JP2763700B2 - Grain storage equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a small grain storage apparatus for storing grains such as rice and wheat for a long period of time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a rice farm, it is necessary to store the rice and rice of autumn harvested rice until the following autumn.
There is a demand for a small and inexpensive grain storage device that does not stick to insects and does not cause condensation or mold.

The prior art of this kind is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No.
No. 20256 and Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 56-131855, all of which include a storage container for storing grain on one side inner surface of a storage, and an exhaust path provided at a bottom portion of the storage container to allow a cooler mechanism to be provided. The cooler wind is exhausted downward through the grain from above the storage container, and is circulated by a blower.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned prior art, the temperature and humidity are controlled by passing cooler wind through the grain. However, the cooler wind is difficult to pass near the wall of the storage container, and particularly, the cooler wind contacts the side wall of the storage. In some cases, uneven cooling may occur in the stored rice and the rice at the bottom of the storage container, and a strong cooler mechanism is required to allow cooler air to pass through the stored rice, thereby increasing the cost of the apparatus.

Further, in the prior art, there is only a space in which the storage container and the cooler mechanism are arranged in the storage, and it is difficult to maintain the storage space. This can be solved by increasing the volume of the storage, but doing so wastes space in the storage. Further, in a farmer, not all the amount of cooked rice can be stored in the storage container, and may remain as bagged grain.

The present invention is a container with attach within reservoir, the outer peripheral surface thereof, to form a cooler air flow space to all between the bottom and top and reservoir inner surface and the lid bottom surface, the reservoir one the Rukoto forming form a side opening that is opened and closed on the sides by the door, the entire circumference of the container surrounding atmosphere conditions required for grain storage, efficient instead and cause uneven cooling, low-cost storage It is an object of the present invention to provide a grain storage device that can store bagged grains in a cooler-like circulation space below a storage container and can easily perform maintenance.

[0007]

A specific means for solving the problem in the present invention is a storage 5 having an upper opening covered by a lid 2 and having heat insulating materials 3 and 4 on the inner surface thereof.
From the top have been arranged in the reservoir 5 and the receiving container 7 for accommodating the grain 6, the grain storage device and a cooler mechanism 10 for controlling the temperature of the savings built-compartment 5, the receiving container 7
Is attach to the reservoir 5 via a bracket 11, to form a cooler air circulation space 12 in all between the outer peripheral surface, a bottom surface and top and reservoir 5 the inner surface and the lid body 2 the lower surface, the container 7 Grain 3 in the cooler-like circulation space 12a below
A side opening 37 that is opened and closed by an opening / closing door 36 is formed on one side surface of the storage 5 to accommodate the storage 5.

[0008]

The cooler wind sent from the cooler mechanism 10 is
From below the storage container 7, it passes between the outer peripheral surface of the storage container 7 and the heat insulating material 3 on the inner periphery of the storage 5, and also flows between the upper portion of the storage container 7 and the lid 2, and enters the storage container 7. Also enter. Therefore, all of the space between the outer peripheral surface, the bottom surface, and the upper portion of the storage container 7 and the inner surface of the storage 5 and the lower surface of the lid 2 is the cooler-like circulation space 12, and the entire surface of the storage container 7 is necessary for the cooler-like grain storage And the temperature of the stored grain 6 is efficiently controlled from the entire surface.

A cooler-like circulation space 12a is formed below the storage container 7 of the storage 5, and when the open / close door 36 on one side of the storage 5 is opened, the cooler-like flow below the storage container 7 from the side opening 37. The bagged grain 35 can be stored in or taken out of the space 12a.
When maintenance is performed in the interior, the maintenance is performed from the cooler-like circulation space 12a using the side opening 37.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4, a storage 5 serving as a main body of the grain storage device 1 is formed in a box shape having an upper opening, and the upper opening is covered with a lid 2. The inner peripheral surface and the bottom surface of the storage 5 are covered with a heat insulating material 3, and a heat insulating material 4 is also provided on the lower surface of the lid 2. Wheels 13 are provided at the bottom of the storage 5, and a handle 14 is provided at the front, and the storage 5 is portable.

A substantially funnel-shaped storage container 7 is disposed in the storage 5, and the storage container 7 has an open upper portion. By opening the lid 2, the grains 6 can be charged from the upper portion. ing. The storage container 7 is attached to a bracket 11 protruding from four side walls (or two opposite side walls) of the storage 5 , and its outer peripheral surface, bottom surface, and upper portion are all between the inner surface of the storage 5 and the lower surface of the lid 2. And a cooler-like circulation space 12 is formed.

The storage container 7 has a take-out port 7 at the lower front end.
The weighing and take-out mechanism 8 is provided below the take-out port 7a. The weighing and unloading mechanism 8 includes a rotating cylinder 16 disposed in a cylindrical casing 15 fixed to the storage container 7, an arm 18 connected to a shaft 17 of the rotating cylinder 16, and the arm 18 connected to a crank 20 of a motor 19. And a link 21. Incidentally, the shaft 17 may be rotated by a manual lever from outside the storage 5.

The cylindrical casing 15 has a vertical opening 2
2 and 23 are formed, and the upper opening 22 communicates with the outlet 7 a of the storage container 7, while the rotating cylinder 16 is formed with an opening 24 inclined with respect to the axial direction. 26 is 2
This is a switch for taking out a seed amount.

When the opening 24 of the rotating cylinder 16 faces the upper opening 22, a certain amount of grain 6 falls from the storage container 7 into the rotating cylinder 16, and the rotating cylinder 16 is moved through the motor 19. 1
By rotating by 80 degrees, the weighed grain 6 can be moved to the lower opening 2.
Release from 3. The capacity of the rotating cylinder 16 is set to, for example, one. When the switch 26 is selected to take out three or five rice, the rotating cylinder 16 is rotated three times and five times.

The lower opening 2 is located below the weighing and unloading mechanism 8.
A drawer member 9 for receiving the grain 6 discharged from the tray 3 and taking it out is arranged. The drawer member 9 can be freely taken in and out from the front of the storage 5, and a handle 28 is provided on the front. Reference numeral 10 denotes a cooler mechanism, which has a cooler, a fan, a temperature sensor, and the like.
The temperature can be controlled by supplying cold air of C, and the inside of the storage 5 is preferably maintained at around 15 ° C.

By the way, in long-term storage of grain 6,
Temperature and humidity must be controlled, but little control is required in winter, and is required from spring to fall. When the temperature exceeds 20 ° C. and the humidity exceeds 70%, mold and insects are generated, and when the outside air temperature is 20 ° C. or higher, the temperature in the storage 5 is controlled to 20 ° C. or lower, and the relative humidity increases. Is known to be reduced by 10 to 20% from the outside air humidity to 70% or less.

Therefore, the cooler mechanism 10 does not have a drier or a powerful cooler, but only a mechanism for maintaining the temperature in the storage 5 at around 15 ° C. and always substantially constant is provided to surround the storage container 7. The atmosphere is set at a minimum so that insects, mold, etc. do not occur, and rice can be efficiently managed with inexpensive equipment.

A side opening 37 is formed on one side of the storage 5 facing the cooler mechanism 10. This side opening 3
Numeral 7 is opposed to and communicates with the cooler-like circulation space 12a below the storage container 7, so that bagged grains 35 can be stored in the cooler-like circulation space 12a.

The side opening 37 is sized so that a person can go in and out so that the inside of the storage 5 can be maintained.
It is opened and closed by an opening / closing door 36. The opening / closing door 36 is attached via a hinge, a heat insulating material 38 is attached to the inner surface, and a handle 39 is provided on the outer surface. Reference numeral 40 denotes a stopper that keeps the door 36 closed.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified. For example, the side opening 37 is formed on the back side of the storage 5, the opening / closing door 36 is detachably attached via bolts,
A drawer may be provided to put the information on and out of the side opening 37.

[0021]

According to the present invention as described above in detail, the container 7 is attach to the reservoir 5 via a bracket 11,
A cooler-like circulation space 12 is formed between the outer peripheral surface, the bottom surface, and the upper part, the inner surface of the storage 5, and the lower surface of the lid 2, and the bagged grain 35 is placed in the cooler-like circulation space 12 a below the storage container 7. Since the side opening 37 which is opened and closed by the opening / closing door 36 is formed on one side surface of the storage 5 for storage, the outer peripheral surface, the bottom surface, and the upper surface of the storage container 7 storing the grain 6 can be cooled. The temperature can be controlled by covering the atmosphere under the conditions necessary for grain storage, and the grain 6 can be stored for a long period of time without causing cooling unevenness, and the apparatus can be manufactured at low cost. In addition, the bagged grain 35 can be stored thereon using the cooler-like circulation space 12a below the storage container 7, and the maintenance in the storage 5 can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a sectional side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Grain storage apparatus 2 Lid 3 Insulation material 4 Insulation material 5 Storage 6 Grain 7 Storage container 8 Weighing-out mechanism 9 Drawer member 10 Cooler mechanism 11 Bracket 12 Cooler-like circulation space 12a Cooler-like circulation space 35 Bagged grain 36 Opening and closing door 37 Side opening

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Hideo Yoshii 64 Ishizukita-cho, Sakai-shi, Osaka Kubota Sakai Works Co., Ltd. (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A23B ^9/ 00- 9/34 A23B 7/00-7/16 A01F 25/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A storage (5) having an upper opening covered with a lid (2) and having heat insulating materials (3) and (4) on the inner surface thereof; and a storage (5) disposed in the storage (5) and having an upper portion. cereal (6) container (7) for accommodating the from the grain storage device and a cooler mechanism (10) for controlling the temperature in the savings built box (5), the receiving container (7) the bracket ( 11) attach to the reservoir (5) through its outer peripheral surface, a bottom surface and top and reservoir (5) the inner surface and the cover (2) all the cooler air flow space between the lower surface (12) Is formed in the cooler-like circulation space (12a) below the storage container (7).
Opening door (3) on one side of storage (5) to store 5)
A grain storage device characterized by forming a side opening (37) opened and closed by 6).