A steam peeling machine

Abstract

This application relates to the field of fruit and vegetable peeling machines, and discloses a steam peeling machine, which includes a steam tank and a feeder. The feeder includes: a feeding cylinder located above the steam tank; a rotating shaft rod rotatably arranged in the feeding cylinder, and the rotation axis is horizontally arranged and collinear with the axis of the feeding cylinder; a plurality of partition plates evenly distributed along the circumference of the rotating shaft rod; a feeding trough pipe communicating with the feeding cylinder and located at the top of the feeding cylinder; a discharging trough pipe communicating with the feeding cylinder and located in the lower area of the feeding cylinder; a plurality of water inlet pipes, all of which are communicated with the feeding cylinder, the water inlet pipes are located on the side far from the discharging trough pipe, and each water inlet pipe is located between two adjacent partition plates; a water outlet pipe communicating with the feeding cylinder and located at the bottom of the feeding cylinder; a first motor for driving the rotation of the rotating shaft rod. This application realizes simple cleaning before entering the steam tank, which is efficient and reduces unnecessary waste of water resources.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of fruit and vegetable peeling machines, and particularly to a steam peeling machine. Background Art

[0002] In the deep processing of tuberous agricultural and sideline products such as potatoes, carrots, taros, and sweet potatoes, it is necessary to efficiently remove the surface cortex. However, there is a strong affinity between the epidermis and the flesh of tuberous materials such as potatoes, carrots, taros, and sweet potatoes, making it difficult to separate the two. In addition, the irregular shape and uneven surface of the tuberous materials exacerbate the difficulty of peeling. The steam peeling machine is based on the principle of volume expansion. Under high-pressure high-temperature steam, the water in the material to be peeled becomes pressurized water. Once the high-pressure steam is discharged, the pressurized water in the material quickly evaporates, causing the skin and flesh to separate, thus achieving the peeling effect.

[0003] However, in the process of implementing the relevant technical solutions, it is found that there are at least the following technical problems: Some agricultural and sideline products are taken out of the soil and carry a large amount of soil on the surface. For example, potatoes need to be washed at multiple levels before being put into the steam tank. However, not all agricultural and sideline products need to be washed at multiple levels. For example, apples and pears. When agricultural and sideline products that do not require multiple-level washing are still washed according to the production process, a large amount of water resources will be consumed, resulting in unnecessary processes and waste. Summary of the Invention

[0004] This application provides a steam peeling machine, which solves the technical problem that when agricultural and sideline products that do not require multiple-level washing are still washed according to the production process in the prior art, a large amount of water resources will be consumed, resulting in unnecessary processes and waste. It realizes simple washing before entering the steam tank, which is efficient and reduces unnecessary waste of water resources.

[0005] This application provides a steam peeling machine, including a steam tank and a feeder located at the feed inlet of the steam tank. The feeder includes: a feeding cylinder located above the steam tank; a rotating shaft rod rotatably arranged in the feeding cylinder, and the rotation axis is horizontally arranged and collinear with the axis of the feeding cylinder; a plurality of partition plates arranged along the circumference of the rotating shaft rod; a feeding trough pipe communicated with the feeding cylinder and located at the top of the feeding cylinder; a discharging trough pipe communicated with the feeding cylinder and located in the lower area of the feeding cylinder; a plurality of water inlet pipes all communicated with the feeding cylinder, the water inlet pipes are located on the side far from the discharging trough pipe, and each water inlet pipe is located between two adjacent partition plates; a water outlet pipe communicated with the feeding cylinder and located at the bottom of the feeding cylinder; and a motor one for driving the rotation of the rotating shaft rod.

[0006] Furthermore, a cleaning member is disposed in the space between every two adjacent partition pieces corresponding to each water inlet pipe. A plurality of storage cylinders corresponding to the cleaning member are installed on the outer wall of the feeding cylinder. The storage cylinders communicate with the feeding cylinder, and a driving mechanism for driving the cleaning member to reciprocate between the feeding cylinder and the storage cylinders is disposed in the storage cylinders.

[0007] Furthermore, the driving mechanism includes: a slide rail horizontally fixed inside the storage cylinder, and the length direction of the slide rail is the same as the length direction of the storage cylinder; a slider slidably disposed on the slide rail; a lead screw horizontally rotatably disposed inside the storage cylinder, and the length direction of the lead screw is the same as the length direction of the slide rail; a nut seat fixed on the slider and threadedly connected with the lead screw; a second motor fixed on the storage cylinder and used for driving the lead screw to rotate; wherein, a fixed connection is provided between the slider and the cleaning member.

[0008] Furthermore, the cleaning member includes: a middle rod, the axis of which is collinear with the axis of the storage cylinder; a plurality of plastic strips disposed at both ends of the middle part of the middle rod, and a plurality of plastic strips are disposed at both ends of the middle part of the middle rod and are evenly distributed along the circumference of the middle rod; wherein, one end of the middle rod is connected to the slider in the driving mechanism.

[0009] Furthermore, one end of the plastic strip close to the middle part of the middle rod is fixedly connected to the outer peripheral surface of the middle rod, and the other end is located at the end of the middle rod and warps outwards. The end of the plastic strip on the middle rod close to the storage cylinder is located in the storage cylinder.

[0010] Furthermore, a stop piece is fixedly connected to the end of the slide rail close to the feeding cylinder, and the end of the plastic strip located in the storage cylinder is located on the side of the stop piece away from the inner wall of the storage cylinder.

[0011] Furthermore, an adapter is disposed between the slider and the middle rod. The adapter includes an adapter plate fixedly connected to the end face of the middle rod, and a T-shaped block fixedly connected to the side wall of the adapter plate away from the middle rod. One end of the T-shaped block away from the adapter plate vertically faces the inner peripheral surface of the storage cylinder, and the slider is fixedly connected to the end of the T-shaped block away from the adapter plate.

[0012] One or more technical solutions provided in the present application have at least the following technical effects or advantages:

[0013] Due to the use of a feeder with a cleaning member to convey clean water to each water inlet pipe, the clean water will enter the feeding cylinder. The driving mechanism can reciprocate the cleaning member. Since the cleaning member reciprocates within the feeding cylinder, the contact times between the plastic strips and the agricultural and sideline products can be increased, improving the cleaning efficiency. As the first motor drives the rotating shaft to rotate, the agricultural and sideline products between the two lowest partition plates can be pushed into the discharge chute pipe, solving the technical problem of unnecessary processes and waste when agricultural and sideline products that do not require multi-stage cleaning are still cleaned according to the production process, realizing simple cleaning before entering the steam tank, being efficient and reducing unnecessary waste of water resources. Description of the Drawings

[0014] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the overall structure of the steam peeling machine in the embodiment of the present application;

[0015] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the overall structure of the feeder in the embodiment of the present application;

[0016] Figure 3 Cross-sectional view of the feeder in the embodiment of the present application;

[0017] Figure 4 Cross-sectional view of the storage cylinder in the embodiment of the present application;

[0018] Figure 5 is Figure 4 Enlarged view of part A in [description], mainly showing the structure of the driving mechanism;

[0019] Figure 6 Structure of the cleaning member in the embodiment of the present application;

[0020] In the figure: 1. Steam tank; 2. Feeder; 21. Feeding cylinder; 22. Rotating shaft; 23. Partition plate; 24. Feeding chute pipe; 25. Discharge chute pipe; 26. Water inlet pipe; 27. Water outlet pipe; 28. First motor; 3. Cleaning member; 31. Intermediate rod; 32. Plastic strip; 4. Storage cylinder; 5. Driving mechanism; 51. Slide rail; 52. Slide block; 53. Lead screw; 54. Nut seat; 55. Second motor; 56. Flap; 6. Adapter; 61. Adapter plate; 62. T-shaped block; 100. Discharge conveyor belt; 200. Loading conveyor belt; 300. Receiving trough. Detailed Embodiments

[0021] An embodiment of the present application discloses a steam peeling machine. After the agricultural and sideline products to be peeled are transported to the feeding trough pipe 24 by the feeding conveyor belt 200, the agricultural and sideline products will enter the feeding cylinder 21 and be located between two separating sheets 23. After a period of time, the first motor 28 drives the rotating shaft rod 22 to rotate, and the rotation angle of the rotating shaft is the angle between two adjacent separating sheets 23. Then, the agricultural and sideline products will enter the feeding cylinder 21 and be located between the latter two separating sheets 23. At the same time, clean water is conveyed to each water inlet pipe 26, and the clean water will enter the feeding cylinder 21. When the driving mechanism 5 is started to move the slider 52 towards the side of the feeding cylinder 21, the cleaning member 3 can be moved into the feeding cylinder 21. The plastic strips 32 on the cleaning member 3 can be used to clean the agricultural and sideline products. After the cleaning is completed, the water is discharged from the feeding cylinder 21 through the water outlet pipe 27.

[0022] In order to better understand the above technical solution, the above technical solution will be described in detail below in conjunction with the specification drawings and specific embodiments.

[0023] Refer to Figure 1 , a steam peeling machine, including a steam tank 1, a feeder 2, a discharging conveyor belt 100, a feeding conveyor belt 200, and a receiving tank 300. The feeder 2 is located above the steam tank 1, the receiving tank 300 is located below the discharging port of the steam tank 1, the discharging conveyor belt 100 is used to transport the agricultural and sideline products in the receiving tank 300, and one end of the feeding conveyor belt 200 is located above the feeding port of the feeder 2, and the feeding conveyor belt 200 is used to transport the agricultural and sideline products. The feeding conveyor belt 200 transports the agricultural and sideline products to be peeled to the feeding port of the feeder 2, the feeder 2 transports the agricultural and sideline products into the steam tank 1, steam is introduced into the steam tank 1, and under the high-pressure high-temperature steam, the water in the agricultural and sideline products to be peeled becomes pressurized water. When the high-pressure steam is discharged, the pressurized water on the surface of the agricultural and sideline products to be peeled quickly evaporates, causing the skin and flesh to separate. The peeled agricultural and sideline products will be transported into the receiving tank 300, and finally the agricultural and sideline products in the receiving tank 300 will be output by the discharging conveyor belt 100.

[0024] Refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3, the feeder 2 includes a feeding cylinder 21, a rotating shaft rod 22, a partition sheet 23, a feeding chute pipe 24, a discharging chute pipe 25, a water inlet pipe 26, a water outlet pipe 27 and a first motor 28. The axis of the feeding cylinder 21 is horizontal, and the feeding cylinder 21 is directly above the feeding port of the steam tank 1; the rotating shaft rod 22 is a round rod, the rotating shaft rod 22 is horizontally arranged, the axis of the rotating shaft rod 22 is collinear with the axis of the feeding cylinder 21, and both ends of the rotating shaft rod 22 are rotatably arranged on the inner walls on both sides of the feeding cylinder 21; the partition sheet 23 is in the shape of a thin plate, the partition sheet 23 can be made of plastic, the partition sheet 23 is fixedly connected to the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft rod 22, the width of the partition sheet 23 is the same as the length of the rotating shaft rod 22, the end of the partition sheet 23 away from the rotating shaft rod 22 is close to the inner peripheral surface of the feeding cylinder 21, there are several partition sheets 23, and several partition sheets 23 are evenly distributed along the circumference of the rotating shaft rod 22, and in a specific implementation, 6 partition sheets 23 can be set.

[0025] Continue to refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 , the feeding chute pipe 24 is installed on the top of the feeding cylinder 21, and the feeding chute pipe 24 is communicated with the feeding cylinder 21; the discharging chute pipe 25 is installed on one side of the lower half of the feeding cylinder 21, one end of the discharging chute pipe 25 is communicated with the feeding cylinder 21, and the other end is above the feeding port of the steam tank 1. The arc length of the discharging chute pipe 25 connected to the feeding cylinder 21 is the same as the arc length of the ends of two adjacent partition sheets 23; there are several water inlet pipes 26, and all of them are communicated with the feeding cylinder 21. Specifically, there are 3 water inlet pipes 26. The water inlet pipes 26 are located on the side away from the discharging chute pipe 25, and each water inlet pipe 26 is respectively located between two adjacent partition sheets 23 among the four, and the axis of the water inlet pipe 26 is parallel to the axis of the feeding cylinder 21. The water inlet pipe 26 is communicated with the cleaning water source; one end of the water outlet pipe 27 is communicated with the bottom of the feeding cylinder 21, and the other end is communicated with the waste water recovery pool; the first motor 28 is installed outside the steam tank 1, and the first motor 28 drives the rotating shaft rod 22 to rotate.

[0026] The first motor 28 drives the rotating shaft rod 22 to rotate. The rotation of the rotating shaft can drive the partition sheet 23 to rotate, and the angle that the first motor 28 drives the rotating shaft to rotate each time is the angle between two adjacent partition sheets 23. And in the initial state, the angle between the two partition sheets 23 in the upper half of the feeding cylinder 21 is directly below the notch of the feeding chute pipe 24. As the first motor 28 drives the rotating shaft rod 22 to rotate, the agricultural and sideline products between the two lowest partition sheets 23 can be pushed into the discharging chute pipe 25, and then the discharging chute pipe 25 can guide the agricultural and sideline products into the receiving trough 300, and finally the discharging conveyor belt 100 transports the agricultural and sideline products in the receiving trough 300 out.

[0027] Clean water is delivered to each water inlet pipe 26 and enters the feed cylinder 21, so that a simple cleaning can be performed before entering the steam tank. Agricultural and sideline products that do not require multi-stage cleaning can still be cleaned according to the production process, reducing waste.

[0028] Reference Figure 3 and Figure 4 A cleaning piece 3 is provided in the space between two adjacent partitions 23 corresponding to each water inlet pipe 26, and a plurality of storage cylinders 4 corresponding to the cleaning piece 3 are installed on the outer wall of the feeding cylinder 21. The storage cylinder 4 is a cylinder, and the axis of the storage cylinder 4 is parallel to the axis of the feeding cylinder 21, and one end of the storage cylinder 4 is connected to the feeding cylinder 21. A driving mechanism 5 for driving the cleaning piece 3 to move back and forth between the feeding cylinder 21 and the storage cylinder 4 is provided in the storage cylinder 4.

[0029] Reference Figure 5 As shown, the driving mechanism 5 includes a slide rail 51, a slider 52, a screw rod 53, a nut seat 54, a motor 55 and a baffle 56; the slide rail 51 is located in the storage tube 4, the length direction of the slide rail 51 is consistent with the length direction of the storage tube 4, and the slide rail 51 is close to the inner wall of one side of the storage tube 4 and is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the storage tube 4; the slider 52 is slidably arranged on the slide rail 51, and the slider 52 is located on the side of the slide rail 51 away from the inner wall of the storage tube 4; the screw rod 53 is located in the storage tube 4, and the screw rod 53 The length direction is consistent with the length direction of the storage cylinder 4, and the screw rod 53 is close to the inner wall of one side of the storage cylinder 4 and is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the storage cylinder 4, and the screw rod 53 is located above the slide rail 51; the nut seat 54 is fixedly installed on the slider 52, and the nut seat 54 is threadedly connected to the screw rod 53; the motor 2 55 is installed on the end face of the storage cylinder 4 away from the feed cylinder 21, and the motor 2 55 is used to drive the screw rod 53 to rotate; the baffle 56 is fixedly connected to the end of the slide rail 51 close to the feed cylinder 21. The slider 52 is fixedly connected to the cleaning piece 3, and an adapter 6 is arranged between the slider 52 and the intermediate rod 31. The adapter 6 includes an adapter plate 61 fixedly connected to the end surface of the intermediate rod 31, and a T-block 62 fixedly connected to the side wall of the adapter plate 61 away from the intermediate rod 31. The end of the T-block 62 away from the adapter plate 61 is perpendicular to the inner circumferential surface of the storage tube 4, and the slider 52 is fixedly connected to the end of the T-block 62 away from the adapter plate 61.

[0030] The motor 2 55 is started to drive the screw 53 to rotate, the rotation of the screw 53 drives the nut seat 54 to move, and the movement of the nut seat 54 drives the slider 52 to move. Since the slider 52 is connected to the cleaning member 3, the cleaning member 3 can be moved into the storage cylinder 4. The driving mechanism 5 can reciprocate the cleaning member 3, and the cleaning member 3 reciprocates in the feeding cylinder 21, which can increase the number of contacts between the cleaning member 3 and the agricultural and sideline products, thereby improving the cleaning efficiency.

[0031] Reference Figure 3and Figure 6 The cleaning member 3 includes an intermediate rod 31 and a plastic strip 32. The intermediate rod 31 is a round rod, and the axis of the intermediate rod 31 is colinear with the axis of the storage tube 4. One end of the intermediate rod 31 is located in the storage tube 4, and the other end is located in the feeding cylinder 21. The intermediate rod 31 is a round rod, and the end of the intermediate rod 31 located at one end of the storage tube 4 is fixedly connected to the adapter plate 61 in the adapter 6. A plurality of plastic strips 32 are provided and are arranged at both ends of the middle part of the intermediate rod 31. A plurality of plastic strips 32 at both ends of the middle part of the intermediate rod 31 are provided and are evenly distributed along a circle of the intermediate rod 31. One end of the plastic strip 32 close to the middle part of the intermediate rod 31 is fixedly connected to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate rod 31, and the other end is located at the end of the intermediate rod 31 and warped outwardly. The end of the plastic strip 32 close to one end of the storage tube 4 in the intermediate rod 31 is located in the storage tube 4, and the end of the plastic strip 32 located at one end of the storage tube 4 is located on the side of the baffle 56 away from the inner wall of the storage tube 4.

[0032] When the driving mechanism 5 moves the slider 52 toward the side of the feed cylinder 21, the cleaning piece 3 can be moved into the feed cylinder 21, and when it moves to the preset position, the end of the plastic strip 32 in the middle rod 31 close to the end of the storage cylinder 4 is still located in the storage cylinder 4; when the driving mechanism 5 moves the slider 52 away from the feed cylinder 21, the cleaning piece 3 can be stored in the storage cylinder 4, and when it moves to the preset position, the end of the plastic strip 32 in the middle rod 31 away from the end of the storage cylinder 4 is still located in the feed cylinder 21.

[0033] This application can explain its functional principle through the following operation methods:

[0034] After the feeding conveyor belt 200 conveys the agricultural and sideline products to be peeled to the feeding trough pipe 24, the agricultural and sideline products will enter the feeding cylinder 21 and be located between the two partitions 23. After a period of time, the motor 28 drives the rotating shaft 22 to rotate, and the angle of the rotating shaft rotation is the angle between the two adjacent partitions 23. Then, the agricultural and sideline products will enter the feeding cylinder 21 and be located between the two rear partitions 23. At the same time, clean water is conveyed to each water inlet pipe 26, and the clean water will enter the feeding cylinder 21. Then, the driving mechanism 5 is started to move the slider 52 toward the feeding cylinder 21. When moving sideways, the cleaning piece 3 can be moved into the feed cylinder 21, and the agricultural and sideline products can be cleaned by using the plastic strip 32 on the cleaning piece 3. Then, the motor 28 drives the rotating shaft 22 to rotate, so that the agricultural and sideline products between the two lowest partitions 23 can be pushed into the discharge trough pipe 25, and then the discharge trough pipe 25 can guide the agricultural and sideline products into the receiving trough 300, and finally the discharge conveyor belt 100 transports the agricultural and sideline products in the receiving trough 300 out. Among them, when the agricultural and sideline products are cleaned in the feed cylinder 21, the water is discharged from the feed cylinder 21 through the outlet pipe 27.

[0035] In addition, the driving mechanism 5 can be used to reciprocally move the cleaning member 3. The reciprocating movement of the cleaning member 3 within the feeding cylinder 21 can increase the number of times the plastic strip 32 contacts the agricultural and sideline products, thereby improving the cleaning efficiency.

[0036] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this application without departing from the spirit and scope of this application. Thus, if these modifications and variations of this application fall within the scope of the claims of this application and their equivalent technologies, this application is also intended to include these modifications and variations.

[0037] The above are only the preferred specific embodiments of the embodiments of this application, but the protection scope of this application is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed by this application, according to the technical solution and its concept of this application, makes equivalent substitutions or changes, and all should be covered by the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A steam peeling machine, comprising a steam tank (1) and a feeder (2) located at the feed inlet of the steam tank (1), characterized in that, The feeder (2) includes: A feeding cylinder (21) located above the steam tank (1); A rotating shaft rod (22) rotatably arranged in the feeding cylinder (21), with the rotation axis horizontally arranged and collinear with the axis of the feeding cylinder (21); A plurality of separating sheets (23) evenly distributed along the circumference of the rotating shaft rod (22); A feeding trough pipe (24) communicating with the feeding cylinder (21) and located at the top of the feeding cylinder (21); A discharging trough pipe (25) communicating with the feeding cylinder (21) and located in the lower region of the feeding cylinder (21); A plurality of water inlet pipes (26) all communicating with the feeding cylinder (21), the water inlet pipes (26) are located on the side away from the discharging trough pipe (25), and each water inlet pipe (26) is respectively located between two adjacent separating sheets (23); A water outlet pipe (27) communicating with the feeding cylinder (21) and located at the bottom of the feeding cylinder (21); A first motor (28) for driving the rotation of the rotating shaft rod (22); Wherein, a cleaning member (3) is arranged in the space between two adjacent separating sheets (23) corresponding to each water inlet pipe (26), and a plurality of storage cylinders (4) corresponding to the cleaning member (3) are installed on the outer wall of the feeding cylinder (21), the storage cylinders (4) communicate with the feeding cylinder (21), and a driving mechanism (5) for driving the cleaning member (3) to reciprocate between the feeding cylinder (21) and the storage cylinder (4) is arranged in the storage cylinder (4); In addition, the driving mechanism (5) can reciprocate the cleaning member (3), and the reciprocating movement of the cleaning member (3) in the feeding cylinder (21) can increase the contact times between the cleaning member (3) and the agricultural and sideline products, thereby improving the cleaning efficiency.

2. The steam peeling machine according to claim 1, wherein, The driving mechanism (5) includes: A slide rail (51) horizontally fixed inside the storage cylinder (4), and the length direction of the slide rail (51) is the same as the length direction of the storage cylinder (4); A slider (52) slidably arranged on the slide rail (51); A lead screw (53) horizontally rotatably arranged inside the storage cylinder (4), and the length direction of the lead screw (53) is the same as the length direction of the slide rail (51); A nut seat (54) fixed on the slider (52) and threadedly connected with the lead screw (53); A second motor (55) fixed on the storage cylinder (4) and used for driving the rotation of the lead screw (53); wherein, The slider (52) is fixedly connected with the cleaning member (3).

3. The steam peeling machine according to claim 2, wherein, The cleaning member (3) includes: A middle rod (31) with its axis collinear with the axis of the storage cylinder (4); A plurality of plastic strips (32) arranged at both ends in the middle of the middle rod (31), and a plurality of plastic strips (32) at both ends in the middle of the middle rod (31) are evenly distributed along the circumference of the middle rod (31); wherein, One end of the middle rod (31) is connected to the slider (52) in the driving mechanism (5).

4. A steam peeling machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, One end of the plastic strip (32) near the middle of the middle rod (31) is fixedly connected to the outer peripheral surface of the middle rod (31), and the other end is located at the end of the middle rod (31) and warps outwards. The end of the plastic strip (32) near the end of the middle rod (31) close to the storage cylinder (4) is located in the storage cylinder (4).

5. The steam peeling machine according to claim 4, characterized in that A baffle (56) is fixedly connected to the end of the slide rail (51) near the end of the feeding cylinder (21). The end of the plastic strip (32) located at one end of the storage cylinder (4) is located on the side of the baffle (56) away from the inner wall of the storage cylinder (4).

6. The steam peeling machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, A transfer member (6) is provided between the slider (52) and the middle rod (31). The transfer member (6) includes a transfer plate (61) fixedly connected to the end face of the middle rod (31), and a T-shaped block (62) fixedly connected to the side wall of the transfer plate (61) away from the middle rod (31). One end of the T-shaped block (62) away from the transfer plate (61) vertically faces the inner peripheral surface of the storage cylinder (4), and the slider (52) is fixedly connected to the end of the T-shaped block (62) away from the transfer plate (61).

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