Fermented bean curd fermentation tank

By introducing an electric lifting rod and a rotating spray system into the fermentation tank for fermented bean curd, the problem of uneven spraying of fermentation liquid in the existing technology has been solved, the inoculation efficiency of the inoculum has been improved, and an automated and clean fermentation process has been achieved.

CN223576453UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-21SHILIN YI AUTONOMOUS COUNTY PICKLES FACTORY
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Application Number
CN202423032032.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-10
Publication Date
2025-11-21
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-10

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Technical Problem

Existing fermentation tanks for fermented bean curd cannot spray fermentation liquid evenly from all directions, which affects the efficiency of inoculation and is inconvenient to clean and use.

Method used

The multi-layer rack assembly and rotating spray system driven by electric lifting rods use a drive motor to rotate the liquid pipe and spray branch pipes to achieve uniform spraying of fermentation liquid onto the surface of tofu blocks, and temperature and humidity are controlled by an electrically controlled drain pipe and temperature and humidity sensors.

Benefits of technology

It improves the efficiency of microbial inoculation and fermentation, realizes the automated fermentation process, facilitates cleaning and safe production, and improves the utilization efficiency of fermenters.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of fermented bean curd fermentation, and discloses a fermented bean curd fermentation tank which comprises a fermentation tank body, an observation window is connected to one side of the front face of the fermentation tank body in an embedded mode, stand columns are fixedly connected to the two sides of the fermentation tank body, and electric lifting rods are connected to the tops of the stand columns in an embedded mode. The top end of the electric lifting rod is fixedly connected with a sealing top cover, and the bottom end of the sealing top cover is provided with a multi-layer shelf assembly. According to the utility model, through the zymophyte liquid box, the liquid pump and the rotary spraying assembly, the driven gear meshed with the driving gear is driven by the driving motor to drive the rotary liquid pipe to rotate synchronously, so that the rotary liquid pipe is positioned among the plurality of net racks and is provided with the spraying branch pipes with the plurality of atomizing nozzles; zymophyte liquid can be uniformly sprayed on the outer surfaces of a plurality of bean curd blocks placed on a plurality of layers of net racks, so that the inoculation and fermentation efficiency of strains is improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a fermented bean curd fermentation tank in the field of fermented bean curd fermentation technology. BACKGROUND

[0002] Fermented bean curd, also known as bean curd, is a traditional Chinese folk food that has been passed down for thousands of years. It is loved by Chinese people and people in Southeast Asia because of its good taste, high nutrition, and unique smell. It is a delicious dish that has stood the test of time. During the production of fermented bean curd, the tofu blocks need to be fermented.

[0003] In the modern production of fermented bean curd tofu blocks, fermented bean curd fermentation tanks are used to inoculate and control the temperature and humidity of the fermentation tank in a sterile environment.

[0004] The fermented bean curd fermentation tank in the prior art can inoculate and ferment the fermented bean curd, but it places the tofu blocks in a fixed multi-layer fermentation rack, and cannot uniformly spray the fermentation liquid on the surface of the tofu from all directions, which affects the fermentation efficiency of the fermented bean curd inoculation and the collection and cleaning of the fermented bean curd. Therefore, a fermented bean curd fermentation tank is proposed to solve the above problems. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0005] In order to make up for the above shortcomings, the utility model provides a fermented bean curd fermentation tank, which aims to improve the problem that the tofu blocks are placed in a fixed multi-layer fermentation rack in the prior art, and the fermentation liquid cannot be uniformly sprayed on the surface of the tofu from all directions, which affects the fermentation efficiency of the fermented bean curd inoculation and the collection and cleaning of the fermented bean curd.

[0006] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a fermented bean curd fermentation tank, comprising a fermentation tank body, a viewing window is embedded and connected on the front side of the fermentation tank body, two vertical columns are fixedly connected on the two sides of the fermentation tank body, an electric lifting rod is embedded and connected on the top of the vertical column, a sealed top cover is fixedly connected on the top end of the electric lifting rod, a multi-layer shelf assembly is arranged at the bottom end of the sealed top cover, a fermentation liquid tank is fixedly connected on the back of the fermentation tank body, a liquid pump is fixedly connected on the bottom end of the fermentation liquid tank, a rotating spray assembly is arranged between the bottom end of the liquid pump and the inside of the fermentation tank body, an electric control drainage pipe is fixedly connected on the front edge of the bottom of the fermentation tank body, an electric heating plate is embedded and connected on the inner wall of the fermentation tank body, and a temperature and humidity sensor is fixedly connected on the back of the inner wall of the fermentation tank body.

[0007] Further description of the above technical scheme:

[0008] The multi-layer shelf assembly comprises a connecting rod, a top of the connecting rod is fixedly connected to an outer edge of a bottom end of a sealing top cover, a bottom end of the connecting rod is fixedly connected with a plug-in seat, an inner side of the plug-in seat is plug-in connected with a net rack, and a front surface of the net rack is provided with a slot.

[0009] As a further description of the above technical solution:

[0010] The plug-in seat is provided with a plurality of plug-in seats, adjacent sides of the plurality of plug-in seats are fixedly connected through connecting rods, and inner walls of the plurality of net racks are provided with size-matched net rack mounting clamping grooves.

[0011] As a further description of the above technical solution:

[0012] The rotating spray assembly comprises a rotating liquid pipe, the rotating liquid pipe is rotationally arranged at the center of the bottom end of the inside of the fermentation tank body, a sealing bearing is rotationally connected to the connection position between the outer periphery of the rotating liquid pipe and the fermentation tank body, and a spray branch pipe is fixedly connected to the front surface of the rotating liquid pipe.

[0013] As a further description of the above technical solution:

[0014] The outer periphery of the rotating liquid pipe is sleeved with a driven gear at the bottom end of the sealing bearing, a driving gear is meshingly arranged on one side of the driven gear, the top of the driving gear is fixedly connected to the output end of a driving motor, and the mounting end of the driving motor is fixedly connected to the bottom of the fermentation tank body.

[0015] As a further description of the above technical solution:

[0016] A rotating clamping seat is sleeved at the bottom end of the rotating liquid pipe, and a liquid supply pipe is fixedly connected between the bottom end inside of the rotating clamping seat and the output end of the liquid pump.

[0017] As a further description of the above technical solution:

[0018] A plurality of spray branch pipes are equally spaced, and a plurality of atomizing nozzles are equally spaced at the top and the bottom of the plurality of spray branch pipes.

[0019] As a further description of the above technical solution:

[0020] A liquid adding sealing cover is embeddedly connected to the top of the fermentation bacteria liquid tank, and a liquid suction pipe is fixedly connected between the inside of the fermentation bacteria liquid tank and the output end of the liquid pump.

[0021] The utility model has the advantages of the following beneficial effects:

[0022] 1. The utility model discloses a fermentation tank body, through the fermentation bacteria liquid tank, liquid pump, rotary spray subassembly, by the drive motor drive and driving gear wheel meshing driven gear drive rotary liquid pipe carries out synchronous rotation, makes the rotary liquid pipe be located the spray branch pipe of installing a plurality of atomizing nozzles among a plurality of net shelves, can even spray fermentation bacteria liquid to the surface of the tofu block of placing on the multilayer net shelf, thereby improve the fermentation efficiency of strain inoculation use.

[0023] 2. The utility model discloses a fermentation tank body, through the electric lifting rod, sealing top cover, multilayer shelf subassembly, by the electric lifting rod drive sealing top cover bottom detachable net shelf's multilayer shelf subassembly, realize the automatic regulation and drive the multilayer net shelf in turn to rise to the fermentation tank body jar mouth top and carry out the extraction collection fermentation completed sufu tofu block use, and the detachable net shelf is easy to clean and sterilize, guarantee the automatic opening / closing fermentation tank body and carry out the sealed fermentation or uncovering and taking material and the inside cleaning safe production use. DRAWINGS

[0024] Figure 1 It is the whole three -dimensional schematic diagram of sufu fermentation tank that the utility model proposes;

[0025] Figure 2 It is the inside structure schematic diagram of the whole side section of sufu fermentation tank that the utility model proposes;

[0026] Figure 3 It is the local split structure schematic diagram of the sealing top cover, multilayer shelf subassembly of sufu fermentation tank that the utility model proposes;

[0027] Figure 4 It is the fermentation bacteria liquid tank, liquid pump, rotary spray subassembly structure schematic diagram of sufu fermentation tank that the utility model proposes.

[0028] Legend:

[0029] 1, fermentation tank body, 2, observation window, 3, stand, 4, electric lifting rod, 5, sealing top cover, 6, multilayer shelf subassembly, 61, connecting rod, 62, plug-in seat, 63, net shelf, 64, slot, 7, fermentation bacteria liquid tank, 8, liquid pump, 9, rotary spray subassembly, 91, rotary liquid pipe, 92, spray branch pipe, 93, atomizing nozzle, 94, sealing bearing, 95, driven gear, 96, driving gear, 97, drive motor, 98, rotary clamp seat, 99, liquid supply pipe, 10, electric control drainage pipe, 11, electric heating plate, 12, temperature and humidity sensor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of the utility model.

[0031] With reference to Figure 1 and Figure 2 , the utility model provides an embodiment: a fermented bean curd fermentation tank, including the fermentation tank body 1 for fermented bean curd sealed fermentation, the front side of the fermentation tank body 1 is embedded and is connected with the observation window 2 for observing fermented bean curd inoculation fermentation situation, the bottom front of the fermentation tank body 1 is fixedly connected with the electric control drainage pipe 10 for the inside cleaning of the fermentation tank body 1 drainage, the inner wall of the fermentation tank body 1 is embedded and is connected with the electric heating plate 11 for fermented bean curd fermentation environment temperature heating, the back of the inner wall of the fermentation tank body 1 is fixedly connected with the temperature and humidity sensor 12 for fermented bean curd fermentation precision control temperature and humidity monitoring.

[0032] With reference to Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3 , the both sides of the fermentation tank body 1 are fixedly connected with the stand 3, the top of the stand 3 is embedded and is connected with the electric lifting rod 4 for providing lifting driving force, the top of the electric lifting rod 4 is fixedly connected with the seal top cover 5 that can be adjusted, the bottom end of the seal top cover 5 is provided with the multilayer rack assembly 6 that can place tofu block fermentation in large capacity, the multilayer rack assembly 6 includes connecting rod 61, the top of the connecting rod 61 is fixedly connected to the bottom end outer edge of the seal top cover 5, the bottom end of the connecting rod 61 is fixedly connected with the plug-in seat 62, the inner side of the plug-in seat 62 is plug-in connected with the movable rack 63 that can be disassembled, the front of the movable rack 63 is provided with the slotted 64 for the spray branch pipe 92 carding, the plug-in seat 62 is provided with multiple, multiple plug-in seat 62 adjacent sides are fixedly connected through connecting rod 61, and the inner wall of multiple movable racks 63 is provided with the size matching movable rack 63 installation clamping groove, through the electric lifting rod 4 drive the seal top cover 5 that can automatically lift, the open / cover fermentation tank body 1 of the automation production is sealed fermentation or open cover and is taken out and is used in the inside cleaning, and through the seal top cover 5 bottom fixedly connected with the multilayer rack assembly 6 that can disassemble movable rack 63, the automation is sequentially driven in succession multilayer movable rack 63 to rise to the tank mouth top of the fermentation tank body 1 and is taken out, and then the fermented bean curd tofu block of the movable rack 63 is conveniently collected and used, and the movable rack 63 that can be disassembled is easy to clean and sterilize, guarantee the safe production use of next time.

[0033] With reference to Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 4The back of the fermentation tank body 1 is fixedly connected with a fermentation bacteria liquid tank 7 for storing fermented bacteria liquid, the bottom end of the fermentation bacteria liquid tank 7 is fixedly connected with a liquid pump 8 for conveying fermented bacteria liquid, the top of the fermentation bacteria liquid tank 7 is embeddedly connected with a movable clamping sealing cover for adding liquid, and a liquid suction pipe is fixedly connected between the inside of the fermentation bacteria liquid tank 7 and the output end of the liquid pump 8, a rotatable spraying assembly 9 for uniformly spraying liquid in the whole range is arranged between the bottom end of the liquid pump 8 and the inside of the fermentation tank body 1, the rotatable spraying assembly 9 comprises a rotating liquid pipe 91, the rotating liquid pipe 91 is rotatably arranged at the center of the bottom end of the inside of the fermentation tank body 1, a sealing bearing 94 is rotatably connected to the connection between the outer periphery of the rotating liquid pipe 91 and the fermentation tank body 1, a spraying branch pipe 92 is fixedly connected to the front of the rotating liquid pipe 91, a plurality of spraying branch pipes 92 are arranged at equal intervals, a plurality of atomizing nozzles 93 are arranged at equal intervals on the top and bottom of the plurality of spraying branch pipes 92, a driven gear 95 is connected to the bottom end of the outer periphery of the rotating liquid pipe 91, a driving gear 96 is arranged on one side of the driven gear 95, the driving gear 96 is fixedly connected to the output end of a driving motor 97, the mounting end of the driving motor 97 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the fermentation tank body 1, a rotating clamping seat 98 is sleeved to the bottom end of the rotating liquid pipe 91, a liquid supply pipe 99 is fixedly connected between the inside of the bottom end of the rotating clamping seat 98 and the output end of the liquid pump 8, the driving motor 97 drives the driving gear 96 to rotate, and then the driven gear 95 engaged with the driving gear 96 drives the rotating liquid pipe 91 to rotate synchronously, the spraying branch pipe 92 with a plurality of atomizing nozzles 93 arranged on the front of the rotating liquid pipe 91 is installed between the plurality of net racks 63, the fermented bacteria liquid is uniformly sprayed on the outer surfaces of the plurality of tofu blocks placed on the net racks 63, and the efficiency of bacteria inoculation and fermentation is improved.

[0034] Working principle: in use, the tofu block to be fermented is evenly laid on the top of the net rack 63, and the multiple net racks 63 covered with the tofu block are sequentially placed in the multiple plug-in seats 62 of the multiple-layer rack assembly 6, the sealed top cover 5 driven by the electric lifting rod 4 is used to drive the multiple-layer rack assembly 6 on which the tofu block is placed to descend into the fermentation tank body 1, and the fermentation tank body 1 is sealed and closed, the temperature and humidity sensor 12 is used for precise control of temperature and humidity monitoring during fermentation, and the electric heating plate 11 in the fermentation tank body 1 is controlled to heat and the liquid pump 8 is controlled to extract the fermentation bacteria liquid in the fermentation bacteria liquid tank 7 to spray the fermentation bacteria liquid quantitatively, the driving motor 97 is used to drive the driving gear 96 to rotate, so that the driven gear 95 engaged with the driving gear 96 drives the rotating liquid pipe 91 to rotate synchronously, the rotating liquid pipe 91 is located in front of the multiple net racks 63, the spray branch pipe 92 provided with multiple atomizing nozzles 93 is installed, the surface of the multiple net racks 63 on which the tofu block is placed is evenly sprayed with the fermentation bacteria liquid, and after the fermentation is completed, the multiple-layer net racks 63 at the bottom end of the sealed top cover 5 driven by the electric lifting rod 4 are sequentially lifted to the top of the tank opening of the fermentation tank body 1, then the fermented fermented tofu block on the net rack 63 is extracted and collected, and the disassembled net rack 63 is cleaned and sterilized, so as to facilitate the non-polluted and safe production and use next time.

[0035] Finally, it should be pointed out that: the above only for the preferred embodiments of the present application, and not for limiting the present application, although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, for those skilled in the art, it still can modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent replacement for part of the technical features, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application, should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A fermented bean curd fermentation tank comprising a fermentation tank body (1), characterized in that: The front side of the fermentation tank body (1) is embeddedly connected with an observation window (2), both sides of the fermentation tank body (1) are fixedly connected with a stand (3), the top of the stand (3) is embeddedly connected with an electric lifting rod (4), the top end of the electric lifting rod (4) is fixedly connected with a sealed top cover (5), the bottom end of the sealed top cover (5) is provided with a multi-layer shelf assembly (6), the back of the fermentation tank body (1) is fixedly connected with a fermentation bacterial liquid tank (7), the bottom end of the fermentation bacterial liquid tank (7) is fixedly connected with a liquid pump (8), the inside of the liquid pump (8) and the inside of the fermentation tank body (1) are provided with a rotating spraying assembly (9), the front bottom of the fermentation tank body (1) is fixedly connected with an electric control liquid discharge pipe (10), the inner wall of the fermentation tank body (1) is embeddedly connected with an electric heating plate (11), and the back of the inner wall of the fermentation tank body (1) is fixedly connected with a temperature and humidity sensor (12).

2. The fermented soybean cheese fermenter according to claim 1, wherein: The multi-layer shelf assembly (6) comprises a connecting rod (61), the top of the connecting rod (61) is fixedly connected to the bottom end outer edge of the sealed top cover (5), the bottom end of the connecting rod (61) is fixedly connected with a plug-in seat (62), the inner side of the plug-in seat (62) is plug-in connected with a net rack (63), and the front of the net rack (63) is provided with a slot (64).

3. The fermented soybean cheese fermenter according to claim 2, wherein: The plug-in seat (62) is provided with a plurality of plug-in seats (62), the adjacent sides of the plurality of plug-in seats (62) are fixedly connected through connecting rods (61), and the inner walls of the plurality of net racks (63) are all provided with size-matched net rack (63) mounting clamping grooves.

4. The fermented soybean cheese fermenter according to claim 1, wherein: The rotating spraying assembly (9) comprises a rotating liquid pipe (91), the rotating liquid pipe (91) is rotationally arranged at the center of the inside bottom end of the fermentation tank body (1), the outer periphery of the rotating liquid pipe (91) is rotatably connected with a sealing bearing (94) at the connection with the fermentation tank body (1), and the front of the rotating liquid pipe (91) is fixedly connected with a spraying branch pipe (92).

5. The fermented soybean cheese fermenter according to claim 4, wherein: The outer periphery of the rotating liquid pipe (91) is connected with a driven gear (95) at the bottom end of the sealing bearing (94), one side of the driven gear (95) is engagedly provided with a driving gear (96), the top of the driving gear (96) is fixedly connected to the output end of a driving motor (97), and the mounting end of the driving motor (97) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the fermentation tank body (1).

6. The fermented soybean cheese fermenting tank according to claim 4, characterized in that: The bottom end of the rotating liquid pipe (91) is sleeved with a rotating clamping seat (98), and the inside of the bottom end of the rotating clamping seat (98) and the output end of the liquid pump (8) are fixedly connected with a liquid supply pipe (99).

7. The fermented soybean cheese fermenter according to claim 4, wherein: The spraying branch pipe (92) is provided with a plurality of spraying branch pipes (92) at equal intervals, and the top and the bottom of the plurality of spraying branch pipes (92) are both provided with a plurality of atomizing nozzles (93) at equal intervals.

8. The fermented soybean cheese fermenter according to claim 1, wherein: The top of the fermentation bacterial liquid tank (7) is embeddedly connected with a liquid adding sealing cover, and the inside of the fermentation bacterial liquid tank (7) and the output end of the liquid pump (8) are fixedly connected with a liquid suction pipe.