JPH05329387A - On/off valve of cereal wash device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure that a discharge aperture of a cereal wash tank is tightly closed, and thereby contaminated waster leakage is prevented from occurring by providing a jacket with a discharge aperture at the lower end of a cereal wash tank which is internally equipped with a rotatable cereal wash blade, and forming a valve which moves vertically to close the discharge aperture with an elastic material. CONSTITUTION:A jacket 25 with a discharge aperture 2 is provided at the lower end of a cereal wash tank 23 which is internally equipped with a rotatable cereal wash blade 24, and a valve 3 which moves vertically to operate the discharge aperture 2 is formed with an elastic material. The cereals supplied to a wash device 1 manually or an automatic means are washed by water. If a wash operation is finished, the valve 3 moves downward. Then the cereals pass through the discharge aperture 2 with a specified quantity of water, dropping, and the valve 3 moves upward, to close the discharge aperture 2. In this case, the valve 3 having elasticity comes in contact with the discharge apeature 2 under pressure. Consequently, it is possible to prevent water from leaking and thereby increase the wash effect.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an on-off valve for opening and closing a discharge port 2 of a grain washing device for washing grains such as rice, wheat and beans.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A packing is provided in the vicinity of a discharge port, and a metal valve is applied to the packing for sealing.

[0003]

However, in the above means, the packing is complicatedly attached and the seal is not attached.
It's also not good.

[0004]

The present invention provides an on-off valve capable of opening and closing the discharge port with a simple structure, and has taken the following technical means. That is, the grain washing device is provided with a discharge port 2 at the lower end of the grain washing device 1 for washing grains, and a valve 3 that moves up and down to open and close the discharge port 2 and the valve 3 is formed of an elastic body. The on-off valve in.

[0005]

The grain supplied to the grain washing device 1 is washed with water by manual or automatic means. Then, when the cleaning work is completed, the valve 3 moves downward. Then, the grains fall through the outlet 2 together with a predetermined amount of water. Subsequently, the valve 3 moves upward to close the discharge port 2.

[0006]

[Effect] When the valve 3 closes the outlet 2, the valve 3 can be pressed against the outlet 3 because it has elasticity. Therefore, it is possible to prevent water leakage, improve the cleaning efficiency, and simplify the structure of the discharge port.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration will be described. In the rice washing and cooking device 4, the storage 5 and the grain washing device 1 are vertically arranged and integrally provided, and the rice cooking devices 6 are horizontally arranged side by side. Then, the grain washing device 1 configured integrally with the storage 5
Is a flare so that it can be moved and stopped above each rice cooker 6.
Suspended on Mu7.

The storage 5 has a guide plate 8 on the inner wall of a box-shaped case.
Is provided to form a funnel shape, and a storage portion 10 having 9 is provided. A grain receiving port 12 having a rectangular shape in plan view is formed in the front part of the upper wall 11 of the storage 5, and a grain receiving port cover 13 for opening and closing the grain receiving port 12 is detachably provided on the upper wall 11. ing. Reference numeral 14 is a handle attached to the upper surface of the grain inlet cover 13. In addition, the front wall 15 of the storage 5
The upper end of the upper wall 11 and the upper wall 11 are connected by a butterfly plate 16, and the front wall 1
The lower end of 5 is detachably attached to a retainer 18 formed of a leaf spring attached to the side wall 17 of the storage 5.

[0009] 19 is a front wall of the storage 5, the left and right side walls, the bottom wall and the front wall are formed in a box shape and the upper part is opened to open the grain storage bag 20.
It is a storage box that can store The front wall 15 below the storage box 19 is provided with an operation box 21 provided with various input switches such as the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water, lamps, various display tools such as digital display tools, and the like. Further, the front wall opening / closing handle 2 is provided on the front wall 15 below the operation box 21.
2 is attached.

The grain washing device 1 communicates with the supply port 9 through a feeder (not shown) and has a grain washing tank 23 whose lower end is open, a grain washing blade 24 installed in the grain washing tank 23, and the like. Is equipped with. Then, a jacket 25 having a bottom wall opened at the lower end of the grain washing tank 23 to form the discharge port 2 is detachably attached. In addition, a drainage network 26 having a cylindrical shape is provided in the jacket, with the upper end looking into the lower end of the grain washing tank 23 and the lower end looking into the discharge port 2. The drainage net 26 has a large number of small holes that do not allow grains to pass through.

Reference numeral 27 denotes a rotary cylinder formed in a hollow shape and rotatably provided by a driving means (not shown) such as a motor, and the grain washing blade 24 is attached to the outer peripheral surface thereof. A vertical moving shaft 28 having an axis in the same direction is provided in the rotary cylinder 27, and a substantially conical elastic body is attached to the lower end of the vertical moving shaft 28 extending further downward from the lower end of the rotary cylinder 27 ( The valve 3 formed of rubber, for example, is detachably attached with a stopper 29. The vertical movement shaft 28 is a vertical movement means (for example, a motor).
The valve 3 closes the discharge port 2 when it moves upward to a predetermined position by a solenoid, solenoid, etc.), and opens the discharge port 2 when it moves downward to a predetermined position. ..

Reference numeral 30 is a drain box which is provided so as to be able to communicate with the jacket 25 through a pipe 31 and is communicated with an upper end portion of the grain washing tank 23 through an overflow pipe 32. In addition, the drainage box 30 is provided with a drainage pipe 33 that guides dirty water, small dust, and the like to a predetermined place. FIG. 5 shows a configuration before improvement, in which the discharge port 2 is provided with a packing 34, and the packing 34 is provided so that the outer surface of the valve 3 comes into contact with the packing 34.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the grain receiving port cover 13 of the storage 5 is removed to open the grain receiving port 12. Subsequently, a grain storage bag 20 that stores grains (hereinafter, rice in this embodiment) may be stored in the storage box 19. Then, when the front wall opening / closing handle 22 is grasped and pulled up to the front, the front wall 15 pivots about the butterfly plate 16 in the vertical direction. Then, the rice stored in the grain storage bag 20 is stored in the storage unit 10 through the grain receiving port 12 from the opening.

In this case, since the grain storage bag 20 is stored in the storage box 19, the grain storage bag 20 does not fall from the front wall 15 and the rice can be prevented from scattering outside the storage. Moreover, since the heavy grain container 20 can be easily lifted up, the rice supply operation becomes easy. The grain storage bag 2
If there is still room in the storage unit 10 even after supplying 0 rice, the front wall 15 is returned to its original position to remove the bag, and the grain storage bag 20 storing rice is stored in the storage box 19. After accommodating and opening the upper end, the same work as above is performed. Then, when the rice supply operation is finished, the front wall 15 is returned to the original position, inserted into the pressing tool 18, and the grain receiving port cover 13 covers the grain receiving port 12.

Next, various input switches of the operation box 21 are operated to start the work. First, the feeder rotates to supply the rice dropped from the storage portion 10 through the supply port 9 into the grain washing tank by a predetermined amount. Then, when the set amount of rice is reached, the driving of the feeder is automatically stopped, and then the rotating cylinder 27 is rotated by the driving means, and the grain washing tank 2
Water is supplied to 3. Therefore, the rice is washed with the grain washing blades 24 and water, and the sewage generated during this washing enters the jacket through the drainage net 26 and is guided from the pipe 31 through the drainage box 30 and the drainage pipe 33 to a predetermined location. To be done.

When this cleaning work is completed (not shown and described, a valve installed in the drainage box 30 closes the pipe 31), a predetermined amount of rice cooking water is supplied to the grain washing tank 23. Subsequently, since the vertical movement shaft 28 is moved downward by the vertical movement means, the valve 3 is also moved downward in connection with this, the discharge port 2 is opened, and rice and water are washed from the grain washing tank 23 downward. Discharge to the device. Therefore, after soaking for a predetermined time, the rice cooking switch is turned on to start the rice cooking operation.

On the other hand, when the rice discharging is completed, the vertical moving means is driven to move the vertical moving shaft 28 upward, and in connection with this, the valve 3 also moves upward to close the discharge port 2. In this case, since the valve 3 is made of an elastic material, it can be pressed against the jacket 25 to close the discharge port 2. Therefore, it is possible to prevent rice and water from leaking from the discharge port 2, improve the cleaning efficiency, and prevent the dirty water from entering the rice cooking device 6 located below, so that it is possible to cook clean rice.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a rice washing and cooking device.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a rice washing and cooking device.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the rice washing and cooking device.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a partially washed grain washing tank.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a partially washed grain washing tank before improvement.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Grain washing device 2 Discharge port 3 Valve

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A grain washing device 1 for washing grains is provided with a discharge port 2 at the lower end thereof, and a valve 3 for moving up and down to open and close the discharge port 2 is provided, and the valve 3 is formed of an elastic body. Open / close valve in the grain washing device.