JPH04356174A - Laver conveying means in drying chamber - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to freely changeably control drying ability by carrying a constent transfer of a laver sheet holder between a laver producing device and a conveying means of the laver sheet holder in a drying chamber and turning the laver sheet together with the holder in the interior of the drying chamber. CONSTITUTION:A laver sheet holder-conveying means 4 consisting of endless chain, etc., for conveying a laver sheet holder 3 is provided. A box type cleaner 5 for cleaning the laver sheet holder 3, a sea laver making machine 6 for making a laver sheet on a spread laver screen set on the laver sheet holder 3, a water absorbing machine 7 for absorbing water content therein and a dehydrator 8 are arranged in order from left to right in the lower stage part of the means 4. Transfer of the laver sheet holder 3 between a laver producing deviced 1 and laver sheet holder-conveying means 4 in a drying chamber 11 is carried out at a definite position, and further laver sheets are turned in the drying chamber 11 together with the laver sheet holders by plural laver sheet holder- conveying means arranged in vertical direction.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a means for transporting seaweed within a drying chamber of a seaweed drying apparatus.

0002

[Prior Art] Generally, a seaweed drying device dries the seaweed that has been made into paper sheets on a seaweed cage stretched on a seaweed cage holder. The holder is conveyed in a circulating manner, and drying air is fed into the drying chamber to dry the seaweed.

[0003] In most conventional seaweed drying apparatuses, a single seaweed cage holder conveying means provided in the drying chamber receives a seaweed cage holder in which a seaweed cage containing sheets of seaweed has been expanded from the seaweed production device. After drying the drying chamber while making one cycle in the upper or lower direction, the seaweed cage holder is delivered to the seaweed manufacturing apparatus side.

0004

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Various proposals have been made to increase the drying capacity of the conventional apparatus, but each of them has the following problems.

First, if the length of the nori cage holder conveyance means is made longer in the front and back direction, the installation area of the drying room becomes extremely large, and in extreme cases, the drying building must be rebuilt. A problem arose.

[0006] In addition, in accordance with a drying building with a relatively high ceiling, a plurality of tiers of nori cage holder conveyance means are arranged in the vertical direction in the drying room, and the conveyance means of each tier of nori basket holders are connected in series. In the case where the seaweed is dried while being transported, the transfer position of the seaweed cage holder between the nori production device and the seaweed cage holder transporting means is adjusted according to the number of the nori cage holder transporting means. A problem arose in that it had to be changed vertically each time. That is, since the transfer and reception positions of the nori cage holders are the top and bottom of the entrance and exit portion of the drying chamber of the nori cage holder transport means, the positions are changed depending on the number of nori cage holder transport means arranged. ,
Furthermore, it may be necessary to change the vertical distance between the cutting section and the peeling section of the nori production equipment, which increases the manufacturing cost of the mechanical part of the nori production equipment and causes problems in terms of work. be.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of these points, and includes the transfer position of the seaweed cage holder between the seaweed manufacturing device and the seaweed drying device, the installation area of the seaweed drying device, and the separation section and peeling section. without changing the vertical distance of
It is an object of the present invention to provide a means for transporting seaweed inside a drying chamber whose drying capacity can be freely and variably adjusted.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the nori conveying means in the drying chamber of the present invention is provided with a nori cage holder at a predetermined location between the nori manufacturing device for making and peeling the nori. A seaweed cage holder transport means for transferring and receiving the seaweed cage holder, another seaweed cage holder transport means disposed at least on one side above and below this seaweed cage holder transport means, and a seaweed cage holder conveying means arranged between the two seaweed cage holder transport means. It is characterized by being formed with a transfer means for transferring.

[0009]

[Function] According to the present invention, the nori holder is transferred between the nori production apparatus and the nori holder conveying means in the drying room at a fixed position, and furthermore, the nori holder is arranged in the vertical direction. The conveying means can circulate the seaweed together with the seaweed cage holder inside the drying chamber and dry it. By changing the number of seaweed cage holder conveying means arranged in the drying chamber, the drying capacity can be freely variably adjusted.

0010

Embodiments An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the nori conveying means in the drying chamber of the present invention, and FIG. 1 shows the entire fully automatic nori production apparatus.

The fully automatic seaweed manufacturing apparatus is comprised of a seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 for producing seaweed, and a seaweed drying apparatus 2.

One of the seaweed manufacturing apparatuses 1 is provided with a seaweed cage holder conveying means 4 consisting of an endless chain or the like for conveying a seaweed cage holder 3 as shown in FIG. 2, and rotates counterclockwise in FIG. A box-type cleaning machine 5 for cleaning the seaweed basin holders 3 in order from left to right in the lower part of the seaweed basin holder conveying means 4
, a seaweed cage (not shown) spread out in the seaweed cage holder 3
A paper machine 6 for making seaweed into paper sheets, a water absorber 7 for absorbing moisture from the paper-made seaweed from below through the seaweed cage, and a dewatering machine 8 for dewatering the seaweed both from above and below are arranged. . Furthermore, a peeling machine 9 for peeling dried seaweed from the seaweed basin holder 3 and a pre-cleaning machine 10 for preliminary cleaning the seaweed basin holder 3 are disposed in the upper part of the seaweed basin holder conveying means 4 in order from right to left. ing.

In the other seaweed drying apparatus 2, a drying chamber conveying means according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in the drying chamber 11. That is, in this embodiment, in the drying chamber 11, a lower first seaweed cage holder transport means 12 and an upper second seaweed cage holder transport means 13, which are long in the front-rear direction, are arranged in parallel. Each of the seaweed cage holder conveyance means 12 and 13 connects an endless blade chain 14 to sprockets 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, respectively.
21 and 22, it is extended rotatably in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. In addition, each seaweed cage holder conveying means 1
The horizontal moving parts toward the back and front of 2 and 13 are moved from bottom to top in order of first stage 23, second stage 24, and third stage 25.
and the fourth stage 26. Further, the lower first seaweed cage holder conveying means 12 is formed to transfer the seaweed cage holder in both directions between the seaweed basket holder conveyance means 4 of the seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 and the entrance/exit 11a of the drying chamber 11. . That is, the seaweed cage holder 3 in which the seaweed is made into paper and then dehydrated.
is delivered to the first stage 23 of the first nori holder transporting means 12 from the lower stage side of the nori holder transporting means 4, and from the second stage 24 of the first nori holder transporting means 12 to the second stage 24 of the first nori holder transporting means 4. It is formed to be delivered to the upper stage side. Moreover, at the innermost part of both the seaweed cage holder conveyance means 12 and 13, a transfer means 34 for transferring the seaweed cage holder 3 between them is provided. This transfer means 34 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, two sprockets 3 arranged above and below
5, 35, and the chain 36 has four sets of claws 37, two of which are one set.
a, 37b, 37c, and 37d are arranged outwardly at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The pitch of each claw is set to a size that allows the seaweed cage holder 3 to be moved simultaneously in opposite directions between the two seaweed cage holder conveying means 12 and 13 by moving by one pitch L. Further, in order to enable smooth movement of the seaweed cage holder, although not shown, auxiliary endless chains, movement support members, etc. are provided at appropriate locations. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the drying chamber 11
A dry air supply means 27 is arranged in parallel next to the. This drying air supply means 27 is provided with a combustion tube 29 at the bottom of the housing 28 in parallel with the drying chamber 11, an appropriate number of blowing fans 30 above the combustion tube 29, and a combustion tube 29 arranged between the bottom of the housing 28 and one side of the drying chamber 11. The side wall 11a is connected to the side wall 11a by a blower tube 31, and the dry air outlet 32 of the blower tube 31 is connected to the first stage 23 and second stage 24 of the first seaweed cage holder conveying means 12.
There is an opening between. A partition plate 33 as a windproof means is provided below the lower edge of the drying air outlet 32 of the drying chamber 11 and above the first stage 23 of the first seaweed cage holder conveying means 12. . This partition plate 33 prevents the drying air that has just been fed into the drying chamber 11 from the drying air outlet 32 from directly hitting the seaweed that has just been carried into the drying chamber 11 after being made into paper.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

In the nori manufacturing apparatus 1, while the nori cage holder conveying means 4 is intermittently conveying the nori basket holders 3 at a predetermined pitch, the paper making machine 6 removes the nori baskets spread out on the nori basket holders 3. The seaweed is made into paper sheets on top, a water absorber 7 absorbs water from the seaweed immediately after paper making through a seaweed cage holder 3, and a dehydrator 8 further dehydrates the water from the seaweed. Thereafter, the seaweed is transferred together with the seaweed cage holder 3 from the seaweed cage holder transport means 4 to the first stage 23 of the first seaweed cage holder transport means 12 in the drying chamber 11 .

In the seaweed drying device 2 of the present embodiment, the seaweed delivered to the first stage of the first seaweed cage holder conveying means 12 is transported as the blade chain forming the first stage 23 moves intermittently. , and move toward the bottom of the drying chamber 11 together with the seaweed cage holder 3. At this time, in this embodiment, the partition plate 33 allows the drying air sent from the drying air supply means 27 into the drying chamber 11 through the drying air outlet 32 to cover the seaweed moving in the first stage 23. This prevents direct contact with the The seaweed moving in the first stage 23 is exposed to radiant heat from the partition plate 33 heated by the drying wind, through the entrance 11a of the drying chamber 11 and the part without the partition plate 33 at the back. The drying air reaching the first stage 23 dries with a small amount of thermal energy. To explain further, seaweed transported through the first stage 23,
In particular, autumn buds and frozen first bud nori have a large amount of moisture in their leaf cells, but in this example, they are dried slowly instead of rapidly as in the conventional method.
The water inside the cells of the thallus gradually warms up and rises in temperature.

The seaweed gradually dried in the first stage 23 in this way is transferred to the first seaweed cage holder conveying means 12.
When the nori cage holder 3 moves upward to reach the moving means 34, the lower horizontal shaft 3a of the nori cage holder 3 is inserted into the claw 37a waiting at the position shown in FIG. On the other hand, since the second seaweed cage holder conveying means 13 also rotates intermittently in synchronization with the first seaweed basin holder conveyance means 12, the lower part of the seaweed basin holder 3 that has been conveyed rightward by the third stage 25 The horizontal shafts 3a are simultaneously inserted into the claws 37c waiting at the position shown in the figure. Thereafter, with both the seaweed cage holder conveying means 12 and 13 stopped, the chain 36 of the moving means 34 is rotated counterclockwise in the same figure by one pitch L of each claw, and the seaweed supported by the claws 37a is removed. The screen holder 3 is transferred to the second seaweed screen holder conveying means 13
At the same time, the seaweed cage holder 3 supported by the claws 37c is lowered to the second stage of the first seaweed cage holder conveying means 12. Thereafter, with the chain 36 stopped, both the seaweed cage holder conveying means 12 and 13 are rotated counterclockwise by one pitch. As a result, the seaweed cage holder 3 supported by the claws 37a is transferred in the advancing direction to the fourth stage on the second seaweed cage holder conveying means 13 side, and at the same time, the seaweed cage holder 3 supported by the claws 37c is transferred to the first stage. The second stage on the side of the seaweed cage holder conveying means 12 is transferred in the leftward direction, and furthermore, the claw 37d has moved to the position of the claw 37a in FIG. 3 at the same time, and the claw 37b has moved to the position of the claw 37c in FIG. A new seaweed cage holder 3 is inserted into each of the holes. Thereafter, by repeating the above-described operation, the first stage 23
The dried seaweed is transported to the fourth stage 26, the third stage 25, and the second stage 24 in this order to be dried.

The seaweed transferred to the seaweed cage holder conveying means 4 is peeled from the seaweed cage in a peeling machine 9. At this time, in this embodiment, since the fourth stage 24 has a smooth finish, the seaweed is easily peeled off from the seaweed cage, and no breakage due to poor peeling occurs during peeling.

[0020] Thereafter, the seaweed cage is preliminarily washed by a prewashing machine 10, and completely washed by a box type washing machine 5, and then used for the next papermaking process.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the delivery and reception of the seaweed cage holder 3 between the seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 and the first seaweed cage holder conveying means 12 in the drying chamber 11 is carried out by The drying process is carried out at a fixed position in the entrance/exit 11a portion, and further, the nori is transported inside the drying chamber 11 together with the nori basin holder 3 by a plurality of first and second nori basin holder conveying means 12 and 13 arranged in the vertical direction. 1st stage 23, 4th stage 26, 3rd stage 25
The seaweed can be dried while being transported and circulated in the order of the fourth stage 24, and the drying capacity of the conventional method, which has only one stage, is dried by the two stages of upper and lower seaweed cage holder transport means 12 and 13. can be done.

[0022] Also, the drying chamber 11 of the seaweed cage holder conveying means
The drying capacity can be freely and variably adjusted by increasing the number of stages within the dryer to three or more and by providing transfer means for connecting each stage.

[0023]Also, in the above embodiments, the seaweed was formed below the seaweed, but it may be formed above the seaweed.
You may make it arrange|position the 2nd seaweed cage holder conveyance means below the 1st seaweed cage holder conveyance means 12, and the following.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the drying capacity can be freely adjusted without changing the transfer position of the seaweed cage holder 3 between the seaweed manufacturing apparatus 1 and the seaweed drying apparatus 2 and the installation area of the seaweed drying apparatus 2. Can be adjusted variably.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can be modified as necessary.

[0026]

[Effects of the Invention] Since the seaweed drying device of the present invention is constructed and operates as described above, the transfer position of the seaweed cage holder between the seaweed manufacturing device and the seaweed drying device and the installation area of the seaweed drying device can be changed. The drying capacity can be freely and variably adjusted without causing any problems.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional side view of a fully automatic seaweed production apparatus equipped with an embodiment of the seaweed conveying means in a drying chamber of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in Fig. 1

[Fig. 3] Front view showing one embodiment of the transfer means

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Seaweed manufacturing equipment 2 Seaweed drying equipment 3 Seaweed cage holder 6. Paper machine 11 Drying room 12 First seaweed cage holder conveyance means 13 Second seaweed cage holder conveyance means 23 1st stage 24 2nd stage 25 3rd stage 26 4th stage 27 Dry air supply means 32 Dry air outlet 33 Partition plate 34 Transfer means

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A seaweed cage holder transporting means for delivering and receiving a seaweed cage holder at a predetermined location between the seaweed production device for papermaking and peeling of seaweed, and at least one of the upper and lower sides of the seaweed cage holder transporting means. A means for transporting seaweed in a drying chamber, comprising another means for transporting a seaweed cage holder arranged therein, and a transfer means for transferring the seaweed cage holder between the two means for transporting the seaweed cage holder.