KR20120006506U - Device for washing and chilling of green stuff - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fruit and vegetable washing and cooling device, comprising a front wall 12 and a back wall 14 having an introduction door 34 and a drawer door 36 aligned therein, and a base 10 and a base 10. Cooling water tank 18, the lower portion of the upper portion of the cooling water tank 18, the cooling water tank 18 is disposed in the inner lower side of the cooling water tank and the plurality of high-pressure air supply pipe 24 is disposed therein can be submerged. It is arranged on the inner and upper sides of the circulation chain 28, the base 10 is arranged a plurality of mesh box-type carriers 30 of the front and rear open and the fruit box 32 is loaded at regular intervals in all the upper and lower sections. Washing water injection pipe 38 for spraying the washing water for washing the fruit and vegetables contained in the fruit and vegetable box 32 conveyed to the carrier 30, the fruit and water box 32 of the carrier 30 coming from the cooling water tank 18 Primary rinse to rinse and clean the coolant from the fruits and vegetables by spraying rinse water Secondary rinse water injection pipe 44 which is disposed above the water injection pipe 42 and the base 10 and sprays the rinsing water for washing the fruits and vegetables of the fruit storage box 32 before being withdrawn from the carrier 30. , The fruit or vegetable box 32 containing the fruits and vegetables to be washed and cooled to be arranged side by side on the front wall 12 of the base 10 is transported to the introduction door 34 side of the base 10 and the fruit and vegetable using the piston cylinder 50 A supply conveyor belt 48 for supplying the box 32 to the carrier 30 side through the introduction door 34 of the base 10 and the drawer door 36 formed on the rear wall 14 of the base 10. It is characterized in that it is arranged to be arranged in the conveying conveyor belt 52 for transporting the fruit and vegetable box 32 is completed washing and cooling treatment drawn out from the carrier (32).

Description

Fruit and vegetable washing and cooling device {DEVICE FOR WASHING AND CHILLING OF GREEN STUFF}

The present invention relates to a vegetable washing water cooling device, and more particularly, to a vegetable washing water cooling device for automatically introducing and withdrawing fruits and vegetables to effect a series of effective cleaning and cooling.

Conventionally, a device for washing and cooling while circulating up and down by a circulation chain in a state in which a large amount of fruits and vegetables are infiltrated into a fruit or vegetable box has been known from the registered utility models 20-0333337 and 20-0254208 of the present inventors. However, these fruits and water cooling devices are not automatically processed, or the process of inserting or withdrawing the fruits and vegetables box to be cleaned and cooled in the device, the work efficiency is reduced, the cooling process of the fruits and vegetables and the cleaning process of the fruits and vegetables before and after cooling treatment is inefficient There was this.

In the present invention, in view of the above-mentioned point in the prior art, the fruit and vegetable box to be washed and cooled can be automatically added or withdrawn to improve the work efficiency and to improve the cooling efficiency of the fruits and vegetables before and after the cooling treatment It is an object of the present invention to provide a fruit and vegetable washing and cooling device for efficient cleaning process.

To this end, according to the present invention, there is provided a fruit and vegetable washing and cooling device, which is disposed on the lower side of the base and the base including the front wall and the rear wall, each having an introduction door and a drawer door arranged therein, and containing coolant. Cooling water tank in which a large number of high-pressure air supply pipes are arranged inside, the lower section at the upper part of the cooling water tank can be immersed in the cooling water of the cooling water tank. A rinse water is sprayed to the green water box of the carrier from the cooling water tank and a washing water spray pipe which sprays the washing water for cleaning the green water contained in the green water box which is disposed on the inner upper side of the base, which is a circulation body in which the carrier is disposed. Rinse water injector for washing and rinsing cooling water from fruits and vegetables The second rinse water injector, which is sprayed with rinsing water to finally clean the fruits and vegetables in the fruit and vegetable box before being withdrawn from the carrier, is placed on the front wall of the base, and the fruit and water box containing the fruits and vegetables to be cleaned and cooled is introduced. A supply conveyor belt for transporting to the door side and supplying the fruit and vegetable box to the carrier side through the introduction door of the base using a piston cylinder, and the washing and cooling treatment arranged to be aligned with the drawer door formed on the back wall of the base It is characterized by consisting of a conveying conveyor belt for transporting the completed fruit and vegetable box.

Referring to the present invention in more detail based on the accompanying drawings as follows.

Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of the present invention fruit and vegetable washing cooling device.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a mesh-type fruit and vegetable transport box and the mesh carrier to allow such a fruit and water transport box to be transported in the fruit and vegetable washing and cooling device for washing and cooling the fruits and vegetables.
Figure 3 is a front view showing the external configuration of the present invention fruit and vegetable washing cooling device.
Figure 4 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of the present invention fruit and vegetable washing cooling device.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG.

Figure 1 shows the internal configuration of the present invention fruit and vegetable washing cooling device. In the drawing, the base 10 constituting the main frame of the fruit and water washing and cooling apparatus of the present invention includes a front wall 12 and a rear wall 14 and a top wall 16 provided thereon as shown in FIG. 1. In the form of.

An upper open cooling water tank 18 in which cooling water is contained is disposed inside and below the base 10. The cooling water tank 18 is provided with a cooling water inlet 20 and a cooling water outlet 22 connected to a chilling unit (not shown). In addition, a plurality of high-pressure air supply pipes 24 are disposed on the inner bottom of the cooling water tank 18 to supply high-pressure air to the inside of the cooling water contained in the cooling water tank 18 so that the air bubbles disturb the cooling water. Likewise, washing of the fruits and vegetables by the cooling water can be promoted.

On the upper side of the cooling water tank 18, a pair of front and rear circulation chains 28 are disposed, which are circulated through the chain gear 26 and the lower portion is immersed in the cooling water of the cooling water tank 18, and the circulation chain 28 is spaced at regular intervals. A plurality of mesh box carriers 30 are opened and the front and back surfaces are opened. Accordingly, the plurality of mesh box carriers 30 are circulated from the top of the cooling water tank 18 along the circulation chain 28 to the water of the cooling water contained in the cooling water tank 18 along with the circulation chain 28. Can be. Here, in FIG. 1, the circulation chain 28 is illustrated as circulating in a counterclockwise direction.

On the other hand, the base 10 introduces a mesh box-type green fruit box 32 (shown schematically in FIG. 2) containing the fruits and vegetables to be washed and cooled in the circulating carrier 30 and the green water box in which the fruits and vegetables are washed and cooled. Simple opening type introduction doors 34 and drawout doors 36 for pulling out the 32 from the carrier 30 are formed in the front wall 12 and the rear wall 14 of the base 10, respectively. The introduction doors 34 and the drawer doors 36 formed on the front wall 12 and the rear wall 14 are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the circulation direction of the circulation chain 28 and are arranged at the top of the circulation chain 28. It is located approximately downstream of the upper row of carriers 30 that are supported and circulated in this section (see FIGS. 1 and 3).

On the inner upper side of the base 10 in the form of a housing, washing water is supplied to the carrier 30 past the position of the introduction door 34 and the withdrawal door 36 for the introduction and withdrawal of the fruit and vegetable box 32. The washing water spray pipe 38 is arranged to wash the dirt from the fruits and vegetables of the fruits and vegetables box 32 introduced in the c). In addition, a washing water drainage tank 40 for draining the used washing water is disposed below the upper section of the circulation chain 28, which is a position corresponding to the washing water spray pipe 38.

In addition, the upper portion of the base 10 in the form of a housing can spray clean rinsing water toward the carrier 30 at a position away from the cooling water tank 18 along the circulation chain 28. Primary rinse water injection pipes 42 are disposed. And a second rinse on the inside of the base 10 before reaching the position of the introduction door 34 and the withdrawal door 36 at the downstream position of the primary rinse water injection pipe 42 in the advancing direction of the circulation chain 28. The water pipe 44 is disposed. A rinsing drainage tank 46 for draining the used rinsing water is disposed below the upper section of the circulation chain 28, which is a position corresponding to the secondary rinsing water spray pipe 44.

4 and 5 are a plan view and a cross-sectional view of the device of the present invention showing that the means for automatically introducing and withdrawing the fruit or vegetable box 32 is provided in the carrier 30 circulating in the base 10.

In FIG. 4, the supply conveyor belt 48 is located close to the front wall 12 of the base 10, parallel to the base 10, and whose height is aligned with the height of the introduction door 34 of the front wall 12. The feeding conveyor belt 48, which is disposed, is supplied with a fruit feed to the fruits and vegetables box 32 to be cleaned and cooled. On the front end side of the supply conveyor belt 48, the fruit and vegetable box 32 is transferred to the carrier 30 which has reached the position of the introduction door 34 through the introduction door 34 formed on the front wall 12 of the base 10. The piston cylinder 50 for this purpose is arrange | positioned. This piston cylinder 50 operates at right angles to the travel direction of the feed conveyor belt 48.

In addition, on the opposite side where the supply conveyor belt 48 is disposed on the base 10, the green and green water box 32 washed and cooled by the greengrocer washing machine is formed on the rear wall 14 of the base 10. A conveying conveyor belt 52 is disposed to take over and to be drawn out through 36). The traveling direction of the conveying conveyor belt 52 is perpendicular to the traveling direction of the supply conveyor belt 48.

The fruit or vegetable washing cooling device of the present invention operates as follows.

Cooling water is circulated in the cooling water tank 18 in the base 10, and a series of carriers 30 mounted on the driving of the circulation chain 28 repeats forward and stop at a predetermined time interval. Circulate.

Fruits and vegetables to be cooled cooling process is contained in the fruit and vegetable box 32 is transported to the supply conveyor belt (48). As mentioned above, the tip of the feed conveyor belt 48 is aligned with the height of the inlet door 34 formed on the front wall 12 of the base 10 so that the fruit or vegetable box 32 of the feed conveyor belt 48 When it reaches the tip position, it is aligned with the introduction door 34 to be introduced into the defense. When one fruit and vegetable box 32 reaches the tip position of the supply conveyor belt 48 and is aligned with the introduction door 34, the driving of the supply conveyor belt 48 is stopped and accordingly also circulated inside the base 10. The driving of the circulation chain 28 is also stopped so that one of the carriers 30 circulated by the chain 28 is stopped in alignment with the introduction door 34. At this time

The piston cylinder 50 is operated to push the fruit or vegetable box 32 reaching the tip of the supply conveyor belt 48 to the piston to be introduced into the carrier 30 in the base 10 through the introduction door 34. To help. As will be described in detail later, the carrier 30 is aligned and aligned with the introduction door 34 and the drawer door 36 formed to be aligned with the front wall 12 and the rear wall 14 of the base 10. If the fruit and vegetable box 32 of the fruits and vegetables that have been washed and cooled already is contained in the inside, the fruit and vegetable box 32 newly introduced to the carrier 32 draws out the cleaned and cooled fruit and vegetable box 32. It will be pushed to the side) to be transported out to the conveying conveyor belt (52) side.

When the fruit or vegetable box 32 containing the fruits and vegetables to be cleaned and cooled reaches the tip of the supply conveyor belt 48 and is aligned with the introduction door 34, the driving of the supply conveyor belt 48 is temporarily stopped and the piston cylinder 50 is stopped. And the piston pushes the fruit or vegetable box 32 to be conveyed to the carrier 30 in the base 10 through the introduction door 34 formed in the front wall 12 of the base 10. As the forward and stop of the circulation chain 28 is repeated at a predetermined time interval, the fruit and vegetable box 32 is sequentially supplied to all the carriers 30 circulated in the base 10, and the process of washing and cooling the fruits and vegetables is performed. Can be performed. As described above, the fruits and vegetables of the fruit or vegetable box 32 loaded on the carrier 30 are supplied from the washing water spray pipe 38 disposed above the base 10 before the carrier 30 is transferred to the cooling water tank 18. Soil or foreign matter, such as dirt or dust, which is buried in the fruits and vegetables by the washing water being washed, and the used washing water may be discharged to the outside through the washing water drainage tank 40.

 The fruit or vegetable box 32 in which the fruits and vegetables are washed by the washing water of the washing water injection pipe 38 before the carrier 30 is transferred to the cooling water tank 18 is cooled while the carrier 30 is circulated by the circulation chain 28. It is immersed in the cooling water of the bath (18). The fruits and vegetables contained in the fruits and vegetables box 32 of the carrier 30 are cooled and immersed in the cooling water of the cooling water tank 18 and moved to the air foam supplied through the high pressure air supply pipe 24 in the cooling water tank 18. As a result, the cooling water is disturbed, thereby effectively cooling the fruits and vegetables.

As such, the carrier 30 passing through the cooling water tank 18 and leaving the cooling water tank 18 in the advancing direction moves to the upper section of the circulation chain 28 through the ascending path. The rinsing water sprayed from the primary rinsing water injection pipe 42 disposed above the base 10 in the course of the carrier 30 passing through the ascending path is contained in the fruit or vegetable box 32 in the carrier 30 to provide the cooling water tank. As it passes through the coolant, it rinses the coolant from the fully cooled fruits and vegetables.

In addition, the carrier 30 passing through the upper section of the circulation chain 28 is washed by rinsing water from the second rinsing water injection pipe 44 for cleaning the fruits and vegetables contained in the fruit or vegetable box 32 in the carrier 30 more cleanly. This is done. The used rinsing water is collected and drained to the rinsing water drainage tank 46 disposed below the moving path of the carrier 30.

When the fruits and vegetables box 32 containing the fruits and vegetables having been cleaned and cooled has reached the position between the introduction door 34 and the extraction door 36 aligned by the carrier 30, the circulation chain 28 Stop by moving forward.

As such, the carrier 30 having completed the washing and cooling treatment of the fruits and vegetables reaches a position between the introduction door 34 and the withdrawal door 36, and the fruits and vegetables to be washed and cooled on the supply conveyor belt 48 When the contained fruit or vegetable box 32 reaches a position aligned with this position, the supply conveyor belt 48 is stopped and the piston cylinder 50 is operated to extend the piston so that the new fruit or vegetable container 32 is expected ( It is introduced through the introduction door 34 formed in the front wall 12 of 10 and is advanced to the front side open portion of the carrier 30. With the introduction of the new greengrocer 32, the greengrocer 32, which has already been cleaned and cooled, is pushed out to the side of the drawer door 36, which is the opposite side. When the part of the fruit or vegetable box 32 withdrawn extends over the conveying conveyor belt 52, the fruit or vegetable box 32 is completely drawn out from the base 10 by the conveying conveyor belt 52 which is driven to clean and cool the fruit and vegetable. It will be able to go through the steps of commercial packaging.

The process of withdrawing the fruits and vegetables box 32 from which the washing and cooling treatment of the fruits and vegetables is completed is carried out as part of the process of introducing and supplying a new fruits and vegetables box 32 to be washed and cooled in the carrier 30. will be. The fresh fruits and vegetables box 32 to be washed and cooled after the fruits and vegetables are placed by the washing water of the washing water injection pipe 38 in the state of being placed inside the carrier 30 circulating along the circulation chain 28 as mentioned above. Washing is performed and the cooling water in the cooling water tank 18 is cooled, and the rinsing water of the first rinse water injection pipe 42 and the second rinsing water injection pipe 44 washes the remaining coolant in the fruits and vegetables. The washing and cooling treatment of are completed.

In this way, the present invention is to provide a fruit and vegetable washing and cooling device to automatically introduce and withdraw the fruit and vegetable and to perform a series of effective cleaning and cooling.

10: base, 12: front wall, 14: back wall, 16: top wall, 18: cooling water tank, 20: cooling water inlet, 22: cooling water outlet, 24: high pressure air supply pipe, 26: chain gear, 28: circulation chain, 30: carrier, 32: fruit and vegetable box, 34: introduction door, 36: withdrawal door, 38: washing water spray tube, 40: washing water drain tank, 42, 44: rinsing water spray tube, 46: rinsing water tank, 48: supply conveyor belt , 50: piston cylinder, 52: transfer conveyor.

Claims (1)

Base 10 including a front wall 12 and a back wall 14, each having an introduction door 34 and a drawer door 36 aligned therewith,
Cooling water tank 18 disposed in the lower side of the base 10, the cooling water is contained and a plurality of high-pressure air supply pipe 24 is disposed therein,
In the upper portion of the cooling water tank 18, the lower section can be immersed in the cooling water of the cooling water tank 18, and a plurality of mesh box-type carriers, which are front and rear open, in which the fruit and vegetable boxes 32 are loaded at regular intervals in all the upper and lower sections. 30, the circulation chain 28 is arranged,
Washing water injection pipe 38 is disposed on the inner upper side of the base 10 for spraying the washing water for washing the fruits and vegetables contained in the fruit and vegetable box 32 conveyed to the carrier 30,
Primary rinsing water injection pipe 42 for rinsing and washing the cooling water from the fruits and vegetables by spraying the rinsing water toward the fruits and vegetables box 32 side of the carrier 30 coming out of the cooling water tank 18,
A secondary rinse water injection pipe 44 which is disposed above the base 10 and sprays rinsing water for finally washing the fruits and vegetables of the fruit or vegetable box 32 before being withdrawn from the carrier 30,
The fruit or vegetable box 32 containing the fruits and vegetables to be washed and cooled by being placed side by side on the front wall 12 of the base 10 is transported to the introduction door 34 side of the base 10 and the fruit or vegetable box using the piston cylinder 50. A supply conveyor belt 48 for supplying the 32 to the carrier 30 side through the introduction door 34 of the base 10;
Transfer conveyor belt 52 arranged to be aligned with the drawer door 36 formed on the rear wall 14 of the base 10 and to carry out the cleaning and cooling treatment box 32 is drawn out from the carrier 32 is completed in
Greengrocery water cooling device characterized in that configured.

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