Unfreezing device for making prefabricated vegetables

The design of the lifting frame and the pressure plate solves the problem of pre-cooked food ingredients floating and affecting the thawing efficiency, and achieves complete immersion and uniform thawing of pre-cooked food ingredients.

CN223714939UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26ZHEJIANG FOX HEDGEHOG FOOD CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520146709.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-22
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-22

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Technical Problem

When existing thawing devices thaw pre-cooked food ingredients, some ingredients float on the water surface, resulting in reduced thawing efficiency.

Method used

A defrosting device was designed, comprising a lifting frame, a pressure plate, an inclined rod, a rectangular block, and a threaded rod. The threaded rod is rotated by a drive motor, which causes the pressure plate to move downward and press the floating raw material into the water. Combined with a limiting groove and a locking block structure, the device ensures that the raw material is completely immersed in the water.

Benefits of technology

It improves the thawing efficiency of pre-cooked food ingredients, ensuring that all ingredients are fully immersed in water for uniform thawing.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of prefabricated vegetable processing equipment, and discloses an unfreezing device for prefabricated vegetable manufacturing, which comprises an unfreezing box, the top of the left end of the unfreezing box is movably connected with a lifting frame, the bottom end in the lifting frame is fixedly sleeved with a cross rod, the right end of the cross rod is movably connected with the left end of the unfreezing box, and the right end of the cross rod is movably connected with the left end of the unfreezing box. A vertical rod is movably connected into the transverse rod in a sleeved mode. Through the arrangement of the lifting frame, the pressing plate, the inclined rod, the rectangular block and the threaded rod, after the driving motor is started, the threaded rod can rotate, due to the fact that the outer surface of the threaded rod is connected with the inner surface of the rectangular block in a threaded and sleeved mode, along with rotation of the threaded rod, the rectangular block can drive one end of the inclined rod to move, and the inclined rod is driven to rotate. And the other end of the inclined rod generates a pulling force on the lifting frame, and the lifting frame is pulled to drive the connecting rod and the pressing plate to move downwards, so that the prefabricated vegetable raw materials floating on the water surface can be completely pressed into water through the pressing plate, and the unfreezing efficiency is improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to prefabricated vegetable processing equipment technical field, specifically a kind of thawing device of prefabricated vegetable manufacturing. BACKGROUND

[0002] Prefabricated vegetable, also known as prefabricated cooked food, semi-finished product or convenient food, is a kind of pre-packaged dish made of one or more edible agricultural products and their products as raw materials, through industrialized pre-processing (such as stirring, pickling, rolling, molding, frying, frying, baking, boiling, steaming, etc.), to meet the needs of modern busy life.

[0003] When prefabricated vegetable is manufactured, part of the frozen prefabricated vegetable raw materials need to be thawed, at which time the corresponding thawing device needs to be used. The existing thawing device mainly puts the prefabricated vegetable raw materials into the inside of thawing box for water bath thawing. However, in the actual use process, there are still some deficiencies. Because the types of prefabricated vegetable raw materials are different, part of the prefabricated vegetable raw materials will float on the water surface of the thawing box, so that the prefabricated vegetable raw materials cannot be completely immersed in water, which will affect the thawing efficiency, and therefore needs to be improved. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model aims at the above problems, and provides a thawing device for prefabricated vegetable manufacturing, which has the advantage that the prefabricated vegetable raw materials can be completely immersed in water.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a thawing device for prefabricated vegetable manufacturing, comprising a thawing box, a lifting frame movably connected to the top of the left end of the thawing box, a horizontal rod fixedly sleeved to the bottom end in the inside of the lifting frame, the right end of the horizontal rod movably connected with the left end of the thawing box, a vertical rod movably sleeved in the inside of the horizontal rod, the upper and lower sides of the right end of the vertical rod fixedly connected with the left end of the thawing box, a connecting rod fixedly installed on the front and rear sides of the right part of the bottom end of the lifting frame, a pressing plate fixedly installed on the bottom end of the connecting rod, a clamping groove formed in the middle of the left end of the pressing plate, a inclined rod hinged to the middle of the back end of the lifting frame, a rectangular block hinged to the other end of the inclined rod, the outer surface of the rectangular block movably connected with the outer surface of the thawing box, a driving motor fixedly sleeved to the left side of the bottom front end of the thawing box, a threaded rod sleeved to the other end of the output shaft of the driving motor, and the right side of the outer surface of the threaded rod is threadedly sleeved with the inner surface of the rectangular block.

[0006] As preferred in the utility model, a limiting groove is formed in the left inner wall of the thawing box, a limiting block is movably sleeved to the bottom end in the inside of the limiting groove, a supporting plate is fixedly installed on the right end of the limiting block, and the outer surface of the supporting plate is movably sleeved with the inner surface of the thawing box.

[0007] As the utility model is preferred, the left side of the top end of the supporting plate is fixedly installed with a vertical plate, the right side of the inside top end of the vertical plate is movably sleeved with a clamping block, the left end of the clamping block is fixedly installed with a spring, and the other end of the spring is fixedly connected with the inner surface of the vertical plate.

[0008] As the utility model is preferred, the left side of the bottom end of the clamping block is fixedly installed with a connecting plate, the outer surface of the connecting plate and the inner surface of the vertical plate are movably sleeved, the inside of the connecting plate is movably sleeved with a limiting plate, the outer surface of the limiting plate and the inner surface of the vertical plate are fixedly sleeved, the bottom end of the connecting plate is fixedly installed with a handle, the right end of the handle penetrates through the vertical plate and extends to the outside of the vertical plate, and the outer surface of the handle and the inner surface of the vertical plate are movably sleeved.

[0009] As the utility model is preferred, the right end inside of the thawing box is fixedly sleeved with a filter plate, the bottom of the left end of the filter plate is movably connected with the right end of the supporting plate, and the right end of the thawing box is fixedly installed with a heat exchange box.

[0010] As the utility model is preferred, the top end of the heat exchange box is movably sleeved with a top cover, and the left and right sides of the bottom end of the top cover are fixedly installed with a heater respectively.

[0011] As the utility model is preferred, the front portion of the right side of the top end of the thawing box is fixedly installed with a water pump, the bottom end of the water pump is fixedly installed with a water inlet pipe, the bottom end of the water inlet pipe penetrates through the thawing box and extends to the inside of the thawing box, the outer surface of the water inlet pipe and the inner surface of the thawing box are fixedly sleeved, the right end of the water pump is fixedly installed with a circulating pipe, the other end of the circulating pipe penetrates through the heat exchange box and the thawing box and extends to the bottom of the inner surface of the thawing box, and the outer surface of the circulating pipe and the inner surfaces of the heat exchange box and the thawing box are fixedly sleeved.

[0012] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages of the following:

[0013] The utility model discloses a lifting frame, a pressing plate, an inclined rod, a rectangular block and a threaded rod are arranged, when the driving motor starts, the threaded rod rotates, because the outer surface of the threaded rod and the inner surface of the rectangular block are threadedly sleeved, with the rotation of the threaded rod, the rectangular block moves with the one end of the inclined rod, so that the other end of the inclined rod generates a pulling force to the lifting frame, the lifting frame moves downward with the connecting rod and the pressing plate, so that the prefabricated food raw materials floating on the water surface can be completely pressed into the water through the pressing plate, thereby improving the thawing efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 It is the structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0015] Figure 2 It is the sectional structure schematic diagram of the front of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 3 Figure 2 is a structural schematic view of the back of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 4 Figure 4 is a sectional structural schematic view of the heat exchange box of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 5 Figure 5 is a sectional structural schematic view of the bottom of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 6 Figure 6 is a structural schematic view of the utility model; Figure 2 Figure 7 is a local enlarged structural schematic view of A in Figure 6.

[0020] In the figure: 1, thawing box; 2, lifting frame; 3, horizontal rod; 4, vertical rod; 5, connecting rod; 6, pressing plate; 7, clamping groove; 8, inclined rod; 9, rectangular block; 10, driving motor; 11, threaded rod; 12, limiting groove; 13, limiting block; 14, supporting plate; 15, vertical plate; 16, clamping block; 17, spring; 18, connecting plate; 19, limiting plate; 20, handle; 21, filter plate; 22, heat exchange box; 23, top cover; 24, heater; 25, water pump; 26, water inlet pipe; 27, circulating pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] 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 in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0022] As Figures 1 to 6As shown, the utility model provides a kind of thawing device of prefabricated dish manufacturing, including thawing cabinet 1, the top of the left end of thawing cabinet 1 is movably connected with lifting frame 2, the bottom end of the inside of lifting frame 2 is fixedly sleeved with cross bar 3, the right end of cross bar 3 and the left end of thawing cabinet 1 are movably connected, the inside of cross bar 3 is movably sleeved with vertical rod 4, the upper and lower sides of the right end of vertical rod 4 are respectively fixedly connected with the left end of thawing cabinet 1, the front and rear sides of the right part of the bottom end of lifting frame 2 are respectively fixedly installed with connecting rod 5, the bottom end of connecting rod 5 is fixedly installed with pressing plate 6, the middle part of the left end of pressing plate 6 is equipped with clamping groove 7, the middle part of the rear end of lifting frame 2 is hinged with inclined rod 8, the other end of inclined rod 8 is hinged with rectangular block 9, the outer surface of rectangular block 9 and the outer surface of thawing cabinet 1 are movably connected, the left side of the bottom of the front end of thawing cabinet 1 is fixedly sleeved with driving motor 10, the other end of the output shaft of driving motor 10 is sleeved with threaded rod 11, the right side of the outer surface of threaded rod 11 and the inner surface of rectangular block 9 are threadedly sleeved;When driving motor 10 starts, threaded rod 11 will rotate, because threaded rod 11 and rectangular block 9 are threadedly sleeved, under the action of threaded rod 11, rectangular block 9 will move along the outer surface of thawing cabinet 1, because the upper and lower ends of inclined rod 8 are respectively hinged with lifting frame 2 and rectangular block 9, with the movement of rectangular block 9, the bottom end of inclined rod 8 will move together, so that the top end of inclined rod 8 generates a pulling force to lifting frame 2, pulling lifting frame 2 with cross bar 3 moves along the outer surface of vertical rod 4, so that pressing plate 6 moves with lifting frame 2 through connecting rod 5, so that prefabricated dish raw materials can be pressed into the inside of thawing cabinet 1 by pressing plate 6, to prevent prefabricated dish raw materials from floating on water surface and affecting thawing efficiency.

[0023] Wherein, the left side inner wall of thawing cabinet 1 is equipped with limiting groove 12, the bottom end inside limiting groove 12 is movably sleeved with limiting block 13, the right end of limiting block 13 is fixedly installed with supporting plate 14, the outer surface of supporting plate 14 and the inner surface of thawing cabinet 1 are movably sleeved;The inner surface of limiting groove 12 and the outer surface of limiting block 13 are smooth, to ensure that limiting block 13 does not jam when moving along the inside of limiting groove 12, and the cooperation of limiting groove 12 and limiting block 13 can also limit the movement of supporting plate 14, to prevent supporting plate 14 from separating from thawing cabinet 1.

[0024] Wherein, the left side of the top end of supporting plate 14 is fixedly installed with vertical plate 15, the right side inside the top end of vertical plate 15 is movably sleeved with clamping block 16, the left end of clamping block 16 is fixedly installed with spring 17, the other end of spring 17 and the inner surface of vertical plate 15 are fixedly connected;Because the right side of the top end of clamping block 16 is inclined, when clamping block 16 and pressing plate 6 contact, clamping block 16 will be extruded to shrink into the inside of vertical plate 15 and compress spring 17, and under the recovery of spring 17, when clamping block 16 and clamping groove 7 align, clamping block 16 will be embedded in clamping groove 7, to lock vertical plate 15 and pressing plate 6.

[0025] The left end of the bottom of the card block 16 is fixedly provided with a connecting plate 18, the outer surface of the connecting plate 18 is movably sleeved with the inner surface of the vertical plate 15, the inner part of the connecting plate 18 is movably sleeved with a limiting plate 19, the outer surface of the limiting plate 19 is fixedly sleeved with the inner surface of the vertical plate 15, the bottom of the connecting plate 18 is fixedly provided with a handle 20, the right end of the handle 20 penetrates through the vertical plate 15 and extends to the outside of the vertical plate 15, and the outer surface of the handle 20 is movably sleeved with the inner surface of the vertical plate 15; when the handle 20 is pushed, the connecting plate 18 moves along the outer surface of the limiting plate 19 with the card block 16, so that the card block 16 is retracted into the inside of the vertical plate 15, and then the locking of the card block 16 on the vertical plate 15 and the pressing plate 6 is released.

[0026] The right end of the inside of the thawing box 1 is fixedly sleeved with a filter plate 21, the bottom of the left end of the filter plate 21 is movably connected with the right end of the supporting plate 14, and the right end of the thawing box 1 is fixedly provided with a heat exchange box 22; due to the existence of the filter plate 21, the water in the inside of the thawing box 1 is filtered, so that impurities are prevented from entering the position on the right side of the filter plate 21 in the inside of the thawing box 1 when the thawing of the raw materials of the prefabricated dishes is carried out, and the heat exchange box 22 is used for storing hot water.

[0027] The top end of the heat exchange box 22 is movably sleeved with a top cover 23, and the left side and the right side of the bottom of the top cover 23 are fixedly provided with a heater 24 respectively; due to the existence of the top cover 23, the heat exchange box 22 is sealed, so that the cooling speed of the hot water in the inside of the heat exchange box 22 is slowed down, and the existence of the heater 24 is used for heating the water in the inside of the heat exchange box 22.

[0028] The front part of the right side of the top of the thawing box 1 is fixedly provided with a water pump 25, the bottom of the water pump 25 is fixedly provided with an inlet pipe 26, the bottom of the inlet pipe 26 penetrates through the thawing box 1 and extends to the inside of the thawing box 1, the outer surface of the inlet pipe 26 is fixedly sleeved with the inner surface of the thawing box 1, the right end of the water pump 25 is fixedly provided with a circulating pipe 27, the other end of the circulating pipe 27 penetrates through the heat exchange box 22 and the thawing box 1 and extends to the bottom of the inner surface of the thawing box 1, and the outer surface of the circulating pipe 27 is fixedly sleeved with the inner surfaces of the heat exchange box 22 and the thawing box 1; when the water pump 25 is started, the water in the inside of the thawing box 1 enters the water pump 25 through the inlet pipe 26, and then flows back to the inside of the thawing box 1 through the circulating pipe 27, and when passing through the heat exchange box 22, the water is heat-exchanged with the hot water in the inside of the heat exchange box 22.

[0029] The working principle and use process of the utility model are as follows:

[0030] Firstly, the operator fills the inside of the thawing tank 1 and the heat exchange tank 22 with appropriate amount of water, then starts the heater 24 to heat the water in the heat exchange tank 22 into hot water, then the operator starts the water pump 25 to make the water in the thawing tank 1 pass through the filter plate 21 and then enter the water pump 25 from the water inlet pipe 26, and then return to the inside of the thawing tank 1 from the circulation pipe 27 after heat exchange with the hot water in the heat exchange tank 22, so as to heat the water in the thawing tank 1, then the operator can put the pre-prepared food raw materials into the thawing tank 1 and thaw them, then the operator starts the driving motor 10 to make the threaded rod 11 rotate, so as to make the rectangular block 9 connected with the threaded rod 11 move with the inclined rod 8, and then make the other end of the inclined rod 8 generate a pulling force on the lifting frame 2 to pull the lifting frame 2 and the pressing plate 6 downward through the connecting rod 5, so as to press the pre-prepared food raw materials into the water to prevent some of the pre-prepared food raw materials from floating on the water surface and affecting the thawing efficiency.

[0031] When thawing is completed, the operator starts the driving motor 10 to make the pressing plate 6 continue to move downward, when the pressing plate 6 contacts the outer surface of the clamping block 16, since the right side of the top end of the clamping block 16 is a slope, with the continuous movement of the pressing plate 6, the pressing plate 6 will squeeze the clamping block 16 to make the clamping block 16 move and compress the spring 17, when the clamping groove 7 and the clamping block 16 are aligned, under the restoring action of the spring 17, the clamping block 16 will be forced to return to the original position and be embedded in the clamping groove 7, so as to lock the pressing plate 6, the vertical plate 15 and the supporting plate 14, at this time the operator can start the driving motor 10 again to make the lifting frame 2 move upward through the pressing plate 6, the connecting rod 5 and the supporting plate 14, so as to lift the pre-prepared food raw materials out of the water, thereby facilitating the operator to take them.

[0032] It should be noted that the relational terms herein such as first and second and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another, without necessarily requiring or implying any such actual relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

[0033] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it should be understood by those ordinary skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, replacements and variations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirits of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A thawing apparatus for the manufacture of pre-prepared meals, comprising a thawing cabinet (1), characterised in that: The top of the left end of the thawing box (1) is movably connected with a lifting frame (2), the bottom of the inside of the lifting frame (2) is fixedly sleeved with a horizontal rod (3), the right end of the horizontal rod (3) is movably connected with the left end of the thawing box (1), the inside of the horizontal rod (3) is movably sleeved with a vertical rod (4), the upper and lower sides of the right end of the vertical rod (4) are fixedly connected with the left end of the thawing box (1), the front and rear sides of the right bottom of the lifting frame (2) are fixedly installed with connecting rods (5), the bottom of the connecting rod (5) is fixedly installed with a pressing plate (6), the middle of the left end of the pressing plate (6) is provided with a clamping groove (7), the middle of the rear end of the lifting frame (2) is hingedly connected with an inclined rod (8), the other end of the inclined rod (8) is hingedly connected with a rectangular block (9), the outer surface of the rectangular block (9) is movably connected with the outer surface of the thawing box (1), the left side of the bottom of the front end of the thawing box (1) is fixedly sleeved with a driving motor (10), the other end of the output shaft of the driving motor (10) is sleeved with a threaded rod (11), the right side of the outer surface of the threaded rod (11) is threadedly sleeved with the inner surface of the rectangular block (9).

2. The thawing apparatus for pre-prepared meals according to claim 1, wherein: The left side inner wall of the thawing box (1) is provided with a limiting groove (12), the bottom of the inside of the limiting groove (12) is movably sleeved with a limiting block (13), the right end of the limiting block (13) is fixedly installed with a supporting plate (14), the outer surface of the supporting plate (14) is movably sleeved with the inner surface of the thawing box (1).

3. The thawing apparatus for pre-prepared meals according to claim 2, wherein: The left side of the top end of the supporting plate (14) is fixedly installed with a vertical plate (15), the right side of the inside of the top end of the vertical plate (15) is movably sleeved with a clamping block (16), the left end of the clamping block (16) is fixedly installed with a spring (17), the other end of the spring (17) is fixedly connected with the inner surface of the vertical plate (15).

4. The apparatus for thawing pre-prepared meals according to claim 3, wherein: The left side of the bottom of the clamping block (16) is fixedly installed with a connecting plate (18), the outer surface of the connecting plate (18) is movably sleeved with the inner surface of the vertical plate (15), the inside of the connecting plate (18) is movably sleeved with a limiting plate (19), the outer surface of the limiting plate (19) is fixedly sleeved with the inner surface of the vertical plate (15), the bottom of the connecting plate (18) is fixedly installed with a handle (20), the right end of the handle (20) penetrates through the vertical plate (15) and extends to the outside of the vertical plate (15), the outer surface of the handle (20) is movably sleeved with the inner surface of the vertical plate (15).

5. The apparatus for thawing pre-prepared meals according to claim 1, wherein: The right end of the inside of the thawing box (1) is fixedly sleeved with a filter plate (21), the left end of the bottom of the filter plate (21) is movably connected with the right end of the supporting plate (14), the right end of the thawing box (1) is fixedly installed with a heat exchange box (22).

6. The apparatus for thawing pre-prepared meals according to claim 5, wherein: The top end of the heat exchange box (22) is movably sleeved with a top cover (23), the left and right sides of the bottom of the top cover (23) are fixedly installed with heaters (24).

7. The thawing apparatus for pre-prepared meals according to claim 1, wherein: The front of the top right side of the thawing box (1) is fixedly provided with a water pump (25), the bottom of the water pump (25) is fixedly provided with a water inlet pipe (26), the bottom of the water inlet pipe (26) penetrates the thawing box (1) and extends to the inside of the thawing box (1), the outer surface of the water inlet pipe (26) is fixedly sleeved with the inner surface of the thawing box (1), the right end of the water pump (25) is fixedly provided with a circulating pipe (27), the other end of the circulating pipe (27) penetrates the heat exchange box (22) and the thawing box (1) and extends to the bottom of the inner surface of the thawing box (1), and the outer surface of the circulating pipe (27) is fixedly sleeved with the inner surfaces of the heat exchange box (22) and the thawing box (1).