JPH01196288A - Rotary automatic production equipment for rice mold - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the title equipment aimed at improving the quality of the product, so designed that a rotary disc-type culture bed and such means as for rice mold production, cleaning and suction port and the system as a whole is rotated together with the central cylinder, thus accomplishing labor savings in respect to e.g., the cleaning operation for the rice mold produced. CONSTITUTION:A rice mold substrate 10 is fed through a dropping port 14 of a rotary automatic rice mold production equipment, and the thickness of said substrate 10 is levelled off with a screw 15 while revolving a disc 1 and is subjected to culture for a desired time followed by maintenance with a means 19. Secondary, the screw 15 and the disc 1 are rotated in mutually correlated manner to effect discharge of rice mold produced followed by suctioning and carrying the substrate 10 in the recess of the disc 1 through a scraper 20, suction port 16, pipeline 12 and so on to clean the surface of the disc 1. Thirdly, the maintenance means 19 and the screw 15 are cleaned with cleaning pipes 21, 22; similarly, the both upper and back surface of the disc 1 and a driving wrapping 5 are cleaned with pipes 23, 25-28 and a cleaning nozzle 24, respectively, followed by discharging the remaining water within the respective pipes with compressed air, thus completing the cleaning operation. Finally, a steam is blown, via a pipe 30, into the equipment to dry and sterilize said equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to the cleanliness % IEf of a rotary automatic koji making device in the koji making process of the brewing industry or fermentation industry.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in cultivating in rotary automatic koji making equipment, the rationalization of the work took precedence, and the cleaning work to obtain clean koji was often neglected, which resulted in the generation of germs being too raw and the process becoming stable. I didn't want to make koji. This invention automates the cleaning work that is normally done manually, so that the cleaning work can be done in a short time when needed, and koji can be made in a clean state.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve J: Although the development of mechanical equipment is progressing rapidly, there is a shortage of workers at the sites where koji is cultivated, and the workforce is aging year by year.
The current situation is that work that requires human labor still has to be carried out according to the process.

In order to solve this current situation, it is necessary to completely automate the process of releasing the koji and washing and disinfecting each part after the koji making process is completed.

This invention relates to a part of a rotary automatic koji making device for adding koji,
This is an attempt to realize automation by mechanically combining the washing and disinfection work of the maintenance work part and each operating part of the culture bed.

[Means for solving the problem] In order to achieve a high level of purification, it is necessary to perfect the first step of making koji. The surface of the culture bed must be flat in order to fully release the koji using the rotating screw, but in reality, slight recesses may occur due to processing such as heating and welding. be. The materials in this recess are
When making koji, the action of the screw that rotates is not applied, so the koji is not released and the material remains, which required manual processing.However, in this invention, the culture bed is removed at the rear of the scraper of the screw. On the other hand, the port of the suction device is integrated with a small gap, and this suction port is communicated with the suction source so that it can move simultaneously with the vertical movement of the koji extraction means. The koji substrate in the culture bed concavity that has passed through the scraper of the screw is sucked,
It is designed to be transported to a predetermined location.

In this case, the koji substrate that has just passed through the scraper of the screw is in a state that has not yet been solidified by external force, so it is easily sucked, and most of the materials can be sucked up and transported to the desired location.

As the next step after cleaning, water washing and sterilization are performed to clean each part of the equipment after the koji is released.

To perform water washing, a washing pipe having multiple water sprinkling ports on the top and back surfaces of the rotating disk, a washing pipe for the care machine and the koji loading machine above the rotating disk, a nozzle for washing the rack pin for driving the disk, Below the rotating disk, in addition to the steam supply port for sterilization and drying, a culture bed side cleaning pipe, a culture bed cleaning pipe, a central cylinder cleaning pipe, etc. are attached to the central cylinder, and they rotate as the central cylinder rotates. After washing, steam is supplied from the steam supply port to dry and sterilize each part inside the culture chamber.

〔Example〕

The details of this invention will be explained below by way of examples.

Figure 1 of the cylinder in the attached drawings is an elevational view of the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view, Figure 2A is a drive device, and Figures 3 and 4 are a recovery device for materials remaining in the culture bed recess. It is an enlarged view of.

First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, l is a ventilated and rotatable disk, and a guide support +yi2 concentric with the rotary disk 1 is provided at the periphery of the disk. There is a molded annular fitting 3, and the annular fitting 3 is received by a roller 4.

Further, a driving rack bin 5 is provided inside the U-shape concentrically with the rotating disc 1, and rotation is applied to the driving rack bin 5 from outside the disc by a driving device 6 shown in FIG. 2A. There is. Next, the culture device uses a rotating disk l.
The lower part and the upper part constitute semi-enclosed chambers 7 and 8, respectively, with the boundary being . The warm and humid air supplied to the culture room is supplied to the damper 20.
The air volume is adjusted by
1, passes through the koji substrate 10, exits to a part where the temperature and moisture are controlled, passes through the suction damper 11, returns to the air conditioning device (not shown), and after completion of the treatment, the damper 20, it is sent to the semi-closed chamber 7 at the bottom of the rotating disk 1 and circulated there.

When replenishing and drawing the koji substrate 10 through the droplet 14, replenish the koji substrate 10 while rotating the direction of the disk 1,
By giving the required height and rotation to the rotating screw 15, it is possible to automatically draw the same thickness. After retraction is completed.

The koji substrate 10 requires maintenance work after a predetermined period of time as the growth progresses.

The care work is carried out by the interaction of the rotation of a care machine with a care device, such as the one shown for example at 19, and the rotation of the rotary disk 1 as a culture bed. After performing the necessary care, the koji is prepared after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

To make koji, use a rotating screw I as a means of making koji.
5 is lowered into the substrate stack, and this rotating screw 15
The koji is prepared based on the correlation between the rotation of the rotary disk 1 and the rotation of the rotary disk 1.

In this case, when the rotary screw 15 is rotated at a position close to the surface of the rotary disk 1, most of the koji substrate lO is transported by the rotary screw 15, but the koji substrate 10 in the recessed part of the culture bed 1 is transported by the screw 15. Rotating screw 15 is not affected by the The suction port 16 of the suction device 9, which moves together with the scraper 20, is located in that part with a slight gap from the rotary disk l, and the pipe line 12 Since the material is communicated and suctioned by an air suction source (not shown) through the scraper 17, the remaining material in the recess that has passed through the lower part of the scraper 17 is immediately sucked by the suction port 16 equipped with the scraping blade 13 and transported to a predetermined location. 9 After automatically cleaning the top of the rotating disk l in this way, the equipment constituting each part is washed and dried.

The structure of the washing and drying apparatus is such that a washing pipe 23 having a plurality of water sprinkling ports above the rotating disk 1 is used for washing the disks together with the rack bin 5, and is also provided through a valve 23', and is also used as a means for releasing koji. The rotating screw 151 and the cleaning means 19 are also provided with cleaning pipes 21 each having a water sprinkling port. ．． 22 is arranged via valves 21' and 22'.

Further, in the lower chamber of the rotating disk l, a cleaning pipe 25 having a plurality of water sprinkling ports is installed on the back side of the disk via a valve, and a cleaning pipe 26 for the side of the culture chamber, a cleaning pipe 2 for the culture chamber.
7. A cleaning 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 through a central cylinder, and the valve 2
9. Each of the cleaning pipes is provided with a compressed air supply valve 31 near the valves 21', 22', 23'', and 29, respectively.

After cleaning is completed, a steam blowing pipe 30 is provided via a valve to dry and sterilize each part.

One rotation circle for cleaning work! In order to clean the upper maintenance means 19 and the rotary screw 15, the cleaning means 19 and the rotary screw 15 are rotated and washed by water sprinkling from the cleaning pipes 21 and 22. After cleaning is completed, compressed air is supplied to clean the inside of the cleaning pipes. Drain water.

Next, in order to wash the rotating disk l, the valves of the cleaning vibrator 23 disposed on the upper surface of the rotating disk l and the cleaning vibrator 25 disposed on the lower surface of this disk 1 are opened to clean the rotating disk once. While the disk 1 is rotating, the top and back surfaces of the disk 1 are cleaned. Also, at the same time as this cleaning, the cleaning nozzle 2
4 cleans the driving rack bin 5, and the side cleaning pipe 26.4 is attached to the central cylinder and rotates together with the rotating disk l. After cleaning, open the valves of the cleaning pipe 27 and the central cylinder cleaning pipe 28 to perform cleaning.

Supply compressed air to drain moisture in each pipe.

After cleaning is completed in this way, in order to perform drying and sterilization, steam is supplied from the steam blowing pipe 30 to perform drying and sterilization.

〔Effect of the invention〕

It is generally known that in this type of koji production apparatus, if the koji is left uncontaminated after the production of koji, bacteria will propagate, which will have an adverse effect on subsequent koji production. Therefore, washing after making koji is inseparable from the 1!1 koji work.

This invention automatically performs cleaning, drying, and disinfection after fully brewing the koji as described above, which saves labor for cleaning and keeps the koji made clean, which has a positive effect on subsequent products. It is a valuable and useful thing that contributes to quality improvement.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 2A shows the drive device, and Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged views of the device for collecting materials remaining in the culture bed recess. It is a diagram. In the figure, 1 rotating disk (culture bed) 5 driving rack pin 10 @substrate 11 suction damper I6 suction port 19 cleaning means 21 to 23 cleaning pipe 24 cleaning nozzles 25 to 28 cleaning pipe. Figure 2 Figure 2A Figure 3 and Figure 4 Procedure 11F3 official document (spontaneous) March 31, 1985 Kunio Ogawa, Commissioner of the Patent Office ■, Indication of the case 1988 Patent Application No. 21305 2 , Name of the invention Rotary automatic koji making device 3, Relationship with the person making the amendment Patent applicant name Yayoi Engineering Co., Ltd. Link 4, Column for detailed explanation of the invention in the attorney's specification (6, Contents of the amendment) In the statement

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A rotary automatic koji production device that divides a culture chamber into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a culture bed of a koji substrate, and performs culture by aerating the adjusted optimal air through the koji substrate, A koji extraction means for taking out the material deposited on the rotating disk constituting the culture bed after completion of cultivation in a substantially radial direction of the rotating disk by means of a conveyance means, and a cleaning device for cleaning each component including the rotating disk after completion of koji extraction. The means for making koji,
A suction port is disposed at the rear of the conveying means with respect to the moving direction of the rotating disk, and is opened with a slight gap from the rotating disk to collect residual material in the recess of the rotating disk. Washing pipes each having a plurality of water sprinkling ports are arranged on the top and back surfaces, and above the rotating disk, a cleaning pipe for the care machine, loading and koji extraction means, and a nozzle for washing the rack pin for driving the rotating disk are installed. At the bottom of the rotating disk, in addition to a steam supply port for sterilization and drying, a culture chamber side cleaning pipe, a culture chamber cleaning pipe, a central cylinder cleaning pipe, etc. are attached to the central cylinder. A rotary automatic koji making device characterized in that it is configured so that it can rotate with the rotation of the koji, and can always produce clean koji.