TWI469757B - Automatic bean curd maker - Google Patents

Description

Automated tofu making machine

The invention relates to a tofu manufacturing machine, in particular to a tofu maker.

Nowadays, whether it is a general traditional market or even a super-commercial or hypermarket, the tofu sold is limited, systematic, and mass-produced, and the traditional manufacture of tofu is complicated and general, and the manufacturing time is long. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive to watch the care and control the amount of gypsum and water added. In addition to the industrial technology era, most young people are reluctant to learn this technology in the development of the technology industry, resulting in the loss of technology; therefore, How to eliminate the above-mentioned defects is the technical difficulty point that the inventor of this case wants to solve.

The object of the present invention is to provide an automatic tofu manufacturing machine with automatic automation and standardized products, which are different in automatic feeding time and different feeding times, and different products such as soybean milk, dried bean curd, and tofu.

The main object of the present invention is to provide an automated tofu manufacturing machine capable of completing the steps of grinding beans, boiled pulp, mixing coagulating agent, stirring and forming in a fully automated process.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic tofu manufacturing machine for manufacturing a tofu, wherein the tofu component comprises soybeans and a coagulating agent, and the automatic tofu manufacturing The machine comprises a grinder, a bean feeder, a boil pulper, at least one stirring tank, a pulping device, a coagulant tank, a coagulating agent, a forming station and a pressurizing mechanism.

The grinder can mix and grind soybeans with water to form okara and raw pulp, and the bean feeder can supply a certain amount of soybeans to the grinder, and the grout is supplied with the slurry produced by the grinder to be cooked into soybean milk.

The agitating tank comprises a first agitator capable of receiving the coagulating agent and the soybean milk produced by the boil pulper and stirring to form a tofu flower, wherein an opening is formed in the bottom of the stirring tank, and a blocking cover is arranged at the opening The opening is closed, and the opening is opened when the cover is supported by the force from the bottom to the top, and the opening is opened, and the slurrying device is supplied with the soybean milk produced by the boiler to the stirring tank.

The coagulating agent tank is configured to receive the coagulating agent and comprises a pump, a second agitator, an outlet line and an inlet line, wherein the pump supplies the coagulating agent in the coagulating agent tank to the outlet pipe The road is withdrawn and drawn from the inlet line, and the second agitator is used to continuously agitate the coagulant in the coagulant tank.

The coagulating agent dosing device comprises a coagulating agent quenching cylinder, a first valve body, a second valve body, a third valve body and a liquid discharge line, wherein the first valve body is located at the outlet pipe and the inlet pipe Between the roads, the second valve body is located between the bottom end of the coagulating agent quenching cylinder and the outlet line, and the third valve body is located at the bottom of the coagulating agent quantification cylinder to selectively allow condensation in the coagulating agent quenching cylinder Dissolving the agent into the agitation tank, one end of the liquid discharge pipe is connected to the coagulant dosing cylinder at a predetermined height from the bottom thereof, and the other end is connected to the inlet pipe, when the first valve body is opened and the first When both the second valve body and the third valve body are closed, the coagulant can enter the coagulating agent quenching cylinder from the outlet pipe through the first valve body and accumulate a predetermined amount, and the coagulating agent exceeds the predetermined amount Liquid tube The road flows back to the inlet pipe. When the first valve body is closed and the second valve body and the third valve body are both opened, the coagulant flows from the outlet pipe to the inlet pipe through the second valve body. A predetermined amount of the coagulant which has been accumulated in the coagulating agent quenching cylinder flows out through the third valve body and is injected into the agitation tank.

The molding table is located below the agitation tank and can be moved up and down. The molding table comprises a molding die and can push up against the stopper of the agitation tank to open the opening of the agitation tank to drop the tofu flower in the agitation tank. In the molding die, the tofu flower is molded in the molding die, and the pressing mechanism is configured to pressurize and dehydrate the tofu flower in the molding die to prepare a tofu product.

Thereby, the automatic tofu manufacturing machine provided by the invention can be fully automatic manufactured from grinding beans to molding, and can fully stir the tofu flower to make it uniform, and maintain the flow of the coagulant to avoid precipitation.

10‧‧‧ Grinder

20‧‧‧To the bean

21‧‧‧Vacuum absorbing device

22‧‧‧ Soybean Quantizer

30‧‧‧Boiler

31‧‧‧ Cover

32‧‧‧Return port

33‧‧‧ overflow port

34‧‧‧Baffle

40‧‧‧Stirring tank

41‧‧‧First stirrer

53‧‧‧ fifth valve body

60‧‧‧Condensation dosing device

61‧‧‧Condensation cartridge

62‧‧‧First valve body

63‧‧‧Second body

64‧‧‧ third valve body

65‧‧‧Liquid line

70‧‧‧Condensate tank

71‧‧‧ pump

72‧‧‧Second stirrer

73‧‧‧Export pipeline

411‧‧‧Stirring parts

412‧‧‧ spoiler

42‧‧‧

421‧‧ ‧ cover

422‧‧‧Abutting pole

43‧‧‧ Turntable

50‧‧‧Slurry device

51‧‧‧First slurry line

52‧‧‧Second feed line

74‧‧‧Inlet pipe

80‧‧‧Forming table

81‧‧‧Molding mould

90‧‧‧ Pressurizing mechanism

100‧‧‧ water tank

101‧‧‧Water supply pipeline

1011, 1012‧‧ Export

1013‧‧‧fourth valve body

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the invention.

Figure 3 is a partial front view of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the grinder and the boiler of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a perspective exploded view of the stirring tank of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic view of the cover of the present invention when it is not lifted.

Figure 7 is a schematic view of the cover of the present invention when it is lifted.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the coagulating agent dosing device of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a schematic illustration of the coagulant of the present invention when it is not released from the coagulating agent cartridge.

Figure 10 is a schematic illustration of the coagulant of the present invention as it is released from the coagulation dosing cartridge.

The following is a description of the possible embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention as claimed.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, the present invention provides an automatic tofu machine for manufacturing a tofu, wherein the tofu component comprises soybeans and a coagulant, the coagulant is generally gypsum solution, and the automatic tofu machine comprises a grinder. 10. A bean feeder 20, a boil pulper 30, at least one agitation tank 40, a pulping device 50, a coagulant tank 70, a coagulant dosing device 60, a forming station 80, and a pressurizing mechanism 90. With a water tank 100.

The grinder 10 is provided by mixing soybeans with water to form okara and raw pulp. More specifically, the grinder 10 is obtained by grinding soybeans together with water to form a slurry of soybean milk, and then filtering the bean dregs by a centrifugal filter provided in a grinder to obtain a slurry.

The bean feeder 20 supplies a certain amount of soybeans to the grinder 10. In the main embodiment of the present invention, the bean feeder 20 includes a vacuum bean absorbing device 21 and a soybean bean doser 22, and the vacuum bean absorbing device 21 can suck the soybeans by a vacuum motor and input the soybean bean doser 22, The bean doser 22 can provide a predetermined amount of soybeans to the grinder 10.

The boiler 30 is configured to cook the slurry produced by the grinder 10 into soy milk, and if necessary, add an appropriate amount of water to adjust the concentration. In the main embodiment of the present invention, the boiler 30 further includes a cover 31. The top surface of the cover 31 is recessed by a collecting surface having a tapered surface, and the cover 31 is provided with a lower return port. 32 and a higher overflow opening 33, and a partition 34 is disposed at the overflow opening 33, and a gap is formed between the partition 34 and the overflow opening 33 to prevent splashing, and the return port 32 faces the A tube body extends in the boiler 30 to cause the foam to overflow through the opening, and a liquid is again formed on the lid body 31, and is returned to the boiler 30 by the return port 32 to prevent the foam from escaping.

The agitation tank 40 is configured to receive the coagulant and the soybean milk produced by the boiler 30 and stir to form a tofu flower. In this embodiment, the agitation tank 40 includes a first agitator 41, a plurality of troughs 42 and a turntable 43. The troughs 42 are arranged around a rotating shaft of the turntable 43 along with the turntable 43. Rotating, wherein a tank 42 is selectively moved to a working position for the first agitator 41 to perform a stirring action, more specifically, the first agitator 41 is positioned corresponding to the working position and includes a stirring member 411 and a spoiler 412, the spoiler 412 is placed upright in the trough 42 to effect the liquid flow disturbance in the trough 42. Further, an opening is formed in the bottom of each trough 42. A cover 421 is disposed at the opening to close the opening. When the cover 421 is supported by the downward force, that is, away from the opening, the opening is opened, more specifically, the bottom surface of the cover 421 Extending downwardly, an ejector rod 422 is provided for abutting to push the cover 421 up to open the opening; thereby, the troughs 42 can receive the soy milk in turn by the rotation of the turntable 43 And the coagulant is stirred by the first agitator 41, and all the tanks 42 are filled with soy milk and coagulant and After uniformly mixing and resting for a period of time, the troughs 42 are alternately moved to the working position, and the tofu in each trough 42 is sequentially injected into the forming station 80.

The slurry application device 50 is configured to guide the soybean milk produced by the boiler 32 to the agitation vessel 40. In the main embodiment of the present invention, the slurry feeding device 50 includes a first slurry supply line 51, a second slurry supply line 52 and a fifth valve body 53. The first slurry supply line 51 extends. To the agitation tank 40, the soybean milk can be input into the agitation tank 40, and the second slurry supply line 52 is additionally extended to directly supply the soybean milk, for example, directly extending to a soybean milk bucket for holding, etc., the fifth valve body 53 is located at the same The soybean slurry produced by the boiler 30 can be selectively input to the first slurry line 51 or the second slurry line 52 between the first slurry line 51 and the second slurry line 52. One of the first slurry supply lines 51 is located near the first agitator 41 and can be fixed to the tank body 42 located at the working position. Give soy milk.

The coagulant tank 70 is for containing a coagulant and comprises a pump 71, a second agitator 72, an outlet line 73 and an inlet line 74 for the coagulant tank 70. The coagulating agent is withdrawn from the outlet line 73 and drawn from the inlet line 74, and the second agitator 72 is used to continuously agitate the coagulant in the coagulant tank 70 to avoid precipitation.

The coagulating agent dosing device 60 is located near the first agitator 41 and can supply a coagulating agent to the trough 42 located at the working position. The coagulating agent dosing device 60 includes a coagulating agent quantifying cylinder 61, a first valve body 62, a second valve body 63, a third valve body 64 and a drain line 65, the first valve body 62 is located between the outlet line 73 and the inlet line 74, the second valve body 63 is located at the Between the bottom end of the coagulating agent cylinder 61 and the outlet line 73, the third valve body 64 is located at the bottom of the coagulating agent cylinder 61 to selectively allow the coagulant in the coagulating agent cylinder 61 to escape to the In the agitation tank 40, one end of the liquid discharge line 65 is connected to the coagulant dosing cylinder 61 at a predetermined height from the bottom thereof, and the other end is connected to the inlet line 74.

Wherein, when the first valve body 62 is opened and the second valve body 63 and the third valve body 64 are both closed, as shown in FIG. 9, the coagulant can pass from the outlet line 73 through the first valve body. 62 entering the coagulating agent quenching cylinder 61 and accumulating a predetermined amount, the coagulating agent exceeding the predetermined amount flows back to the inlet line 74 through the liquid discharging line 65; conversely, when the first valve body 62 is closed and the first When both the second valve body 63 and the third valve body 64 are opened, as shown in FIG. 10, the coagulant flows from the outlet line 73 through the second valve body 63 back to the inlet line 74, which has been accumulated in the A predetermined amount of the coagulant in the coagulating agent cylinder 61 flows out through the third valve body 64 and is injected into the agitation tank 40; the agitating tank 40 can be intermittently supplied with a quantitative amount of coagulant by staggering the above two modes. Moreover, the continuous circulation of the coagulant in the coagulant dosing device 60 and the coagulant tank 70 can be maintained regardless of the mode. Move to avoid precipitation of the coagulant.

The molding table 80 is located below the agitation tank 40 and can be moved up and down. The molding table 80 includes a molding die 81 and can be pushed upward against the abutment rod 422 of the trough body 42 at the working position to open the groove body 42. Opening, the tofu flower in the trough 42 is dropped into the molding die 81, and the tofu is molded in the molding die 81. More specifically, the molding station is lifted by a pneumatic cylinder or the like. The top mold is brought up against the molding die.

The pressing mechanism 90 is configured to pressurize and dehydrate the tofu in the molding die 81 to make a tofu product. More specifically, a cloth towel is laid in the molding die, and the tofu flower is wrapped by a cloth towel. The pressing mechanism pressurizes the wrapped tofu flower so that the air and water are squeezed out and ooze out from the mesh of the cloth towel, and the pressed tofu flower is formed into a tofu product by static molding.

The water tank 100 includes a water supply pipe 101 extending outward from the water tank 100 and having two outlets 1011, 1012 and a fourth valve body 1013 between the two outlets 1011, 1012, the fourth The valve body 1013 can selectively discharge water of the water tank 100 from one of the outlets 1011, 1012, wherein an outlet 1012 extends to the boiler 30 to supply water to the boiler 30 to adjust the concentration of the soybean milk, for example The soymilk concentration required to make the tofu is different from the concentration of the soymilk to be consumed, and the amount of water is additionally adjusted. The other outlet 1011 extends to the grinder 20 to supply water to the grinder 20 for grinding.

In addition, the automatic tofu manufacturing machine provided by the present invention may further comprise a computer control device capable of coordinating the control of the beans, the dosing of the beans, the grinding, the direction of the water supply and the amount of water, the cooking of the beans, the guiding of the soybean milk to the stirring tank or other positions. , supply coagulant or not, agitation, turntable rotation, forming table lifting and pressing mechanism pressing, etc., so as to achieve full automatic and continuous Tofu manufacturing.

With the above structure, the automated tofu manufacturing machine provided by the present invention has the following advantages:

First, it can reach the fully automated tofu process, saving manpower and time, and the finished products can be standardized and standardized.

Second, the same machine can simultaneously achieve the effect of making soy milk and tofu and other different soy products, just need to switch easily to convert the manufacturing mode.

Third, it can avoid the precipitation of coagulant and achieve the quantification of coagulant, improve the yield and the quality of the finished product.

10‧‧‧ Grinder

20‧‧‧To the bean

21‧‧‧Vacuum absorbing device

22‧‧‧ Soybean Quantizer

30‧‧‧Boiler

40‧‧‧Stirring tank

41‧‧‧First stirrer

411‧‧‧Stirring parts

412‧‧‧ spoiler

50‧‧‧Slurry device

51‧‧‧First slurry line

52‧‧‧Second feed line

53‧‧‧ fifth valve body

60‧‧‧Condensation dosing device

70‧‧‧Condensate tank

80‧‧‧Forming table

81‧‧‧Molding mould

90‧‧‧ Pressurizing mechanism

100‧‧‧ water tank

101‧‧‧Water supply pipeline

1011, 1012‧‧ Export

1013‧‧‧fourth valve body

Claims (8)

An automatic tofu manufacturing machine for manufacturing a tofu, wherein the tofu component comprises soybeans and a coagulating agent, the automatic tofu manufacturing machine comprises: a grinder capable of mixing soybeans with water to form okara and raw pulp; a bean device capable of supplying a certain amount of soybeans to the grinding machine; a pulper for cooking the slurry produced by the grinding machine to be soy milk; at least one stirring tank comprising a first agitator capable of Receiving the coagulating agent and the soybean milk produced by the boiler and stirring to form a tofu flower, wherein an opening is formed in the bottom of the stirring tank, and a cover is disposed in the opening to close the opening, when the cover is subjected to the bottom The upper force is raised to move away from the opening to open the opening; a slurry feeding device is provided for guiding the soybean milk produced by the boiler to the stirring tank; a coagulating agent tank for accommodating the coagulating agent a pump and a second agitator, an outlet line and an inlet line for extracting the coagulant in the coagulant tank from the outlet line and drawing in from the inlet line The second stir The apparatus for continuously stirring the coagulant in the coagulant tank; a coagulant dosing device comprising a coagulating agent quenching cylinder, a first valve body, a second valve body, a third valve body and a liquid discharge line The first valve body is located between the outlet line and the inlet line, the second valve body is located between the bottom end of the coagulant dosing tube and the outlet line, and the third valve body is located at the coagulating agent Quantifying the bottom of the canister to selectively allow the coagulant in the coagulating agent quenching cylinder to escape into the agitation tank, one end of the draining tubing connected to the coagulating agent quantification cylinder at a predetermined height from the bottom thereof, and the other end connected to The inlet pipe; a molding table, the molding table is located below the stirring tank and can be moved up and down, and the forming table comprises a Forming a mold and pushing the cover of the stirring tank upward to open the opening of the stirring tank to cause the tofu flower in the stirring tank to fall into the forming mold, and the tofu flower is formed in the forming mold; a pressing mechanism for pressurizing and dehydrating the tofu flower in the molding die to form a tofu product; wherein the coagulation is performed when the first valve body is opened and the second valve body and the third valve body are both closed The agent can enter the coagulating agent quenching cylinder from the outlet pipe through the first valve body and accumulate a predetermined amount, and the coagulating agent exceeding the predetermined amount flows back to the inlet pipe through the drain pipe; wherein, when When a valve body is closed and both the second valve body and the third valve body are opened, the coagulating agent flows back from the outlet pipe to the inlet pipe through the second valve body, and has accumulated in the coagulating agent quenching cylinder. A predetermined amount of the coagulant flows out through the third valve body and is injected into the agitation tank. The automatic tofu manufacturing machine according to claim 1, wherein the agitation tank comprises a turntable, a plurality of tanks and the first agitator, and the trough systems are arranged around the rotating shaft of the turntable, with the rotation of the turntable One of the tanks is selectively moved to a working position for the first stirrer to perform a stirring action. The automatic tofu manufacturing machine according to claim 2, wherein the slurry application device and the coagulating agent dosing device are located near the first agitator to supply the soybean milk and the coagulant to the tank body at the working position. The automatic tofu manufacturing machine according to claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of the bottom of the stirring tank extends downwardly with an ejector rod. When the forming table is lifted upward, the bottom of the forming mold abuts against the ejector rod. The cover is raised to open the opening, and the tofu flower in the agitation tank is dropped into the molding die through the opening. The automatic tofu manufacturing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a water tank and a water supply pipeline extending outward from the water tank, the water supply pipeline having two outlets and a second between the two outlets a four-valve body, the fourth valve body selectively allowing water of the water tank to flow out from one of the outlets, wherein an outlet extends to the boiler to supply water to the boiler to adjust the concentration of the soybean milk, and the other outlet Extending to the mill allows water to be supplied to the mill for grinding. The automatic tofu manufacturing machine according to claim 1, wherein the slurry feeding device comprises a first slurry supply line, a second slurry supply line and a fifth valve body, and the first slurry supply line extends to The agitating tank can input the soybean milk into the agitation tank, the second slurry-feeding pipeline is additionally extended to directly supply the soybean milk, and the fifth valve body is located between the first slurry-feeding pipeline and the second slurry-feeding pipeline And the soybean milk produced by the boiler can be selectively input into one of the first slurry line or the second slurry line. The automatic tofu manufacturing machine according to claim 1, wherein the bean feeder comprises a vacuum bean sucking device and a soybean bean doser, wherein the vacuum bean sucking device can suck the soybeans by a vacuum motor and input the soybean bean doser, the soybean bean The doser can provide the predetermined amount of soybeans to the mill. The automatic tofu manufacturing machine according to claim 1, wherein the first agitator comprises a stirring member and a spoiler, and the spoiler is placed upright in the stirring tank.