KR20160142666A - Apparatus for mixing food in particle with viscous liquid - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for mixing particulate food with a viscous liquid and, more particularly, to an apparatus for mixing particulate food with a viscous liquid that is capable of immediate mixing in a snack production line between particulate food and a viscous liquid to be added to a snack article. The apparatus for mixing particulate food with a viscous liquid according to the present invention includes: a particulate food supply unit for particulate food supply; a guide pipe connected to the particulate food supply unit and guiding in a length direction the particulate food supplied from the particulate food supply unit; and a mixing pipe. A connecting port connected to an outlet of the guide pipe and a liquid inlet for viscous liquid inflow are formed on one side of the mixing pipe. A mixing space is formed in the mixing pipe for mixing between the particulate food flowing in from the guide pipe and the viscous liquid flowing in from the liquid inlet.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR MIXING FOOD IN PARTICLE WITH VISCOUS LIQUID [0002]

The present invention relates to a mixing apparatus for mixing a microfibre food with a mucus liquid, and more particularly, to a mixing apparatus for mixing a microfibre food and a mucus liquid which can mix the mucilage liquid directly with the microfibre food to be added to the snack molding in a snack production line .

The production of snacks includes a molding process in which flour or rice flour is kneaded and molded into a certain shape, a solidification process in which the molding is heated or pressurized and solidified, and a microfibre food such as black sesame seed, And an addition step of adding the mixed fine food and the sugar solution to the solidified molded product.

Conventionally, the molding process, the solidification process, and the addition process have been progressed step by step by the production facility of the snack production line. However, in the case of the mixing process, for example, in a large mixer container, micro- It was carried out separately from the production line by adding liquid and mixing.

The prior art related to a device for mixing food particles and liquid is disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0414878 (Prior Art 1) and Published Application No. 10-2011-0122407 (Prior Art 2).

First, the prior art 1 relates to a mixing apparatus for a liquid and a solid material, comprising: a storage tank for a predetermined amount of liquid; a mixing device having a mixing shaft driven by a mixing device driving motor; And a solid substance proportioning device opened into the hopper, and the like. However, the mixing equipment of the prior art document 1 has a problem in that the structure is complicated and the manufacturing cost is high.

Next, Prior Art 2 relates to a method for manufacturing a sweets using glutinous rice. In the process of producing glutinous rice cake, glutinous rice is called water and mixed with salt and then pulverized to prepare a powdery raw material. There is disclosed a method for preparing a glutinous rice cake after mixing any one of the selected glutinous food and water in a mixing device. However, according to the prior art document 2, it is necessary to mix the gummy food and water into the separate mixing device and then to put it into the production line, which requires a separate mixing device, which is troublesome, resulting in delayed product production time, There was a problem that it increased.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0414878 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0122407

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above problems and to provide an apparatus for mixing a mucilaginous liquid and a microcrystalline food which can directly mix a mucilage liquid and a microfibre food to be added to a snack mold in a snack production line.

In addition, the present invention provides a mixing device of a micro-liquid and a mucilage liquid which can mix production of micro-liquid and liquid directly from the production line, and then directly into the next production process, thereby shortening the production time of the product and lowering the production cost.

On the other hand, there is a difference in the air pressure between the first injection nozzle coupled to the induction pipe and the second injection nozzle coupled to the mixing pipe to control the mixing rate of the microfine food and the mucus liquid in the mixing tube, In the mixing device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for mixing a liquid and a mucilage liquid which can increase the mixing ratio of the liquid food and the liquid by forming the screw groove on the inner peripheral surface of the mixing tube.

In order to solve the above problems, an apparatus for mixing a microfiche with a mucus liquid according to the present invention comprises a microfluidic food supply part for supplying microfine food, a microfluidic device connected to the microfluidic food supply part, And a liquid inlet for introducing the mucus liquid is formed at one end of the induction pipe leading to the induction pipe and a connection port for connecting the outlet of the induction pipe and the liquid inlet for introducing the mucus liquid, And a mixing tube in which a mixing space in which the mucus liquid is mixed is formed.

The mixing device may further include an air supply unit installed at one side of the induction pipe to provide air pressure to guide the fine food toward the outlet of the induction pipe.

On the other hand, a bifurcated branch pipe is formed at the inlet of the induction pipe, the fine food supply unit is connected to the first branch pipe, and air is supplied to the inlet of the guide pipe by being connected to the air supply unit, The first air nozzle may be coupled.

A second air nozzle is connected to the air supply unit and discharges air to the other side of the mixing tube so that the fine food and the mucus liquid mixed in the mixing space can be discharged from the other side of the mixing tube. Can be combined.

Here, the first and second air nozzles may inject air differentially to control the mixing ratio of the fine food and the mucus liquid in the mixing tube.

Meanwhile, the first air nozzle may be inserted into the second branch pipe, and the end of the first air nozzle may be located in an intersection space between the first branch pipe and the second branch pipe.

In addition, the outlet of the induction pipe may be inserted into the connection port of the mixing pipe, and the end of the outlet may be located in the intersection space of the connection port and the liquid inlet.

A screw groove may be formed on the inner circumferential surface of the mixing tube in contact with the mixing space.

The microfluidic food supply unit may include a hopper connected to the induction pipe and a feeder unit positioned at an upper center of the hopper or spaced apart from the center to supply the microfibre food.

According to the constitution of the present invention, it is possible to directly mix the mucilage liquid with the microfine food to be added to the snack molding in the snack production line without having to have a separate mixing device.

In addition, it is possible to directly mix the micro-liquid and the mucous liquid directly in the production line, and then directly into the next production process, thereby shortening the production time of the product and lowering the production cost.

Meanwhile, there is an effect that the mixing ratio of the fine food and the mucus liquid can be controlled in the mixing tube by setting a difference in air pressure between the first injection nozzle coupled to the induction pipe and the second injection nozzle coupled to the mixing pipe.

Further, by forming the screw groove on the inner circumferential surface of the mixing tube, the mixing ratio of the fine food and the mucus liquid can be increased.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a mixing device of a liquid food and a mucus liquid according to the present invention; Fig.
Fig. 2 is a state of use of the apparatus for mixing the micro-liquid food and the mucus liquid according to the present invention. Fig.
Fig. 3 is a view showing a microfood food supply unit according to the present invention. Fig.
4 is an internal cross-sectional view of a mixing tube showing another embodiment of the mixing tube according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Generally, the manufacture of snacks generally includes a process of kneading flour or rice flour into a predetermined shape, a molding process of heating or pressing the molding to solidify it, and a process of forming microfibers such as black sesame seeds, And an addition step of adding it to the solidified molded product.

The present invention relates to a device for mixing fine food with a mucus liquid during the manufacturing process of a snack and then introducing it into a next process, wherein the fine food is selected from the group consisting of black bean, sesame, perilla, yamu, And powders thereof, and the mucus liquid is defined as a sticky liquid such as sugar solution, honey, and sesame oil.

Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, black bees are described in the case of fine foods and sugar solutions in the case of mucilage liquids as a preferred embodiment.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing a mixing device of a micro-liquid food and a mucus liquid according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a use state diagram of a mixing device of a micro-food and a mucus liquid according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is an internal cross-sectional view of a mixing tube according to another embodiment of the mixing tube according to the present invention. FIG.

1 to 4, an apparatus 100 for mixing a micro-food and a mucus liquid according to the present invention includes a micro-food supply unit 110 for supplying black bean, an induction unit for guiding the supplied black bean to the mixing tube 130, (Not shown) for supplying air pressure to the mixing tube 130, the induction tube 120, and the mixing tube 130, which mixes the induced black bean with the sugar solution.

The microfluidic food supply unit 110 includes a hopper 112 connected to the induction pipe 120 for supplying black beans to the induction pipe 120 and a feeder 114 for quantitatively supplying black bean to the hopper 112. [ ≪ / RTI >

Although the hopper 112 may have various shapes, it is preferable that the hopper 112 has a funnel shape with a smaller diameter toward the lower side, and the supplied black hole is located at an upper portion of the induction pipe 120 so as to move downward without a separate power source. desirable.

The feeder unit 114 is located at the upper center of the hopper 112 or at a position apart from the center to supply the blackholes. The feeder unit 114 includes a microfine food storage unit 114-1, a guide unit 114-2, (Not shown) that is provided at the lower end of the outlet 114-2.

The granular food storage part 114-1 stores a certain amount of black bean and quantitatively supplies the black bean. The guide part 114-2 has a function of guiding the black bean leaking from the fine food storage part 114-1 to the hopper 112 ) To be supplied smoothly. One side of the guide part 114-2 may be positioned below the microfine food storage part 114-1 and the other end may be located on the upper side of the hopper 112 or may be connected to the upper side.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the microfluidic food supply unit 110 is composed of the hopper 112 and the feeder unit 114. However, the microfluidic food supply unit 110 may be implemented by a single unit, It is needless to say that it is not necessary to provide the guide part 114-2, but may be constituted only of the microfine food storage part 114-1.

The induction pipe 120 is formed of a longitudinal tube having a circular cross section, and can be installed in the production line while being maintained in a horizontal or an oblique state. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it can be manufactured and installed in various forms.

The first and second branch pipes 123 and 124 are formed at the inlet side of the induction pipe 120 and the outlet 122 is connected to the mixing pipe 130. The first branch pipe 123 is connected to the fine food supply unit 110 and the second branch pipe 124 is connected to a first air nozzle 141 to be described later.

The induction pipe 120 guides the black bean supplied from the portion 110 to the microfine food supply portion in the longitudinal direction, that is, toward the outlet 122 by the pressure of the air injected by the first air nozzle 141. At this time, the black sesame which is led to the outlet 122 is mixed with the sugar solution in the mixing pipe 130 and is discharged through the discharge port 136.

The mixing pipe 130 is formed at one side thereof with a connection port 132 connected to the outlet 122 of the induction pipe 120 and a liquid inlet 134 through which the sugar solution flows, And a liquid discharge port 136 for discharging the mixed black bean and sugar solution to the next process is formed on the other side.

The connection between the outlet 122 of the induction pipe 120 and the mixing pipe 130 can be achieved in various ways, but it is preferable for the airtightness of the pipe to be inserted and connected. At this time, the outlet 122 of the induction pipe 120 is positioned at the intersection space (lower internal space of the liquid inlet) between the connection port 132 and the liquid inlet 134 and the outlet 122 So that the mixing space is formed in front of the mixing space.

This makes it possible to move the mixed black bean and the sugar solution to the discharge port 136 with a smaller air pressure than the case where the mixing space is formed in the lower inner space of the liquid inlet 134 and the outlet 122 of the induction pipe 120, The sugar solution introduced into the liquid inlet 134 may be drawn from the upper side to the front side of the outlet so as to be uniformly mixed when the black hair flows out by the air pressure.

Here, the pressure in front of the outlet 122 of the induction tube 120 is formed to be smaller than the pressure of the liquid inlet 134 by the Bernoulli's equation, so that the sugar solution introduced into the liquid inlet 134 can be naturally introduced into the mixing space . Meanwhile, as another embodiment of the present invention, it is needless to say that an air nozzle is provided at one side of the liquid inflow port 134 and air is injected to smooth the flow of the liquid droplet.

Referring to FIG. 4, in another embodiment of the mixing tube 130 of the present invention, the screw groove 138 may be formed on the inner circumferential surface of the mixing tube 130 in contact with the mixing space. Accordingly, the black bean and sugar solution can be mixed more efficiently in the mixing space and the mixing ratio can be increased.

A second air nozzle 142, which will be described later, is coupled to the other side of the mixing pipe 130, and a discharge pipe 150 leading to the next process may be connected. The mixing pipe 130 and the discharge pipe 150 are preferably formed in the longitudinal direction as in the case of the induction pipe and may be installed horizontally. However, as shown in FIG. 2, the mixing pipe 130 and the discharge pipe 150 may be inclined downward .

The air supply unit is installed at one side of the induction pipe 120 and supplies air pressure to the induction pipe 120 through the first air nozzle 141 coupled to the second branch pipe 124 of the induction pipe 120, So that the black hair in the tube 120 can be smoothly guided to the outlet 122 side.

The first air nozzle 141 is preferably inserted into the second branch pipe 124 of the induction pipe 120 and the end of the first air nozzle 141 is connected to the first and second ends of the induction pipe 120. [ Is preferably located in the intersection space of the second branch pipe (123, 124). This is because the blackhead in the induction pipe 120 can be uniformly moved toward the outlet 122 with a smaller air pressure.

However, in the embodiment of the present invention, a method of inserting and coupling the first air nozzle 141 is adopted, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may be combined in various ways.

The air supply unit may provide air pressure to the discharge port 136 through the second air nozzle 142 connected to the discharge port 136 of the mixing pipe 130.

The second air nozzle 142 functions to adjust the mixing ratio in the mixing space and facilitate the discharge when the mixed black bean and sugar solution are discharged by the air pressure jetted from the first air nozzle 141. The mixing ratio in the mixing space will be described later. At this time, it is preferable that the direction of the second air nozzle 142 is formed so as to be inclined in the discharging direction so as to prevent backflow of air. The mixing ratio in the mixing space will be described later.

On the other hand, on the nozzle line 143 connecting the first and second air nozzles 141 and 142 and the air supply unit, a first nozzle valve 144 for adjusting the air pressure of the first air nozzle 141, A second nozzle valve 145 may be provided to adjust the air pressure of the nozzle 142 and an air pressure gauge 146 may be provided at one side of the nozzle line 143 to measure air pressure.

According to the configuration of the present invention, the first and second nozzle valves 144 and 145 are appropriately tuned so that the air jetted from the first and second air nozzles 141 and 142 is jetted differentially, The mixing rate can be controlled, and the discharge amount per unit time can be controlled.

For example, when the air pressure of the second air nozzle 142 is kept constant and the air pressure of the first air nozzle 141 is intensified, a large amount of black hair is guided to the mixing pipe 130, In this state, when the air pressure of the first air nozzle 141 is lowered and the air pressure of the second air nozzle 142 is increased, a relatively small amount of blackholes are introduced into the mixing pipe, while the discharge amount per unit time Can be created.

According to the constitution of the present invention, it is possible to directly mix the mucilage liquid with the microfine food to be added to the snack molding in the snack production line without having to have a separate mixing device.

In addition, it is possible to directly mix the micro-liquid and the mucous liquid directly in the production line, and then directly into the next production process, thereby shortening the production time of the product and lowering the production cost.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken in conjunction with the present invention. It is to be understood that various equivalents and modifications may be substituted for those at the time of the present application. The scope of the present invention should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: Mixing device of microcrystalline food and mucus liquid according to the present invention
110: fine-grain food supply unit 112: hopper
114: feeder part 120: induction pipe
123: 1 st Branch 124: 2 st Branch
130: mixing tube 134: liquid inlet
141: first air nozzle 142: second air nozzle
143: nozzle line 144: first nozzle valve
145: second nozzle valve 150: discharge pipe

Claims (9)

A microfood food supply unit for supplying microfood food;
An induction pipe connected to the fine food supply unit and guiding the fine food supplied from the fine food supply unit in the longitudinal direction; And
And a liquid inlet for introducing the mucus liquid is formed on one side of the guide tube and a mixing port for mixing the mucilage liquid introduced from the liquid inlet and the microfluid introduced from the guide tube into the inside thereof, And a mixing tube in which a space is formed. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the mixing device comprises:
And an air supply unit installed at one side of the induction pipe to provide an air pressure to guide the fine food toward the outlet of the induction pipe. 3. The method of claim 2,
And a second branch pipe connected to the air supply unit for spraying air to an inlet of the induction pipe, wherein the second branch pipe is connected to the air supply unit, 1 A mixing device of a micro-liquid and a mucus liquid, to which an air nozzle is connected. The method of claim 3,
And a second air nozzle connected to the air supply unit and spraying air to the other side of the mixing tube is coupled to the other side of the mixing tube so that the fine food and the mucus liquid mixed in the mixing space can be discharged , A device for mixing the liquid food with the mucus liquid. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the first and second air nozzles jet air differentially to regulate the mixing ratio of the fine food and the mucus liquid in the mixing tube. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the first air nozzle is inserted into the second branch pipe and an end of the first air nozzle is located in an intersection space between the first branch pipe and the second branch pipe, Device. 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
Wherein the outlet of the induction tube is inserted into the connection port of the mixing tube and the end of the outlet is located in the intersection space of the connection port and the liquid inlet. 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
And a screw groove is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the mixing tube in contact with the mixing space. 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The microfluidic food supply unit includes:
A hopper connected to the induction pipe; and a feeder portion positioned at an upper center of the hopper or spaced apart from the center to supply the microfibre food.

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