Germination machine

Abstract

The utility model provides a germination machine. The sprouting machine comprises a main machine and a sprouting container. The main machine comprises a machine body and a machine door, and the machine door covers the machine body so that a germination chamber can be jointly defined by the machine door and the machine body. And the germination container can be placed in the germination chamber in a free access manner. The machine body comprises a supporting seat for placing the germination container, and the supporting seat comprises a supporting convex part in contact with the bottom wall of the germination container. And the bottom wall is provided with a normally open water outlet which is kept open. And in the projection on the horizontal plane, at least part of the projection of the normally-open water outlet is located outside the projection of a contact area formed by the supporting convex part and the bottom wall. According to the germination machine provided by the invention, the normally-open water outlet cannot be blocked while the germination container is stably supported, the germination machine is simple in structure and smooth in water drainage, the placement freedom degree of the germination container is not limited, and germination materials can be soaked in flowing water.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of grain germination, and particularly relates to a germination machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] The germination machine is a device capable of promoting the germination of grain and the like, which provides suitable humidity and temperature for the germination material to achieve the purpose of promoting germination. Maintaining suitable humidity is an important condition for achieving germination. At present, the ways of humidifying the grain and the like are generally mist humidification, spray humidification and soaking humidification. The mist humidification and the spray humidification have good humidification effect for the thin germination material; however, when the amount of the germination material is large and the germination material is laid thick, the mist humidification and the spray humidification are difficult to penetrate, and the humidity of the germination material in the inside is often not enough, which affects the germination effect. The soaking humidification makes the germination material wet by adding water to soak the germination material in a water container such as a bucket, a basin and the like. The soaking humidification has good wetting effect for the thick germination material such as a bucket of germination material.

[0003] For the soaking humidification method, the soaking water needs to be drained after the soaking is completed, and a drain valve is generally used to control the opening and closing of the drain port. For the scheme that the drain valve is independently arranged on the soaking container, the drain valve needs to be operated by opening the body of the germination machine, which is inconvenient to operate and affects the germination process. For the scheme that the drain valve is realized by the cooperation of the component arranged on the body and the drain port on the soaking container, the drain port needs to be aligned and assembled with the drain component on the body when the soaking container is loaded into the body, which limits the freedom degree of placing the soaking container, especially when the soaking container is large and contains heavy germination material, the soaking container needs to be assembled at a specific angle and position, which leads to difficult operation. It can be seen that the control of the drain port in the existing soaking humidification scheme has the problem of inconvenient operation.

[0004] In view of this, it is necessary to propose a new technical scheme to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the present application is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, and to provide a germination machine which is convenient for draining.

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the present application adopts the following technical scheme: a germination machine, comprising a main machine and a germination container, the main machine comprising a machine body and a machine door, the machine door being covered on the machine body to jointly enclose a germination chamber, the germination container being freely placed in the germination chamber, the machine body comprising a supporting seat for placing the germination container, the supporting seat comprising a supporting convex part in contact with a bottom wall of the germination container, the bottom wall being provided with a normally open drainage opening kept open, wherein, in the projection on the horizontal plane, the projection of the normally open drainage opening is at least partially located outside the projection of the contact area formed by the supporting convex part and the bottom wall.

[0007] As an optional scheme, the supporting convex part is a plurality of convex ribs.

[0008] As an optional scheme, the convex ribs are arranged in a manner of being narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.

[0009] As an optional scheme, the convex ribs are in the shape of triangular prisms or trapezoidal columns.

[0010] As an optional scheme, the two adjacent convex ribs are arranged in a manner of being through from top to bottom.

[0011] As an optional scheme, the germination machine comprises a water tank arranged below the supporting seat.

[0012] As an optional scheme, the water tank is provided with a liquid heating device.

[0013] As an optional scheme, the germination container comprises an outer barrel and an inner barrel arranged in the outer barrel, the inner barrel being configured as a water filtering barrel with a plurality of water filtering holes, the outer barrel being configured as a water storage barrel capable of storing liquid, and the normally open drainage opening being arranged on the bottom wall of the outer barrel.

[0014] As an optional scheme, a plurality of supporting feet are arranged between the bottom wall of the inner barrel and the bottom wall of the outer barrel, the plurality of supporting feet supporting the inner barrel to form a draining space between the bottom wall of the inner barrel and the bottom wall of the outer barrel.

[0015] As an optional scheme, the upper edge of the circumferential wall of the inner barrel is higher than the upper edge of the circumferential wall of the outer barrel.

[0016] The sprouting machine provided by the application comprises a main machine and a sprouting container, the bottom wall of the sprouting container is provided with a normally open drainage port which is kept open, and no drainage valve is arranged, water storage and soaking can be realized by the way that the water injection amount is greater than the drainage amount of the normally open drainage port, the sprouting container is placed on a supporting seat, the supporting seat comprises a supporting convex part in contact with the bottom wall of the sprouting container, and in the projection on the horizontal plane, the projection of the normally open drainage port is at least partially located outside the projection of the contact area formed by the supporting convex part and the bottom wall, so that the supporting convex part can realize stable support for the sprouting container and will not block the normally open drainage port, the structure is simple, the drainage is smooth, the freedom degree of the sprouting container is not limited, and flow water soaking of the sprouting material can be realized. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the application, the drawings of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description only relate to some embodiments of the application and are not limited to the application.

[0018] Figure 1 is a perspective assembly view of an embodiment of the sprouting machine of the application, wherein the machine door is in the closed state.

[0019] Figure 2 is a perspective assembly view of an embodiment of the sprouting machine of the application, wherein the machine door is in the open state and the sprouting container is in the removed state.

[0020] Figure 3 is a perspective view of the outer barrel in an embodiment of the sprouting machine of the application.

[0021] Figure 4 is a perspective view of the inner barrel in an embodiment of the sprouting machine of the application.

[0022] Figure 5 is a perspective assembly view of the outer barrel and the supporting seat in an embodiment of the sprouting machine of the application.

[0023] Figure 6 is a perspective exploded view of the outer barrel and the supporting seat in an embodiment of the sprouting machine of the application.

[0024] Figure 7 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the sprouting machine of the application.

[0025] Figure 8 is Figure 7 is a local enlarged view of A in FIG.

[0026] EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS:

[0027] 100. sprouting machine; 10. main body; 1. machine body; 2. machine door; 101. sprouting chamber; 11. supporting seat; 111. supporting protrusion; 3. sprouting container; 301. circulating flow cavity; 302. draining space; 31. outer barrel; 311. circumferential wall of outer barrel; 312. bottom wall of outer barrel; 3120. normally open drainage opening; 32. inner barrel; 321. circumferential wall of inner barrel; 322. bottom wall of inner barrel; 3221. supporting leg; 4. water tank; 41. liquid heating device; 5. liquid supply device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] To make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the following will further describe the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings. The components of the embodiments of the present application described and shown in the accompanying drawings can be arranged and designed in various different configurations. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0029] It should be noted that: similar reference numerals and letters represent similar items in the following drawings, therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, it does not need to be further defined and explained in subsequent drawings.

[0030] Unless otherwise defined, the technical terms or scientific terms used in the present patent document should be understood as the common meanings understood by those skilled in the art. The terms "first", "second" and similar terms used in the patent specification and claims of the present application do not represent any order, number or importance, but are only used to distinguish different components. Similarly, the terms "one", "an" or "the" and similar terms do not represent a quantity limitation, but represent the existence of at least one. The terms "including", "containing" and similar terms mean that the elements or objects appearing before "including" or "containing" cover the elements or objects listed after "including" or "containing" and their equivalents, and do not exclude other elements or objects. The terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", "far", "near" and the like are only used to represent relative positional relationships, which may change accordingly when the absolute position of the described object changes, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and therefore cannot be understood as indicating or implying that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present application.

[0031] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that unless specifically stated and limited otherwise, the terms "mounting", "connected", "connection" should be understood broadly, for example, can be fixedly connected, or separably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or the communication inside two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0032] Some embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The features in the following examples can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0033] Please refer to Figures 1 to 8 As shown in the drawings, the present application provides a germinator 100, which is designed to solve the problem of inconvenient operation caused by controlling drainage through a drainage valve. The germinator 100 comprises a main machine 10 and a germination container 3, the main machine 10 comprises a machine body 1 and a machine door 2, the machine door 2 is covered on the machine body 1 to jointly enclose a germination chamber 101, and the germination container 3 is freely placed in the germination chamber 101. The machine body 1 comprises a supporting seat 11 for placing the germination container 3, and the supporting seat 11 comprises a supporting protrusion 111 in contact with the bottom wall of the germination container 3, and the bottom wall is provided with a normally open drainage port 3120 which is kept open. In the projection on the horizontal plane, the projection of the normally open drainage port 3120 is at least partially located outside the projection of the contact area formed by the supporting protrusion 111 and the bottom wall.

[0034] In the germinator 100 provided by the present application, the bottom wall of the germination container 3 is provided with a normally open drainage port 3120 which is kept open, and no drainage valve is arranged, and the water storage soaking can be realized by the way that the water injection amount is greater than the drainage amount of the normally open drainage port 3120. The supporting seat 11 for placing the germination container 3 is provided with a supporting protrusion 111 in contact with the bottom wall of the germination container 3, and in the projection on the horizontal plane, the projection of the normally open drainage port 3120 is at least partially located outside the projection of the contact area formed by the supporting protrusion 111 and the bottom wall, so as to ensure that the supporting protrusion 111 can stably support the germination container 3 without blocking the normally open drainage port 3120. The structure is simple, the drainage is smooth, the placing freedom of the germination container 3 is not limited, and the flowing water soaking of the germination material can be realized.

[0035] Please refer to Figures 5 to 8As shown, in the embodiment, the supporting protrusions 111 are a plurality of protruding ribs. The plurality of protruding ribs are arranged in parallel with each other, so that the contact area formed between the supporting seat 11 and the bottom wall of the germination container 3 is a plurality of strip-shaped contact areas arranged in parallel with each other. The width of each strip-shaped contact area is smaller than the size of the always-open drainage port 3120 in the width direction of the strip-shaped contact area, so that the always-open drainage port 3120 is not blocked by the supporting protrusions 111, and the always-open drainage port 3120 can normally drain water. In the embodiment, the always-open drainage port 3120 is a circular hole; in other embodiments, the always-open drainage port 3120 can also be a through hole of other shapes, and the number thereof can be one or more. In some embodiments, the placement position of the germination container 3 in the germination chamber 101 has a certain activity space in the front-rear and left-right directions, and each time the germination container 3 is placed, its position is not determined. Therefore, the projection of the always-open drainage port 3120 is at least partially located outside the projection of the contact area formed between the supporting protrusions 111 and the bottom wall, including the case where the strip-shaped contact area passes directly below the always-open drainage port 3120, and also including the case where the strip-shaped contact area does not pass directly below the always-open drainage port 3120, that is, the always-open drainage port 3120 can be partially blocked or not blocked, but in any case, it will not be completely blocked.

[0036] In the embodiment, the protruding ribs are arranged in a narrow-top wide-bottom manner. The narrow-top arrangement makes the contact area formed between the protruding ribs and the bottom wall of the germination container 3 smaller, avoiding the always-open drainage port 3120 being blocked or the area of the always-open drainage port 3120 being blocked being too large to cause slow drainage or no drainage. The wide-bottom arrangement can make the structural strength of the protruding ribs better, so as to provide more stable support for the germination container 3. In the embodiment, the protruding ribs are in the shape of a triangular prism. The top of the triangular prism is a circular arc contact surface, which can provide stable support for the germination container 3, and the top of the triangular prism is not easy to damage and scratch the bottom surface of the germination container 3. In other embodiments, the protruding ribs can also be arranged in the shape of a trapezoidal column. In other embodiments, the supporting protrusions 111 can also be a plurality of protruding columns, protruding blocks, protruding ribs arranged in a mesh shape, protruding ribs arranged in a curved shape, etc.

[0037] In the present embodiment, the two adjacent convex ribs are provided in a through manner from top to bottom. In the present embodiment, the support base 11 is generally similar to a floor drain. The water discharged from the always-open drain 3120 can flow downward through the adjacent convex ribs. Further, the germination machine 100 comprises a water tank 4 arranged below the support base 11. The water discharged from the always-open drain 3120 can flow into the water tank 4 through the adjacent convex ribs. The water in the water tank 4 can be circulated to the germination container 3 by a liquid supply device 5. The liquid supply device 5 comprises a water pump, a pipeline and other components for liquid flow. The liquid supply device 5 is configured to provide a liquid flow to the germination container 3 that is greater than the liquid flow discharged from the drain 3120, so that the germination container 3 accumulates liquid. By such an arrangement, the germination machine 100 does not need to provide a valve structure matched with the drain 3120 of the germination container 3. Therefore, the germination container 3 can be relatively freely placed in and taken out of the machine body 1 without considering the alignment matching problem with the machine body 1. This greatly facilitates the handling and placement of the germination container 3 which is heavier after being filled with germination materials. Moreover, by the way of injection and outflow, the germination materials can be soaked in the flowing liquid, which can make the soaking more sufficient and the heat transfer more uniform. Since the soaking of the germination materials in the present application is performed by using flowing water, the soaking water can be recycled during the soaking process to reduce water waste. Of course, the water after completing one or several times of soaking can be discharged from the water tank 4 and refilled with clean water for the next soaking. The water tank 4 is provided with a liquid heating device 41 for heating the water in the water tank 4 to maintain a set water temperature. Soaking the germination materials in the water at the set temperature can maintain the germination materials near the suitable germination temperature to accelerate the germination process. In the present embodiment, the liquid heating device 41 is a heating tube. In the present embodiment, the water tank 4 is arranged in the machine body 1 below the support base 11. Since the machine door 2 is closed, the germination chamber 101 surrounded by the machine body 1 and the machine door 2 is a relatively sealed cavity. The water at the set temperature in the water tank 4 can also maintain the temperature environment of the entire germination chamber 101 in the suitable germination temperature range.

[0038] Please refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4As shown, the germination container 3 is used to hold the germination material and is adapted to inject water to soak the germination material. The germination container 3 comprises an outer barrel 31 and an inner barrel 32 arranged in the outer barrel 31, the inner barrel 32 is configured as a water filtering barrel with a plurality of water filtering holes, and the outer barrel 31 is configured as a water storage barrel capable of storing liquid, and the always-open water outlet 3120 is arranged on the bottom wall 312 of the outer barrel. The outer barrel 31 comprises an outer barrel side wall 311 and an outer barrel bottom wall 312, and the outer barrel side wall 311 and the outer barrel bottom wall 312 form an outer barrel cavity capable of containing liquid. The inner barrel 32 comprises an inner barrel side wall 321 and an inner barrel bottom wall 322, and the inner barrel side wall 321 and the inner barrel bottom wall 322 form an inner barrel cavity capable of containing the germination material. The inner barrel side wall 321 is provided with a plurality of water filtering holes configured to allow liquid to pass but limit the germination material to pass. Wherein, the inner barrel 32 is arranged in the outer barrel 31, and the inner barrel side wall 321 and the outer barrel side wall 311 have a spacing therebetween to form a surrounding flow cavity 301 to promote uniform flow of liquid. In this embodiment, the inner barrel 32 and the outer barrel 31 are both cylindrical, and the diameter of the inner barrel side wall 321 is smaller than the diameter of the outer barrel side wall 311, so that when the inner barrel 32 is placed in the outer barrel 31, the inner barrel side wall 321 is not in close contact with the outer barrel side wall 311. The surrounding flow cavity 301 can make the liquid quickly distributed around the inner barrel 32 and uniformly enter the inner barrel 32 to soak the germination material therein, which can reduce flow resistance, accelerate liquid flow, and make the germination material in the inner barrel 32 more evenly soaked.

[0039] In the embodiment, the outer barrel 31 is a container capable of storing water, and the inner barrel 32 is a filter container capable of containing germination materials, and the two cooperate to facilitate the soaking of the germination materials and the discharge of the liquid. The outer barrel is provided with a handle on the circumferential wall 311 of the outer barrel 31, which facilitates lifting the outer barrel 31. A plurality of supporting feet 3221 are arranged between the bottom wall 322 of the inner barrel and the bottom wall 312 of the outer barrel. When the inner barrel 32 is placed in the outer barrel 31, the plurality of supporting feet 3221 support the inner barrel 32 to form a draining space 302 between the bottom wall 322 of the inner barrel and the bottom wall 312 of the outer barrel. In the embodiment, the supporting feet 3221 are arranged on the bottom wall 322 of the inner barrel 32 and can be assembled on the inner barrel 32 by welding, screws, buckles or other connection methods. The supporting feet 3221 can support the inner barrel 32 relative to the outer barrel 31, so that the bottom wall 322 of the inner barrel and the bottom wall 312 of the outer barrel have a spacing. As a variant, the supporting feet 3221 can be arranged on the inner surface of the bottom wall 312 of the outer barrel 31 of the outer barrel, or arranged on the circumferential wall 311 of the outer barrel 31 near the lower part and extending into the outer barrel 31, or placed as a separate pad between the inner barrel 32 and the outer barrel 31. The arrangement of the draining space 302 can avoid the direct contact between the bottom wall 322 of the inner barrel and the bottom wall 312 of the outer barrel, which can cause the draining port 3120 to be blocked by the germination materials in the inner barrel 32 due to the close distance between the two, and the water flow rate is too slow during liquid discharge, or the draining port 3120 is blocked and cannot discharge liquid. On the other hand, the direct contact between the bottom wall 322 of the inner barrel and the bottom wall 312 of the outer barrel can cause some liquid to remain in the narrow space between the bottom wall 322 of the inner barrel and the bottom wall 312 of the outer barrel due to the surface tension of the liquid after the liquid discharge is completed, which can cause the germination materials at the bottom to rot and deteriorate due to poor ventilation.

[0040] When the inner barrel 32 is placed in the outer barrel 31, the upper edge of the circumferential wall 321 of the inner barrel is higher than the upper edge of the circumferential wall 311 of the outer barrel. In this way, when the liquid in the germination container 3 is poured to overflow the upper edge of the circumferential wall 311 of the outer barrel, the germination materials floating on the upper edge of the circumferential wall 321 of the inner barrel can still be blocked by the circumferential wall 321 of the inner barrel and remain in the inner barrel 32, and will not flow out with the liquid.

[0041] In the embodiment, the main machine 10 of the malting machine 100 comprises a machine body 1 and a machine door 2, which enclose a malting chamber 101, and the malting container 3 is placed in the malting chamber 101 to malt after being filled with malting materials. The malting machine 100 can realize water soaking, water draining of the malting materials placed in the malting chamber 101, and in some embodiments, water temperature control, chamber 101 environment temperature control, and in some embodiments, automatic addition of malting materials, stirring of the malting materials, and other operations.

[0042] When using the malting machine 100 provided by the application, first, the inner barrel 32 is placed in the outer barrel 31 outside the machine body 1, and the malting materials are added to the inner barrel 32 of the malting container 3; after the malting materials are added, the malting container 3 filled with the malting materials is placed in the malting chamber 101 of the machine body 1; then the machine door 2 is closed, and the malting machine 100 is started, and the water supply device 5 injects water into the malting container 3, and the water is injected and flows out at the same time, but because the water injection amount is greater than the water draining amount, after a period of time, the malting container 3 is filled with water, at this time, the water injection flow can be kept or reduced to be the same as the water flowing out flow, so that the malting container 3 is kept filled for a period of time, until the malting materials absorb enough water and swell; then the water injection is stopped, and the water in the malting container 3 gradually flows out, and after the water flows out, the soaked malting materials malt in the malting container 3; during the malting process, the above water injection and water draining process can be repeated every set time, such as 3 hours or 5 hours, which can make the temperature of the grains in the malting process balanced, avoid burning, and keep the temperature of the grains at a suitable malting temperature; finally, after the malting is completed, the malting materials are sprayed or soaked with clean water to remove the odor; thus the malting process is completed, the machine door 2 is opened, and the malting container 3 is taken out.

[0043] From the above description of the specific embodiments, it can be known that the malting machine 100 provided by the application, the bottom wall of the malting container 3 is provided with a normally open water draining port 3120 which is kept open, and no water draining valve is provided, and the water storage soaking can be realized by the way that the water injection amount is greater than the water draining amount of the normally open water draining port 3120. The support seat 11 for placing the malting container 3 is provided with a support protrusion 111 which is used to contact the bottom wall of the malting container 3, and the support protrusion 111 can stably support the malting container 3 without blocking the normally open water draining port 3120. The structure is simple, the water draining is smooth, the malting container 3 is free to place, and the flowing water soaking of the malting materials can be realized.

[0044] The above merely provides the specific implementation of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited to this. Any changes or replacements that are easily thought of by those skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed by the present application should be covered within the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A sprouting machine comprising a main machine and a sprouting container, said main machine comprising a machine body and a machine door, said machine door being hingably attached to said machine body to collectively enclose a sprouting chamber, said sprouting container being freely accessible and placeable in said sprouting chamber, characterized in that, The machine body comprises a support seat for placing the germination container, the support seat comprises a support protrusion in contact with the bottom wall of the germination container, the bottom wall is provided with a normally open drainage port which remains open, wherein in the projection on the horizontal plane, the projection of the normally open drainage port is at least partially located outside the projection of the contact area formed by the support protrusion and the bottom wall.

2. The germinator of claim 1, wherein The support protrusion is a plurality of protruding ribs.

3. The germinator of claim 2, wherein The protruding ribs are arranged in a narrow upper and wide lower manner.

4. The germinator of claim 3, wherein The protruding ribs are in the shape of triangular prisms or trapezoidal columns.

5. The germinator as claimed in claim 2, wherein The two adjacent protruding ribs are arranged in a through manner from top to bottom.

6. The germinator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein The germination machine comprises a water tank arranged below the support seat.

7. The germinator as claimed in claim 6, wherein The water tank is provided with a liquid heating device.

8. The germinator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein The germination container comprises an outer barrel and an inner barrel arranged in the outer barrel, the inner barrel is configured as a water filtering barrel with a plurality of water filtering holes, the outer barrel is configured as a water storage barrel capable of accumulating liquid, and the normally open drainage port is arranged on the bottom wall of the outer barrel.

9. The germinator of claim 8, wherein A plurality of supporting feet are arranged between the bottom wall of the inner barrel and the bottom wall of the outer barrel, the plurality of supporting feet support the inner barrel to form a draining space between the bottom wall of the inner barrel and the bottom wall of the outer barrel.

10. The germinator as claimed in claim 8, wherein, The upper edge of the circumferential side wall of the inner barrel is higher than the upper edge of the circumferential side wall of the outer barrel.

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