Drying and sterilizing equipment for pet food production
The pet food drying and sterilization device addresses uneven distribution issues by using inclined chutes and rotating rollers to evenly distribute pet food, improving drying and sterilization effectiveness and reducing costs.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202521182432.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-11
- Publication Date
- 2025-07-15
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-06-11
AI Technical Summary
The existing multi-layer belt drying equipment has the problem of local accumulation or thick tiling of pet snacks in pet food production, resulting in poor penetration of hot air, affecting the drying and sterilization effect, and increasing the equipment investment and use cost.
The equalization assembly and scraper plate structure are adopted, including a guide hopper, scraper plate, drainage plate and cam device, to realize the diverting and leveling of pet snacks, avoid accumulation, ensure the airflow penetration effect, and ensure the drying and sterilization effect through the heating assembly and exhaust assembly.
It improves the adequacy of drying and sterilization, reduces equipment costs, ensures the uniform drying and sterilization effect of pet snacks, extends the shelf life and ensures food safety.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of pet food production equipment, in particular to a drying and sterilizing equipment for pet food production. Background Art
[0002] Drying and sterilization equipment in pet food production is a key link in ensuring product quality and safety. Its function is to remove moisture and kill microorganisms such as bacteria, mold, and parasite eggs to extend the shelf life of the product and ensure food safety.
[0003] Multi-layer belt drying equipment is a continuous drying and sterilization equipment commonly used in pet food production. It achieves uniform drying and microbial control of materials through the transmission of multi-layer mesh belts and circulation of hot air flow. It has a compact structure design and high production capacity. It is suitable for large-scale production of granular, flaky or block pet foods, such as dry food, baked food, jerky snacks, etc.
[0004] When using a multi-layer belt drying equipment to dry pet snacks, it is necessary to transport the formed pet snacks to the conveyor belt inside the drying equipment. At present, auger conveyors are mostly used for loading. Since the unloading range of the auger conveyor is small, the pet snacks will accumulate on a local position of the conveyor belt. In order to optimize this problem, the staff drives the auger loader to swing by installing a reciprocating rotation mechanism, and then spreads the pet snacks on the conveyor belt. Although this method solves the problem of local accumulation, the thickness of the loading cannot be controlled. Thicker pet snacks will result in poor penetration of hot air during drying, affecting the final drying and sterilization effect. At the same time, this swinging unloading method leads to increased equipment investment and use costs. Therefore, the present application provides a drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production to meet the needs. Utility Model Content
[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a drying and sterilizing equipment for producing pet food, which can divert and level the incoming materials, avoid the problem of local accumulation or thick flatness of pet snacks, ensure the penetration effect of airflow when drying the pet snacks, improve the adequacy of drying and sterilization, and do not require an external power source, thereby reducing the cost of drying and sterilizing the pet snacks, so as to solve the problem that the thickness of the existing feeding materials cannot be controlled, and thicker pet snacks will result in poor penetration of hot air during drying, affecting the final drying and sterilization effect.
[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:
[0007] A drying and sterilizing device for producing pet food, comprising an oven, a conveying device installed inside the oven, a material guide box fixedly connected to one side of the oven, a material receiving hopper fixedly connected above the material guide box, and a material discharge end of the material receiving hopper extending into the interior of the material guide box; a material distribution component, the material distribution component is used to evenly distribute the pet snacks entering the material guide box and convey them to the conveying device, and the material distribution component is connected to the material guide box.
[0008] Optionally, the material distribution assembly includes a material guide hopper fixed inside the material guide box, a scraper plate is fixedly connected between two sides of the inner wall of the material guide hopper, and a plurality of diversion plates are symmetrically fixedly connected to one side of the scraper plate close to the receiving hopper.
[0009] Optionally, the scraper plate comprises a vertical section, an inclined section, a raised portion, an arc-shaped transition section and a scraping section which are connected to each other, and a bending portion is provided on the arc-shaped transition section.
[0010] Optionally, two side plates are symmetrically arranged on one side of the scraper plate away from the drainage plate, and the two side plates are fixedly connected to the vertical section and the inclined section.
[0011] Optionally, an extension plate is provided on the material guide hopper, a groove is provided between the extension plate and the material guide hopper, and a warping portion is provided at one end of the extension plate.
[0012] Optionally, the conveying device includes an upper conveyor belt, a middle conveyor belt and a bottom conveyor belt fixed inside the oven, the middle conveyor belt has a transfer direction opposite to that of the upper conveyor belt and the bottom conveyor belt, and one end of the bottom conveyor belt extends to the outside of the oven.
[0013] Optionally, two cams are symmetrically fixedly connected to the driving shaft of the upper conveyor belt, and the two cams both come into contact with the bottom of the extension plate when rotating.
[0014] Optionally, a plurality of slots for plugging in diversion plates are symmetrically provided inside the guide hopper.
[0015] Optionally, a heating component is provided, which is used to deliver hot air to the interior of the oven to dry and sterilize the pet snacks on the conveying device, and the heating component is connected to the oven; the heating component includes a heating box fixed to the bottom of the oven, a plurality of air supply fans are fixedly connected to the outside of the heating box, and a heat source is provided inside the heating box.
[0016] Optionally, the exhaust component is used to discharge the hot and humid gas inside the oven, and the exhaust component is connected to the oven; the exhaust component includes an exhaust fan fixed to the top of the oven, the top of the oven is fixedly connected to a main pipe, a plurality of branch pipes are fixedly connected to the main pipe, and the branch pipes are all connected to the oven, and one end of the main pipe is fixedly connected to the input end of the exhaust fan.
[0017] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has at least the following beneficial effects:
[0018] In the above solution, the drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production provided by this application can shunt and level the incoming materials, avoid the problem of local accumulation or too thick laying of pet snacks, ensure the penetration effect of air flow during drying of pet snacks, improve the sufficiency of drying and sterilization, and does not require an external power source, thereby reducing the cost of drying and sterilizing pet snacks.
[0019] Through the flow-diverting plates symmetrically arranged on one side of the scraping plate, the material guiding hopper can be divided into multiple feeding channels, enabling pet snacks to be laid flat and fed inside the material guiding hopper, thereby avoiding the problem of accumulation. The scraping section can rotate slightly along the bending part, and thus can adapt to different specifications of snacks passing through the bottom of the scraping plate. Moreover, the provided convex part can limit the rotation position of the scraping section to prevent the stacked snacks from passing through the bottom of the scraping plate, ensuring that the snacks are evenly laid on the conveying device.
[0020] The cam arranged on the conveying device can strike the extension plate, thereby driving the extension plate to vibrate, which can not only avoid the accumulation of snacks on the material guiding hopper, but also avoid the adhesion of snacks. The upturned part arranged at the front end of the extension plate can prevent the situation where the snacks fall too fast and accumulate on the conveying device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0021] The drawings incorporated herein and constituting a part of the specification illustrate embodiments of the utility model and, together with the specification, are further used to explain the principles of the utility model and enable those skilled in the relevant art to implement and use the utility model.
[0022] Figure 1 Stereoscopic schematic diagram of the drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production;
[0023] Figure 2 Internal structure schematic diagram of the drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production;
[0024] Figure 3 For Figure 2 Enlarged schematic diagram at A in
[0025] Figure 4 Cross-sectional structure schematic diagram of the material guiding box;
[0026] Figure 5 For Figure 4 Enlarged schematic diagram at B in
[0027] Figure 6 Connection schematic diagram of the material guiding hopper, scraping plate and flow-diverting plate;
[0028] Figure 7It is a structural schematic diagram of the guide hopper.
[0029] Reference numerals:
[0030] 1. Oven; 2. Conveying device; 3. Material guide box; 301. Material receiving hopper; 4. Material guide hopper; 401. Extension plate; 402. Lifting part; 403. Groove; 404. Slot; 5. Scraper plate; 501. Vertical section; 502. Inclined section; 503. Raised part; 504. Arc transition section; 505. Bending part; 506. Scraping section; 507. Side plate; 6. Drainage plate; 7. Heating assembly; 701. Heating box; 702. Air supply fan; 8. Exhaust assembly; 801. Exhaust fan; 802. Main pipe; 803. Branch pipe; 9. Cam.
[0031] As shown in the figure, in order to clearly implement the structure of the embodiment of the utility model, specific structures and devices are marked in the figure, but this is only for illustrative purposes and is not intended to limit the utility model to the specific structure, device and environment. According to specific needs, ordinary technicians in this field can adjust or modify these devices and environments. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0032] The following is a detailed description of a drying and sterilizing device for producing pet food provided by the utility model in combination with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. At the same time, it is explained here that in order to make the embodiments more detailed, the following embodiments are the best and preferred embodiments, and those skilled in the art may also adopt other alternative methods to implement some known technologies; and the accompanying drawings are only for more specific description of the embodiments, and are not intended to specifically limit the utility model.
[0033] It should be noted that the references to "one embodiment", "embodiment", "exemplary embodiments", "some embodiments" and the like in the specification indicate that the embodiments described may include specific features, structures or characteristics, but not every embodiment may include the specific features, structures or characteristics. In addition, when a specific feature, structure or characteristic is described in conjunction with an embodiment, it should be within the knowledge of a person skilled in the art to implement such feature, structure or characteristic in conjunction with other embodiments (whether or not explicitly described).
[0034] In general, a term can be understood, at least in part, from its use in context. For example, depending, at least in part, on the context, the term "one or more" as used herein can be used to describe any feature, structure, or characteristic in the singular sense, or can be used to describe a combination of features, structures, or characteristics in the plural sense. Additionally, the term "based on" can be understood as not necessarily intended to convey an exclusive set of factors, but can instead, depending, at least in part, on the context, allow for the presence of other factors that are not necessarily explicitly described.
[0035] It is understood that the meanings of "on...", "above...", and "overhead of..." in the present utility model should be interpreted in the broadest manner, such that "on..." not only means "directly on" something, but also includes the meaning of being "on" something with intervening features or layers therebetween, and "above..." or "overhead of..." not only means "above" or "overhead of" something, but may also include the meaning of being "above" or "overhead of" something with no intervening features or layers therebetween.
[0036] In addition, spatial relative terms such as "under...", "beneath...", "lower part", "above...", "upper part", etc. may be used herein for convenience of description to describe the relationship of one element or feature to another or more elements or features, as shown in the drawings. The spatial relative terms are intended to cover different orientations in the use or operation of the device in addition to the orientation depicted in the drawings. The device may be oriented in other ways, and the spatial relative descriptive terms used herein may be correspondingly interpreted similarly.
[0037] As Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 4 shown, an embodiment of the present utility model provides a drying and sterilizing device for pet food production, including an oven 1. A conveying device 2 is installed inside the oven 1. The conveying device 2 is a mesh belt conveyor, which can allow hot air at the bottom to penetrate and rise, realizing the comprehensive drying of pet snacks inside the oven 1. One side of the oven 1 is fixedly connected to a feeding box 3. A receiving hopper 301 is fixedly connected above the feeding box 3, and the discharging end of the receiving hopper 301 extends into the feeding box 3; a material leveling assembly, which is used to evenly distribute the pet snacks entering the feeding box 3 and convey them onto the conveying device 2. The material leveling assembly is connected to the feeding box 3. The material leveling assembly can perform shunting and leveling processing on the incoming materials, avoiding the problems of local accumulation or thick laying of pet snacks, being beneficial to improving the sufficiency of drying and sterilization, and not requiring an external power source, which can reduce the cost of drying and sterilizing pet snacks.
[0038] In this embodiment, as Figures 4 to 7As shown, the material distribution assembly includes a guide hopper 4 fixed inside the guide box 3, an extension plate 401 is provided on the guide hopper 4, a groove 403 is provided between the extension plate 401 and the guide hopper 4, the extension plate 401 can extend to the top of the conveying device 2, and then cooperate with the guide hopper 4 to convey the pet snacks to the conveying device 2, which can prevent the pet snacks from falling into the oven 1, and the groove 403 can thin the extension plate 401 locally, so that the extension plate 401 can be bent along the groove 403, so that the extension plate 401 can be shaken on the guide hopper 4 The extension plate 401 is provided with a tilting portion 402 at one end, which can prevent the snacks from falling too quickly and accumulating on the conveying device 2. A scraper plate 5 is fixedly connected between the two sides of the inner wall of the guide hopper 4. The scraper plate 5 is symmetrically fixedly connected with a plurality of diversion plates 6 on one side close to the receiving hopper 301. The diversion plates 6 can divide the guide hopper 4 into a plurality of material discharging channels, which can make the pet snacks flatly discharging inside the guide hopper 4, thereby avoiding the problem of pet snacks piling up and discharging. The guide hopper 4 is symmetrically provided with a plurality of diversion plates for plugging in. The bottom of the plurality of diversion plates 6 can be inserted into the slot 404 to position them, so as to prevent the diversion plates 6 from being squeezed and deformed by the pet snacks. The scraper plate 5 includes a vertical section 501, an inclined section 502, a raised portion 503, an arc-shaped transition section 504 and a scraping section 506 connected to each other. The arc-shaped transition section 504 is provided with a bending portion 505, and the bending portion 505 can make the scraping section 506 rotate along it, thereby changing the distance between the scraping section 506 and the extension plate 401 to adapt to pet snacks of different thicknesses, and the raised portion 503 can The scraping section 506 is resisted to prevent the scraping section 506 from rotating at too large an angle, which may cause the pet snacks to be too thick. Two side panels 507 are symmetrically arranged on the side of the scraper plate 5 away from the diversion plate 6. The two side panels 507 are fixedly connected to the vertical section 501 and the inclined section 502. The side panels 507 on both sides can facilitate the installation of the scraper plate 5 inside the guide hopper 4. The side panels 507 are connected to the vertical section 501 and the inclined section 502, which can prevent the inclined section 502 from rotating when the scraping section 506 is under pressure, thereby improving the stability of the overall structure of the scraper plate 5.
[0039] In this embodiment, if Figure 2 and Figure 3As shown in the figure, the conveying device 2 includes an upper conveyor belt, a middle conveyor belt, and a lower conveyor belt fixed inside the oven 1. The conveying direction of the middle conveyor belt is opposite to that of the upper conveyor belt and the lower conveyor belt. The three conveyor belts can extend the residence time of pet snacks inside the oven 1, and thus fully dry and sterilize the pet snacks. At the same time, the pet snacks can be turned over when changing materials between the conveyor belts to ensure the drying and sterilization effect of the pet snacks. One end of the lower conveyor belt extends to the outside of the oven 1, and the processed pet snacks can be directly output for convenient collection. Retaining rings are provided at the edge parts of the upper conveyor belt, the middle conveyor belt, and the lower conveyor belt to prevent the pet snacks from falling during the conveying process. Two cams 9 are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the driving shaft of the upper conveyor belt. When the two cams 9 rotate, they both abut against the bottom of the extension plate 401. By driving the cams 9 to rotate through the driving shaft on the upper conveyor belt, the extension plate 401 can be knocked, which can not only prevent the snacks from accumulating on the feeding hopper 4 and the extension plate 401, but also prevent the snacks from sticking together, ensuring the uniformity of feeding.
[0040] In this embodiment, as Figure 1 and Figure 2 shown, the heating component 7 is used to convey hot air into the oven 1 to dry and sterilize the pet snacks on the conveying device 2. The heating component 7 is connected to the oven 1; the heating component 7 includes a heating box 701 fixed to the bottom of the oven 1. A plurality of air supply fans 702 are fixedly connected to the outside of the heating box 701. By heating with the heat source inside the heating box 701 and cooperating with the air supply fans 702 to supply air, the heated air can be conveyed into the oven 1, and thus the drying air for drying and sterilizing the pet snacks can be provided. A heat source is provided inside the heating box 701, and the heat source is an electric, gas, coal, or steam device; the exhaust component 8 is used to discharge the humid and hot gas inside the oven 1. The exhaust component 8 is connected to the oven 1; the exhaust component 8 includes an exhaust fan 801 fixed to the top of the oven 1. A main pipe 802 is fixedly connected to the top of the oven 1. A plurality of branch pipes 803 are fixedly connected to the main pipe 802, and the branch pipes 803 are all communicated with the oven 1. One end of the main pipe 802 is fixedly connected to the input end of the exhaust fan 801. By cooperating with the exhaust fan 801, the main pipe 802, and the branch pipes 803, the humid and hot air inside the oven 1 can be discharged, and thus the dryness inside the oven 1 can be ensured, ensuring the drying effect of the pet snacks.
[0041] The working principle of the present utility model:
[0042] Air is blown into the interior of the heating box 701 by the air supply fan 702. The heat source inside the heating box 701 heats the incoming air, and the heated dry air enters the interior of the drying oven 1 for preheating. The pet snacks to be processed are conveyed to the interior of the receiving hopper 301 through the auger conveying device. The pet snacks inside the receiving hopper 301 enter the guiding hopper 4. Under the action of the flow-dispersing plate 6, the guiding hopper 4 is divided into multiple blanking channels, so that the pet snacks are laid flat and fed in the guiding hopper 4. Since the guiding hopper 4 is inclined, the pet snacks sliding downward come into contact with the leveling section 506. Under the action of the leveling section 506, the stacked pet snacks are blocked to prevent the stacked ones from falling onto the conveying device 2. When the specifications of the pet snacks are relatively large, they squeeze the leveling section 506, causing the leveling section 506 to rotate to widen the distance between the leveling section 506 and the extension plate 401, allowing the pet snacks to pass through and fall onto the conveying device 2. The protruding portion 503 can block the leveling section 506 to control the rotation amplitude of the leveling section 506. The driving shaft of the upper conveyor belt drives the cam 9 to rotate, causing the cam 9 to strike the extension plate 401. The vibrating extension plate 401 can prevent the pet snacks from accumulating on the extension plate 401, thereby assisting in blanking. The dry air entering the interior of the drying oven 1 first exchanges moisture with the relatively dry pet snacks through the lower conveyor belt, passes through the conveyor belts layer by layer upward in sequence, forms a countercurrent exchange with the pet snacks, reaches the top layer, exchanges with the relatively wet pet snacks, and the wet air reaches saturation. At this time, the exhaust fan 801, in cooperation with the main pipe 802 and the branch pipe 803, discharges the wet air to ensure the dryness inside the drying oven 1. The pet snacks are circulated and conveyed inside the drying oven 1 and dried in cooperation with the dry air. At the same time, under the action of high temperature, the pet snacks can be sterilized, thereby extending the shelf life of the pet snacks and ensuring food safety.
[0043] The present utility model covers any substitutions, modifications, equivalent methods, and solutions made to the essence and scope of the present utility model. In order to enable the public to have a thorough understanding of the present utility model, specific details are described in detail in the following preferred embodiments of the present utility model. However, those skilled in the art can fully understand the present utility model even without these detailed descriptions. Additionally, in order to avoid unnecessary confusion to the essence of the present utility model, well-known methods, processes, procedures, components, and circuits are not described in detail.
[0044] The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present utility model. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art in this technical field, without departing from the principle of the present utility model, several improvements and refinements can be made, and these improvements and refinements should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present utility model.
Claims
1. A drying and sterilizing device for pet food production, including an oven, characterized in that, A conveying device is installed inside the oven. One side of the oven is fixedly connected with a feeding box, and a feeding hopper is fixedly connected above the feeding box, and the discharging end of the feeding hopper extends into the feeding box. A material leveling assembly is used to evenly distribute the pet snacks entering the feeding box and convey them onto the conveying device. The material leveling assembly is connected to the feeding box. The material leveling assembly includes a feeding hopper fixed inside the feeding box. A scraping plate is fixedly connected between the two sides of the inner wall of the feeding hopper. A plurality of flow guiding plates are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the side of the scraping plate close to the feeding hopper. The scraping plate includes a vertically connected section, an inclined section, a protruding part, an arc transition section, and a scraping flat section. A bending part is provided on the arc transition section.
2. The drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production according to claim 1, characterized in that, Two side plates are symmetrically arranged on the side of the scraping plate away from the flow guiding plates, and both of the two side plates are fixedly connected to the vertically connected section and the inclined section.
3. The drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production according to claim 1, characterized in that, The feeding hopper is provided with an extension plate. A groove is provided between the extension plate and the feeding hopper. One end of the extension plate is provided with a tilted part.
4. The drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production according to claim 3, characterized in that The conveying device includes an upper conveyor belt, a middle conveyor belt, and a lower conveyor belt fixed inside the oven. The conveying direction of the middle conveyor belt is opposite to that of the upper conveyor belt and the lower conveyor belt, and one end of the lower conveyor belt extends to the outside of the oven.
5. The drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production according to claim 4, characterized in that, Two cams are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the driving shaft of the upper conveyor belt. When the two cams rotate, they both abut against the bottom of the extension plate.
6. The drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production according to claim 1, characterized in that, A plurality of slots for inserting the flow guiding plates are symmetrically opened inside the feeding hopper.
7. The drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production according to claim 1, characterized in that, A heating assembly is used to convey hot air into the oven to dry and sterilize the pet snacks on the conveying device. The heating assembly is connected to the oven. The heating assembly includes a heating box fixed at the bottom of the oven. A plurality of air supply fans are fixedly connected to the outside of the heating box, and a heat source is arranged inside the heating box.
8. The drying and sterilization equipment for pet food production according to claim 1, characterized in that, An exhaust assembly is used to discharge the humid and hot gas inside the oven. The exhaust assembly is connected to the oven. The exhaust assembly includes an exhaust fan fixed at the top of the oven. A main pipe is fixedly connected to the top of the oven. A plurality of branch pipes are fixedly connected to the main pipe, and all the branch pipes are communicated with the oven. One end of the main pipe is fixedly connected to the input end of the exhaust fan.