CN113979046A

CN113979046A - Conveying equipment and method for food

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Publication number: CN113979046A
Application number: CN202111341847.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王建中; 林清; 张涛; 邹怀江; 张文文; 常献娜
Original assignee: Hefei Qingyue Food Co ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Qingyue Food Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-12
Filing date: 2021-11-12
Publication date: 2022-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 2041-11-12
Also published as: CN113979046B

Abstract

The invention discloses conveying equipment for food and a conveying method thereof, and relates to the technical field of food conveying. The invention comprises a plurality of conveyor belt components which are parallel to each other and are arranged along the vertical direction; the adjusting assembly comprises an adjusting plate for adjusting the position of the food inlet and a power device for driving the adjusting plate to move; the reversing assembly comprises a plurality of reversing assemblies which are vertically arranged, and each reversing assembly comprises a spiral reversing track; the two ends of the spiral reversing track are respectively provided with an inlet end and an outlet end with the direction different from that of the inlet end; the inlet end is higher than the outlet end to form a fall; the spiral diverting rail is formed with a guard plate along its inner and outer edges to prevent food from spilling. The food conveying device solves the problem that the existing food conveying device is difficult to convey food to a required direction flexibly through the actions of the conveying belt assembly, the adjusting assembly and the reversing assembly.

Description

Conveying equipment and method for food

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of food conveying, and particularly relates to conveying equipment and a conveying method for food.

Background

The conveyer is an ideal high-efficiency continuous conveying device, and is particularly suitable for continuous conveying of materials such as blocks, powder, plates and the like. Compared with other transportation equipment (such as locomotives), the conveyer has the advantages of long conveying distance, large conveying capacity, continuous conveying and the like, is reliable in operation, and is easy to realize automation and centralized control. The food conveyor is mainly used for transporting food raw materials or finished products to a required position so as to facilitate subsequent processing or packaging.

Patent with application number CN201920089958.0 discloses a food conveyor, and its technical scheme main points are: the conveying device comprises a first conveying table and a plurality of second conveying tables which are arranged in parallel, wherein the first conveying table and the second conveying tables are respectively and correspondingly provided with a first conveying belt, a second conveying belt, a first motor and a second motor which are respectively used for driving the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt to transmit, the conveying direction of the first conveying belt is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the second conveying belt, and the discharge end of the second conveying belt is communicated with the first conveying belt; the end part of the second conveying platform, which is close to the first conveying platform, is provided with an infrared sensor used for monitoring food passing on the first conveying belt, and the infrared sensor is electrically connected with the second motor. The device has improved the degree of automation that food was carried, has reduced manpower resources, and then has improved production efficiency. However, the above patent is difficult to reverse the food in multiple directions, making it difficult to flexibly convey the food in a desired direction.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a conveying device and a conveying method for food, which solve the problem that the existing food conveying device is difficult to convey food to a required direction flexibly through the actions of a conveying belt assembly, an adjusting assembly and a reversing assembly.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:

the invention relates to a conveying device for food, which comprises a plurality of conveying belt assemblies, wherein the plurality of conveying belt assemblies are parallel to each other and are arranged along the vertical direction; the adjusting assembly comprises an adjusting plate for adjusting the position of the food inlet and a power device for driving the adjusting plate to move; the reversing assembly comprises a plurality of reversing assemblies which are vertically arranged, and each reversing assembly comprises a spiral reversing track; the two ends of the spiral reversing track are respectively provided with an inlet end and an outlet end with the direction different from that of the inlet end; the inlet end is higher than the outlet end to form a fall.

Further, the spiral reversing track is formed with a protective plate along the inner edge and the outer edge thereof to prevent the food from overflowing; the inlet end and the outlet end are respectively provided with a notch structure of a protective plate at the outer edge of the spiral reversing track.

Furthermore, the tail ends of the upper end and the lower end of the spiral reversing track are provided with baffles for preventing food from splashing.

Furthermore, a central column for supporting the spiral reversing track to rotate is fixed at the center of the spiral reversing track.

Furthermore, rotary holes are respectively formed in two ends of the central column; one rotating hole is connected with and fixed with the output end of the motor; the other rotating hole is in rotating fit with a base.

Furthermore, a plurality of reversing components are rotatably assembled in a cylinder body; an inlet groove corresponding to the inlet end is formed in the circumferential side surface of the cylinder body along the vertical direction; and an outlet groove corresponding to the outlet end is formed in the peripheral side surface of the cylinder body.

Further, the inlet slot width is greater than the inlet end width; the outlet slot width is greater than the outlet end width.

Furthermore, a plurality of partition plates for separating the reversing assemblies are fixed in the middle of the cylinder body to form a plurality of independent spaces; the clapboard is provided with air holes.

Furthermore, two ends of the cylinder body are matched with sealing cover bodies; an air inlet pipeline and an air outlet pipeline are respectively arranged on the two sealing cover bodies; the air inlet pipeline is connected with a drying device.

The invention also provides a conveying method of the conveying equipment for the food, which comprises the following steps:

a01, rotating the inlet end direction and the outlet end direction of the reversing component to the required direction by a driving motor according to the direction to be conveyed by the food, and fixing;

a02, placing the food on a multi-layer conveyer belt assembly for conveying, guiding the food to corresponding inlet grooves in the cylinder body through an adjusting assembly, aligning the food with the inlet end of the reversing assembly, and enabling the food to pass through the inlet end and the outlet end of the reversing assembly in sequence;

a03, according to the requirement, introducing hot air into the cylinder in the step A02 through an air inlet pipeline.

The invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. according to the food inlet adjusting device, the adjusting assembly is arranged and comprises the adjusting plate and the power device, the adjusting plate is used for adjusting the position of a food inlet, and the food is guided into a proper position by driving the adjusting plate to move.

2. The spiral reversing track is arranged, the spiral reversing track can be 1/4 turns, 1/2 turns and 3/4 turns within one turn, 90-degree reversing, non-reversing, 270-degree reversing and the like can be realized, the angle reversing can be realized by more than one turn, and the reversing angle can be adjusted.

3. According to the invention, the inlet end is higher than the outlet end to form a fall, so that food can automatically slide into a required direction along the spiral reversing track under the gravity to be conveyed continuously, and the food is prevented from being clamped on the spiral reversing track.

4. According to the invention, the width of the outlet groove is larger than that of the outlet end, and the widths of the inlet groove and the outlet groove enable the outlet end direction of the reversing assembly to be adjusted, so that the accuracy of direction adjustment is further improved, and fine adjustment is further carried out.

5. The food conveying device is connected with the drying device through the air inlet pipeline, when food to be conveyed needs to be dried, hot air flow is introduced into the barrel through the drying device, so that the food on the reversing assembly is intensively dried, the drying effect is good, and the drying efficiency is higher.

Of course, it is not necessary for any product in which the invention is practiced to achieve all of the above-described advantages at the same time.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a conveying apparatus for food products according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the installation of the conveyor belt assembly and the adjustment assembly;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the cartridge;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a reversing assembly;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the assembly of the reversing assembly, the cylinder and the seal cover;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the installation of the reversing assembly on the barrel;

FIG. 7 is a schematic front view of FIG. 6;

in the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:

1-conveyor belt component, 2-adjusting component, 3-reversing component, 4-barrel, 5-sealing cover body, 201-adjusting plate, 202-power device, 301-spiral reversing track, 302-inlet end, 303-outlet end, 304-protective plate, 305-baffle, 306-central column, 307-rotary hole, 401-inlet groove, 402-outlet groove, 403-baffle plate, 404-air hole, 405-base, 501-air inlet pipeline and 502-air outlet pipeline.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1, the present invention is a conveying apparatus for food, comprising a plurality of conveyor belt assemblies 1, wherein the conveyor belt assemblies 1 are parallel to each other and arranged along a vertical direction; the adjusting assembly 2 comprises an adjusting plate 201 for adjusting the position of the food inlet, and a power device 202 for driving the adjusting plate 201 to move, and the food is guided to the proper position by driving the adjusting plate 201 to move; a plurality of switching-over subassemblies 3 of vertical setting, every switching-over subassembly 3 all includes spiral switching-over track 301, and spiral switching-over track 301 is a spirochaeta structure, and spiral switching-over track 301 can be more than the round, for example: 1/4 turns, 1/2 turns and 3/4 turns to realize 90-degree reversing, no reversing, 270-degree reversing and the like, and the reversing of the angle can be realized by more than one turn; an inlet end 302 and an outlet end 303 with a different direction from the inlet end 302 are respectively arranged at two ends of the spiral reversing track 301, when food enters from the inlet end 302, the food is output from the outlet end 303 with a different direction from the inlet end 302, so that the reversing of food conveying is realized, and the outlet end 303 can be connected with another conveying device, so that the food can be conveyed continuously; the inlet end 302 is higher than the outlet end 303 to form a fall, so that the food can automatically slide into a required direction along the spiral reversing track 301 under the gravity to be conveyed continuously, and the food is prevented from being clamped on the spiral reversing track 301.

As shown in fig. 4, the spiral reversing track 301 is formed with a protective plate 304 along the inner and outer edges thereof to prevent the food from overflowing during the transportation process; the inlet end 302 and the outlet end 303 are respectively provided with a notch structure of a protection plate 304 at the outer edge of the spiral reversing track 301, so that the food can be conveniently discharged.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ends of the upper and lower ends of the helical reversing track 301 are provided with baffles 305 for preventing food from splashing.

Example 2

On the basis of the above embodiment 4, as shown in fig. 1, a central column 306 for supporting the spiral reversing track 301 to rotate is fixed at the center of the spiral reversing track 301. Rotating holes 307 are respectively formed at two ends of the central column 306; a rotating hole 307 is connected with and fixed with the output end of the motor, and the spiral reversing track 301 is rotated to a proper position by driving the motor to work, so that the direction of the food outlet is convenient to adjust, and fine adjustment is further carried out; the other rotating hole 307 is rotatably fitted to a base 405.

Example 3

On the basis of the above embodiment 2, as shown in fig. 5-7, a plurality of reversing assemblies 3 are rotatably assembled in a cylinder 4; an inlet groove 401 corresponding to the inlet end 302 is arranged on the peripheral side surface of the cylinder 4 along the vertical direction; an outlet groove 402 corresponding to the outlet end 303 is formed on the peripheral side surface of the cylinder 4.

As shown in fig. 5-7, the inlet slot 401 has a width greater than the inlet end 302; the width of the outlet groove 402 is larger than that of the outlet end 303, and the arrangement of the widths of the inlet groove 401 and the outlet groove 402 enables the direction of the outlet end 303 of the reversing assembly 3 to be adjusted, so that the accuracy of direction adjustment is further improved, and fine adjustment is further performed.

As shown in fig. 3, a plurality of partition boards 403 for separating the reversing assembly 3 are fixed in the middle of the cylinder 4 to form a plurality of independent spaces; the partition 403 is provided with air holes 404 for ventilation, so that hot air can enter different independent spaces.

As shown in fig. 5, the two ends of the cylinder 4 are both matched with sealing cover bodies 5; the two sealing cover bodies 5 are respectively provided with an air inlet pipeline 501 and an air outlet pipeline 502; air inlet pipe 501 is connected with drying device, when the food that needs to carry need be dried, lets in the hot gas flow through drying device in to barrel 4 to concentrate the stoving with the food on the subassembly 3 that commutates, the stoving effect is better, and efficiency is higher.

a01, according to the direction of food to be conveyed, the direction of the inlet end 302 and the direction of the outlet end 303 of the reversing component 3 are rotated to the required direction by a driving motor and fixed;

a02, placing the food on the multi-layer conveyor belt assembly 1 for conveying, guiding the food to the corresponding inlet slot 401 in the cylinder 4 through the adjusting assembly 2 and aligning with the inlet end 302 of the reversing assembly 3, and enabling the food to pass through the inlet end 302 and the outlet end 303 of the reversing assembly 3 in sequence;

a03, according to the need, hot air flow is introduced into the cylinder 4 in the step A02 through the air inlet pipeline 501, and the food is dried.

In the description herein, references to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The preferred embodiments of the invention disclosed above are intended to be illustrative only. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise embodiments disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best understand the invention for and utilize the invention. The invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.

Claims

1. A conveyor apparatus for food products, comprising:

the conveying belt assembly comprises a plurality of conveying belt assemblies (1), wherein the plurality of conveying belt assemblies (1) are mutually parallel and are arranged along the vertical direction;

the adjusting assembly (2) comprises an adjusting plate (201) for adjusting the position of the food inlet, and a power device (202) for driving the adjusting plate (201) to move;

the reversing device comprises a plurality of vertically arranged reversing assemblies (3), wherein each reversing assembly (3) comprises a spiral reversing track (301); an inlet end (302) and an outlet end (303) with a direction different from that of the inlet end (302) are respectively arranged at two ends of the spiral reversing track (301); the inlet end (302) is higher than the outlet end (303) and forms a drop height.

2. A conveyor apparatus for food products according to claim 1 wherein the helical diverting rail (301) is formed along its inner and outer edges with a protective plate (304) to prevent spillage of the food products;

the inlet end (302) and the outlet end (303) are respectively arranged in a notch structure of a protective plate (304) on the outer edge of the spiral reversing track (301).

3. The conveying apparatus for food products according to claim 2, wherein the helical reversing track (301) is provided with a baffle (305) at each of the upper and lower ends thereof for preventing the food products from splashing.

4. A conveyor apparatus for food products as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein a central column (306) is fixed to the centre of the helical reversing track (301) to support the helical reversing track (301) in rotation.

5. The conveying apparatus for food according to claim 4, wherein the central column (306) is provided with a rotation hole (307) at each end; one rotating hole (307) is connected with and fixed with the output end of the motor; the other rotating hole (307) is rotatably matched on a base (405).

6. A conveyor apparatus for food products according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said diverting assemblies (3) are rotatably mounted in a drum (4);

an inlet groove (401) corresponding to the inlet end (302) is formed in the peripheral side surface of the cylinder body (4) along the vertical direction;

an outlet groove (402) corresponding to the outlet end (303) is formed in the peripheral side face of the cylinder body (4).

7. A conveyor for food products according to claim 6, characterized in that the inlet channel (401) has a width greater than the inlet end (302); the outlet slot (402) has a width greater than the width of the outlet end (303).

8. The conveying equipment for the food according to the claim 6 or 7, characterized in that, a plurality of partition boards (403) for separating the reversing component (3) are fixed in the middle of the cylinder (4) to form a plurality of independent spaces; the clapboard (403) is provided with air holes (404).

9. A conveyor device for food products according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that said cylinder (4) is fitted at both ends with sealing caps (5); an air inlet pipeline (501) and an air outlet pipeline (502) are respectively arranged on the two sealing cover bodies (5); the air inlet pipeline (501) is connected with a drying device.

10. A method of conveying a conveying apparatus for food products, comprising the steps of:

a01, according to the direction of food to be conveyed, the direction of the inlet end (302) and the direction of the outlet end (303) of the reversing component (3) are rotated to the required direction by a driving motor and fixed;

a02, placing the food on a multi-layer conveyor belt assembly (1) for conveying, guiding the food to a corresponding inlet groove (401) in a cylinder body (4) through an adjusting assembly (2) and aligning with an inlet end (302) of a reversing assembly (3), and enabling the food to pass through the inlet end (302) and an outlet end (303) of the reversing assembly (3) in sequence;

a03, according to the requirement, hot air is introduced into the cylinder (4) in the step A02 through an air inlet pipeline (501).