Process for adding freeze-dried particles of pet food solid food
By applying nutritional powder on the freeze-dried granules in the pet food dry food freeze-dried granules using a brush coating mechanism in the pet food dry food, the problem of insufficient flavor and nutritional value of freeze-dried granules in the prior art is solved, and the absorption and health effect of pet food is improved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202510236824.7
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-28
- Publication Date
- 2025-06-17
AI Technical Summary
The existing pet food dry food freeze-dried granules additive process has insufficient flavor and nutritional value, which leads to pets being uninterested in freeze-dried granules and not rich in nutritional value.
A pet food dry food freeze-dried granules are used to add a pet food dry food. The freeze-dried granules are transported to the discharge channel through the addition device, and a brushing mechanism is set up in the discharge channel to apply nutrient powder on the freeze-dried granules to increase their nutritional effect.
By increasing the addition of nutritional powder, the nutritional value and flavor of freeze-dried granules are improved, making pets more easily accepted and consumed, thereby improving pets' nutritional absorption and oral and gastrointestinal health.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of food processing, and particularly relates to a process for adding freeze-dried particles to pet food dry kibble. Background Art
[0002] Pet freeze-dried particles are made by high-pressure sterilization and freeze-drying, which completely retain the nutrition and taste of the ingredients. They can be stored for a long time without preservatives. By compounding with pet food dry kibble, they can help pets better absorb nutrients, protect the oral cavity, and care for the stomach.
[0003] The existing process for adding pet food dry kibble freeze-dried particles still has the following problems: For different pets, target nutritional compositions, flavors, etc., the types of pet freeze-dried particles and pet dry kibble are diverse, involving multiple independent conveying production lines. Since they are freeze-dried foods, the flavor is somewhat poor, and many pets are not interested in the freeze-dried particles. The nutritional value is not rich enough. How to increase its nutritional value and change its flavor on this basis is the problem to be solved by the present invention. Summary of the Invention
[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to solve the deficiencies in the prior art and propose a process for adding pet food dry kibble freeze-dried particles.
[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions: A process for adding pet food dry kibble freeze-dried particles includes the following steps: S1: Add the freeze-dried particles to the adding device and convey them through the adding device; S2: Push the freeze-dried particles to be added to ensure that there is no overlap during conveying; S3: Brush nutritional powder on the freeze-dried particles to be added to increase their nutritional effect.
[0006] A device involved in a process for adding pet food dry kibble freeze-dried particles, the adding device includes a feeding hopper, the bottom of the feeding hopper is fixed with a conveying cylinder, a conveying mechanism is arranged in the conveying cylinder, the bottom of the outer wall of the conveying cylinder is fixedly communicated with a discharge channel, a first installation opening is arranged at the top of the discharge channel, and a brushing mechanism is installed in the first installation opening. The bristles rotate to smear the nutritional powder on the pet food dry kibble freeze-dried particles, so that the pet food dry kibble freeze-dried particles and the nutritional powder adhere to each other, improving its value and helping pets directly consume to obtain nutritional value; The brushing mechanism includes a second rotating rod rotatably arranged in the first installation opening, a plurality of bristles are equidistantly fixed on the outer wall of the second rotating rod, and a feeding mechanism for feeding the bristles is installed at the top of the discharge channel; The feeding mechanism comprises a protective shell fixed on the top of the discharge channel, a through hole is opened on the protective shell, a material discharge plate is inserted in the through hole, and the material discharge plate is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the protective shell, and the top of the material discharge plate is fixedly connected to a storage hopper; A motor frame is fixed to the outer wall of the discharge channel, and a second motor is fixed to the outer wall of the motor frame. The second motor realizes the swinging of the discharge plate through a swing mechanism. Two conveying rollers are rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the discharge channel. The two conveying rollers are connected by a conveyor belt. A second synchronous wheel is fixed to the output shaft of the second motor. The second synchronous wheel is connected to the first synchronous wheel through a synchronous belt. The first synchronous wheel is coaxially fixed with one of the conveying rollers and is provided with a conveying roller and a conveyor belt. Under the action of the first synchronous wheel, the synchronous belt and the second synchronous wheel, the conveying belt is used for conveying, which is convenient for moving the freeze-dried particles of dry pet food.
[0007] As a further solution of the present invention, the swing mechanism includes a second gear, a top block is fixed on the outer wall of the second gear near the edge, a swing frame is coaxially fixed to the unloading plate, the top block is located in the swing frame, and the second gear is coaxially fixed to the second rotating rod.
[0008] As a further solution of the present invention, the second synchronous wheel is coaxially fixed with a first gear, the first gear is meshed with the second gear, a second installation opening is opened on the top of the discharge channel, a first rotating rod is rotatably arranged in the second installation opening, the first rotating rod is coaxially fixed with the first gear, a plurality of toggle plates are equidistantly fixed on the outer wall of the first rotating rod, a first gear, a first rotating rod and a toggle plate are provided, the first rotating rod drives the toggle plate to rotate through the operation of the second motor, when the freeze-dried pet food dry food particles move in the discharge channel, the rotating toggle plate can push out the stacked freeze-dried pet food dry food particles, so that the flat movement helps to achieve contact between at least one side of the freeze-dried pet food dry food particles and the bristles.
[0009] As a further solution of the present invention, a plurality of springs are fixed at equal distances on both sides of the outer wall of the storage hopper, and the bottom of the springs is fixed to the top of the discharge channel, so that the storage hopper is supported by the springs.
[0010] As a further solution of the present invention, the conveying mechanism includes a first motor fixed to the bottom of the conveying cylinder, and the output shaft of the first motor is fixed with a spiral conveying rod located in the conveying cylinder.
[0011] As a further solution of the present invention, three supporting feet are fixed at equal intervals on the outer wall of the feeding hopper, and a supporting arm is fixed on the bottom of the discharge channel.
[0012] The beneficial effects of the present invention are: 1. By providing a feeding hopper, a discharge channel, a conveying mechanism, a brushing mechanism, a swinging mechanism, a second motor, a first synchronous pulley, a synchronous belt, a second synchronous pulley, a first gear, etc., the conveying mechanism is used to convey freeze-dried granules of pet food dry food. The nutritional powder in the storage hopper falls and adheres to the bristles. By the operation of the second motor, under the action of the first gear, the rotation of the second gear is realized. The swinging mechanism directly enables the bristles to rotate, applying the nutritional powder onto the freeze-dried granules of pet food dry food. At the same time, the top block seat on the second gear performs circular motion, causing the swinging frame to swing, and the blanking plate and the storage hopper present swinging material scattering, enabling the freeze-dried granules of pet food dry food to adhere to the nutritional powder, enhancing its value and facilitating pets to directly consume and obtain nutritional value.
[0013] 2. A first gear, a first rotating rod, and a dialing plate are provided. By the operation of the second motor, the first rotating rod drives the dialing plate to rotate. When the freeze-dried granules of pet food dry food move in the discharge channel, the rotating dialing plate can push out the stacked freeze-dried granules of pet food dry food, enabling them to move flatly, which helps to ensure that at least one side of the freeze-dried granules of pet food dry food contacts the bristles.
[0014] 3. A conveying roller and a conveyor belt are provided. Under the action of the first synchronous pulley, the synchronous belt, and the second synchronous pulley, the conveyor belt is enabled to convey, facilitating the movement of the freeze-dried granules of pet food dry food. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] Figure 1 FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the device involved in a process for adding freeze-dried granules to pet food dry food according to the present invention; Figure 2 FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the device involved in a process for adding freeze-dried granules to pet food dry food according to the present invention; Figure 3 FIG. 3 is a partial unfolded three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the device involved in a process for adding freeze-dried granules to pet food dry food according to the present invention; Figure 4 FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the brushing mechanism of the device involved in a process for adding freeze-dried granules to pet food dry food according to the present invention; Figure 5 FIG. 5 is a partial unfolded three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of FIG. 4 of the device involved in a process for adding freeze-dried granules to pet food dry food according to the present invention.
[0016] In the figure: 1, feeding hopper; 2, support feet; 3, discharge channel; 4, first motor; 5, screw conveyor rod; 6, conveying cylinder; 7, support arm; 8, brushing mechanism; 9, first mounting opening; 10, second mounting opening; 11, conveying roller; 12, conveyor belt; 14, first rotating rod; 15, dialing plate; 16, first synchronous pulley; 17, synchronous belt; 18, second synchronous pulley; 19, first gear; 20, swinging mechanism; 21, second gear; 22, top block; 23, swinging frame; 24, second rotating rod; 25, brush bristles; 26, protective housing; 27, storage hopper; 28, blanking plate; 29, spring. Detailed implementation manners
[0017] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments.
[0018] It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other. Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments.
[0019] Refer to Figures 1-5 , a process for adding freeze-dried particles of pet food dry food, comprising the following steps: S1: Add the freeze-dried particles to the adding device and convey them through the adding device; S2: Push the freeze-dried particles to be added to ensure that there is no overlap during transportation; S3: Brush nutritional powder on the freeze-dried particles to be added to increase their nutritional effects.
[0020] A device involved in a process for adding freeze-dried particles of pet food dry food, the adding device includes a feeding hopper 1, the bottom of the feeding hopper 1 is fixed with a conveying cylinder 6, a conveying mechanism is arranged in the conveying cylinder 6, the bottom of the outer wall of the conveying cylinder 6 is fixedly communicated with a discharge channel 3, a first mounting opening 9 is opened at the top of the discharge channel 3, and a brushing mechanism 8 is installed in the first mounting opening 9. The brush bristles 25 rotate to apply the nutritional powder on the freeze-dried particles of pet food dry food, so that the freeze-dried particles of pet food dry food and the nutritional powder adhere to each other, improving their value and helping pets directly consume to obtain nutritional value; The brushing mechanism 8 includes a second rotating rod 24 rotatably arranged in the first mounting opening 9, a plurality of brush bristles 25 are equidistantly fixed on the outer wall of the second rotating rod 24, and a feeding mechanism for feeding the brush bristles 25 is installed at the top of the discharge channel 3; The feeding mechanism includes a protective shell 26 fixed on the top of the discharge channel 3, a through hole is opened on the protective shell 26, and a material discharge plate 28 is inserted in the through hole, and the material discharge plate 28 is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the protective shell 26, and the top of the material discharge plate 28 is fixedly connected to a storage hopper 27; A motor frame is fixed to the outer wall of the discharge channel 3, and a second motor is fixed to the outer wall of the motor frame. The second motor realizes the swinging of the discharge plate 28 through the swing mechanism 20. The inner wall of the discharge channel 3 is rotatably provided with two conveying rollers 11, and the two conveying rollers 11 are connected by a conveyor belt 12. The output shaft of the second motor is fixed with a second synchronous wheel 18, and the second synchronous wheel 18 is connected to the first synchronous wheel 16 through a synchronous belt 17. The first synchronous wheel 16 is coaxially fixed with one of the conveying rollers 11, and is provided with a conveying roller 11 and a conveyor belt 12. Under the action of the first synchronous wheel 16, the synchronous belt 17 and the second synchronous wheel 18, the conveying belt 12 is realized for conveying, which is convenient for the movement of the freeze-dried particles of the dry pet food.
[0021] In this embodiment, the swing mechanism 20 includes a second gear 21, a top block 22 is fixed on the outer wall of the second gear 21 near the edge, a swing frame 23 is coaxially fixed to the blanking plate 28, the top block 22 is located in the swing frame 23, and the second gear 21 is coaxially fixed with the second rotating rod 24.
[0022] In this embodiment, a first gear 19 is coaxially fixed to the second synchronous wheel 18, and the first gear 19 is meshed with the second gear 21. A second mounting port 10 is opened at the top of the discharge channel 3, and a first rotating rod 14 is rotatably arranged in the second mounting port 10. The first rotating rod 14 is coaxially fixed with the first gear 19, and a plurality of toggle plates 15 are equidistantly fixed to the outer wall of the first rotating rod 14. The first gear 19, the first rotating rod 14 and the toggle plate 15 are provided. Through the operation of the second motor, the first rotating rod 14 drives the toggle plate 15 to rotate. When the freeze-dried pet food dry grain particles move in the discharge channel 3, the rotating toggle plate 15 can push out the stacked freeze-dried pet food dry grain particles, so that the flat movement helps to achieve contact between at least one side of the freeze-dried pet food dry grain particles and the bristles 25.
[0023] In this embodiment, a plurality of springs 29 are fixed at equal distances on both sides of the outer wall of the storage hopper 27 , and the bottom of the spring 29 is fixed to the top of the discharge channel 3 , so that the storage hopper 27 is supported by the spring 29 .
[0024] In this embodiment, the conveying mechanism includes a first motor 4 fixed to the bottom of the conveying cylinder 6 , and a spiral conveying rod 5 located in the conveying cylinder 6 is fixed to the output shaft of the first motor 4 .
[0025] In this embodiment, three supporting legs 2 are fixed at equal intervals on the outer wall of the feeding hopper 1 , and a supporting arm 7 is fixed at the bottom of the discharge channel 3 .
[0026] During use: By setting up a feeding hopper 1, a discharge channel 3, a conveying mechanism, a brushing mechanism 8, a swinging mechanism 20, a second motor, a first synchronous pulley 16, a synchronous belt 17, a second synchronous pulley 18, a first gear 19, etc. Among them, the set brushing mechanism 8 includes a second rotating rod 24, bristles 25, a protective shell 26, a storage hopper 27, a blanking plate 28, etc. The set swinging mechanism 20 includes a second gear 21, a top block 22, and a swinging frame 23. During use, pet food dry food freeze-dried granules are placed in the feeding hopper 1, and nutritional powder is put into the storage hopper 27. The pet food dry food freeze-dried granules are conveyed by the conveying mechanism and enter the discharge channel 3. The nutritional powder in the storage hopper 27 falls and adheres to the bristles 25. By the operation of the second motor, under the action of the first gear 19, the rotation of the second gear 21 is realized. The swinging mechanism 20 directly causes the bristles 25 to rotate, smearing the nutritional powder on the pet food dry food freeze-dried granules. At the same time, the top block 22 on the second gear 21 makes a circular motion, causing the swinging frame 23 to swing, and the blanking plate 28 and the storage hopper 27 present swinging material scattering, so that the pet food dry food freeze-dried granules and the nutritional powder form adhesion, improving its value and helping pets directly consume to obtain nutritional value.
[0027] For ease of description, spatial relative terms such as "above", "over", "on the upper surface", "upper" can be used here to describe the spatial position relationship of one device or feature to other devices or features as shown in the figure. It should be understood that the spatial relative terms are intended to cover different orientations in use or operation in addition to the orientation described in the figure for the device. For example, if the device in the figure is inverted, the device described as "above" or "over" other devices or structures will be positioned "below" or "beneath" other devices or structures after inversion. Thus, the exemplary term "above" can include both the orientation of "above" and "below". The device can also be positioned in other different ways (rotated 90 degrees or in other orientations), and the corresponding explanations for the spatial relative descriptions used here are made.
[0028] It should be noted that the terms used here are only for describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the exemplary embodiments according to the present application. As used here, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the singular form is also intended to include the plural form. In addition, it should be understood that when the terms "comprise" and / or "include" are used in this specification, they indicate the presence of features, steps, operations, devices, components, and / or their combinations.
[0029] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the description, claims and the above-mentioned drawings of this application are used to distinguish similar objects, and do not necessarily have to be used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of this application described here can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described here. In addition, the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a series of steps or units does not necessarily have to be limited to those steps or units clearly listed, but may include other steps or units not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.
[0030] The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and modifications. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included within the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A process for adding freeze-dried particles to pet food, characterized in that: The steps include: S1: adding freeze-dried particles to the adding device and conveying them through the adding device; S2: Push the freeze-dried particles that need to be added to ensure that there is no overlap during transportation; S3: coating the freeze-dried particles to be added with nutritional powder to increase their nutritional effects.
2. The device for adding freeze-dried particles to dry pet food according to claim 1, characterized in that: The adding device comprises a feeding hopper (1), a conveying cylinder (6) is fixed at the bottom of the feeding hopper (1), a conveying mechanism is arranged inside the conveying cylinder (6), a discharge channel (3) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the outer wall of the conveying cylinder (6), a first installation opening (9) is opened at the top of the discharge channel (3), and a brushing mechanism (8) is installed in the first installation opening (9); The brushing mechanism (8) comprises a second rotating rod (24) rotatably arranged in the first mounting opening (9), a plurality of bristles (25) being fixed at equal intervals on the outer wall of the second rotating rod (24), and a feeding mechanism for feeding the bristles (25) is installed on the top of the discharge channel (3); The feeding mechanism comprises a protective shell (26) fixed to the top of the discharge channel (3), the protective shell (26) is provided with a through hole, a material discharge plate (28) is inserted into the through hole, and the material discharge plate (28) is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the protective shell (26), and the top of the material discharge plate (28) is fixedly connected to a storage hopper (27); A motor frame is fixed to the outer wall of the discharge channel (3), and a second motor is fixed to the outer wall of the motor frame. The second motor enables the discharge plate (28) to swing via a swing mechanism (20).
3. The device for adding freeze-dried particles to dry pet food according to claim 2, characterized in that: Two conveying rollers (11) are rotatably provided on the inner wall of the discharge channel (3); the two conveying rollers (11) are connected via a conveying belt (12); a second synchronous wheel (18) is fixed to the output shaft of the second motor; the second synchronous wheel (18) is connected to a first synchronous wheel (16) via a synchronous belt (17); the first synchronous wheel (16) is coaxially fixed to one of the conveying rollers (11).
4. The device involved in the process of adding freeze-dried particles to dry pet food according to claim 3, characterized in that: The swing mechanism (20) comprises a second gear (21), a top block (22) is fixed on the outer wall of the second gear (21) near the edge, a swing frame (23) is coaxially fixed to the blanking plate (28), the top block (22) is located inside the swing frame (23), and the second gear (21) is coaxially fixed to the second rotating rod (24).
5. The device involved in the process of adding freeze-dried particles to dry pet food according to claim 4, characterized in that: A first gear (19) is coaxially fixed to the second synchronous wheel (18), the first gear (19) meshing with the second gear (21), a second mounting opening (10) is provided at the top of the discharge channel (3), a first rotating rod (14) is rotatably arranged in the second mounting opening (10), the first rotating rod (14) is coaxially fixed to the first gear (19), and a plurality of toggle plates (15) are equidistantly fixed to the outer wall of the first rotating rod (14).
6. The device involved in the process of adding freeze-dried particles to dry pet food according to claim 5, characterized in that: A plurality of springs (29) are fixed at equal distances on both sides of the outer wall of the storage hopper (27), and the bottom of the spring (29) is fixed to the top of the discharge channel (3).
7. The device for adding freeze-dried particles to dry pet food according to claim 6, characterized in that: The conveying mechanism comprises a first motor (4) fixed at the bottom of a conveying cylinder (6), and an output shaft of the first motor (4) is fixed with a spiral conveying rod (5) located in the conveying cylinder (6).
8. The device involved in the process of adding freeze-dried particles to dry pet food according to claim 7, characterized in that: Three support legs (2) are fixed at equal intervals on the outer wall of the feeding hopper (1), and a support arm (7) is fixed on the bottom of the discharge channel (3).