KR101469229B1 - feed manufacturing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a feed manufacturing apparatus, comprising: a crushing unit installed on one side of a base for crushing and feeding a feed material; A feed container for containing the crushed feed supplied from the crushing unit; An agitator for agitating the feed contained in the feed container; And a heating unit in which the feed container is placed and heating the feed inside the feed container.

Description

Feed manufacturing apparatus,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a feed production apparatus, and more particularly, to a feed production apparatus that can easily produce an environmentally friendly feed as a feed for a pet.

Recently, as the nuclear family becomes more widespread, unlike in the past, there is an increasing tendency to bring pets together with their families in the home rather than outside the home. This indicates that the pet is being accepted as a member of the family, not just an animal.

Therefore, as the number of pets is increased in the home, many pet foods have been developed and marketed.

However, commercially available pet foods are mainly composed of various by-products from foods, preservatives for preserving food for a long time, coloring agents, and chemicals containing a large amount of chemical-containing additives many.

Particularly, the above-mentioned by-products are meat or crop residue such as intestines, subcutaneous fat tendons and the like of slaughtered animals, which are unsuitable for human consumption, and serve as a main factor causing skin diseases or allergies to pets.

Feeding the feed containing these by-products to pets can cause skin diseases, allergies, etc., and it is prone to vomiting and diarrhea, which cause vomiting and diarrhea.

In addition, if a domestic pet is infected with an inappropriate feed, there is a problem that can be harmful to a person due to the excrement of the pet.

Therefore, in the past, research and development on eco-friendly feeds have progressed due to the above problems. As a result, as disclosed in, for example, Laid-open Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0087411, 'a method of manufacturing a dog- .

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0087411 (published on Aug. 28, 2007)

However, the conventional dog feed disclosed in this way is environmentally friendly, but there are many difficulties and troubles in making it directly in each household.

Therefore, each household purchases and feeds eco-friendly diets sold on the market rather than making eco-friendly diets directly. However, the cost of eco-friendly diets is high, which causes a problem in terms of cost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a feed manufacturing apparatus capable of easily producing environmentally friendly pet feed, And it is an object of the present invention to provide a feed manufacturing apparatus which can reduce the burden on cost.

The above-mentioned object is achieved by a grinding apparatus comprising: a grinding unit provided on one side of a base for grinding and feeding a feed material; A feed container for containing the crushed feed supplied from the crushing unit; An agitator for agitating the feed contained in the feed container; And a heating unit for heating the feed inside the feed container, in which the feed container is placed.

The crushing unit may include a hollow crushing cylinder; A hopper formed on one side of the crusher to feed the material of the feed to the crusher; A pulverizing screw rotatably provided in the pulverizing cylinder to pulverize the material introduced into the pulverizing cylinder; And a crushing motor installed on the crushing screw and rotating the crushing screw.

Wherein the pulverizing screw comprises a pair of pulverizing screws having a pulverizing blade formed on an outer circumferential surface of the pulverizing screw, wherein the pair of pulverizing screws comprise: a primary pulverizing region in which pulverizing blades of both pulverizing screws are spaced apart from each other at regular intervals; A secondary pulverization zone extending from one end of the primary pulverization zone and spaced apart at a smaller interval than the primary pulverization zone; And a tertiary grinding zone extending from one end of the secondary grinding zone, wherein the grinding blades of the two grinding screws are meshed with each other.

The agitating unit may include: a fixing bar vertically installed on one side of the base; An ascending / descending block installed vertically above and below the fixed bar; A stirring motor fixed to the elevating block; A stirring shaft connected to the stirring motor and driven to rotate by a stirring motor; And a stirring vane provided on the stirring shaft so as to protrude outward to stir the feed while being rotated in the feed container.

The elevating block includes a first and a second block portion through which the fixing bar is inserted and one side thereof is cut away; And an adjusting screw threaded through the cutout portion of the first and second block portions, wherein the stirring vane is installed axially on the outer surface of the stirring shaft to increase stirring efficiency.

Meanwhile, the heating unit may include a heating wire or a heating plate, and the base may include a temperature controller for controlling the heating temperature of the heating unit.

The feed container is provided with a handle and a fixing bracket for supporting and fixing the handle of the feed container is formed on the base. The fixing bracket is provided on both sides of the handle of the feed container, Wherein the fixing bracket is fixed to the base by screws; And a support plate extending from the fixing plate and being held in contact with both sides of the handle of the feed container.

In addition, a stopper for supporting the feed container provided in the manufacturing apparatus and preventing the disengagement of the feed container is rotatably installed on the base, and the stopper is detachably attached to the base facing one end of the opposite side of the hinge portion, do.

The base is provided with a control unit for generally controlling the operation of the feed manufacturing apparatus including a crushing unit, a stirring unit, and a heating unit.

According to the feed producing apparatus of the present invention, the raw materials are fed into the feed producing apparatus and pulverized and mixed to produce eco-friendly feeds, so that eco-friendly feeds can be easily produced at home, and various eco- Can be manufactured.

In particular, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that various eco-friendly feeds manufactured by the feed production apparatus can be made as many as recipes suitable for each pet.

1 is a view showing a configuration of a feed manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing the inside of a feed manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 (a) is a partial cutaway view showing a stirring part and a feed container, and FIG. 2 (b) is a cutaway view showing a crushing part and a stirring part.
3 is a view showing a pulverizing gear included in the pulverizing unit of the feed producing apparatus according to the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the agitating part constituting the feed producing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a view showing the feed container of the feed manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 5A is a view showing a state where the handle portion of the feed container is fixed, and FIG. 5B is a view showing the stopper.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing a feed producing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.

1 to 2B, the feed manufacturing apparatus 100 of the present invention includes a base 110, a crushing unit 200, a stirring unit 300, a heating unit 400, a feed container 600 ) And the like.

The base 110 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a plurality of rectangular frames are vertically and horizontally connected.

The base 110 formed as described above includes a crushing part 200, a stirring part 300 and a heating part 400 and the feed container 600 is provided on the heating part 400.

The crushing unit 200 is installed at an upper portion of one side of the base 110 to crush the feed material and supply the crushed material to the agitating unit 300.

As shown in FIG. 3, the crushing unit 200 includes a hollow crushing cylinder 210 fixedly installed on the base 110, a crushing cylinder 210 formed on one side of the crushing cylinder 210, A hopper 211 for supplying the raw material to the hopper 210 and a pair of crushing screws 220 and 221 rotatably installed in the crusher 210 to crush the material charged into the crusher 210, And a crushing motor 230 installed at one side or both sides of the crushing screws 220 and 221 to rotate the crushing screws 220 and 221.

The pulverizing screws 220 and 221 may be provided with a spiral pulverizing blade on the outer circumferential surface of the pulverizing screw 220. One pulverizing screw may be installed in the pulverizing cylinder 210, A plurality of pulverizing screws 220 and 221 may be provided in pairs.

Each of the crushing screws 220 and 221 provided in a pair is formed to have a different diameter over a plurality of stages and thus the crushing regions formed by the crushing screws 220 and 221 are formed differently . That is, the primary pulverization region (a) is formed such that the diameter of the pulverizing screws (220) and (221) is the smallest so that both pulverizing blades are spaced apart at regular intervals, A second grinding region (b) extending so as to be spaced apart from each other at a distance narrower than the first grinding region (a), and a second grinding region (b) extending to extend from one end of the second grinding region And a tertiary grinding zone (c) meshingly formed.

Therefore, in the primary pulverization region (a), the large particle material is primarily pulverized and transferred to the secondary pulverization region (b), and in the secondary pulverization region (b), the material of the primary pulverized particle is finer (3). In the third milling zone (c), the second milled small particulate material is minutely thirdly pulverized and discharged to the outside of the mill barrel (210). In addition, when water such as milk or water is further supplied during the crushing process, the crushed feed can be supplied in the form of soft porridge and all the materials remaining in the crusher 210 can be discharged cleanly .

The pulverizing motor 230 is connected to only one of the pulverizing screws 220 of the pair of pulverizing screws 220 and 221. When the pulverizing screw 220 of one side is directly driven and rotated by the pulverizing motor 230 The pulverizing screws 221 on the other side are also rotated and driven together with the one pulverizing screw 220 through the pulverizing blades engaged with each other in the third pulverizing area c. Therefore, the material supplied into the pulverizing cylinder 210 can be finely pulverized due to the pulverizing blade of the third pulverizing region c rotated in the meshing state as described above.

Meanwhile, when feeding the feed material through the hopper 211 connected to the upper part of the one side of the crusher 210, if the feed of the feed material is not smooth, the material such as a bat, It may be pushed into the hopper 211.

The agitating unit 300 is installed at one side of the base 110 adjacent to the crushing unit 200 and mixes finely crushed material in the crushing unit 200 to mix the materials.

4, the stirring unit 300 includes a stirring motor 310, which is installed at one side of the base 110 and is capable of rotating in a forward and reverse direction, A stirring shaft 320 driven to rotate by a motor 310 and a stirring vane 321 installed to protrude outwardly from the stirring shaft 320 and stirring the feed contained in the feed container 600.

The stirring blade 321 may be formed in a shape such that a rotating blade similar to a normal propeller is orthogonal to the stirring shaft 320. However, in order to increase the stirring efficiency, the stirring blade 320 may be agitated on the outer surface of the stirring shaft 320, It is more preferable to form the vanes 321 in the axial direction, that is, in the vertical direction. At this time, the height of the stirring vanes 321 may be variously increased within a height not exceeding the feed container 600.

The agitating blades 321 formed as described above may be formed in a plate shape, but both end portions of the thick wires are connected to the upper side and the lower side of the agitating shaft 320 in the form of an arc, Shaped or radial shape on the stirring blade 320, thereby maximizing the stirring efficiency while minimizing the resistance acting on the stirring blade 321 during stirring.

Meanwhile, the stirring unit 300 configured as described above is configured to be vertically adjustable in height on the base 110.

That is, the height adjusting means of the stirring unit 300 includes a fixing bar 330 vertically erected on one side of the base 110, a lifting block 350 installed vertically on the fixing bar 330 And a stirring motor 310 is fixedly installed on the ascending / descending block 350.

The fixing block 330 is fixed to the base 110 through a fixing block 340. The fixing block 340 is formed in the same structure and structure as the elevating block 350. Hereinafter, The description of the configuration and operation of the block 350 will be replaced with a description of the configuration and operation of the fixed block 340. [ Accordingly, the fixed block 340 is not designated with another reference numeral.

The lifting block 350 is formed with a through hole 350a through which the fixing bar 330 passes, and a through hole 350a is formed at one side of the lifting block 350, And a stirring motor 310 is fixedly installed on the other side of the elevating block 350 opposite to the cutout portion 351.

Both ends of the first and second block parts 352 and 353 are formed with the cutout part 351 as a reference and the first and second block parts 352 and 353 have cut- The adjusting screw 354 threaded through the through hole 351 is fastened.

The adjusting screw 354 has a handle 355 projecting perpendicularly outwardly at its end and the adjusting screw 354 is easily attached to the first and second block parts 352 and 353 through the handle 355 It can be fastened or separated.

When the adjusting screw 354 is completely fastened to the first and second block parts 352 and 353 as described above, the first and second block parts 352 and 353 are pulled together by the fastening force of the adjusting screw 354, It is possible to fix the lifting block 350 to the fixing bar 330. On the contrary, if the adjusting screw 354 is loosened from the first and second block portions 352 and 353, The interval between the incised portions 351 is returned to the original state by the 1,2 block portions 352 and 353 being opened in the original state so that the lift block 350 can freely move up and down on the fixed bar 330.

Meanwhile, as described above, the fixed block 340 is constructed in the same manner as the elevating block 350 described above.

The heating unit 400 is a heating device installed in the base 110 under the agitator 300 to support the feed container 600 to be described later and to heat the feed inside the feed container 600.

The heating unit 400 may include a heating wire or a heating plate. The heating unit 400 controls the heating temperature and time of the heating unit 400 by the control unit 500.

The control unit 500 may be implemented as a control panel or the like on the entire surface of the base 110 to control the operation of the feed manufacturing apparatus 100. The control unit 500 may directly control the heating unit 400 And a temperature controller capable of controlling the temperature.

The feed container 600 can be formed in various capacities as a container in which the crushed feed supplied from the crushing unit 200 is placed in the state that the feed container 600 is placed on the heating unit 400. However, Is most preferable.

The feed container 600 has an ordinary handle 610 formed on its outer surface to facilitate gripping of the feed container 600.

On the other hand, the base 110 is provided with fixing means for preventing the flow of the feed container 600 when the feed in the feed container 600 placed on the heating part 400 is stirred.

The fixing means includes a fixing bracket 120 for supporting and fixing both sides of the handle 610 of the feed container 600 and a stopper 130 for preventing the feed container 600 from being detached from the heating unit 400. [ .

5A, the fixing bracket 120 is provided on both sides of the handle 610 of the feed container 600 and includes a fixing plate 121 screwed to the base 110 and fixed thereto, And a support plate 122 extending perpendicularly upward from the fixing plate 121 and contacting both sides of the handle 610 of the feed container 600.

The support plate 122 provided on both sides of the handle 610 of the feed container 600 is fixed to both sides of the handle 610 to fix the feed container 600 and the both fixing plates 121 to the base The distance between the two fixing brackets 120 can be adjusted according to the size of the handle 610 of the feed container 600 by moving and fixing the handle 610 according to the size of the handle 610 of the feed container 600.

5B, the stopper 130 is a rectangular frame rotatably provided on one side of the base 110. One end of the stopper 130 is hinge 131 on the base 110, And the other opposite end may be configured to be detached and attached to the facing base 110 with a magnetic force. At this time, a magnetic body such as a permanent magnet or an electromagnet is formed at the other end of the stopper 130. The stopper 130 is spaced apart from the stationary bracket 120 by the size of the feed container 600 and is held in contact with the outer surface of the feed container 600.

Therefore, the feed container 600 is supported between the stationary bracket 120 and the stopper 130 so that the feed container 600 maintains its position in spite of the flow of the feed which is stirred at the time of stirring.

The operation of the feed manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is as follows.

First, when power is supplied to the manufacturing apparatus 100 through the control unit 500, power is supplied to each driving unit.

In this state, the crushing motor 230 of the crushing unit 200 is operated through the control unit 500, and then the material to be used as feed is supplied to the hopper 211 above the crushing cylinder 210. At this time, if feeding of the feed is not smooth, the material in the hopper 211 may be pressed by a bat or the like.

The supplied material is supplied into the crusher 210, finely crushed by a pair of crushing screws 220 and 221, and then discharged from the crusher 210. At this time, in the material to be pulverized by the pair of pulverizing screws 220 and 221, the large particle material is firstly pulverized in the first pulverizing region (a) formed between the two pulverizing screws 220 and 221, The secondary pulverized material is further finely ground in the secondary pulverization region (b), and the secondary pulverized material is finely finely pulverized in the tertiary pulverization region (c). When milk or water is supplied through the hopper 211 during the pulverizing process, the pulverized material that can remain in the pulverizing container 210 can be discharged.

The pulverized material discharged from the pulverizing container 210 is supplied to the feed container 600 placed on the heating unit 400.

The feed container 600 is provided with a stirring blade 321 of the stirring part 300. When the supply of the pulverized material is completed, the stirring motor 310 of the stirring part 300 is operated, Thereby rotating the stirring blade 320 and the stirring blade 321. Accordingly, the stirring blades 321 rotated in this manner are rotated in the feed container 600 to mix the feeds well.

At this time, the feed container 600 is supported at one side by the support plate 122 of the two fixing brackets 120, the handle 610 being fixed to the base 110, Since the rotated stopper 130 supports the outer surface of the feed container 600, the flow of the feed container 600 at the time of stirring can be prevented as much as possible.

In addition, during the stirring, the heating unit 400 is operated to heat the feed container 600, and the feed inside the feed container 600 is gradually heated by heating so that the stirring efficiency can be further improved.

When the feed container 600 is separated from the base 110, the operation of the stirring unit 300 and the heating unit 400 is stopped through the control unit 500, The adjustment screws 354 fastened to the first and second block portions 352 and 353 of the first and second fixing portions 350 and 350 are released to release the fixing of the lift block 350 to the fixing bar 330 of the base 110, The stirring part 300, that is, the stirring vane 321 is completely moved upward and is pulled out from the feed container 600.

After the stirring vane 321 is removed from the feed container 600 as described above, the feed container 600 may be separated from the base 110.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

100: Manufacturing apparatus 110: Base
120: Fixing bracket 121: Fixing plate
122: support plate 130: stopper
131: hinge 200: crushing part
210: Grinding cylinder 211: Hopper
220,221: Crushing screw 230: Crushing motor
300: stir part 310: stirring motor
320: stirring shaft 321: stirring blade
330: Fixing bar 340: Fixing block
350: Lift block 350a: Through hole
351: incision part 352,353: first and second block parts
354: adjusting screw 355: handle
400: heating unit 500: control unit
600: Feed container 610: Handle
a: primary grinding zone b: secondary grinding zone
c: tertiary grinding zone

Claims (12)

A crushing part provided on one side of the base for crushing and feeding the feed material; A feed container for containing the crushed feed supplied from the crushing unit; An agitator for agitating the feed contained in the feed container; And a heating unit on which the feed container is placed and heating the feed inside the feed container,
Wherein the crushing section comprises: a hollow crushing cylinder; A hopper formed on one side of the crusher to feed the material of the feed to the crusher; A pulverizing screw rotatably provided in the pulverizing cylinder to pulverize the material introduced into the pulverizing cylinder; And a crushing motor installed on the crushing screw for rotatively driving the crushing screw,
Wherein the pulverizing screw comprises a pair of pulverizing screws having a pulverizing blade formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof,
The pair of pulverizing screws may include: a primary pulverizing region where pulverizing blades of both pulverizing screws are spaced apart at regular intervals;
A secondary pulverization zone extending from one end of the primary pulverization zone and spaced apart at a smaller interval than the primary pulverization zone; And
And a third grinding zone extending from one end of the secondary grinding zone to form a grinding blade of the two grinding screws so as to engage with each other.
delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The stirring unit may include: a fixing bar vertically installed on one side of the base;
An ascending / descending block installed vertically above and below the fixed bar;
A stirring motor fixed to the elevating block;
A stirring shaft connected to the stirring motor and driven to rotate by a stirring motor; And
And a stirring blade installed to be protruded outwardly from the stirring shaft and stirring the feed while being rotated in the feed container.
The method of claim 4,
The elevating block includes a first and a second block portion through which the fixing bar is inserted and one side thereof is cut away; And
And an adjusting screw threaded through the cutout of the first and second block parts.
The method of claim 4,
Wherein the stirring vanes are provided axially on the outer surface of the stirring shaft to increase the stirring efficiency.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the heating unit comprises a heating wire or a heating plate.
The method according to claim 1,
A handle is protruded from the feed container,
Wherein the base is provided with a fixing bracket for supporting and fixing the handle of the feed container.
The method of claim 8,
The fixing brackets are provided on both sides of the handle of the feed container so that the distance can be adjusted according to the size of the handle,
The fixing bracket being fixed to the base by screwing; And
And a support plate extending from the fixing plate and being held in contact with both sides of the handle of the feed container.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the base is provided with a stopper rotatably installed to support a feed container provided in the manufacturing apparatus to prevent dislodgement of the feed container.
The method of claim 10,
Wherein the stopper is detachably attached to a base facing one end of the stopper opposite to the hinge by magnetic force.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the base is provided with a control unit for controlling the operation of the crushing unit, the agitating unit, and the heating unit as a whole.

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