KR101654038B1

KR101654038B1 - Juice extractor for pupple carrot and juice extraction method thereof

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Publication number: KR101654038B1
Application number: KR1020160002437A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 양석근
Original assignee: 농업회사법인 주식회사 부림농산
Priority date: 2016-01-08
Filing date: 2016-01-08
Publication date: 2016-09-06

Abstract

The present invention relates to a purple carrot juice extractor and an extracting method thereof and, more specifically, to a purple carrot juice extractor which comprises: a washer which washes collected purple carrots; a crusher which crushes the purple carrots washed by the washer; a juice extractor which extracts juice from the purple carrots crushed by the crusher; a vibrating separator which vibrates and separates the juice extracted by the juice extractor by a vibrating screen; a filter which filters the juice separated in the vibrating separator by vibration; a cooling tank which stores the juice filtered by the filter; a sterilizer which sterilizes the juice stored in the cooling tank; and a packing machine which fills and packs package with the juice sterilized by the sterilizer. The sterilizer is a double tube structure consisting of an inner tube and an outer tube, wherein juice passes through the inner tube, hot water passes between the outer tube and the inner tube, and protrusions of a spiral shape protrude successively from the outer surface of the outer tube. The present invention is able to improve the quality of purple carrot juice by: preventing impurities from being included in the purple carrot juice by efficiently washing out foreign matters attached on the surface of purple carrots washed in quantity by first and second washing units; improving taste by increasing sugar content while preventing discoloration by adding the concentrate of purple carrots of high sweet content in the crushing process of the purple carrots; preventing anthocyanins ingredients from being destroyed during heat treatment by adding natural purple extract using purple carrots in a step just before a packing step; and enhancing the sense of color into dark purple color without adding extra color additives by adding natural purple extract.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a juice extractor for juice extract and juice extraction method,

The present invention relates to a purple carrot juice extractor and a juicing method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a purple carrot juice extracting method and a juice extracting method which are capable of effectively cleaning a large amount of impurities attached to the surface of a purple carrot, The present invention relates to a purple carrot juice extracting method and a juicing method.

Generally, purple carrots are wild species that grow in the harsh areas of high mountains, and were cultivated in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran since the 10th century. It is about 10cm ~ 20cm in size, and it is cultivated mainly in southern part of Korea. Begin sowing in July, harvest in early December, and keep at 0 ~ 1 ℃ because of temperature sensitivity.

The anthocyanin component is a water-soluble pigment of red, blue, and purple present in flowers, fruits, and vegetables. It is also known as a purifying agent, and is especially contained in the shell of purple fruit. have.

These anthocyanin components are effective in neutralizing active oxygen, promoting re-synthesis of rhodopsin pigments involved in vision in human eyeballs, purifying blood by preventing deposits from arising in the arteries, antidiabetic effects of increasing insulin production, And sterilizing effect.

In this way, purple carrots having various effects by the anthocyanin component are preferably used for salads or juices because they have higher sugar content than ordinary carrots, and they are preferably used to wash the soil after washing the soil with flowing water.

However, it is troublesome to take purple carrots every day by the above-mentioned method, and purple carrots are taken out as juices for easy carrying, so that they can be packed in packs and can be easily ingested as needed. In order to store the purple carrots in the juice as described above, sufficient sterilization must be performed, and anthocyanin is destroyed during the sterilization process.

Furthermore, the color of carrot juice is discolored during the process of preparing the carrot juice, and the color of the carrot juice is not so good, and the carrot can not be cleaned in a large amount during washing.

Therefore, there is an increasing demand for a purple carrot juice extracting method and a juicing method which overcome the unreasonableness of the conventional purple carrot juicing method, excellent in color, and excellent in texture with high sugar content.

Korean Patent Publication No. 1995-0013418

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to effectively clean a foreign matter adhering to the surface of a purple carrot to be washed in large quantities.

Another object of the present invention is to produce a purple carrot juice having a high purest color and exhibiting a deep purple color.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purifying a purple carrot, comprising the steps of: washing the purple carrots collected, crushing the purple carrots washed with the cleaner, purifying the purple carrots broken with the crusher into vegetable juices A vibrating separator for vibrating and separating the vegetable juice juiced with the juice, a filter for filtering the vegetable juice which is separated by the vibration separator, a cooling tank for storing the juice filtered with the filter, A sterilizer for sterilizing the juice of the vegetable stored in the tank; and a packing machine for filling and packing the juice of the sterilized vegetable with the sterilizer, wherein the sterilizer is a double tube structure comprising an inner tube and an outer tube, A high-temperature water is passed between the outer tube and the inner tube, and a spiral-shaped projection is continuously protruded from the outer surface of the outer tube The Castle.

In addition, the crusher includes a charging hopper into which the purple carrots washed in the cleaner are charged, a crushing main body in which the purple carrots supplied to the charging hopper fall downward and are crushed, A rotatable cutter provided inside the crushing main body and finely cutting the purple carrots crushed by the crushing drum; and a rotatable cutter provided on the inside of the crushing main body, And a filtration screen for filtering the purple carrots cut by the rotary cutter to supply only purple carrots of a certain size or less to the juice extractor.

Further, the crusher further comprises a re-supply circulation pipe for re-supplying the purple carrots of a predetermined size or more that have not passed through the filtration screen to the input hopper.

In addition, the washing machine includes a conveying body provided with a conveyor belt along a longitudinal direction at a lower portion thereof, a purring carrots which are cleaned while the purple carrots are fed in the front and conveyed backward along a conveyor belt, A first rotary shaft disposed on one side of a front side of the conveying body at a predetermined distance from the first rotary shaft; and a first cleaning brush coupled to an outer surface of the first rotary shaft, wherein a plurality of water holes are formed in the outer rim of the first rotary shaft, A first washing section for supplying purple carrots between the first cleaning brushes and removing foreign substances adhering to the surface by washing water sprayed from the water spray holes; A second cleaning brush which is coupled to the second cleaning brush in a spiral manner along the outer edge of the second rotation axis, A conveyance belt for conveying the purple carrots backward while being in contact with the second cleaning brush in a state in which concave and convex portions of a predetermined depth are continuously formed along the concave and convex portions of the conveyance belt, And a second washing section including a washing water splasher for spraying washing water so as to face the purple carrots stuck on the belt.

The secondary cleaning unit may include a plurality of support plates formed to be curved to support the bottom portion of the conveyance belt and extending along the longitudinal direction of the conveyance belt, and a tension spring installed vertically below the support plate. .

The purple carrot juice method according to the present invention is characterized in that the purple carrot juice method of the present invention comprises a washing step of washing collected purple carrots, a crushing step of crushing the washed purple carrots, a ripening step of pouring the crushed purple carrots into vegetable juices, A vibration isolating step of vibrating and separating the vibrating squeezed vegetable juice, a filtering step of filtering the juice of the separated vibrating vegetable, a storing step of storing the filtered juice in a cooling tank, a sterilizing step of sterilizing the vegetable juice stored in the cooling tank, And filling and packing the sterilized vegetable juice. In the crushing step, the purple carrot is crushed by adding a purple carrot concentrate having a sugar content of not less than 20 brix.

In addition, the sterilization step may be performed such that the vegetable juice is sterilized by passing the vegetable juice through a double pipe including an outer pipe through which hot water flows at 120 to 130 ° C and an inner pipe through which the juice is moved inside the outer pipe, And sterilized by passing through the double tube within 30 seconds.

In addition, a natural purple color extract using purple carrots is added to the sterilized vegetable juice, the natural purple color extract is obtained by drying a purple carrot, cutting the dried purple carrot to a predetermined thickness, The method comprising the steps of: immersing the immersed mixture in an alcohol solution; stirring the immersed mixture for a predetermined period of time; and extracting the mixed mixture by distillation under reduced pressure, .

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to effectively clean the foreign matter adhering to the surface of the purple carrots, which are massively washed by the first and second cleaning parts, so that impurities are not contained in the purple carrot juice, The present invention is directed to a method for preparing an anthocyanin composition by adding a natural purple color extract using a purple carrot at a stage immediately before the packaging step so that an anthocyanin component And the quality of the purple carrot juice is improved by increasing the color of the purple color without adding any additional color additives by adding the natural purple color extract.

1 is a view showing a purple carrot juice extracting apparatus according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing the detailed structure of a washing machine according to the present invention.
3 is a view showing the detailed structure of the crusher according to the present invention.
4 is a view showing the detailed structure of a juicer according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of purple carrot juice according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the procedure for preparing the natural purple extract according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a purple carrot juice extractor according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing a detailed structure of a washing machine according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a detailed structure of a crusher according to the present invention, 1 is a view showing the detailed structure of a juicer according to the present invention.

The purple carrot juice extractor according to the present invention includes a washing machine 10, a crusher 20, a juicer 30, a vibration separator 40, a filter 50, a cooling tank 60, a sterilizer 70, And a packing machine 80.

The washing machine 10 comprises a conveying body 11, a primary washing section 12, and a secondary washing section 13, which carries the purple carrots collected in a field on a conveyor belt while transferring the same.

The conveying body 11 is provided with a conveyor belt 11a along the longitudinal direction at its lower portion and a purple carrot is fed from the inlet 11b provided at the front and conveyed backward along the conveyor belt 11a, And the purple carrots washed with the crusher 20 located at the rear of the transfer body 11 are supplied.

The primary cleaning unit 12 is a unit for primarily removing foreign matter such as soil adhering to the surface of the purple carrots to be introduced from the forward charging port 11b of the transporting body 11 and is provided on both sides of the front side of the transporting body 11 And a first cleaning brush 12b coupled to an outer surface of the first rotation shaft 12a so that the purple carrot can be dropped downward between the first cleaning brushes 12b, So that the foreign substance attached to the surface of the purple carrot is separated by the first cleaning brush 12b. At this time, a plurality of water spray holes 12c are radially formed on the outer periphery of the first rotation shaft 12a, and high-pressure wash water is sprayed from the inside of the first rotation shaft 12a through the water spray hole 12c, Is firstly flushed.

The second washing section 13 carries the first car wash and carries the purple carrots placed on the conveyor belt 11a to the conveyance belt 13c having irregularities to clean the second conveyor belt 11a. A second cleaning brush 13b coupled in a spiral shape along the outer edge of the second rotation shaft 13a and a second cleaning brush 13b provided at a lower portion of the second cleaning brush 13b, And a conveyance belt 13c in which irregularities of a predetermined depth are continuously formed along the direction of the conveyance belt 13c.

2, the second cleaning brush 13b is spaced apart from the transport belt 13c by a predetermined distance. The size of the gap between the second cleaning brush 13b and the transport belt 13c Based on the average cross-sectional size of the purple carrots.

One side of the purple carrots transferred onto the conveyance belt 13c is in close contact with one side of the second cleaning brush 13b rotated by the second rotation shaft 13a and the second cleaning brush 13b And the purple carrots are positioned in the direction opposite to the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt 13c while being closely contacted along the longitudinal direction of the purple carrots. That is, the lengthwise direction of the purple carrots is positioned in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the conveyance belt 13c, the purple carrots are received in the concave recesses of the conveyance belt 13c, and the second washing brush 13b It is cleaned while being rotated.

The conveyance belt 13c is made of a mesh net structure and is further provided with a washing water splitting portion 13d for spraying wash water to the purple carrot at the lower portion of the conveyance belt 13c, So that the purple carrots float without being in close contact with the surface of the conveyance belt 13c by the pressure of the water to be sprayed and rotated by the second cleaning brush 13b in the concave portion of the conveyance belt 13c.

Thus, in the secondary washing section 13, the single purple carrots are rotated in the recesses of the conveyor belt 13c with the longitudinal direction of the purple carrots as the axial direction, so that the entire surface is uniformly cleaned, and the second cleaning brush 13b And is conveyed to the convex portion of the conveyance belt 13c.

The secondary washing section 13 includes a plurality of support plates 13e formed to be curved to support the lower portion of the conveyance belt 13c and extending along the longitudinal direction of the conveyance belt 13c and a plurality of support plates 13e And a tension spring 13f installed to apply tension to the support plate 13e in a vertical direction at a lower portion of the support plate 13e.

The support plate 13e determines the depth of the convexo-concave of the conveyor belt 13c and is set to have a different height according to the standard of the tension spring 13f. Even if a certain portion is accommodated in the recess of the conveyance belt 13c, the distance between the second cleaning brush 13b and the conveyance belt 13c is narrowed and the second cleaning brush 13b. In this case, the support plate 13e is moved downward by the tension of the tension spring 13f so that the purple carrot can be easily moved along the conveyance belt 13c.

The crusher 20 crushes the purple carrots washed first and secondarily in the washing machine 10 and comprises a loading hopper 21, a crushing body 22, a crushing drum 23, A cutter 24 and a filtration screen 25. [

The feeding hopper 21 is a hopper into which the purple carrots washed in the washing machine 10 are fed.

The shredding main body 22 is connected to the lower side of the feeding hopper 21 and is a case which extends rearward. The purple carrots supplied through the feeding hopper 21 fall downward and are crushed.

The shredding drum 23 is provided with a plurality of shredding projections 23a on the outer surface thereof and is rotatably installed on the inside of the shredding main body 22 so as to be spaced apart on both sides. The purple carrots are dropped between the two crushing drums 23 provided on both sides thereof and are crushed.

The rotary cutter 24 is provided below the inner shredding drum 23 of the shredding main body 22 to finely cut the shredded carrots having a certain size by the shredding drum 23.

The filtration screen 25 is formed of a mesh network of a predetermined size and filters only the purple carrots of a predetermined size or less among the finely cut purple carrots to be supplied to the juicer 30. The purple carrots are supplied to the juice extractor 30, The above-mentioned purple carrots are supplied again to the charging hopper 21 through the re-supply circulation pipe 26 so as to be crushed again.

4, the hopper 32 is formed in the upper part of the main body 31, and the hopper 32 is formed in the upper part of the main body 31. In the hopper 32, A screw shaft 33 having a spiral portion on the outer circumferential surface is provided horizontally and a cylindrical filter net 34 is provided outside the screw shaft 33. A sludge outlet 35 and a vegetable juice outlet 36 Is formed.

In the juicer 30, the crushed purple carrots are introduced through the hopper 32, and the purple carrots are conveyed in conjunction with the rotation of the screw shaft 33 to be pressed against the filter net 34, 36, respectively.

The vibrating separator 40 vibrates and separates the vegetable juice juiced by the juicer 30 by the vibrating bobbin 41. The vibrating separator 40 is provided with a vibrating bobbin having a through hole of 18 to 20 mesh capable of vibrating in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction (41) and a vibration plate (41), and a storage plate (42) for receiving the vegetable juice is provided to filter the suspended matters and sediments by automatic control. The filtered juice of the filtered vegetable juice And is conveyed along the conveying pipe to the filter 50 of the next process.

The filter 50 is provided to filter syrup of purple carrots. The filter 50 is provided with a number of cartridge filters 52 of about 1 micron in the filter body 51, And through the separate pressure gauge 53, the filtration efficiency and the replacement timing of the filtration filter 52 can be known.

The cooling tank 60 is a storage tank for storing a large amount of the juice of the sludge filtered by the filter 50, and the juice of the vegetable juice is cooled to maintain the freshness.

The sterilizer 70 sterilizes the vegetable juice stored in the cooling tank 60 at a predetermined temperature for a certain period of time to ensure hygiene before being packaged and shipped to the product. As the sterilizer 70, a plate-type sterilizer is mainly used. The plate-type sterilizer is sterilized by passing the juice between the high-temperature plates spaced apart at regular intervals. The problem of clogging between plates often occurs.

The sterilizer 70 according to the present invention is installed in a zigzag shape with a double pipe structure tube 71 composed of an outer pipe through which hot water flows at 120 to 130 ° C and an inner pipe through which the juice stored in the cooling tank 60 moves, And the tube is sterilized by hot water while the juice of the vegetable is passed. Spiral-shaped protrusions are continuously protruded from the outer surface of the outer tube to increase the heat exchange efficiency of the hot water.

In addition, when the vegetable juice is kept at a high temperature for a long time, the anthocyanin contained in the purple carrots is destroyed, so that the total length of the tube 71 is set to about 100 m and the time for the vegetable juice to pass through the inner tube is 1 to 1 Minutes should be within 30 seconds to prevent anthocyanin from being destroyed.

The packing machine 80 packs and sacks the sterilized vegetable juice with the sterilizer 70 in the form of a pouch.

Hereinafter, the purple carrot juice method according to the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of purple carrot juice according to the present invention.

The purple carrot juice method according to the present invention may further include a cleaning step S510, a crushing step S520, a juicing step S530, a vibration separation step S540, a filtering step S550, a storage step S560, , A sterilization step (S570), and a packaging step (S580).

In the cleaning step S510, the picked purple carrots are cleaned in the first and second directions while conveying the carrots along the conveyor belts 11a provided under the conveying body 11.

In the crushing step S520, the washed purple carrots are crushed to a predetermined size. The purple carrots are crushed while passing through the crushing drum 23 by putting the purple carrots into the hopper 21 of the crusher 20, Is finely cut by the rotary cutter (24). The thus-cut purple carrots are supplied in the form of a slurry through a screen 25 to purge carrots of a certain size or less to be fed later.

In addition, in the crushing step (S520), the purple carrot concentrate of high solubility is added to the crusher (20) and mixed with purple carrots to be crushed. Such a purple carrot concentrate prevents the discoloration of the crushed purple carrots and increases the sugar content. The purple carrot concentrate is used instead of the additive to improve the quality of the product. Generally, the sugar content of purple carrots is about 12 brix, and the purple carrot concentrate is made to have a sugar content of more than 20 brix so that a high sugar content is obtained when it is ingested.

The juice step S530 is a step of adding the purple carrot concentrate as described above to juice the crushed purple carrot into the vegetable juice. The juice is compressed by the rotation of the screw shaft 33, and the juice of the vegetable juice is filtered through the filter net 34 Is discharged to the discharge port (36), and the sludge is discharged to the sludge discharge port (35) separately.

In the vibration separation step S540, the juice of the vegetable juice is subjected to vibration separation by the vibration pedestal 41, so that floating matters and sediments are filtered out by vibration separation.

In the filtration step (S550), the sludge is filtered while passing the filtered vegetable juice through the filter (52), thereby enhancing the texture.

In the storage step S560, the filtered vegetable juice is stored in the cryogenic cooling tank 60 in a large amount.

The sterilization step (S570) is a pre-packaging step, which sterilizes the juice of the vegetable before it is shipped to the finished product so that it does not easily deteriorate. In this sterilization step, the inside of a double tube composed of an outer pipe through which hot water flows at a temperature of 120 to 130 ° C and an inner pipe through which the vegetable juice moves inside the outer tube is sterilized while the vegetable juice is passed through. In order to minimize the breakdown of anthocyanin Let the vegetable juice pass through the inside of the double tube within 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds.

The packaging step (S580) is to pack the sterilized vegetable juice.

In addition, the purple carrot juice according to the present invention exhibits a deep purple color without adding a color additive, and the product quality is further enhanced by the purple anthocyanin ingredient. Accordingly, in the present invention, an anthocyanin content is further increased by adding a natural purple color extract using purple carrots to the sterilized vegetable juice.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a procedure for preparing a purple natural color extract according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the purple carrots are first dried at a predetermined water content (S610), and the dried purple carrots are cut to a predetermined thickness (S620 ), The digested mixture is stirred for a predetermined period of time (S640), and the agitated mixture is subjected to vacuum distillation to extract the natural purple color extract (S650).

The thus extracted natural purple color extract is added at all stages of the packaging step in which the anthocyanin content is so high that no further heat treatment is applied, and a separate mixing step is performed one step further to the packaging step.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is possible to make various modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the appended claims should include all such modifications and changes as fall within the scope of the present invention.

10: Washer 11: Feed body
11a: conveyor belt 11b: inlet
12: primary washing section 12a: first rotating shaft
12b: first cleaning brush 12c: water spray
13: second washing section 13a: second rotating shaft
13b: second cleaning brush 13c: conveying belt
13d: washing water splitting portion 13e: supporting plate
13f: Tension spring
20: Crusher 21: Feed hopper
22: crushing body 23: crushing drum
24: rotary cutter 25: filtration screen
26: Redistribution circulation pipe
30: Juicer 31: Body
32: hopper 33: screw shaft
34: filter net 35: sludge outlet
36: Vegetable juice outlet
40: Vibration separator 41:
42: Storage board
50: filter 51: filter body
52: Filter 53: Manometer
60: cooling tank
70: Sterilizer
80: Packing machine

Claims

A washing machine for washing the collected purple carrots;
A shredder for shredding the purple carrots washed with the dishwasher;
An extractor for extracting the purple carrots crushed with the crusher into a vegetable juice;
A vibration isolator vibrating and separating the vegetable juice juiced by the juice extractor by vibrating bands;
A filter for filtering the vegetable juice which is separated by the vibration separator;
A cooling tank for storing the juice filtered with the filter;
A sterilizer for sterilizing the vegetable juice stored in the cooling tank;
And a packing machine for filling and packing the vegetable juice sterilized by the sterilizer,
The sterilizer is a double tube structure having an inner tube and an outer tube. The juice passes through the inner tube, and hot water passes between the outer tube and the inner tube. Spiral projections are continuously protruded from the outer surface of the outer tube,
The washing machine
A conveying body provided with a conveyor belt along the longitudinal direction at a lower portion thereof and feeding the purple carrots washed with the purifier while being transported rearward along the conveyor belt with the purple carrots inserted in front thereof;
A first rotary shaft disposed at a predetermined distance from the front side of the transfer body at a predetermined interval and a first cleaning brush coupled to an outer surface of the first rotary shaft such that a plurality of water spray holes are formed in the outer periphery of the first rotary shaft, A first washing unit which removes foreign substances adhering to the surface of the carrot by the washing water sprayed from the water spray hole while the purple carrots are supplied into the first washing brushes;
A second cleaning brush provided on the conveying belt at a plurality of positions along a longitudinal direction and arranged rearwardly in a longitudinal direction, a second cleaning brush coupled spirally along an outer edge of the second rotation axis, A conveyance belt for conveying the purple carrots backward while being in contact with the second cleaning brush in a state in which recesses and projections of a predetermined depth are continuously formed and the purple carrots are housed in the recesses; A second washing unit including a washing water splasher for spraying washing water to face the colored carrots to be seated; Wherein the green carrot juice extractor further comprises:

The method according to claim 1,
The crusher
An inlet hopper into which the purple carrots washed in the washing machine are injected,
A shredding main body in which the purple carrots supplied to the loading hopper fall downward and crushed,
A crushing drum rotatably installed on the inner side of the crushing main body, the crushing drum having a plurality of crushing protrusions on the outer surface thereof for crushing purple carrots falling downward;
A rotary cutter provided inside the shredding main body and finely cutting the shredded carrots with the shredding drum;
And a filtration screen for filtering the purple carrots cut by the rotary cutter to supply only the purple carrots of a certain size or less to the juice extractor.

3. The method of claim 2,
The crusher
Further comprising a re-supply circulation tube for re-feeding the purple carrots of a predetermined size or more that have not passed through the filtration screen to the input hopper.

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The method according to claim 1,
The secondary washing unit
A plurality of support plates formed to be curved to support a lower portion of the convex portion of the conveyance belt and extending along the longitudinal direction of the conveyance belt; and tension springs vertically installed on the lower portion of the support plate. Purple carrot juicer.

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