JPS624108B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a seaweed drying apparatus for producing high quality dried seaweed.

[Conventional technology]

In general, nori drying equipment involves winding a transport chain with a number of nori cage holders attached around a pair of spaced sprocket wheels, and holding a large number of nori cage holding frames on the same nori cage holder. The seaweed on the seaweed cage is dried by blowing exhaust heat up from below the conveyance chain.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in such a method, uneven drying occurs between the upper and lower parts of each piece of seaweed during transport along the upward path. That is, since the hot air is blown up from below, a part of the lower part dries before the rear part is turned over, and when the rear part is turned over, the hot humid air from the upper part on the outbound trip, that is, the lower part on the return trip, blows into the dry upper part. When the seaweed is wet, the humidity is added again, which causes the seaweed in this area to turn into dead leaves and become cloudy, leading to a decline in quality.

Moreover, when two or more rows of seaweed cages are attached to one holding frame for the purpose of mass production, this problem becomes even more remarkable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a seaweed drying apparatus that can produce high quality seaweed without causing uneven drying in the upper and lower parts of the seaweed, and that can reduce fuel consumption.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the objective, the seaweed drying apparatus of the present invention arranges a front endless conveyance mechanism and a rear endless conveyance mechanism in a horizontal positional relationship inside the seaweed drying chamber. A nori cage holding frame is provided between the rear endless transport mechanism so that the nori cage is moved from the front endless transport mechanism to the rear endless transport mechanism and from the rear endless transport mechanism to the front endless transport mechanism on a horizontal plane. It is characterized by the interposition of a transferring device and a reversing mechanism for reversing the nori cage holding frame during the transfer.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the overall configuration of a seaweed drying apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged explanatory diagram of a reversing mechanism, FIG.
The figure is a front view of a seaweed cage holding frame to which seaweed can be pasted in two rows, upper and lower.

In FIG. 1, numerals 1 and 2 are a first drying chamber and a second drying chamber installed at a distance on a floor surface 50, and both drying chambers 1 and 2 are connected by an intermediate transfer section 3. .

4 and 5 are the first and second drying chambers 1 and 2, respectively.
The conveyance chain and the rear conveyance chain are horizontally arranged inside the conveyor belt. Both chains 4 and 5 have pulleys 6 and 6 disposed on both sides of the first drying chambers 1 and 2, respectively.
7, 8, 9 and around pulleys 10, 11, 12, 13. Furthermore, both chains 4 and 5
The cage holders 14 and 15 each having a certain length are attached to the outer circumferential surface thereof by attachments.

Note that in this example, a chain is used as the endless conveyance mechanism. However, it is of course possible to employ other conveying means such as a belt without being restricted to this.

Further, 20 indicates a front conveyance chain 4 in the first drying chamber 1 and a rear conveyance chain 5 in the second drying chamber 2.
This is an intermediate delivery chain that communicates with the seaweed cage holding frame 21. The intermediate transfer chain 20 is wound around pulleys 22, 23, 24, and 25 disposed on both sides of the intermediate transfer section 3.

Further, reference numeral 30 denotes a seaweed cage holding frame 2 disposed in the middle of the intermediate delivery chain 20 and transferred from the front conveyance chain 4 to the rear conveyance chain 5.
1 is reversed, and the nori cage holding frame 2 is transferred from the rear conveyance chain 5 to the front conveyance chain 4.
This is an inversion mechanism that inverts 1.

The detailed structure of the reversing mechanism 30 is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and in the illustrated embodiment, the mechanism includes an upper horizontal transfer section 31 and a lower horizontal transfer section 32 of the intermediate transfer chain 20. Guide rails 33 and 34 are provided along the chain 20, and the tip thereof extends on the movement trajectory of the tip of the seaweed cage holding frame 21, and the front conveyance chain 4, the rear conveyance chain 5, and the intermediate delivery chain 20 are provided. Rotary levers 35, 36 and 37 that operate in conjunction with the operation of
38.

In addition, in the above-mentioned seaweed drying apparatus, 40 is the first
This is a paper making device chain that transfers the nori cage holding frame 21 after being made into paper by the paper making device 41 to the front conveyance chain 4 provided in the drying room 1.

Next, the drying operation using the seaweed cage drying apparatus having the above configuration will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the seaweed cage holding frame 21 with seaweed A and B formed on the upper surface 42 and lower surface 43 is transferred from the paper-making device chain 40 to the front conveyance chain 4 by the paper-making device 41. , the seaweed A and B are transported through the first drying chamber 1 and hot air is applied to the seaweed A and B from below the first drying chamber 1 to dry them. At this point, seaweed B is in a drier state than seaweed A.

After drying in the first drying chamber 1, the nori cage holding frame 21 is transferred from the front conveyance chain 4 to the second
It is transferred to the rear conveyance chain 5 in the drying chamber 2.

Specifically, this transfer involves interlocking and intermittently moving the front and rear conveyor chains 4 and 5 and the intermediate transfer chain 21, and moving the rotation levers 35 and 5 intermittently.
36 blocks the movement locus of the tip of the nori cage holding frame 21 of the front and rear conveyance chains 4 and 5, when the intermediate transfer chain 21 is moved and the rotating levers 35 and 36 do not rotate to block the movement. , by moving the front and rear conveyor chains 4,5.

By moving the rear conveyance chain 5 within the second drying chamber 2, the seaweed A and B on the seaweed cage holding frame 21 are removed.
Secondary drying. In such drying, hot air is applied to the seaweed A and B from below, but since the holding frame is inverted, seaweed A is dried more than seaweed B. In this way, seaweed A,
By drying B through the first and second drying chambers 1 and 2, it is evenly dried, and the occurrence of unevenness can be effectively prevented.

After completion of drying in the second drying chamber 2, the nori cage holding frame 21 is transferred from the rear conveyance chain 5 to the front conveyance chain 4 in the first drying chamber 1 via the intermediate transfer chain 20 and reversing mechanism 30 again. .
Next, the dried seaweed A and B are peeled from the seaweed cage using a seaweed peeling device (not shown).

In addition, although the above embodiment shows the case where the seaweed is made into paper sheets in two rows, upper and lower, in the nori cage holding frame 21, the form in which the seaweed is made into paper sheets to which the present invention can be applied is not limited to this, and can be made from conventional sheets. Similarly, it can naturally be applied to the case where the paper is made in one row.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the seaweed drying apparatus of the present invention, when the seaweed cage is moved from the front endless transport mechanism to the rear endless transport mechanism and from the rear endless transport mechanism to the front endless transport mechanism, , the seaweed cage holding frame is reversed. Therefore, the part of seaweed that was on the upper side at the top of the front endless transport mechanism becomes the lower side at the top of the rear endless transport mechanism, becomes the upper side again at the bottom of the rear endless transport mechanism, and then becomes the upper side at the bottom of the rear endless transport mechanism, and then It becomes downward again at the bottom of . In this way, the seaweed is dried while being turned over multiple times, so that it can be dried uniformly over the front surface.

Moreover, since the front endless conveyance mechanism and the rear endless conveyance mechanism are arranged side by side in the drying chamber, the influence of the pressure loss of the hot air in the previous stage drying process on the next stage drying process is reduced. In addition, the hot air used for the final stage of drying, that is, the hot air that passed through the lower part of the front endless conveyance mechanism, has relatively little moisture evaporated from the seaweed, so it maintains sufficient drying ability. . Since this hot air is used for the first stage of drying in the upper part of the front endless conveyance mechanism, efficient use of the hot air is achieved.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently perform quick and uniform drying.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the overall configuration of a seaweed drying apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged explanatory diagram of a reversing mechanism, FIG.
The figure is a front view of a seaweed cage holding frame to which seaweed can be pasted in two rows, upper and lower. In the figure, 1...first drying chamber, 2...second drying chamber, 3...
Intermediate transfer section, 4...front conveyance chain, 5...rear conveyance chain, 6...pulley, 7...pulley, 8...
Pulley, 9... Pulley, 10... Pulley, 11... Pulley, 12... Pulley, 13... Pulley, 14... Screen holder, 15... Screen holder, 20... Intermediate delivery chain, 21... Nori cage holding frame, 22... Pulley, 23...
Pulley, 24... Pulley, 25... Pulley, 30... Reversing mechanism, 31... Upper horizontal transfer section, 32... Lower horizontal transfer section, 33... Guide rail, 34... Guide rail, 35... Rotating lever, 36... Rotating lever , 37
... Rotating lever, 38... Rotating lever, 40... Paper making device chain, 41... Paper making device, 42... Top surface, 43...
Bottom surface, A...nori, B...nori.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Arrange the front endless transport mechanism and the rear endless transport mechanism in a horizontal positional relationship inside the nori drying chamber,
Between the front endless conveyance mechanism and the rear endless conveyance mechanism, a seaweed cage is moved on a horizontal plane from the front endless conveyance mechanism to the rear endless conveyance mechanism and from the rear endless conveyance mechanism to the front endless conveyance mechanism. A seaweed drying device having a seaweed cage reversing mechanism, characterized in that a device for transferring the seaweed cage holding frame and a reversing mechanism for reversing the seaweed cage holding frame during the delivery are provided.