JPH0732697B2 - Dry rice processing equipment for brewing - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a device for curing whitened rice for brewing to stabilize its properties and sending it to the next step.

"Prior art" Rice brewed for brewing, that is, white rice, has an increased grain temperature and reduced water content during the brewing process. In order to stabilize this, white rice is left to stand for about 7 to 10 days after milling.
This process is generally called "killing".

The following method is used for this death.

One is to pack white rice into paper bags, stack them on a forklift pallet, and store them in a so-called pallet. On the paper bag filled with white rice, write the polishing date, the brand of rice, and the degree of polishing with chalk.

The second is to dry the white rice and store it in a tank. Install the dead tank only for the number of dead days. When the white rice is dried and put in a tank, record the polishing date, brand and polishing level in a notebook or the like.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The former requires a great deal of labor and storage space for packing paper and moving pallets. In particular, the pallets that are piled up with paper bags of dried rice to be sent to the next process are often placed underneath, which requires labor and space for remounting the pallets.

The latter requires less storage space and can save labor by accepting white rice in a dead tank and mechanizing the discharge. However, if a mistake is made in recording on a notebook or a mistake in work, the unfinished polished rice may be sent to the next step.

In the former case, when sending white rice packed in paper bags to the next process,
Since the worker opens the bag and touches the white rice, the grain temperature, brand,
It is often noticed that it has not been completed because it has died due to the degree of milling. However, in the latter case, the worker does not have the opportunity to come in contact with the white rice, and thus does not notice that it has not been killed and has not been completed. Furthermore, if white rice with a different degree of milling is killed and put in the rank, its separation is impossible, resulting in a great loss.

[Means for Solving Problems] Therefore, the present invention aims to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional method and to automate all the steps of the killing process to save labor and eliminate the occurrence of the mistake. It has the following structure.

A plurality of white rice tanks that contain white rice sent from the rice polishing equipment, an automatic weighing machine, a plurality of dying chambers, a supply means for sending the white rice from the white rice tank to the dying chamber via an automatic weighing machine, and a dying chamber to complete the dying rice The evacuation means for sending forms a killing device.

Then, a central control unit is provided in this wiping device.

This central control unit is used to input the brand of white rice sent from the rice polishing device to the white rice tank, the degree of whiteness, the weight of white rice input from the automatic weighing machine, the set period of white rice input in the wiping chamber and the date of acceptance. Is stored as internal data.

In supplying the white rice to the mortar chamber, the supply means is instructed to supply the white rice to the mortar chamber from the selected white rice tanks.

Further, in discharging the dead rice, the dead period of the white rice in the selected dry room is judged from the internal data, and only when the dead period has expired, the discharging means is instructed to discharge the dry rice from the dry room.

"Function" To supply white rice from the white rice tank to the dead tank, first select the white rice tank and the empty dead tank based on the brand of white rice input from the rice polishing device and the degree of rice polishing, and the central control unit supplies the white rice to the supply means. Command.

By this command, the white rice in the white rice tank is weighed by the set weight by the automatic weighing device and stored in the dead tank. The central control unit stores, as internal data, the brand of white rice supplied to the wilting chamber, the degree of whitening, the weight, the set wilting period, and the date of acceptance.

From the internal data, the dying chamber that has expired, that is, the dying chamber containing the dying-completed rice is selected, and the discharging means is instructed to discharge the dying-completed rice and send it to the next process.
However, if it has not been killed, it will not be discharged.

“Effect” Since accurate white rice withdrawal can be done automatically, labor can be saved and the storage space that was required in the past can be used effectively.

Further, by calling the internal data at any time, the worker can accurately know the dead state and can prevent mistakes.

[Examples] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated examples.

First of all, referring to FIG.
-11c are three white rice tanks that contain white rice that has been whitened by a rice polishing machine. Supply shutters 12a to 12c (normally closed) are provided below the polished rice tanks 11a to 11c, respectively. In the white rice tank, 11a is No. 1 and 11b is No.
Number 2 and 11c like No. 3.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a supply conveyor using a belt conveyor, which is horizontally provided below the polished rice tanks 11a to 11c and has a supply shutter 12a.
White rice in the white rice tanks 11a to 11c discharged through ~ 12c,
It is sent to the automatic weighing device 4.

Reference numeral 14 denotes an inbox attached to the lower part of the elevator 15, which measures a set amount and temporarily receives the white rice discharged from the automatic weighing machine 4. Below the upper outlet of the elevator 15, a receiving conveyor 16 using a screw conveyor is installed horizontally.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a dead tank installed below the receiving conveyor 16, and inside the dead tank, 10 dead chambers 17a to 17j for dead days are formed in the embodiment by partition walls. The killing chambers 17a to 17j are also numbered like No.1 to No.10. The white rice in the receiving conveyor 17 is stored in each of the dying chambers 17a-1
After passing through reception shutters 18a to 18j (normally closed) provided on the upper part of 7j, they are housed in the respective dying chambers 17a to 17j. 19a to 19j are discharge shutters (normally closed) provided at the bottoms of the dead chambers 17a to 17j, and a discharge conveyor 20 using a belt conveyor is provided below the dead shutters 17a to 17j. The white rice that has been killed in 17j is
After being discharged through the discharge shutters 19a to 19j, it is dropped onto the discharge conveyor 20 and sent to the next process.

The present invention will now be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG.

A central control unit (CPU) 1 having a RAM and a ROM has an input interface and an output interface built therein.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a driving operation unit, which can arbitrarily select the supply shutters 12a to 12c, the reception shutters 18a to 18j, and the discharge shutters 19a to 19j by a switch. In addition, the operation operation unit 2 is provided with an operation start button and an operation stop button for the white rice receiving process and the dead rice discharging process.

Numeral 3 is an automatic rice polishing device, which is used to polish the polished rice to a white rice tank.
When sending to 11a to 11c, the white rice brand and the degree of whitening are input to the central control unit 1 as data from the central control unit of the automatic rice polishing apparatus 3.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an automatic weighing machine, which automatically weighs the white rice weight by a set value in the receiving process and inputs the numerical value to the central control unit 1 as the white rice weight.

Reference numeral 5 is a display unit (CRT) for displaying the white rice data in the mortality chambers 17a to 17j, that is, the brand, the degree of whiteness, the accumulated weight of the white rice, the set mortality period, and the date of acceptance.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a supply means, which includes supply shutters 12a to 12c, a supply conveyor 13, an elevator 15, a receiving conveyor 16, and a receiving shutter 18a.
18j, and is operated by a command from the central control unit 1.

Denoted at 7 is a discharging means, which is composed of discharging shutters 19a to 19j and a discharging conveyor 20, and operates according to a command from the central control unit 1.

The central control unit 1 uses a white rice tank 11a that the operator uses the operation unit 2 in the process of receiving the white rice into the dead tank 17.
~ 11c selection, ie white rice tank No. selection, dying room 17a
.About.17j, that is, the setting of the withering room No., instructs the supply means 6 to perform the processing for receiving white rice. By this command, the supply means 6
The supply shutters 12a to 12c of the selected white rice tank are opened, the supply conveyor 13, the elevator 15, and the receiving conveyor 16 are started, and the receiving shutters 18a to 18j of the selected dying chamber are opened. As a result, the white rice in the selected white rice tank is
It is weighed in and stored in the selected death chamber.

Further, the central control unit 1 stores, as internal data, the weight of white rice weighed by the automatic weighing device 4, the brand, the degree of whiteness, the set dying period, the date of acceptance, etc. input from the automatic rice polishing apparatus 3.

When discharging the rice that has been killed, the central control unit 1 is selected by the operator selecting the killing chamber No.
Judges the progress of the set deadening period of the white rice in the selected deadening room based on the internal data, and instructs the discharging means 7 to perform the dead rice discharging process. The discharge means 7 is
The dead discharge shutters 19a to 19j of the selected dead room are opened, the conveyor 20 is started, and the dead rice is sent to the next process.

Hereinafter, the whole process of killing white rice will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, the process of receiving white rice in the dead tank 17 will be described with reference to FIG.

The operator sets the white rice receiving weight in the automatic weighing device 4, and the operation and operation unit 2 sets the white rice tank and the dying chamber such as the white rice tank 11b (No. 2) and the dying chamber 17c (No. 3). To be selected.

The central control unit 1 removes the rice in the selected death chamber 17c from
Confirm that there is no stored data (the data will be erased when the white rice in the mortar is sent to the next process as described later), and the white rice receiving operation is started. If there is the above data, the rice is present and an alarm is issued, but the rice is not accepted.

The central control unit 1 is a supply shutter 6 which is a supply unit 6.
~ 12c, one of the receiving shutters 18a ~ 18j, in this example the supply shutter 12b, while opening the receiving shutter 18c,
The operation of the supply conveyor 13, the elevator 15, and the receiving conveyor 16 is started. White rice in the white rice tank 11b is supplied by the shutter 12
b, After passing through the supply conveyor 13, the set weight is automatically weighed by the automatic weighing device 4. When the automatic weighing is completed, it is accommodated in the selected dying chamber 17c through the receiving box 14, the elevator 15, the receiving conveyor 16, and the receiving shutter 18c.

Further, the central control unit 1 stores the weighed white rice weight, the white rice brand and the degree of whiteness inputted from the automatic rice polishing apparatus 3 when the automatic weighing is completed. At the same time, the central control unit 1 uses the internal clock to set the date of acceptance and the number of the death chamber that has been accepted.
Remember and stop accepting.

Next, the discharge process of the dead rice, that is, the dead rice, from the dead tank 17 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the operator selects the dead chamber of the dead tank 17, for example, 17e (No. 5), in the driving operation unit 2.

The central control unit 1 causes the display unit 5 to display internal data such as the date of receipt of the white rice, the brand, the degree of whiteness, and the weight of the white rice in the selected wilting room 17e. When the operator presses the discharge operation button on the operation unit 2 after confirming the data, the central control unit 1 starts the dying discharge conveyor 20, which is the discharging means 7, and also opens the discharge shutter 19e of the selected dying chamber 17e. Let it open and send the dead rice to the next step.

If the wiping is not completed, the central control unit 1 does not perform the above-described discharge processing and issues an alarm.

When the dead rice is no longer on the dead discharge conveyor 20 and the transportation to the next process is completed, the operator stops the dead rice discharge at the operation unit 2. The central control unit 1 closes the dead discharge shutter 19e, stops the dead discharge conveyor 20, and deletes the internal data of the dead chamber 17e that has completed the discharge.

The number of white rice tanks and mortars can be arbitrarily set regardless of the embodiment. It is also optional to form the kill chamber with an independent kill tank.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a killing device. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a white rice receiving process, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a dead rice discharging process. 1 ... Central control unit 2 ... Operation control unit 3 ... Automatic rice milling device 4 ... Automatic weighing device 5 ... Display unit 6 ... Supply means 7 ... Discharging means 11a to 11c ... White rice tank 17 ... Depletion Tanks 17a to 17j …… Death room

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of white rice tanks for storing white rice sent from a rice polishing apparatus, an automatic weighing device, a plurality of dying chambers, a supply means for sending white rice from a white rice tank to an dying chamber through an automatic weighing device, and dying completion It consists of a killing device consisting of a discharging means that sends rice to the next process, and a central control unit. The central control unit is a brand of white rice sent from a rice polishing device to a white rice tank, a degree of whiteness, and an automatic weighing machine. The input weight of white rice, the input dead time of white rice in the mortar room and the date of acceptance are stored as internal data, and when supplying the white rice to the mortar room, the supply means are instructed to select each. White rice is supplied from the white rice tank to the mortality chamber, and when the mortality is completed, the mortality period of the white rice in the selected mortality chamber is judged from internal data and discharged only when the mortality period expires. Seasoning apparatus of brewing rice, characterized in that discharging the completion rice seasoning from chamber seasoning and instructs the stage. 2. The supply means includes a supply shutter provided in each of the white rice tanks, a supply conveyor for sending the white rice supplied from the white rice tanks to an automatic weighing device, an elevator for sending white rice measured by the automatic weighing device, and an elevator. The receiving conveyor that sends the removed white rice to the dying tank, the receiving shutter that receives the white rice from the receiving conveyor, respectively, is the receiving shutter provided in the dying chamber, and the discharging means is the discharging shutter provided in the dying chamber, and the discharging chamber is discharged from the dying chamber. The apparatus for killing white rice for brewing according to claim 1, comprising a discharge conveyor for sending the rice that has been killed to the next step. 3. The apparatus for killing white rice for brewing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the killing chamber is formed by a partition wall in the killing tank.