A rotating basket loading structure arranged inside a sterilizing pot and a material sterilization process

Abstract

The present invention discloses a rotating basket loading structure and a material sterilization process arranged inside a sterilizing pot, wherein the rotating basket loading structure comprises an outer shell, a plurality of partitions arranged at intervals from top to bottom inside the outer shell, the position of the partitions in the vertical direction can be changed, the space between two adjacent partitions is a clamping space for clamping the parts to be sterilized, the rotating basket loading structure can be rotated up and down, there is no clamping device above the uppermost layer of partitions, the baffle between the uppermost layer of partitions and the bottom of the outer shell is a sliding door, one side of the baffle is rotatably connected to the outer shell, and the other side can be locked with the outer shell, and the baffle is turned outward relative to the outer shell when the rotating basket rotating structure is in the open state. The present invention eliminates the use of the clamping device in the prior art, which not only solves the problem of the clamping device being stuck, but also does not affect the use of the entire rotating basket loading structure, greatly increasing the convenience of use.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of food and medicine, and in particular to a rotating basket loading structure arranged inside a sterilizing pot and a material sterilization process. Background Art

[0002] The rotating basket loading structure is a rotatable component in a high-temperature rotary water-spraying sterilizer. Multiple layers of partitions are provided inside the rotating basket, and a clamping space is formed between adjacent partitions. The clamping space is used to load materials that need to be sterilized (mainly including three-piece cans, cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles, etc.). The rotating basket is in a rotatable state during operation. In order to fully sterilize all parts of the materials to be sterilized in the rotating basket, the rotating basket needs to be turned upside down. In order to prevent the materials to be sterilized filled therein from falling off during the up and down rotation of the rotating basket, a clamping device is provided on the uppermost partition of the rotating basket in the prior art to compress the formed clamping space. However, the clamping device of the current rotating basket loading structure is particularly prone to jamming during use, which affects the operation of the rotating basket and often causes the sterilization work to not proceed smoothly. Summary of the invention

[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above technical problems. To this end, the present invention provides a rotating basket loading structure arranged inside the sterilizing pot, which can facilitate the smooth progress of the sterilization work.

[0004] An embodiment of the present invention discloses a rotating basket loading structure arranged inside a sterilizing pot, comprising an outer shell, and a plurality of partitions arranged at intervals from top to bottom inside the outer shell, wherein the position of the partitions in the vertical direction can be changed, and the space between two adjacent partitions is a clamping space for clamping parts to be sterilized. The rotating basket loading structure can be rotated up and down, and there is no clamping device above the topmost partition. The baffle between the topmost partition and the bottom of the outer shell is a sliding door, one side of the baffle is rotatably connected to the outer shell, and the other side can be locked with the outer shell, and the baffle is turned outward relative to the outer shell when the rotating basket loading structure is in the open state.

[0005] For the rotating basket loading structure that needs to rotate up and down, the above technical solution is adopted to eliminate the use of the clamping device, which not only solves the problem of the clamping device getting stuck, but also does not affect the use of the entire rotating basket loading structure, greatly increasing the convenience of use.

[0006] According to another specific embodiment of the present invention, opposite side walls of the housing are respectively provided with opposite vertically extending channels, and both ends of the partition in the extension direction are respectively fixed by butterfly nuts and bolts, and the bolts pass through the channels to connect with the partition.

[0007] According to another specific embodiment of the present invention, the rotating basket loading structure further includes a positioning plate fixedly connected to the bolts, and the positioning plate is clamped with the partition.

[0008] According to another specific embodiment of the present invention, the separator and / or the baffle has a porous structure.

[0009] According to another specific embodiment of the present invention, a door handle is provided on the baffle.

[0010] According to another specific embodiment of the present invention, the soft packaging materials are sandwiched between the uppermost partition and the adjacent second partition inside the rotating basket loading structure, and the bottle and can packaging materials are located below the second partition.

[0011] According to another specific embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of bottle and can packages are placed closely together in the clamping space, and the gaps between the two ends of the clamping space and the opposite bottle and can packages are respectively filled with soft packaging materials.

[0012] The present invention also provides a material sterilization process, which adopts the rotating basket loading structure arranged inside the sterilizer in the above technical solution, wherein the loading step before sterilization includes:

[0013] Open the baffle, start from the bottom layer, load the material to be sterilized, after the bottom layer is loaded, put a layer of partition on the loaded layer, then load the material to be sterilized from the newly placed partition, then put another layer of partition, and operate in sequence until the loading is completed; then tighten and fix the placed partitions from bottom to top in sequence with bolts; close the baffle to complete the loading step.

[0014] The above technical solution ensures that the gravity of the upper layer material can act on the lower layer material, so that the multi-layer clamping space can squeeze the sterilized material.

[0015] The present invention also provides a material sterilization process, which adopts the rotating basket loading structure arranged inside the sterilization pot in the above-mentioned technical scheme, wherein the loading step before sterilization includes: sandwiching bagged materials between the top layer of partition and the adjacent second layer of partition inside the rotating basket loading structure, and placing the bottle and can packaging below the second layer of partition.

[0016] The adoption of the above technical solution further ensures that no material will fall when the rotating basket loading structure rotates without a clamping device.

[0017] The present invention also provides a material sterilization process, which adopts the rotating basket loading structure arranged inside the sterilization pot in the above-mentioned technical scheme, wherein the loading step before sterilization includes: placing multiple bottle and can packages tightly in the clamping space, and filling soft package materials in the gaps between the two ends of the clamping space and the opposite bottle and can packages.

[0018] By adopting the above technical solution, the compactness of the clamping space is further enhanced, effectively ensuring that the bottle and can packaging materials inside the rotating basket loading structure will not move when the rotating basket loading structure rotates. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 A front schematic diagram showing a transfer basket structure in the prior art;

[0020] Figure 2 Show Figure 1 AA section diagram of ;

[0021] Figure 3 A front schematic diagram showing a rotating basket loading structure according to a specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0022] Figure 4 Show Figure 3 AA section diagram of ;

[0023] Figure 5 A schematic top view of a rotating basket loading structure according to a specific embodiment of the present invention is shown;

[0024] Figure 6 Showing the present invention Figure 3 A partial enlarged schematic diagram of the transfer basket loading structure I;

[0025] Figure 7 Showing the present invention Figure 3 A partial enlarged schematic diagram of part II of the transfer basket loading structure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The following specific embodiments illustrate the implementation of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the contents disclosed in this specification. Although the description of the present invention will be introduced in conjunction with the preferred embodiment, this does not mean that the features of this invention are limited to this implementation. On the contrary, the purpose of introducing the invention in conjunction with the implementation is to cover other options or modifications that may extend based on the claims of the present invention. In order to provide a deep understanding of the present invention, the following description will include many specific details. The present invention can also be implemented without using these details. In addition, in order to avoid confusion or blurring the focus of the present invention, some specific details will be omitted in the description. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0027] It should be noted that in this specification, similar reference numerals and letters denote similar items in the following drawings, and therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, it does not need to be further defined and explained in the subsequent drawings.

[0028] In the description of this embodiment, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "back", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, or are the directions or positional relationships in which the inventive product is usually placed when used. They are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0029] The terms “first”, “second”, etc. are only used for distinguishing descriptions and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0030] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clear, the embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0031] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 The schematic diagram of the rotating basket structure of the prior art is shown in FIG. The existing rotating basket includes a shell 11, and a plurality of partitions 12 are located inside the shell 11. Adjacent partitions 12 are used to prevent materials to be sterilized, such as cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles, etc. The position of the partition 12 in the vertical direction can be adjusted, so that the size of the space between adjacent partitions 12 can be adjusted. The pressing device 14 is located above the uppermost partition 12 and can apply downward pressure to the uppermost partition. When the materials to be sterilized are filled into the uppermost layer of the rotating basket, the space between the uppermost partition and the adjacent partition can be pressed by the pressing device 14. Since the rotating basket is turned upside down and rotated by the turntable 15 during sterilization, the pressing device 14 can press the partition 12 so that the materials to be sterilized filled therein will not fall. The rotating basket is also provided with a baffle 13. When the baffle 13 is opened, the materials to be sterilized can be put in and taken out. The baffle 13 needs to be closed during sterilization. The design idea of ​​the existing rotating basket structure is to set the baffle 13 to be pull-out type, that is, the baffle 13 is located between the top layer of partition 12 and the bottom of the shell 11. The pressing effect of the pressing device 14 can not only realize the pressing of the partition 12, but also can use the top layer of partition 12 and the bottom of the shell 11 to clamp the baffle 13, and can lock the baffle 13 to close the rotating basket. When the rotating basket needs to be opened, it is only necessary to loosen the pressing device 14, and the clamping effect between the top layer of partition 12 and the bottom of the shell 11 is lost, and the baffle 13 can be pulled out. The original intention of such a design is to be able to pull out the baffle 13 to open or plug in to close it when the sterilizer door is not opened. The top layer of partition 12 mentioned above can also be understood as the top of the shell 11, and the space formed between the top of the shell 11 and the adjacent partition 12 is also used to clamp materials.

[0032] However, after research, the inventors found that the original design of the clamping device could not achieve the so-called good clamping effect, and there was often a problem of jamming. The clamping device 14 can clamp the topmost partition 12 to a certain extent, but it has no obvious clamping effect on the lower partition 12. Regarding the jamming problem, the inventors found that the clamping device in the prior art has a large number of machined parts, welded parts, and secondary processed parts after welding, which have relatively high manufacturing requirements, small assembly tolerance requirements, and high costs. The high-temperature sterilization process determines the working environment of the rotating basket in the sterilization pot body, and its working temperature is alternating between high and low temperatures. When the sterilization pot is working, hot water will be sprayed on the rotating basket, and the generated steam and the used cooling water will take away the applied lubricating oil. In addition, the alternating high and low temperature working conditions cause assembly deformation of the transmission parts, which are particularly prone to jamming during operation.

[0033] In addition, the inventors also found that the design of the pull-out baffle 13 did not work. This is because the space inside the sterilizer is very small. If you want to put the sterilized materials into the rotating basket or take the materials out of the rotating basket, you still need to open the sterilizer first and then open the baffle 13. And locking the baffle 13 by the pressing device 1 is also cumbersome and inconvenient in actual use.

[0034] refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4 The rotating basket loading structure provided in the sterilizing pot of the present invention comprises a shell 21, and a plurality of partitions 22 arranged from top to bottom in the shell 21. The partitions 22 are arranged in the vertical direction, for example Figure 3 The position in the y direction can be changed. That is, the partition 22 can be moved up and down to the required vertical position. There is a clamping space between two adjacent partitions 22, that is, the space between the two partitions 22 is a clamping space for clamping the parts to be sterilized. The present invention is an improvement on the rotating basket loading structure that can be rotated up and down. The clamping device above the uppermost partition 22 is eliminated, and the baffle 23 between the uppermost partition 22 and the bottom of the shell 21 is a sliding door. One side of the baffle 23 is rotatably connected to the shell 21, for example, it is connected to the side wall of the shell 21 through a hinge 31. In other embodiments, it can also be connected or hinged through a rotating shaft. When the baffle 23 is closed, the other side of the baffle 23 can be locked with the shell 21. There are many ways to lock the baffle 23 relative to the shell 21, for example, the baffle 23 is locked through a tower buckle 32.

[0035] The baffle 23 mainly acts as a door. When the rotating basket loading structure is open, the baffle 23 is turned outward relative to the housing 21. That is, the user opens the baffle 23 by pulling it, and closes it by pushing it. That is, the action when in use is to pull the door open and push the door closed. The so-called turning outward means that the baffle 23 is facing outward relative to the housing in the open state. The side of the baffle 23 that is rotatably connected to the housing 21 can be a side in the vertical direction, for example Figure 3 On the left side ( Figure 3 The baffle 23 has been omitted), and the other side is Figure 3 The right side of the baffle 23 can be locked with the housing 21 by means of a tower buckle 32 or the like. In this way, the rotation direction of the baffle 23 when opening and closing is consistent with the rotation direction of the door on the external sterilizing pot when opening and closing. In addition, the side of the baffle 23 that is rotatably connected to the housing can also be a side in the horizontal direction, for example Figure 3 The upper side of the baffle 23, the user can lift the baffle when it needs to be opened. In addition, a door handle 24 can be set on the baffle 23 to facilitate the user to open or close the baffle 23. The door handle 24 can be set Figure 3 The protruding half frame shape can also be set to be an arch shape, or a pit shape.

[0036] The present invention breaks the inherent design pattern of the rotating basket loading structure in the prior art that needs to be turned upside down and rotated, discards the clamping device that has been used, and sets the baffle in the form of a sliding door. It has been found through testing that when the clamping device is not used, even if the position of the partition is fixed in the original fixing method, it will not affect the use during the sterilization process, and the materials to be sterilized will not fall. Correspondingly, the rotating basket loading structure is simplified, avoiding the problem of jamming, and loading and unloading materials is more convenient.

[0037] refer to Figure 3-Figure 5 The present invention can use the hexagonal nuts and bolts used in the current rotating basket loading structure to fix the position of the partition 22. In this embodiment, preferably, the hexagonal nuts can be replaced with butterfly nuts 25. The side walls opposite to the housing 21, such as Figure 3 The left and right side walls of the middle shell 21 are respectively provided with opposite vertically extending holes (not shown in the figure), and the opposite holes are arranged in the thickness direction of the side wall (for example Figure 3The bolt 26 passes through the hole to be connected to the partition 22, and the left and right ends of the partition 22 are fixed by tightening the butterfly nut 25 through the hole. In this embodiment, the left and right ends of the partition 22 are fixed to the opposite side walls, wherein the hole is a vertical long hole. Through the vertically extending hole, the partition 22 can be fixed in a suitable vertical position according to needs. Due to the small internal space of the sterilizer, it is very inconvenient to operate the rotating basket loading structure inside the sterilizer. The present invention replaces the original hexagonal nut with a butterfly nut 25, so that the partition 22 can be fixed without using tools such as a wrench, and can be tightened manually. The butterfly nut 25 is very convenient for manual disassembly and assembly of the partition 22.

[0038] Furthermore, if Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, the partition 22 of the present invention is fixedly connected with the bolts through the positioning plate 27. Both ends of the partition 22 are respectively provided with through holes for the positioning plate 27 to penetrate, one end of the positioning plate 27 passes through the partition 22 to be clamped with the partition 22, and the other end is fixedly connected to the bolt 26, for example, the other end of the positioning plate 27 is welded to the bolt 26. Further, the positioning plate 27 is provided with a hook, which passes through the through hole of the partition 22 to hook one end of the partition 22, and then the positioning plate 27 is fixedly connected with the bolt as an intermediate medium, and by tightening the butterfly nut 25, the positioning plate 27 clamps the partition 22, so that the partition 22 can be fixed. Figure 6 It is a partial enlarged view of the positioning plate 27 on the uppermost partition plate 22. Figure 7 It is a partial enlarged view of the positioning plate 27 on the middle layer of the partition 22. Since the uppermost partition 22 serves as the upper end surface of the shell, its thickness is thicker than that of the middle layer of the partition 22, so the hook portion of the positioning plate 27 on the uppermost partition 22 is relatively long. In other embodiments, a rib plate is also laid on the uppermost partition 22 to increase its strength.

[0039] Since the rotating basket loading structure of the present invention adopts water spraying sterilization, the present invention sets the baffle 23 as a porous structure, that is, the baffle 23 is a porous plate, which can improve the heat transfer effect. In addition, the partition 22 can also be set as a porous structure. Specifically, a plurality of perforations are set on the plane plate of the partition 22. Hot water can flow through the perforations on the partition 22, so that the hot water has a more sufficient sterilization effect on the material to be sterilized.

[0040] There are various rotating structures for realizing the upside-down flipping of the rotating basket loading structure. For example, the turntable 28 in this embodiment is arranged on the rear wall of the shell 21 opposite to the baffle, and the rotating shaft 29 drives the turntable 28 to rotate, thereby driving the entire rotating basket loading structure to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise along the rotating shaft 29.

[0041] In the above-mentioned embodiments, a clamping space is formed between adjacent partitions 22. After the material is filled, the position of the partition 22 is fixed, and the formed clamping space will produce appropriate compression on the material instead of allowing the material to move freely in the clamping space. In addition, the topmost partition 22 of the present invention can be used as the top of the outer shell 21. The top of the outer shell 21 can also be understood as the topmost partition. The top of the outer shell 21 and the adjacent partition 22 are also a clamping space for placing materials. Similarly, the bottom of the outer shell 21 and the upper adjacent partition 22 are also a clamping space. The number of butterfly nuts used to fix each partition 22 can be selected according to needs. For example, in this embodiment, each partition 22 uses four butterfly nuts, and two butterfly nuts 25 are respectively set at both ends of the partition 22. The butterfly nuts 25 at both ends are symmetrically distributed along the center line of the partition 22.

[0042] In the above embodiments, the soft packaging material is sandwiched between the top partition 22 and the adjacent second partition 22 inside the rotating basket loading structure of the present invention, and the bottle packaging material is located below the second partition 22, that is, the bottle packaging material is located in the part other than the top sandwiching space. Compared with hard materials such as bottle packaging, such as bagged materials, soft packaging materials are deformable materials, which are not easy to roll, and in the field of food and medicine, soft packaging materials are light. Except for the top sandwiching space, the materials in the rest of the sandwiching spaces are squeezed by the gravity of the components above themselves, so the bottle packaging materials located below can be squeezed by the gravity above, and will not move or fall when the rotating basket loading structure rotates. The soft packaging materials located in the top sandwiching space can also be fixed by the pressing force of the top partition. Therefore, the distribution of the materials to be sterilized in this embodiment can further ensure that no materials will fall when the rotating basket loading structure rotates without a pressing device.

[0043] Furthermore, in the layer where the bottles and cans are placed, generally a plurality of bottles and cans are placed closely side by side in the clamping space, and due to the structure of the bottles and cans themselves, there will be gaps between the bottles and cans closest to the two ends of the partition and the side walls of the shell. In the present invention, the gaps between the two ends of the clamping space and the gaps between the opposite bottles and cans are filled with soft packaging materials, so that the gaps can be filled, so that the clamping space containing the bottles and cans is fully filled, which can further enhance the compactness of the clamping space and effectively ensure that the bottle and can packaging materials inside the rotating basket loading structure will not move when the rotating basket loading structure rotates.

[0044] The present invention also provides a material sterilization process, which uses the rotating basket loading structure provided inside the sterilizer in the above-mentioned embodiments. The material to be sterilized needs to be placed in the rotating basket loading structure, and then the sterilizer is closed for water sterilization. Figure 3-Figure 5The loading step before sterilization includes: opening the baffle 23, loading the material to be sterilized from the bottom layer, after the bottom layer is loaded, placing a layer of partition 22 on the loaded layer, and then loading the material to be sterilized on the newly placed partition 22, and then placing another layer of partition 22, and the operation is carried out in sequence until the loading is completed; then the placed partitions 22 are tightened and fixed from bottom to top in sequence by bolts 26; closing the baffle 23, and the loading step is completed. The material sterilization process of the present invention adopts a filling method from bottom to top in the loading step, and then the position of the partition 22 is fixed from bottom to top in sequence, which can ensure that the material above exerts gravity to generate a pressing force on the material below.

[0045] In the material sterilization process of the present invention, bagged materials are sandwiched between the top partition 22 and the adjacent second partition 22 inside the rotating basket loading structure, and bottle packaging is placed under the second partition to ensure that the bottle packaging materials can be squeezed by the pressure of the upper materials.

[0046] In the material sterilization process of the present invention, multiple bottle packages are placed closely in the clamping space, and soft-package materials are respectively filled in the gaps between the two ends of the clamping space and the opposite bottle packages to ensure that the clamping space is fully filled to avoid movement of the material to be sterilized during the sterilization process.

[0047] Although the present invention has been illustrated and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above is a further detailed description of the present invention in conjunction with specific embodiments, and it cannot be determined that the specific implementation of the present invention is limited to these descriptions. Those skilled in the art may make various changes in form and details, including making several simple deductions or substitutions, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A rotating basket loading structure arranged inside a rotary water spraying sterilizing pot, comprising a shell, a plurality of partitions arranged from top to bottom inside the shell, wherein the position of the partitions in the vertical direction can be changed, and the space between two adjacent partitions is a clamping space for clamping the parts to be sterilized, and the rotating basket loading structure can be rotated up and down, characterized in that: There is no pressing device above the uppermost partition, the baffle between the uppermost partition and the bottom of the shell is a sliding door, one side of the baffle is rotatably connected to the shell, and the other side can be locked with the shell, when the rotating basket loading structure is open, the baffle is turned outward relative to the shell, and the partition and / or the baffle have a porous structure, The rotating basket loading structure adopts one of the schemes (a) or (b) for loading: (a) The flexible packaging materials are sandwiched between the uppermost partition and the adjacent second-layer partition inside the rotating basket loading structure, and the bottle and can packaging materials are located below the second-layer partition; or (b) a plurality of bottle packages are placed closely together in the clamping space, and the gaps between the two ends of the clamping space and the opposite bottle packages are respectively filled with soft packaging materials; The left and right side walls of the shell are respectively provided with relatively vertically extending channels, the channels are vertical long holes, the two ends of the partition in the extension direction are respectively fixed by butterfly nuts and bolts, the bolts pass through the channels and are connected to the partition, and the left and right ends of the partition are fixed by tightening the butterfly nuts through the channels. The rotating basket loading structure inside the sterilizer includes the following loading steps before sterilization: opening the baffle, loading the material to be sterilized starting from the bottom layer, after loading a layer at the bottom layer, placing a layer of the partition on the loaded layer, and then loading the material to be sterilized from the newly placed partition, and then placing another layer of partition, and the operation is carried out in sequence until the loading is completed; then the placed partitions are tightened and fixed in sequence from bottom to top by bolts; closing the baffle to complete the loading step.

2. The rotating basket loading structure provided inside the rotary water spraying sterilizing pot according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating basket loading structure also includes a positioning plate fixedly connected to the bolts, and the positioning plate is clamped with the partition.

3. The rotating basket loading structure provided inside the rotary water spraying sterilizing pot according to claim 1, characterized in that: A door handle is arranged on the baffle.

4. A material sterilization process, characterized in that: A rotating basket loading structure arranged inside a rotary water spray sterilizer as described in any one of claims 1 to 3 is adopted, wherein the loading step before sterilization includes: sandwiching bagged materials between the top layer of the partition and the adjacent second layer of the partition inside the rotating basket loading structure, and placing bottle and can packaging below the second layer of the partition.

5. A material sterilization process, characterized in that: A rotating basket loading structure arranged inside a rotary water spray sterilizer as described in any one of claims 1 to 3 is adopted, wherein the loading step before sterilization includes: placing a plurality of bottle and can packages tightly in the clamping space, and filling soft packaging materials in the gaps between the two ends of the clamping space and the opposite bottle and can packages respectively.

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