JPH039666Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a konnyaku kneading cylinder that constitutes a part of an apparatus for kneading a gel-like konnyaku material and lime water.

Apparatuses for mechanically kneading the konnyaku powder by adding lime water and stirring the konnyaku material, which becomes a gel, and then adding lime water, are disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 9243/1973 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1973/1983. This is publicly known from Publication No. 31433 and the like. These devices have a required number of kneading cylinders attached to the hopper in series, and the material and lime water are quickly kneaded by the rotation of a shaft with a plurality of stirring plates built into the kneading cylinders. It is composed of

In such an apparatus, when kneading is carried out by rotating a shaft having a stirring plate at high speed, air bubbles are rapidly generated in the material. These air bubbles are quickly discharged from the kneading cylinder together with the material and remain as air bubbles in the product. These air bubbles are not particularly problematic when the product obtained by molding after dispensing is a block-shaped konnyaku, but if it is thin and long like shirataki or ito konnyaku, it can cause breakage and squeeze. It will no longer be possible to continuously form shirataki etc. using a machine. For this reason, when producing shirataki or the like, the stirring plate is rotated to prevent air bubbles from being generated during kneading.

This invention aims to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and to provide a kneading cylinder that can quickly remove air bubbles even if they occur during kneading with an extremely simple structure.

This invention for the above-mentioned purpose is characterized in that a recess serving as an air pocket is provided in the longitudinal direction at least on the inside upper part of the tip of the kneading cylinder, and a deaeration member is attached to the recess. It is. This invention will be explained in detail below with reference to illustrated embodiments. In the figure, 1 is a hopper, and 2 is a pre-kneading cylinder. Although not shown in the figure, it consists of a pair of parallel kneading cylinders connected at their tips, and hopper 1 is connected to the rear end of the kneading cylinder on the opposite side. ing. Reference numeral 3 denotes a kneading cylinder for main kneading, which is provided below the preliminary kneading cylinder 2 and connected to the preliminary kneading cylinder 2 via a connecting cylinder 4 provided at the rear end.

Inside the kneading cylinder 3, there are a plurality of kneading plates 5, 5.
There is a rotating shaft 6 having a rotation axis 6 extending radially along the longitudinal direction, and a discharge pump 7 formed of a gear pump is connected to the lower side of the tip.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a lime water supply pipe attached to the rear upper part of the kneading cylinder 3, and although not shown, a constant amount of lime water is constantly supplied into the kneading cylinder 3 by a pump.

Therefore, in this embodiment, a recess 9 is provided at the inner upper part of the kneading cylinder 3 from the middle to the tip, and a deaeration port 11 equipped with a valve 10 is provided at the tip of the recess 9. The recess 9 is provided so that air bubbles formed in the material can be quickly removed.

That is, in the kneading cylinder 3 having the above structure, the kneading plates 5, 5
The material and the lime water are kneaded by the rotation of the kneading member, and the air bubbles generated by the kneading gradually move toward the tips of the kneading plates 5, 5, and finally enter the recess 9. Be able to be pushed.
Also, since the amount of air in the recess 9 increases with the amount of kneading, operate the valve 10 at an appropriate time to remove the air from the degassing member 1.
1 is released, allowing the air in the recess 9 to escape into the atmosphere. As a result, air bubbles are no longer trapped in the material.

As mentioned above, this idea is based on the Konniyaku kneading tube 3.
A recess 9 that serves as an air pocket is provided in the longitudinal direction at least at the upper inner side of the tip of the material, and this recess 9 prevents air bubbles from remaining in the material. obstacles can be removed. Moreover, since air bubbles are removed naturally during kneading, the kneading operation does not become particularly complicated, and the structure is extremely simple, requiring only a recess in the upper part of the inside of the conventional kneading cylinder. There's nothing to do. Moreover, a degassing member is installed in the recess so that air can be removed only when necessary, so even if there is a recess inside the kneading cylinder, the recess will not impair the kneading process. It has characteristics.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially longitudinal sectional front view of a kneading device equipped with a konnyaku kneading tube according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line shown in FIG. 1. 3... Kneading tube, 5... Kneading plate, 6... Rotating shaft,
9... recess, 10... valve, 11... deaeration member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a konnyaku kneading cylinder which is equipped with a rotating shaft having a plurality of kneading plates radially extending in the longitudinal direction and has a discharge pump connected to the tip thereof, at least the inner upper part of the tip of the konnyaku kneading cylinder. A kneading cylinder is provided in which a recess serving as an air pocket is provided in the longitudinal direction, and a deaeration member is attached to the recess.