Storing device for keeping activity of distiller's yeast
By designing a yeast starter activity preservation storage device, using a carbon dioxide sensor and electromagnet to control the vent, combined with an intermittent rotating column and a rotating screw, the device enables real-time removal of carbon dioxide and intermittent addition of nutrients during yeast starter storage. This solves the problems of high concentrations of carbon dioxide inhibiting metabolism and requiring regular feeding during yeast starter storage, thus maintaining the activity of the yeast starter and extending its storage life.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- ZHEJIANG SHENGTA SHAOXING WINE CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-12
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-10
AI Technical Summary
During storage, the high concentration of carbon dioxide inhibits the metabolic activity of yeast, causing it to gradually become inactive. Long-term storage requires regular feeding to maintain its activity.
A yeast starter activity preservation and storage device was designed. It uses a carbon dioxide sensor and an electromagnet to control the opening and closing of the exhaust port. Combined with an intermittent rotating column and a rotating screw, it realizes the real-time discharge of carbon dioxide and the intermittent addition of nutrients, and adjusts the concentration of carbon dioxide and nutrients to maintain the activity of the yeast starter.
By controlling the concentration of carbon dioxide and the addition of nutrients in real time, the activity of the starter culture is maintained, its inactivation is prevented, its metabolic activity is reduced, and its storage life is extended.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to wine brewing technical field, concretely is a kind of wine yeast activity storage device. BACKGROUND
[0002] Yellow rice wine is the fermentation wine fermented by rice, millet, millet, corn, wheat, water and so on as main raw materials, and part of enzyme preparation, wine yeast and so on saccharification fermentation agent, and wine yeast refers to artificial yeast culture solution containing a large amount of sugar fermentation into alcohol, in the wine brewing process, wine yeast is mainly used for the brewing of yellow rice wine, after glutinous rice is steamed, it is cooled by water spraying, then small koji and wheat koji are put in for saccharification and fermentation, so as to proliferate a large amount of yeast and saccharification bacteria.
[0003] Wine yeast produces carbon dioxide during anaerobic respiration in storage, and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the storage device has a significant impact on wine yeast storage, high concentration of carbon dioxide can inhibit the metabolic activity of wine yeast, leading to the inactivation of wine yeast, the slow speed of fermentation, and even the death of wine yeast, and in order to maintain its activity during long-term storage, it needs to be fed regularly to maintain its activity. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT
[0004] (I) technical problem solved
[0005] In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a wine yeast activity storage device, which solves the problems raised in the above background.
[0006] (II) technical scheme
[0007] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model realizes by the following technical scheme:
[0008] A wine yeast activity storage device, comprising a storage tank body, an exhaust mechanism and an adding mechanism are connected to the top of the storage tank body, the exhaust mechanism comprises an exhaust cylinder, a pressure piston, a carbon dioxide sensor and an electromagnetic assembly, the exhaust cylinder is communicated at the top of the storage tank body, the carbon dioxide sensor is installed on the inner wall of the lower side of the exhaust cylinder, the exhaust cylinder is provided with an exhaust hole in the middle part, the electromagnetic assembly comprises two electromagnets arranged on the upper and lower sides of the exhaust hole respectively, the pressure piston is slidably installed in the exhaust cylinder between the two electromagnets, the pressure piston is connected with the exhaust cylinder through a pressure spring, and the upper and lower sides of the pressure piston are provided with magnetic attraction rings.
[0009] Preferably, the pressure piston comprises a piston sheet and a piston rod, the magnetic attraction ring is fixed on the piston sheet, the top of the piston rod is provided with an open-ended sliding cylinder, the sliding cylinder is slidingly installed on the inner wall of the exhaust cylinder body, the top of the exhaust cylinder body is rotationally connected with an intermittent rotating column, a plurality of first and last connected overturning slides are arranged on the outer wall of the intermittent rotating column, the inner wall of the sliding cylinder is provided with a guide block, the guide block is slidingly abutted in the overturning slide, and the pressure spring is abutted between the sliding cylinder and the intermittent rotating column.
[0010] Preferably, the overturning slide comprises overturning portions, upper excess portions, lower excess portions and back-falling portions which are communicated with each other, the overturning portions are arranged in an inclined manner, the back-falling portions are arranged in a vertical manner, the upper excess portions are connected at the top ends of the overturning portions and the top ends of the back-falling portions, the upper excess portions are arranged in a circular arc shape, the axis of the upper excess portions is arranged on the left side of the middle line of the back-falling portions, and the lower excess portions are connected at the lower ends of the overturning portions and the lower ends of the back-falling portions, the lower excess portions are arranged in a circular arc shape, and the axis of the upper excess portions is arranged on the right side of the middle line of the back-falling portions.
[0011] Preferably, the adding mechanism comprises a negative pressure cylinder, a rotating screw rod and a nut piston, the negative pressure cylinder is communicated at the top of the storage tank body, the bottom of the negative pressure cylinder is provided with a positioning sieve ring, the lower end of the rotating screw rod is rotationally arranged in the middle part of the positioning sieve ring, the nut piston is threadedly connected and sleeved on the rotating screw rod, the inner wall of the negative pressure cylinder is provided with a vertical strip, the outer edge of the nut piston is provided with a vertical groove, and the nut piston is slidingly connected on the inner wall of the negative pressure cylinder.
[0012] Preferably, a linkage mechanism is connected between the rotating screw rod and the intermittent rotating column, the linkage mechanism comprises a driving groove ring, oppositely arranged fixed and sliding conical tables and an elastic transmission belt, the fixed conical table is fixed on the rotating screw rod, the sliding conical table is slidingly sleeved on the rotating screw rod, the transmission groove is formed between the fixed conical table and the sliding conical table, the elastic transmission belt is sleeved between the driving groove ring and the transmission groove, the top of the intermittent rotating column is provided with a driving slide rod, the outer wall of the driving slide rod is provided with a positioning strip, the inner wall of the driving groove ring is provided with a positioning groove which is concave-convex matched with the positioning strip, and the driving groove ring is slidingly sleeved on the driving slide rod.
[0013] Preferably, the top of the rotating screw rod is fixed with an adjusting ring, the adjusting ring is threadedly connected with an adjusting screw rod, the upper side of the sliding conical table is provided with a rotating seat, and the lower end of the adjusting screw rod is rotationally connected with the rotating seat.
[0014] Preferably, the top of the piston rod is provided with a sliding hole, the lower end of the sliding cylinder is provided with a sliding rod, the sliding rod is slidingly arranged in the sliding hole, and a displacement spring is connected between the sliding hole and the sliding rod.
[0015] (Three) beneficial effects
[0016] The utility model provides a kind of wine yeast activity keeps storage device.It has the following beneficial effects:
[0017] 1, the utility model can detect the carbon dioxide concentration of storage tank body inner wall in real time by carbon dioxide sensor, and selectively control the opening and closing of two electromagnets, when carbon dioxide concentration reaches set upper limit, lower electromagnet is closed, upper electromagnet is opened, the pressure of storage tank body inside pushes pressure piston to slide upwards and is adsorbed on upper electromagnet, storage tank body can be communicated with outside by exhaust hole, and carbon dioxide gas inside is discharged, when carbon dioxide concentration reaches set lower limit, upper electromagnet is closed, lower electromagnet is opened, pressure piston resets under the action of pressure spring, and is adsorbed on lower electromagnet, complete the control to carbon dioxide concentration in storage tank body.
[0018] 2, in the utility model, in the process of air release, sliding cylinder is pushed up synchronously, can be intermittent rotation column rotation angle by guiding block sliding in turnover slide, and rotating screw is rotated by elastic transmission belt, so as to push nut piston to move down, so that the nutrient substance in negative pressure cylinder is extruded into storage tank body, to avoid wine yeast inactivation.
[0019] 3, in the utility model, rotating adjusting screw can change the distance between fixed cone and sliding cone, so that the transmission ratio between driving groove ring and transmission groove can be changed, so that the amount of nutrient substance dropped into storage tank body each time can be adjusted. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0020] Figure 1 It is the structure schematic view of the utility model wine yeast activity keeps storage device.
[0021] Figure 2 It is the sectional view of air release mechanism and adding mechanism in the utility model.
[0022] Figure 3 It is the structure schematic view of air release mechanism in the utility model.
[0023] Figure 4 It is the turnover slide development drawing of intermittent rotation column in the utility model.
[0024] In the figure: 1, storage tank body; 2 exhaust cylinder body; 3, pressure piston; 4, carbon dioxide sensor; 5, electromagnet; 6, pressure spring; 7, magnetic attraction ring; 8, sliding cylinder; 9, guide block; 10, displacement spring; 11, intermittent rotating column; 12, turnover slide; 121, turnover part; 122, upper excess part; 123, lower excess part; 124, back-falling part; 13, negative pressure cylinder body; 14, rotating screw; 15, nut piston; 16, positioning screen ring; 17, driving groove ring; 18, fixed cone; 19, sliding cone; 20, elastic transmission belt; 21, adjusting ring; 22, adjusting screw; 23, driving slide bar. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] The technical scheme in the utility model embodiment will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the utility model embodiments.
[0026] The utility model embodiment provides a kind of wine mother active storage device, as shown in Figures 1-4 The utility model embodiment provides a kind of wine mother active storage device, as shown in
[0027] As shown in Figures 2-3 The exhaust mechanism includes exhaust cylinder body 2, pressure piston 3, carbon dioxide sensor 4 and electromagnetic assembly, the exhaust cylinder body 2 is fixed at the top of storage tank body 1, and is communicated with the inside of storage tank body 1, the middle part of the exhaust cylinder body 2 is provided with exhaust hole, the carbon dioxide sensor 4 is installed in the inner wall lower side of exhaust cylinder body 2, for detecting the concentration of carbon dioxide inside storage tank body 1 in real time, the electromagnetic assembly includes two electromagnets 5 respectively arranged on the upper and lower sides of exhaust hole, the pressure piston 3 includes piston sheet and piston rod, the pressure piston 3 is connected with pressure spring 6 between exhaust cylinder body 2, the upper and lower sides of the piston sheet are provided with installation ring groove, the magnetic attraction ring 7 is fixed in the installation ring groove, the piston sheet is arranged between two electromagnets 5, the carbon dioxide sensor 4 is electrically connected with two electromagnets 5, when pressure piston 3 is in lower position, lower electromagnet 5 is opened, and upper electromagnet 5 is closed, pressure piston 3 is attracted on lower electromagnet 5, when the carbon dioxide concentration of the inner wall of storage tank body 1 reaches preset upper limit, lower electromagnet 5 is closed, and upper electromagnet 5 is opened, at this time, the pressure of the gas of storage tank body 1 to pressure piston 3 is far greater than the elasticity of pressure spring 6, can push pressure piston 3 upwards to the upper side of exhaust hole, so that storage tank body 1 is communicated with the outside, for the release of carbon dioxide, control the concentration of carbon dioxide in storage tank body 1, and at the same time, upper electromagnet 5 adsorbs pressure piston 3 and continues to slide upwards, and is adsorbed on upper electromagnet 5, when the carbon dioxide concentration of the inner wall of storage tank body 1 reaches preset lower limit, lower electromagnet 5 is opened, and upper electromagnet 5 is closed, and pressure piston 3 resets to initial state.
[0028] The top of the piston rod is provided with an upper end opening sliding cylinder 8, the inner wall of the sliding cylinder 8 is provided with a guide block 9, the top of the piston rod is provided with a sliding hole, the lower end of the sliding cylinder 8 is provided with a sliding rod, the sliding rod slides through the sliding hole, a displacement spring 10 is connected between the sliding hole and the sliding rod, the elasticity of the displacement spring 10 is greater than that of the pressure spring 4, the inner wall of the exhaust cylinder body 2 is provided with an exhaust strip, the outer wall of the sliding cylinder 8 is provided with an exhaust groove matched with the exhaust strip, the sliding cylinder 8 is slidingly installed on the inner wall of the exhaust cylinder body 2, so that the pressure piston 3 can slide vertically during the sliding process and cannot rotate circumferentially.
[0029] As shown in Figures 3-4 The top of the exhaust cylinder body 2 is rotatably connected with an intermittent rotating column 11, the outer wall of the intermittent rotating column 11 is provided with a plurality of head-to-tail connected overturning slides 12, the overturning slide 12 includes mutually communicating overturning portions 121, upper transition portions 122, lower transition portions 123 and falling back portions 124, the overturning portions 121 are obliquely arranged, the falling back portions 124 are vertically arranged, the upper transition portions 122 are connected at the top ends of the overturning portions 121 and the top ends of the falling back portions 124, the upper transition portions 122 are arranged in a circular arc shape, the axis of the upper transition portions 122 is arranged at the left side of the middle line of the falling back portions 124, the lower transition portions 123 are connected at the lower ends of the overturning portions 121 and the lower ends of the falling back portions 124, the lower transition portions 123 are arranged in a circular arc shape, the axis of the upper transition portions 122 is arranged at the right side of the middle line of the falling back portions 124, the guide block 9 slidingly abuts in the overturning slide 12, the rebounding force of the displacement spring 10 is greater than the frictional force of the guide block 9 sliding in the overturning slide 12, the pressure spring 6 abuts between the sliding cylinder 8 and the intermittent rotating column 11, the stroke space of the piston sheet is formed between the two electromagnets 5, so that the stroke of the piston sheet is greater than the height of the intermittent rotating column 11, during the upward sliding process of the pressure piston 3, the guide block 9 slides in the overturning portion 121, due to the fact that the sliding cylinder 8 can only slide vertically, the intermittent rotating column 11 rotates by a certain angle, until the guide block slides to the top of the upper transition portion 122, during the continuous lifting process of the pressure piston 3, the sliding displacement space of the pressure piston 3 provided by the contraction of the displacement spring 10 can ensure that the stroke of the pressure piston 3 can be greater than the vertical height of the overturning slide 12, so as to avoid the situation that the intermittent rotating column 11 cannot intermittently rotate due to the insufficient sliding distance, under the condition that the smooth rotation is ensured, the sliding displacement space of the pressure piston 3 provided by the contraction of the displacement spring 10 during the continuous lifting process of the pressure piston 3, reduces the processing difficulty of the cooperation between the lifting stroke and the overturning slide.
[0030] As shown in Figures 1-2As shown, the adding mechanism comprises a negative pressure cylinder 13, a rotating screw 14 and a nut piston 15, the negative pressure cylinder 13 is communicated at the top of the storage tank 1, a nutrient storage space is formed between the inner wall of the negative pressure cylinder 13 and the nut piston 15, a positioning sieve ring 16 is arranged at the bottom of the negative pressure cylinder 13, nutrients can pass through the positioning sieve ring 16 freely, the lower end of the rotating screw 14 is rotatably arranged at the middle of the positioning sieve ring 16, the nut piston 15 is threadedly connected and sleeved on the rotating screw 14, vertical strips are arranged on the inner wall of the negative pressure cylinder 13, vertical grooves are arranged on the outer edge of the nut piston 15, the nut piston 15 is slidingly connected on the inner wall of the negative pressure cylinder 13, rotating the rotating screw 14 can make the nut piston 15 translate downward in the negative pressure cylinder 13, so as to extrude the nutrients into the storage tank 1, and keep the activity of the yeast mother in the storage tank 1.
[0031] As shown in the figure, Figures 1-2 The rotating screw 14 and the intermittent rotating column 11 are connected with a linkage mechanism, the linkage mechanism comprises a driving groove ring 17, oppositely arranged fixed conical table 18 and sliding conical table 19 and elastic transmission belt 20, the fixed conical table 18 is fixed on the rotating screw 14, the sliding conical table 19 is slidingly sleeved on the rotating screw 14, the driving groove ring 17 is sleeved between the fixed conical table 18 and the sliding conical table 19, the elastic transmission belt 20 is sleeved between the driving groove ring 17 and the transmission groove, the top of the rotating screw 14 is fixed with an adjusting ring 21, the adjusting ring 21 is threadedly connected with an adjusting screw 22, the upper side of the sliding conical table 19 is provided with a rotating seat, the lower end of the adjusting screw 22 is rotatably connected with the rotating seat, the top of the intermittent rotating column 11 is provided with a driving slide rod 23, the outer wall of the driving slide rod 23 is provided with a positioning strip, the inner wall of the driving groove ring 17 is provided with a positioning groove matched with the positioning strip in relief, and the driving groove ring 17 is slidingly sleeved on the driving slide rod 23.
[0032] Working principle:
[0033] In the wine yeast initial storage state, the pressure inside and outside the storage tank body 1 is equal, with the increase of storage time, the wine yeast in the storage tank body 1 will not consume the internal oxygen, and the anaerobic respiration will produce carbon dioxide, and the internal pressure of the storage tank body 1 gradually increases, at this time the electromagnet 5 at the lower side of the exhaust cylinder body 2 is in the open state, the electromagnet 5 at the upper side is in the closed state, the pressure piston 3 is adsorbed on the electromagnet 5 at the lower side, can avoid when the lower pressure is too large to push the pressure piston 3 to move up, when the carbon dioxide concentration in the storage tank body 1 reaches the preset upper limit, the electromagnet 5 at the lower side is in the closed state, the electromagnet 5 at the upper side is in the open state, the pressure will push the pressure piston 3 to slide up quickly above the exhaust hole, can discharge the gas in the storage tank body 1, make the carbon dioxide concentration in the storage tank body 1 gradually reduce, at the same time the electromagnet 5 at the upper side will adsorb the pressure piston 3 to continue to move up, ensure that the pressure piston 3 is formed greater than the height of the intermittent rotating column 11, the guide block 9 can move to the extreme point position of the upper excessive part 122 and the lower excessive part 123, convenient for entering the next part of the turning slide 12, the excess part of the stroke can be provided with displacement space by the contraction of the extrusion displacement spring 10, so that the process of releasing carbon dioxide by the pressure piston 3 realizes the intermittent rotation of the intermittent rotating column 11 at the top of the exhaust cylinder body 2.
[0034] The intermittent rotation of the intermittent rotating column 11 can drive the rotating screw 14 to rotate through the elastic transmission belt 20, so that the nut piston 15 translates downward in the negative pressure cylinder body 13, so that the nutrients in the negative pressure cylinder body 13 can be intermittently dropped into the storage tank body 1 to maintain the activity of the wine yeast.
[0035] In addition, the rotating adjusting screw 22 can change the width of the transmission groove formed between the fixed cone 18 and the sliding cone 19, and the elastic transmission belt 20 can be contracted inward in the transmission groove, so that the transmission ratio between the driving groove ring 17 and the transmission groove can be changed, and the translation distance of the nut piston 15 in each movement cycle of the pressure piston 3 can be adjusted, so that the dose of the nutrients intermittently dropped into the negative pressure cylinder body 13 can be adjusted, so that the amount of carbon dioxide generated during the storage of the wine yeast and the dose of the nutrients are balanced, and the metabolic activity of the wine yeast is inhibited as much as possible under the condition of ensuring the activity of the wine yeast, and the wine yeast is prevented from deteriorating or inactivating.
[0036] Although the embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, replacements and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirits of the utility model, and the scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A yeast mother culture active storage device comprising a storage tank, characterized by: The top of the storage tank body is connected with an exhaust mechanism and an adding mechanism, the exhaust mechanism comprises an exhaust cylinder, a pressure piston, a carbon dioxide sensor and an electromagnetic assembly, the exhaust cylinder is communicated at the top of the storage tank body, the carbon dioxide sensor is installed at the lower side of the inner wall of the exhaust cylinder, the middle part of the exhaust cylinder is provided with an exhaust hole, the electromagnetic assembly comprises two electromagnets which are respectively arranged on the upper and lower sides of the exhaust hole, the pressure piston is slidingly installed in the exhaust cylinder between the two electromagnets, a pressure spring is connected between the pressure piston and the exhaust cylinder, and magnetic attraction rings are arranged on the upper and lower sides of the pressure piston.
2. A yeast mother culture active storage device according to claim 1, wherein: The pressure piston comprises a piston sheet and a piston rod, the magnetic attraction ring is fixed on the piston sheet, the top of the piston rod is provided with a sliding cylinder which is open at the upper end, the sliding cylinder is slidingly installed on the inner wall of the exhaust cylinder, the top of the exhaust cylinder is rotationally connected with an intermittent rotating column, a plurality of first and last connected overturning slides are arranged on the outer wall of the intermittent rotating column, the inner wall of the sliding cylinder is provided with a guide block which is slidingly abuts in the overturning slide, and the pressure spring abuts between the sliding cylinder and the intermittent rotating column.
3. A yeast mother culture active maintenance storage device according to claim 2, wherein: The overturning slide comprises overturning parts, upper transition parts, lower transition parts and back falling parts which are communicated with each other, the overturning parts are arranged in an inclined manner, the back falling parts are arranged in a vertical manner, the upper transition parts are connected at the top ends of the overturning parts and the top ends of the back falling parts, the upper transition parts are arranged in a circular arc shape, the axis of the upper transition parts is arranged on the left side of the middle line of the back falling parts, the lower transition parts are connected at the lower ends of the overturning parts and the lower ends of the back falling parts, the lower transition parts are arranged in a circular arc shape, and the axis of the upper transition parts is arranged on the right side of the middle line of the back falling parts.
4. A yeast mother culture active storage device according to claim 3, wherein: The adding mechanism comprises a negative pressure cylinder, a rotating screw rod and a nut piston, the negative pressure cylinder is communicated at the top of the storage tank body, the bottom of the negative pressure cylinder is provided with a positioning sieve ring, the lower end of the rotating screw rod is rotationally arranged in the middle part of the positioning sieve ring, the nut piston is threadedly connected and sleeved on the rotating screw rod, the inner wall of the negative pressure cylinder is provided with a vertical strip, the outer edge of the nut piston is provided with a vertical groove, and the nut piston is slidingly connected on the inner wall of the negative pressure cylinder.
5. A yeast mother culture active maintenance storage device according to claim 4, wherein: A linkage mechanism is connected between the rotating screw rod and the intermittent rotating column, the linkage mechanism comprises a driving groove ring, oppositely arranged fixed and sliding conical tables and an elastic transmission belt, the fixed conical table is fixed on the rotating screw rod, the sliding conical table is slidingly sleeved on the rotating screw rod, the transmission groove is formed between the fixed conical table and the sliding conical table, the elastic transmission belt is sleeved between the driving groove ring and the transmission groove, the top of the intermittent rotating column is provided with a driving slide rod, the outer wall of the driving slide rod is provided with a positioning strip, the inner wall of the driving groove ring is provided with a positioning groove which is concave-convex matched with the positioning strip, and the driving groove ring is slidingly sleeved on the driving slide rod.
6. A yeast mother culture active storage device according to claim 5, wherein: The top of the rotating screw rod is fixed with an adjusting ring, the adjusting ring is threadedly connected with an adjusting screw rod, the upper side of the sliding conical table is provided with a rotating seat, and the lower end of the adjusting screw rod is rotationally connected with the rotating seat.
7. A wine yeast active maintenance storage device according to claim 2, wherein: The top of the piston rod is provided with a sliding hole, the lower end of the sliding cylinder is provided with a sliding rod, the sliding rod slides through the sliding hole, and a displacement spring is connected between the sliding hole and the sliding rod.