JP2014188454A - Outdoor type rice milling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with outside air temperature and outside air humidity in an installation location in rice milling equipment having a rice bran pack device and being installed in outdoor.SOLUTION: The rice milling equipment comprises: a rice milling machine (14); a rice bran pack device (16) for forming a rice bran pack (P) in which rice bran generated in a rice milling processing by the rice milling machine (14) is packed; and an outside air temperature sensor (40). When the outside air temperature sensor (40) detects outside air temperature equal to or less than set temperature, forming of the rice bran pack (P) is regulated. When the outside air temperature sensor (40) detects the outside air temperature equal to or less than the set temperature, a warming device (41) heats the rice bran pack device (16) for allowing the rice bran pack device to form the rice bran pack (P).

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a technology for packing a rice cake generated in a rice milling operation of a paid rice milling facility installed outdoors and providing it to a user.

  Patent Document 1 describes a technique for packing rice bran generated during rice milling.

JP 2006-82084 A

The cocoon pack is formed by welding a transparent film into a bag shape, in which the cocoon generated by the rice milling operation is accommodated and packed.
In outdoor-type rice milling equipment, the outside air temperature and humidity around each part of the equipment vary depending on the climate and weather.

  When the outside temperature of the film is low, the welding performance deteriorates, which may hinder the preparation of the bag pack. In addition, when the outside air humidity is high, the upper surface of the member that guides the bag pack is moistened and the film tends to adhere to the upper surface, which may hinder the guidance.

The present invention takes the following technical means in order to solve this problem.
The invention described in claim 1 includes a rice milling machine (14), a rice bran pack device (16) that packs rice bran generated by the rice milling process of the rice milling machine (14) to create a rice cake pack (P), and an outside air temperature sensor. (40), and when the outside air temperature sensor (40) detects an outside air temperature below the set value, an outdoor type rice milling facility is provided, which is provided with a control unit (26) that regulates the creation of the bag pack (P). .

  The invention according to claim 2 is a rice milling machine (14), a rice cake packing device (16) for packing rice cake generated in the rice milling process of the rice milling machine (14) to create a rice cake packing (P), and a rice cake packing device. A warming device (41) for warming (16) and an outside air temperature sensor (41), and when the outside air temperature sensor (40) detects an outside air temperature below the set value, the heating device (41) The outdoor type rice milling equipment is characterized by heating (16).

  The invention described in claim 3 includes a rice milling machine (14), a rice bran pack device (16) that packs rice bran generated by the rice milling process of the rice milling machine (14) to create a rice cake pack (P), and an outside air humidity sensor. (43), and when the outside humidity sensor (43) detects a humidity higher than the set value, an outdoor type rice milling facility is provided, which is provided with a control unit (26) that regulates the creation of the bag pack (P).

  The invention according to claim 4 includes a rice milling machine (14), a rice cake packing device (16) for packing rice cake generated in the rice milling process of the rice milling machine (14) to create a rice cake packing (P), and a rice cake packing device. A guide member (42) for guiding the bag pack (P) created in (16), a heating device (44) for heating the guide member (42), and an outside air humidity sensor (43), and an outside air humidity When the sensor (43) detects a humidity higher than the set value, the heating device (44) heats the guide member (42) to provide an outdoor type rice milling facility.

  According to the present invention, in a rice milling facility equipped with a paddle pack device installed outdoors, it is possible to cope with the outside air temperature and the outside air humidity at the installation location.

Process diagram of rice milling equipment Plan view of rice milling equipment Front view of guest room Figure showing the machine room from the back Figure showing the bag pack device Diagram showing the creation of a kite pack The figure which shows the conveyance of the bag pack seen from the side The figure which shows a bag storage room Flow chart when Samurai Pack is set to paid Process diagram showing an example of creating a bag pack Block Diagram

The outdoor type rice milling equipment according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
The building 1 is partitioned into a machine room 2 and a guest room 3 by a partition wall 5.
On the side of the guest room 3, a loading port 4 a of a loading hopper 4 for loading grain (brown rice) brought by the user is allowed to face. Further, on the front side of the partition wall 5, an operation panel 6 for users and a charge inlet 28 are provided. Moreover, the take-out port 7a of the white rice tank 7 which accommodates the polished rice which processed the rice polishing, and the straw pack storage chamber 8 which accommodates the straw pack P mentioned later are provided.

A grain presence / absence detecting sensor 9 for detecting the presence / absence of grain is provided in the charging hopper 4, and a rotary valve 10 for feeding the grain is provided at the bottom of the charging hopper 4.
In the machine room 2, a first elevator 11 for cerealing the grain fed out by the rotary valve 10, a stone cutter 12 for removing the stone, and a second elevator 13 for cerealing the grain selected by the stone cutter 12, And a rice mill 14 for milling the grains that have been cerealed by the second elevator 13.

  Further, in the machine room 2, a cocoon transport fan 15 that transports cocoons generated by the rice milling process by the rice mill 14, a cocoon pack device 16 that packs the cocoons transported by the cocoon transport fan 15, and the cocoon pack device 16 The kite pack transport conveyor 17 is provided for transporting the kite pack P packed in step 3 to the cabin 3 side. Note that the kite transported by the kite transport fan 15 is separated into air and kite by the cyclone 18, and the kite is transported to either the kite pack device 16 or the kite container 19 by the kite transport spiral conveyor 20 that can be rotated forward and backward. It is a configuration.

  The bag packing device 16 is formed into a bag shape from a roll-shaped transparent film sheet 21 (vinyl sheet) with a cutting tool 22 or a film welding tool 23, receives the wrinkles that are sequentially transported with the upper portion opened, and reaches a set weight amount. Thus, the bag pack P is packed and packed, and the pack P packed is dropped and supplied to the pack transport conveyor 17 by the discharge chute 24. A bag pack guide chute 42 for guiding the bag pack P into the bag pack storage chamber 8 is provided on the conveyance end side of the bag pack transfer conveyor 17.

In this embodiment, the bag can be accommodated in an amount of about 1 kg per bag.
The operation panel 6 is provided with a whitening degree selection switch 25 for selecting the whitening degree. The milling degree switch can be selected from 1-minute, 3-minute, 5-minute, 8-minute, standard, fine white, and no-wash rice.

  A control unit 26 that drives and controls each device in the machine room 2 is built in on the back side of the operation panel 6 and is configured so that an administrator of the rice milling facility can arbitrarily set the control contents. A pay / free selection switch 29 is provided on the back side of the operation panel 6, that is, the side operated by the administrator, for selecting whether to make the bag pack to be charged or not.

  On the side of the guest room 3, a bag take-out switch 27 is provided. The bag pack take-out switch 27 of the present embodiment is configured such that the bag pack P is created when operated by a user who wishes to pack the bag and take it home.

Next, the rice milling operation will be described.
The user inputs a fee into the fee input port 28 and inputs the brought grain into the input hopper 4. When the desired milling degree is selected by the milling degree selection switch 25, the milling operation is started for an operation time corresponding to the input charge (for example, 100 yen per 10 kg of brown rice).

  Grain in the charging hopper 4 is fed out by the rotary valve 10, passes through the first elevator 11, the stone remover 12, and the second elevator 13, is polished by the rice mill 14, and is stored in the white rice tank 7. The user takes out the white rice from the white rice outlet 7a.

  When the user operates the soot pack take-out switch 27, the soot generated in the rice milling operation is air-conveyed by the soot conveying fan 15 and passes through the cyclone 18, and the soot-packing device 16 is provided with the soot-conveying spiral conveyor 20. A kite pack P is created for each set kite amount (every kg of kite). The produced soot pack P is transported by the discharge chute 24 and the soot pack transport conveyor 17 and is guided by the soot pack guide chute 42 into the soot pack storage chamber 8 provided on the cabin 3 side. Then, the user takes out the bag pack P and takes it home.

  For example, when the milling degree is set as a standard, about 1 kg of rice bran is generated per 10 kg of brown rice. That is, when 30 kg of brown rice is milled in one operation, three bags of paddy pack P are sequentially produced.

  It should be noted that the amount of rice bran generated can be converted from the relationship between the amount of brown rice converted by the rotational speed of the rotary valve 10 and the selected milling degree. Alternatively, it can be converted from the relationship between the set milling degree and the continuous rice milling operation time by the rice mill 14.

  The amount of wrinkles generated depends on the degree of milling. That is, for example, if the degree of whitening is standard, the amount of rice bran generated per 10 kg of brown rice is about 1 kg, but if it is sown for 5 minutes, the amount of rice bran produced per 10 kg of brown rice is about 500 g. Since the bag pack P of the present embodiment is configured to accommodate approximately 1 kg of bag per pack, the timing for packing the bag is longer in the case of 5 minutes than the standard time. That is, in the case of the standard, one bag pack P is prepared for each 10 kg of polished rice, but in the case of 5 minutes, one bag of P is prepared for each 20 kg of polished rice. Become.

  When the user does not operate the pad pack take-out switch 27, the paddy generated in the rice milling operation is air-transferred by the paddy transport fan 15, passes through the cyclone 18, and is stored in the paddy container 19 by the paddle transport spiral conveyor 20. Is done.

Next, the characteristics of the creation of the bag pack P when the administrator sets the creation of the bag pack P to be charged will be described.
The user inputs a fee into the fee input port 28 and inputs the brought grain into the input hopper 4. Then, when the pad pack take-out switch 27 is selected and the milling degree selection switch 25 is selected, the rice milling operation is started. At this time, in the case of a charge, a charge required for the paddy pack P is required separately from the charge for the rice milling operation from the input charge. The price of the rice cake pack P of this embodiment is not deducted every time one bag of rice cake pack is made, but a specific fee (for example, 50 yen) is required for one rice milling operation regardless of the amount of grain to bring. It becomes the composition which becomes.

  For example, when 30kg brown rice is used for rice milling and making paddy pack P, rice milling operation is 100 yen per 10kg, and the cost of paddy pack P for one rice milling operation is 50 yen, so 350 yen is required. is there. In the case of brown rice 20kg, it will be 250 yen.

  The soot pack take-out switch 27 is configured to be operable before the start of the rice milling operation, and the operation of the soot pack take-out switch 27 is restricted after the start of the rice milling operation. This is because, in the case of paying, it is desirable to provide the user with all the straw generated from the grain brought by the user.

Next, the characteristics of the creation of the bag pack P when the administrator sets the creation of the bag pack P free of charge will be described.
In the case of free, the paddle take-out switch 27 can be operated even after the rice milling operation is started. However, when the grain presence / absence detection sensor 9 detects the absence of grain, the operation of the bag pack take-out switch 27 is restricted. After the grain presence / absence detection sensor 9 detects the absence of grain, the amount of generated soot is reduced, the amount of filling of the soot pack P is reduced, the posture of the soot pack P is not stabilized, and it is prevented from being difficult to carry. is there.

Next, the characteristics common to both cases where the creation of the bag pack P is set to be charged and when it is set to be free will be described.
The whitening degree at which the bag pack P can be taken home by operating the bag pack take-out switch 27 is equal to or higher than the set whitening degree. For example, a soot pack can be created for 5 minutes or longer, and the creation of the soot pack P is regulated for less than 5 minutes (3 minutes or 1 minute). This is because, as described above, if the amount of soot generated is small, the filling amount of the soot pack P is reduced, and the posture of the soot pack P is not stabilized and it is prevented from becoming difficult to transport. is there.

  Specifically, when the bag pack take-out switch 27 is selected, the whiteness degree selection switch 25 that is equal to or higher than the set whiteness degree can be selected, and the selection of the other whiteness degree selection switches 25 is restricted. Alternatively, when the whitening degree selection switch 25 of the whitening degree that cannot be taken out is selected, the operation of the bag pack takeout switch 27 is restricted.

  The paddle pack P is created at set intervals during the rice milling operation and is transported by the paddle pack transport conveyor 17, so the paddle pack storage chamber 8 is clogged with the paddle pack P unless the user removes it from the paddle pack storage chamber 8. End up. Therefore, every time the bag pack P is created, the user is notified by voice that “please remove the bag pack”.

  Since the bag pack storage chamber 8 has a limited space, in the present embodiment, the bag pack P can be continuously created up to three bags. This is because usually the amount of grains brought by a user in one rice milling operation is around 30 kg.

  The flow chart of FIG. 9 shows the rice milling operation when paying a paddle pack, but the free operation is also almost common, and the difference is that the grain presence / absence detection sensor 9 detects the absence of grain even after the start of the rice milling operation. Up to this point, it is possible to operate the switch for taking back the bag pack.

The production of the bag pack P after the grain presence / absence detection sensor 9 detects the absence of grain will be described with reference to FIG.
When the grain presence / absence detection sensor 9 detects the absence of grain during the rice milling operation, the amount of grain remaining from the first elevator 11 to the rice mill 14 and the amount of rice bran generated are converted.

Then, the timing of pack packing is controlled so that both the kit pack P2 in the middle of creation and the kit pack P3 to be created last can accommodate the kite amount required to make the kit pack.
The minimum amount of dredging required to create the kite pack is the amount of kite for smoothly transporting the kite pack P described above in a stable posture (preventing defective conveyance of the kite pack P). For example, the bag needs to be filled with 400 g or more of bag.

  Converting that 200g is stored in the paddy pack P2 that is in the process of preparation during rice milling as a standard, and converting the remaining brown rice amount to 10kg, the paddy (500g) for 5kg of brown rice is currently being prepared. 700g of rice cake pack P2 is prepared by storing it in the rice cake pack P2, and the remaining 5kg of rice bran (500g) is stored in the last rice cake pack P3 to produce 500g of rice cake pack P3. That is, the rice bran pack P is prepared by supplying the rice cake P2 and the last rice cake pack P3, each of which is appropriately divided into the remaining brown rice.

  Thus, when it is determined that the rice cake generated from the brown rice remaining in the rice cake pack P2 in the middle of production cannot be accommodated, both the rice cake pack P2 in the middle of production and the last rice cake pack P3 each have the minimum required filling amount. Is to control to obtain.

Explaining how to make a rice cake pack according to the outside air temperature and the outside air humidity where the rice milling equipment is installed.
First, the outside air temperature will be described.

  If the outside air temperature is low in winter or the like, it is difficult to weld the film, and the soot pack filled with soot may be torn and soot may be scattered. Therefore, when an outside air temperature sensor 40 is provided in the machine room 2 and the outside air temperature sensor 40 detects a temperature lower than a set temperature (for example, 5 ° C.), even if the user selects the bag pack take-out switch 27, the bag pack device 16 It is configured to restrict the creation of the bag pack P. Specifically, the user is notified by voice that “the outside air temperature is low so we will not create a soot pack”. In this case, the soot generated in the rice milling operation is air transported by the paddy transport fan 15, passes through the cyclone 18, and is stored in the paddy container 19 by the paddle transport spiral conveyor 20.

  Alternatively, a soot pack device warming device 41 is provided in the soot pack device 16 (may be in the vicinity), and when the outside air temperature sensor 40 detects a temperature lower than the set temperature (5 ° C.), the soot pack device warming device 41 is provided. May be configured such that the bag pack P is created when the user selects the bag pack take-out switch 27 by starting the operation and raising the temperature around the bag pack device 16.

  As another configuration, when the outside air temperature is equal to or lower than a set temperature (for example, −5 ° C.), the creation of the soot pack P by the soot pack device 16 is restricted, and the outside air temperature is within a set temperature range (for example, 5 ° C. to −5 ° C. In the case of less than (° C.), the heating device 41 may be operated to create the bag pack P. In other words, when the temperature exceeds minus 5 ° C. at which rice milling operation is possible, the heating device 41 is operated to enable the creation of the paddle pack P to meet the user's request. At the same time, the production of rice bran packs is restricted in extremely cold conditions below minus 5 ° C. where rice milling operation becomes difficult.

Next, the outside air humidity will be described.
When the outside air humidity is high, moisture is generated on the surface of the bag pack guide chute 42 that guides the bag pack P, and the bag pack P may adhere to the surface of the chute and cannot be smoothly dropped and supplied into the bag pack storage chamber 8. An outside air humidity sensor 43 is provided in the machine room 2 to regulate the creation of the soot pack P by the soot pack device 16 even if the user selects the soot pack take-out switch 27 when the outside air humidity exceeds the set value (for example, 95% or more). Configure to Specifically, the user is notified by voice that “the outside air humidity is high, so we will not create a kite pack”. In this case, the soot generated in the rice milling operation is air transported by the paddy transport fan 15, passes through the cyclone 18, and is stored in the paddy container 19 by the paddle transport spiral conveyor 20.

  Alternatively, the heating device 44 is provided in the vicinity of the soot pack guide chute 42, and when the outside air humidity sensor 43 detects the set humidity (95 ° C. or more), the warming device 44 for the soot pack guide chute 42 starts to operate, It may be configured that the bag pack P is created when the user selects the bag pack take-back switch 27 by removing moisture on the guide surface of the pack guide chute 42.

  Alternatively, the heating device 44 may be operated when the humidity is within the set range (85% to less than 95%), and the creation of the bag pack P may be restricted when the humidity is higher than the set value (95% or more). .

  If the outside air humidity is high, the surface of the discharge chute 24 may also be dampened, making it difficult for the soot pack P to be released. In this case, it is good also as a structure which removes the moisture of a chute | shoot surface by heating with the heating apparatus 41 for a bag pack apparatus.

The heating device 41 or the heating device 44 for the bag pack device 16 may be a heater or a type that supplies hot air.
Whether or not to restrict the creation of the paddle pack P according to the outside air temperature and the outside air humidity may be configured so that an administrator of the rice milling facility can manually input to the control unit 26 in advance.

14 Rice milling machine 16 Rice pack device 25 Whitening degree selection switch 26 Control unit 27 Bag pack take-off switch P Rice pack 40 Outside air temperature sensor 41 Heating device 42 for rice pack device 16 Rice pack guide chute 43 Outside air humidity sensor 44 Heating apparatus

Claims (4)

A rice mill, a rice bran device that packs rice bran generated by the rice milling process of the rice mill to create a rice cake pack, and an outside air temperature sensor,
An outdoor-type rice milling facility, characterized in that a control unit is provided that regulates the creation of a straw pack when an outside air temperature sensor detects an outside air temperature below a set value. A rice mill, a rice cake device that packs rice cake generated in the rice milling process of the rice mill to create a rice cake pack, a heating device that heats the rice cake pack device, and an outside air temperature sensor,
An outdoor-type rice milling facility, wherein when the outside air temperature sensor detects an outside air temperature below the set value, the heating device heats the paddle pack device. It includes a rice mill, a rice bran pack device that packs rice bran generated by the rice milling process of the rice mill to create a rice bran pack, and an outside air humidity sensor.
An outdoor-type rice milling facility characterized by providing a control unit that regulates the creation of a straw pack when the outside humidity sensor detects a humidity higher than a setting.   A rice mill, a rice cake device that packs rice cake generated by the rice milling process of the rice mill to create a rice cake pack, a guide member that guides the rice cake pack created by the rice cake pack device, and a heating device that heats the guide member An outdoor type rice milling facility comprising a temperature device and an outside air humidity sensor, and when the outside air humidity sensor detects a humidity higher than a setting, the heating device heats the guide member.

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