same area, discharge is performed. The dried material is discharged by tilting the cello 1 with the apparatus 19, the empty cello 1 is moved to the placement position A, and fresh fresh material is loaded onto the cello 1 from the loading / unloading conveyor.

  B is the position of the washing tank 15 for washing the fresh material. Provided directly under A. The descent from A to B is (1) performed by the second lifting device 14 in the “preparation area”. The C position is a position that is lifted from B after the fresh material has been cleaned, and is a standby position for moving to the adjacent boil area, and is provided in the middle stage between A and B. Next, the D position is a position for the cello 1 sent from the C position to be delivered in (2) “boiling area”. When the salo 1 is delivered, it is lowered from the D position as a starting point and lowered to the E position in the boiling pot 16, where it is boiled. The fresh material after boiling is raised to the F position above the D position, and is pushed in when the G position formed adjacent to the F in the “circulation area” becomes an empty space.

  Next, (3) the movement of the salo 1 in the “circulation area” consists of two lifting devices 13 that rise and fall, and a drawing device 12 a and a pushing device that transfer between the two lifting devices 13 at the upper and lower ends. 12b. The H position below the G position is provided at the lowermost end just below the G position of the lifting device 13 that descends. When reaching the H position, the salo 1 is slid to the I position at the lowest end of the adjacent ascending / descending apparatus 13. The salo 1 that has reached this I position is lifted by the lifting device 13 and transferred to the J position at the uppermost end. The Sero 1 is slid from the J position to the K position at the uppermost end of the lowering lifting / lowering device 13, and the lifting device 13 is lowered from the K position to the L position one step above the G position. When the position L is reached, (3) the circulation in the “circulation area” is completed for one cycle, and the circulation is repeated until the drying is completed.

  Therefore, the movement of the Sero 1 described above will be described with a conceptual diagram. FIG. 4 conceptually shows the state of exercise during loading and unloading of fresh material (I). In FIG. 4, the discharge position M is not shown for the sake of simplicity. From the position A No. “No1” to position A No. “No13” circulates step by step. FIG. 4A shows that when the cello “No1” existing at the L position is moved to the A position, the “No3” at the F position of the “boiling area” is previously pushed into the G position, In this state, “No. 2” waiting at the C position in the “preparation area” is sequentially moved to the D position.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, the “No1” salo 1 is lowered to the B-position washing tank and washed, and the “No2” D-position is lowered to the E-position boil and boiled. At the same time, as in FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C, “No 13” is moved to the empty space at the L position of the “circulation area”, and the empty space is sequentially moved backward to the G position. This circulation operation may be performed anywhere up to the operation of FIG. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4C, the "No 1" salo 1 is raised to the C position which is the standby position, and "No 2" is similarly raised to the F position which is the standby position. In this state, as shown in FIG. 4 (d), the "No13" salo 1 is slid to the A position of the "preparation area" by the drawing device 12a, and the "No1" of the C position is the D position of the "boiling area". In addition, “No 2” at the F position is moved to the G position in the “circulation area”. This shows a state where FIG. 4A has moved one step. Therefore, by repeating this process, it becomes possible to place the fresh material at the A position on the cello 1 that has discharged the material at the M position and return it to the “circulation area”. When fresh materials are loaded on all the Silo 1 from “No 1” to “No 13” and returned to the “circulation area”, the following circulation motion during drying (II) is performed.

  Then, the state of the circulation motion at the time of drying of (II) is demonstrated based on Fig.5 (a)-(d). Also in FIG. 5, the discharge position M is not shown. As shown in FIG. 5A, the “No12” Sero 1 is raised to the C position, and “No13” is raised to the F position and is in a standby state. At the time of the circular motion of (II), when “No11” is lowered to the empty space at the L position in this state, the original position becomes the empty space as shown in FIG. Therefore, when the No. 10 Sero 1 is lowered to this position, the empty space is further raised (retreated) by one stage. By repeating the retreat of the empty space once in the “circulation area”, the empty space returns to the G position as shown in FIG. As a result, one cycle of the movement of the Sero 1 from “No 1” to “No 11” is completed, and the movement of the next cycle is repeated. This one round becomes the circulation path of Seiro 1.

  In addition, when the operation of the branch path for discharging the dried material is performed, the “No12” salo at the A position is changed from the state of FIG. 5C to the circulating salo 1 as shown in FIG. 1 is moved to the C position, and similarly, “No 13” at the D position is moved to the F position, and the “No. 1” salo 1 at the L position is slid to the M position (not shown) and discharged from the M position. . After that, “No 2”... “No 11” is moved to the M position in order, and the salo 1 after being discharged at the M position is moved to the A position, the C position, and further to the F position, and finally returned to the G position. The dried material is discharged. With this configuration, a branch path for discharging and / or placing from the circulation path of the salo 1 is formed.

  The drying apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a drying apparatus with a storage function. The feature of the drying apparatus is that the drying process can be automatically performed, and at the same time, the same apparatus is used to maintain the freshness of the fresh material for a long time. It is equipped with a cooler that can be stored so as not to rot. In other words, when it is not possible to fill all the Silo 1 with fresh materials, such as when the amount of landing is small, the fresh material is placed on the fresh operation and the cold air is circulated until the next operation is landed. It keeps freshness.

  Therefore, the cold insulator of the first embodiment and the air circulation path for circulating the cold air will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, 10 (a) and 10 (b), and 11 (a) and 11 (b). FIG. 10A is a ZZ cross section of FIG. This air circulation path is common with the air circulation path of the heated air for the drying process. First, the structure of the cold insulator will be described. 2, 3, 10 (a), (b), and 11 (a) and 11 (b), 50 overflows from one end of a plurality of thin pipes by supplying seawater, lake water, or other constant temperature low heat source water. It is a cold-reserving device that cools a fresh material such as raw fish by heat exchange by taking heat conduction with air and / or heat of vaporization and storing it for at least 1 to 2 days.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b), the cold insulator 50 has the following configuration. 51 is a high heat conductive pipe made of stainless steel, copper or the like that overflows by supplying water (liquid of the present invention) of a low heat source, and 52 is for temporarily storing the supplied water and forcing the pipe 51 to exchange heat with air. This is a resin tank. The tank 52 is composed of a main body container portion in which the pipe 51 is erected and a bent portion (head portion of the present invention) rising vertically from the main body container portion. The main body container portion communicates with each pipe 51 and is opposite to the overflow side. To fix. Reference numeral 53 denotes a plate for fixing the open end side of the pipe 51 provided in communication with the tank 52. The pipe 51 is connected to a large number of openings opened in the plate 53, and each pipe 51 is connected to the tank 52. The The upper surface of the plate 53 becomes a surface where water overflows.

  Next, in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b), 54 is a water supply pipe for supplying water to the tank 52, 55 is a collar for collecting overflowed water, and 56 is a pump for pumping fresh water. An example of a typical size of the cold insulation device is that the diameter of the pipe 51 is 16φ, the overall height of the tank 52 is 2300 mm, the overall depth is 2000 mm, the horizontal width of the place where the pipe is disposed is 500 mm, the height is 1500 mm, and the depth is 2000 mm. Yes, a large number of 2500 or more pipes 51 can stand and exchange heat with air.

  At this time, the tank 52 has a head portion higher than the upper surface of the plate 53 (the upper portion is open to the atmosphere), and the difference between the water surface of the tank 53 and the upper surface of the plate 53 is ΔH as shown in FIG. The level is controlled to be (780 mm to 800 mm in the above example). If water such as seawater or lake water is pumped up by the pump 56 and the water level is controlled so as to maintain ΔH in the tank 52, the flow in the pipe 51 is formed by the head difference, and the water overflows from many pipes 51. To do. Such a large number of thin pipes 51 should inherently have a large fluid resistance, but use a siphon action due to a head difference, so that power for forced flow is not required and the cost can be reduced. The air is cooled by two cooling actions of heat transfer to the water flowing through the pipe 51 and that the overflowed water takes heat of vaporization to form cold air. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a powerful pump 56 or to flow water through a large number of pipes 51 having high fluid resistance. In this way, seawater, lake water, other constant temperature low heat source water and the head difference thereof are utilized, so that the diameter of the pipe 51 can be further reduced and the number of pipes can be further increased. The water overflowing from the upper surface of the plate 53 is collected by the ridge part 55 and returned to the sea, lake, or other constant temperature low heat source.

  Next, the air circulation path will be described. There are two cases: an air circulation path for drying and a circulation path for circulating cold air. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 11 (a), the drying apparatus 11 with a storage function is partitioned by a partition wall 11a into two spaces, that is, a space in which the salo 1 is accommodated and a duct that circulates surrounding air. . 3 and 11A, reference numeral 60 denotes a duct provided with a fan 18 for circulating air around the partition wall 11a.

  The duct 60 is connected to each discharge port of the two fans 18, and the cold insulation device 50 is provided. The air that has passed through the air passes through the heat exchanger 17, passes through the air heater 1, and is sucked into the fan 18 again. Reference numeral 61 denotes an automatic air intake port for sucking new air, 62 denotes an automatic damper for adjusting the air volume, and 62a denotes an automatic discharge damper capable of discharging a part of the circulating air.

  When the fresh material is dried, the drying device 11 with a storage function takes in the cooked salo 1 from the boiling pot 16, and the salo 1 is circulated as shown in FIG. 3 and FIGS. Circulates through the air circulation path of FIG. During this time, the operation of the cold insulator 50 is stopped and the heat exchanger 17 is operated. The air sucked from the automatic air intake 61 by the fan 18 is heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger 17 through the duct 60, and the fresh material on the cello 1 is heated and dried by this heat. This high-humidity high-temperature air is sucked by the fan 18, moisture is removed by a condenser (not shown), and heat is again transferred by the heat exchanger 17 to heat the fresh material on the cello 1. When air is discharged from the automatic discharge damper 62a, the automatic air intake 61 is opened to replenish new air. When the amount of heating is insufficient, heating may be performed using the hot air injection unit 17a.

  On the other hand, when storing fresh air in cold air, the cold air is circulated in the air circulation path of FIGS. 3 and 11A. In this case, the cold insulator 50 is operated and the operation of the heat exchanger 17 is stopped. The air sucked by the fan 18 passes through the duct 60 and is cooled by the cold insulation device 50, and cools the fresh material on the cello 1 with cold air. The cooler 50 varies in season, but when the outside air is at a normal temperature (about 20 ° C), it overflows seawater, lake water, river water, groundwater, etc. at about 5 ° C to 9 ° C, so It can be cooled to about 11 ° C, approximately 6 ° C to 10 ° C. General bacteria that promote rotting based on the freshness of fresh materials become active in a medium temperature range of 25 ° C or higher, and therefore, rotting does not progress rapidly in a low temperature range of 5 ° C to 11 ° C. Further, since saturated water vapor is circulated through the sealed space due to overflow, drying proceeds through the surface of the raw material, and the cellular tissue on the surface is not destroyed. By maintaining the temperature and humidity environment and continuing ventilation, the fall of freshness can be sufficiently delayed for one to two days.

  As described above, the drying apparatus including the cold insulation device according to the first embodiment operates the heat exchanger 17 and stops the cold insulation device 50 when using the air circulation path as a drying chamber, and stops the cold insulation device 50 when using the room. Since the heat exchanger is stopped while operating 50, drying and cold storage can be performed using a common room.

  Next, a control device for controlling the drying device with a storage function and the low temperature holding device, which are the drying device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, will be described. FIG. 13 is a control block diagram of a drying device with a storage function and a low temperature holding device, which are drying devices in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 13, reference numeral 71 denotes a control unit, which is a CPU in terms of hardware, reads various control programs and data from a storage unit 72 described later, and performs various controls of the drying device with a storage function and the low temperature holding device in terms of software. It is a function realization means for realizing the function.

  71a is a transfer control unit that controls the drawing device 12a and the pushing device 12b to transfer the salo 1 and controls the lifting device 13 and the second lifting device 14 to raise and lower the salo 1. In addition, 71b is an air control unit that controls the circulating air, and 71c is a boiler temperature control unit that controls the temperature of the boiler 16. 71d is a discharge control unit that operates the discharge device 19 to discharge the material after drying, and 71e is a loading device that drives the loading / unloading conveyor 20 to load new raw fish after the discharge of the dried material is completed. It is a control unit.

  Now, 71f is a cold air control part which controls the cold insulator 50 and keeps the water for heat exchange at a low temperature. The cool air controller 71f controls the level of the pump 56 based on the head difference detected by the level sensor 57 so as to maintain a predetermined head difference. When the temperature of the air detected by the temperature sensor 77 is not suitable for storing fresh materials, or when the storage period exceeds, for example, two days, the cool air control unit 71f stops the storage by the cool storage device 50 and dries. An alarm (not shown) that it is better to perform processing is performed. The alarm may be displayed on a display device, or an alarm light or an alarm sound may be output by a lamp or a speaker.

  Next, reference numeral 72 denotes a storage unit that stores a control program and data to be read by a CPU constituting the control unit 71. The storage unit 72 is provided with the following storage units. A transfer control program storage unit 72a drives and stops each drive motor to operate the drawing device 12a, the pushing device 12b, the lifting device 13, and the second lifting device 14. 72b is an air control program storage unit that heats air by the heat exchanger 17, controls humidity by the condenser, and controls the amount of air blown by the number of rotations of the fan 18, and 72c controls the temperature of hot water in the boiling pot 16. A boiled pot control program storage unit 72d is a data storage unit that stores data such as operating conditions such as drying time and circulation count, head difference threshold values, conditions for executing cold storage by the cold insulation device 50, and the like.

  Furthermore, 72e is a flag storage unit that stores a flag indicating the control state of the drying apparatus with a storage function. The following (Table 1) shows the relationship between the type (process) of the circular motion, the control state, and the flag. For example, the material placement flag is turned on when a fresh material is placed on the salo 1, and turned off after discharge or when there is no load. In addition, the cleaning flag is turned on when cleaning is required, turned off after washing or when there is no load, the boil flag is turned on when not boiled, and after boiling or when there is no load Will be turned off.

  Further, when operating the cold insulation device 50 in order to store fresh materials such as raw fish in a low temperature environment, the storage flag is turned ON by setting from an input unit (not shown). At the time of drying that operates the heat exchanger 17, the storage flag is turned OFF. These flags are automatically recognized by the control unit 71 for each operation of the drying apparatus with a storage function or stored in the flag storage unit 52e by setting, and this flag is referred to at the time of control. The control state is determined, and the drying device with a storage function is automatically controlled.

  For the temperature, humidity, and air volume for drying, values suitable for fresh materials such as raw fish are stored in the data storage unit 72d in the storage unit 72 for each material, and the material is selected from the input device. If the operation start switch is pressed, the data of this condition is taken in and the operation is automatically performed. The drying time or the number of circulations suitable for each material is confirmed in advance through experiments or the like and stored in the data storage unit 72d.

  Further explanation of the control device will be continued. Reference numeral 73 denotes a space detection sensor for detecting the presence of an empty space for transferring the cello 1 or the presence of the cello 1. The space detection sensor 73 may be, for example, a combination of a light emitting element and a light receiving element. When the space detection sensor 73 is blocked by the passing cello 1, it is determined that the cello 1 is present, and when there is no blockage, it is determined as an empty space. The space detection sensors 73 are preferably arranged in all spaces, but are preferably provided at least at positions A to M shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5.

  If the space detection sensor 73 detects the absence of the salo 1, the transfer control unit 71a permits the transfer of the adjacent salo 1. Further, when the salo 1 is present at a predetermined position of the circulation path or the branch path, for example, at the position A, predetermined processing such as discharge and loading is performed.

  When it is detected that the space is empty, the transfer control unit 71 a rotates the drive motor 36 of the drawing device 12 a and the pushing device 12 b and transfers the salo 1 with the hooking piece 38 and the pressing piece 37. As a result, the detected empty space is filled by the adjacent salo 1, and the empty space moves to the next. After that, similarly, when it is detected that the next position is an empty space, the lifting device 13 and the second lifting device 14 are controlled to raise and lower the salo 1 respectively, and the empty space is sequentially retreated. Go.

  13 is continued, 74 is a heat exchanger control unit that heats the circulating air, 75 is a blow control unit that controls the rotational speed of the fan 18 and adjusts the air flow rate, and 76 is stored after boiling. This is a humidity control unit for controlling the condenser because the humidity in the function-equipped drying apparatus main body 11 increases. Reference numeral 77 denotes a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the air inside the drying apparatus body 11 with a storage function, and 78 denotes a humidity sensor that detects the humidity of the air inside the drying apparatus body 11 with a storage function.

  As a result, when the operation of the drying device 11 with a storage function is started, the temperature sensor 77 and the humidity sensor 78 detect the temperature and humidity of the air inside the drying device body 11 with the storage function, and data on the optimum operating conditions is obtained. Read from the storage unit 72. The air is heated or cooled according to the operating conditions, and the circulating air is adjusted by controlling the rotation speed of the fan 18.

  Furthermore, 79 is a heating unit for controlling the water temperature of the boiled pot 16 by the boiled pot temperature control unit 71c, and 80 is a boiled pot temperature sensor for feeding back the water temperature of the boiled pot 16. Reference numeral 71 denotes a counting unit that counts each operation, for example, a boiling time or counts the number of times of circulation in the “circulation area”, because the drying apparatus with a storage function is operated in a predetermined sequence.

  Therefore, a processing method during the operation of the drying apparatus with a storage function, which is a drying apparatus according to the first embodiment, and a fresh material drying processing method will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. When the operation start switch is pressed (step 1), the control unit 71 confirms whether or not the storage flag is set in the flag storage unit 72e, and prepares whether or not to perform cleaning, boiling and drying. Is determined (step 2). If the setting of the storage flag is OFF, the cleaning flag and the boil flag are set to ON unless otherwise input. If the setting of the storage flag is ON, the cleaning flag and the boil flag are set to OFF.

  If the storage flag is OFF at step 2 and preparation is required to perform the drying process, the controller 71 reads out the operating conditions as preparation, and the boiling temperature controller 71c heats the water in the boiling pot 16 to boil. Increase to possible temperature. At the same time, the air control unit 71b also raises the temperature of the heat exchanger 17.

  When preparation is performed in step 2, the presence / absence of fresh material during cold storage is checked by subsequently checking the material placement flag (step 3). If the material placement flag is OFF, it means that there is no fresh material being stored in the cold air. Therefore, the loading control unit 71e drives the loading / unloading conveyor 20, and the raw fish is transferred to the cello 1 being transferred to the position A. Load fresh materials such as (step 4).

  In step 3, if there is a fresh material being stored in the cold, it is determined whether or not the cello 1 transferred to the position A is a cello 1 loaded with the fresh material (step 5). If it is not already loaded Sero 1, the fresh material is loaded into Sero 1 (step 4).

  After loading the fresh material in step 4, and if it is already loaded in step 5, it is determined whether loading of all the sails 1 has been completed (step 6). If all loading has not been completed, return to step 3 and repeat until loading is completed. The determination of the end of loading is performed by automatic determination, but may be performed manually. When a fresh material is placed on at least one of the silos 1, the material placement flag in the flag storage unit 72e is changed to ON. This material placement flag is turned OFF when the material is discharged.

  In step 6, when the loading of the salo 1 is completed, if the cleaning flag is ON according to the necessity of cleaning with the cleaning flag, the second lifting device 14 is operated to lower the salo 1 and immerse in the cleaning tank 15 Wash (step 7), and if it is OFF, let it pass without being immersed. Further, according to whether boiling is necessary or not with the boil flag, if this is ON, the second elevating device 14 performs boiling in the boiling pot 16 (step 8). When it is OFF, it passes without being immersed.

  Thereafter, by referring to the storage flag again, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to store the cold air for the fresh material loaded on the cello 1 (step 9). When the storage flag is set to OFF, the transfer controller 71a starts circulation in the “circulation area”, heating by the heat exchanger 17 is performed, and drying of the fresh material is started (step 10). In the circulation, when the space detection sensor 73 detects that the space is empty, the transfer control unit 71a pushes the adjacent cello 1 into this space, and when the cello 1 is sent to this position, the transfer control unit 71a performs the same operation. It is done by repeating.

  Drying is continued, and if the drying time Th or circulation number Nh set for each material is exceeded, it is determined that the time has expired (step 11). If not, the process returns to step 10 and repeats. When the time is up at step 11, the control unit 71 notifies the transfer control unit 71a, the discharge control unit 71d, and the air control unit 71b that the count unit 61 has driven this, drives the discharge device 19 to discharge (step 12), and ends. To do.

  In step 9, when the storage flag is set to ON and it is determined that the cold air storage of the fresh material loaded on the cello 1 is necessary, the fresh material is stored in the cold air (step 13). The cold air control unit 71f causes seawater, lake water, or the like to flow to the cold insulation device 50 with the pump 56, and stores the cold air while circulating it. However, since there is a storage period that can be stored in the fresh material, it is determined whether or not the storage period has expired (step 14). If the expiration date has not expired, the process returns to step 13 to continue the cold storage. In step 14, if it has expired, an alarm (lamp, sound, etc.) is given and the process ends.

  Thus, according to the drying apparatus with a storage function of the drying apparatus of Example 1, it is possible to automate the drying process of fresh materials typified by small fish and the like, and it is very easy to produce dried processed products. Conventional salos are standard in size (running direction) of 630 mm, width of 630 mm, and height of 45 mm, and even the current largest salo is only 1800 mm in length, 900 in width and 100 in height, According to the first embodiment, a size that has never been considered before, for example, a length of 4800 mm to 5000 mm, a width of 1700 mm to 2000 mm, and a height of 120 mm to 160 mm becomes possible. Compared with the conventional standard size, it is possible to stack fresh materials that are approximately 21 to 24 times the loading area and 60 to 80 times the loading capacity. And as for the size of Seiro 1, there is no limit as long as there is an installation place of the device. Moreover, in the first embodiment, in order to discharge the dried processed product from such a size of the salo, a discharge device using an elevating mechanism is provided, so that automatic discharge can be easily and inexpensively.

  In addition, it can be dried slowly at a transfer speed of about 1/40 to 1/60 of the conventional one for mass transport, and there are problems associated with high-speed movement, such as rapid turning, tilting, speed change, etc. And uneven distribution of the load can be prevented. Since it dries slowly, the drying time is short and drying unevenness does not occur.

  If the size of the salo is small as in the past, a large number of workers must be involved, and at least five people are required from placing a unit of 1 ton of raw fish on the cello to the completion of the drying process. Each time a person changes, the fish or the like rolls on the iron and causes a bias, which causes damage to the fish and the like, resulting in variations in the dry state and lowering the quality of the dried product. However, the drying apparatus with a storage function of Example 1 and the huge salo adopted for this are automatically operated slowly, and it takes about 1/50 of the conventional transport distance when viewed from the total transport distance of fresh materials. In this way, it is possible to perform a gentle transfer that is unthinkable, and it can be operated with small power without slowly damaging the fresh ingredients. Moreover, labor costs can be reduced to more than 1/5.

  Furthermore, since the drying apparatus of Example 1 of the present invention is equipped with a cold insulation device, the same air circulation path for performing the drying treatment is used for seawater or about 5 ° C to 9 ° C at room temperature, although there are seasonal variations. Overflowing lake water, river water, groundwater, etc., can cool fresh materials such as raw fish to around 5 ° C to 11 ° C, approximately 6 ° C to 10 ° C. Can be saved. Since air containing saturated water vapor as a partial pressure is constantly circulated, the surface of the fresh material is not dried and the cell tissue is not destroyed, and it can be sufficiently stored for 1 to 2 days. Since seawater, lake water, and other water of constant temperature and low heat source are used for siphoning, it is possible to provide a cold insulation device with low manufacturing costs and low running costs.

  Moreover, according to the drying apparatus of Example 1, when a fresh material cannot be fully loaded in all the salons, it is not necessary to forcefully dry the raw material as in the prior art, and it may be dried when it is full. Therefore, the cost for the drying process can be greatly reduced. And if it dries with the method of the conventional drying apparatus, the moisture content of a fresh raw material will become high with the humidity at the time of drying, and time required for drying will become long, but in Example 1, drying is started because it cools with a cooler and then dries. The initial moisture content at the time is low, and drying can be completed in about 2 hours shorter than before. Since the drying time is short, the product stored in the cold storage device can be finished with a high quality on the contrary.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to a drying apparatus that can place and dry a large amount of fresh materials at once.

The perspective view of the salo in Example 1 of this invention 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a drying device with a storage function that is a drying device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view which shows the whole drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention. (A) ~ (d) Explanatory diagram of the movement of the Sero when loading and unloading (A)-(d) Explanatory drawing of the movement of the salo when drying The perspective view of the state which supported the salo with the raising / lowering apparatus in Example 1 of this invention (A) The perspective view of the 2nd raising / lowering apparatus of the drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention, (b) Explanatory drawing of the raising / lowering operation | movement of the 2nd lifting apparatus of (a). (A) The perspective view of the discharge device of the drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention, (b) Explanatory drawing of discharge operation of the discharge apparatus of (a) The partially broken sectional view of the state where the 2nd raising / lowering apparatus of the drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention was aware of Seiro. (A) Cross-sectional view of the cold insulation device of the drying device with a storage function which is the drying device in Example 1 of the present invention, (b) Top view of the cold insulation device of the drying device with a storage function of (a) (A) Explanatory drawing of the air circulation path of the drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention, (b) Cooling system of the drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention Illustration (A) The perspective view of the pushing device of the drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention, (b) Explanatory drawing of the pressing piece of the pushing apparatus of (a), (c) Example of this invention Explanatory drawing of the drawer | drawing-out apparatus of the drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus in 1 Control block diagram of drying apparatus with storage function and low temperature holding apparatus which are drying apparatuses in Embodiment 1 of the present invention The flowchart of operation | movement of the drying apparatus with a preservation | save function which is a drying apparatus in Example 1 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sailo 2 Mesh 3 Frame 4 Rolling roller 5 Roller support 11 Drying device main body 12a withdrawing function 12a Drawer 12b Pushing device 13 Lifting device 14 Second lifting device 15 Washing tank 16 Cooker 17 Heat exchanger 17a Hot air jet part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 18 Fan 19 Ejector 20 Unloading conveyor 20a Hopper 21 Guide member 22 Sprocket 23 Chain 24 Rotating shaft 31 Guide apparatus main body 32 Roller 33 Guide rail 34 Chain 35 Sprocket 36 Drive motor 37 Pressing piece 38 Hooking piece 38a Spring 41 Lifting frame 41a Support body 41b Second support body 42 Chain 42a Holding metal fitting 43 Sprocket 43a Rotating shaft 44 Drive motor 45 Sliding roller 46 Square column guide 47 Grooved rail 47a Stopper 48 Shaft support 50 Cooling device 51 Pipe 52 Tan 53 plate 54 water supply pipe 55 flange 56 pump 60 duct 61 automatic air intake 62 automatic damper 62a automatic discharge damper 71 control unit 71a transfer control unit 71b air control unit 71c boiling pot temperature control unit 71d discharge control unit 71e loading control unit 71f Cold air control unit 72 Storage unit 72a Transfer control program storage unit 72b Air control program storage unit 72c Boil control program storage unit 72d Data storage unit 72e Flag storage unit 73 Space detection sensor 74 Heat exchanger control unit 75 Blower control unit 76 Humidity control Section 77 Temperature sensor 78 Humidity sensor 79 Heating section 80 Boil temperature sensor 81 Count section

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A first circulation device that circulates the salo in the circulation path, and moves a branch path by branching a predetermined salo from the circulation path when loading fresh material onto the air and / or discharging fresh material after drying In the case of loading, the fresh material is loaded on an empty cello, and in the case of discharging, the material is discharged from the cello loaded with the fresh material after drying. A second circulation device for discharging the material and loading fresh material on an empty salo and returning it to the circulation path; a fan for circulating the air in the room where the circulation path is arranged; and circulation A drying apparatus comprising: a heat exchanger capable of heating fresh air to dry fresh material. The drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circulation path and the branch path are configured by an ascending path, a descending path, and a horizontal transfer path. In the circulation path and the branch path, at least one empty space is provided between a plurality of moving silos, and the first and second circulation devices move adjacent salons to be transferred to the empty space. And moving the adjacent space to the newly formed empty space by the movement of the salio, and further repeating this to move the empty space in order, and to transfer the circulation way and the branch passage The drying apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The drying according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the branch path is provided with a placement position for loading the fresh material and / or a discharge position for discharging the dried fresh material. apparatus. The drying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a boiling pot for boiling the fresh material after the fresh material is loaded is provided in the branch path. 6. The drying apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a cleaning tank is provided in the branch path, and after the fresh material is loaded on the salo, the fresh water is washed in the washing tank and then transferred to the boiling pot. The drying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a heat exchanger control unit that controls the heat exchanger based on a set operating condition based on the temperature in the room. The branch path is branched from the descending path of the circulation path by the first transfer path, and after loading the fresh material at the placement position, the fresh material is lowered at the predetermined position by the first hoistway and washed in the washing tank. And then moved up to the adjacent position in the second transfer path, then lowered into the boiling pot by the second hoistway and boiled, and then raised after boiling and moved up to the position by the third transfer path. The drying apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a structure for returning to the descending path of the circulation path. 5. The drying apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a discharge device is provided at the discharge position of the branch path to discharge the fresh fish material by inclining the dry fresh material.

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