KR102025577B1 - Pepper dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hot pepper dryer comprising: a horizontal cylindrical drum including an inner receiving unit and hot pepper inlet and outlet in communication with the receiving unit; a first agitation unit disposed on a lower left side of the receiving unit of the drum and including a plurality of first impellers rotating in a counterclockwise direction; a second agitation unit disposed on a lower right side of the receiving unit of the drum, and including a plurality of second impellers rotating in a clockwise direction, disposed between the respective first impellers, and having a radius of rotation overlapping in part with a radius of rotation of the respective first impellers; a hot air supply unit disposed above the receiving unit of the drum; and a guide unit provided on the bottom of the receiving unit of the drum and configured to occupy, when elevated, a non-overlapped region which is below the overlapped region where the radius of rotation of the respective first impellers and the radius of rotation of the respective second impellers overlap with each other. Accordingly, the hot pepper dryer, when causing agitations for drying hot peppers, causes the hot peppers to move constantly without creating an unmixed region, and at the same time, exposes the hot peppers to high-temperature hot air currents, thereby dramatically increasing drying efficiency.

Description

Chili Dryer {PEPPER DRYER}

The present invention relates to a pepper dryer, and in particular, by using a pair of stirring units, by selectively removing the non-mixing region other than the impeller rotation radius of the stirring unit to mix the pepper evenly, rapid drying through high temperature hot air It is a technique related to pepper dryers available.

In general, a method of naturally drying by irradiating sunlight when drying red pepper has been widely used, but this natural drying is not only time-consuming, but also requires a large amount of drying space and manpower for management, it is difficult to achieve efficient productivity, Accordingly, various pepper dryers have been developed that can artificially dry pepper through a mechanical configuration so that pepper drying can be performed more quickly than natural drying at a time.

In technique about such pepper dryer,

Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1014846 (2011.02.08. Registered, hereinafter referred to as 'Document 1') 『Dried Red Pepper Dryer』 is presented,

Document 1 is configured with a housing into which the dry pepper is introduced, and a conveying unit for conveying forward while simultaneously stirring the dry pepper by a conveying member that is rotated by the driving of the motor inside the housing. A hot air supply unit is configured to supply hot air to dry the moisture remaining in the red pepper, and an air circulation unit is configured to circulate the air supplied through the purification filter and to exhaust the air while the circulation fan rotates inside the housing. It is configured to include a support for supporting the hot air supply unit at the lower end of the hot air supply unit, while the transfer member rotates while stirring the dry pepper in the interior of the housing and at the same time effectively the moisture remaining in the dry pepper with hot air supplied from the hot air supply As it dries, the technology of dry pepper dryer that shortens drying time and maximizes drying efficiency All.

As another technology, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1062143 (registered on Aug. 30, 2011, hereinafter referred to as 'Document 2') has been proposed "dried pepper dryer",

Document 2 has two drying chambers having the same configuration inside the dryer, a hot air supply device for supplying hot air evenly to both the lower part of the drying room and to the left and right sides, and a recycle for recovering the hot air supplied into the drying room and supplying it back to the drying room again. Apparatus, and a rocking device to shake the drying chamber up and down to mix evenly the pepper in each drying chamber to make even drying operation, re-supply through the recycle without discharging the waste hot air after the pepper drying operation as it is to heat the dryer Efficiency can be greatly increased, and the red peppers in the drying process can be automatically mixed well to make the drying work evenly, thereby minimizing the workforce and taking advantage of evenly drying work to obtain the quality of dried pepper and increase the productivity. It is a technology about the hot pepper dryer.

As another technology, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1325060 (registered on October 29, 2013, hereinafter referred to as 'Document 3') `` Multi-purpose pepper dryer '' is proposed.

Document 3 is equipped with a fabric mill that drills fine holes to the surface of the pepper to shorten the drying time of the pepper and at the same time put the pepper punched in the punching device to the conveyor in sequence with the hot air drying using a heat pump and far-infrared and By using high frequency to induce moisture inside pepper, it is possible to save energy through heat pump and to maintain the original color and aroma of pepper through sterilization, deodorization and antibacterial effect through far infrared and high frequency. Technology.

Document 1. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1014846 (Registered Feb. 08, 2011) Document 2. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1062143 (August 30, 2011) Document 3. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1325060 (registered October 29, 2013)

The present invention agitates the pepper through a pair of left and right stirring unit, and by selectively filling the side of the comparison region between the impeller of each stirring unit, the peppers accommodated in the receiving portion of the drum within the impeller rotation radius of each stirring unit It is an object of the present invention to provide a pepper dryer which allows the pepper to be dried quickly by being exposed to a high temperature hot air while being continuously moved without stagnation.

Furthermore, the present invention is dried by inducing the discharge port of the drum is opened when the support block descends to fill the comparison set area between the impeller of each stirring unit, the partition membrane of the elastic material deformed by the support block is inclined toward the outlet side and dried. It is a technology related to the pepper dryer to facilitate the mobile discharge of the finished pepper.

In addition, the present invention is a technology related to the pepper dryer to be transported and discharged more easily by transmitting vibration to the partition membrane when moving the pepper movement.

Pepper dryer according to the present invention to solve the above problems,

A horizontal cylindrical drum having an inner receptacle and a pepper inlet and outlet communicating with the receptacle;

A first stirring unit disposed on a lower left side of the receiving part of the drum and having a plurality of first impellers rotating in a counterclockwise direction;

Is disposed on the lower right of the receiving portion of the drum and rotated in a clockwise direction, disposed between each of the first impeller, the second having a plurality of second impeller that the rotation radius overlaps with the rotation radius of each of the first impeller Stirring unit;

A hot air supply unit disposed at an upper side of a receiving part of the drum; And

A guide unit installed at a bottom of the receiving part of the drum and occupying a lower non-intersecting area of an intersecting area where rotation radii of the first impeller and the respective second impeller overlap each other;

Characterized in that consisting of.

Pepper dryer according to the present invention,

When stirring pepper, it is possible to be exposed to high temperature hot air while continuously moving pepper without non-mixing area, and there is no stagnant section of pepper, which has the greatest effect of drastically improving drying efficiency for pepper.

1 is a side cross-sectional view showing a pepper dryer according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a front cross-sectional view showing a pepper dryer according to the present invention,
3 is a plan sectional view showing a pepper dryer according to the present invention;
4 is a three-dimensional configuration diagram showing the coupling structure between the support block and the partition membrane,
5 is a front cross-sectional view for illustrating a deformation state of the partition membrane according to the rise of the support block;
6 is a partial side cross-sectional view for showing the discharge port exposed when the front side powder block descends of the support block,
7 and 8 is a side cross-sectional view of a part of the operating state to show the vibration generating unit,
9 and 10 are front and three-dimensional configuration diagram for showing the slope plate disposed between the impeller in each stirring unit.

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

Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the configuration shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various equivalents that may be substituted for them at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be water and variations.

On the basis of Fig. 1, the powder block side located at the outlet side of the two powder blocks of the support block is front or front, and the powder block side located at the opposite side thereof is identified as the rear side or the rear side, and Based on FIG. 2, the direction of each 1st impeller side of a 1st stirring means is defined as a left part or a left side, and each 2nd impeller side of a 2nd stirring means is called a right part or a right side.

In addition, the present invention, but the drying object in the dryer to explain that the pepper, but not limited to it will be apparent that it is possible to dry various items other than pepper.

As shown in Figure 1 to 10, the pepper dryer according to the present invention,

The drum 10, the first stirring unit 20, the second stirring unit 30, the hot air supply means 40, and the guide unit 50 may be formed.

Looking at each configuration,

The drum 10

As shown in Figures 1 to 3,

Internal receptacle 11, and

Pepper inlet 12 and outlet 13 in communication with the receiving portion 11

It consists of a horizontal, ie laid down cylindrical structure comprising a.

At this time, the inlet 12 is disposed on the upper rear side of the receiving portion 11, in particular the outlet 13 is the front side powder block 521 of the support block 52 to be described later in the drum 10 It is positioned in a closed position in the raised position and then opened in the lower position. As a result, the outlet 13 is opened or closed by a powder block 521 which is lifted up and down without a separate door, and the inlet 12 is preferably provided with a separate door.

The first side block 14 disposed on the drum 10 back and forth on the bottom of the accommodating part 11 and having an upper curvature corresponding to a radius of rotation of the first impeller 21 of the first stirring unit 20. And, the front and rear surfaces of the receiving portion 11 is disposed in front and rear with a curvature corresponding to the radius of rotation of the second impeller 31 of the second stirring unit 30 and mutually with the first side block 14 A second side block 15 spaced apart is provided. As a result, the first and second side blocks 14 and 15 are configured to face each other from side to side, and the first and second side blocks 14 and 15 are exposed on the upper surfaces of the first and second side blocks 14 and 15. It is evenly mixed by the rotational motion of the second impellers 21, 31, which is the upper part of the first and second side blocks 14, 15 on the rotation radius of the first and second impellers 21, 31. As cotton curvature is formed, the peppers can be mixed evenly.

The first stirring unit 20

As shown in Figures 1 to 3,

A plurality of first impeller 21 disposed on the lower left of the receiving portion 11 of the drum 10 to rotate in the counterclockwise direction

It is made, including.

At this time, each of the first impeller 21 is fixedly coupled to one shaft, the shaft is rotatably coupled to the front and rear inner walls of the drum 10, it is preferable that a separate bearing or the like is provided in this coupling portion.

And each of the first impeller 21 is rotated by the first impeller driving unit 22, the first impeller driving unit 22 is driven gear coupled to the shaft end of each of the first impeller 21, The first impeller 21 meshes with the driven gear and is coupled to the drive shaft of the drive motor, and the first impeller 21 rotates while the shaft rotates by power transmission when the drive motor is driven. This is an example and may be variously modified and changed within a range that satisfies a condition allowing each of the first impellers 21 to rotate.

And it is preferable that the first tulle 211 is formed at the end of each of the first impeller 21 is extended in the rotational direction to lift the pepper.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the first stirring unit 20 will be described later when the pepper is dropped by each of the first impellers 21 disposed and rotated between the first impellers 21. A first slope plate 23 is provided to guide the second stirring unit 30 to fall toward the second impeller 31.

The second stirring unit 30

As shown in Figures 1 to 3,

Is disposed on the lower right side of the receiving portion 11 of the drum 10 and rotated in a clockwise direction, disposed between each of the first impeller 21 and the radius of rotation is the rotation radius of each of the first impeller 21 and Multiple second impellers 31 partially overlapped

It is made, including.

At this time, each of the second impeller 31 is fixedly coupled to one shaft, the shaft is rotatably coupled to the front and rear inner wall of the drum 10, it is preferable that a separate bearing or the like is provided in this coupling portion.

And each of the second impeller 31 is rotated by the second impeller driving unit 32, the second impeller driving unit 32, like the first impeller driving unit 22, each of the second impeller 31 The driven gear coupled to the shaft end of the) and the drive gear meshed with the driven gear and coupled to the drive shaft of the drive motor, each of the second impeller 31 while the shaft rotates by power transmission when the drive motor is driven. Will rotate. This is an example and may be variously modified and changed within a range that satisfies the condition for allowing each of the second impellers 31 to rotate.

And it is preferable that the second tulle 311 is formed at the end of each of the second impeller 31 extends in the rotational direction to lift the pepper.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the second stirring unit 30 includes the second impeller 31 which is disposed between the second impellers 31 and rotated by the second impellers 31 which rotate. A second slope plate 33 for guiding to fall toward the first impeller 21 side of the first stirring unit 20 is provided. Eventually, when the pepper dropped by the first impeller 21 is guided by the first slope plate 23 and moved to the second impeller 31 side, the dropped pepper is moved to the bottom of the receiving portion 11 Or dropped by the second impeller 31, when the pepper dropped by the second impeller 31 is guided by the second slope plate 33 and falls to the first impeller 21. do. As the stirring operation is repeated, hot pepper can be evenly delivered and dried quickly as the hot pepper is not stopped and the up and down movement or the position is changed continuously.

Hot air supply unit 40

As shown in FIG. 2,

In order to supply hot air for pepper drying,

An air block 41 installed on an inner wall of an upper side of the accommodating part 11 of the drum 10 and having an air passage therein;

A plurality of air nozzles 42 disposed at predetermined intervals along the lower surface of the air block 41 and communicating with air passages of the air block 41; and

Hot air supply unit 43 is connected to the inlet provided in the air block 41

It is made, including.

At this time, the hot air supply unit 43 may be configured to supply a high temperature hot air heated by a burner or a hot wire to the inlet of the air block 41, which is an example and the receiving portion 11 of the drum 10 Various modifications and changes may be made within a range that satisfies the conditions for supplying hot air into the hot air.

Therefore, the hot air of the hot air supplied by the hot air supply unit 43 is discharged through the air block 41 through the air nozzles 42 into the accommodating part 11 of the drum 10, and thus Hot pepper is dried by hot air.

Guide unit 50 is

As shown in Figures 1 to 6,

The lower side ratio of the intersection region P1 installed at the bottom of the receiving portion 11 of the drum 10 and the rotation radius of each of the first impeller 21 and the second impeller 31 overlaps each other when raised. Occupy the non-intersecting area (P2),

Partition membrane 51 of the elastic material for interconnecting the upper end of the first and second side blocks (14, 15),

A support block 52 disposed in a spaced space between the first and second side blocks 14 and 15 in the receiving portion 11 of the drum 10 and having a triangular cross section;

Lifting drive means 53 for elevating the support block 52 up and down

It is made, including.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the 'comparative set region' refers to a region on the lower side of the region where the rotation radii between the first and second impellers 21 and 31 overlap each other. It does not overlap with each other out of the radius means a region that can not be stirred stirring pepper.

As shown in Figures 1 and 4, the support block 52 is composed of a pair of powder blocks 521, 522 to be disposed in each of the front and rear of the receiving portion 11, the lifting drive means 53 The powder block 521, 522 is composed of a pair of lifting drive unit (531, 532) for the lifting operation of each. Here, each of the elevating driving parts 531 and 532 is a piston having an end connected to the lower surface of the powder block, and a part of the piston is built in, and a pneumatic cylinder body for moving up and down by selective supply of air. Is done. As a result, each of the lifting driving units 531 and 532 may be implemented to be simultaneously operated by an external control or individually operated.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, when the support block 52 is lifted by the elevating driving means 53, the partition film 51 is deformed by the support block 52 to occupy the comparison set area P2. As a result, the peppers are moved toward the first and second side blocks 14 and 15 so that the peppers may be evenly mixed as the peppers are disposed within the rotation radius of the first and second impellers 21 and 31. .

4 and 6, each of the powder blocks 521 and 522 and the partition membrane 51 disposed on an upper side thereof passes through the partition membrane 51 and passes through the powder blocks 521 and 522. The front bolt 54 is fastened to the front upper surface of the powder block 521 disposed in the front and the powder block 522 disposed rearward from the powder blocks 521 and 522 past the partition film 51. It is coupled to each other by a rear bolt (55) fastened to the rear upper surface of the). As a result, when the partition membrane 51 and the powder blocks 521 and 522 are interconnected, when the powder blocks 521 and 522 descend, the partition membrane 51 also lowers the connection portion thereof. will be.

When the drying process for the red pepper is finished, the elevating driving unit 531 is lowered to the front side powder block 521 by the elevating drive unit 531 which is responsible for the front side powder block 521, the rear side powder By leaving the block 522 up, the partition film 51 is inclined from the rear to the front side as shown in FIG. As a result, an inclined ramp is formed in a shape in which the bone is gradually deepened from the rear to the front on the upper surface of the partition membrane 51, so that dried pepper can be easily moved along the ramp.

In addition, the discharge port 13 of the drum 10 is opened by the lower front side powder block 521, so that the red pepper moved along the slope of the partition membrane 51 is discharge port 13 of the drum 10. Is discharged to the outside through.

At this time, the present invention further includes a vibration generating unit 60 in order to more easily move during the discharge of pepper,

The vibration generating unit 60

As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8,

Is disposed on the lower side of the partition membrane 51 in the receiving portion 11 of the drum 10 for transmitting vibration to the partition membrane 51,

A support 61 disposed adjacent to the rear side powder block 522 of the powder blocks 521 and 522 of the support block 52;

A pair of pillar parts 62 disposed before and after the upper surface of the support 61,

Shafts 63 rotatably coupled to each of the pillars 62,

An eccentric cam 64 coupled to the shaft 63 and disposed between the pillar portions 62;

Eccentric cam drive unit 65 for transmitting rotational power to the eccentric cam 64,

A housing 66 coupled to an upper end of each of the pillar parts 62 and having a space part which is downwardly opened;

The housing 66 is disposed to be moved up and down, and the upper part is exposed to the outside through the center of the upper surface of the housing 66 to be in contact with the partition film 51 and the lower surface to be in contact with the eccentric cam 64. A lifting body 67, and

Elastic spring 68 is compressed when the lifting member 67 is raised by the eccentric cam (64)

It is made, including.

Here, an annular flange 671 extending along the lower circumference of the lifting body 67 is formed to be supported around the opening side both ends in the space portion of the housing 66, and the elastic spring 68 is The upper end is elastically supported on the upper side inner surface of the housing 66 and the lower end is elastically supported on the flange 671 in the state of being fitted to the lifting body 67.

In addition, the eccentric cam driver 65 may be formed of a drive motor having a drive shaft connected to the shaft 63.

As a result, the eccentric cam 64 is rotated when the shaft 63 rotates by the eccentric cam driver 65, and the lifting body 67 moves up and down according to the guide of the housing 66. By the operation of the lifting body 67, the partition film 51 is shaken up and down. As a result, the partition membrane 51 is to transmit the vibration to shake up and down. The peppers placed on the inclined portion of the partition membrane 51 are gradually advanced by the vibrations thus transferred to the discharge port 13 side of the drum 10.

In the above description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, with reference to the accompanying drawings, "red pepper dryer" having a specific shape and structure, but the present invention can be variously modified and changed by those skilled in the art, such variations and modifications of the present invention It should be interpreted as being within the scope of protection.

10: drum
11: receiving part
12: inlet
13: outlet
14: first side block
15: second side block
20: first stirring unit
21: first impeller
211: first tues
22: first impeller drive unit
23: first slope plate
30: second stirring unit
31: the second impeller
311: second tues
32: second impeller drive unit
33: second slope plate
40: hot air supply unit
41: Airbloc
42: air nozzle
43: hot air supply unit
50: guide unit
51: compartment membrane
52: Support Block
521, 522: powder block
53: lift driving means
531, 532: elevation driving part
54: Front Bolt
55: rear bolt
60: vibration generating unit
61: support
62: column
63: shaft
64: eccentric cam
65: eccentric cam drive unit
66: housing
67: lifting body
671: flange
68: elastic spring

Claims (7)

A horizontal cylindrical drum (10) having an inner receptacle (11), and a pepper inlet (12) and an outlet (13) in communication with the receptacle (11);
A first stirring unit 20 disposed at a lower left side of the accommodating part 11 of the drum 10 and having a plurality of first impellers 21 rotating in a counterclockwise direction;
Is disposed on the lower right side of the receiving portion 11 of the drum 10 and rotated in a clockwise direction, disposed between each of the first impeller 21 and the radius of rotation is the rotation radius of each of the first impeller 21 and A second stirring unit 30 having a plurality of second impellers 31 partially overlapped;
A hot air supply unit 40 disposed on an upper side of the accommodating part 11 of the drum 10; And
The lower side ratio of the intersection region P1 installed at the bottom of the receiving portion 11 of the drum 10 and the rotation radius of each of the first impeller 21 and the second impeller 31 overlaps each other when raised. A guide unit 50 occupying the non-intersecting area P2;
Pepper dryer, characterized in that consisting of.
The method of claim 1,
The first side block 14 disposed on the drum 10 back and forth on the bottom of the accommodating part 11 and having an upper curvature corresponding to a radius of rotation of the first impeller 21 of the first stirring unit 20. And, disposed in front and rear on the bottom of the receiving portion 11, the upper surface has a curvature corresponding to the radius of rotation of the second impeller 31 of the second stirring unit 30 and spaced apart from the first side block 14 The second side block 15 is disposed is provided,
The guide unit 50 may include a partition film 51 made of an elastic material interconnecting upper ends of the first and second side blocks 14 and 15, and the first portion of the receiving part 11 of the drum 10. And a support block 52 disposed in a spaced space between the second side blocks 14 and 15 and having a triangular cross section, and elevating driving means 53 for elevating the support block 52 up and down. Red pepper dryer, characterized in that when the support block 52 by the lifting drive means 53, the partition membrane 51 is deformed by the support block 52 to occupy the comparison set area (P2).
The method of claim 2,
The support block 52 is composed of a pair of powder blocks 521, 522 to be disposed in each of the front and rear of the receiving portion 11,
The lifting drive means (53) is a pepper dryer, characterized in that consisting of a pair of lifting drive parts (531, 532) responsible for the lifting operation of each of the powder blocks (521, 522).
The method of claim 3, wherein
The powder blocks 521 and 522 disposed on the powder blocks 521 and 522 and the upper side thereof have a powder block 521 disposed in front of the powder blocks 521 and 522 past the partition membrane 51. A front bolt 54 fastened to the front upper surface of the rear bolt and a rear bolt fastened to the rear upper surface of the powder block 522 disposed rearwardly from the powder blocks 521 and 522 past the partition membrane 51. Pepper dryers, characterized in that mutually coupled by (55).
The method of claim 4, wherein
In the drum 10, the outlet 13 is disposed at a position closed by the front side powder block 521 among the respective powder blocks 521 and 522 of the support block 52 which are raised, and thus the front side powder Red pepper dryer, characterized in that the block 521 is opened when descending.
The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
The pepper dryer further comprises a vibration generating unit (60) disposed on the lower side of the partition film (51) in the receiving portion (11) of the drum (10) to transmit vibration to the partition film (51). .
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Each second of the second stirring unit 30 is disposed in the first stirring unit 20 when the red pepper dropped by each of the first impellers 21 disposed and rotated between the first impellers 21 is rotated. The first slope plate 23 for guiding to fall toward the impeller 31 is provided,
The first stirring unit 20 of the first stirring unit 20 when the red pepper dropped by the second impeller 31 is disposed in the region between the second impeller 31 and rotates in the second stirring unit 30 Pepper dryer characterized in that it is provided with a second slope plate (33) for guiding to fall toward the impeller (21).

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