JP2544683Y2 - Vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening system - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for preserving and ripening vegetables and fruits, and more particularly, to storing or ripening vegetables and fruits such as bananas and cucumbers in a room under uniform conditions, and carrying the room. It relates to a vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening system that can be taken out from the mouth.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A system for preserving or ripening vegetables and fruits is generally provided with an outside air inlet on the back wall (the opposite side of the entrance) of a vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening room, and stored from the outside air inlet. -A configuration in which an aging gas is mixed and, if necessary, external air with moisture added thereto can be introduced. And, specifically, after opening the entrance of the vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening room, replacing the air in the room, closing the entrance, and then bringing in the vegetables / fruits to be preserved or ripening, Close the carry-in port, introduce air and gas from the outside air inlet to adjust the temperature and humidity of the room according to the vegetables and fruits to be brought in, and keep it at a constant temperature and humidity. So that it can be aged.

When ripening bananas using the vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening room, ethylene gas is used as the gas, and the banana is produced according to the place of production, color, room volume, etc. The aging is performed for a predetermined period by adjusting the gas amount and the temperature and humidity in the room.

However, in the case of the above-mentioned apparatus for storing and ripening vegetables and fruits, for example, when used as a ripening room for bananas, "the outside air inlet is formed in the inner side wall of the room for storing and ripening vegetables and fruits. Since the inside of the room is introduced from the back side of the room, the banana located on the back side stored in the room is most exposed to the outside air, and matures before the entrance side. It is difficult to take it out. ] Problem.

[0005] Generally, the outside air introduced from the outside air inlet tends to be in direct contact with the vegetables and fruits to be stored and matured, so that the quality of the vegetables and fruits is affected. There is a problem that it decreases.

In view of the above, the present inventor has dealt with such a problem by first providing an outside air introduction section on the ceiling side on the entrance side of the vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening room, and furthermore, behind the outside air introduction section. A moisture supply unit is provided at the position, and a blower is provided at a position behind the moisture supply unit, and the vegetables and fruits are supplied from the outside air introduction unit to the outside air supplied to the room for storing and ripening the moisture supplied from the moisture supply unit. Giving, circulating the moisture-applied outside air in the vegetable, fruit preservation / ripening room by the blower,
A configuration that regulates the temperature and humidity in the fruit preservation and ripening room ”.

According to the vegetable and fruit preserving and ripening system, "the vegetables and fruits to be stored and ripened are hardly hit by the airflow in the vegetable and fruit preserving and ripening room, Preservation and ripening of fruits can be made favorable. ] Has the advantage.

[0008]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in the case of the above-mentioned vegetable and fruit preserving and ripening system, it has been found that the following problems remain. That is, the gas in the vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening room flows backward through the outside air inlet, and the gas atmosphere in the room becomes unstable. By spraying the heated and cooled humidification liquid, the humidity condition in the room for storing and ripening vegetables and fruits is adjusted, so that the humidification device is likely to be complicated. And other issues remain.

The present invention has been created in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose thereof is to make it difficult for the air flow in the vegetable and fruit preservation / ripening room to hit the preserved / ripened vegetables and fruits. Another object of the present invention is to provide a vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening system that can preserve and ripen vegetables / fruits stored at the entrance side in a preferable state and simplify the system configuration.

[0010]

The vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening system of the present invention as means for achieving the above object comprises a gas supply unit for supplying a gas for vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening. A vegetable provided with an outside air introduction port, and the storage / ripening gas is circulated in the fruit preservation / ripening room through the outside air introduced from the outside air introduction port, in a fruit preservation / ripening system, An outdoor air inlet is provided at the ceiling of the entrance side of the fruit preservation / ripening room, and a moisture supply unit is provided between the external air inlet and the carry-in port, and at the top of the vegetable and fruit preservation / ripening room, Further, a blower is provided at a position in front of the moisture supply unit and at a position outside the outside air introduction port,
In addition, a configuration is provided in which a heating / cooling unit is provided in a front part of the blower.

Further, another vegetable and fruit preservation / ripening system of the present invention has a configuration in which a gas supply unit for preservation / ripening is provided at a position in front of the heating / cooling unit in the above invention. The outside air includes air and oxygen.

[0012]

[Action] The vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening system of the present invention is a vegetable and fruit storage and ripening room. In addition to the above, by injecting and supplying moisture from the moisture supply unit and driving the blower from the front of the moisture supply unit, moisture is sucked into the outside air, and the outside air is heated by the heating / cooling unit. -Cools and acts to circulate the heated and cooled outside air from the ceiling. And, by the outside air, vegetables and fruits are stored and matured as a whole,
At the time of removal, it works so that it can be performed from the entrance side.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, FIGS. 1 to 5
Shows an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram for operating the system, FIG. 3 is a side view of a loading side of a vegetable and fruit storage / ripening room, and FIG. 4 is a vegetable and fruit storage. 5 is a side view of the rear side of the ripening room, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of a building employing the vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening room of this embodiment.

The vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening system according to the present embodiment is a banana ripening system. Briefly, in a banana ripening room 1, an outside air introduction unit 2, a moisture supply unit 3, a blower 4, and a heating It has a cooling unit 5 and has a blower 4
The moisture (moisture) supplied from the moisture supply unit 3 is sucked into the outside air introduced from the outside air introduction unit 2 and heated and cooled by the heating and cooling unit 5 and circulated from the ceiling 6 to ripen the banana. It has a configuration in which bananas carried into the chamber 1 can be aged.

The banana ripening chamber 1 is a unit room for storing and ripening bananas.
is set up. In the drawings, only one row is provided. The banana maturation chamber 1 has a banana carry-in port 8 on the side of the passage 7 so that the banana can be carried into the room. The carry-in port 8 is formed by a shutter (usually a shutter of a type that winds upward, etc.). The shutter has a viewing window 9 for visually grasping the ripening state of the banana inside. Here, the shutter has a configuration in which a heat insulating material is provided inside. An air outlet 10 for discharging air inside the banana maturation chamber 1 is provided at the lower left and right sides of the carry-in port 8. And
The ceiling part 6 of the banana maturation room 1 is provided with an outside air introduction part 2 for introducing outside air.

The outside air introduction section 2 is configured so that outside air can be introduced into the banana maturation chamber 1 by the duct 12 from the deep side wall surface 11 of the ceiling 6 of the banana maturation chamber 1. That is,
The duct 12 has an intake (supply) hood 13, an intake fan 14, and a filter (usually using a medium-performance filter).
15 and a damper 16, and an outside air inlet 17 is provided on the ceiling 6 on the side of the carry-in port 8 of the banana maturation chamber 1. The outside air inlet 17 has a shape that spreads in the width direction of the banana ripening chamber 1 so that the outside air can be uniformly supplied to the inside of the banana ripening chamber 1. In addition, a moisture supply unit 3 is provided at a position behind the outside air introduction port 17 of the outside air introduction unit 2.

The moisture supply section 3 is a water supply section for adjusting the humidity in the banana ripening chamber 1 and is configured to be capable of spraying (usually in the form of a mist) like a sprinkler, and has a plurality of supply ports. And a humidifying device provided with
The humidifier is composed of a moisture injection unit 18, a humidifier body 19 and a water purifier 20. The moisture injection unit 18 is provided on an upper part 21 of the front wall where the carry-in port 8 is located, and injects moisture into the banana maturation chamber 1. The humidifier main body 19 is provided so as to be supplied, and is installed outside the room. Here, the reason why only the moisture injection section 18 is disposed inside the banana ripening chamber 1 and the humidifier main body 19 is installed in the chamber is to prevent condensation. The blower 4, the heating / cooling unit 5, and the aging gas supply unit 21 are provided in front of the humidity injection unit 18 (in the depth direction of the chamber).

The blower 4 is located at a position in front of the moisture supply unit 3,
The moisture supply unit 3 is provided at a position outside the outside air inlet 17.
The water injected from the humidity injection unit 18 is sucked into the outside air introduced from the outside air inlet 17, and the outside air is heated or cooled by the heating / cooling unit 5 at the front part. Have been.

The heating / cooling unit 5 has a heating unit 22 and a cooling unit 23. The heating unit 22 is configured to circulate a heat medium by a hot water boiler. The cooling unit 23 is provided by a compressor or the like. And the refrigerant from the cooler 25 is vertically penetrated. The heating unit 22 and the cooling unit 23 operate by detecting a temperature by a temperature sensor provided in the banana ripening chamber 1, and are configured to be able to adjust the temperature and humidity in the banana ripening chamber 1. . Here, the temperature sensors 24 are usually provided in the upper, middle and lower portions of the banana ripening chamber 1, respectively. These sensors 24 are configured to be switchable by a changeover switch 26, and a temperature sensor zener barrier is used. The temperature is adjusted via a heating unit 22 and a cooling unit 23. The outside air whose temperature has been adjusted by the heating / cooling unit 5 circulates in the banana maturing chamber 1 together with the maturing gas supplied from the maturing gas supply unit 21 provided at the front part thereof, and The temperature and humidity are kept constant.

That is, the outside air introduction unit 2, the moisture supply unit 3,
The blower 4 and the heating / cooling unit 5 are a banana ripening room 1
Corresponding to the temperature and humidity detected by the temperature sensor 24 and the explosion-proof humidity sensor 27, the outside air is introduced from the outside air introduction unit 2, the moisture is supplied from the moisture supply unit 3, the air blowing by the blower 4, the heating / cooling unit 5 It is configured so that the temperature can be adjusted. By the way, as the gas supplied to the banana maturation chamber 1, ethylene gas or liveren gas (manufactured by Teikoku Oxygen Co., Ltd.) is used. As the water, water purified from mineral water, distilled water, tap water or the like by removing chlorine is used.

The banana ripening system of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in the system operation circuit of the above, after bananas to be aged are carried in from the entrance 8 of the banana maturation room 1 and closed, the banana production place, type, color, sugar content, etc., which have been confirmed earlier, are determined. The appropriate temperature and humidity (usually 70
８０80%), the outside air is introduced from the outside air introduction section 2 through the outside air introduction port 17 from the ceiling section 11 and the moisture is injected from the humidity supply section 3 with high frequency, using the aging gas. By driving the blower 4 from the front of the moisture supply unit 3, moisture is sucked and given to the outside air, and the temperature of the outside air is adjusted by the heating / cooling unit 5 at the front part of the blower 4, The outside air is circulated from the upper part together with the aging gas supplied from the gas supply part 21 in the part, and acts so that the wind does not directly hit the banana. Then, the banana is stored and matured as a whole by the outside air, so that the banana can be taken out from the carry-in port 8 side. Here, the humidity supply unit 3 can adjust the amount of water sprayed through the humidity controller 28 by detecting the humidity with the explosion-proof humidity sensor 27.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but includes modifications that can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the banana ripening system has been described, but it can be naturally used as a storage system for cucumber and the like.

[0023]

[Effects of the invention] As is clear from the above description, according to the vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening system of the present invention, an outside air inlet is provided at the ceiling of the entrance of the vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening room.
In addition, a moisture supply unit is provided between the outside air inlet and the carry-in port and above the vegetable and fruit storage / ripening chamber, and a part in front of the moisture supply unit and out of the outside air inlet. A fan is provided, and a heating / cooling unit is provided at a position in front of the fan, and the humidity and the outside air supplied from the outside air introduction unit and the humidity supply unit are circulated into the room by the fan from the upper part of the room. In addition, since the temperature and humidity in the room are adjusted, the system configuration can be simplified, and the flow of air in the vegetables and fruit preservation / ripening room is unlikely to hit the preserved / ripened vegetables and fruits. At the same time, there is an effect that the preservation and ripening of vegetables and fruits stored at the entrance side can be in a favorable state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram for operating a system.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a loading port side of a vegetable and fruit preservation / ripening room.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the rear side of the room for storing and ripening vegetables and fruits.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a building employing a vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening room of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Banana maturation room, 2 ... Outside air introduction part, 3 ...
Humidity supply unit, 4 ... Blower, 5 ... Heating / cooling unit,
6 ceiling, 7 passage, 8 entrance, 9
..View window, 10 ... air outlet, 11 ... back side wall surface, 12 ... duct, 13 ... intake (supply) hood, 14 ... intake fan, 15 ... filter , 1
6 Damper 17 External air inlet 18
Humidity injection unit 19 19 Humidifier body 20 Water purifier 21 Gas supply unit for aging 22 Heating unit 23 Cooling unit 24 Temperature sensor , 25 ... cooler, 26 ... changeover switch,
27: Explosion-proof humidity sensor, 28: Humidity controller

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A gas supply unit for supplying a gas for preserving and ripening vegetables and fruits and an outside air inlet, wherein the gas for storing and ripening vegetables and vegetables is supplied through outside air introduced from the outside air inlet.
In a vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening system which is circulated in a fruit preservation / ripening room, an outside air inlet is provided in a ceiling portion on the entrance side of the vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening room, and the outside air inlet and the carry-in port are provided. A moisture supply unit between the mouth and the vegetable and fruit storage / ripening room, and a blower provided at a position in front of the moisture supply unit and outside the outside air introduction port; A vegetable and fruit preservation and ripening system characterized by providing a heating / cooling section in front of the vegetable. 2. The vegetable / fruit preservation / ripening system according to claim 1, wherein a storage / ripening gas supply unit is provided in front of the heating / cooling unit.