JPH07108183A - Grain washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To position stirring bodies in and out of a washing tank having an opening/closing cap on its side wall through a hole so as to facilitate inspecting, cleaning, etc., of the stirring bodies by providing the washing tank with a rotating body having an axial center in a vertical direction and freely attachably and detachably mounting stirring bodies to this rotating body. CONSTITUTION:This grain washing device 10 of system constitution for washing and cooking the grains stored therein has the washing tank 3 which is opened at both top and bottom end faces and is formed to a convergent shape at the bottom end. A stirring device 24, etc., existing in the washing tank are attachably and detachably mounted at the top plate of this top end. This stirring device 24 has the rotating body 4 and the stirring bodies 5 rotated by transmission means, such as motor and gear. An operator opens a rectangular hole 1 formed at the front surface of the washing tank 3 by opening the opening/ closing cap 2, inserts his hand through this hole 1, rotates respective wing bolts and removes these bolts from the hole of a flat plate 27 in the case of carrying out operations, such as cleaning and inspecting, of such washing device. The flat plate 27 is then removed from pins 25, 26 and the stirring bodies 5 are taken out of the hole 1 to outside the washing tank 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a grain cleaning device for cleaning grains, such as rice for cooking rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When inspecting and cleaning an agitator, the cleaning tank is removed or through a hole.

[0003]

However, the means for removing the cleaning tank is heavy and requires a lot of time to attach and detach.
When the holes are used, it is difficult to perform the work because the inside of the cleaning tank is dark.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a grain cleaning device capable of easily performing work such as inspection, and has taken the following technical means. That is, a washing tank 3 having a hole 1 and an opening / closing lid 2 for opening and closing the hole 1 is provided with a rotating body 4 having an axial center in the vertical direction, and the stirring body 5 is detachably attached to the rotating body 4 and the stirring is performed. The grain cleaning device is configured so that the body 5 can be taken out of the cleaning tank 3 through the hole 1.

[0005]

When the agitator 5 is taken out, the agitator 5 attached to the rotary body 4 is first removed from the opening 1 of the opening / closing lid 2. Then, the stirring body 5 is taken out of the cleaning tank through the hole 1. Next, when returning the stirring body 5 to the original position, the stirring body 5 is put into the washing tank through the hole 1 and attached to the rotating body 4, and then the opening / closing lid 2 is closed.

[0006]

[Effect] Since the agitator 5 can be positioned inside and outside the cleaning tank 3 through the hole 1, the agitator 5 can be checked and cleaned easily and reliably.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration thereof will be described. The grain processing device 6 is provided with a grain storage device 9 in which a storage funnel 8 is installed in a box-shaped case 7, a grain cleaning device 10, a rice cooking device 11 and the like, and the stored grains ( Hereinafter, in this embodiment, the system configuration is such that rice is washed and rice is cooked.

In a front view of the grain processing device 6, the storage funnel 8 in the grain storage device 9 is provided so as to be vertically separable, and the lower funnel 8a has a hole in the front wall (a circular shape in the embodiment, but a square shape). 12 is provided. A shutter guide 13 having a groove is provided on the outer surface of the front wall so as to sandwich the hole 12 and the shutter 14 moves the groove (moves diagonally in the vertical direction along the funnel 8a). This is a configuration for opening and closing the hole 12. Further, a circular take-out cylinder 15 having a diameter larger than the distance between the outer ends of both shutter guides 13 is attached to the outer surface of the front wall of the funnel 8a. And
A flammable take-out hose 16 is superposed on the outer surface of the take-out cylinder 15. In addition, the shutter 1 is attached to the take-out tube 15.
4 is provided with a movable hole. Reference numeral 17 is a stage that supports the funnel 8a.

The funnel 8b located on the upper side has a lower end which is attached to the inner surface of the upper end of the funnel 8a and an upper end which is integrally attached to the inner surface of the case 7. The case 7 is provided with an openable lid 18 for supplying rice to the storage funnel 8 on the upper wall, and an operation display panel 19 such as operation switches and indicators on the front wall and a door that can be opened and closed in the front-rear direction. is doing. Reference numeral 20 denotes a sorting body (in the embodiment, formed of a wire in a lattice) which is detachably provided in the middle portion of the funnel 8a, and 21 denotes a fixed quantity supply device which communicates with the lower end opening of the funnel 8a and the outer circumference. A supply roll 22 having a recess on its surface is rotatably provided by a motor 23.

The grain cleaning device 10 has its upper and lower end surfaces opened and its lower end is tapered, and its upper end is detachably attached to the lower surface of a top plate (not shown) provided on the upper part of the frame of the main body. The cleaning tank 3 and the stirring device 24 provided in the cleaning tank are provided. The washing tank 3 is provided with a rectangular hole 1 on the front surface and an opening / closing lid 2 for opening and closing the hole 1 when the grain processing device 6 is viewed from the front.

The stirrer 24 comprises a rotor 37 and a stirrer 5 rotatably provided by a transmission means such as a motor 37 and a gear. The rotating body 4 is formed in a hollow shape, and a pin 25 having both ends projecting to the outside of the rotating body 4 is attached to the outer surface of the lower portion. The pin 25 is moved below the pin 25 and about 90 degrees with respect to the axis of the pin 25. A pin 26 having a shaft core and having both ends projecting to the outside of the rotating body 4 is attached thereto.

The stirrer 5 is provided with a mating portion 28 formed in a semicircular shape substantially along the outer shape of the rotating body 4 at an intermediate portion of a rectangular flat plate 27, and one end of the flat plate 27 has a shaft core as a base. A stirring rod 29 having a horizontal direction, a middle portion in the vertical direction, and a front end portion along the slope of the cleaning tank 3 is attached. Further, the length from the axis of the rotator 4 to the axis of the stirring rod 29 in the vertical direction and the length of the slanted portion of the tip end portion are made different so that substantially the entire area can be agitated in plan view during rotation. The rotating body 4
The agitating rod 29 of the agitating body 5a closest to the shaft center is not bent at its tip.

Then, a hole 30 through which the pin 25 penetrates is provided at substantially the center of the mating portion 28 of the flat plate 27, and a bolt hole 31 is formed by sandwiching the hole 30 to form a screw. Reference numeral 32 is a butterfly bolt that engages with the bolt hole 31. Reference numeral 33 is a valve shaft which penetrates the rotating body 4 and moves in the vertical direction by vertical moving means (motor or the like in the embodiment) which operates at a timing. A valve (not shown) for opening and closing a rice discharge passage (not shown) of a jacket 34 detachably provided at the lower end of the washing tank 3 is detachably attached to the lower end of the valve shaft 33. .

The rice cooker 11 is provided with a lid 35, a rice cooker 36 and the like so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The rice cookers 11 are provided side by side in the front view of the grain processing device 6, and rice, water, etc. discharged from the grain cleaning device 10 that moves together with the grain storage device 9 that reciprocates in the left-right direction by the moving unit. Is housed and cooked. Next, the operation will be described.

First, when the lid 18 provided on the upper wall of the case 7 is opened and rice is supplied, the rice is stored by the funnels 8a and 8b. Next, after closing the lid 18, the operation display panel 1
Operate the operation switch of 9. Then, the motor 23 is driven to rotate the supply roll 22, so that the rice contained in the recess is supplied to the cleaning tank 3 for each rotation. After that, the amount (supply roll) preset by the operator
When the number of rotations of the supply roll 22 is counted because the amount of rice supply is measured in advance by one rotation of the roll 22, the drive of the motor 23 is stopped.

Next, since the motor 37 is driven to rotate the rotating body 4 and to supply water into the cleaning tank, the flat plate 27 of the stirring body 5 and the stirring rod 29 are also related to the rotation of the rotating body 4. Rotate in the same direction and stir the rice and water to wash. After that, when the cleaning work is completed, the water in the cleaning tank is discharged through the jacket 34 to the drainage channel. Subsequently, when the supply of the predetermined amount of water for cooking rice to the cleaning tank 3 is completed, the vertical movement means moves the valve shaft 33 and the valve downward to open the rice discharge passage. Then, the rice falls along with the water through the rice discharge passage and is stored in the rice cooker 36 located below. Then, when the rice discharging operation is completed, the vertical moving means moves the valve shaft 33 and the valve to the upper side (the original position), and the valve closes the rice discharging passage.

The worker puts the rice cooker 36 on the drawer lid 35, pushes the rice cooker 36 to the original position again, ignites, and starts the rice cooker. Then, when the rice cooking work is completed, the worker pulls out the rice cooking pot 36, takes out the inner pot, inserts a separate empty inner pot, and then returns the rice pot 36 to the original position. There is a case where the inside of the washing tank is cleaned after the rice cooking work is completed or the inside of the washing tank is inspected during the work. However, it is easier to perform the cleaning and inspection work without the stirring body 5. In this case, first open the open / close lid 2 through the opening 1 and insert each hand into each butterfly bolt 3
2 is rotated and removed from the hole 31 of the flat plate 27. Next, flat plate 2
7 is removed from the pins 25 and 26, and the stirring member 5 is taken out of the cleaning tank 3 through the hole 1. Then, since the rotating body 4 and the valve shaft 33 remain in the cleaning tank, the operator can easily clean the inner surface of the cleaning tank 3 in detail. Further, it is safe because there is no agitator 5.

The case where the agitating member 5 is attached to the rotating member 4 after the cleaning work is explained. The agitating member 5 is put into the washing tank 3 from the hole 1 and the hole 30 of the flat plate 27 is inserted into the pin 2.
Pass it through 5, 26 and push it toward the rotor. Then, the flat plate 2
The mating portion 28 of 7 is in a state of sandwiching the rotating body 4. Next, when the butterfly bolt 32 is inserted into the hole 31 and rotated, the butterfly bolt 32 also enters the hole 31 of the flat plate 27 on the opposite side, and the mating portion 28 grips the rotating body 4. When the work of attaching the stirring body 5 is completed, the opening / closing lid 2 closes the hole 1. Therefore, if the number of the stirring members 5 is changed or a large number of stirring rods 29 having different lengths are prepared in advance, washing suitable for the rice used can be performed. Further, by reducing the number of agitating members 5 or removing all of them, it is possible to wash rice which has been pretreated, for example, non-washed rice with water.

The rice remaining in the storage funnel 8 may be taken out after the work is completed or when the supply roll 22 becomes abnormal. In this case, when the front wall of the case 7 is opened and the take-out hose 16 is pulled out of the case, the shutter 14 is moved obliquely upward to open the hole 12, so that the rice in the diagonal line in FIG. It can pass through 12 and enter into the take-out hose 16 for recovery. When the collection is completed, the shutter 14
To the original position and close the hole 12. Therefore, it is possible to easily take out the rice from the storage funnel.

If the case 7 is detachably attached to the frame of the main body, the case 7 can be removed without spilling the rice after the rice in the hatched portion in FIG. 8 is taken out. be able to. When the case 7 is removed, the funnel 8b
Since it is integrated with the case 7, the funnel 8
Inspect and funnel each device stored in the case where b remains.
The rice remaining in b can be easily removed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a grain processing device.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the grain processing device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a grain processing device.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a partially broken grain cleaning device.

FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view of a cleaning tank.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a stirring body.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a storage funnel.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the storage funnel partially broken.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

10 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 hole 2 opening / closing lid 3 cleaning tank 4 rotating body 5 stirring body

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hole 1 on a side wall and a lid 2 for opening and closing the hole 1.
The washing tank 3 having a rotary body 4 is provided with a rotating body 4 having an axial center in the vertical direction, the stirring body 5 is detachably attached to the rotating body 4, and the stirring body 5 is taken out of the washing tank 3 through the hole 1. Grain cleaning device that can