KR102159801B1 - Seaweed dehydrator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an algae dehydration apparatus, and includes a rotating frame that installs sea algae in the dewatering tank and rotates by receiving a rotational force of a motor. The rotating frame is further provided with a pressing device capable of pressing and fixing the seaweed. The device configuration is simple, power consumption is low, dehydration performance is excellent, and damage to seaweed caused by the dehydration process is prevented.

Description

Seaweed dehydration device {SEAWEED DEHYDRATOR}

The present invention relates to an algae dehydration apparatus, and more particularly, to an algae dehydration apparatus using a centrifugal force.

Seaweeds such as seaweed, seaweed, Ecklonia cava, and kelp are distributed even when wet, but are often dried and distributed for long-term storage and handling convenience. In order to dry these seaweeds, it is necessary to remove water from the outside of the seaweeds by performing a dehydration process before the drying process.

In addition, seaweed has recently been in the spotlight as a raw material for producing bioethanol in the field of bioenergy. Seaweeds can be mass-produced due to their high growth rate, do not require separate fertilizers or agricultural water, and contain a large amount of various sugar components and alginic acid, making them suitable for conversion into energy. However, since seaweeds contain a large amount of moisture, it is necessary to perform a dehydration process as a pretreatment process prior to bioethanol manufacturing processes such as saccharification, fermentation, and distillation.

As described above, in the use of seaweed, dehydration is often required.

Conventionally, water is removed by compressing the seaweed by passing seaweed moving on a conveyor belt between the upper roller and the lower roller, or by putting the seaweed in a net-shaped basket and pressing it with a press to remove water.

However, most of these devices have an excessively large size of the device, and when the compression force is excessive, the seaweed is damaged and the product value is lowered. Above all, the dehydration performance of removing water from the seaweed is poor.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0022276 (2012.03.12.) Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-1686378 (2016.12.07.)

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and the device configuration is simple and compact, so that the device manufacturing cost is reduced, and by dehydration by centrifugal force, the damage to the seaweed is reduced and the dehydration performance is improved. It has its purpose in providing.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a dewatering tank forming a dewatering space blocked from the outside, a motor mounted on the outer side of the dewatering tank, and a rotation rotatably installed inside the dewatering tank and in which seaweed is mounted. And a frame, an electric means for transmitting rotational force by connecting the motor and the rotating frame, and a control panel electrically connected to the motor to control on/off and rotation speed of the motor.

The dewatering tank is provided with a plurality of legs to be spaced apart from the floor of the workshop, and each leg is provided with a height adjusting member.

A door hingedly connected to the top of the dewatering tank to be opened and closed is provided, and a transparent window is provided on the door.

The transmission means includes a driving sprocket installed on the rotating shaft of the motor, a connecting shaft having one end mounted on the lower surface of the rotating frame and the other end protruding to the outside through the bottom of the dewatering tank, and a driven sprocket and a driving sprocket and a driven sprocket installed on the connecting shaft. Includes a chain connecting them.

Bearing housings surrounding the connection shaft are installed on the lower surface of the dewatering tank, and bearings rotatably supporting the connection shaft are installed on the inner upper and lower portions of the bearing housing.

The rotating frame includes a rectangular bottom plate, side plates installed at both ends in the horizontal direction of the bottom plate, and L-shaped connecting plates connecting both ends of both side plates and the bottom plate, and both side plates have a long length in the vertical direction. Drainage holes are formed, and circular drainage holes are formed in the connection plate.

A locking member in which a plurality of locking protrusions are continuously formed in the vertical direction is installed on both side plates of the rotating frame, and the position is fixed so that it cannot be moved upward by being caught by the locking protrusion of the locking member while pressing the seaweed lined on the rotating frame. It further includes a pressing device.

The pressing device includes a pressing plate that can be raised and lowered in the rotating frame, a locking bracket that is rotatably installed at an end of the pressing plate so that one end protruding outside the end of the pressing plate is selectively caught on the locking protrusion of the locking member, and the other end of the locking bracket And a pressing handle for pressing downwardly and a spring for elastically supporting one end of the locking bracket upward in response to downward manipulation of the pressing handle.

The locking bracket includes an upper piece pressed by an end of the pressing handle, an inclined piece bent downwardly from the upper piece, and a locking piece extended horizontally bent from the inclined piece, and the inclined piece and the locking piece are bent The part is mounted rotatably at the end of the pressing plate via a hinge pin, and the locking piece is selectively caught by one of the locking projections of the locking member in a horizontal state where the upper part is not pressed by the pressing handle, and the upper part is pressed by the pressing handle. It rotates upward around the ground hinge pin and is separated from the locking protrusion.

A fixing pin is installed on the upper surface of the pressing plate, the spring is installed on the outer circumference of the fixing pin, and the fixing pin penetrates through a pinhole formed at the end of the push handle and the upper part so as to be elastically supported on the upper part of the spring. The pinhole is formed into a long slot to allow the rotational behavior of the locking bracket.

A head is formed on the upper end of the fixing pin to prevent separation of the end of the pressing handle and the upper part of the locking bracket and to regulate the upward position.

A fixed handle capable of being gripped together with the push handle is installed at a position corresponding to the lower center of the push handle on the upper surface of the press plate.

The upper and lower flanges are formed at the upper and lower ends of the side plates of the rotating frame, respectively, protruding outward of the rotating frame, and a concave inlet is formed in the outer direction of the rotating frame at the center of the upper flange, corresponding to the concave inlet. The middle portion of the side plate is formed through, and the locking member is inserted into the concave inlet, so that the upper and lower ends of the locking member are welded to the upper flange and the lower flange, respectively.

According to the present invention as described above, since the seaweed is rotated using a motor and dewatering is performed by the centrifugal force generated at that time, the dewatering performance is excellent.

It is a rotary device that uses the rotational force of the motor as it is, and the device configuration is simple.

Since large power is not required to increase the rotational speed of the rotating frame and maintain the rotational speed, a small motor can be used, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the device.

In addition, the amount of power consumed in the operation of the dehydration device is reduced.

While the dehydration is in progress, the pressing device stably holds the position of the seaweed, and since it is not a device that pressurizes and dehydrates the seaweed, there is an effect that the seaweed is not damaged by the dehydration process.

1 is an external perspective view of an algae dehydration apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view (cover removed state) of the seaweed dewatering apparatus according to the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a front view of Fig. 2 (shown by projecting the internal structure).
Figure 4 is a perspective view of a rotating frame that is one configuration of the present invention.
5 is a side view of the rotating frame.
Figure 6 is a perspective view of a pressing device that is one configuration of the present invention.
7 is a fixed state diagram of the pressing device.
8 is a state diagram of a release of the pressing device.

In the present invention, various modifications may be made and various embodiments may be provided, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific embodiment, it is to be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. The thickness of lines or the size of components shown in the accompanying drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description.

In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention and may vary according to the intentions or precedents of users and operators. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the present specification.

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

1 to 3, the algae dehydration apparatus according to the present invention includes a cylindrical dewatering tank 10 with an open top, a cover 20 for opening and closing the upper opening of the dewatering tank 10, and dehydration. It includes a square box-shaped motor case 30 formed on one side of the jaw (10).

The dewatering tank 10 forms a dewatering space that is sealed to the outside so that the surroundings of the workplace are not wetted by water by blocking water scattering to the external space when dehydrating seaweed.

The dewatering tank 10 is provided with legs 11 in four places at predetermined intervals along the outer circumferential surface, and is supported in a state spaced apart from the floor. A height adjustment member 12 capable of adjusting the height by a screw action is provided at the lower end of each leg 11. Therefore, the dewatering tank 10 can be installed horizontally with respect to the floor by appropriately adjusting each of the height adjustment members 12 corresponding to the floor surface.

One side of the cover 20 is hinged to the dewatering tank 10 to rotate and open and close about the hinge axis (H in FIG. 3 is a hinge shaft hole), and a handle on the upper surface of the opposite side of the hinge connection to facilitate opening and closing operation (21) is installed. In addition, a transparent window 22 made of a transparent acrylic plate is installed in the center of the cover 20 so that the inside of the dewatering tank 10 can be seen.

In order to stably support the bottom surface of the cover 20 in the form of a disk, the cover 20 has a flat flange 10a protruding radially outward along the entire circumference of the dewatering tank 10 to stably support the bottom surface of the cover 20. Since a certain or more contact area is secured between the cover 20 and the flange 10a by the flange 10a, water inside the dewatering tank 10 does not splash outside during dehydration. A sealing ring made of rubber may be installed on the upper surface of the flange 10a or the lower surface of the cover 20 corresponding to the flange 10a to improve the sealing force.

A plurality of drain holes 10b are formed on the bottom surface of the dewatering tank 10 so that water dehydrated from seaweed can be discharged to the outside of the dewatering tank 10.

A motor 40 is installed inside the motor case 30. The motor 40 is fixedly installed on the outer circumferential surface of the dewatering tank 10 or a mounting bracket mounted on the leg 11 with the rotation shaft 41 facing downward. The electric wire connected to the motor 40 is drawn out of the motor case 30 and is connected to a control panel that controls power on/off and rotation speed of the motor 40.

A rotating frame 50 is provided inside the dewatering tank 10. The rotating frame 50 is a part that places seaweeds such as seaweed, seaweed, Ecklonia cava, and kelp, and is a part where dehydration is performed by centrifugal force by being rotated while the seaweed in a wet state is mounted.

As shown in Figures 3 to 5, the rotating frame 50 has side plates 52 installed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the bottom plate 51, which is a rectangular flat plate, and both sides of the bottom plate 51 and the side plate 52 The ends are connected to each other by an approximately L-shaped connection plate 56.

The bottom plate 51 is provided with a plurality of straight bar-shaped reinforcing members 57 at regular intervals to prevent twisting.

Since the rotating frame 50 is mostly open on the side on which the connecting plate 56 is installed, water discharged from the seaweed can be easily discharged to the outside of the rotating frame 50. In addition, both side plates 52 have slot-shaped drainage holes 52a having a long length in the vertical direction, and circular drainage holes 56a are formed in the four connecting plates 56 as well, so that the rotating frame 50 It is designed so that the water of seaweed stored in can be smoothly discharged to the outside of the rotating frame 50.

At the top and bottom of the side plate 52, an upper flange 53a and a lower flange 53b (see Fig. 3) protruding outward of the rotating frame 50 are formed, and the center portion of the upper flange 53a rotates A concave arc-shaped concave inlet portion 54 is formed in the outer direction of the frame 50. The central portion of the side plate 52 corresponding to the concave inlet portion 54 is formed long through the vertical direction.

Inside the concave inlet 54, a rod-shaped locking member 55 is installed in which a plurality of locking protrusions 55a are continuously formed on a surface facing the rotating frame 50. The locking member 55 is welded to and fixed to the upper flange 53a and the lower flange 53b, and is installed on the inside of the concave inlet 54 as described above, and thus is located outside the side plate 52. As a result, the end of the pressing plate 61 of the pressing device 60 for pressing and fixing the seaweed to be described later does not interfere with the locking member 55, so that the pressing plate 61 is not interfered with the side plates 52 as much as possible. It can be made large, and thus, the entire upper portion of the seaweed stored in the rotating frame 50 can be uniformly pressed and fixed.

The locking protrusion 55a is formed as an inclined surface with an upper surface inclined downward so that the end of the locking bracket 62 (described below) is not caught when the pressing device 60 descends within the rotating frame 50 It is designed to be able to easily descend the pressing device 60.

The rotating frame 50 is connected to the motor 40 via an electric means to receive rotational force. The transmission means includes a sprocket and a chain. The detailed structure will be described below.

The connecting shaft 70 is mounted on the bottom of the central portion of the bottom plate 51 of the rotating frame 50 by means of a bolt 71. The central portion of the bottom plate 51 is reinforced by welding a circular reinforcing plate 58. The connection shaft 70 may pass through the reinforcing plate 58 and be mounted on the bottom of the bottom plate 51, and the connection shaft 70 and the reinforcing plate 58 may be welded to each other.

A cylindrical bearing housing 90 concentric with the connecting shaft 70 is installed on the bottom of the dewatering tank 10. The bearing housing 90 has an upper flange mounted on the bottom of the dewatering tank 10 with a plurality of bolts 91. The reinforcing plate 92 may be welded to the bottom of the dewatering tank 10, and the flange of the bearing housing 90 may be mounted on the reinforcing plate 92.

Bearings 93 are installed in the upper and lower portions of the bearing housing 90, respectively, and these two bearings 93 stably support the rotation of the connection shaft 70.

Sealing, gaskets, mechanical seals, etc. to prevent leakage through gaps between the connection shaft 70 and the connection shaft hole at the bottom of the dewatering tank 10 and between the connection shaft 70 and the bearing housing 90. Sealing means can be installed.

The connecting shaft 70 protrudes to the lower portion of the bearing housing 90, and a driven sprocket 72 is installed at the protruding end thereof. The driving sprocket 42 is installed on the rotation shaft 41 of the motor 40. The driving sprocket 42 and the driven sprocket 72 are connected by a chain 80. By increasing the diameter of the driven sprocket 72 compared to the driving sprocket 42 (the number of teeth is large), appropriate deceleration is achieved.

The pressing device 60 is to press and fix the seaweed stored in the rotating frame 50 with an appropriate pressure. Large seaweeds such as seaweed kelp can be directly mounted on the rotating frame 50, and small seaweeds such as seaweed and greens may be placed in a net and mounted on the rotating frame 50. When seaweed is contained in the net, the pressing device 60 presses the net.

As shown in Figure 6, the pressing device 60 is a pressing plate 61, which is a rectangular flat plate, and a locking bracket 62, which is rotatably installed at both ends of the pressing plate 61, and is operated to release the locking bracket 62. It includes a pressing handle 66, a fixed handle 67 gripped together with the pressing handle 66.

The pressing plate 61 has a horizontal and vertical length that is slightly smaller than that of the bottom plate 51 so that it can descend and rise in a horizontal state inside the rotating frame 50.

The locking bracket 62 includes an upper piece 62a having a slot 62aa formed therein, an inclined piece 62b extending obliquely downward from the upper piece 62a, and a locking piece extending horizontally bent from the inclined piece 62b Including (62c), the bent portion of the inclined piece (62b) and the locking piece (62c) is installed so as to be rotatable around the hinge pin (63). The hinge pin 63 is mounted on an upper surface of an end portion of the pressing plate 61 in the horizontal direction, and the locking piece 62c protrudes to the outside of the pressing plate 61.

The fixing pin 64 is welded to the upper part of the pressing plate 61 in an upright state. The fixing pin 64 is inserted into the slot 62aa of the upper piece 62a, and a head having a diameter larger than the width of the slot 62aa is formed at the top, so that the upper piece 64 is removed from the fixing pin 64. It is supposed not to fall out.

A spring 65 is installed around the body of the fixing pin 64, and the spring 65 supports the upper piece 62a. When the spring 65 is in an uncompressed normal state, the upper piece 62a supported by the spring 65 is in an approximately horizontal state.

The push handle 66 has pinholes formed in flange portions at both ends, and is installed in a state in which the fixing pin 64 is inserted into the pinhole. Both end flanges of the push handle 66 are mounted on the upper surface of the upper piece 62a of the locking bracket 62, and the pinhole is formed with a diameter smaller than the head of the fixing pin 64, so that the push handle 66 is also a fixing pin 64 ) Cannot be separated from

In the state as described above, when the push handle 66 is pressed, the upper piece 62a is pressed and the locking bracket 62 rotates around the hinge pin 63, and the locking piece 62c on the opposite side is inclined upward. Becomes. At this time, the spring 65 is pressed and compressed by the upper piece 62a. The rotational operation of the locking bracket 62 is possible by forming a pinhole connecting the upper piece 62a to the fixing pin 64 as a slot 62aa having a long length.

When the push handle 66 is released in the above state (removal of the pressing force), the compressed spring 65 returns to its original state and the upper piece 62a is pushed up, thereby raising the push handle 66 to its original position, and the locking bracket 62 is rotated in the opposite direction and the locking piece 62c is returned to the horizontal state again.

The fixed handle 67 is installed in a fixed state on the upper surface of the pressing plate 61 and is located below the center of the pressing handle 66. The fixed handle 67 has a height that can be gripped with fingers when holding and pressing the push handle 66 with a hand. Therefore, it is possible to more easily perform the operation of lifting the pressing plate 61 or tilting it left and right. That is, handling of the pressing plate 61 is facilitated.

7 shows a state in which the pressing device 60 is fixed inside the rotating frame 50, and FIG. 8 illustrates a state in which the fixing state of the pressing device 60 is released.

When the pressing handle 66 is not pressed, the upper piece 62a of the locking bracket 62 is pushed upward by the spring 65. At this time, the locking piece 62c of the locking bracket 62a is in a horizontal state. Is located. In this state, the end of the locking piece 62c protrudes farthest from the end of the pressing plate 61, and the end of the locking piece 62c is caught by the locking protrusion 55a of the locking member 55.

At this time, the upper piece (62a) of the locking bracket (62) is caught by the head of the fixing pin (64) with the end flange of the pressing handle (66) interposed therebetween, so that the locking piece (62c) is downward The meeting is impossible.

Therefore, when the pressing handle 66 is not pressed, the locking piece 62c is caught by the locking protrusion 55a, and thus the pressing plate 61 is in a fixed state in which it is impossible to raise.

On the other hand, when the push handle 66 is pressed downward, the flanges at both ends of the push handle 66 press the upper piece 62a of the locking bracket 62, so that the upper piece 62a is lowered around the hinge pin 63 It is rotated, and thus the locking piece 62c is rotated upward so that the end of the locking piece 62c is separated from the locking protrusion 55a.

Therefore, the pressing device 60 can be removed from the rotating frame 50 by lifting the pressing plate 61 while holding the pressing handle 66 and the fixed handle 67 together to keep the pressing handle 66 pressed. There will be.

In the process of moving the pressing plate 61 upward, when the locking piece 62c is caught by the locking protrusion 55a and it is not easy to move the pressing plate 61 upward, the pressing plate 61 is tilted in one of the left and right directions to the opposite side. By completely releasing the locking state of the locking piece 62c and lifting the pressing plate 61 in an inclined state, the pressing device 60 is removed from the rotating frame 50 without interference between the locking piece 62c and the locking protrusion 55a. Can be easily removed.

On the other hand, when installing the pressing device 60 on the rotating frame 50, while holding the pressing handle 66 and the fixed handle 67 together, while maintaining approximately the horizontal state of the pressing plate 61 to the rotating frame 50 The pressing plate 61 is lowered and the handles 66 and 67 are released until the pre-mounted seaweed is pressed with an appropriate pressure. When descending, since the locking bracket 62 can rotate fluidly while compressing the spring 65, the locking piece 62c moves further upward even when the locking piece 62c interferes with the upper surface of the locking protrusion 55a. This is because it can avoid interference and move downward. In addition, as described above, since the upper surface of the locking protrusion 55a is formed as an inclined surface inclined downward, the locking piece 62c slides on the upper surface of the locking protrusion 55a, and thus the locking piece 62c and the locking protrusion 55a Interference is more easily avoided.

As described above, when the handles 66 and 67 are released while the pressing plate 61 descends and presses the seaweed, the upper piece 62a is rotated upward by the spring 65, and the locking piece 62c on the opposite side is rotated downward. As a result, the protruding amount of the end portion of the locking piece 62c is increased so that the locking piece 62c is caught by the locking protrusion 55a at a corresponding position so that the pressing device 60 is fixed in position while pressing the seaweed. At this time, the push handle 66 is pushed up by the upper piece 62a that is rotated upward and is returned to its original position.

After the installation of the algae mounting and pressing device 60 is completed as described above, dehydration can be performed by closing the cover 20 and turning on the power switch of the control panel.

When the motor 40 is operated by power supply, the rotational force of the motor 40 passes through the rotating shaft 41, the driving sprocket 42, the chain 80, the driven sprocket 72, and the connecting shaft 70. By rotating (50), the water embedded in the seaweed is separated from the seaweed by centrifugal force and dehydration is performed.

The dehydrated water is scattered through the opened side of the rotating frame 50 and through the drain holes 52a and 56a of the side plate 52 and the connection plate 56, and rides the inner wall surface of the dewatering tank 10 to the floor. It flows and is collected, and is finally discharged through the drainage port 10b of the bottom of the dewatering tank 10.

It goes without saying that the discharged water can be flowed to a desired location by connecting a hose to the drain port 10b.

As described above, the present invention is excellent in dewatering performance because the seaweed is rotated to perform dehydration by centrifugal force.

In addition, as a rotary device that rotates the rotating frame 50 using the rotational force of the motor 40 as it is to perform dehydration, the device configuration is basically simple.

In addition, since a large amount of power is not required to maintain the increased number of rotations after increasing the number of rotations of the rotary frame 50 to the extent necessary for spin-drying, there is an effect of reducing the amount of power consumed in the operation of the spin-drying device.

In addition, since the pressing device 60 stably holds the position of the algae during dehydration, and is not basically a form of dehydration by pressing the algae by external force, damage to the algae by the dehydration process does not occur. There is an effect of improving the marketability of seaweed.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, but this is only illustrative, and various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are provided from those of ordinary skill in the field to which the technology belongs. You will understand that it is possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

10: dewatering tank 10a: flange
10b: drain 11: leg
12: height adjustment member 20: cover
21: handle 22: transparent window
30: motor case 40: motor
41: rotation shaft 42: drive sprocket
50: rotating frame 51: bottom plate
52: side plate 52a: drain hole
53a: upper flange 53b: lower flange
54: concave portion 55: locking member
55a: stopping protrusion 56: connecting plate
56a: drain hole 57: reinforcement
58: reinforcement plate 60: pressing device
61: pressing plate 62: locking bracket
62a: upper piece 62b: inclined piece
62c: locking piece 63: hinge pin
64: fixing pin 65: spring
66: push handle 67: fixed handle
70: connection shaft 71: bolt
72: driven sprocket 80: chain
90: bearing housing 91: bolt
92: reinforcement plate 93: bearing

Claims (13)

A dewatering tank forming a dewatering space blocked from the outside;
A motor mounted on the outer side of the dewatering tank;
A rotating frame rotatably installed in the dewatering tank and on which seaweed is mounted;
Electric means for transmitting rotational force by connecting the motor and the rotating frame; And
Includes; a control panel electrically connected to the motor to control on/off and rotational speed of the motor,
The rotating frame includes a rectangular bottom plate, side plates installed at both ends in the horizontal direction of the bottom plate, and L-shaped connecting plates connecting both ends of both side plates and the bottom plate, and both side plates have a long length in the vertical direction. Drainage holes are formed, seaweed dewatering apparatus, characterized in that the circular drainage holes are formed in the connection plate. The method according to claim 1,
The dewatering tank is provided with a plurality of legs and spaced apart from the floor of the work place, and each leg is provided with a height adjustment member. The method according to claim 1,
A door hingedly connected to an upper end of the dewatering tank to be opened and closed, and a transparent window is provided on the door. The method according to claim 1,
The transmission means includes a driving sprocket installed on the rotating shaft of the motor, a connecting shaft having one end mounted on the lower surface of the rotating frame and the other end protruding to the outside through the bottom of the dewatering tank, and a driven sprocket and a driving sprocket and a driven sprocket installed on the connecting shaft. Seaweed dehydration apparatus comprising a chain connecting the. The method of claim 4,
A bearing housing surrounding the connection shaft is installed on a lower surface of the dewatering tank, and bearings rotatably supporting the connection shaft are installed in upper and lower inner portions of the bearing housing. delete The method according to claim 1,
A locking member having a plurality of locking protrusions continuously formed in the vertical direction is installed on both side plates of the rotating frame,
Seaweed dewatering apparatus further comprising a pressing device fixed in position so that it cannot be moved upward by being caught by the locking protrusion of the locking member while pressing the seaweed pre-mounted on the rotating frame. The method of claim 7,
The pressing device includes a pressing plate that can be raised and lowered in the rotating frame, a locking bracket that is rotatably installed at an end of the pressing plate so that one end protruding outside the end of the pressing plate is selectively caught on the locking protrusion of the locking member, and the other end of the locking bracket A seaweed dewatering apparatus comprising a pressing handle for pressing downward and a spring elastically supporting one end of the locking bracket upward in response to downward manipulation of the pressing handle. The method of claim 8,
The locking bracket includes an upper piece pressed by an end of the pressing handle, an inclined piece bent downwardly from the upper piece, and a locking piece extended horizontally bent from the inclined piece, and the inclined piece and the locking piece are bent The part is mounted rotatably at the end of the pressing plate via a hinge pin, and the locking piece is selectively caught by one of the locking projections of the locking member in a horizontal state where the upper part is not pressed by the pressing handle, and the upper part is pressed by the pressing handle. Seaweed dewatering device, characterized in that it is rotated upwards around the ground hinge pin and separated from the locking projection. The method of claim 9,
A fixing pin is installed on the upper surface of the pressing plate, the spring is installed on the outer circumference of the fixing pin, and the fixing pin penetrates through a pinhole formed at the end of the push handle and the upper part so as to be elastically supported on the upper part of the spring. The pinhole is a seaweed dewatering device, characterized in that formed in a slot having a long length to allow the rotation behavior of the locking bracket. The method of claim 10,
Seaweed dewatering apparatus, characterized in that a head is formed on the upper end of the fixing pin to prevent separation of the end of the pressing handle and the upper part of the locking bracket and to regulate the upward position. The method of claim 8,
A seaweed dewatering apparatus, characterized in that a fixed handle capable of being gripped together with the pressing handle is installed at a position corresponding to the lower center of the pressing handle on the upper surface of the pressing plate. The method of claim 8,
The upper and lower flanges are formed at the upper and lower ends of the side plates of the rotating frame, respectively, protruding outward of the rotating frame, and a concave inlet is formed in the outer direction of the rotating frame at the center of the upper flange, corresponding to the concave inlet. An algae dewatering apparatus, characterized in that the middle portion of the side plate is formed through, and the locking member is inserted into the concave inlet, so that the upper and lower ends of the locking member are welded to the upper and lower flanges, respectively.

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