KR102086967B1 - Rotating type retort sterilization apparatus with basket fixing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, the open top of the basket into which the Retrot product is put is quickly pressed and fixed quickly by downward movement of the pressing plate, so that the retort product is supported not to escape to the outside of the basket despite the rotation of the rotating frame and after completion of sterilization treatment. It relates to a rotary retort sterilizing apparatus equipped with a basket fixing unit to quickly take out the basket while the pressure plate is moved up easily.
The rotary retort sterilization apparatus equipped with the basket fixing unit according to the present invention is provided by a sterilization tank in which one side is opened and closed by an opening / closing door and a drive motor rotatably installed in the sterilization tank and provided at the other side of the sterilization tank. A rotary frame connected to the rotary drive and a rail installed at a lower side thereof, a basket into which the retort food to be sterilized in the sterilization tank is stored and retractable into the rotating frame through the rail, and above the rotating frame. A pressure plate which is installed and is moved from the upper portion of the basket to press tightly close or release the upper end of the basket, and is installed on the upper side of the rotating frame to pressurize the pressure plate downward and return to the upper direction. It includes a basket fixing unit.

Description

ROTORTING TYPE RETORT STERILIZATION APPARATUS WITH BASKET FIXING UNIT}

The present invention relates to a rotary retort sterilization apparatus in which a basket on which a retrot product to be sterilized is accommodated in a rotating frame and sterilized while being rotated in a sterilization tank, and more specifically, an open upper portion of the basket into which the retrot product is inserted. The retort product is supported so that the retort product does not escape to the outside of the basket despite the rotation of the rotating frame and the basket is pulled up quickly after the sterilization process is completed. The present invention relates to a rotary retort sterilizing apparatus having a basket fixing unit which can be made quickly.

In general, a beverage such as coffee or food such as meat is put into an airtight container such as a can, a bottle or a pouch and sealed, and then sterilized under a high temperature atmosphere for a predetermined time, which is called a retort food.

Retort foods essentially include sterilization, which kills bacteria that produce harmful toxins such as, for example, botulin (botulinums).

Such sterilization is usually carried out in a basket containing a number of retort products sealed with a beverage, such as coffee or food, such as meat and put into a sterilization tank, then supplying and circulating the high-temperature heating medium into the sterilization tank to provide a retort product It is preferable that the heat treatment is performed for a predetermined time in a high temperature atmosphere of about 121 ° C.

The retort sterilizer is a sterilization tank through which high temperature and high pressure steam is supplied and circulated for sterilization of the retort product, a sterilization tank installed at one side of the sterilization tank, a door to open and close the sterilization tank, and a plurality of retort products to be sterilized. A basket loaded into the sterilization tank, a door opening / closing mechanism for opening and closing the door to the sterilization tank, a hot water supply unit for supplying hot water for sterilization into the sterilization tank, and a cold water supply unit for supplying cold water into the sterilization tank. And so on.

The retort sterilizer is a hot water retort sterilizer which is filled with hot water and is sterilized by filling hot water into the sterilization tank by a hot water supply unit including a large hot water tank having the same capacity as the sterilization tank, and spraying hot water into the sterilization tank. It is largely classified into a spray type retort sterilization apparatus in which sterilization is performed by a hot water supply unit.

Recently, in order to increase sterilization efficiency, a rotary retort sterilization apparatus has been developed in which a basket equipped with a retrot product to be sterilized is accommodated in a rotating frame and rotated in a sterilization tank.

As an example of such a rotary retort sterilizer, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-215733 (published on August 19, 1997) includes a nozzle in which a tray in which a product is loaded is placed in multiple stages to be accommodated in a sterilization tank and disposed toward a gap between the trays. A spray type retort sterilizer for spraying hot water or steam to heat sterilize a product, and then spray cooling water from a spray nozzle to cool the product, comprising: a rotating body for rotatably holding a tray loaded in multiple stages in a sterilization tank; A spray nozzle for spraying hot water, steam, and cooling water toward the gap between the trays, and having a header pipe arranged to rotate with the rotating body and rotating driving means for rotating the rotating body and the header pipe in the sterilization tank. A rotating spray retort sterilizer is disclosed.

In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-101862 (published on Apr. 9, 2002) discloses a cylindrical rotary body having a multi-stage tray containing a product and having a rotating shaft in the center thereof, and sterilizing the rotor in a horizontal state. A roller member disposed on a lower outer peripheral surface of each side of the horizontal direction as viewed from the rotation axis direction of the rotating body and a plurality of roller members arranged in the rotation axis direction to support rotation of the rotating body, and disposed inside the sterilization tank and between the trays. Disclosed is a rocking rotary spray retort sterilizer having a nozzle for ejecting hot water, cooling water, and the like toward a gap of a gap.

In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-231520 (published on Aug. 28, 2001) discloses a rotary body for loading and storing a tray containing a product in multiple stages, a sterilization tank incorporating the rotary body, and disposed on the rotary body. A rocking rotary spray type retort sterilizer having a spray nozzle for ejecting hot water, cooling water, and the like toward a gap therebetween, the oscillating rotary spray type retort sterilizing apparatus, which is rotatably installed on a lower inner circumferential surface of the sterilization tank with a rotating shaft parallel to the rotating body. And a plurality of roller members in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the rotating body to support the own weight of the rotating body, and driving means installed outside the sterilization tank and connected to the rotating shaft of the roller member through a power transmission means. An oscillating rotary spray retort sterilizer is disclosed.

The rotary retort sterilizer is essentially provided with a position and the number of the basket fixing unit for fixing the upper end of the basket at the time of rotation of the rotating frame to prevent the retort product from coming out of the basket.

However, in the case of the conventional rotary retort sterilization apparatus described above, as the basket fixing unit is formed in a structure in which the fixing plate is moved in accordance with manual rotation operation of a rotation operation means such as, for example, a vertical lead screw, a plurality of rotation operation means. There was a problem in that it takes a considerable time and effort to manually move the fixed plate downward movement of the fixed plate or to manually move a plurality of rotation operation means to rotate the fixed plate manually in the opposite direction.

1. Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 09-215733 (published Aug. 19, 1997) 2. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2002-101862 (published Apr. 2002, 2002) 3. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2001-231520 (published Aug. 28, 2001)

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the open top of the basket into which the retro product is inserted is quickly and easily fixed by the downward movement of the pressure plate is a retort product despite the rotation of the rotating frame Based on the task of providing a rotary retort sterilizer equipped with a basket fixing unit which is supported so as not to escape to the outside of the basket and the basket can be quickly withdrawn after the pressurized plate is moved up easily after completion of sterilization. Shall be.

The problem of the present invention described above is that one side is opened and closed by an opening / closing door, and is rotatably driven by a drive motor rotatably installed in the sterilization tank and driven by a driving motor provided on the other side of the sterilization tank, and a rail at a lower side thereof. The rotating frame is installed, a basket in which the retort food to be sterilized in the sterilization tank is stored and retractable into the rotating frame through the rail, and is installed on the upper side of the rotating frame and is disposed at an upper side of the basket. A basket fixing unit comprising a basket fixing unit which is pressed to close or close the open upper end of the basket while being moved, and a basket fixing unit installed on the upper side of the rotating frame and pressurizing the pressure plate downward and returning to the upper direction. Month by providing a rotary retort sterilizer with a unit It is.

According to a preferred feature of the invention, the pressing plate is formed of a grid frame having a plurality of through-holes.

According to a preferred feature of the invention, the basket fixing unit includes a fixing plate fixed to the upper side of the rotating frame, and the cylinder mechanism is installed on the fixed plate and the piston end is fixed to the pressure plate.

According to a preferred feature of the invention, the cylinder mechanism is a pneumatic cylinder mechanism.

According to a preferred feature of the present invention, the basket fixing unit further includes elastic restoring means installed on the fixing plate and rapidly returning the pressure plate to the upper direction when the pneumatic release of the cylinder mechanism is released.

According to a preferred feature of the present invention, the elastic restoring means includes a coil spring having a lower end mounted on the fixed plate, and an upper end supported on the coil spring and a lower end fixed on the pressing plate.

According to a preferred feature of the present invention, the fixing plate is formed of a square plate that is bent fastening fixing rods at both ends, the cylinder mechanism is installed in the center of the fixing plate and the elastic restoring means are four corners of the fixing plate Is installed on.

According to the rotary retort sterilizing apparatus equipped with the basket fixing unit according to the present invention, the pressure plate is moved downwards quickly and easily by the basket fixing unit including the cylinder mechanism, and the open upper portion of the basket into which the retro product is put is pressed by the pressing plate. As it is quickly and easily pressurized and fixed, the retort product is supported not to escape to the outside of the basket despite the rotation of the rotating frame, so that the retort product can be sterilized uniformly within a short time.

In addition, according to the rotary retort sterilizing apparatus provided with the basket fixing unit according to the present invention, the basket fixing unit includes an elastic restoring means, and the pressure plate is released upward by the elastic restoring force of the elastic restoring means when the cylinder mechanism is depressurized. It has the advantage of being able to return to normal quickly.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a rotary retort sterilization apparatus having a basket fixing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a detailed structure of the rotating frame in the rotary retort sterilization apparatus provided with a basket fixing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a detailed structure of the basket fixing unit in the rotary retort sterilizing apparatus provided with a basket fixing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a rotary retort sterilization apparatus provided with a basket fixing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation of the basket fixing unit.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this is to explain in detail enough to easily practice the invention having ordinary knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs, and this does not mean that the technical spirit and scope of the present invention is limited.

Rotary retort sterilization device 1 is provided with a basket fixing unit in one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 to 4, one side is opened and closed by a door 11, the sterilization tank 10, Rotating frame 20 is rotatably installed in the sterilization tank 10 and driven to be driven by the drive motor 21 provided on the other side of the sterilization tank 10 and the rail 23 is installed on the lower side, A plurality of baskets 30 are stored in the sterilization tank 10 to be sterilized and sterilized into the rotating frame 20 through the rails 23, and a basket (on the upper side of the rotating frame 20). 30 is installed in correspondence with the pressing plate 40 for pressing or contacting or releasing the open upper end of the basket 30 while moving in the upper portion of the basket 30, the pressure plate is installed on the upper side of the rotating frame 20 Press (40) downward to move upward It includes a basket fixed unit 50 returns to original state.

Here, the sterilization tank 10 to form a closed high-temperature sterilization processing space so that sterilization of the retort food can be performed, and has a cylindrical tank structure in which one side is opened and closed by the opening / closing door 11.

The structure or sealing structure of the door opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the opening and closing door 11 with respect to the sterilization tank 10 is already known in the art of the retort sterilization apparatus, which will not be further described here for the sake of brevity. Let's do it.

In addition, the sterilization tank 10 is provided with a hot water supply unit (not shown) for supplying hot water or steam for sterilization process therein.

In the sterilization tank 10 described above, the rotating frame 20 is rotatably installed. The rotating frame 20 is rotated in the sterilization tank 10 in a state in which the basket 30 will be described later, so that hot water or steam sprayed in the sterilization tank 10 may be uniformly provided to the retort food. It is possible to form, as a whole, a cylindrical drum-shaped frame.

One side of the rotating frame 20 is closed and at the same time is connected to the drive motor 21 provided on the other side of the sterilization tank (10). The other side of the rotating frame 20 is open to allow the basket 30 to be mounted or withdrawn from the inside, the lower side of the rotating frame 20 has a rail 23 for guiding the mounting and withdrawal of the basket 30 Is installed.

In the rotating frame 20 rotatably installed in the sterilization tank 10 described above, the basket 30 is retractably input. The basket 30 is a kind of reservoir in which the retort food is stored for sterilization, and may be mounted in the rotating frame 20 so as to be connected in plurality. The lower one side of the basket 30 may be provided with a traveling wheel that is moved on the rail 23 of the rotary frame 20.

The sterilization tank 10, the rotating frame 20 and the basket 30 described above are the same as the sterilization tank, the rotating frame and the basket of the conventional rotary retort sterilization apparatus, the detailed description thereof is omitted here for the sake of simplicity of the specification. Let's do it.

The pressing plate 40 is installed above the rotating frame 20. The pressure plate 40 is moved from the upper portion of the basket 30 while pressing the close upper end of the basket 30 so that the retort product does not escape to the outside of the basket 30 despite the rotation of the rotating frame 20. After the completion of the sterilization or support or sterilization treatment to release the basket 30 to the outside.

The pressure plate 40 is formed with a plurality of through holes 41, as shown in Figure 3 so that hot water or steam sprayed in the sterilization tank 10 can be provided to the retort food through the pressure plate 40 as well. It is preferable to form a grid frame.

The basket fixing unit 50 is installed on the upper side of the above-described rotating frame 20 and is connected to the upper portion of the pressure plate 40. The basket fixing unit 50 serves to pressurize and move the pressure plate 40 downward and return to the upper direction.

 As shown in FIG. 4, the basket fixing unit 50 is fixed to the upper side of the rotating frame 20 and the fixing plate 51. The basket fixing unit 50 is attached to the pressure plate 40. A cylinder mechanism 53 to be fixed, and elastic restoring means 55 installed on the fixed plate 51 and rapidly returning the pressure plate 40 to the upper direction at the time of the pneumatic release of the cylinder mechanism 53; It is preferable.

The fixing plate 51 is formed of a square plate on which both ends of the fastening fixing rod 51a are bent, and the fastening fixing rod 51a is fixedly installed on the upper side of the rotating frame 20 by the fastening member.

In addition, although the cylinder mechanism 53 may be formed as a hydraulic cylinder mechanism, it is preferable that the cylinder mechanism 53 is formed as a pneumatic cylinder mechanism provided with compressed air and exhausted to the outside for simplicity of equipment. In addition, the cylinder mechanism 53 is preferably installed at the center of the fixed plate 51.

In addition, the elastic restoring means 55 is a coil spring (55a) is the lower end is supported by the fixing plate 51, the upper end is supported on the coil spring (55a) and the lower end is an elastic restoring rod (fixed to the pressure plate 40) It is preferred to include 55b).

It is preferable that a total of four elastic restoring means 55 are installed on each of four corners of the fixing plate 51 so as to be symmetrically installed with respect to the cylinder mechanism 53. In order to install the elastic restoring means 55, a spring seating seat 55b in which the lower end of the coil spring 55a is seated is formed in a cylindrical shape on the upper corner side of the fixing plate 51.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, the overall operation of the rotary retort sterilizing apparatus 1 equipped with the basket fixing unit according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described as follows:

After the retort food for sterilization is loaded into the basket 30, the opening and closing door 11 is opened, and then a plurality of baskets 30 are rotatably installed in the sterilization tank 10 through the rails 23. 20) Push in and close the door 11 again.

In this state, when the pneumatic pressure is supplied to the cylinder mechanism 53 of the basket fixing unit 50 to expand, the pressing plate 40 is moved downward to be pressed in close contact with the open upper end of the basket 30. At this time, the coil spring 55a of the elastic restoring means 55 is compressed,

In this state, the drive motor 21 is operated to rotate the rotating frame 20 in the sterilization tank 10 and at the same time supply hot water or steam for sterilization into the sterilization tank 10. The retort food in) is sterilized.

At this time, as the pressing plate 40 is quickly moved downward by the basket fixing unit 50 including the cylinder mechanism 53, the open upper portion of the basket 30 into which the retro product is introduced is pressed by the pressing plate 40. As quickly and easily pressurized and fixed, the retort product is supported not to escape to the outside of the basket 30 in spite of the rotation of the rotating frame 20 so that the retort product can be sterilized uniformly within a short time.

When the sterilization treatment of the Retrot product is completed, when the pneumatic pressure provided to the cylinder mechanism 53 of the basket fixing unit 50 is released, immediately by the elastic restoring force of the coil spring 55a of the compressed elastic restoring means 55. At the same time, as the pressing plate 40 is quickly moved upwards, the pressing contact state with respect to the open upper end of the basket 30 is released, thereby allowing the basket 30 to be pulled out.

Although the embodiments have been described above by way of example, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in many other forms without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Accordingly, the described embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and all embodiments within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents shall be included within the scope of the present invention.

1: rotary retort sterilizer with basket fixing unit
10: sterilization tank
11: open door
20: rotating frame
21: drive motor
23: rail
30: basket
40: pressure plate
41: through hole
50: basket fixing unit
51: fixed plate
55a: fastening fixture
55b: spring seat
53: cylinder mechanism
55: elastic restoring means
55a: coil spring
55b: elastic restoring rod

Claims (7)

A sterilization tank 10 opened and closed by one side of the door 11;
Rotating frame 20 is rotatably installed in the sterilization tank 10 and driven to be driven by the drive motor 21 provided on the other side of the sterilization tank 10 and the rail 23 is installed on the lower side. ;
A plurality of baskets 30 storing retort food to be sterilized in the sterilization tank 10 and being retractable into the rotating frame 20 through the rail 23;
The pressing plate 40 is installed to correspond to the basket 30 on the upper side of the rotating frame 20 and moved upwards or downwards in the upper portion of the basket 30 to press or close the open upper end of the basket 30. ; And
Is installed on the upper side of the rotating frame 20 and includes a basket fixing unit 50 for pressing and moving the pressure plate 40 in the lower direction and return to the upper direction in the original direction,
The pressing plate 40 is formed of a grid frame formed with a plurality of through holes 41,
The basket fixing unit 50 has a fixed plate 51 fixed to the upper side of the rotating frame 20, the cylinder mechanism is installed on the fixed plate 51 and the piston end is fixed to the pressure plate 40 (53), and elastic restoring means (55) installed on the fixed plate (51) for rapidly returning the pressure plate (40) to the upper direction upon pneumatic release of the cylinder mechanism (53);
The elastic restoring means 55 is a coil spring (55a) is the lower end is supported by the fixing plate 51, the upper end is supported by the coil spring (55a) and the lower end is elastically fixed to the pressure plate (40) Rotary retort sterilization apparatus provided with a basket fixing unit including a restoring rod (55b).
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The cylinder mechanism 53 is a rotary retort sterilization apparatus having a basket fixing unit, characterized in that the pneumatic cylinder mechanism.
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The fixing plate 51 is formed of a square plate in which the fastening fixing rod 51a is bent at both ends, and the cylinder mechanism 53 is installed at the center of the fixing plate 51 and the elastic restoring means 55 is Rotary retort sterilization apparatus having a basket fixing unit, characterized in that installed on the four corners of the fixing plate (51).

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