KR101151440B1 - Tempering Bath - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to thaw frozen fruit raw material for secondary processing and at the same time to remove endogenous foreign material such as leaves and stems and non-exudable foreign material such as hair, insects and stones contained in the fruit raw material. It is about a frozen fruit thawing cleaner.

The device consists of a thawing bath filled with thawing solvent, a conveying unit for transporting the frozen fruit immersed in the thawing bath to the rear, a discharge unit for discharging the frozen fruit conveyed by the conveying unit to the outside of the thawing bath, and a freezing unit. And a control unit for filtering foreign substances separated from the fruit and mixed in the thawing solvent, supplying the filtered water to the thawing cleaning tank, and controlling the temperature of the thawing solvent.

This device thaws frozen fruit raw material with water at a suitable temperature as a thawing solvent, and has a faster thawing speed than conventional natural cold thawing and at the same time removes foreign substances contained in frozen fruit raw materials.

Description

Frozen Fruit Thawing Cleaner {Tempering Bath}

The present invention relates to a frozen fruit thawing cleaner capable of quickly thawing frozen fruits and separating and removing foreign substances.

In order to make processed foods from fruits, the fruits harvested from the farms are processed according to their types and uses to remove leaves, taps and seeds or peels (cutting), which is called primary processing, and then frozen and stored. Will be used. To make products such as jams using primary processing raw materials, frozen raw materials must be thawed again. Conventionally, by thawing at room temperature, it is difficult to uniformly match the thawing state of raw material fruits and it takes a long time. In addition, it takes a lot of manpower and cost to remove the foreign matter that has not been separated and removed in the harvesting and primary processing of the fruit, and there is a problem that it is difficult to avoid deterioration of the quality of the raw material in the process. Therefore, it is the background of the present invention to simultaneously solve two disadvantages of the conventional natural thawing and the effect of separating and removing foreign substances.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a frozen fruit thawing cleaner capable of quickly and uniformly thawing frozen fruits and separating and removing foreign substances.

In order to achieve the above object, the frozen fruit thawing cleaner according to the present invention includes a thawing solvent filled with a thawing solvent, a conveying unit for conveying the frozen fruit locked in the thawing washing tank to the rear, and a frozen fruit conveyed by the conveying unit. It includes a discharge unit for discharging to the outside of the thawing cleaning tank, a circulation unit for separating foreign matter mixed in the thawing solvent separated from the frozen fruit, and supplying the filtered water to the thawing cleaning tank, and a control panel for controlling the temperature of the thawing solvent. .

Frozen fruit thawing cleaner according to the present invention, by thawing the frozen fruit with water, which is a thawing solvent of the appropriate temperature, can be thawed faster and more uniformly than conventional natural thawing, and saves time and money by separating and removing foreign substances at the same time It can improve the quality.

Hereinafter, the technical configuration of the present invention according to the accompanying drawings in detail.

1 is a view schematically showing a frozen fruit thawing cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in the frozen fruit thawing cleaner shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 An elevation view showing a frozen fruit thawing cleaner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 3, the frozen fruit thawing cleaner 100 according to the present invention includes a thawing washing tank 110, a transfer unit 120, a discharge unit 130, a circulation unit 140, and a control panel 160. It includes.

The thawing washing tank 110 is a thawing solvent-filled water tank where thawing and washing of the frozen fruit are performed. Water may be used as the thawing solvent. An inlet 111 for injecting frozen fruit is formed in the front upper portion of the thawing washing tank 110, and an outlet 112 is formed in the lower bottom portion of the rear bottom, and a water overflow window 113 is provided at both sides. .

Frozen fruit introduced through the inlet 111 is immersed in the water of the thawing cleaning tank (110). This water acts as a thawing solvent to melt frozen fruits. The water is heated properly and has heat, which is transferred to the frozen fruit and thawed. As such, the water is in direct contact with the frozen fruit, and the frozen fruit is quickly thawed. The foreign matter attached to the surface is separated from the fruit with thawing, so that the foreign matter having a smaller specific gravity than the water floats in the water, and the foreign matter having a large specific gravity sinks to the bottom of the thawing bath. Floating foreign matter is caught by the filter net 144 while going down to the water collecting tank 143 through the water receiving tank 142 together with the water overflowing through the water overflow window 113, the submerged foreign matter of the thaw washing tank 110 Gather at the bottom.

The lower jaw of the water overflow window 113 is at a higher position than the transfer unit 120 submerged in water. Therefore, the supplied water overflows and discharges into the water receiving tank 142 through the water overflow window 113 of the thawing washing tank 110. At this time, foreign matters floating in the frozen fruit and floating in the water are discharged together with the water.

Outlet 112 is formed at the bottom of the thawing cleaning tank (110). The bottom of the thaw washing tank 110 is a two-stage structure with a lower outlet 112 side. Since the outlet 112 is formed at the bottom of the low-floor bottom of the thaw washing tank 110, foreign substances having a large specific gravity such as sand or soil that sink in the thawing washing tank 110 are collected, and then the outlet 112 It is possible to open it and discharge it at a time.

The transfer unit 120 serves to push the frozen fruit in the thaw washing tank 110 toward the rear discharge unit 130 in the semi-submerged state. The bar type conveyor belt constituting the conveying unit 120 is a conveying belt 122 which performs a circular motion in a water tank by two gears 121 driven by a reduction motor 123. It is locked. Bar type Bars Conveyor Bars (Bar) are closely arranged to pass through the floating foreign materials but not fruit, the plate (124) is additionally attached to the outer surface of the bar at appropriate intervals Push the submerged fruit in a certain direction. The frozen fruit has a specific gravity smaller than that of water and floats upwards in the thawing cleaning tank 110, but is blocked by the lower end of the conveying belt 122 by the plate 124 of the conveying unit 122 while the injury is blocked above this height. Moved backwards.

The basic structure of the discharge unit 130 is a conveyor of the same type as the transfer unit 120 is installed so as to have a proper inclination so that the fruit is placed on the plate mounted on the conveyor while the water is drained between the bar (Bar). The lower end is disposed adjacent to the end of the transfer unit 120 and locked in the thawing wash tank 110 to discharge the fruit transported by the transfer belt 122 from the thawing wash tank. If the fruit reaches the top of the conveyor installed inclinedly, the drained fruit can be collected.

The circulation unit 140 collects the water, which has been overflowed from the thawing washing tank 110, passes through the water receiving tank 142, passes through the filtering network 144, and collects the filtered water in the water collecting tank 143 to the thawing washing tank 110. Refers to a series of devices such as a pump 145 for circulating supply, and includes an air supply device (141, 146), a water level sensor (147), an automatic water supply valve (148), and a temperature control device (150). This circulation unit is aerated (여과), filtered, warmed (溫 溫), etc., the water supplied to the thaw washing tank 110 to be circulated and reused.

The end of the circulation water supply pipe 141 is disposed in the thawing wash tank 110.

The drip tank 142 has an open shape, and is larger than the thawing bath 110 to receive the overflowed water from the thawing bath 110 so as to receive the thawing solvent flowing from the thawing bath 110. As the water overflows from the thawing and washing tank 110, foreign matters suspended together are discharged to the drip tank 142 and filtered in the filtering network 144 which will be described later. The bottom surface of the sump tank 142 is slightly inclined toward the sump tank 143 so that water introduced into the sump tank 142 is collected in the sump tank 143.

The water collecting tank 143 is positioned below the water collecting tank 142 to receive and store water discharged from the thawing washing tank 110 to the water collecting tank 142. At the bottom of the sump 143 is a drain valve 143a. If the thawing solvent (water) continues to circulate for a long time, the state of the water is not good, so if it is replaced or pulled out after the end of the work can open the drain valve (143a) to discharge all the water in the sump.

The filter net 144 is installed at the interface between the drip tank 142 and the sump 143 to filter the water to filter foreign matter. The filter network 144 is a very dense network structure to filter out various foreign materials such as hair, vinyl pieces, insects that were buried in the raw material frozen fruit, there is an insertion hole to be detachable / attached to the side of the sump (143) The foreign substances collected in the filter net 144 can be easily cleaned periodically.

The pump 145 circulates and supplies the filtered thawing solvent of the filtered water collecting tank 143 to the thawing cleaning tank 110 through the circulation water supply pipe 141. As an auxiliary device, there is a water level sensor 147 and an automatic water supply valve 148 to adjust the water level of the water tank 143 and replenish insufficient water. The supply nozzle of the circulation water supply pipe 141 opens in the thaw cleaning tank 110 to circulate and supply the water of the water collecting tank 143 to the thawing cleaning tank 110.

The air supply device includes an air compressor (not shown), an air supply valve 146, and a plurality of diffusers 141a.

The air compressor supplies compressed air to the circulation water supply pipe 141 to be supplied to the thawing cleaning tank 110 in a state where air is mixed with the thawing solvent. The air supply valve 146 controls the flow of compressed air supplied from the air compressor. The diffuser 141a forms air bubbles in the end portion of the circulation water supply pipe 141. The two diffusers 141a are at the end of the circulating water supply pipe 141 and form air bubbles while discharging the compressed air supplied from the air supply pipe 146 to the thawing cleaning tank 110 together with the thawing solvent. The aeration pressure causes the debris to stick to the fruit surface and increases the surface contact of the fruit to accelerate thawing. The air supply unit supplies compressed air to the circulation water supply pipe 141 through the air compressor 146 to aeration the air into the diffuser 141a opened in the thaw cleaning tank 110 to the frozen fruit surface. Easily separate foreign matters and promote thawing. Compressed air is supplied to the compressed air produced by the air compressor through the circulation feed pipe (141). That is, to facilitate the separation of foreign matter adhering to the surface of the fruit moved by the transfer unit 120 to the strong vortex of the thawing refrigerant due to aeration and to accelerate the thawing.

The control panel 160 is composed of a temperature input key and an ON / OFF switch for inputting the temperature of the thawing solvent as a control panel. By entering the desired temperature with the temperature input key, the temperature of the thawing solvent can be arbitrarily adjusted, and there are other controllers to control the temperature and water level.

The process of thawing and removing foreign substances by circulating water by the circulation unit 140 having the above structure will be described as follows with reference to the drawings.

 Referring to FIG. 4, water mixed with foreign substances discharged from the thawing washing tank 110 flows into the drip tank 142 and is filtered by the filtering network 144 and collected in the water collecting tank 143. The water collected in the sump 143 is supplied to the circulation water supply pipe 141 through the pump 145. That is, the water containing the foreign matter in the process of thawing the fruit is filtered by the circulation unit 140 is supplied again to the thawing cleaning tank (110).

In addition, the water collection tank 143 of the circulation unit 140 is equipped with a water level sensor 147 and an automatic water supply valve 148. The water level sensor 147 detects the water level of the water tank and supplies water to the water tank by interlocking with the automatic water supply valve 148 if the quantity is insufficient. When the water level is reduced due to the decrease in the amount of the water collecting tank 143, the water level sensor 147 detects this and transmits an electric signal including the water level information to the controller (not shown). The controller operates the automatic water supply valve 148 to supply water to the water collecting tank 143. When water reaches the set water level, the water level sensor 147 sends the measured water level information to the control unit, and the control unit reads the received electric signal to stop the operation of the automatic water supply valve 148.

When a sufficient amount of the thawing solvent (water) is not filled in the thawing cleaning tank 110, the transfer unit 120 is not submerged in water so that thawing of frozen fruits and removal of foreign substances are not normally performed. ) And automatic water supply valve 148 to keep the thawing solvent (water) to a certain amount to prevent the above problems occur.

In addition, the temperature control unit 150 is installed in the device. Temperature control device 150 is composed of a temperature sensor 151 and the steam automatic valve 152 is installed in the water collecting tank (143). Temperature control unit 150 is to maintain a constant temperature of the thawing solvent (water), when the water temperature is lowered according to the thawing of the frozen fruit, the temperature sensor 151 detects the temperature to control the electrical signal ( 160, the controller operates the steam automatic valve 152 to heat the sump 143 to compensate for the lowered water temperature.

The temperature sensor 151 is installed in the water collecting tank 143 to sense the temperature of the thawing solvent. Automatic steam valve 152 is composed of a steam pipe and an automatic valve for supplying high pressure steam. When the temperature of the water becomes lower than the predetermined temperature, the temperature sensor 151 senses this and supplies high pressure steam to the water collecting tank 143 to quickly heat the water in the water collecting tank 143. That is, when the water is in contact with the frozen fruit and heat is transferred to the frozen fruit and the temperature of the water is lowered, the temperature sensor 151 detects the water temperature and controls the temperature to be maintained so that the frozen fruit is thawed uniformly. . Here, the steam automatic valve 152 is controlled by the control panel 160. The control panel 160 operates the steam automatic valve 152 when the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor 151 is below a specific temperature.

On the other hand, the control panel 160 has an operation switch and a display lamp of the transfer unit 120 and the discharge unit 130 to know the operating state of the frozen fruit thawing cleaner 100, the emergency stop switch is provided to the driver's Ensure safety

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and any person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may have various modifications and equivalent other embodiments. Will understand. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

1 is a view schematically showing a frozen fruit thawing cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A in the frozen fruit thawing cleaner shown in FIG.

Figure 3 is an elevational view showing a frozen fruit thawing cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating thawing strawberry with a frozen fruit thawing cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: Frozen fruit thawing cleaner

110: thaw cleaning tank

   111: inlet 112: outlet

   113: water overflow

120: transfer unit

130: discharge unit

140: circulation unit

   141: circulating water supply pipe 142: drip tank

   143: sump tank 144: filter net

   145: pump 146: air compressor

150: temperature control unit

   151: temperature sensor 152: steam automatic valve

Claims (4)

Thawing bath filled with thawing solvent; A transfer unit positioned inside the thawing cleaning tank to transfer the frozen fruit locked to the thawing cleaning tank from the front to the rear so that the frozen fruit is locked in the thawing solvent; A discharge unit having one side disposed adjacent to the rear of the transfer unit and discharging the frozen fruit transferred by the transfer unit to the outside of the thawing cleaning tank; A circulation unit disposed under the thawing washing tank to filter foreign substances mixed in the thawing solvent by separating from the frozen fruit and circulating the filtered water back into the thawing washing tank; And And a control panel disposed adjacent to the thawing washing tank to control a temperature of the thawing solvent filled in the thawing washing tank. The circulation unit is: A circulation water supply pipe having an end disposed in the thawing cleaning tank; A drip tank receiving the thawing solvent overflowing from the thawing washing tank to be larger than the thawing washing tank; A sump tank positioned below the drip tank; A filtering net installed at an interface between the drip tank and the sump; And A pump for supplying the filtered thawing solvent to the circulation water supply pipe; Including; The circulation unit further includes an air supply device, The air supply unit is: An air compressor for supplying compressed air to the circulation water supply pipe so that the thawing solvent is mixed with air so as to be supplied to the thawing cleaning tank; An air supply valve controlling a flow of compressed air generated from the air compressor; And And a plurality of diffusers forming air bubbles in the circulation water supply pipe terminal part. Further comprising a temperature control unit for maintaining a constant temperature of the thawing solvent, The temperature control unit is: A temperature sensor disposed in the sump to sense a temperature of the thawing solvent; And It is formed so as to be in communication with the sump, the automatic steam heating valve for heating the thawing solvent filled in the sump; The control panel is a frozen fruit thawing cleaner, characterized in that for operating the steam automatic valve, when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is below a specific temperature. delete delete delete

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