JPH07327598A - Trough-shaped vibratory conveyer for tea manufacturing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the subject conveyer so designed that a member such as a resin belt is stuckly provided in a specific mode above the bottom surface to effect making tacky tea leaves such as steamed tea leaves hard to stick. CONSTITUTION:A member such as a resin belt 2 is stuckly provided above the bottom surface of a trough-shaped vibratory conveyer 4 for tea manufacturing, with the width of said bottom surface in the longer direction of the bottom surface and also with a slack to some extent in the width direction and a downward slope in the conveyance direction shown by an arrow. Thus, tea leaves 6 are subjected to the vertical zigzag vibration of the member as well as the vibration of the trough conveyer 4 in the conveyance direction, being conveyed without sticking owing to nontackiness of the resin belt etc. Therefore, an operation to peel off tea leaves stuck to the resin belt etc., is mitigated or becomes unnecessary.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a trough type vibrating conveyor for tea making which conveys highly sticky tea leaves such as steam-heated tea leaves.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional tea trough-type vibrating conveyor is
It is made of aluminum, and efforts have been made to prevent the adhesion of tea leaves by coating various materials on the bottom surface. However, the effect was not satisfactory, and there was no trough type vibrating conveyor for tea making like the present invention.

[0003]

In the prior art, tea leaves adhere to the bottom surface of a trough-type vibrating conveyor for tea making, and the adhered tea leaves are deteriorated over a long period of time, and occasionally peel off and mix into high quality tea leaves. As a result, the product quality was adversely affected. Further, when cleaning, it was a difficult task to peel off the adhered and hardened tea leaves. Therefore, there has been a demand for means for preventing the tea leaves from adhering to the trough type vibration conveyor for tea making.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and is above the bottom of a tea making trough type vibrating conveyor and has a bottom width of the bottom. A means for tensioning a member such as a resin belt in the longitudinal direction with a slight slack in the width direction and a downward gradient in the transfer direction is adopted.

[0005]

The present invention is configured by the above means, and the member such as the stretched resin belt moves in an uneven shape by the vibration of the trough type vibrating conveyor for tea making. Then, in addition to the vibration in the transfer direction of the conventional tea making trough type vibration conveyor, vertical vibrations of the members such as the resin belt are given to the tea leaves being conveyed, and the highly adherent tea leaves being conveyed are made into the tea making trough. It has the effect of not sticking to the mold vibration conveyor.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The tea leaves 6 that have been steamed by the steamer 1 fall onto the resin belt 2 of the trough conveyor 4. Conventionally, the tea leaves 6 are conveyed to the outlet due to the vibration of the trough conveyor 4 in the transfer direction by the driving unit 3 and the leaf springs 5. In the present invention, in addition to the vibration of the trough conveyor 4 in the transfer direction, the vibration causes the resin belt 2 to vibrate in an uneven shape, so that the tea leaves 6 jump on the resin belt 2 having a downward slope in the transfer direction. , Due to the non-adhesive nature that the resin belt 2 originally has,
Without adhering, it is transported to the outlet and sent to the next step.

[0007]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects. Since the tea leaves do not adhere to the trough-type vibrating conveyor for tea making, the deteriorated tea leaves do not mix into the high quality tea leaves, resulting in high quality tea. Further, since the tea leaves do not adhere to the tea trough type vibrating conveyor, the work of peeling off the adhered and hardened tea leaves is eliminated, and the cleaning time and labor are reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a combination of a steamer and a tea trough type vibration conveyor according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 steamer 2 resin belt 3 driving part 4 trough conveyor 5 leaf spring 6 tea leaves

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A member such as a resin belt is stretched above the bottom of a trough-type vibrating conveyor for tea making over the length of the bottom with the width of the bottom, with a slight slack in the width and a downward slope in the transfer direction. A trough type vibrating conveyor for tea making characterized by the above.