JP2684181B2 - Rotary automatic koji making device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cleaning device for a rotary automatic koji making device in the koji making process of the brewing industry or the fermentation industry.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in the culture in the rotary automatic koji making device, the rationalization of the work was preceded, and the cleaning work for obtaining clean koji was neglected, so that the sources of various bacteria are likely to occur, and stable koji making is not possible. I didn't want it. This invention is intended to perform the cleaning work in a short time when it is necessary by automating the cleaning work which is manually performed so that the koji making can be carried out in a clean state.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Although the development of mechanical equipment is progressing rapidly, there is a shortage of workers at the site for cultivating koji, and while the population is aging year by year, it is still necessary to perform work that requires human power.

In order to solve this situation, it is required to complete the koji-making and the automatic washing of each part and the disinfection work after the completion of the koji-making work.

This invention aims to realize automation by mechanically merging the washing and disinfecting work of the rotary koji making device for kojiko-koji work, care work, and each working part of the culture bed. It is a thing.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to perform a high degree of cleaning, it is necessary to completely complete the malted rice in the previous stage. The surface of the culture bed is required to be a flat surface in order to perform complete koji using the rotating screw, but in reality, due to processing such as heating and welding, a slight depression occurs. There are cases. The material in this recess is not koji because it does not affect the action of the screw that rotates during koji, and it is a residual material that requires manual processing.However, in the present invention, the scraper for scraping is used. In the posterior position, the port of the suction device is integrated with the culture bed with a small gap, and this suction port is connected to the intake source so that the vertical movement of the koji-making means can be performed simultaneously. Then, the koji substrate in the recess of the culture bed, which has passed through the scraper of Screechyu in the step of koji making, is sucked and conveyed to a predetermined place.

In this case, the koji substrate immediately after having passed through the scraper scraper is in a state before being hardened by external force or the like, so that the koji substrate is easily sucked, and most materials can be sucked and transported to the intended place.

As the next step of cleaning, washing and sterilization is performed to clean each part of the apparatus after koji. To wash with water,
A washing pipe having a plurality of sprinklers respectively on the upper surface and the back surface of the rotating disc, a washing pipe for a manual machine and a plastering and kneading machine above the rotating disc, a nozzle for cleaning the rack pin for driving the disc,
Below the rotating disc, in addition to the steam supply port for sterilization and drying, a culture-bed-side cleaning pipe, a culture-bed cleaning pipe, a cleaning pipe for the central cylinder, etc. are mounted on the central cylinder, and rotate together with the rotation of the central cylinder. As a result, each part is washed, and after washing, steam is supplied from the steam supply port to dry and sterilize each part inside the culture chamber.

〔Example〕

 The details of the present invention will be described below with reference to examples.

In the attached drawings, FIG. 1 is an elevational view of the present invention, and FIG.
A plan view and FIG. 2A are drive devices, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are enlarged views of a device for collecting the material remaining in the recess of the culture bed.

First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a rotatable and rotatable disc, and a guide standing plate 2 concentric with the rotating disc 1 is provided on the periphery of the disc. There is a V-shaped annular metal fitting 3, and the annular metal fitting 3 is received by a receiving roller 4.

Further, a driving rack pin 5 is provided on the inner side of the U-shape in a concentric circle with the rotating disc 1, and the driving rack pin 5 is rotated from the outside of the disc by a driving device 6 shown in FIG. 2A. I'm running. Next, the culture device is a rotating disk 1.
With the boundary as the boundary, the lower part and the upper part respectively form semi-closed chambers 7 and 8. The amount of hot and humid air supplied to the culture chamber is adjusted by the damper 20, enters the semi-closed chamber 7, passes through the rotary disk 1, passes through the koji substrate 10, and is controlled in temperature and moisture. It goes out to the upper part, returns to an air conditioner (not shown) through the suction damper 11, and after the processing is completed, it is sent to the semi-closed chamber 7 below the rotary disc 1 through the damper 20 and circulates.

When replenishing and drawing in the koji substrate 10 from the drop opening 14,
The koji substrate 10 is replenished while rotating the disk once, and the necessary height and rotation are given to the rotating screw 15, so that the koji substrate 10 can be automatically drawn into the same thickness. After completion of withdrawal, koji substrate 10
Requires a maintenance work after a lapse of a predetermined time as the growth progresses.

In order to perform the maintenance work, the maintenance is performed by a maintenance means as shown in 19 as an example, depending on the correlation between the rotation of the maintenance machine and the rotation of the rotary disc 1 as the culture bed. After performing necessary care, leave the koji after a lapse of a predetermined time.

To carry out koji-koji, use a rotating screen as a means of koji-koji.
15 is lowered into the stacking of the substrate, and koji is carried out by the correlation between the rotation of the rotary screw 15 and the rotation of the rotary disk 1.

In this case, when the rotating screw 15 is rotated at a position close to the surface of the rotating disk, most of the koji substrate 10 is transported by the rotating screw 15, but the koji substrate 10 in the recess of the culture bed 1 is The operation of the scraper 15 does not occur, and it passes through the lower part of the scraper 17 at the rear of the rotary scraper 15 as it is, but at that part, the suction port 16 of the suction device 9 that moves together with the scraper 20 is slightly smaller than the rotary disk 1. Since it is located with a gap of and is sucked in communication by an intake source (not shown) through the conduit 12, the residual material of the concave portion that has passed through the lower portion of the scraper 17 is immediately provided with the scraping blade 13. It is sucked by the suction port 16 and conveyed to a predetermined place.

After automatically cleaning the rotating disk 1 in this way,
The equipment that composes each part is washed and dried.

The structure of the washing and drying device is a rotating disc for cleaning the disc.
A washing pipe 23 having a plurality of water sprinkling ports above it is commonly used for washing with the rack pin 5, and is also arranged through a valve 23 '. Further, it is also sprinkled on the rotating screen 15 as a koji means and the maintenance means 19, respectively. Cleaning pipes 21,2 with water spouts
2 are arranged via valves 21 'and 22'.

Further, in the lower chamber of the rotating disk 1, a cleaning pipe 25 having a plurality of water sprinkling ports is arranged on the back side of the disk through a valve, and a culture chamber side surface cleaning pipe 26, a culture chamber cleaning pipe 27,
A washing pipe 28 for the central cylinder is attached to the central cylinder so as to be rotatable together with the rotary disk 1 via a valve 28 '. The cleaning water supplied to these cleaning pipes 26, 27, 28 is connected to the outside by a central cylinder and supplied via a valve 29. In addition, each of the above-mentioned cleaning pipes has valves 21 ', 22', 2
Valves 31 for supplying compressed air are provided near 3 ′ and 29, respectively.

After the washing is completed, steam-blown pulp 30 is provided through a valve in order to dry and sterilize each part.

To carry out the washing work, the maintenance means above the rotary disc 1 is used.
19. In order to wash the rotary screw 15, while rotating each, it is washed by sprinkling water from the washing pipes 21 and 22, and after the washing is completed, compressed air is supplied to drain the water in the washing pipe.

Next, in order to wash the rotating disk 1, this rotating disk 1
By opening the valves of the cleaning pipe 23 arranged on the upper surface of the disk 1 and the cleaning pipe 25 arranged on the lower surface of the disk 1,
While the rotating disk 1 rotates, the upper surface and the back surface of the disk 1 are cleaned. Simultaneously with this cleaning, the driving rack pin 5 is cleaned by the cleaning nozzle 24, and the side surface cleaning pipe 26, the cleaning pipe 27, and the central cylinder cleaning pipe 28, which are mounted on the central cylinder and rotate together with the rotary disk 1, are also cleaned. The valve is opened to perform washing, and after the washing is finished, compressed air is supplied to drain the water in each pipe.

In this way, after cleaning is completed, to dry and sterilize,
Steam is supplied from the steam blowing pipe 30 to perform drying and sterilization.

〔The invention's effect〕

It is well known that generally, in this kind of koji making device, if the contamination is left as it is after the koji making and the koji making, miscellaneous bacteria propagate and have an adverse effect on the subsequent koji making. Therefore, the washing process after koji is inextricably linked with the koji making process.

The present invention, after performing the koji starter completely as described above,
Since cleaning, drying and disinfection are performed automatically, it is possible to simplify the cleaning work and clean the koji making, which has a great impact on the subsequent products and is useful and useful for improving quality. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an elevation view of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 2A shows a driving device, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are enlarged views of a device for collecting the material remaining in the recess of the culture bed. It is a figure. In the figure, 1 ... rotating disk (culture bed) 5 ... driving rack pin 10 ... koji substrate 11 ... suction damper 16 ... suction port 19 ... maintenance means 21-23 ... washing pipe 24 ... washing Nozzles 25-28 are cleaning pipes.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotary automatic koji making apparatus for dividing a culture chamber into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a culture bed of a koji substrate, and aerating optimum adjusted air to the koji substrate to complete the culture. From the koji means for taking out the material deposited on the rotating disk that constitutes the culture bed in a substantially radial direction of the rotating disk by the conveying means, and the cleaning means for cleaning each component including the rotating disk after the completion of the koji. In the above-mentioned koji means, a suction port is provided at the rear of the conveying means in the moving direction of the rotary disk with a small gap from the rotary disk to open and to collect the residual material in the concave part of the rotary disk. In the cleaning means, a cleaning pipe having a plurality of water sprinkling ports is provided on each of the upper surface and the back surface of the rotating disk, and above the rotating disk, a manual machine and a swelling pipe, a cleaning pipe of the koji means, For rotating disk drive Kukpin washing nozzle, below the rotating disk, in addition to the steam supply port for sterilization and drying, a culture chamber side washing pipe, a culture chamber washing pipe, and a washing pipe for the central cylinder, are attached to the central cylinder. A rotary automatic koji making device characterized in that it is formed so as to be able to rotate with the rotation of this central cylinder.