JP4656654B2 - Filament catcher - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a thread-like body capturing tool for capturing a thread-like body mixed in a fluid.

  Various proposals have been made to capture filaments (typically hair). For example, Patent Document 1 proposes that a ring having a large number of pins is arranged around a drain outlet of a bathroom washroom, and hair is captured using the pin members.

  Patent Document 2 proposes to remove the hair by installing a thread-like hooking member in a water tank that circulates the sewage and tangling the hooking member in order to capture hair contained in the sewage. ing.

  Patent Document 3 discloses that a plurality of thin rods extending radially from a shaft are installed, and hair contained in sewage or the like is captured using the thin rods. In addition, this patent document 3 proposes to remove the hair entangled with the thin rod by centrifugal force by rotating the shaft to remove the hair entangled with the thin rod.

  Patent Document 4 discloses a method of cutting through a part of a plate material in order to remove a filamentous body such as hair mixed in a fluid (mayonnaise in the embodiment) including gas, powder, granule, and liquid. And a tongue-like catching tool formed adjacent to the tongue piece. When the mayonnaise passes through the through-hole, it is formed between the tip of the tongue piece and the base body. It proposes to remove filaments mixed in mayonnaise using gaps that gradually narrow.

Considering the background of the above-mentioned Patent Documents 1 to 4, the inventions of Patent Documents 1 to 3 are intended to be applied to a field where the hair entangled with the capture pin can be allowed to pass through to some extent. In contrast, the invention Patent Document 4, a inventions intended to reduce the particular likelihood of hair contamination in products as food production management, increase the probability of continuing to capture the captured hair It can be said that it is technology.

With regard to the invention disclosed in the above patent documents, in Patent Documents 1 to 3, there is a possibility that even if the hair is caught on the pin or the thin rod, it may be separated from the pin or the thin rod due to the flow of water etc. and flow with the water. Is tolerable to some extent. On the other hand, as in Patent Document 4, according to the thread-like body capturing tool formed on the tongue piece by cutting and raising the plate material, the hair is sandwiched in the gap between the base end of the tongue piece and the plate material body. Therefore, the possibility that the captured thread-like body is detached from the thread-like body capturing tool is small.
JP 2005-264576 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-93142 JP-A-53-47063 JP 2005-205370 A

  By the way, as described above, in a production line for producing a large amount of food such as mayonnaise, thorough management to eliminate possible hair contamination is required, and Patent Document 4 proposes one of them.

  However, in the invention described in Patent Document 4, as a specific structure of the thread-like body capturing tool, a large number of cuts and tongues are formed on the peripheral surface of the cylindrical body whose upper end is closed. A configuration is adopted in which the gap between the lower end of the cylindrical body and the wall surface of the tubular body is closed with a flange while being installed inside.

  Therefore, in order to remove the filaments such as hair captured in the gap between the side surface of the cylinder and the tongue piece, the operation of removing the filaments captured by the cylinder after removing the cylinder from the tube Is required. That is, a disassembling work is required to clean the filament-shaped body capturing tool.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a thread-capturing device that is easy to maintain and removes the captured thread-like body while reducing the possibility that the thread-like body separates once the thread-like body such as hair mixed in the fluid is captured. There is to do.

  It is a further object of the present invention to provide a thread-capturing device that is convenient for management to eliminate possible contamination of hair and other filaments, such as food production as a typical example.

According to the present invention, the above technical problem is
A plurality of screws projecting from a surface through which the fluid passes , and the wedge-shaped recess is formed between the screw and the surface by a screw thread at a base end portion of the screw ; Thus, the present invention is achieved by providing a thread-like body capturing tool characterized by capturing the thread-like body mixed in the fluid.

That is, according to the present invention, capturing the filament, such as a hair recess wedge formed between the threads and the surface of the proximal end portion of the screw protruding from the plane fluids being passed It is characterized by. Therefore, according to the present invention, there is no need to provide a through-hole through which a liquid passes as in Patent Document 4 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-205370), and a tongue piece is cut and raised in a tubular body or the like. It is not necessary to employ a configuration that requires disassembly and cleaning that accommodates the cylinder . Since Ne threaded portion of di has a rough surface when molding this liquid is sandwiched in the recess of the wedge formed by the surface and the thread passing through the hair, the withdrawal possibilities It is also reduced by the rough surface of the thread.

  The thread-capturing device of the present invention is applicable to the removal of thread-like bodies mixed in liquids, powders, granules, and gases. Installed and applied to the management of potential hair contamination exclusion.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining the configuration of a food production line. Referring to FIG. 1, the food production line 1 has a plurality of cookers 2, 2, and the ingredients adjusted in the process (not shown) are put into each cooker 2 for cooking. The liquid liquid food thus prepared is put into the balance tank 3, and the food in the balance tank 3 is sterilized by the heat sterilizer (concerm) 4 and then sent to the food filling and packaging line 5 to be packed and packaged. Done.

  One end of the first pipe 6 is connected to the bottoms of the cookers 2 and 2. The other end of the first pipe 6 is disposed so as to face the charging port 3 a of the balance tank 3, and the product made by each cooker 2 is thrown into the balance tank 3 through the first pipe 6. The line after the balance tank 3 has a closed system configuration.

  FIG. 2 shows a thread-like body capturing tool of the embodiment. 2 includes a capturing tool main body 100 and a receiving member 150 that is separate from the capturing tool main body 100, and the receiving member 150 is placed on the capturing tool main body 100. Used in state.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the capturing tool main body 100 as viewed obliquely from above. Referring to FIG. 3, the capturing tool main body 100 is formed into a pyramid shape of a quadrangular pyramid that tapers upward by joining four identical triangular flat plates 101 made of stainless steel. A large number of pins 102 are implanted in the lower part of the triangular flat plate 101 to form a thread-like body capturing area.

  More specifically, the upper portion 103 of the pyramid-shaped trap body 100 is configured by four flat planes without pin members, while the lower portion 104 of the trap body 100 is provided with a number of pins 102. The numerous pines 102 forming the filament capturing area 104 are preferably arranged at equal intervals and in a staggered manner.

  FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the capturing tool main body 100 as viewed from below, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a portion to which the pin 102 is attached. As can be understood from FIGS. 4 and 5, the pin member 102 is composed of a full screw. A number of screw holes 105 are formed in an area adjacent to the bottom of the triangular flat plate 101 described above, that is, a portion corresponding to the lower part 104 of the trap body, and the pins 102, that is, screws are screwed into the screw holes 105. Worn. The screw 102 is attached from the back surface of the flat plate 101. Accordingly, as can be seen from FIG. 5, the screw head 102 a is in a state of being seated on the lower surface of the flat plate 101, and the screw thread portion 102 b of the screw 102 is in a state of protruding to the surface side of the flat plate 101.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the receiving member 150 as viewed obliquely from above. The receiving member 150 has a shape that opens up and down and expands upward, and a bottom edge 150a is formed in the shape of the upper portion 103 of the capturing tool body 100, more specifically in the portion adjacent to the lower portion 104. It corresponds to a square horizontal cross-sectional shape. That is, the receiving member 150 has a square lower opening 151 opened downward at the bottom thereof, and each of the four linear edges 150a defining the lower opening 151 has a rectangular shape at the center in the longitudinal direction thereof. The notch 152 is formed.

  FIG. 7 shows a state in which the receiving member 150 is placed on the catching tool main body 100 and can be used as the thread-like body catching tool 10 as in FIG. is there. As can be seen from FIG. 7, when the thread-like body capturing device 10 is viewed from above, the region where the lower opening 151 of the receiving member 150 faces, that is, the upper region 103 of the capturing device main body 100 has no pin member. . Further, the notch 152 on the lower edge of the receiving member 150 forms a window in cooperation with the capturing tool main body 100, and the liquid can flow downward through this window (notch 152). In other words, the leg 153 located on both sides of each notch 152 of the receiving member 150 has a lower edge that abuts against the capturing tool main body 100, so that liquid can be applied to a region along the ridge line 100 a of the capturing tool main body 100. Constructs a baffle wall that prevents it from flowing.

  The filament capturing device 10 having the above-described configuration is installed, for example, in the charging port 3a of the balance tank 3, and is applied to the possibility of eliminating hair contamination. Of course, the thread-like body capturing tool 10 may be installed at the raw material input port 2 a of the cooker 2, or may be installed in both the cooker 2 and the balance tank 3. Furthermore, the filament-shaped body catching tool 10 may be provided in the adjustment stage of the raw material thrown into the cooker 2, and the hair removal as a possibility may be performed.

  This food production line 1 is applied, for example, to the production of soup that is a liquid food. Of course, the present invention can also be applied to the production of liquid food, powdered food, and granular food with high viscosity like various kinds of roux.

  As described above, the soup cooked by the cooker 2 is put into the balance tank 3 through the first pipe 6, but the thread-like body catching tool 10 is connected to the outlet 6 a directed downward in the vertical direction of the first pipe 6. It should be installed directly below (FIG. 7). The soup discharged from the first pipe 6 toward the top of the catcher main body 10 in the vertically lower direction is received by the receptacle member 150, and then through the lower edge notch 152 of the receptacle member 150, It flows down toward the lower region (filament capturing area) 104. Here, the leg portion 153 of the receptacle member 150 corresponds to the region of the ridge line 100a where the adjacent triangular plates 101, 101 of the capturing tool main body 100 are joined to each other. The catch tool main body 100 has no pin member in the region adjacent to the ridge line 100, and soup of the soup to the region adjacent to the ridge line 100 a is prevented by the legs 153 of the receiving member 150.

  The soup that has exited the receptacle member 150 flows down while colliding with a number of pin members (screws) 102 arranged in a staggered manner in the lower region 104 of the trap body 100, that is, the filament trapping area 104. The hair mixed therein is most typically sandwiched between wedge-shaped recesses 106 formed at the boundary between the threaded portion of the screw 102 and the upper surface of the triangular plate 101, as indicated by the phantom line H in FIG. And is captured in the recess 106. In addition to this, the thread 102b of the screw 102 has a rough surface in the process of forming the thread 102b, thereby reducing the possibility that a thread-like body such as hair is detached from the recess 106. be able to.

  Also, a separate receiving member 150 is prepared, and the soup that flows downward from the first pipe 6 in the vertical direction is received by the receiving member 150, and then, through the four notches 152 of the receiving member 150, a pyramid-like shape is provided. Since it is made to flow down to each of the four flat plates 101 of the catching tool main body 100, the soup can be dispersed in four directions on average without being biased to any flat plate 101. Further, the soup discharged from the first pipe 6 can be received on the side wall of the mouth member 150 by receiving the rebound generated by the collision with the upper part 103 of the catcher main body 100, and the soup discharged from the first pipe 6. Can be made to flow down to the filament capturing area 104 through the notch 152.

  According to the experiment, the cooked soup was discharged through the first pipe 6 at a flow rate of about 200 to 3200 Kg / h, and the hair capturing performance by the above-described filamentous body capturing tool 10 was confirmed. I was able to get it. The applied screw 102 had a screw portion outer diameter of 3 mm, and the density of the screw 102 was 265 per 100 cm 2. Further, the area occupied by the screw 102 was 25.6% with respect to the area of the thread-like body capturing area 104 provided with the screw 102.

  In the embodiment, it is designed to be optimized for the soup that is a liquid food, but the area ratio occupied by the screw 102 may be set in relation to the viscosity of the liquid food. For example, when the area ratio of the screw 102 is set to be large, the liquid food is difficult to pass through the thread-like body capturing area 104. Incidentally, it is desirable to set the area ratio of the screw 102 to about 20 to about 30% if it is about zero cp to 3000 cp. An example of a liquid food having a viscosity of about 3000 cp is curry roux. Furthermore, the length dimension of the screw 102 is arbitrary as long as the layer of the liquid food flowing down the trap body 100 passes through a portion below the tip (upper end) of the screw 102. Further, the screw pitch of the screw 102 may be selected experimentally through trial and most suitable for the hair capturing performance.

  As described above, the thread-capturing device 10 of the embodiment captures a thread-like body such as hair while flowing liquid along a surface without a through-hole. Regardless of this, the present invention can be applied to capture of filaments such as hair in liquid food. For example, for hair contamination as a problem in food production, the hair sandwiched in the wedge-shaped recess 106 between the flat plate 101 of the trap body 100 and the thread of the screw 102 Therefore, it is difficult to detach from the recess 106, and therefore, the possibility that the hair once captured is detached by the flow of the liquid food can be reduced. This effect can be ensured even when the thread 102b of the screw 102 is rough.

  In addition, according to the hair capturing device 10 of the embodiment, since the commercially available screw 102 is screwed onto the flat plate 101 constituting the capturing device main body 100, it is of course advantageous in that it is easy to manufacture. On the other hand, in order to solve the problem that the space between the adjacent screws 102 and 102 is likely to increase in the area of the ridge line 100a between the adjacent flat plates 101 and 101, the baffle plate indicated by the virtual line 160 in FIG. Although it may be provided in the main body 100 so that the liquid does not flow into the region of the ridgeline 100a, the receiving member 150 is provided separately from the capturing tool main body 100, and after receiving the liquid once by the receiving member 150, the receiving port Since the liquid is allowed to flow down to the filament capturing area 104 while being regulated by the notch portion 152 of the member 150, the liquid flows vigorously toward the capturing tool body 100. Even I crowded, the rebound can be received by the side walls of the socket member 150, the liquid total amount can be fed to the filament capture area 104.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the thread-like capturing device of the present invention includes, for example, the following modifications.

  (1) In the above-described embodiment, the pyramid shape of a quadrangular pyramid is adopted as the shape of the capturing tool main body 100. However, if the shape is tapered toward the upper end, such as a triangular pyramid or a pentagonal pyramid, the geometric shape is Is optional. Moreover, the two flat plates may be faced to form a roof shape having a triangular cross section.

  (2) Although the upper region 103 surrounded by the receiving member 150 has no pin in the above-described embodiment, a plurality of screws 102 may be provided in the upper region 103 as well.

  (3) In the above-described embodiment, the trap body 100 is used in a stationary state. However, for example, a thread-like body trap having a plurality of screws 102 provided on an elongated flat plate or rod is formed, and in the fluid flowing through this, By moving the thread-like body capturing tool, the thread-like body such as hair existing in the liquid may be captured.

  FIG. 8 shows an example. 8 has a rotating shaft 200, and one or more horizontal bars 201 are provided at the lower end of the rotating shaft 200, and one or more pin members 102 are provided on the horizontal bar 201. It has been. The pin member 102 is preferably composed of all screws, but a wedge-shaped recess 106 is formed at least at the boundary between the pin member 102 and the horizontal bar 201. For example, the filament capturing tool 20 may be mixed in the raw material adjustment stage by installing it in a relatively small basket at a raw material adjustment stage such as raw material mixing in food production and rotating the rotary shaft 200 at a low speed with a motor. It is possible to remove the filamentous body. In addition, according to the thread-like body capturing tool 20 having such a configuration, the stirring action is provided by the rotating horizontal bar 201 and the pin member 102, so that the thread-like body capturing tool 20 can also serve as a stirrer. Of course, the horizontal bar 201 may have a circular cross section or a rectangular shape, or may be constituted by an elongated flat plate instead.

  As in the above embodiment, not only can it be made relatively inexpensive because of its relatively simple structure, but also its cleaning, that is, maintenance for removing the captured filaments, is easy. And although it applied to the liquid fluid in the Example, it is not limited to this, For example, it cannot be overemphasized that it is applicable similarly to a powder and a granule, for example.

It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the foodstuff production line in which the filament capture tool of an Example is installed. It is a perspective view of the filament-shaped object trap of an Example. It is a perspective view of the catching tool main body of the state which removed the receptacle member which comprises a filament-shaped catching tool. It is a bottom view of a capturing tool main body. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the part which provided the screw as a pin member screwed by the capture tool main body. It is a perspective view of the receptacle member which comprises a part of filamentous material capture tool. It is a schematic plan view of the thread-like body capturing tool of the embodiment. It is a fragmentary perspective view of the thread | yarn state trap as another example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Food production line 2 Cooker 3 Balance tank 5 Food filling and packaging line 6 Piping from cooker to balance tank 10 Filament capturing device 100 Capturing device main body 100a Ridge line 101 Triangular flat plate 102 Pin member 102a Screw head 102b Screw thread portion 103 Capturing device Upper region of main body 104 Lower region of main body of catching device 105 Screw hole 106 Wedge-shaped recess 150 Receiving member 152 Notch portion of receiving member 153 Leg portion of receiving member 160 Baffle plate H Filamentous body such as hair

Claims (6)

A plurality of screws projecting from a surface through which the fluid passes , and the wedge-shaped recess is formed between the screw and the surface by a screw thread at a base end portion of the screw ; And a thread-like body capturing tool for capturing the thread-like body mixed in the fluid. It has a polyhedron-shaped trapping tool body that tapers upward by joining a plurality of flat plates screwed with a plurality of screws,
The thread-like body catching tool, wherein the wedge-shaped recess is formed between the thread and the base end of the screw. The plurality of screws are arranged in a staggered manner at the lower part of the capturing tool body, and a baffle plate is provided at the boundary between the lower part and the upper part of the capturing tool body,
The thread-like shape according to claim 2 , wherein the baffle plate prevents the fluid discharged toward the top of the tapered capturing tool main body from flowing down to a region adjacent to the ridge line joining the adjacent flat plates. Body catcher. It further has a receiving member that can surround the upper part of the trapping tool body that is tapered upward.
The receptacle member is opened up and down, and the receptacle member has a notch formed at a lower end edge thereof, and leg portions on both sides of the notch,
The thread-like body catching tool according to claim 3 , wherein the baffle plate is constituted by the leg part by contacting the leg part with the catching tool body. The thread-like body capturing tool according to claim 4 , wherein the receiving member has a shape that expands upward. The filamentous body capturing tool according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the filamentous body capturing tool is a hair capturing tool installed in a liquid food production line.

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