JP7233735B2 - Dried seaweed manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing dried seaweed.

In a dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus used for manufacturing dried seaweed, seaweed raw algae and water are mixed in a raw material tank to prepare a seaweed raw material having a predetermined concentration, and the seaweed raw material is made into a seaweed screen by a sheeting machine. The dried seaweed is produced by drying the seaweed dough formed on the seaweed screen with a drying device.

In the paper-making device of this dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus, the seaweed screen is sandwiched between the seaweed raw material supply mechanism and the water retention mechanism provided above and below the seaweed screen, and a certain amount of seaweed raw material adjusted to a predetermined concentration is supplied from the seaweed raw material supply mechanism to the seaweed screen. It is configured to supply seaweed to and retain water with a water retention mechanism to make seaweed dough into a seaweed screen (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-34664 A

The quality of dried seaweed manufactured by the dried seaweed manufacturing equipment is evaluated by color, luster, thickness, weight, density, etc. Therefore, the state of the seaweed dough before drying, which affects the quality of dried seaweed, should be properly controlled. is required.

However, in the conventional dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus, since a certain amount of raw seaweed material adjusted to a predetermined concentration is supplied from the raw seaweed material supply mechanism to the seaweed screen, the state of the seaweed dough before drying is different from the desired state. In some cases, it was necessary to control the concentration of the seaweed raw material that mixes the raw seaweed and water in the raw material tank.

Therefore, in the conventional dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus, it takes time to supply the seaweed raw material whose concentration has been adjusted in the raw material tank to the raw seaweed supply mechanism of the paper making apparatus, and during that time, low-quality dried seaweed is produced. There was a possibility that it would be manufactured in vain.

Therefore, in the present invention according to claim 1, the seaweed screen is sandwiched between the seaweed material supply mechanism and the water retention mechanism provided above and below the seaweed screen, and the seaweed material supply mechanism supplies the seaweed material to the seaweed screen and the water retention mechanism. In the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus for producing seaweed dough in a seaweed screen by An overflow pipe is formed to discharge a certain amount or more of laver raw material, a laver raw material tank is connected to the overflow pipe, and the amount of raw laver raw material supplied from the supply duct of the laver raw material supply mechanism to the nori screen is adjusted by a valve and an overflow pipe. I decided to make it adjustable.

Further, in the present invention according to claim 2, in the present invention according to claim 1, a paper-making device for making laver dough (the above-mentioned A laver raw material supply mechanism and a water retention mechanism), a dehydrator for dehydrating the papered laver dough, and a drying device for drying the dehydrated laver dough are arranged in this order, and are placed in a laver screen that is circulated and conveyed. The produced seaweed dough is dehydrated and dried to produce dried seaweed, and a carrying-in device for carrying an empty seaweed screen for weight measurement into the carrying device is provided on the upstream side of the paper making device on the carrying route, and the carrying device is provided. A carry-out device is provided downstream of the above dehydrator to carry out the nori dough for weight measurement made by the paper making device from the transport device, and the weight of the laver dough and the nori screen for weight measurement is measured in the carry-out device. The carrying-in device carries in the weight-measuring nori screen to the upper part of the nori screen being circulated, and the carrying-out device carries out only the weight-measuring nori screen from the nori screen being circulated, By subtracting the known weight of the nori screen for weight measurement from the weight of the nori dough and the nori screen for weight measurement measured by the weight measuring instrument, the weight of the nori dough after papermaking is detected, and the weight of the nori dough is I decided to adjust the amount of water for the seaweed raw material accordingly.

And in this invention, there exists an effect described below.

That is, in the present invention, the seaweed screen is sandwiched between the seaweed raw material supply mechanism and the water retention mechanism provided above and below the seaweed screen, and the seaweed raw material is supplied from the seaweed raw material supply mechanism to the seaweed screen and water is retained by the water retention mechanism. In the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus for making the raw seaweed dough, the amount of water of the raw seaweed material supplied from the raw seaweed supply mechanism to the nori screen can be adjusted. can be quickly controlled, and wasteful production of low-quality dried seaweed can be prevented.

In particular, when the state of the seaweed dough after being made, for example, the weight of the seaweed dough is detected, and the amount of water for making the seaweed is adjusted according to the state of the seaweed dough, the desired quality (weight ) can be stably produced.

Planar explanatory drawing which shows a dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus. The same side explanatory view. Side explanatory drawing which shows a paper-making apparatus. Explanatory diagram of the same operation.

A specific configuration of the apparatus for producing dried seaweed according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 has a conveying device 3 inside a casing 2 .

Here, the conveying device 3 intermittently conveys a screen frame 5 to which a plurality of (eight, in this case) nori screens 4 arranged on the left and right sides are detachably attached. The endless front transport mechanism 7 and the endless rear transport mechanism 9 provided in the rear casing 8 are interlocked and driven.

This conveying device 3 conveys the screen frame 5 on which the seaweed screen 4 is mounted by the front conveying mechanism 7 in a horizontal state from the front to the rear on the upper side of the front conveying mechanism 7, and then moves the screen frame 5 to the front side. It is delivered from the upper rear end of the transport mechanism 7 to the upper front end of the rear transport mechanism 9, and after transporting from the front to the rear with the screen frame 5 vertical on the upper side of the rear transport mechanism 9, the rear side The screen frame 5 is transferred from the rear to the front on the lower side of the transport mechanism 9, and then transferred from the lower front end of the rear transport mechanism 9 to the lower rear end of the front transport mechanism 7, and then transferred to the lower part of the front transport mechanism 7. It is conveyed from the rear to the front with the screen frame 5 horizontal on the side. As a result, the transport device 3 moves from the upper front to the upper rear of the front transport mechanism 7 , the upper front to the upper rear of the rear transport mechanism 9 , the lower rear to the lower front of the rear transport mechanism 9 , and the lower part of the front transport mechanism 7 . A conveying path is formed for circulating and conveying the seaweed screen 4 together with the screen frame 5 from the rear to the lower front.

In the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1, a papermaking device 10, a dehydrating device 11, a drying device 12, a peeling device 13, and a laver screen washing device 14 are arranged in order along the conveying path of the seaweed screen 4 by the conveying device 3. Dried laver is produced by dehydrating and drying the laver dough made into a laver screen 4 circulated and conveyed by 3.

Moreover, in the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present invention, the empty seaweed screen 15 for weight measurement is carried into the conveying device 3 (front conveying mechanism 7) on the upstream side of the paper making apparatus 10 on the conveying path of the seaweed screen 4. A carry-in device 16 is provided for carrying out the weight measurement, and a nori screen 15 for weight measurement made by making laver dough with the paper making device 10 is placed downstream of the dewatering device 11 on the conveying path from the conveying device 3 (front conveying mechanism 7). An unloading device 17 is provided for unloading.

The conveying device 3, paper making device 10, dewatering device 11, drying device 12, peeling device 13, laver screen washing device 14, carrying-in device 16, and carrying-out device 17 are interlocked and controlled by a control device 18. .

Here, the paper making device 10 is arranged on the front side of the upper part of the front casing 6, and supplies a predetermined amount of raw seaweed raw material consisting of raw seaweed and water to the upper surface of each seaweed screen 4 while the conveying device 3 is stopped. Each seaweed screen 4 is made by paper-making seaweed dough into a predetermined shape. The detailed structure and operation of the paper making apparatus 10 will be described later.

The dehydrator 11 is arranged on the upper rear side of the front side casing 6, and dehydrates the seaweed dough by pressing a sponge or the like against the seaweed dough produced in each laver screen 4 while the conveying device 3 is stopped. is.

The drying device 12 has a plurality of dryers (six in this case) arranged in front and behind on the side of the rear casing 8. It dries the paper-made seaweed dough.

The stripping device 13 is arranged at the lower rear side of the front casing 6, and strips and collects the dried seaweed dried by the drying device 12 from each seaweed screen 4 while the conveying device 3 is stopped.

The seaweed screen washing device 14 is arranged on the lower front side of the front casing 6 and is for washing the upper and lower surfaces of each seaweed screen 4 .

The carry-in device 16 places an empty weight measuring laver screen 15 whose weight has been measured in advance on top of the laver screen 4 attached to the screen frame 5 conveyed by the conveying device 3 .

The carry-in device 16 is provided with a stocker 19 in which a plurality of nori screens 15 for weight measurement are stacked one above the other on the side of the casing 2. A transfer mechanism 20 is provided for transferring the seaweed screen 15 for measurement.

Then, the carry-in device 16 moves the transfer mechanism 20 above the stocker 19 , causes the transfer mechanism 20 to adsorb and take out one sheet of nori screen 15 for weight measurement from the stocker 19 , and moves the transfer mechanism 20 to the screen frame 5 . It is moved above one of the seaweed screens 4, and while the transfer device 3 is stopped, the adsorption of the transfer mechanism 20 is released, and the seaweed screen 15 for weight measurement is placed on the top of the seaweed screens 4.例文帳に追加As a result, the weight measuring laver screen 15 is transported together with the screen frame 5 (seaweed screen 4) by the conveying device 3, and after a predetermined amount of laver dough is made by the paper making device 10, the laver dough is made by the dehydrator 11. dehydrated.

The carry-out device 17 is placed on the upper part of one of the laver screens 4 of the screen frame 5 conveyed by the conveying device 3, and the laver for weight measurement that has been subjected to paper making by the paper making device 10 and dehydration by the dehydrating device 11. The weight of the screen 15 is measured after the screen 15 is carried out from the transport device 3 .

The carry-out device 17 is provided with a weight measuring device 21 for measuring the weight of the seaweed dough and the seaweed screen 15 for weight measurement on the side of the casing 2, and the weight conveyed together with the screen frame 5 (seaweed screen 4) by the conveying device 3. A transferring mechanism 22 for transferring the weight measuring laver screen 15 is provided between the measuring seaweed screen 15 and the weight measuring device 21 .

Then, the carry-out device 17 moves the transfer mechanism 22 above the nori screen 15 for weight measurement, and while the transfer device 3 is stopped, the transfer mechanism 22 adsorbs and removes the nori screen 15 for weight measurement, The transfer mechanism 22 is moved above the weight measuring device 21 and the suction is released to place the weight measuring laver screen 15 on the weight measuring device 21 . As a result, the total weight of the seaweed dough and the seaweed screen 15 for weight measurement can be measured by the weight measuring device 21, and the weight of only the seaweed dough can be measured by subtracting the known weight of the seaweed screen 15 for weight measurement. can do.

In the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1, the control device 18 periodically drives the loading device 16 and the discharging device 17 during manufacturing of the dried seaweed to measure the weight of the seaweed dough made by the paper making device 10. It is controlled so that the amount of seaweed dough supplied to the seaweed screen 4 by the paper making device 10 is adjusted according to the weight. In addition, the position for placing the laver screen 15 for weight measurement (one of the plurality of nori screens 4 attached to the screen frame 5) may be always the same or may be changed periodically. The weight measuring laver screen 15 may be carried in and out.

As described above, the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 is provided with the carry-in device 16 for carrying the empty laver screen 15 for weight measurement into the conveying device 3 upstream of the paper making device 10 on the conveying route, A carry-out device 17 is provided downstream of the dehydrator 11 on the conveying route to carry out from the conveying device 3 the laver dough 15 for weight measurement in which the seaweed dough is made by the paper making device 10. It has a configuration in which a weight measuring device 21 for measuring the weight of the seaweed screen 15 for measurement is provided.

Therefore, in the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 configured as described above, the original weight of the seaweed dough can be accurately measured without being affected by the pigments and bubbles that have flowed out from the seaweed into the water, and the desired quality (weight ) can be stably produced.

Further, the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 is configured such that the weight measuring laver screen 15 is carried in the upper part of the laver screen 4 that is circulated and transported, and only the weight measuring laver screen 15 is unloaded from the laver screen 4 that is circulated and transported. It's becoming

Therefore, in the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 configured as described above, it is possible to measure the weight of the seaweed dough at the same time as the dried seaweed is being manufactured in the middle of manufacturing the dried seaweed.

In the above dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. are provided facing each other.

The laver raw material supply mechanism 23 has a hollow rectangular box-shaped supply duct 25 fixed to the casing 2, and a shaving valve 26 is arranged inside the supply duct 25 so as to be able to move up and down. An opened hollow rectangular box-shaped paper cup 27 is arranged so as to be able to move up and down.

Here, the supply duct 25 has a plurality of supply holes 28 formed in its bottom. The papermaking valve 26 is attached to the lower end of an elevating body 30 interlockingly connected to a drive source 29, and the drive source 29 elevates the elevating body 30 to open and close the supply hole 28 of the supply duct 25. I have to. Further, the paper box 27 is attached between a pair of elevating bodies 31, 31 interlockingly connected to a driving source 29. By elevating the elevating body 31 by means of the driving source 29, the paper making tray 27 is brought into contact with and separated from the laver screen 4. I am trying to move.

The water retention mechanism 24 has a rectangular plate-shaped drainboard 32 fixed to the casing 2, and a flexible bag-like water retention bag 33 attached to the lower part of the drainboard 32 so as to be compressible and inflatable.

Here, the drainboard 32 is formed with a plurality of water passage holes 34 penetrating vertically. The water retention bag 33 has a central portion attached to the upper end of an elevating body 35 interlockingly connected to the driving source 29, and the interior is compressed or expanded by elevating the elevating body 35. As shown in FIG. Furthermore, the water retaining bag 33 has a valve body 36 provided inside attached to the upper end of the elevating body 35, and by rotating the valve body 36 (elevating body 35), the A drain hole 37 is opened and closed by a valve body 36 .

In the paper-making apparatus 10, the laver raw material supply mechanism 23 supplies the laver raw material adjusted to a predetermined amount from the laver raw material tank 38 for storing the laver raw material adjusted to a predetermined concentration to the supply duct 25. there is

That is, the seaweed material supply mechanism 23 has a supply pump 39 connected to the bottom of a seaweed material tank 38 and a supply duct 25 connected to the supply pump 39 via an adjustment valve 40 . In addition, the laver raw material supply mechanism 23 forms an overflow pipe 41 for discharging a certain amount or more of laver raw material in the supply duct 25, and the overflow pipe 41 is connected to the laver raw material tank .

As a result, the seaweed material supply mechanism 23 can adjust the amount of seaweed material supplied from the seaweed material tank 38 to the supply duct 25 by means of the adjustment valve 40 .

The paper making apparatus 10 is configured as described above, is driven and controlled by the control device 18, and operates as described below.

First, the control device 18 drives the conveying device 3 by the driving source 29 to intermittently convey the laver screen 4 along the conveying path by a predetermined distance at a predetermined cycle time, and the laver screen 4 is transferred to the paper making apparatus 10. The machine is stopped immediately below the paper-making trough 27 (Fig. 4(a)).

After that, the control device 18 lowers the elevating body 31 by the drive source 29 so that the bottom opening surface of the papermaking masu 27 contacts the upper surface of the drainboard 32 via the laver screen 4 (FIG. 4(b)). As a result, the laver screen 4 is sandwiched between the paper-making masu 27 and the drainboard 32 (water retaining bag 33).

After that, the control device 18 raises the lifting body 35 by the drive source 29 to lift the center of the lower portion of the water retaining bag 33 upward, thereby compressing the water retaining bag 33 (FIG. 4(c)). As a result, the water stored inside the water retention bag 33 passes through the laver screen 4 through the water passage holes 34 of the drainboard 32 and is supplied to the inside of the paper making masu 27, and the upper surface of the laver screen 4 is filled with water. state.

After that, the control device 18 raises the lifting body 30 by the drive source 29, raises the papermaking valve 26, and opens the supply hole 28 of the supply duct 25 (FIG. 4(d)). As a result, the seaweed raw material stored in the supply duct 25 is supplied from the supply hole 28 of the supply duct 25 to the inside of the papermaking masu 27 . At this time, since the inside of the paper-making masu 27 is filled with water supplied from the water-retaining bag 33 in advance, the seaweed raw material is dispersed inside the paper-making masu 27 by the water.

After that, the control device 18 lowers the lifting body 30 by the drive source 29, lowers the papermaking valve 26, and closes the supply hole 28 of the supply duct 25 (FIG. 4(e)).

After that, the control device 18 lowers the lifting body 35 by the drive source 29 to pull down the center of the lower portion of the water retaining bag 33, thereby inflating the water retaining bag 33 (FIG. 4(f)). As a result, the seaweed dough and water filled in the papermaking masu 27 above the seaweed screen 4 are sucked by the water retention bag 33, and the water passes through the water passage holes 34 of the seaweed screen 4 and the drainboard 32. It flows into the water retaining bag 33, and on the other hand, the solid content (raw laver) sticks to the upper surface of the laver screen 4, so that the seaweed dough is made in the laver screen 4. - 特許庁

After that, the controller 18 raises the elevating body 31 by the drive source 29 to raise the papermaking crate 27 (FIG. 4(g)).

As described above, in the paper-making apparatus 10, the laver dough is made into the laver screen 4. As shown in FIG.

Here, the controller 18 measures the weight of the seaweed dough with the weight measuring device 21, and adjusts the amount of water of the seaweed raw material supplied to the supply duct 25 and stored according to the weight of the seaweed dough.

In the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1, the control device 18 controls the adjustment valve 40 of the seaweed raw material supply mechanism 23 to adjust the amount of seaweed raw material supplied from the raw seaweed raw material tank 38 to the supply duct 25. The opening and closing time of the supply hole 28 of the supply duct 25 by the papermaking valve 26 (the lifting body 30 in FIG. 4(d) is raised to open the supply hole 28, and then the lifting body 30 in FIG. 4(e) is lowered. The amount of water in the seaweed dough can also be adjusted by adjusting the amount of time until the supply hole 28 is closed by using a valve or the like. You can also adjust the amount of water in the seaweed dough.

In addition, in the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1, the amount of water for the raw seaweed material is adjusted based on the weight of the seaweed dough before drying, but the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, the amount of water for the seaweed raw material may be adjusted based on the weight and color of the seaweed dough after drying.

As described above, the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 sandwiches the seaweed screen 4 between the seaweed raw material supply mechanism 23 and the water retention mechanism 24 provided above and below the seaweed screen 4, and the seaweed raw material is supplied from the seaweed raw material supply mechanism 23. By supplying the seaweed to the screen 4 and retaining the water in the water retention mechanism 24, the seaweed material is made into the seaweed screen 4. - 特許庁

Moreover, the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 is configured to be able to adjust the amount of water of the raw seaweed material supplied from the raw seaweed material supply mechanism 23 to the nori screen 4 .

Therefore, in the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 having the above configuration, the state of the seaweed dough can be quickly controlled by adjusting the amount of water in the seaweed raw material, and the wasteful manufacture of low-quality dried seaweed can be prevented. be able to.

In addition, the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 detects the state of the seaweed dough after being made into sheets, for example, the weight of the seaweed dough, and adjusts the amount of water for making the seaweed according to the state of the seaweed dough. there is

Therefore, the dried seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 configured as described above can stably manufacture dried seaweed of a desired quality (weight, etc.).

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Dried seaweed manufacturing device 2 Casing 3 Conveying device 4 Seaweed screen 5 Screen frame 6 Front side casing 7 Front side conveying mechanism 8 Rear side casing 9 Rear side conveying mechanism 10 Paper making device
11 Dehydrator 12 Dryer
13 Peeling device 14 Nori screen cleaning device
15 Nori screen for weight measurement 16 Loading device
17 unloading device 18 control device
19 Stocker 20 Transfer mechanism
21 Weight measuring instrument 22 Transfer mechanism
23 Nori raw material supply mechanism 24 Water retention mechanism
25 Supply duct 26 Shaving valve
27 Paper box 28 Feed hole
29 Drive source 30 Lifting body
31 Elevator 32 Drainboard
33 Water retention bag 34 Water passage hole
35 Lifting body 36 Valve body
37 Drain hole 38 Seaweed raw material tank
39 Feed pump 40 Regulating valve
41 Overflow pipe

Claims (2)

The seaweed screen is sandwiched between a seaweed raw material supply mechanism and a water retention mechanism provided above and below the seaweed screen, and the seaweed raw material is supplied to the seaweed screen from the seaweed raw material supply mechanism and water is retained by the water retention mechanism to prepare the seaweed dough in the seaweed screen. In the dried seaweed manufacturing equipment to
The laver raw material supply mechanism connects a supply duct to a laver raw material tank for storing laver raw material through an adjustment valve, and forms an overflow pipe for discharging a certain amount or more of laver raw material in the supply duct. Connect the seaweed raw material tank to the pipe,
An apparatus for producing dried seaweed, characterized in that the amount of water of raw seaweed to be supplied from a feeding duct of a raw seaweed feeding mechanism to a seaweed screen can be adjusted by an adjusting valve and an overflow pipe . On the conveying route of the conveying device for circulating and conveying the seaweed screen, a paper making device for making laver dough (the laver raw material supply mechanism and water retention mechanism) and a dehydrator for dewatering the papered nori dough. A device and a drying device for drying the dehydrated seaweed dough are arranged in order to dehydrate and dry the seaweed dough produced in a circulating and transported seaweed screen to produce dried seaweed,
A carrying-in device for carrying an empty laver screen for weight measurement into the conveying device is provided on the upstream side of the paper-making device on the conveying route, and the laver dough is made by the paper-making device on the downstream side of the dewatering device on the conveying route. A carry-out device is provided for carrying out the produced weight measurement seaweed screen from the conveying device, and the carry-out device is provided with a weight measuring device for measuring the weight of the seaweed dough and the weight measurement seaweed screen,
The carrying-in device carries the weight-measuring nori screen onto the upper part of the nori screen being circulated,
The unloading device unloads only the nori screen for weight measurement from the nori screens that are circulated,
By subtracting the known weight of the nori screen for weight measurement from the weight of the nori dough and the nori screen for weight measurement measured by the weight measuring instrument, the weight of the nori dough after papermaking is detected, and the weight of the nori dough is 2. The apparatus for producing dried seaweed according to claim 1, wherein the amount of water for the raw material of seaweed is adjusted accordingly.

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