Sterilization mechanism for food additives
By combining a heating device and an ultraviolet germicidal lamp, the food additive sterilization mechanism solves the problems of uneven heat distribution and insufficient ultraviolet penetration in traditional sterilization methods, achieving efficient sterilization of food additives and protection of active ingredients.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-10
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-24
AI Technical Summary
In traditional food additive sterilization methods, high-temperature steam sterilization results in uneven heat distribution, leading to the inactivation of heat-sensitive components, while ultraviolet sterilization has insufficient penetration and can only kill surface microorganisms, making it difficult to effectively kill deep-seated microorganisms.
By combining a heating device and an ultraviolet germicidal lamp, and through the internal circulation formed by the stirring component and the feeding component, uniform heating and multiple ultraviolet irradiations are achieved, ensuring that the active ingredients of food additives are not deactivated and improving the sterilization effect of deep-layer materials.
It achieves highly efficient sterilization of food additives, protects active ingredients, significantly enhances the sterilization effect of deep-layer materials, and completely eliminates microbial contaminants.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to food additive processing technical field, and the specific field is a sterilization mechanism for food additive. BACKGROUND
[0002] Food additive as the important component of modern food industry, the health safety standard in its production process is directly related to the quality of terminal product and consumer health, sterilization process as the key link of food additive production, needs effective killing of microbial pollutants in raw materials, avoids the damage of high temperature factor to additive active component simultaneously.
[0003] Traditional food additive sterilization method usually includes high temperature steam sterilization, ultraviolet sterilization, high temperature steam sterilization although good effect, but there may be uneven heat distribution, local overheating causes the problem of heat-sensitive component inactivation, ultraviolet sterilization although to microorganism has strong killing effect, but penetration is limited, can only sterilize surface microorganism, and the effect is poor for deep microorganism, and therefore, provide a sterilization mechanism for food additive. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT
[0004] The utility model discloses a sterilization mechanism for food additive, to solve the problem in the background art.
[0005] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a sterilization mechanism for food additive, include:
[0006] Base;
[0007] Sterilization box, set up on the base;
[0008] Heating device, set up on the inner wall of the sterilization box;
[0009] Ultraviolet germicidal lamp is provided with several, and is evenly distributed on the inside upper end of the sterilization box;
[0010] Stirring assembly, including the drive motor of setting in the sterilization box top, the drive end of drive motor is inserted into the sterilization box and is connected rotary drum, and the bottom of rotary drum and the bottom surface of sterilization box leave the gap, the lateral wall lower end of rotary drum is equipped with several evenly distributed stirring rod;
[0011] Passage, set up several, evenly distributed on the lateral wall upper end of the rotary drum, and all passages are located at the same horizontal height;
[0012] Feeding assembly, set up in the bottom of the sterilization box, for conveying the raw material in the bottom of sterilization box to the passage through the barrel and forms the internal circulation of raw material.
[0013] Preferably, the feeding assembly comprises a barrel fixed to the bottom of the sterilization box, the bottom of the barrel is provided with a forward-reverse motor, the driving end of the forward-reverse motor extends into the barrel and is connected with a spiral conveying auger, the upper end of the spiral conveying auger extends to the inner side of the rotating drum and is matched with the inner wall of the rotating drum, and the bottom of the barrel is provided with a discharging channel.
[0014] Preferably, the rotating direction of the spiral conveying auger for driving the raw materials to ascend is opposite to the rotating direction of the rotating drum.
[0015] Preferably, the upper end of the side wall of the rotating drum and below the through port is provided with an inclined guide plate.
[0016] Preferably, the heating device comprises an electric heating controller arranged on the side wall of the sterilization box and a plurality of annular heating rods distributed on the inner wall of the sterilization box, and the annular heating rods are electrically connected with the electric heating controller.
[0017] Compared with the prior art, the food additive sterilization mechanism has the advantages that: the combination of the heating device and the ultraviolet sterilization lamp can realize efficient sterilization of the food additive, the internal circulation formed by the stirring assembly and the feeding assembly ensures that the heating device can provide uniform heat, effectively protects the active ingredients in the food additive, avoids inactivation of the active ingredients due to local high temperature, and at the same time, the material is exposed to the ultraviolet irradiation area for multiple times in the circulation process, which compensates for the defect of insufficient ultraviolet penetration and significantly improves the deep material sterilization effect, and under the double action, the microorganism pollutants in the raw materials can be more comprehensively killed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0018] Fig. 1 It is a main sectional view structural schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0019] Fig. 2 It is a main sectional view structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
[0020] In the drawing: 1, base; 2, sterilization box; 3, heating device; 31, electric heating controller; 32, annular heating rod; 4, ultraviolet sterilization lamp; 5, stirring assembly; 51, driving motor; 52, rotating drum; 53, stirring rod; 6, through port; 7, feeding assembly; 71, barrel; 72, forward-reverse motor; 73, spiral conveying auger; 74, discharging channel; 8, inclined guide plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0021] With reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, but not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of the present application.
[0022] Please refer to Figs. 1-2 The utility model provides a technical scheme: a sterilization mechanism for food additive, including base 1, sterilization box 2 sets up on base 1, heating device 3 sets up on the inner wall of sterilization box 2, ultraviolet sterilization lamp 4 is provided with several, evenly distributes on the inside upper end of sterilization box 2, stirring subassembly 5 includes the drive motor 51 of setting in the top of sterilization box 2, the drive end of drive motor 51 enters sterilization box 2 and is connected rotary drum 52, and the bottom of rotary drum 52 and the bottom surface of sterilization box 2 leave the gap, and the lower end of the lateral wall of rotary drum 52 is equipped with several evenly distributed stirring rod 53, the mouth 6 is provided with several, evenly distributes on the lateral wall upper end of rotary drum 52, and all mouth 6 is located at the same horizontal height, feeding assembly 7 sets up at the bottom of sterilization box 2, for the raw material at the bottom of sterilization box 2 is transported to the mouth 6 through the cylinder body 71, forms the internal circulation of raw material, through the combination use of heating device 3 and ultraviolet sterilization lamp 4, can realize the efficient sterilization of food additive, through stirring subassembly 5 and feeding assembly 7 form internal circulation, guarantee that heating device can provide uniform heat, effectively protect the active ingredient in food additive, avoid its inactivation because of local high temperature, material is exposed to ultraviolet irradiation area repeatedly in the circulation process, make up the defect of insufficient ultraviolet penetration, significantly improve the sterilization effect of deep material, under the double action, can more comprehensive kill the microbial pollutants in raw material.
[0023] Specifically, feeding assembly 7 includes cylinder body 71 fixed at the bottom of sterilization box 2, the bottom of cylinder body 71 is equipped with a reversible motor 72, the drive end of reversible motor 72 extends into cylinder body 71 and connects a spiral conveying auger 73, the upper end of spiral conveying auger 73 extends to the inside of rotary drum 52, and is matched with the inner wall of rotary drum 52, the bottom of cylinder body 71 is equipped with a discharge passage 74, cylinder body 71 is vertically fixed at the bottom center of sterilization box 2, reversible motor 72 is installed at the bottom of cylinder body 71, drives spiral conveying auger 73 to rotate, when spiral conveying auger 73 rotates positively, raw materials at the bottom of sterilization box 2 are lifted to the mouth 6 and re-enter sterilization box 2, realizing internal circulation, when it reverses, the sterilized raw materials are discharged through discharge passage 74.
[0024] Specifically, the rotation direction of the screw conveyor auger 73 driving the raw materials upward is opposite to the rotation direction of the rotating drum 52, effectively avoiding the situation that the rotation direction of the screw conveyor auger 73 driving the raw materials upward is the same as the rotation direction of the rotating drum 52, which leads to the feeding efficiency of the feeding assembly 7.
[0025] Specifically, the upper end of the side wall of the rotating drum 52 and below the through opening 6 is provided with an inclined guide plate 8, the inclined guide plate 8 is arranged in an annular structure, the inner ring side wall of the inclined guide plate 8 is welded with the rotating drum 52, and a gap is left between the outer ring side wall of the inclined guide plate 8 and the inner wall of the sterilization box 2, so that the raw materials enter the sterilization box 2 after entering the inclined guide plate 8 from the through opening 6, and the raw materials are subjected to sufficient ultraviolet sterilization by the ultraviolet sterilization lamp 4 during the movement on the inclined guide plate 8.
[0026] Specifically, the heating device 3 comprises an electric heating controller 31 arranged on the side wall of the sterilization box 2 and a plurality of annular heating rods 32 distributed on the inner wall of the sterilization box 2, the annular heating rods 32 are electrically connected with the electric heating controller 31, the electric heating controller 31 is embedded on the outer side wall of the sterilization box 2 and connected with the plurality of annular heating rods 32 distributed on the inner wall of the sterilization box 2 through wires, and the annular heating rods 32 are arranged in multiple layers along the axial direction of the sterilization box 2, so as to uniformly heat the inside of the sterilization box.
[0027] Working principle: during the working of the utility model, firstly, the raw materials are added into the sterilization box 2, and at the same time, the heating device 3, the ultraviolet sterilization lamp 4, the stirring assembly 5 and the feeding assembly 7 are started, the stirring assembly 5 drives the rotating drum 5-2 and the stirring rod 5-3 to rotate by the driving motor 5-1 to stir the raw materials, the feeding assembly 7 conveys the raw materials at the bottom of the sterilization box 2 to the through opening 6 through the barrel 71 to form the internal circulation of the raw materials, and the heating device 3 and the ultraviolet sterilization lamp 4 are matched to sterilize the raw materials.
[0028] In the description of the present application, unless otherwise specifically defined and limited, the terms "mounting", "connecting", "connecting", "fixing" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integrated; it can be mechanical connection, or electrical connection; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, it can be the communication or interaction relationship between two elements. For ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.
[0029] The standard parts used in the present application can be purchased from the market, and the special-shaped parts can be ordered according to the description and the drawings, and the specific connection mode of each part adopts the conventional means such as bolt, rivet and welding in the prior art, the machinery, parts and equipment adopt the conventional type in the prior art, and the circuit connection adopts the conventional connection mode in the prior art, which will not be described in detail here.
[0030] While embodiments of the application have been shown and described, it is to be understood that the application is not limited to the details of the embodiments described, since numerous changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the application as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A sterilization mechanism for food additives, characterized in that, include: Base (1); A sterilization chamber (2) is installed on the base (1); A heating device (3) is installed on the inner wall of the sterilization chamber (2); Several ultraviolet germicidal lamps (4) are provided and are evenly distributed inside the upper part of the sterilization box (2); The stirring assembly (5) includes a drive motor (51) located on the top of the sterilization chamber (2). The drive end of the drive motor (51) extends into the sterilization chamber (2) and is connected to the rotating drum (52). There is a gap between the bottom of the rotating drum (52) and the bottom surface of the sterilization chamber (2). Several evenly distributed stirring rods (53) are provided on the lower side wall of the rotating drum (52). A number of openings (6) are provided, evenly distributed on the upper side wall of the rotating cylinder (52), and all openings (6) are located at the same horizontal height; The feeding assembly (7) is located at the bottom of the sterilization box (2) and is used to transport the raw materials at the bottom of the sterilization box (2) through the cylinder (71) to the inlet (6) to form an internal circulation of the raw materials.
2. The sterilization mechanism for food additives according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding assembly (7) includes a cylinder (71) fixed to the bottom of the sterilization chamber (2). The bottom of the cylinder (71) is provided with a forward and reverse motor (72). The driving end of the forward and reverse motor (72) extends into the cylinder (71) and is connected to a spiral conveyor auger (73). The upper end of the spiral conveyor auger (73) extends to the inside of the rotating drum (52) and is adapted to the inner wall of the rotating drum (52). The bottom of the cylinder (71) is provided with a discharge channel (74).
3. The sterilization mechanism for food additives according to claim 2, characterized in that: The spiral conveyor auger (73) drives the raw material to rise in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the drum (52).
4. The sterilization mechanism for food additives according to claim 1, characterized in that: An inclined guide plate (8) is provided on the upper side wall of the rotating drum (52) and below the opening (6).
5. A sterilization mechanism for food additives according to claim 1, characterized in that: The heating device (3) includes an electric heating controller (31) disposed on the side wall of the sterilization chamber (2) and a plurality of annular heating rods (32) distributed on the inner wall of the sterilization chamber (2), wherein the annular heating rods (32) are electrically connected to the electric heating controller (31).