KR20110110912A

KR20110110912A - Grinding apparatus for food material

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Publication number: KR20110110912A
Application number: KR1020100030207A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 노한래
Original assignee: 노한래
Priority date: 2010-04-02
Filing date: 2010-04-02
Publication date: 2011-10-10

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food grinder, and more particularly to a food grinder capable of grinding dry food to a predetermined size. The food grinder is an inlet; Drive device; A rotating drum rotated by a driving device and having a grinding blade extending along the axial direction of the rotating drum; A drum housing connected to the inlet and receiving the rotating drum; And a grinding container for collecting the crushed food in the drum container.

Description

Grinding Apparatus for Food Material}

The present invention relates to a food grinder, and more particularly to a food grinder that can efficiently grind the food material to a certain size in a short time.

Herbs such as red ginseng can be consumed by extracting the liquid through the heating process. For extraction of the liquid, the red ginseng may be heated in the extractor as it is or may be ground to a predetermined size to be heated and extracted in the extractor. When it is heated and extracted in a pulverized form, it is possible to reduce the extraction time while preventing the destruction of the active ingredient of red ginseng. Likewise, foods such as 칡 or deodeok can be dried, crushed to a certain size, and consumed after processing. As such, most food ingredients may be ground and processed to a predetermined size in a dried or undried state.

Conditions for the mill to grind such food materials are such as uniform grinding of materials, low driving force, low manufacturing cost or fast grinding.

The present invention relates to a food grinder having such conditions and has the following object.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a food grinder capable of uniform grinding and rapid grinding while requiring low driving force.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the food grinder includes an inlet; Drive device; A rotating drum rotated by a driving device and having a grinding blade extending along the axial direction of the rotating drum; A drum housing connected to the inlet and receiving the rotating drum; And a grinding container for collecting the crushed food in the drum container.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the grinding blade extends inclined along the axial direction of the rotating drum.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the grinding blade extends stepwise along the axial direction of the rotating drum.

According to another suitable embodiment of the present invention, the food material is dried red ginseng.

The food grinder according to the present invention has the advantage that the structure is simple and the manufacturing cost is low. The food grinder according to the present invention has the advantage that it can be applied to any food grind, and especially the dried red ginseng can be efficiently ground to a certain size.

1 illustrates an embodiment of a food grinder according to the present invention.
2 shows an example of installation of the inlet 11 in the present invention.
Figure 3 shows an embodiment of the rotating drum (a) is a front view and (b) a side view respectively seen from the drive side.
Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the grinding blades (132a, 132b) according to the present invention (a) is the overall shape of the grinding blades (132a, 132b) formed on the surface of the body 131 and (b) The cross section of each step or grinding part is shown in the grinding blades 132a and 132b which form a step shape.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments set forth in the accompanying drawings, but the embodiments are provided for clarity of understanding and the present invention is not limited thereto.

1 illustrates an embodiment of a food grinder according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the food grinder is an inlet 11 for the input of the food material; A drum container 12 connected to the inlet 11; A rotating drum 13 rotating inside the drum holder 12; A drive device 15 for rotating the rotary drum 13; A grinding blade 132 aligned on the surface of the rotary drum 13 along the rotational axis direction of the rotary drum; And a collection box 16 for collecting the ground food material ground by the grinding blade 132.

The foodstuff may be any foodstuff, but may preferably be a dry foodstuff, more preferably dried red ginseng or dried safflower. Ingredients that can be ground from the mill according to the invention may have a shape that, for example, has a certain length and needs to be ground to a constant size along the length direction for processing or ingestion. The inlet 11 may be appropriately modified according to the shape of the food material. The inlet 11 of the present embodiment is for crushing dry red ginseng having a certain length, for example. The inlet 11 may be divided into a bundle inlet 111 and an individual inlet 112. As shown in FIG. 1, the bundle inlet 111 is formed to simultaneously input a plurality of foodstuffs, and the individual inlets 112 are for injecting one foodstuff or foodstuff that is not completely ground in a crushing process. The inlet 11 may be connected to the drum container 12 so that one end portion of the food material may contact the surface of the rotating drum 13.

The drum holder 12 may have a suitable shape to accommodate the rotating drum 13. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 the drum holder 12 has a box shape but this is exemplary and may have any shape that can be selected by one of ordinary skill in the art. The drum holder 12 is connected to the inlet 11 so as to properly determine the cutting position of the food material and at the same time the ground material is collected under the drum container 12. Therefore, the drum holder 12 needs to be appropriately sized in consideration of the radius of rotation of the rotary drum 13.

The rotary drum 13 is located inside the drum holder 12 and has a function of pulverizing the food material by a grinding blade formed on the surface. One end of the rotary drum 13 may be fixed to the drum holder 12 and the other end may be connected to the drive shaft 14 of the drive device 15. The rotating drum 13 will be described again below.

The rotary drum 13 can be connected to and rotated by the drive device 15 according to methods known in the art, but preferably by axial connection. Specifically, the rotary drum 13 may be hollow and the driving shaft 14 may be inserted into the rotary drum 13 to a part depth. In addition, the rotating drum 13 may be rotated by the driving device 15 such as a motor rotating the driving shaft 14. Alternatively, the rotary drum 13 and the drive device 15 can be connected by a device or method known in the art, such as a connection device such as a pulley, belt or gear.

The grinding receiver 17 may be installed below the drum holder 12. The crush receiving unit 17 may be installed to accommodate the bin 16 so as to move the bin 16 to the crush receiving unit 17 in the form of a drawer. The crushed food material by the rotary drum 13 is collected in the collection box 16, and when the pulverization is completed, the collection box 16 may be taken out of the crush receiving unit 17 to recover the crushed food material. The drum holder 12 and the grinding receiver 17 may be integrally formed, and the driving device 15 may be installed on the pedestal 18. And the bottom surface of the crush receiving portion 17 and the pedestal 18 may be integrally formed.

An embodiment of the inlet 11 installed in the drum holder 12 will be described below.

2 shows an example of installation of the inlet 11 in the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the end of the inlet 11 protrudes slightly from the wall of the interior of the drum holder 12. The degree of protrusion is determined in consideration of the maximum turning radius of the rotating drum 13. Specifically, one end portion of the inlet 11 may protrude so that the protruding end portion and the portion corresponding to the maximum radius of the rotary drum 13 do not touch each other, for example, between 2 mm and 5 cm. Inlet 11 may be installed to have a distance of but is not limited thereto. As shown in FIG. 2, both corner portions of the inlet 11 located inside the rotating drum 13 may be made to have a curved shape. One end of the inlet 11 is made to protrude slightly into the rotary drum 13 so that the crushed food material is easily accommodated in the crushing receiving portion 17. Specifically, both edges of the end of the inlet having a rectangular cross section are formed into a curved surface, the upper edge is a straight shape to match the inner wall of the drum holder 12 and the lower edge is constant from the inner wall of the drum holder 12. It may be formed to protrude by a distance.

The embodiment shown is exemplary and the inner wall of the drum holder 12 and one end of the inlet 11 may be appropriately formed in consideration of the shape of the drum holder 12, the shape of the rotating drum 13 and the turning radius. Can be.

An embodiment of the rotary drum 13 will be described below.

Figure 3 shows an embodiment of the rotating drum (a) is a front view and (b) a side view respectively seen from the drive side.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the rotary drum 13 includes a body 131, a grinding blade 132 formed on the surface of the drum body 131, and a rotation shaft 134 formed at one end of the drum body 131. And it may include a connecting portion 133 for connecting the drum body 131 and the rotating shaft 134.

One end of the drum body 131 is connected to the drive device and the rotating shaft 134 is connected to the other end of the rotary drum 131, rotatable by a device such as a bearing on one side of the drum holder (12) To be fixed. The embodiment shown is exemplary and the rotary drum 13 may be installed to be rotatable inside the drum holder 12 in various ways.

The body 131 may have any shape rotatable, such as a rectangular cross section, a circular cross section, or an octagonal cross section, as shown in (b), and the hollow in which the rotation axis of the driving device can be inserted is an axial direction of the body 131. It may be formed along a predetermined depth along. A grinding blade 132 may be formed along the axial direction or along the length of the body 131 on the surface of the body 131. The grinding blade 132 may have any shape while being formed by a predetermined length along the longitudinal direction, but may preferably extend in an inclined shape with respect to the axial direction or the longitudinal direction of the body 131. This inclined shape has the advantage that the load due to the cutting of the food material is reduced. In detail, when each food material is aligned along the axial direction, the load may be increased because it must be simultaneously cut. On the other hand, when the grinding blade 132 extends in the inclined direction, the food materials arranged along the axial direction are cut in turn, thereby reducing the load at each cutting moment.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the grinding blade 132 may have a step shape while extending in an inclined direction, but is not limited thereto. In the case of a step shape, the height and width of each step may be determined in consideration of the diameter of each ingredient. For example, the width and height may be determined in consideration of the number and diameter of foodstuffs spread over each step.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the grinding blade 132 may have a shape protruding from the surface of the body 131, but is not limited thereto. For example, the grinding blade 132 may be made concave from the surface of the body 131. In addition, the grinding blade 132 is shown in an extended form, but may be, for example, a shape arranged along the axial direction in the body 131 of each grinding blade 132 having a square pillar shape. In addition, if the driving force is large enough, the grinding blade 132 may have a form extending in the same direction as the axis. In the grinder according to the present invention, the grinding blade 132 formed on the surface of the body 131 may be made in various forms.

Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the grinding blades (132a, 132b) according to the present invention (a) is the overall shape of the grinding blades (132a, 132b) formed on the surface of the body 131 and (b) The cross section of each step or grinding part is shown in the grinding blades 132a and 132b which form a step shape.

As shown in FIG. 4, one or more grinding blades 132a, 132b may be formed on the surface of the body 131. Each grinding blade 132a, 132b may extend in an inclined form along the axial direction. When a plurality of grinding blades (132a, 132b) is formed on the surface of the body 131, each grinding blade (132a, 132b) may extend in a linear shape along the axial direction. In this case, even if it extends in a straight line shape of each of the grinding blades 132a and 132b, the load on each of the grinding blades 132a and 132b may not be large.

When a plurality of grinding blades (132a, 132a) is formed in the body 131, it is advantageous that the extension form following each grinding blade (132a, 132b) is made to reach one end and the other end of the body (131). . However, since the grinding is substantially a portion corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the lower portion of the inlet (see FIG. 1), the grinding blades 132a and 132a may be distributed in the portion corresponding to the cross-sectional area.

The grinding blades 132a and 132a may have a shape in which a plurality of grinding parts 135 are connected to each other and extended in a step shape. Each crushed portion 135 does not necessarily have to be connected to each other. For example, each grinding portion 135 may be arranged at regular intervals along the axial direction. In addition, each of the grinding portions 135 may have a shape shown in (b) of FIG. 4, but is not limited thereto.

The shape shown in (b) of FIG. 4 shows a shape of each of the crushed portions 135 in a direction or a front surface perpendicular to the axial direction. Each crushed portion 135 may have a rectangular cross section or may have a shape in which one surface is inclined inward with respect to the rotating direction as shown in the center. Alternatively, as shown on the left side of (b), the shape may be recessed from the surface of the body 131. In the case of the recessed shape, the crushed surface may be a shape inclined to the opposite side of the rotation direction, but is not limited thereto.

In FIG. 4B, only one grinding part 135 is shown, but substantially such grinding parts 135 are disposed continuously or discontinuously along the axial direction and along the direction parallel to the axial direction or in the axial direction. It may be aligned along a direction inclined with respect to. Alternatively, the crushed portion 135 may be distributed in any form on the surface of the body 131.

The mill according to the present invention allows various types of foods to be crushed efficiently and quickly. Depending on the type of food material, the rotation speed of the rotating drum 13 can be appropriately adjusted. And the driving force of the driving device can be appropriately selected. For example, if the diameter of the rotary drum 13 is 5 to 8 cm for grinding the dry red ginseng, the rotation speed may be 20 to 60 rpm. As described above, the pulverizer according to the present invention may not only grind any food material, but also adjust the driving force and the rotational speed according to the type of food material so that the food material can be effectively ground in a short time.

Those skilled in the art may make various modifications and modifications without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention with reference to the presented embodiments. The invention is not limited by these variations and modifications, but is only limited by the scope of the appended claims.

11: inlet 111: bundle inlet 112: individual inlet
12: drum housing 13: rotary drum 14: drive shaft
15: drive unit 16: collection box 17: grinding receiver
18: base 131: body 132, 132a, 132b: grinding blade
135: crushed portion

Claims

Inlet;
Drive device;
A rotating drum rotated by a driving device and having a grinding blade extending along the axial direction of the rotating drum;
A drum housing connected to the inlet and receiving the rotating drum; And
A food grinder including a grind receiving portion for collecting the milled food in the drum container.

The food grinder of claim 1, wherein the grinding blade extends in an inclined form along the axial direction.

The food grinder of claim 1, wherein the grinding blade extends in a step shape along the axial direction.

The food grinder of claim 1, wherein the food material is dried red ginseng.