Dairy product cooling and quick-cooling device

By employing a stirring ball and circulation mechanism within the cooling tank in the dairy product cooling and rapid cooling device, the problems of milk pipe length limitation and low cooling efficiency are solved, achieving rapid and uniform cooling of dairy products and inhibiting microbial growth.

CN224108461UActive Publication Date: 2026-04-10INNER MONGOLIA DESERT GOD BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
INNER MONGOLIA DESERT GOD BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Filing Date
2025-05-19
Publication Date
2026-04-10

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Technical Problem

Existing milk tubes require a sufficiently long length to fully cool dairy products, and the lack of an internal mixing structure limits their cooling efficiency.

Method used

A rapid cooling device for dairy products is designed, which uses two parallel cooling seats in the heat exchange chamber inside the cooling box. The cooling seats are connected by a conical structure disk, and the internal stirring ball is used for stirring. Combined with the circulation mechanism and heat absorption plate, the coolant is circulated and mixed to enhance the cooling efficiency.

Benefits of technology

The rotation of the stirring ball and the circulation of the cooling liquid improve the heat exchange efficiency of dairy products, enabling them to cool evenly, shortening the cooling time, and preventing the growth of microorganisms.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a dairy product cooling and quick-cooling device which comprises a cooling box, a heat exchange cavity is concavely formed in the cooling box, and two parallel cooling seats are arranged on the inner side of the heat exchange cavity; the cooling seat is formed by vertically connecting two structural discs, the structural discs are conical, conical cavities are concavely formed in the structural discs, the conical cavities in the two structural discs are buckled together to form a working cavity, a plurality of stirring balls are arranged in the working cavity, the stirring balls have multiple sizes, and the stirring balls are arranged in the working cavity. And the stirring ball is movably connected with the working cavity. The stirring balls rotate and move, so that the dairy products are stirred and mixed, the dairy products flow close to the inner wall of the conical cavity, when cooling liquid flows through the structural disc, the dairy products in the conical cavity are cooled quickly, and the heat exchange efficiency of the dairy products is greatly improved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application belongs to the field of cooling and rapid cooling, and particularly relates to a milk product cooling and rapid cooling device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Milk products include fresh milk, yogurt, and prepared milk, etc., and there is a rapid cooling process in the milk product production process, and rapid cooling is performed to inhibit the reproduction of microorganisms and prolong the duration of the antibacterial property of the milk product; after high-temperature sterilization, rapid cooling to about 10 DEG C is performed to prevent the reproduction of residual spores and maintain the quality of the milk product.

[0003] The existing related patent, patent number 201920554971.9, "milk rapid cooling device", has the characteristics of "uniform cooling, high efficiency, greatly shortening the cooling waiting time, improving the work efficiency; completely closed, reducing the pollution and deterioration of the milk caused by the contact with the outside world; convenient cleaning, directly flushing the pipeline with pure water; no dead angle in the peristaltic pump, no residue; avoiding the pollution of the milk product caused by the rupture of the traditional refrigerant pipeline", but it still has some deficiencies, such as the milk pipe needs to be long enough to make the milk product in the milk pipe move enough cooling, and the lack of mixing structure in the milk pipe also limits the cooling efficiency, and thus a milk product cooling and rapid cooling device is proposed. SUMMARY

[0004] This section aims to summarize some aspects of the embodiments of the application and briefly introduce some preferred embodiments. Some simplifications or omissions may be made in this section and the abstract and title of the specification to avoid obscuring the purpose of this section, abstract and title, and such simplifications or omissions cannot be used to limit the scope of the application.

[0005] In view of the following technical problems in the prior art: the milk pipe needs to be long enough to make the milk product in the milk pipe move enough cooling, and the lack of mixing structure in the milk pipe also limits the cooling efficiency.

[0006] To solve the above technical problems, the application provides the following technical scheme: a milk product cooling and rapid cooling device, comprising a cooling box, a heat exchange cavity is concave in the inside of the cooling box, two cooling seats arranged in parallel are arranged on the inside of the heat exchange cavity;

[0007] The cooling seat is connected by two structure discs, the structure disc is conical, a conical cavity is concave in the inside of the structure disc, the conical cavities in the two structure discs are buckled together to form a working cavity, a plurality of stirring balls are arranged in the working cavity, the stirring balls have multiple sizes, and the stirring balls are movably connected with the working cavity.

[0008] The inner side wall of the heat exchange cavity is provided with a heat absorption plate, the upper side of the cooling seat at the top of the heat exchange cavity is provided with a liquid inlet pipeline which extends upwardly out of the cooling box, the lower side of the cooling seat at the bottom of the heat exchange cavity is provided with a liquid outlet pipeline which extends out of the cooling box.

[0009] The two cooling seats are connected by a connecting pipeline which is arranged annularly at the edge of the cooling seat.

[0010] As a preferred technical scheme of the milk product cooling device, a collecting disc is arranged between the two cooling seats, the collecting disc is funnel-shaped, a liquid leakage hole is formed in the middle of the collecting disc, the collecting disc is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the heat exchange cavity, and the top and bottom of the heat exchange cavity are connected by a circulating mechanism.

[0011] The inner wall of the heat exchange cavity is provided with an annular frame which is fixedly connected with the collecting disc by connecting bolts, and the inner cavity of the heat exchange cavity is divided into two parts by the annular frame and the collecting disc.

[0012] The collecting disc collects the cooling liquid and then sprinkles the cooling liquid on the middle of the upper side of the cooling seat, and the cooling liquid is dispersed along the outer periphery of the cooling seat.

[0013] As a preferred technical scheme of the milk product cooling device, the interior of the stirring ball is a cavity, and the cavity contains nitrogen.

[0014] As a preferred technical scheme of the milk product cooling device, the circulating mechanism comprises a circulating pipeline one, a circulating pipeline two and a circulating pump, two circulating pumps are arranged at the top end of the cooling box, the circulating pumps are connected with the circulating pipeline two and the circulating pipeline one, the circulating pipeline two extends into the top of the heat exchange cavity, and the circulating pipeline one extends into the bottom of the heat exchange cavity.

[0015] The cooling liquid is sprinkled on the middle of the upper side of the cooling seat by the circulating pipeline two, the cooling liquid is dispersed along the outer periphery of the cooling seat, the heat absorption plate cools the cooling liquid by the cooling system, and the circulating mechanism makes the cooling liquid flow circularly, so that the cooling liquid is fully mixed and the temperature of the cooling liquid is uniform.

[0016] As a preferred technical scheme of the milk product cooling device, the circulating pipeline one is connected with the outer side of the cooling box by a structural arm, and the inner wall of the conical cavity is provided with a plurality of limiting blocks which restrict the movement range of the stirring ball.

[0017] The movement of the stirring ball is limited, so that the space for accommodating the milk product is compressed.

[0018] As a preferred technical scheme of the milk product cooling and rapid cooling device, the connecting rods are connected between the two cooling seats and the inner walls of the cooling seats and the heat exchange cavities, the connecting rods are connected with the outer sides of the structural plates through the connecting plates, the connecting plates are close to the outer sides of the heat exchange cavities, and the connecting plates are fixedly connected with the outer sides of the structural plates through the connecting bolts.

[0019] The structural plate is fixed in the inner cavity of the heat exchange cavity through the connecting column.

[0020] The milk product cooling and rapid cooling device has the advantages that the space for containing the milk product is compressed, the stirring ball rotates and moves, the milk product is stirred and mixed, the milk product flows close to the inner wall of the conical cavity, the milk product in the conical cavity is cooled and rapidly cooled when the cooling liquid flows through the structural plate, and the heat exchange efficiency of the milk product is greatly improved.

[0021] The cooling liquid is circulated and flows through the circulating mechanism, so that the cooling liquid is fully mixed and the temperature of the cooling liquid is uniform. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed in the embodiment description will be briefly introduced as follows. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor. Among them:

[0023] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present application;

[0024] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the cooling mechanism of the present application;

[0025] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the local enlarged structure of part A in the present application. Figure 1

[0026] Reference signs: 1, cooling box; 2, heat exchange cavity; 3, structural plate; 4, liquid outlet pipeline; 5, connecting rod; 6, connecting column; 7, circulating pipeline I; 8, connecting pipeline; 9, flow collection disc; 10, heat absorption plate; 11, structural arm; 12, liquid inlet pipeline; 13, circulating pipeline II; 14, circulating pump; 15, stirring ball; 16, conical cavity; 17, connecting plate; 18, limiting block; 19, compressor; 20, condenser; 21, capillary tube; 22, working filter. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] In order to make the above-mentioned purposes, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings of the specification.

[0028] ​In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present application can be practiced without the specific details set forth in this disclosure. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, and circuits have not been described in detail as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the present application.

[0029] Second, the "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" as referred to herein means a specific implementation that can include features, structures, or characteristics that are not included in every implementation of the present application. No single "one embodiment" is specified by this disclosure, and there is no implied dependency between implementations that are described in different places of this specification.

[0030] Third, the present application is described in relation to the drawings in detail. In the detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, the cross-sectional view of the device structure is partially enlarged without the general proportion for the convenience of explanation, and the schematic view is only an example, which should not limit the scope of protection of the present application. In addition, the three-dimensional spatial dimensions of length, width and depth should be included in the actual manufacture.

[0031] As shown in Figures 1 to 3 The present application provides a milk product cooling and rapid cooling device, which comprises a cooling box 1, a heat exchange cavity 2 is concavely arranged in the inside of the cooling box 1, and two cooling seats are arranged in parallel on the inside of the heat exchange cavity 2.

[0032] The cooling seats are connected by two structure discs 3, the structure discs 3 are conical, a conical cavity 16 is concavely arranged in the inside of the structure disc 3, the conical cavities 16 in the two structure discs 3 are buckled together to form a working cavity, a plurality of stirring balls 15 are arranged in the inside of the working cavity, the stirring balls 15 have multiple sizes, and the stirring balls 15 are movably connected with the working cavity.

[0033] A heat absorption plate 10 is arranged on the inner wall of the heat exchange cavity 2, an inlet pipe 12 is arranged on the upper side of the cooling seat at the top of the heat exchange cavity 2, the inlet pipe 12 extends out of the cooling box 1 upwardly, an outlet pipe 4 is arranged on the lower side of the cooling seat at the bottom of the heat exchange cavity 2, and the outlet pipe 4 extends out of the cooling box 1.

[0034] A connecting pipe 8 is connected between the two cooling seats, the connecting pipe 8 is arranged at the edge of the cooling seat, and the connecting pipe 8 is arranged in a ring shape.

[0035] A flow collecting disc 9 is arranged between the two cooling seats, the flow collecting disc 9 is funnel-shaped, a liquid leakage hole is arranged in the middle of the flow collecting disc 9, the flow collecting disc 9 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the heat exchange cavity 2, and the top and bottom of the heat exchange cavity 2 are connected through a circulating mechanism.

[0036] The inner wall of the heat exchange cavity 2 is provided with an annular frame, which is fixedly connected with the bus bar 9 through connecting bolts, and the annular frame and the bus bar 9 divide the inner cavity of the heat exchange cavity 2 into two parts.

[0037] The bus bar 9 collects the cooling liquid and then sprays the cooling liquid on the middle part of the upper side of the cooling seat, and the cooling liquid is dispersed along the outer periphery of the cooling seat.

[0038] The inside of the stirring ball 15 is a cavity, which contains nitrogen.

[0039] The circulating mechanism includes circulating pipeline one 7, circulating pipeline two 13 and circulating pump 14, the top of the cooling box 1 is provided with two circulating pumps 14, the circulating pipeline two 13 and the circulating pipeline one 7 are connected with the circulating pump 14, the circulating pipeline two 13 extends into the top of the heat exchange cavity 2, and the circulating pipeline one 7 extends into the bottom of the heat exchange cavity 2.

[0040] The cooling liquid is sprayed on the middle part of the upper side of the cooling seat through the circulating pipeline two 13, the cooling liquid is dispersed along the outer periphery of the cooling seat, the heat absorption plate 10 is cooled by the cooling system, and the circulating mechanism makes the cooling liquid flow circularly, so that the cooling liquid is fully mixed and the temperature of the cooling liquid is uniform.

[0041] The circulating pipeline one 7 is connected with the outside of the cooling box 1 through the structural arm 11, and the inner wall of the conical cavity 16 is provided with a plurality of limiting blocks 18 which constrain the movement range of the stirring ball 15.

[0042] The movement of the stirring ball 15 is limited, so that the space for containing the dairy product is compressed.

[0043] The two cooling seats and the inner wall of the heat exchange cavity 2 are connected through the connecting rod 5, the connecting rod 5 is connected with the outside of the structural disc 3 through the connecting plate 17, the connecting plate 17 is close to the outside of the heat exchange cavity 2, and the connecting plate 17 is fixedly connected with the outside of the structural disc 3 through connecting bolts.

[0044] The structural disc 3 is fixed in the inner cavity of the heat exchange cavity 2 by the connecting column 6.

[0045] The heat absorption plate 10 is arranged on the cooling system, the cooling system is prior art, and the cooling system includes the heat absorption plate 10, a compressor 19, a condenser 20, a capillary tube 21 and a working filter 22.

[0046] The heat absorbing plate 10 is an evaporator.

[0047] The stirring ball 15 occupies most of the inside of the conical cavity 16, so that after the liquid enters the conical cavity 16, most of the liquid is closer to the inner wall of the conical cavity 16, so that heat is more easily transferred through the structure of the structure disc 3.

[0048] Specifically, the heat exchange cavity 2 contains cooling liquid, the circulating pump 14 is started, the circulating pump 14 works, the circulating pump 14 draws the cooling liquid at the bottom of the heat exchange cavity 2 through the circulating pipeline one 7, and the cooling liquid is sprayed on the middle of the upper side of the cooling seat through the circulating pipeline two 13, the cooling liquid is dispersed along the outer periphery of the cooling seat at the top of the heat exchange cavity 2, the heat absorbing plate 10 is cooled by the cooling system, the circulating mechanism makes the cooling liquid circulate and flow, so that the cooling liquid is fully mixed and the temperature of the cooling liquid is uniform;

[0049] The bus bar 9 collects the cooling liquid, and then sprays the cooling liquid on the middle of the upper side of the cooling seat, and the cooling liquid is dispersed along the outer periphery of the cooling seat at the bottom of the heat exchange cavity 2;

[0050] The dairy product that needs to be cooled enters the inside of the conical cavity 16 through the liquid inlet pipeline 12, the flow of the dairy product makes the stirring ball 15 rotate and move, so that the dairy product is stirred and mixed, and the dairy product flows close to the inner wall of the conical cavity 16, and the dairy product in the conical cavity 16 is rapidly cooled when the cooling liquid flows through the structure disc 3.

[0051] It should be understood that during the development of any actual implementation, numerous implementation-specific decisions can be made. Such development efforts, while possibly complex and time-consuming, would nevertheless be routine work for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure, without undue experimentation.

[0052] It should be noted that the above examples are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application and not to limit the present application. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present application can be modified or replaced by equivalents without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present application, and they should be covered in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A dairy product quenching and rapid cooling apparatus, characterized by: The utility model provides cooling box (1), the inside of cooling box (1) is recessed heat exchange chamber (2), is provided with two parallelly arranged cooling seat in heat exchange chamber (2) inside; Cooling seat is connected by two structure disc (3) up and down, structure disc (3) is conical, the inside of structure disc (3) is recessed taper chamber (16), the taper chamber (16) inside two structure discs (3) are buckled together and form working chamber, is provided with a plurality of stirring ball (15) in working chamber inside, stirring ball (15) has multiple sizes, stirring ball (15) is movably connected with working chamber; The inside wall of heat exchange chamber (2) is provided with heat absorption plate (10), the upside of cooling seat located at the top of heat exchange chamber (2) is provided with liquid inlet pipeline (12), liquid inlet pipeline (12) extends out of cooling box (1) upwards, the downside of cooling seat at the bottom of heat exchange chamber (2) is provided with liquid outlet pipeline (4), and liquid outlet pipeline (4) extends out of cooling box (1); Connecting pipeline (8) is connected between two cooling seats, and the connecting pipeline (8) is arranged annularly at the edge of the cooling seat.

2. A milk product cooling device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A flow collecting disc (9) is arranged between the two cooling seats, the flow collecting disc (9) is funnel-shaped, a liquid leakage hole is formed in the middle of the flow collecting disc (9), the flow collecting disc (9) is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the heat exchange chamber (2), and the top and bottom of the heat exchange chamber (2) are connected through a circulating mechanism.

3. A milk product cooling device according to claim 2, characterised in that: An annular frame is arranged on the inner wall of the heat exchange chamber (2), the annular frame is fixedly connected with the flow collecting disc (9) through connecting bolts, and the inner cavity of the heat exchange chamber (2) is divided into two parts by the annular frame and the flow collecting disc (9).

4. A milk product cooling device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stirring ball (15) is hollow, and the cavity contains nitrogen.

5. A milk product cooling device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The circulating mechanism comprises a circulating pipeline one (7), a circulating pipeline two (13) and a circulating pump (14), two circulating pumps (14) are arranged at the top end of the cooling box (1), the circulating pipeline two (13) and the circulating pipeline one (7) are connected to the circulating pump (14), the circulating pipeline two (13) extends into the top of the heat exchange chamber (2), and the circulating pipeline one (7) extends into the bottom of the heat exchange chamber (2).

6. A milk product rapid cooling device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The circulating pipeline one (7) is connected between the outer side of the cooling box (1) and the structure arm (11), a plurality of limiting blocks (18) are arranged on the inner wall of the taper chamber (16), and the limiting blocks (18) constrain the movement range of the stirring ball (15).

7. A milk product cooling device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The connecting rod (5) is connected between the two cooling seats and the inner wall of the heat exchange chamber (2), the connecting rod (5) is connected with the outer side of the structure disc (3) through a connecting plate (17), the connecting plate (17) is tightly attached to the outer side of the heat exchange chamber (2), and the connecting plate (17) is fixedly connected with the outer side of the structure disc (3) through connecting bolts.

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    CN209846105U