KR101561523B1 - Apparatus for sterilizing and crushing died animal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for sterilizing and decomposing an animal carcass which sterilizes and melts a carcass of an animal by high temperature and high pressure steam and decomposes the by-product in the apparatus. According to the present invention, there are provided a first rack member and a second rack member of a curved shape which are installed so as to oppose each other on the inner circumferential curved surface of the drum body and move up and down along the circumferential curved surface, A first motor and a second motor for driving the first pinion and the second pinion to perform forward rotation or reverse rotation of the first and second rack members, A pair of curved first support panels and second support panels which are spaced apart from each other and brought into contact with each other when the first rack member and the second rack member move up and down; A first support panel and a second support panel, each of the first support panel and the second support panel being slidably coupled to the sliding groove of the door, At the same time A first loading panel and a second loading panel which are spaced apart from each other and which are disposed on the lower side of the drum body and accommodate the animal carcass dropped from the first loading panel and the second loading panel and transporting the same in one direction, .

Description

[0001] Apparatus for sterilizing and crushing dead animals [

The present invention relates to an apparatus for sterilizing and decomposing an animal carcass, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for sterilizing and decomposing an animal carcass, such as a livestock animal that has died in a livestock farming house, by sterilizing and melting the carcass with high temperature and high pressure steam, The present invention relates to a sterilization and disinfection apparatus for sterilization.

Livestock farms have suffered huge losses due to mass disposal of their livestock due to various infectious diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and avian influenza. However, not only this economic loss but also the method of treating the carcass of our livestock, most of them are buried in the ground with the pathogen being implanted, which causes the groundwater to be contaminated and the infectious disease caused by the pathogen may recur at any time in the future It is a big problem that the danger exists.

In addition, when large-scale livestock is buried and buried, it takes a considerable amount of time and effort to cover the area of the buried site. Therefore, a large burial site becomes a hotbed of pathogens and causes damage to crops and farms in the surrounding area. There is little concern. In response to such a problem, there is a method of incinerating dead animals of dead animals, but the problem of environmental pollution is accompanied by unburned materials, dust, and odor during processing, and fuel cost is also excessively consumed.

Accordingly, a system for decomposing carcass of an animal in a container (drum) using steam of high temperature and high pressure by a steam boiler has been developed. In other words, this system puts the dead animals into the drum, and then the high pressure steam of 140 ~ 150 ℃ is supplied in the drum to sterilize the pathogens completely, and the bones of various parts can be treated in a state of breakage .

The devices disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 of the following prior art documents are representative examples of sterilization of animal carcasses by high pressure steam.

[Patent Document 1] Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0511444 (name: animal carcass processing machine, patent owner: Yiming Industries Co., Ltd.) [Patent Document 2] Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0827932 (name: animal carcass processing machine, patentee: Marang Kang) [Patent Document 3] Utility Model No. 20-0429310 registered in the Republic of Korea (name: our livestock processing apparatus, utility model authority: Eray Co., Ltd.)

Conventional animal carcass processing apparatuses such as those disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 described above are characterized in that an animal carcass is treated with high-temperature and high-pressure steam to decompose the carcass as well as sterilization, The drum must be manually pulled out and post processed. Accordingly, it takes much effort and time to work, and there is a problem that the operator must visually observe the disgusting appearance of the animal carcass debris.

In addition, in the prior art, there is a problem that pollutants such as condensed water generated in the process of treating an animal carcass are discharged without being treated separately, thereby causing contamination of soil and water quality. .

The present invention has been developed in order to overcome such conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for separating an animal carcass that has been decomposed by high-temperature and high-pressure steam into a pulverized state without requiring an operator to manually pull it out, The present invention also provides an apparatus for sterilizing and decomposing an animal carcass which is economically beneficial from by-products resulting from treatment of an animal carcass by making it possible to recycle water generated in the treatment process as compost.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a drum type washing machine comprising a drum body for sterilizing and decomposing an animal carcass introduced into a cylindrical shape lying in a horizontal direction by steam of high temperature and high pressure, The apparatus for sterilizing and decomposing an animal carcass having a door, comprising: a curved first rack member and a second rack member which are installed so as to oppose each other on an inner circumferential curved surface of the drum body, A first pinion and a second pinion respectively coupled to the first rack member and the second rack member for lifting and lowering the first rack member and the second rack member in accordance with forward rotation or reverse rotation, A first motor and a second motor respectively connected to the first pinion and the second pinion for forwardly or reversely driving the first pinion and the second pinion, and a second motor and a second motor connected to the lower end of the first rack member and the lower end of the second rack member, A first support panel and a second support panel each having a curved shape and provided so as to be spaced apart from or to come into contact with each other as the first rack member and the second rack member are raised and lowered, A pair of sliding grooves formed at the same curvature as the ascending / descending operation trajectory of the member, and an animal carcass is loaded and the carcass is transferred to the inside of the drum body when the door closes the drum main body, A first loading panel and a second loading panel extending from the first supporting panel and the second supporting panel so as to be coupled to the first supporting panel and the second supporting panel, And when the first support panel and the second support panel are separated from each other when the first pinion and the second pinion are driven to rotate, The use comprising an transfer unit for grinding while feeding the one-way features.

In the above configuration, the first rack member and the second rack member are respectively provided at one end toward the door side from the inside of the drum body and a pair at the other end side remote from the one end, and the first pinion and the second pinion Are also provided in pairs corresponding to the first rack member and the second rack member so that the first pinions are connected to each other by the first connecting rod and the second pinions are connected to each other by the second connecting rod.

In addition, in the above configuration, the first support panel and the second support panel may have a structure in which an insertion groove into which the first and second mounting panels are inserted is formed.

In the above configuration, the conveying unit may be a screw conveying device that is rotationally driven by the third motor.

Further, in the above configuration, the unidirectional end of the transporting unit may further include a collection box for receiving the crushed material of the crushed and crushed animal carcass.

In the above configuration, a trap for discharging moisture separated from the animal carcass may be provided on the lower side of the transfer part. In particular, the trap may be connected to an accessory generator that produces liquid fertilizer by the microorganisms in the water separated from the animal carcass.

According to the present invention configured as described above, since the animal carcass that has been decomposed by the high-temperature high-pressure steam in the drum main body is automatically dropped to the transfer portion by the configuration of the rack member and the pinion, and then collected and transported, There is an effect that it is not visually disgusting as compared with the case where the debris of an animal carcass is manually extracted from the drum to perform post-treatment, and the efforts and time required for the collection of the animal carcass are also reduced.

In addition, since the decomposed animal carcass can be pulverized by the transfer part and recycled as a compost, moisture of condensed water generated from the animal carcass is discharged through a trap and liquid fertilizer is produced in the liquid level generator. It is possible to obtain economic benefits from the by-products.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing an appearance of an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the door is opened in Fig. 1. Fig.
3 is a front sectional view of the embodiment of Fig.
4 is a side sectional view of the embodiment of Fig.
5 is a view showing a main constitutional part in which the drum main body is omitted in the embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a cross-sectional view showing a coupling structure of a first loading panel and a second loading panel with respect to the first supporting panel and the second supporting panel in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a view showing a state in which the door is closed to the drum body from the state of Fig. 5. Fig.
Fig. 8 is a diagram showing the result of the first rack member and the second rack member being operated to ascend from the state of Fig. 7;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it should be understood that the following embodiments are provided so that those skilled in the art can understand the present invention without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. It is not.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an appearance of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a door is opened in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 and 4 each are a front view Fig. 5 is a view showing a main constitutional part in which the drum main body is omitted in the embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the first and second loading panels for the first and second supporting panels in the embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 7 is a view showing a state in which the door is closed to the drum body from the state of Fig. 5, Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing the state in which the first rack member and the second rack member are moved upward Fig.

As shown in the above figures, the apparatus for sterilizing and decomposing an animal carcass exemplified by the embodiments of the present invention includes a drum body for sterilizing and decomposing an animal carcass introduced into a cylindrical shape lying in a horizontal direction by steam of high temperature and high pressure, (10), and a door (20) coupled to the drum body (10) and closing the inside of the drum body (10).

Steam is supplied from the steam boiler 30 to the drum main body 10 by connecting a pipe of the steam boiler 30 to the drum main body 10. The drum main body 10 is installed at a predetermined height from the ground, As shown in FIG. The drum body 10 is provided with a thermometer 11 and a pressure gauge 12 for measuring the temperature and pressure inside the drum body 10 so that the external operator can recognize the temperature and the pressure, A conventional controller for controlling the temperature and pressure of the steam supplied from the steam boiler 30 into the drum body 10 is provided.

The door 20 has a circular shape conforming to the sectional shape of the cylindrical drum body 10 and can be moved to a position spaced by a certain distance in a state in which the inside of the drum body 10 is completely opened. Particularly, the door 20 slides against the drum body 10 and is separated from the drum body 10, and a rail 40 for sliding movement of the door 20 is disposed on the floor. (Not shown).

In the present invention, when the animal body is put into the drum body 10 and the steam is supplied from the steam boiler 30 to the interior of the drum body 10 with the door 20 closed, The animal body is decomposed by the steam of the animal and the pathogen contained in the animal body is completely sterilized.

The means for sterilizing and decomposing the animal body, which has been sterilized and decomposed by the high-temperature and high-pressure steam, from the drum body 10 so as to be separated into a pulverized state without being taken out by hand and recycled as compost is constructed as follows.

First, the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 are provided so as to face each other on the inner circumferential curved surface of the drum body 10 made of a cylindrical cylinder lying horizontally. The first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 are formed in a curved shape having the same curvature as the inner circumferential curved surface of the drum body 10 as shown in Figs. 5, 7, And a row of teeth is formed on the surfaces of the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 facing each other. The first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 can be operated to move up and down along the inner circumferential curved surface of the drum body 10. For this purpose, Guide members 53 and 54 for supporting the drum body 10 are provided on the curved surface of the inner circumference of the drum body 10. [

The first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 may be provided one by one at an inner intermediate position of the drum body 10. In this embodiment, the side of the door 20 in the drum body 10 And the other end is spaced apart from the one end.

The first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 are provided so that the first pinion 55 and the second pinion 56 are engaged with the first pinion 55 and the second pinion 56 Includes a first motor 57 for forwardly or reversely driving the first pinion 55 and the second pinion 56 to move the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 up and down, And a second motor (58). In this embodiment, the first pinion 55 and the second pinion 56 are provided in pairs in correspondence with the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52, and the first pinions 55 and the second pinions 56, 1 connecting rod 55a, and the second pinions 56 are connected to each other by a second connecting rod 56a.

A first support panel 61 is provided at the lower end of the first rack member 51 and a second support panel 62 is provided at the lower end of the second rack member 52. The first support panel 61 Like the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 are curved in the same curvature as the inner circumferential curved surface of the drum main body 10, The first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 are separated from each other as shown in FIG. 8 or contacted with each other as shown in FIG.

A pair of sliding grooves 20a are formed on the inner side surface of the door 20 at the same curvature as the trajectory of moving the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 during the lifting operation of the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52, 20a, one end of the first loading panel 63 and the other end of the second loading panel 64 are slidably engaged.

The first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 are panels on which an animal carcass to be loaded into the drum body 10 is loaded and one end of which is slidably inserted into the sliding groove 20a of the door 20 And the other end extends to be coupled to the first support panel 61 and the second support panel 62, respectively. The first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 transfer the carcass into the drum body 10 in a state of containing the carcass when the door 20 closes the inside of the drum body 10 do. One end portion of the first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 are slidably engaged with the sliding groove 20a of the door 20 and the other end portion is slidably engaged with the first supporting panel 61 and the second loading panel 64. [ When the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 move up and down simultaneously with the first support panel 61 and the second support panel 62, The first stacking panel 63 and the second stacking panel 64 are spaced apart or abutted with each other. The first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 can be slidably inserted into the sliding groove 20a of the door 20 and are prevented from being separated from the sliding groove 20a. It can be loosely fastened to the outer periphery of the outer case 20a.

The combination of the first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 with respect to the first supporting panel 61 and the second supporting panel 62 is the same as that of the first supporting panel 61 and the second supporting panel 62, The first and second loading panels 63 and 64 may be inserted into the second supporting panel 62. The first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 may be inserted into the insertion holes 61a and 62a.

Next, on the lower side of the drum main body 10, there is provided a conveying unit 70 for crushing while conveying the carcass in one direction in a state of receiving the carcass. The first pinion 55 and the second pinion 56 are rotated and driven in the direction of raising the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 to the first motor 57 and the second motor 58 The first support panel 61 and the second support panel 62 are spaced apart from each other so that the first stacking panel 63 and the second stacking panel 64 are spaced apart from each other, The animal carcass that has fallen on the second loading panel 64 is dropped and the animal carcass that has fallen down is received in the transferring unit 70 and the transferring unit 70 is crushed while transferring the carcass in one direction will be.

The conveying unit 70 may be a screw conveying device, and the screw conveying device is rotationally driven by the third motor 71. Therefore, when the rotary drive is performed due to the structural characteristics of the screw, the animal carcass that has fallen onto the transfer portion 70 is crushed by the blade of the screw and simultaneously transported in one direction by the spiral of the screw. The unidirectional end of the transfer unit 70 may be provided with a collection box 80 for receiving the pulverized material of the crushed and transferred animal carcass.

A trap 90 for discharging moisture separated from an animal carcass may be provided on the lower side of the transfer unit 70. An animal carcass decomposed by high temperature and high pressure steam in the drum body 10 is transferred to the transfer unit 70 ), The water separated from the animal carcass is discharged through the trap 90. Preferably, the bottom of the transfer part 70 is formed to be inclined downward toward the trap 90 so that water can be collected in the trap 90. In addition, the trap 90 may be connected to a liquid generator 100, which generates moisture separated from the animal carcass as liquid fertilizer by microorganisms.

Next, the operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

2, the door 20 is opened to open the inside of the drum main body 10 and is separated from the drum main body 10 so that the first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 are provided with an animal Load the body.

The first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 are engaged with the first supporting panel 61 and the second supporting panel 61 located inside the drum body 10 by sliding the door 20 along the rail 40, The door 20 is inserted into the insertion grooves 61a and 62a of the panel 62 to close the inside of the drum body 10 and the first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64, Is inserted into the drum body (10).

When the steam boiler 30 is operated and steam of high temperature and high pressure is supplied into the drum body 10, the animal carcass is sterilized and decomposed by the steam of high temperature and high pressure. At this time, the operator can control the temperature and pressure of the steam supplied from the steam boiler 30 while confirming the gauge of the thermometer 11 and the pressure gauge 12, which measure the temperature and pressure inside the drum body 10.

When sterilization and decomposition of the animal carcass are completed, the following operation is carried out to collect the carcass of the animal.

That is, the first motor 57 and the second motor 58 are rotationally driven in the direction of raising the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52. The first pinion 55 connected to the first motor 57 rotates and the second pinion 56 connected to the second motor 58 also rotates so that the first pinion 55 is rotated by the first rack member 51 and the second pinion 56 lifts up the second rack member 52. As a result, The first support panel 61 and the second support panel 62 provided at the lower ends of the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 are spaced apart from each other, And the other part is slidably engaged with the first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 63 which are inserted and coupled to the first supporting panel 61 and the second supporting panel 62, 64) are separated from each other. Accordingly, the animal carcass that has been loaded on the first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 drops to the transferring unit 70 located on the lower side of the drum main body 10. When the first motor 57 and the second motor 58 are rotationally driven in the direction in which the first rack member 51 and the second rack member 52 are lowered after the animal carcass has fallen into the transfer unit 70, The first support panel 61 and the second support panel 62 are returned to a state in which they are in contact with each other, and at the same time, the first loading panel 63 and the second loading panel 64 are returned to their original state.

When the screw conveying device is rotationally driven by the third motor 71 due to the structural characteristics of the screw, the animal carcass that has fallen into the conveying portion 70 constituted by the screw conveying device is crushed by the blade of the screw, . The pulverized material of the animal carcass is transferred to a collection box 80 provided at one end of the conveying unit 70. The pulverized material of the carcass contained in the collection box 80 is conveyed to be recycled as compost do.

The water separated from the animal carcass that has been decomposed by the high temperature and high pressure steam in the drum body 10 is discharged through the trap 90 provided below the transfer unit 70, (100) decomposes moisture separated from animal carcasses by microorganisms to produce liquid fertilizer.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, This is possible.

10: drum body 11: thermometer
12: pressure gauge 20: door
20a: sliding groove 21:
30: steam boiler 40: rail
51: first rack member 52: second rack member
53, 54: guide member 55: first pinion
55a: first connecting rod 56: second pinion
56a: second connecting rod 57: first motor
58: second motor 61: first supporting panel
61a, 62a: insertion groove 62: second support panel
63: first loading panel 64: second loading panel
70: transfer part 71: third motor
80: Collection Box 90: Trap
100: Liquid generator

Claims (7)

There is provided a sterilizing and decomposing device for an animal carcass comprising a drum main body for sterilizing and decomposing an animal carcass introduced into a cylindrical shape lying in a horizontal direction by steam of high temperature and high pressure and a door for closing the inside of the drum main body, In this case,
A first rack member and a second rack member of a curved shape, which are installed so as to oppose each other on the inner circumferential curved surface of the drum body and can move up and down along the circumferential curved surface;
A first pinion and a second pinion coupled to the first rack member and the second rack member, respectively, for lifting and lowering the first rack member and the second rack member according to forward rotation or reverse rotation;
A first motor and a second motor connected to the first pinion and the second pinion, respectively, for driving the first pinion and the second pinion in forward or reverse rotation;
A first support panel and a second support panel which are provided respectively at a lower end of the first rack member and a lower end of the second rack member and which are spaced apart or brought into contact with each other as the first rack member and the second rack member move up and down, ;
A pair of sliding grooves formed on an inner side surface of the door at a curvature equal to the elevation operation locus of the first rack member and the second rack member;
The first supporting panel and the second supporting panel are connected to each other by sliding the animal carcass into the drum body when the door body is closed, A first stacking panel and a second stacking panel extending so as to be coupled to the first supporting panel and the second supporting panel, respectively,
The first support panel and the second support panel being spaced apart from each other when the first pinion and the second pinion are rotated to drive the first and second support panels, And a transfer part for receiving the carcass and crushing the carcass while transferring the carcass in one direction.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first rack member and the second rack member are respectively provided at one end of the drum body toward the door side and at the other end of the drum body apart from the one end,
The first pinion and the second pinion are also provided in a pair corresponding to the first rack member and the second rack member so that the first pinion is connected to the first connecting rod and the second pinion is connected to the second connecting rod And a sterilizing and decomposing device for an animal carcass.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first support panel and the second support panel each have a structure in which an insertion groove into which the first mounting panel and the second mounting panel are inserted is formed, respectively.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the conveying unit is a screw conveying device that is rotationally driven by a third motor.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the unidirectional end of the transfer unit is further provided with a collection box for receiving the crushed material of the crushed and crushed animal carcass.
The method according to claim 1,
And a trap for discharging moisture separated from the animal carcass is provided on the lower side of the transfer unit.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the trap is connected to a liquid generator for generating water separated from the animal carcass as a liquid fertilizer by a microorganism.

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