JPS5825832Y2 - Nori drying equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The purpose of this invention is to apply appropriate moisture to the dried seaweed when drying the seaweed, prevent it from tearing when peeling the seaweed, and give the dried seaweed a glossy or glossy appearance. The invention relates to a seaweed drying device.

In order to achieve the above object, conventional seaweed drying equipment commonly uses a method in which a small boiler is connected to a burner and water vapor is mixed with the drying air and blown into the drying air.

However, with this method, it is very difficult to adjust the humidity of the drying air, and the drying conditions vary depending on the origin and collection of the raw algae, which subtly affects the quality of the dried seaweed.

Another cause is that moisture is not distributed at an appropriate rate inside the dryer, and furthermore, there are legal and economic constraints on the operation of the boiler.

In addition, as another method, there is known a method in which undried seaweed that has been subjected to papermaking and dewatering is put into a dryer in the reverse direction of the above method and taken out.

That is, in this method, undried seaweed is fed downward from the entrance of the dryer, transported in the longitudinal direction, and then circulated upward and taken out as dried seaweed from the same entrance.

According to this, the moisture generated from the undried seaweed can be applied to the dried seaweed located above, so the above-mentioned problems can be solved to a considerable extent.

However, the inner rear half of the dryer is very important for drying the seaweed, and it is not desirable to add too much moisture to it.

Nevertheless, this method has the disadvantage that there is a risk of excess moisture in the back half of the dryer, and delicate control is required to balance this with the drying conditions in the front half.

The present invention aims to provide an extremely simple seaweed drying device in order to solve the above-mentioned problems and drawbacks all at once.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 in the figure is the main body of the dryer, inside of which there is papermaking and
An endless chain 4 is installed in parallel with a large number of supporting arms 3 attached at regular intervals for intermittently transporting the dried seaweed tubes 2.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a holder for the seaweed tube 2, which in this embodiment is held by a pair of rod-shaped members.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a parallel endless chain for intermittently transporting the nori tubes 2 to perform papermaking, dewatering, peeling, etc. of the nori, and locking pieces 7 that engage with both ends of the holder 5 are attached at predetermined intervals. It is being

In addition, a part of the endless chain 6 is connected to the population 1a of the dryer main body 1.
The nori tube 2 is brought close to the endless chain 4 through the endless chain 4, and at this location, the seaweed tube 2 together with its holder 5 can be transferred from each endless chain 6 to the endless chain 4 or vice versa. There is.

Then, the undried seaweed that has been subjected to papermaking and dewatering, that is, the undried seaweed a, is located in the upper part of the dryer main body 1, and is passed around in the longitudinal direction by the endless chain 4.
Dry seaweed, ie, dried seaweed, is located below and is carried out of the machine from the same population 1a.

8 is a drying air inlet, through which dry hot air is blown.

Below this, there is a water tank 9-1.9-2 according to the present invention.
A suitable number of 9-3, 9-4... are arranged in the longitudinal direction.

A perforated plate 10 having a large number of holes 10a is fixed to the upper part of each tank, and the perforated plate 10 is slidable with respect to these holes 10a.
1a is provided with a sliding perforated plate 11 that opens and closes.

An operating rod 12 is connected to the sliding perforated plate 11, and is operated manually or automatically from outside the machine to adjust the opening degree of the holes 10a and 111.

That is, the water tank 9-1 located in the front half of the dryer main body 1
．． The opening degree of the hole 9-2 is made large, and that of the aquarium 9-3.9-4 located in the rear half is made small.

Or set it to zero depending on the case.

In the figure, 13 is a water supply pipe, 14 is a drain pipe, 15 is an overflow pipe, 16 is a communication pipe for each water tank, and 17 and 18 are cocks for the water supply pipes 13 and 14, respectively.

Further, 19 is a handle of the operating rod 12. In the present invention, inside the dryer main body 1, undried seaweed a is placed upwardly.
The dried seaweed sheets are located at the bottom and go around in the longitudinal direction.

Then, the holes 10a and 1 of the respective water tanks extend from the frontmost water tank 91 near the population 1a side of the dryer main body 1 to the rear.
The opening degree of 1a is adjusted to be small, and dry drying air is blown into the dryer body 1 through the inlet port 8 provided on the lower side surface of the dryer body 1.

The water in each tank is poured into a hole 10a whose opening degree is adjusted in advance.
, lla, and the amount of evaporation is controlled, so that in the first half of the dryer main body 1, the drying air contains a lot of moisture, and in the second half, the drying air has very little moisture.

The drying air containing moisture in an appropriate proportion can dry the undried seaweed a and provide an appropriate amount of moisture to the dried seaweed.

That is, in the inner rear half of the dryer body 1, a delicate moisture level of almost zero is applied to the dried seaweed to make it shine, and in the front half of the dryer body 1, the next process of drying the dried seaweed is applied. Sufficient moisture can be applied to the seaweed to prevent it from tearing when peeling the seaweed.

Moreover, since the undried seaweed a moves above the dried seaweed, the moisture generated therefrom does not affect the dried seaweed.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the dried seaweed has a luster or luster, does not break when peeling the seaweed, and can be obtained at a high quality and at a high price.

In addition, the structure and control are extremely simple because the opening degree of the holes is adjusted by the fixed perforated plate and the sliding perforated plate of the water tank arranged in the longitudinal direction of the dryer body, and the humidity of the drying air is adjusted. It is simple and allows accurate humidity adjustment of drying air.

Note that a boiler for adjusting the humidity of the drying air is not required.

It goes without saying that the present invention also includes a sliding perforated plate that moves in a circular motion.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional side view of the seaweed drying device according to the present invention;
The figure is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line I--I in FIG. 1. 1: Dryer body, 8: Drying air inlet, 9-1.9-
2.9-3.9-4: Water tank, 10: Fixed porous plate, 11
: Sliding perforated plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a dryer in which the undried seaweed is located at the top and the dried seaweed is located at the bottom and the seaweed is dried by circulating it in the longitudinal direction, a water tank is suitably located below the drying air inlet of the dryer main body. A seaweed drying device, which is arranged in several longitudinal directions, and is provided with a fixed perforated plate and a sliding perforated plate that slides to open and close the holes of the perforated plate above the water tanks.