KR101834361B1 - Drying apparatus for egg packs - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an egg pack moisture drying apparatus for removing water from a packaged packed egg, such as egg jam, egg roll, and zipper, and more particularly to a first feed unit for feeding an egg pack. A plurality of first jetting portions for jetting air into the egg packs conveyed through the first transfer portion; A second conveying unit spaced apart from a lower portion of the first conveying unit and adapted to convey and convey the egg pack conveyed through the first conveying unit; A plurality of second jetting portions for jetting air into the egg packs conveyed through the second conveyance portion; And a turning guide unit for turning the egg pack conveyed through the first conveyance unit and delivering the turned eggpack to the second conveyance unit.

Description

[0001] DRYING APPARATUS FOR EGG PACKS [0002]

The present invention relates to an egg pack moisture drying apparatus for removing water from a packed pack packed with eggs processed with a food material such as an egg jam, an egg roll, and a zipper. More particularly, the present invention relates to an egg pack moisture dryer for packing processed eggs in a packed state, To an egg pack moisture drying apparatus for removing water after it is taken out.

Generally, eggs and the like are processed into food materials such as egg jam, egg rolls, and zidan, and then packaged in plastic bags made of synthetic resin.

After being packed with plastic packs, the packs are cooled to remove moisture from the water, and the barcodes are stamped on the wet pack.

At this time, when water remains in the egg pack, barcode defects such as spreading due to the water remaining in the egg pack or disappearing of the imprinted barcode were caused when the barcode operation using a laser or the like was performed.

The present invention relates to a drying apparatus for drying an egg pack having moisture remaining therein, and a drying apparatus for drying the egg pack is provided. have.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for drying moisture of an egg pack which can efficiently remove moisture remaining in an egg pack processed with a food material in a single step.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for drying an egg pack, which comprises drying an egg pack at a side of the egg pack and then automatically turning 180 degrees to dry the other side of the egg pack, The purpose of the device is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the egg pack moisture drying apparatus of the present invention comprises a first conveying section and a second conveying section for conveying an egg pack, a plurality of first ejecting sections for ejecting air with the egg pack being conveyed, And a turning guide unit for turning the egg pack transferred through the first transfer unit and transferring the same to the second transfer unit.

Each of the first transfer unit and the second transfer unit may include a transfer frame; A first rotating roller coupled to the transport frame; A second rotating roller spaced horizontally from the first rotating roller and coupled to the transport frame; A conveying band connected to the first rotating roller and the second rotating roller; And at least one auxiliary rotating roller selectively configured to support the tension of the conveyance band.

Each of the first jetting portion and the second jetting portion includes an air generating means and an injection nozzle.

The air collecting unit may further include an air collecting unit for collecting the air primarily generated by the air generating unit, and the injection nozzle is connected to the air collecting unit.

The air collecting unit is provided in each of the first jetting unit and the second jetting unit, and a transfer pipe is provided between the air collecting units, and a transfer valve is provided in the transferring pipe.

In addition, the injection nozzle is characterized in that at least one of a spray direction and a size of a hole of the injection nozzle is adjusted.

In addition, the turning guide unit may include a gap adjusting unit and a turning guide plate.

According to the present invention described above, the first and second conveyance units are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and the egg pack, which is dried and conveyed through the first conveyance unit, is turned in the opposite direction by the turning guide unit, Since it is dried and transported through the transfer part, the drying operation can be performed back and forth, thereby improving the drying efficiency.

In addition, since the egg pack is guided by the turning guide portion through the first conveying portion and falls into the second conveying portion, the moisture remaining in the egg pack is removed by the falling impact even in the falling state, .

In addition, a structure in which a plurality of conveying bands are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval and is positioned at the upper, lower, left and right sides of the conveying band without limiting the position of the ejecting unit, The water is automatically removed as the water drops downward and the water removed by the air is discharged together with the air through the discharge hole by forming a plurality of discharge holes in the periphery of the transfer frame, have.

In the case where the air generating means is constituted by a plurality of air blowing means and the air is injected into the first and second spraying portions through the air collecting portion, when one of the air generating means is malfunctioning, The air generating means can be replaced and maintained, so that the maintenance is easy, and the work efficiency and workability can be improved.

Further, it is possible to effectively control the injection of air by constituting the air collecting part for supplying the air collected by the first jet part and the air collecting part for supplying the air collected by the second jet part, respectively, and the respective air collecting parts are connected It is easy to perform replacement and maintenance work in case of malfunction of any one of the air generating means as described above and also it is possible to evenly distribute the air volume and speed of the air sprayed through the air collecting portion when the capacity difference of the air generating means occurs .

Further, by directly connecting the first jetting portion and the second jetting portion to the air collecting portion, it is possible to construct the jetting device without a separate air conveying hose.

In addition, as described above, by constituting the opening / closing valve that connects each air collecting unit through the conveyance pipe and opens / closes the conveyance pipe, it is possible to maintain and block the flow of air and independently operate each air collecting unit have.

In addition, the spraying direction of the spraying nozzle can be adjusted, and the size of the hole through which air is sprayed from the spraying nozzle can be adjusted, thereby adjusting the position of the spraying nozzle according to the size and shape of the egg pack, It is possible to perform a more efficient drying operation by controlling the jetting intensity and the central injection amount of the air according to the amount of water remaining in the egg pack.

Further, by configuring to adjust the interval of the turning guide portion, the interval can be appropriately adjusted in accordance with the size and shape of the egg pack.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an egg pack transporting method according to an embodiment of an egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention,
2 is a plan view of an embodiment of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a rear view of an embodiment of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a connection state of the first jetting unit and the second jetting unit according to an embodiment of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a connection state of a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit according to an embodiment of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail.

It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

The terms including ordinal, such as second, first, etc., may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited to these terms.

The terms used herein are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the second component may be referred to as a first component, and similarly, the first component may also be referred to as a second component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

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

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an egg pack transporting method according to an embodiment of an egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention, and the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the 'egg pack (10)' described in the present invention refers to all the products packed with food materials such as egg jam, egg roll, and zipper using eggs, and it is not preferable to limit the items to the items listed above .

In addition, although the shape of the egg pack 10 is not limited, the present invention can be applied to the case where the egg pack 10 is rotated (rotated 180 degrees) to uniformly spray the air to the front and back sides of the egg pack 10, ) Is one of the key technologies. Therefore, it is preferable to make it into a shape such as a rectangular parallelepiped or to make it wide and dry it as shown in the figure.

The turning guide part 500 is dropped from the first conveyance part 100 by using the turning property of the egg pack 10 being dropped through the first conveyance part 100 and the curved part of the turning guide plate 520 The egg pack 10 is guided so that the inverted egg pack 10 is dropped and conveyed to the second conveyance unit 200 as it is.

The turning guide unit 500 includes a gap adjusting unit 510 installed at one side of the first transfer unit 100 (upper right side in FIG. 1); And one end thereof is coupled to the gap adjusting means 510 and is rounded from one end to the other end to turn the egg pack 10 transferred from the first transferring part 100 to guide it to the second transferring part 200, And a guide plate (520).

Although not shown in detail, the fastening position of the gap adjusting means 510 can be adjusted in the forward, backward, left and right directions, and can be adjusted by controlling the back and forth or left and right spacing according to the size of the egg pack 10.

The egg pack 10 transferred along the second transfer unit 200 is loaded on the work table 20 or the like.

The workbench 20 collects the egg pack 10 after completion of the drying operation, and may be any structure capable of collecting the egg pack 10 such as a shelf or a basket.

3 is a rear view of an embodiment of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a connection state of the first jetting unit and the second jetting unit according to an embodiment of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. Is a perspective view illustrating a connection state of the first and second conveyance units according to an embodiment of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 6, only two of the transfer bands 140 and 240 are shown for convenience of illustration in order to show the display and configuration state of the reference numerals.

2 to 6, the structure of the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

First, the present invention is largely composed of a first conveying unit 100, a first jetting unit 300, a second conveying unit 200, a second jetting unit 400, and a turning guide unit 500.

The first conveyance unit 100 includes a first rotation roller 120 having a plurality of first engagement grooves 121 formed at regular intervals and a second rotation roller 120 having a plurality of second engagement grooves 131 formed at regular intervals 130 are coupled to a conveying band 140.

The first rotating roller 120 and the second rotating roller 130 are positioned on a straight line in the horizontal direction and the conveying band 140 is coupled to the first engaging groove 121 and the second engaging groove 131, respectively.

In order to prevent the transfer band 140 from being sagged due to the weight of the egg pack 10 or the like and to keep the tension of the transfer band 140 constant, At least one auxiliary rotation roller 150 is provided between the rollers 130.

The auxiliary rotating roller 150 may also be provided with a fastening groove corresponding to the position of the conveying band 140. It is preferable that the mounting position and the number of the fastening rollers 150 are determined in consideration of the size and weight of the egg pack 10.

In addition, a plurality of first jetting parts 300 are provided to jet air to the egg pack 10, which is placed on the conveying band 140 and is conveyed.

The first jetting unit 300 includes a plurality of jetting nozzles 320 connected to an air generating unit 310 composed of a compressor or the like to jet air.

It is not preferable to limit the type and position of the spray nozzle 320. However, since the egg pack 10 is basically formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the air is concentratedly injected toward the center and side of the egg pack 10 .

In addition, since the transfer bands 140 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the injection nozzle 320 is also formed below the transfer band 140 so that air is sprayed from the lower part of the egg pack 10.

At this time, it is preferable that the injection nozzle 320 installed at the upper part and the injection nozzle 320 installed at the lower part are formed at a position where they do not interfere with each other when the air is injected.

A transfer frame 110 having a plurality of discharge holes 111 is coupled to the periphery of the first transfer unit 100 and an air collecting unit 330 is provided at both sides of the transfer frame 110.

A plurality of discharge holes 111 are formed so that the air injected through the first spray part 300 is discharged through the lower and upper parts as well as the side edge part together with the moisture of the egg pack 10.

The air collecting unit 330 is connected to the first jetting unit 300 and primarily collects the air generated by the air generating unit 310 and discharges the air to the first jetting unit 300.

Since the air generating unit 310 and the air collecting unit 330 are directly connected to each other, it is not necessary to provide a separate transfer hose (not shown), so that a simple configuration is possible.

The injection nozzle 320 may be configured to be rotatable, or may be configured as a connection tube having elasticity such that the position and angle of the injection nozzle 320 can be adjusted.

In addition, the size of the holes through which the air of the injection nozzle 320 is injected can be adjusted. The configuration of the injection nozzle 320 and the like can be variously practiced in the known art.

A turning guide unit 500 is provided at the transfer end of the first transfer unit 100, that is, at the end of the transfer frame 110.

The egg pack 10 delivered through the first conveyance unit 100 drops while rotating downward from the end of the first conveyance unit 100. At this time, the egg pack 10 slides on the turning guide plate 520, ).

The second transfer unit 200 has the same structure as that of the first transfer unit 100.

That is, the second transfer part 200 also includes a first rotation roller 220 having a plurality of first coupling grooves 221 formed at regular intervals, and a second rotation shaft 220 having a plurality of second coupling grooves 231 formed at regular intervals And a conveyance band 240 is coupled to the roller 230. [

The first rotating roller 220 and the second rotating roller 230 are positioned on a straight line in the horizontal direction and the conveying band 240 is coupled to the first engaging groove 221 and the second engaging groove 231, respectively.

In order to prevent the transfer band 240 from being sagged due to the weight of the egg pack 10 or the like and to keep the tension of the transfer band 240 constant, At least one auxiliary rotation roller 250 is provided between the rollers 230.

The auxiliary rotation roller 250 may also have a fastening groove corresponding to the position of the conveying band 240. It is preferable that the mounting position and the number of the fastening rollers 250 are determined in consideration of the size and weight of the egg pack 10.

In addition, a plurality of second jetting parts 400 are provided to jet the air to the egg pack 10, which is placed on top of the conveying band 240 and conveyed.

The second jetting section 400 is composed of a plurality of jetting nozzles 420 connected to the air generating means 410 composed of a compressor or the like, for jetting air.

In addition, since the transfer bands 240 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the injection nozzle 420 is also formed below the transfer band 240 so that the air is sprayed from the lower part of the egg pack 10.

A transfer frame 210 having a plurality of discharge holes 211 is coupled to the periphery of the second transfer unit 200 and an air collecting unit 430 is provided below the transfer frame 210.

A plurality of discharge holes 211 are formed and the air injected through the second jetting part 400 is discharged together with the moisture of the egg pack 10 through the lower and upper parts as well as the side edge parts.

The air collecting unit 430 is connected to the second jetting unit 400 and primarily collects the air generated by the air generating unit 410 and discharges the air to the second jetting unit 400.

Since the air generating unit 410 and the air collecting unit 430 are directly connected to each other, it is not necessary to provide a separate transfer hose or the like, so that a simple configuration is possible.

Although the structures of the first and second injection units 300 and 400 are different from each other in the drawing, they may be constructed in the same manner, or may be variously implemented in the known technology.

The air collecting part 330 of the first transfer part 100 and the air collecting part 430 of the second transfer part 200 may be constituted as one or as shown in FIG.

The air collecting parts 330 and 430 are formed on both sides of the lower part of the first conveying part 100 and the lower part of the second conveying part 200. The air collecting part 330 and the air collecting part 330 of the second conveying part 200 of the first conveying part 100, The air collecting part 430 is connected to the conveying pipe 600.

The transfer pipe 600 can be further opened and closed by the opening and closing valve 610 so that the transfer pipe 600 can be closed, The air collecting units 330 and 430 can be operated independently of each other or the air collecting unit 330 and 430 can be complementarily operated by opening the transfer pipe 600. [

In the case where the air generating means 310 and 410 have a plurality of air generating means 410, when the air generating means 410 malfunctions, the other air generating means 310 can continuously operate without stopping the apparatus. Maintenance and management are easy.

Although the air collecting units 330 and 430 are configured in the first transferring unit 100 and the second transferring unit 200 in the drawing, the air collecting units 330 and 430 may be configured as one air collecting unit.

The egg pack 10 dropped through the turning guide part 500 drops down to the bottom due to impact such as dropping and the subsequent drying process is performed by the drying process of the egg pack 10 of the first feeding part 100 .

As described above, the present invention can improve the drying efficiency by turning the egg pack 10 and drying it by uniformly spraying the air to the front / rear surface.

Although not shown in the drawing, a rotary motor for operating the first conveyance unit 100 and the second conveyance unit 200 and a control unit for controlling the egg pack moisture drying apparatus according to the present invention are shown, It can be easily carried out on the basis of the configuration, so the detailed description and the like are omitted.

10: Egg pack 20: Workbench
100: first transfer part 200: second transfer part
110, 210: transfer frame 111, 211: discharge hole
120, 220: first rotating roller 121, 221: first fastening hole
130, 230: second rotating roller 131, 231: second fastening hole
140, 240: conveying band 150, 250: auxiliary rotating roller
300: first jetting part 400: second jetting part
310, 410: air generating means 320, 420: injection nozzle
330, 430: air collecting part
500: turning guide portion 510: interval adjusting means
520: turning guide plate
600: transfer pipe 610: opening / closing valve

Claims (8)

A first conveying unit for conveying the egg pack;
A plurality of first jetting portions for jetting air into the egg packs conveyed through the first transfer portion;
A second conveying unit spaced apart from a lower portion of the first conveying unit and adapted to convey and convey the egg pack conveyed through the first conveying unit;
A plurality of second jetting portions for jetting air into the egg packs conveyed through the second conveyance portion; And
And a turning guide unit for turning the egg pack conveyed through the first conveyance unit and delivering the turned egg pack to the second conveyance unit,
Wherein each of the first jetting portion and the second jetting portion comprises:
Air generating means; And
And an injection nozzle connected to the air generating unit to inject air into the egg pack conveyed through the first conveyance unit,
Further comprising an air collecting portion in which air generated from the air generating means is primarily collected,
Wherein the injection nozzle is connected to the air collecting part,
The air collecting unit is provided in each of the first jetting unit and the second jetting unit and the collected air is transported between the air collecting unit connected to the first jetting unit and the air collecting unit connected to the second jetting unit, Wherein the water supply unit is provided with a feed pipe.
[2] The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first transfer unit and the second transfer unit comprises:
A transfer frame;
A first rotating roller having a plurality of first fastening grooves formed at regular intervals and coupled to the transfer frame;
A second rotating roller which is separated from the first rotating roller in the horizontal direction to form a plurality of second fastening grooves, and is coupled to the transfer frame;
A transport band fastened to each of the first fastening groove and the second fastening groove; And
And at least one auxiliary rotating roller positioned between the first rotating roller and the second rotating roller and supporting the tension of the conveying band.
delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
And an opening / closing valve for opening / closing the conveyance pipe.
The ink jet recording head according to claim 1,
Wherein at least one of a spray direction and a size of a hole of the spray nozzle is adjusted.
The turning guide unit according to claim 1,
Spacing adjusting means provided at one side of the first conveying unit; And
And a turning guide plate coupled to the spacing adjusting means at one end thereof and rounded from one end to the other end to guide the egg pack transferred from the first conveying unit to guide the egg pack to the second conveying unit. .

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