JPH0613463U - Egg cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A conveyor that moves eggs while rotating them,
An egg washing device equipped with a nozzle that applies hot water to the egg and a supply device that supplies hot water to the nozzle makes it possible to wash the egg without deteriorating the egg quality, and the entire outer circumference of the egg with relatively few facilities. Can be cleaned evenly and its cleaning performance is improved. [Structure] The supply device 5 is composed of a high-pressure water supply pump 14, and the discharge port of the nozzle 4 is formed in a narrow slit shape.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an egg washing apparatus including a carrier for moving an egg while rotating it, a nozzle for applying hot water to the egg, and a supply device for supplying hot water to the nozzle.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As such an egg cleaning device, conventionally, a hot water supply device is constituted by a low-pressure water supply pump so that the surface of the egg is washed with hot water discharged from a nozzle, and the discharge port of the nozzle is formed in a circular shape. Along with this, there was provided an egg cleaning brush that scrapes the outer surface of the eggs that are transported while being rotated by the transport device.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the above conventional egg washing apparatus, when the brush is washed with warm water supplied from the nozzle, the brush directly contacts the outer surface of the egg to which chicken droppings and the like adhere, so that germs propagate in the brush. easy. Therefore, if the next egg that is conveyed is washed with a brush that has propagated many of the above-mentioned bacteria, the bacteria will be rubbed on the egg, and if the egg is cracked, the bacteria will invade from it. There was a risk of degrading the quality. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an egg washing apparatus capable of washing eggs without deteriorating egg quality.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the egg cleaning apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the supply apparatus is composed of a high-pressure water supply pump and the discharge port of the nozzle is formed in a narrow slit shape.

[0005]

[Action]

 That is, by applying high-pressure hot water to the egg through the nozzle, dirt attached to the outer surface of the egg such as chicken feces can be scraped off by the force of the water, and for this reason, the hot water is clean and does not contain germs. As long as they are used, it is possible to prevent the germs from multiplying in the eggs that are sequentially conveyed, and also to prevent the risk that the germs may invade and deteriorate the egg quality even if the eggs are cracked. Then, since the high-pressure hot water is discharged from the discharge port of the narrow slit-shaped nozzle, for example, if the slit-shaped discharge port is attached with its longitudinal direction aligned in the direction transverse to the transport direction of eggs, As the egg rotates while being transported, the outer circumference of the egg can be uniformly washed over a wide area with one nozzle.

[0006]

[Effect of device]

 Therefore, the eggs can be washed without degrading the egg quality, and since the water can be sprayed over a wide area with one nozzle, the number of nozzles can be reduced and the entire circumference of the egg can be covered with relatively few equipment. It can be cleaned evenly and its cleaning performance can be improved.

[0007]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the egg cleaning device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the egg washing apparatus 1 includes a conveying device 3 that moves an egg 2 while rotating it, a nozzle 4 that applies hot water to the egg 2, and a supply device 5 that supplies hot water to the nozzle 4. It is configured with.

The carrying device 3 is provided with a plurality of rollers 6 on which the eggs 2 are placed and carried, and the rollers 6 are carried in a carrying direction so as to be driven and rotated about an axis when the eggs 2 are carried and driven. The eggs are arranged in parallel at equal pitch intervals, and the eggs are placed between the adjacent rollers 6 and the longitudinal direction of the eggs is aligned with the axial direction of the rollers 6 to carry the eggs. The feeding device 3 conveys the eggs 2 while rotating them.

The supply device 5 is provided with a water supply pipe 7 for supplying water or hot water, a water tank 8 for pooling the water from the water supply pipe 7, and a transfer pipe 9 for sending the water in the water tank 8 to the nozzle 4. .

An electromagnetic opening / closing valve 11 interlocking with a water level sensor 10 provided in a water tank 8 is provided in the water supply pipe 7 so as to keep the liquid level of the water tank 8 constant by a valve opening / closing operation. It is configured as follows.

The water tank 8 is arranged below the nozzle 4 and receives hot water used for washing eggs from the nozzle 4. In addition, the water tank 8 is provided with a water distribution pipe 12 for overflow so that impurities including miscellaneous bacteria floating on the upper surface of the warm water can be drained, and a heater 13 for warming the stored water is provided. The hot water in the water tank 8 can always be maintained at a constant temperature.

The transfer pipe 9 is a tubular body whose one end communicates with the bottom of the water tank 8 and can transfer only clean warm water pooled in the water tank 8 below. The arrangement position of the other end portion provided with the plurality of nozzles 4 is along the longitudinal direction of the transporting device 3, and the high pressure water supply pump 14 is interposed in the middle thereof so that high pressure hot water can be supplied. It can be supplied to the nozzle 4.

A water temperature indicator 15 is attached to the end of the supply device 9 opposite to the high-pressure water supply pump 14 so that the temperature of the hot water discharged from the nozzle 4 can be controlled.

The nozzle 4 discharges from the lower surface of the transfer pipe 9 and has its discharge port directed toward the transfer device 3 disposed below, and the egg 2 transferred by the transfer device 3 is fed to the nozzle 4. The number of the nozzles is set to be equal, and a plurality of nozzles are provided at equal pitches so that one nozzle 4 corresponds to the range in which the egg 2 makes one rotation.

The discharge port of the nozzle 4 is formed in a narrow slit shape, and high-pressure hot water from the discharge port cleans the entire outer circumference of the egg 2 conveyed to the conveying device 3. is made of. A waste strainer 16 is provided between the carrier device 3 and the water tank 8 so that the waste water is removed from the hot water after washing the eggs 2 and the remaining hot water is allowed to flow into the water tank 8. In addition to fixing, the nozzle 4 may be rotatably attached around its axis so that the spraying angle can be changed according to the dirt of the egg 2. Further, the carrier pipe 9 can be provided with nozzles 4 at a pitch smaller than that shown in FIG. 1, and by doing so, the number of nozzles 4 to which hot water is applied while the egg 2 makes one rotation is increased, You can clean the eggs better.

It should be noted that reference numerals are added to the claims of the utility model for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configurations of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view of the egg cleaning device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Egg 3 Transport device 4 Nozzle 5 Supply device 14 High pressure water supply pump

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A transfer device (3) for moving an egg (2) while rotating it, a nozzle (4) for applying hot water to the egg (2), and a supply device (5) for supplying hot water to the nozzle (4). ) And an egg washing device comprising the high-pressure water supply pump (14) as the supply device (5) and the discharge port of the nozzle (4) formed in a narrow slit shape. Cleaning device.