Self-grinding curdling bean curd production equipment

By designing self-grinding point-mixed tofu production equipment, the problems of high working intensity and low efficiency caused by manual operation in traditional tofu processing are solved, and automated bean grinding and bean dregs are realized, which improves the coherence and efficiency of tofu production.

CN222853145UActive Publication Date: 2025-05-13ZHUHAI YUEQI FOOD CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202421910278.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-08-07
Publication Date
2025-05-13
Estimated Expiration
2034-08-07

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Technical Problem

During the traditional tofu processing, the soaking and grinding of beans requires manual operation, resulting in high working strength and low efficiency, and inconvenient treatment of bean dregs, which affects the consistency and efficiency of tofu production.

Method used

A self-grinding and tofu production equipment is designed, including the first and second grinding devices, slurry cooking devices, slurry spotting devices, slurry booster pumps and steam heating devices to realize automated bean grinding and secondary treatment of bean dregs.

Benefits of technology

Through the automated grinding and slurry cooking process, the proportion of beans produced is increased, the content of bean dregs is reduced, the consistency of various tofu production processes is enhanced, and the efficiency of tofu production and processing is significantly improved.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a self-grinding curdling bean curd production device which comprises a case, a first grinding device, a second grinding device, a soybean milk boiling device, a curdling device, a booster pump and a steam heating device, wherein the first grinding device, the second grinding device, the soybean milk boiling device, the curdling device, the booster pump and the steam heating device are arranged in the case; the steam heating device can form steam to heat and boil soybean milk in the soybean milk boiling device; after soybean milk in the soybean milk boiling device is boiled, the soybean milk can be pumped and conveyed to the curdling device by the booster pump; and the curdling device can be used for curdling soybean milk. According to the utility model, beans can be automatically ground for the first time and bean dregs can be automatically ground for the second time, the proportion of soybean milk produced by grinding the beans can be effectively improved, the content of the bean dregs can be effectively reduced, the soybean milk formed by grinding can be directly boiled and curdled, the coherence of each procedure of bean curd production can be greatly improved, and the efficiency of bean curd production and processing can be effectively improved.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of tofu processing, in particular to self-grinding and pulping tofu production equipment. Background Art

[0002] Tofu, also known as water tofu, is a common soy product. It is mostly made from beans with high protein content such as soybeans, black beans and peanuts. It can be produced all year round and is not restricted by seasons. Whether in ancient times or modern times, soy products are common ingredients on the table. For example, tofu, bean rolls, bean skin and soy milk are deeply loved by people. With the progress of the times, the speed of making traditional soy products can no longer meet the needs of contemporary life. Soaking soybeans is the first step in completing the production of soy products. In addition, there is grinding and crushing beans. The temperature is not easy to control, and manual stirring is required. It requires manpower, high work intensity, low work efficiency, and no cleaning of bean dregs. The process of changing water and cleaning is troublesome. The subsequent soy milk cooking and slurrying processes have poor continuity, which affects the efficiency of tofu production and processing. Therefore, further improvements are needed. Utility Model Content

[0003] The utility model aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. To this end, the utility model provides a self-grinding tofu production device.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by an embodiment of the utility model to solve the technical problem is: a self-grinding and pulping tofu production equipment, comprising: a chassis and a first grinding device, a second grinding device, a pulping device, a pulping device, a booster pump and a steam heating device arranged in the chassis;

[0005] The first grinding device comprises a first grinding barrel, a first lower hopper, a first grinding assembly, a first pulp discharge channel and a first slag discharge channel; the second grinding device comprises a second grinding barrel, a second lower hopper, a second grinding assembly, a second pulp discharge channel and a second slag discharge channel;

[0006] The first lower hopper can add beans to the first grinding barrel, and the beans are ground once by the first grinding assembly to form soy milk and bean dregs. The soy milk can be sent to the pulp cooking device through the first pulp discharge channel, and the bean dregs can be squeezed out to the second lower hopper through the first dreg discharge channel;

[0007] The second lower hopper can deliver the dregs to the second grinding barrel, and the second grinding assembly can grind them twice to form soy milk and dregs. The soy milk can be delivered to the pulp cooking device through the second pulp discharge channel, and the dregs can be discharged and collected through the second dreg discharge channel.

[0008] The steam heating device can form soy milk from the boiling pulping device by steam heating; after the soy milk from the boiling pulping device is boiled, it can be sucked by a booster pump and sent to the pulping device; the pulping device can perform a pulping process on the soy milk.

[0009] Optionally, the first grinding assembly and the second grinding assembly both include a grinding outer cylinder, a grinding top cover, a grinding upper pressure head, a grinding spring, a grinding lower pressure head and a grinding motor;

[0010] The grinding top cover is arranged above the grinding outer cylinder, and the grinding outer cylinder is provided with a plurality of slurry holes; the grinding spring is arranged between the grinding upper pressure head and the grinding top cover, so that the grinding upper pressure head can abut against the grinding lower pressure head; the grinding lower pressure head is installed at the output end of the grinding motor.

[0011] Optionally, the grinding upper pressure head is connected to a lower barrel.

[0012] Optionally, the grinding outer cylinder is an inverted cone funnel-shaped structure; the first slag discharge channel or the second slag discharge channel is arranged at the top of the grinding outer cylinder; and the grinding down pressure head is arranged at the bottom of the grinding outer cylinder.

[0013] Optionally, an air supply pipe is provided at the bottom of the pulp cooking device, and the air supply pipe is connected to the steam heating device.

[0014] Optionally, a filter screen is provided on the top of the slurry dosing device.

[0015] Optionally, a third row of pulp outlets is provided at the bottom of the pulp cooking device; a fourth row of pulp outlets is provided at the bottom of the pulp dot device, and a fourth pulp inlet is provided at the top; the third row of pulp outlets is connected to the fourth pulp inlet via the booster pump.

[0016] Optionally, the first grinding device, the second grinding device, the pulping device and the pulping device are provided with temperature sensors; and the pulping device and the pulping device are provided with electric heating structures.

[0017] The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: the first grinding device can grind the beans once to output soy milk and bean dregs, and the slurry and bean dregs are sent to the second grinding component for secondary grinding to form soy milk and bean dregs again; the soy milk formed by the two grindings can be directly sent to the pulp boiling device for the steam-boiling soy milk process, and the bean dregs can be discharged for centralized processing; the cooked soy milk in the pulp boiling device can be directly sent to the pulping device for the pulping process by the booster pump. The utility model can automatically grind the beans once and grind the bean dregs twice, effectively increasing the proportion of beans ground into pulp and reducing the content of bean dregs, and can directly boil and pulp the soy milk formed by grinding, greatly improving the continuity of each process of tofu production, and effectively improving the efficiency of tofu production and processing.

[0018] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, preferred embodiments are given below and described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and easily understood from the description of the embodiments in conjunction with the following drawings, in which:

[0020] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the tofu production equipment of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 2 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the structure of the first grinding device.

[0022] Description of main component symbols:

[0023] 10. Chassis; 20. First grinding device; 21. First grinding barrel; 22. First lower hopper; 23. First grinding assembly; 24. First pulp discharge channel; 25. First slag discharge channel; 30. Second grinding device; 31. Second grinding barrel; 32. Second lower hopper; 33. Second grinding assembly; 34. Second pulp discharge channel; 35. Second slag discharge channel; 40. Pulp cooking device; 41. Air supply pipe; 42. Third pulp outlet; 50. Pulp dotting device; 51. Filter screen; 52. Fourth pulp outlet; 53. Fourth pulp inlet; 60. Booster pump; 70. Steam heating device; 80. Grinding outer cylinder; 81. Grinding top cover; 82. Grinding upper pressure head; 83. Grinding spring; 84. Grinding lower pressure head; 85. Grinding motor; 86. Lower barrel; 87. Pulp hole. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] This section will describe in detail the specific embodiments of the utility model. The preferred embodiments of the utility model are shown in the accompanying drawings. The purpose of the accompanying drawings is to supplement the description of the text part of the specification with graphics, so that people can intuitively and vividly understand each technical feature and the overall technical solution of the utility model, but it cannot be understood as a limitation on the protection scope of the utility model.

[0025] In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "more than" is more than two, "greater than", "less than", "exceed" etc. are understood to exclude the number itself, and "above", "below", "within" etc. are understood to include the number itself. If there is a description of "first" or "second", it is only used for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the order of the indicated technical features.

[0026] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that descriptions involving orientation, such as up, down, front, back, left, right, 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 simplifying the description, 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 cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0027] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly defined, the words "set", "install", "connect" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, they can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; they can be fixedly connected or detachably connected or integrally formed; they can be mechanically connected; they can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. Those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in the present invention in combination with the specific content of the technical solution.

[0028] Example

[0029] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 The utility model provides a self-grinding tofu production device, comprising: a chassis 10 and a first grinding device 20, a second grinding device 30, a pulping device 40, a pulping device 50, a booster pump 60 and a steam heating device 70 arranged on the chassis 10;

[0030] The first grinding device 20 includes a first grinding barrel 21, a first lower hopper 22, a first grinding assembly 23, a first pulp discharge channel 24 and a first slag discharge channel 25; the second grinding device 30 includes a second grinding barrel 31, a second lower hopper 32, a second grinding assembly 33, a second pulp discharge channel 34 and a second slag discharge channel 35;

[0031] The first lower hopper 22 can add beans to the first grinding barrel 21, and the beans are ground once by the first grinding assembly 23 to form soy milk and bean dregs. The soy milk can be sent to the pulp cooking device 40 through the first pulp discharge channel, and the bean dregs can be squeezed out to the second lower hopper 32 through the first dreg discharge channel 25;

[0032] The second lower hopper 32 can deliver the dregs to the second grinding barrel 31, and the second grinding assembly 33 performs secondary grinding to form soy milk and dregs. The soy milk can be delivered to the pulp cooking device 40 through the second pulp discharge channel 34, and the dregs can be discharged and collected through the second dreg discharge channel 35.

[0033] The steam heating device 70 can form steam to heat and boil the soy milk of the pulping device 40; after the soy milk of the pulping device 40 is boiled, it can be sucked by the booster pump 60 and sent to the pulping device 50; the pulping device 50 can perform a pulping process on the soy milk.

[0034] In the present invention, the first grinding device 20 can grind the beans once to output soy milk and bean dregs, and the slurry and bean dregs are sent to the second grinding assembly 33 for secondary grinding to form soy milk and bean dregs again; the soy milk formed by the two grindings can be directly sent to the pulp boiling device 40 for the steam-boiling soy milk process, and the bean dregs can be discharged for centralized processing; the cooked soy milk of the pulp boiling device 40 can be directly sent to the pulping device 50 for the pulping process by the booster pump 60. The present invention can automatically grind the beans once and grind the bean dregs twice, effectively increase the proportion of beans ground into pulp, reduce the content of bean dregs, and directly boil and pulp the soy milk formed by grinding, greatly improve the continuity of each process of tofu production, and effectively improve the efficiency of tofu production and processing.

[0035] In this embodiment, the first grinding assembly 23 and the second grinding assembly 33 both include a grinding outer cylinder 80, a grinding top cover 81, a grinding upper pressure head 82, a grinding spring 83, a grinding lower pressure head 84 and a grinding motor 85;

[0036] The grinding top cover 81 is arranged above the grinding outer cylinder 80, and the grinding outer cylinder 80 is provided with a plurality of pulp holes 87; a grinding spring 83 is arranged between the grinding upper pressure head 82 and the grinding top cover 81, so that the grinding upper pressure head 82 can abut against the grinding lower pressure head 84; the grinding lower pressure head 84 is installed at the output end of the grinding motor 85. Through the continuous rotation of the motor, the beans and bean dregs between the upper pressure head and the lower pressure head can be ground, and the formed soy milk can be sent to the grinding barrel through the pulp holes 87, and then discharged through the pulp discharge channel, and the bean dregs are squeezed out through the dregs discharge channel after being boiled and accumulated in the grinding outer cylinder 80.

[0037] Specifically, the grinding upper press head 82 is connected to a discharge barrel 86. The discharge barrel 86 can facilitate the direct discharge of beans and bean dregs between the upper press head and the lower press head.

[0038] In this embodiment, the grinding outer cylinder 80 is an inverted cone funnel-shaped structure; the first slag discharge channel 25 or the second slag discharge channel 35 is arranged at the top of the grinding outer cylinder 80; and the grinding pressure head 84 is arranged at the bottom of the grinding outer cylinder 80. This arrangement structure can facilitate the assembly of the grinding process, and after the dregs are accumulated in the grinding outer cylinder 80, they are discharged from the first slag discharge channel 25 or the second slag discharge channel 35 at the bottom, and the soy milk can be fully discharged from the pulp hole 87 below.

[0039] In this embodiment, an air supply pipe 41 is provided at the bottom of the pulp boiling device 40, and the air supply pipe 41 is connected to the steam heating device 70. Boiling steam can be fed into the pulp boiling device 40 from above through the air supply pipe 41, forcing the soybean milk to roll up and down, which not only plays a heating role, but also plays a stirring role, greatly accelerating the boiling speed of the soybean milk.

[0040] In this embodiment, a filter screen 51 is disposed on the top of the pulping device 50. The filter screen 51 can effectively filter out the bean dregs or particles formed by the pulping device 40.

[0041] In this embodiment, the third slurry outlet 42 is provided at the bottom of the slurry boiling device 40; the fourth slurry outlet 52 is provided at the bottom of the slurry dotting device 50, and the fourth slurry inlet 53 is provided at the top; the third slurry outlet 42 and the fourth slurry inlet 53 are connected through a booster pump 60. The fourth slurry inlet 53 is provided with a control valve to control the original soy milk feeding. The third slurry outlet 42 and the fourth slurry outlet 52 are provided at the bottom, which can conveniently discharge the liquid in the slurry boiling device 40 and the slurry dotting device 50.

[0042] In this embodiment, the first grinding device 20, the second grinding device 30, the pulping device 40 and the pulping device 50 are provided with temperature sensors, which can accurately detect the working temperature of each environment; specifically, the pulping device 40 and the pulping device 50 are provided with electric heating structures.

[0043] Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and technicians familiar with the field may make equivalent modifications or substitutions without violating the spirit of the present invention. These equivalent modifications and substitutions are all included in the scope defined by the claims of this application.

Claims

1. A self-grinding tofu production equipment, characterized in that: include: A machine case (10) and a first grinding device (20), a second grinding device (30), a pulp cooking device (40), a pulp dotting device (50), a booster pump (60) and a steam heating device (70) arranged on the machine case (10); The first grinding device (20) comprises a first grinding barrel (21), a first lower hopper (22), a first grinding assembly (23), a first pulp discharge channel (24) and a first slag discharge channel (25); the second grinding device (30) comprises a second grinding barrel (31), a second lower hopper (32), a second grinding assembly (33), a second pulp discharge channel (34) and a second slag discharge channel (35); The first lower hopper (22) can add beans to the first grinding barrel (21), and the beans are ground once by the first grinding assembly (23) to form soy milk and bean dregs. The soy milk can be sent to the pulp cooking device (40) through the first pulp discharge channel, and the bean dregs can be squeezed out to the second lower hopper (32) through the first dreg discharge channel (25); The second lower hopper (32) can deliver the bean dregs to the second grinding barrel (31), and the second grinding assembly (33) performs secondary grinding to form soy milk and bean dregs. The soy milk can be delivered to the pulp cooking device (40) through the second pulp discharge channel (34), and the bean dregs can be discharged and collected through the second dreg discharge channel (35). The steam heating device (70) can form steam to heat and boil the soy milk in the pulping device (40); after the soy milk in the pulping device (40) is boiled, it can be sucked by the booster pump (60) and sent to the pulping device (50); the pulping device (50) can perform a pulping process on the soy milk.

2. The self-grinding tofu production equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first grinding assembly (23) and the second grinding assembly (33) both comprise a grinding outer cylinder (80), a grinding top cover (81), a grinding upper pressure head (82), a grinding spring (83), a grinding lower pressure head (84) and a grinding motor (85); The grinding top cover (81) is arranged above the grinding outer cylinder (80), and the grinding outer cylinder (80) is provided with a plurality of pulp holes (87); the grinding spring (83) is arranged between the grinding upper pressure head (82) and the grinding top cover (81), so that the grinding upper pressure head (82) can abut against the grinding lower pressure head (84); the grinding lower pressure head (84) is installed at the output end of the grinding motor (85).

3. The self-grinding tofu production equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The grinding upper pressure head (82) is connected to a lower material barrel (86).

4. The self-grinding tofu production equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The grinding outer cylinder (80) is an inverted cone funnel-shaped structure; the first slag discharge channel (25) or the second slag discharge channel (35) is arranged at the top of the grinding outer cylinder (80); and the grinding down pressure head (84) is arranged at the bottom of the grinding outer cylinder (80).

5. The self-grinding tofu production equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: An air supply pipe (41) is provided at the bottom of the pulp cooking device (40), and the air supply pipe (41) is connected to the steam heating device (70).

6. The self-grinding tofu production equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: A filter screen (51) is provided on the top of the slurry dosing device (50).

7. The self-grinding tofu production equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pulp boiling device (40) is provided with a third pulp row outlet (42) at the bottom; the pulp dotting device (50) is provided with a fourth pulp row outlet (52) at the bottom and a fourth pulp inlet (53) at the top; the third pulp row outlet (42) and the fourth pulp inlet (53) are connected via the booster pump (60).

8. The self-grinding tofu production equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first grinding device (20), the second grinding device (30), the pulping device (40) and the pulping device (50) are provided with temperature sensors; and the pulping device (40) and the pulping device (50) are provided with electric heating structures.