JPS6133512Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a gourd drying device that can efficiently and uniformly dry a large amount of gourd stored and installed in a greenhouse without causing uneven drying.

Conventionally, a large amount of harvested material to be dried is placed on a construction frame installed in a greenhouse, and then the material is dried by blowing drying hot air obtained from a hot air generator upward from below. A drying device for drying is well known, having been described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 8855/1988 before the present application.

By the way, when trying to dry a large amount of dried gourds stored in a hanging shape using a conventional drying device of this kind, the drying hot air is directed upwards rather than downwardly, so the lower part of the drying process is faster. Perhaps because the upper side dries slowly, making it impossible to dry the whole thing uniformly, the blower tube that blows out dry hot air and the suction tube that discharges it are both installed at fixed positions above and below the house. The direction of flow of dry hot air is also fixed, so even if some of the gantry gourds on the structure are not dried, this will prevent the dry hot air from being sprayed intensively on the undried gourds. The drawback was that it could not be dried.

Therefore, in order to solve the drawbacks of the above-mentioned known drying devices, the present invention has been developed by installing a blower capable of blowing dry hot air along the length of the house at the upper side of the house, and discharging the dry hot air blown by the blower. The blower is installed at a lower level than the blower and is sprayed from the side to dry it as uniformly as possible, while at the same time the blower tube connected to the blower at its base end can blow air freely in any direction. All the gourds installed in the house are uniformly formed.
Moreover, the object of the present invention is to obtain a gourd drying device that can quickly dry gourds.

In view of the above, in order to easily achieve the above object, the present invention has a configuration in which a hot air generator that blows dry hot air upward is installed on one side of the house, and air can be blown along the longitudinal direction of the house. A blower is provided, and a gourd construction frame is installed in the house at a lower level than the blower, and on the discharge side of the blower, the base end side is connected to the blower, and the tip side is a blower port,
The gourd drying device has a blower tube whose entire structure is extendable and retractable, which is suspended via a number of rings on a support member whose direction can be adjusted in the left and right directions with the base end as an axis, According to such a gourd drying device, the hot dry air generated by the hot air generator and the blower can be moved to a desired position on the gourds built in the house by adjusting the expansion and contraction of the blower tube and adjusting the direction of the gourd in the left and right directions. It is easy to blow air from the side at any time to create smooth convection, so even if there are a large number of gourds installed, all of them can be dried uniformly and quickly without uneven drying.
Not only can the dried gourd of excellent quality be obtained, but also the convection action of the drying hot air can be further promoted to improve the drying efficiency.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the gourd drying apparatus according to the present invention will be described below as shown in the accompanying drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a house formed by attaching a cover 3 made of a light-transmitting or non-light-transmitting wall plate or cover around a bone frame 2, and inside the house 1 there is a large amount of dried gourd A.
An erection frame 4 for erection is installed. A hot air generator 5 for blowing dry hot air upward is installed on the floor of one side of the house 1, and a blower 6 is installed on one side above the hot air generator 5. . On the discharge side of the blower 6, the base end side is connected to the blower 6, the distal end side is connected to the blower 6, and the distal end side is a blower port, and a bellows-shaped blower tube 7 is formed so that the whole can be adjusted freely.
It is suspended via a ring body 9 fitted to a support member 8 which is pivotally connected to the support member 8 and whose direction can be adjusted in the left and right directions.

Note that the support member 8 has its proximal end connected to the blower 6.
It consists of a cantilevered rod that is pivoted to the top. 9
is the door for the loading/unloading entrance provided on one side of the house 1. Note that when the covering body 3 is formed of a cover, this door 9 is not necessary, and a chucked covering body can be used instead.

Next, its effect will be explained.

Now, after a large amount of harvested gourds A are successively erected on the erecting frame 4, the hot air generator 5 and the blower 6 are operated. Then, the generated dry hot air is regulated by the blower tube 6 and convects inside the house 1 along the arrow direction shown in FIGS. Spray it from the side and dry it one by one.

By the way, during the above-mentioned drying operation, the gourd A installed in a place where the hot drying air does not evenly circulate will not dry properly because the hot drying air will not be uniformly blowing on it, resulting in uneven drying. If this happens, the blower tube 7 may be extended along the support member 8, or the blower tube 7 may be moved entirely along the support member 8, so that stronger dry hot air can be effectively blown against the unevenly dried gourd A. By adjusting the direction to either the left or the right, strong dry hot air can be easily blown against the dry gourd A to effectively dry the undried gourd A.

Therefore, even when a large amount of gourds A are built and stored in the house 1, by adjusting the expansion and contraction of the blower tube 7 and adjusting the direction of air blowing, all of the gourds can be finished and dried to a uniform degree of dryness. Products can be obtained efficiently.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the gourd drying apparatus according to the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view, Fig. 2 is a partially cutaway side view, and Fig. 3 is a view with the cover removed. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...House, 4...Erection frame, 5...Hot air generator, 6...Blower, 7...Blower cylinder, 8...Support member, 9...Ring body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A hot air generator that blows dry hot air upwards is installed on one side of the house.A blower that can blow air along the length of the house is placed on the upper side of the house, and a frame for constructing gourds is placed inside the house on the lower side of the blower. On the discharge side of the blower, the base end side is connected to the blower, the distal end side is a blower port, and the blower tube is formed so that the whole can be expanded and contracted. 1. A gourd drying device characterized in that the gourd drying device is suspended from a multi-ring support member.