JP2932096B2 - Koji care equipment in rotary koji making tank - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a plurality of stirring blades arranged in parallel and fixed on a stirring shaft mounted in a rotary koji making tank with a desired phase difference.
And in the koji handing device, the distance between these stirring blades is gradually reduced from the center of the rotary koji making tank toward the outer periphery,
Stirring blades with square plates attached to both ends of the flat arm,
By parallel and fixed under the desired spacing on the stirring shaft through the spacing holding piece, cutting into the koji by a square plate, the action of stirring, etc., compared to the conventional care of koji, more uniformly performed,
In addition, the present invention relates to a koji handing device in a rotary koji-making tank capable of producing uniform and good koji by appropriately selecting a setting position of a stirring blade with respect to a stirring shaft in the presence of a spacing member.

[Conventional technology]

On a stirring shaft rotatably mounted in a rotary koji making tank, a plurality of stirring blades are arranged in parallel in the same phase and at equal intervals,
The koji in the rotary koji making tank is stirred by the rotation of the stirring shaft.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

When a rotary koji-making tank of the type described above is rotated at a predetermined number of revolutions, the peripheral speed gradually increases from the center of the rotary koji-making tank toward the outer peripheral edge, so that it is stored in the rotary koji-making tank. When the vicinity of the center of the koji and the vicinity of the outer periphery are treated with stirring blades, it is difficult to maintain and mix the koji uniformly, and the koji in the vicinity of the outer periphery is compared with the koji in the vicinity of the center. If it is a little, it is difficult to avoid the fear of insufficient care and mixing.Conversely, if care and mixing near the outer periphery is appropriate, care and mixing in the center will be excessive, and Sake, miso brewed with koji,
Soy sauce and the like have the disadvantage that the quality cannot be wiped off.

The present invention has been proposed in view of such drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to uniformly maintain and mix koji stored in a rotary koji making tank at any point. It is an object of the present invention to provide a koji care device in a rotary koji making tank that does not become complicated.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a koji care device in a rotary koji making tank according to the present invention is provided with a rotatable horizontal
A plurality of agitating blades are arranged and fixed in parallel on the supported agitating shaft under a desired phase difference, and the distance between the agitating blades is gradually reduced from the center of the rotary koji making tank to the outer peripheral edge. In the koji care device in the rotary koji making tank formed by the method, a square hole having a square hole can be fitted along the longitudinal direction of the stirring shaft having a square cross section, and an appropriate number of spacing members having a predetermined length are interposed. The stirring blades each having a square plate attached to each of both ends of a plate-shaped arm member are arranged and fixed on the stirring shaft at desired intervals.

The rotating koji tank storing the koji is rotated at a predetermined number of rotations, and when the koji is supplied by the stirring blade by the rotation of the stirring shaft, these stirring blades rotate under a desired phase difference. Along with, the distance between the stirring blades is gradually reduced from the center of the rotary koji making tank toward the outer peripheral edge, so that koji can be uniformly supplied at any point in the rotary koji making tank, and The cutting and stirring of koji by the corners of the square plate attached to each end of the arm in the stirring blade, compared to the maintenance of the koji during rotation of the stirring blade without the square plate, the tendency of solidification by drying The uniformity of hardness and softness between the surface and the inside of the koji can be uniformed, and more efficient maintenance work can be expected, and the uniformity of the temperature and humidity of the koji can be expected.

In addition, with the interposition of the interval holding piece of a predetermined length, the stirring blade can be set and fixed at an appropriate interval along the longitudinal direction of the stirring shaft,
The maintenance of the koji can be made uniform, and the spacing member can be easily attached to and detached from the stirring shaft.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, in which the upper body 1 and the lower body 2 are angled.
Cylindrical rotary koji making tank T detachably mounted via f ₁ and f ₂
It is formed and attached to straps 3 in the horizontal lower surface of the angle member f ₃ which is fixed to the lower end outer peripheral edge of the lower body 2, the corresponding Te gold 3
Lower surface, an electric motor which is placed on the floor plate 4 of the driving roller r _1, r ₁ is rotated by a prime mover such as (not shown) is brought into contact under friction state, these driving rollers r _1, r ₁ of A plurality of driven rollers abutting on the lower surface of the abutment 3 under frictional conditions
The r ₂ rotatably interposed and supported, by driving the driving roller r _1, r _1, this a rotating koji tank T via the straps 3,3 to frictional contact
Is rotatable.

Next, an outline of the structure of the maintenance machine Q will be described. The U-shaped cross members 7, 8 are provided at the upper ends of the columns 5, 6 fixed and upright on the floor panel 4.
A rectangular underframe F, a motor M ₁ such as an electric motor for lifting and lowering, and a rotation of the stirring shaft 9 are provided on the upper end of the left column 5 (in FIGS. 1 and 2) and slightly below the outer side thereof. on one mounting the motor M _2, such as an electric motor, bearing b ₁ to each of the bearing pieces 12 and 13 extending downward to the lower surface of the clamping-fixing has been scaffold 10, 11 between the horizontal members 7, 8, b ₂ was mounted, is connected to the prime mover M ₁ via Dante j ₁ at the left end of the bearing b _1, b ₂ of rotatably penetrate respectively and supported by the drive shaft S, also the bearing b _1, b ₂ bevel gears v ₁ was fixed to a drive shaft S in the vicinity, v ₂ of the respective are allowed to mesh with the bevel gear g _1, g ₂ was fixed to the upper end of the vertical shape of the screw rod 14, 15. Thus while fixing the motor M ₂ to the screw rod 14 holding member 17 assembled sectional cumbersome T-shaped Shokoko 16 screwed into the holder 17 and integrally assembled joining piece 18 Underframe F
Is fixed at the left end (in FIGS. 1 and 2).

Further, the flat plate 21 is fixed to the lower end of the holding body 20 in which the elevating element 19 whose upper end is screwed to the screw rod 15 is fixed, and the right end (in FIGS. 1 and 2) is fixed to the lower surface of the flat plate 21. The lower part of the screw rod 15 is loosely engaged with and penetrated by the frame F, and the drive shaft S, the bevel gears v ₁ , v ₂ , g ₁ , g ₂ , the screw rods 14 and 15 through the drive shaft S are driven by the driving motor M _1. F can be moved up and down. In addition, the upper ends of the suspension bodies 24 and 25 are mounted below the L-shaped mounting plates 22 and 23 fixed at the middle and right ends (in FIGS. 1 and 2) of the underframe F, respectively. Through the bearings b ₃ and b ₄ set for each of the 23
The rotating shaft d is rotatably supported, and one end of the rotating shaft d (first and
In FIG. 2, the left side is one end, and the right side is the other end. ) Fitting j
While connecting ₂ to the motor M ₂ via a sprocket wheel 26 which is fixed to the other end, and hung the chain C ₁ under tension between the chain wheel 27 which is fixed to the other end of the stirring shaft 9, Thus the sprocket wheel 26 and 27, are accommodated chain C ₁ to沿設-fixed in the housing 28 to the suspension member 25.

The cross-section of the stirring shaft 9 is rotatably penetrated and supported by the bearings b ₅ and b ₆ set in the middle of the suspension bodies 24 and 25, respectively. ,
As shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, respectively, the axes of arms 30, 30, 32, etc.
The axes a ₁ −a ₁ , a ₂ −a of square holes h ₁ , h ₂ , h ₃ for l, l
₂ , the inclination angles α, β, and γ of a ₃ −a ₃ (here, 90 degrees and 30 degrees, respectively)
Time, while the set respectively to 60 degrees), attached respectively Kakuban 33, 34 and 35 constitute a stirring blade W _1, W _2, W ₃ at both ends of the arm-30,31,32, these stirring vanes W ₁ , W ₂ , and W ₃ are fixed to a square (square) section of the stirring shaft 9 with a phase difference of a predetermined angle (see FIG. 3).
The spacing pieces p ₁ , p ₂ , p ₃ , p _{4 and the} like having a predetermined length and having a pipe-shaped cross section interposed between the 1, 32 are fitted to the stirring shaft 9 (see FIGS. 1 and 2), and Stirring from the center of the rotary koji tank T to the outer peripheral edge by gradually reducing the length of the spacing holding pieces p ₁ , p ₂ , p ₃ , p ₄ etc. from the right to the left along the longitudinal direction of the shaft 9. Wings W ₁ , W ₂ ,
The distance between W ₃ is small. The axis l-l
Of the axes a ₁ −a ₁ , a ₂ −a ₂ , a ₃ −a ₃ with respect to, α, β,
γ is not limited to 90 degrees, 30 degrees, and 60 degrees as described above, and may be set to any angle.

Next describe the construction of Dekoji machine U, the upper end of the column 6 of the right in the first and second view, in its稍下outer lateral, below the underframe F ₂
A motor M _3, such as a motor for lifting, mounting a prime mover M ₄ such as an electric motor for extrusion axis e turned, mounting piece assembled to the end portion of the respective right and left of the underframe F ₂ 41 and 42 And arms 43,44
Protruding and fixing, to each of the bearings n ₁ and n ₂ set on each of the arm pieces 43 and 44, the vicinity of the end of the rotating shaft d ₂ connected to the prime mover M ₄ via a joint j ₄ Rotate freely through and support,
A chain c ₂ is hung under tension between a chain wheel 45 fixed to the left end of the rotating shaft d ₂ and a chain wheel 46 fixed to the left end of the extrusion shaft e, and is fixed to the frame F _2. Chains 45, 46, chain c in the hanging case 29
₂ is stored.

Attachment pieces were fixed to the lower surface of the intermediate and left respectively of the underframe F ₂ 47,4
8, the upper ends of the L-shaped bearings 49, 50 are attached, and the bearings n ₃ , n ₄ set below these bearings 49, 50, respectively.
An extruding shaft e is rotatably penetrated and supported, and a spiral extruding blade y is attached to the extruding shaft e. Further, the Shokoko 52 a bevel gear g ₃ fixed to the upper end of the screw rod 51 is screwed in the middle of the screw rod 51 to the bevel gear v ₃ meshes attached to an output shaft k of the motor M _3, the motor M while integrally coupled to the consolidated 53 in ₄ of the lower end, the coupling element 54 at the top (in the first and second view) the right end of the underframe F ₂ to the dropout 53 and which is fixed to the holder 55 fixing the, to allow the lifting of the holding member 55 by Shokoko 52 for vertically through the rotation of the screw rod 51 by driving the motor M _3,
With this elevating, the extruding shaft e can be moved into and out of the rotary koji making tank T.

56 and 57 in the figure are stop pieces attached to the lower ends of the screw rods 14 and 51, 58 and 5
9 is a guide piece of the holders 17, 55, 60 is a reinforcing piece fixed to the holder 55, 61 is a net shelf, and 62 is koji.

In the present invention, while rotating the rotary koji tank T via the straps 3,3 to this frictional contact with the rotation of the driving roller r _1, r _2, rotation of the drive shaft S by the driving of the motor M ₁ When the screw rods 14 and 15 are respectively rotated through, the holders 17 and 20 also descend through the lowering of the elevators 16 and 19 screwed to these screw rods 14 and 15,
The underframe F, which is integrally connected to the above, also descends, so that the underframe F
The stirring shaft 9 suspended below is accommodated in the upper body 1 in the rotary koji making tank T. Then the stirring shaft 9 through the rotation and chain c1 rotation shaft d by the driving of the motor M ₂ is rotated,
The koji 62 is cleaned and mixed by rotating the stirring blades W ₁ , W ₂ , W _{3 and the} like.
The distance between the stirring blades W ₁ , W ₂ , W _{3 and the} like is gradually reduced from the center of the rotary koji making tank T toward the outer peripheral edge, so that the circumference at the outer peripheral edge and the center of the rotary koji making tank T is reduced. Regardless of the difference between the speed and the speed, stirring blades near the outer peripheral edge
W _1, W _2, W ₃ cuts such as the koji 62 by corners of cross-arm 30, 31 and 32 square plate 33, 34, 35 attached to both ends of each of the stirring with a stirring blade W _1, W ₂ , because it can make the degree of hand insertion and mixing of koji at the surface and near the center What uniform hands coupled with the fact that the entrant in the interior of the koji 62 by W ₃ or the like substantially identical, rotary koji tub The koji 62 can be uniformly distributed throughout the entire T.

After the maintenance is completed, the rotation of the rotary koji making tank T is stopped and the motor M _{2 is} stopped.
₁ and the agitating shaft 9 is returned to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. Then Dekoji machine U side is lowered to descend in the underframe F ₂ of the lifting element 52 through the rotation of the screw rod 51 by driving the motor M ₃ of the upper body 1 of the extrusion axis e of the rotation koji tank T after storage for, the extrusion vanes y is rotated in the rotation of the extrusion axis e driven by the prime mover M _4, TeIriki Q
The koji 62, which has been uniformly handed and mixed, is discharged from the rotary koji tank T to the outside via a discharge port (not shown). Thus, the uniform maintenance of the koji 62 in the rotary koji making tank T and the exit koji are completed,
It will wait for a new koji to be drawn in again.

Advantageous Effects According to the present invention, koji can be reduced by gradually reducing the parallel / fixed agitating blades on the agitating shaft from the center of the rotary koji tank to the outer peripheral edge under a desired phase difference and from the center of the rotary koji tank. It is possible to correct the conventional drawbacks that were inevitable that the care condition became non-uniform, and furthermore, the configuration in which square plates were attached to both ends of the plate-shaped arm bar of the stirring blade, the maintenance of the koji in the rotary koji tank. At this time, the cutting and stirring of the koji by the corners of the square plate, compared with conventional care means, the surface of the koji, since it can be performed evenly at any point inside the koji, temperature and humidity of the koji, etc. Sake brewing based on the production of high-quality koji can be expected with uniformity expected.In addition, a suitable number of spacing holding pieces of a predetermined length are fitted along the longitudinal direction of the stirring shaft to provide stirring blades. Can be easily selected under the appropriate setting for the stirring axis, and There is no danger of complicating the course itself.

Since the cross section of the stirring shaft is square, a square hole is formed in a predetermined direction with respect to the axis of the arm (here, the axis along the longitudinal direction), so that the stirring blade has a predetermined phase difference with respect to the stirring shaft. Thus, the koji can be easily fixed, and the cut and agitated into the koji by the corners of the square plate can contribute to the homogenization of the entire koji.

[Brief description of the drawings]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part with a part cut away, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the main part, and FIG.
Each of FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the stirring blade. T ...... rotation koji _{tank, W 1, W 2, W} 3 ...... stirring _{blade, h 1, h 2, h} 3 ...
… Square hole, p ₁ , p ₂ , p ₃ , p ₄ … Spacing piece 9… Stirring shaft 3
0,31,32 …… Arm, 33,34,35 …… Square plate

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of agitating blades are fixed in parallel with a desired phase difference and fixed on a stirring shaft rotatably suspended and supported in a rotary koji making tank. The interval is gradually reduced from the center of the rotary koji making tank toward the outer peripheral edge. In the koji hand-holding device in the rotary koji making tank, it can be fitted along the longitudinal direction of the stirring shaft having a rectangular cross section, and has a predetermined length. By interposing a suitable number of interval holding pieces, agitating blades each having a square plate attached to each end of a flat plate-shaped arm with a square hole are arranged and fixed at desired intervals on the agitating shaft. An apparatus for preparing koji in a rotary koji making tank, characterized in that: