JP2014062725A - Cooling device for flexible container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling device for a flexible container which can maximize productivity with improved cooling efficiency.SOLUTION: A cooling device of this invention comprises a cooling chamber having a sealed structure of a certain space, a cooling transferring part inside the cooling chamber, a driving device for driving the cooling transferring part, and a cooling water supply device for injecting cooling water to the cooling transferring part. The cooling transferring part comprises a primary transferring conveyer for cooling a flexible container with room temperature water and a secondary cooling conveyer installed at a line rear side of the primary transferring conveyer for cooling the flexible container with cooling water. The driving device has rotary sprockets for use in driving the conveyer for respective helical conveyers forming turning segments of the primary transferring conveyer and the secondary cooling conveyer, vertical driving shafts connected with multiple rotary sprockets on the same vertical line so as to perform integral driving. The vertical driving shaft is connected to a gear box that is connected to the driving motor at the upper end of the vertical driving shaft.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooling device for a flexible container, and more particularly to a cooling device for a flexible container that performs a cooling process in a process of transferring a flexible container such as a cheer pack or a pouch by a conveyor.

  In general, the cooling treatment of a cheapack or pouch containing ice cream, beverages, etc. is carried out with the cheapack or pouch placed in a water tank, or randomly loaded on a conveyor constituted by a mesh belt to cool water. The method of sprinkling is used.

  However, in the case of a transfer method in which a cheapack or pouch is put into a water tank, the shape of the cheapack or pouch is deformed due to the buoyancy of the cheapack or pouch, the resistance of water, etc., and there is a problem in maintaining the shape. In addition, in the case of a method of randomly loading on a conveyor and sprinkling cooling water, it is necessary to rearrange cheer packs or pouches by an operator in order to move to a subsequent process, which requires bothersomeness and associated manpower. was there.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cooling device for a flexible container that can maximize productivity by improving the close cooling efficiency. is there.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, according to one aspect of the present invention, a cooling chamber having a sealed structure with a fixed space by a housing in which an entrance and exit are formed, and a flexible container installed inside the cooling chamber while being transferred In a cooling device including a cooling transfer unit for cooling, a driving device for driving the cooling transfer unit, and a cooling water supply device for injecting cooling water to the cooling transfer unit, the cooling transfer unit is configured to transfer the flexible container with room temperature water. A primary transfer conveyor for cooling and a secondary cooling conveyor installed at the rear of the line of the primary transfer conveyor for cooling the flexible containers primary cooled by the primary transfer conveyor with cooling water, On the same vertical line as the rotating sprocket for driving the conveyor for each spiral conveyor forming the swivel section of the primary transfer conveyor and the secondary cooling conveyor A vertical drive shaft connected to a plurality of layers of rotating sprockets and integrally driven, and the vertical drive shaft is connected to a gear box connected to a drive motor at an upper end portion of the vertical drive shaft. A flexible container cooling device is provided.

  The primary transfer conveyor is composed of zigzag linear sections arranged in multiple layers so that the plurality of linear conveyors are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the plane perpendicular to the vertical frame, and spiral conveyors at both ends of the linear conveyor. The secondary cooling conveyors are zigzag multiple such that the plurality of linear conveyors are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to the vertical frame. A straight section installed in a layer; a swirl section in which a spiral conveyor is connected to both ends of the linear conveyor to connect the plurality of layers of the linear conveyor; and the plurality of layers of the linear form forming the straight section A cooling water supply pipe for supplying cooling water to the upper part of the conveyor, and the cooling water supply pipe is provided with a cooling water supply section in which a plurality of spray nozzles are installed at regular intervals. It is linear conveyor of the secondary cooling conveyor collects the cooling water that is injected into each layer in the lower part, may be one side of which open water tub is installed.

  According to the cooling device for a flexible container according to the present invention, in the process of transferring the cheapack or the pouch product by the conveyor, the cooling water is sprayed by the cooling water supply device and the shape of the cheapack is deformed during the transfer, By reducing the inconvenience that must be rearranged and continuously injecting the cooling water into the cheapack or the pouch itself, there is an effect that the productivity by improving the cooling effect can be improved.

It is the front view which showed the cooling device for flexible containers which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the front view which showed the principal part in the structure of the cooling device for flexible containers which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the top view which showed the principal part in the structure of the cooling device for flexible containers which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the side view which showed the secondary cooling transfer conveyor in the structure of the cooling device for flexible containers which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the expanded side view which expanded and showed a part of secondary cooling transfer conveyor which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the expansion front view which expanded and showed a part of secondary cooling transfer conveyor in the structure of the cooling device for flexible containers which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a flexible container cooling device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a main configuration of the flexible container cooling device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the main part in the configuration of the flexible container cooling device according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a side view showing a secondary cooling transfer conveyor in the configuration of the flexible container cooling device according to the embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the secondary cooling transfer conveyor according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view showing a part of the secondary cooling transfer conveyor in the configuration of the flexible container cooling device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a case where a cheer pack or pouch is cooled as a flexible container will be described.

  The cooling device for a flexible container according to the present invention has a cooling chamber 100 having a sealed structure with a fixed space by a housing having an entrance formed at the front and rear, and a cheapack or pouch installed inside the cooling chamber 100. The cooling transfer unit 200 is configured to be cooled, the driving device 300 that drives the cooling transfer unit 200, and the cooling water supply device 400 that injects cooling water to the cooling transfer unit 200.

  The cooling device for a flexible container according to the present invention is an improvement of the technology previously registered by the present inventor (Korean Registered Patent Publication No. 10-091868), and continuously injects cooling water into a cheer pack or pouch itself. In the transfer process, it is configured so that it can be aligned and transferred while being cooled on the spot, and it is configured so that the conveyor can be coaxially driven synchronously using a motor, and a constant transfer line is realized without difficulty even in long sections. .

  The cooling transfer unit 200 includes a primary transfer conveyor 10 installed to cool the cheapack or pouch with room temperature water, and 1 to cool the chiapack or pouch primarily cooled by the primary transfer conveyor 10 with cooling water. The secondary cooling conveyor 20 is installed at the rear of the line of the next transfer conveyor 10, and is provided as one or more conveyor lines inside the cooling chamber 100.

The primary transfer conveyor 10 is aligned and transferred so as to prevent contact between products in the process of transferring the cheer pack or pouch, and prevents the deformation of the shape and sufficiently cools the cheer pack or pouch. Therefore, it comprises a plurality of linear conveyors 11 and a spiral conveyor 12 so as to ensure the transfer residence time of the cheapack or pouch. The plurality of linear conveyors 11 are installed in a plurality of layers in a zigzag manner so as to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to the vertical frame 110 to form a straight section. Further, a spiral conveyor 12 is connected to both ends of the linear conveyor 11, and a swirl section connecting the plurality of layers of the linear conveyor 11 is formed and driven to be transferred in a zigzag manner.

  The secondary cooling conveyor 20 includes a plurality of linear conveyors 21 and a spiral conveyor 12. The plurality of linear conveyors 21 are installed in a plurality of layers in a zigzag manner so as to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to the vertical frame 110 to form a straight section. A spiral conveyor 22 is installed at both ends of the linear conveyor 21 to form a swivel section. A cooling water supply pipe 31 to which cooling water is supplied is disposed on the upper part of the plurality of layers of linear conveyors 21 forming the straight section. The cooling water supply pipe 31 is provided with a cooling water supply unit 30 in which a plurality of injection nozzles 32 for spray-type continuous injection are installed at regular intervals. In addition, a water tank 40 is installed at the lower part of the secondary cooling conveyor 20 so that one side is hinged to be openable and closable, and the cooling water sprayed for each layer is collected with the water tank 40 closed. .

  In the case of such a secondary cooling conveyor 20, by forming a conveyor line in which the straight section is longer than the length of the straight section of the primary transfer conveyor 10, the transfer residence time is ensured, and the continuous cooling water jetting system is sufficient. Or the pouch can be cooled.

  Although not shown in the drawing, the primary transfer conveyor 10 is also provided with a room temperature water supply pipe and a spray nozzle for cooling a cheer pack or pouch with room temperature water, similarly to the secondary cooling conveyor 20.

  As the driving device 300, a rotating sprocket 310, a vertical driving shaft 320, a driving motor 340, and a gear box 330 are installed. A rotating sprocket 310 is installed to drive the conveyor for each spiral conveyor 20 that forms the swivel section of the primary transfer conveyor 10 and the secondary cooling conveyor 20. The vertical drive shaft 320 is connected to a plurality of layers of rotating sprockets 310 whose rotation centers are on the same vertical line and is integrally driven. The upper end of each vertical drive shaft 320 is connected to a gear box 330 that is connected to the drive motor 340.

  In such a driving device 300, when the rotating sprocket 310 and the vertical driving shaft 320 are installed in the turning sections on both sides, the two gear boxes 330 and the driving motor 340 provided therebetween are connected by the horizontal driving shaft 320. ing. Thus, by driving the drive motor 340, the two gear boxes 330 connected to the horizontal drive shaft 320 can be simultaneously operated.

  In addition, the driving device 300 is configured such that the rotary sprocket 310 installed on the multi-layer spiral conveyors 12 and 22 is connected to the single vertical driving shaft 320 and can be driven synchronously. The conveyor can be smoothly and synchronously driven by a constant rotational force from the drive motor 340.

  The cooling supply device 400 uses a chiller for supplying cooling water to the cooling water supply unit 30 constituting the secondary cooling conveyor 20. Since the chiller is a technology that is used in various ways throughout the industry, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. Moreover, the cooling water collected in the water tank 40 is sent to the chiller and used again as cooling water.

  The operation of the flexible container cooling device according to the present invention will be described below. When a chia pack or pouch product filled with ice cream, beverages, etc. is put into the primary transfer conveyor 10, it is primarily cooled with room temperature water while being transferred along the primary transfer conveyor 10 from the bottom to the top in a zigzag manner. The Further, the chiapack or pouch subjected to the primary cooling process is subjected to the secondary cooling process by the cooling water sprayed by the cooling water supply unit 30 while being transferred from the upper part to the lower part along the secondary transfer conveyor 20 in a zigzag manner. Discharged.

  That is, the primary transfer conveyor 10 performs primary cooling treatment with room temperature water while transferring the charged cheer pack or pouch from the lower part to the upper direction, and the secondary transfer conveyor 20 transfers the cheer pack or pouch from the upper part to the lower direction. Then, the secondary cooling treatment is performed with cooling water and discharged.

  As described above, the cooling device according to the present embodiment continuously sprays the cooling water using the spray method and secures the transfer residence time using the conveyor structure in the process of transferring the cheapack or pouch product on the conveyor. Thus, it is possible to prevent the deformation of the shape of the cheer pack or pouch during the transfer of the conveyor and maximize the productivity.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Cooling chamber 200 Cooling transfer part 10 Primary transfer conveyor 11, 21 Linear conveyor 12, 22 Spiral conveyor 20 Secondary cooling conveyor 30 Cooling water supply part 31 Cooling water supply pipe 32 Injection nozzle 40 Minamata 300 Drive apparatus 310 Rotating sprocket 320 Vertical drive shaft 330 Gear box 340 Drive motor 350 Horizontal drive shaft 400 Cooling water supply device

Claims (2)

A cooling chamber having a sealed structure with a fixed space by a housing in which an inlet / outlet is formed, a cooling transfer unit installed inside the cooling chamber for cooling while transferring a flexible container, and a driving device for driving the cooling transfer unit And a cooling device comprising a cooling water supply device for injecting cooling water to the cooling transfer unit,
The cooling transfer unit includes a primary transfer conveyor that cools the flexible container with room temperature water, and a rear line of the primary transfer conveyor that cools the flexible container that has been primarily cooled by the primary transfer conveyor with cooling water. Consisting of a secondary cooling conveyor installed in the section,
The driving device is connected to a rotating sprocket for driving the conveyor for each spiral conveyor forming a swivel section of the primary transfer conveyor and the secondary cooling conveyor, and a plurality of rotating sprockets arranged on the same vertical line. And a vertical drive shaft that integrally drives
The cooling device for a flexible container, wherein the vertical drive shaft is connected to a gear box connected to a drive motor at an upper end portion of the vertical drive shaft. The primary transfer conveyor includes a linear section arranged in a plurality of layers in a zigzag manner so that the plurality of linear conveyors are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to the vertical frame, and spiral at both ends of the linear conveyor. A swivel section to which a conveyor is connected to connect the plurality of layers of the linear conveyor,
The secondary cooling conveyor includes a plurality of linear sections arranged in a plurality of layers in a zigzag manner so that the plurality of linear conveyors are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to the vertical frame, and spiral at both ends of the linear conveyor. A swirl section connecting a plurality of layers of the linear conveyor to which a conveyor is connected, and a cooling water supply pipe for supplying cooling water to the upper part of the plurality of layers of the linear conveyor forming the straight section,
The cooling water supply pipe is provided with a cooling water supply unit in which a plurality of injection nozzles are installed at regular intervals,
The flexible conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the linear conveyor of the secondary cooling conveyor is provided with a water tank that can open and close on one side and collects cooling water sprayed in each layer. Container cooling device.