JPS5942635Y2 - hop dryer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention involves charging collected hops (hop flowers) into a drying box that can be removably installed in the drying chamber of the aircraft, and blowing hot air to the hops. This invention relates to an improvement in a hop dryer that dries the hops by drying the hops.

When drying hops using the above-mentioned hop dryer, there are two steps: loading and drying the hops into the drying box that is removably installed in the machine, and removing the hops from the drying box. There is a problem in that the work of transporting it to a predetermined location is troublesome.

The present invention was made to solve this problem, and it is possible to remove the dried hops from the drying box without interfering with the drying of the hops, and without complicating the mechanism. It is an object of the present invention to enable the work of transporting dried hops taken out from the drying box to a predetermined location to be carried out easily and quickly.

In order to achieve this object, the means of the present invention is to form an air guide chamber 2 communicating with the air outlet 30 of the hot air supply device 3 at the bottom of the inner cavity of the body 1 formed in a box shape. A drying chamber 4 through which hot air sent from the air guide chamber 2 blows upward is formed in the inner cavity of the upper body 1, and in the inner cavity of the drying chamber 4,
In a hop dryer in which a drying box 8 for storing hop flowers to be dried in the drying chamber 4 is removably disposed, the drying box 8 is extracted to the outside of the machine body 1 and the machine body is opened in a freely extractable shape. 1, and inside the drying box 8 there is a net b with a mesh size that does not allow hop flowers to pass through.
The drying box 8 is characterized in that it is formed to a size that can completely enclose the hop flowers contained in the drying box 8, and is loaded with a removable inner lining.

Next, an example of the implementation will be described according to the drawings. 1 is a box-shaped box with a length, width, and height of approximately 1 s o o mi IJ, similar to the body of a normal hop dryer. The upper surface side is open to form an opening 10.

2 is an air guide chamber formed at the bottom of the internal cavity of the machine body 1, and in the internal cavity of the machine body 1, at a position slightly above the floor surface, hop flowers, which are items to be dried such as netting, perforated board residue, or bamboo shoots, are placed. A ventilated plate a is provided in the shape of a shelf, through which dry air (hot air) passes freely but does not pass through. The model 11 on the side surface of the hot air supply device 1 is communicated with the air outlet 30 of the hot air supply device 3 via the communication tube 20.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a drying chamber, which is partitioned left and right by a partition plate-shaped descending wall 12, as shown in FIG.
..., a large number of small drying chambers 40 are arranged vertically in parallel, respectively.
It is divided into...

As shown in FIG. 2, the partition frame 5 is constructed by extending a net 51 over the entire surface of a square frame 50 so as to prevent hop flowers from passing through but allow drying air to freely pass through. It is formed to be breathable, and the drying air supplied to the air guide chamber 2 passes through the partition frame 5 sequentially and passes from the small drying chamber 40 at the bottom to the small drying chamber 40 at the top. Atrium, fuselage 1
The air is blown out from the top side of the drying chamber 4, which is formed by the top opening 10 of the drying chamber 4, and these partition frames 5 are each fixed to the inner cavity of the machine 1. A rail 6 provided as above is movably supported, and
As shown in FIG. 3, one end 5a in the direction of movement by the rail 6...
It is exposed to the outside through a window hole 7 made in the hole 7, and can be pulled out by pulling out the handle 52 provided at the exposed end 5a, as shown in FIG. 2. By adjusting the number of partition frames 5 by inserting and removing the partition frames 5, the volume of drying air that is supplied from the air guide chamber 2 to the drying chamber 4 and blows through can be adjusted. It has become.

8 is a drying box provided in the bottom of the drying chamber 4 in the shape of an extractor that can be freely inserted and removed in order to facilitate the removal of the hop flowers W that have been dried in the drying chamber 1 to the outside of the machine. A large number of small drying chambers 40 are formed in a box shape with a size approximately corresponding to the internal volume of the small drying chambers 40 formed by the partition frame 5, and are arranged in multiple stages.
The drying chamber 4 is arranged in the small drying chamber 40 at the bottom of...
It is movably supported on the above-mentioned rail 6 provided inside, and one end 8a in the direction of movement by the rail 6 is exposed to the outside through a window hole 9 provided in the model 13 on the front side of the body 1. By holding the handle 80 provided at the end 8a and pulling it out, it can be pulled out to the outside of the body 1 in the form of a drawer, as shown in FIG.

The air-permeable plate a that partitions the drying chamber 4 and the air guide chamber 2 described above is attached to several boxes 8 as the floor of the drying boxes 8 .

b is a furoshiki-like net made of synthetic resin material or the like to be able to withstand hot air of around 100 degrees Celsius, and its mesh is formed to a size that prevents hop flowers W from passing through. Moreover, the overall area is set to be large enough to completely enclose the hop flowers W housed in the drying box 8 as shown in FIG.

Then, the net (b) is laid on the inner surface of the drying box 8 in the form of a removable lining, and its periphery is placed against the opening edge of the upper end of the peripheral wall 81 of the drying box 8, as shown in FIG. The net b is attached to the drying box 8 as shown in FIG. It is in a state where it is accommodated.

The hop drying operation using the hop dryer constructed as described above is carried out in the following order.

First, the hops W to be dried are introduced through the opening 10 on the top side of the machine body 1 and deposited on the top surface of the partition frame 5 at the top stage.

Then, in this state, the drying air blowing up from the air guide chamber 2 is applied to dry it.

Next, when the drying of the hops W has progressed to a certain extent, the uppermost partition frame 5 is pulled out, the hops W are dropped onto the next partition frame 5, and the hops W are deposited on the upper surface of the next partition frame 5. In this state, continue to expose it to drying air.

In this state, since one partition frame 5 has been reduced,
A stronger drying air than the one described above is supplied.

When the drying progresses further in this state, the next partition frame 5 is removed and the hops W are dropped onto the lower partition frame 5, and the hops W are successively transferred to the lower partition frame 5 while drying. Then, the final drying is carried out in the drying box 8, which is the partition frame at the bottom.

Then, when finishing drying in the drying box 8 is completed, the finished hops W are pulled out of the machine by the drawer of the drying box 8.

Next, the net (b) which has been loaded as a lining on the inner surface of the drying box 8 is taken out from the pulled out drying box 8, with the hops W wrapped in the net (b).

Then, the hops W taken out from the drying box 8 wrapped in the net b are transported to a predetermined location together with the net b, using the net b as a container for transportation, and the drying work is completed.

Next, the operation of the hop dryer according to the present invention will be explained.

As mentioned above, in the method of the present invention, the drying box 8 formed in the shape of a drawer and provided in the machine body 1 has a removable lining lined with the net b laid on the inner surface of the drying box 8.
The hops W introduced into the drying box 8 are housed in the inner cavity surrounded by this net (b), and are exposed to drying air, so that drying can be carried out without any trouble, and the drying is completed. Sometimes, the drawer of the drying box 8
11, which is accommodated in the inner cavity of the machine, is pulled out of the machine.

Then, from the drying box 8 pulled out, the drying box 8 is
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the hops W can be removed by pulling up the net b from the drying box 8 while it is suspended between the machine body 1 and the stand Y.

Further, the hops W taken out together with the net b are packed by wrapping the hops W with the net b as shown in FIG.

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily take out the dried hops W from the drying box without interfering with the drying of the hops, and the net that takes out the shattered hops while encasing them is the 11th aspect of the present invention. As it becomes a container for transportation,
It also becomes much easier to transport it to a designated location.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the above device with the partition frame pulled out, Fig. 3 is a front view of the above device, and Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional front view of the above device. Figure 5 is a plan view of the same device with the drying box pulled out, Figure 6 is a side view of the same device as above, Figure 7 is a perspective view of the drying box, and Figure 8 is a state in which hop flowers are wrapped. FIG. 1... Airframe, 2... Air guide chamber, 3...
...Hot air supply device, 4...Drying room, 40...
...Small drying room, 5...Partition frame, 6...
・Rule, 7, 9... Window hole, 8... Drying box, b... Net.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An air guide chamber 2 communicating with the air outlet 30 of the hot air supply device 3 is formed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the body 1 formed in a box shape, and the air guide chamber 2 is formed in the inner cavity of the body 1 above the air guide chamber 2. A drying chamber 4 through which hot air is blown upward is formed, and a drying box 8 for storing hop flowers to be dried in the drying chamber 4 is removably disposed in the inner cavity of the drying chamber 4. In the installed hop dryer,
The front drying box 8 is extracted to the outside of the machine body 1 and supported on the machine body 1 in a freely extractable shape, and inside the drying box 8 is a net of a size that does not allow hop flowers to pass through.
A hop dryer characterized in that the drying box 8 is formed into a size that can completely wrap around the hop flowers stored in the drying box 8, and is loaded in the form of a removable lining.