Mixing device for processing puffed corn grits

Abstract

The utility model provides a mixing device for processing puffed corn grits, which relates to the field of food processing, and comprises a stirrer, a stirring mechanism, a feeding device, a feeding device, a feeding device and a discharging device, one end of the discharging pipeline is communicated with the discharging opening, and a discharging valve is arranged at the position, close to the discharging opening, of the discharging pipeline; the drying box communicates with the other end of the discharging pipeline, and a discharging door is formed in the side face of the drying box; and the hot air drying mechanism is located outside the drying box and is adjacent to the drying box, the air outlet end of the hot air drying mechanism communicates with the drying box, and a gas outlet is formed in the drying box. After materials such as corn grits are fully stirred, redundant moisture can be removed in the drying chamber, the hot air drying mechanism can introduce hot air into the drying chamber, compared with a fixed heating pipe in the prior art, the hot air has divergence and can be uniformly diverged to all positions of the drying chamber, and the heating uniformity of the materials and the moisture removal effect are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of food processing, in particular to a mixing device for processing puffed corn grits. Background Art

[0002] Corn grits are rich in nutrients, such as lecithin, linoleic acid, cereal alcohol, vitamin E, cellulose, etc. They have many health benefits, such as lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, resisting arteriosclerosis, preventing colon cancer, beautifying and delaying aging, etc. They are also suitable food for diabetics. In order to improve the taste and nutrition, other grains or food ingredients can also be added to corn grits, and the materials must be mixed evenly during processing.

[0003] The prior art generally uses a stirring device to mix corn kernels and other materials. When the raw materials contain a lot of moisture, they cannot be dried, and the mixed materials are prone to mold and deterioration, affecting subsequent consumption. In order to solve the above technical problems, patent CN216396227U discloses a mixing device for processing puffed corn grits, which increases the temperature of the stirring area by setting an electric heating tube to accelerate the volatilization of moisture in the raw materials; however, the electric heating tube in the patent is located on the side of the equipment. In actual use, it can only produce a good moisture removal effect on the materials close to the side of the equipment, while the heating effect is poor for some materials far from the side of the equipment, so the moisture in the materials cannot be effectively removed.

[0004] In view of this, how to provide a mixing device for processing corn puffed grits that can evenly heat the material and improve the moisture removal effect is a technical problem that people in this field urgently need to solve. Utility Model Content

[0005] The utility model aims to provide a mixing device for processing puffed corn grits to solve the problems existing in the prior art.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following solution: The utility model provides a mixing device for processing puffed corn grits, comprising:

[0007] A stirrer, wherein the stirrer has a feed inlet and a discharge outlet, and a stirring mechanism is arranged inside the stirrer;

[0008] A discharge pipe, one end of which is connected to the discharge port, and a discharge valve is provided on the discharge pipe near the discharge port;

[0009] A drying box, the drying box is connected to the other end of the discharge pipe, and a discharge door is provided on the side of the drying box;

[0010] A hot air drying mechanism is located outside the drying box and is arranged adjacent to the drying box. An air outlet of the hot air drying mechanism is connected to the drying box, and a gas outlet is provided on the drying box.

[0011] Furthermore, the stirring mechanism comprises:

[0012] A stirring motor, wherein the stirring motor is arranged on the top surface of the stirrer, an output end of the stirring motor penetrates through the top surface of the stirrer and extends into the stirrer, the feed port is opened on the top surface of the stirrer, and the feed port is spaced apart from the stirring motor;

[0013] A stirring rod is fixedly connected to the output end of the stirring motor.

[0014] Furthermore, a feed pipe is provided on the feed port, and a funnel is provided at the feed end of the feed pipe.

[0015] Furthermore, a filter is provided on the gas outlet.

[0016] Furthermore, the hot air drying mechanism comprises:

[0017] An air outlet pipe, the air outlet pipe is arranged in the drying box, and a plurality of air outlets are opened on the air outlet pipe;

[0018] An air heating pipe, wherein a heating component is arranged in the air heating pipe, and one end of the air heating pipe is connected to the air outlet pipe;

[0019] An air pump, the other end of the air heating pipe is connected to the air outlet end of the air pump.

[0020] Furthermore, the heating component is an electric heating tube, which is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the air heating tube along the length direction of the air heating tube. There are multiple electric heating tubes, and the multiple electric heating tubes are evenly spaced along the inner wall of the air heating tube.

[0021] Furthermore, it also includes: a heat-conducting inner tube, which is arranged in the air heating tube, and the electric heating tube is fixedly arranged between the air heating tube and the heat-conducting inner tube.

[0022] Furthermore, the air outlet pipe extends toward the inner wall of the drying box to form a plurality of air outlet branch pipes, and the air outlets are evenly arranged on the air outlet pipe and / or the air outlet branch pipes.

[0023] The utility model discloses the following technical effects:

[0024] 1. After corn grits and other materials are fully stirred, excess moisture can be removed in the drying chamber. The hot air drying mechanism can introduce hot air into the drying chamber. Compared with the fixed heating pipe in the prior art, the hot air is divergent and can be evenly diffused to various positions in the drying chamber, thereby improving the heating uniformity of the material and the moisture removal effect.

[0025] 2. Multiple branch pipes are arranged on the hot air outlet pipe, which can further improve the divergence of the hot air and improve the uniformity of material heating.

[0026] 3. The air is heated by an air heating tube and an electric heating tube arranged inside along the length direction, which has good heating effect, simple structure and low cost. At the same time, a heat-conducting inner tube can be arranged inside the electric heating tube to separate the electric heating tube from the air, so as to avoid dust accumulation and surface weathering of the electric heating tube caused by long-term use, thereby extending the service life of the equipment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the utility model. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0028] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the internal structure of the agitator;

[0030] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the cross section of the air heating pipe;

[0031] Figure 4 It is another schematic diagram of the cross section of the air heating tube;

[0032] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the drying chamber;

[0033] Among them, 1. agitator; 2. discharge pipe; 3. discharge valve; 4. drying box; 5. gas outlet; 6. stirring motor; 7. stirring rod; 8. feed pipe; 9. air outlet pipe; 901, air outlet branch pipe; 10. air outlet; 11. air heating pipe; 12. electric heating pipe; 13. air pump; 14. heat-conducting inner pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0035] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0036] Reference Figure 1 The utility model provides a mixing device for processing puffed corn grits, including: an agitator 1, which is vertically arranged, has a feed port on the top, a discharge port on the bottom, and a stirring mechanism arranged inside; a discharge pipe 2, the upper end of the discharge pipe 2 is connected to the discharge port, and a discharge valve 3 is arranged on the discharge pipe 2 near the discharge port, and the discharge valve 3 adopts an electrically controlled pipe valve; a drying box 4, which is connected to the bottom end of the discharge pipe 2, and a discharge door is provided on the side of the drying box 4; the drying box 4 can be used as a supporting base for the agitator 1, and its cross-section can be designed to be slightly larger to improve the overall stability; a hot air drying mechanism, which is located outside the drying box 4 and is arranged adjacent to the drying box 4, and the air outlet end of the hot air drying mechanism is connected to the drying box 4, and a gas outlet 5 is provided on the drying box 4, and a filter is arranged on the gas outlet 5. The function of the gas outlet 5 is to discharge the cold air and volatilized water vapor after heat exchange with the material, and the filter can prevent external impurities from entering the interior of the drying box 4, such as Figure 1 As shown, in this embodiment, a plurality of gas outlets 5 are provided on the top surface of the drying box 4 to improve gas fluidity.

[0037] like Figure 2 As shown, the stirring mechanism includes: a stirring motor 6, which is arranged on the top surface of the stirrer 1, and its output end penetrates the top surface of the stirrer 1 and extends into the stirrer 1, and a feed port is opened on the top surface of the stirrer 1, and the feed port and the stirring motor 6 are arranged at intervals; a stirring rod 7, which is fixedly connected to the output end of the stirring motor 6, and a special-shaped plate can be added to the stirring rod 7 to improve the material stirring effect without affecting the fluidity of the material. A feeding pipe 8 is arranged on the feeding port, and a funnel is arranged at the feeding end of the feeding pipe 8.

[0038] Gas outlet 5 Figure 1 , Figure 3 and Figure 5As shown, the hot air drying mechanism includes: an air outlet pipe 9, which is arranged in the drying box 4 and has multiple air outlets 10; an air heating pipe 11, in which a heating component is arranged, and one end of the air heating pipe 11 is connected to the air outlet pipe 9; and an air pump 13, and the other end of the air heating pipe 11 is connected to the air outlet end of the air pump 13.

[0039] like Figure 3 As shown, the heating component is an electric heating tube 12, which is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the air heating tube 11 along the length direction of the air heating tube 11. There are multiple electric heating tubes 12, and the multiple electric heating tubes 12 are evenly spaced along the inner wall of the air heating tube 11.

[0040] like Figure 4 As shown, in some other embodiments, it also includes: a heat-conducting inner tube 14, which is arranged in the air heating tube 11, and the electric heating tube 12 is fixedly arranged between the air heating tube 11 and the heat-conducting inner tube 14. The heat-conducting inner tube 14 is made of a material with good thermal conductivity, corrosion resistance and heat resistance, and a heat-insulating layer is arranged inside the air heating tube 11 to improve the heating effect and avoid heat loss.

[0041] like Figure 5 As shown, the air outlet pipe 9 extends toward the inner wall of the drying box 4 to form a plurality of air outlet branches 901 , and the air outlets 10 are evenly arranged on the air outlet pipe 9 and the air outlet branches 901 .

[0042] The specific working process is as follows:

[0043] The material enters the stirrer 1 through the feed pipe 8 for stirring. After the stirring is completed, the discharge valve 3 is started, and the material enters the drying box 4 along the discharge pipe 2.

[0044] Start the air pump 13 and the electric heating tube 12. The air pump 13 introduces external air into the air heating tube 11 and moves the air along the length direction of the air heating tube 11 toward the inside of the drying box 4. During the movement, the air is heated by the electric heating tube 12 to form hot air. The hot air is evenly distributed from the Figure 5 The air flows out from the air outlet 9 and the air outlet 10 on the air outlet branch pipe 901, uniformly heats the materials in the drying box 4, removes excess moisture in the materials, and opens the discharge door on the side of the drying box 4 to take out the materials.

[0045] In some other embodiments, the discharge door of the drying box 4 can also be connected to the negative pressure pump body to improve the convenience of discharging. Since materials such as corn grits are still in powder or fine granular form after mixing and drying, they can fully adapt to the existing negative pressure pump suction function.

[0046] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside" and "outside" etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships, are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0047] The embodiments described above are only descriptions of the preferred methods of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Without departing from the design spirit of the present invention, various modifications and improvements made to the technical solutions of the present invention by ordinary technicians in this field should fall within the protection scope determined by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A mixing device for processing puffed corn grits, characterized in that: include: A stirrer (1), the stirrer (1) having a feed inlet and a discharge outlet, and a stirring mechanism disposed inside the stirrer; A discharge pipe (2), one end of the discharge pipe (2) being connected to the discharge port, and a discharge valve (3) is provided on the discharge pipe (2) near the discharge port; A drying box (4), the drying box (4) being connected to the other end of the discharge pipe (2), and a discharge door is provided on the side of the drying box (4); A hot air drying mechanism, the hot air drying mechanism is located outside the drying box (4) and is arranged adjacent to the drying box (4), the air outlet end of the hot air drying mechanism is connected to the drying box (4), and the drying box (4) is provided with a gas outlet (5).

2. A mixing device for processing puffed corn grits according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stirring mechanism comprises: A stirring motor (6), the stirring motor (6) being arranged on the top surface of the stirrer (1), the output end of which penetrates the top surface of the stirrer (1) and extends into the stirrer (1), the feed inlet being opened on the top surface of the stirrer (1), and the feed inlet being spaced apart from the stirring motor (6); A stirring rod (7), wherein the stirring rod (7) is fixedly connected to the output end of the stirring motor (6).

3. A mixing device for processing puffed corn grits according to claim 2, characterized in that: A feeding pipe (8) is provided on the feeding port, and a funnel is provided at the feeding end of the feeding pipe (8).

4. A mixing device for processing puffed corn grits according to claim 1, characterized in that: The gas outlet (5) is provided with a filter.

5. The mixing device for processing puffed corn grits according to claim 1, characterized in that: The hot air drying mechanism comprises: An air outlet pipe (9), the air outlet pipe (9) being arranged in the drying box (4), and the air outlet pipe (9) being provided with a plurality of air outlets (10); An air heating pipe (11), wherein a heating component is arranged in the air heating pipe (11), and one end of the air heating pipe (11) is connected to the air outlet pipe (9); An air pump (13), wherein the other end of the air heating pipe (11) is connected to an air outlet end of the air pump (13).

6. A mixing device for processing puffed corn grits according to claim 5, characterized in that: The heating component is an electric heating tube (12), and the electric heating tube (12) is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the air heating tube (11) along the length direction of the air heating tube (11). There are multiple electric heating tubes (12), and the multiple electric heating tubes (12) are evenly spaced along the inner wall of the air heating tube (11).

7. A mixing device for processing puffed corn grits according to claim 6, characterized in that: Also includes: A heat-conducting inner tube (14), wherein the heat-conducting inner tube (14) is arranged in the air heating tube (11), and the electric heating tube (12) is fixedly arranged between the air heating tube (11) and the heat-conducting inner tube (14).

8. The mixing device for processing puffed corn grits according to claim 5, characterized in that: The air outlet pipe (9) extends toward the inner wall of the drying box (4) to form a plurality of air outlet branch pipes (901), and the air outlets (10) are evenly arranged on the air outlet pipe (9) and / or the air outlet branch pipes (901).

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