JP3229556U - Freshness maintenance device in tea leaf management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a freshness maintaining device capable of increasing the amount of humidification by a humidifying device and maintaining the freshness of fresh tea leaves. SOLUTION: A freshness maintaining device 1 in a tea fresh leaf management device is a tea fresh leaf management device that keeps freshness by blowing air on fresh leaves placed on a breathable mounting surface, and is a blower 10, a humidifying device 20. The water supply device 30 is configured, and the water supply device 30 is provided above the humidifying device 20. Further, the freshness maintaining device 1 is characterized in that the water supply device 30 is a water supply pipe 31 having a large number of ejection holes provided on the side plate of the blower device 10. Further, the freshness maintaining device 1 is characterized in that a control valve for controlling the amount of water supply is provided in the water supply pipe connected to the water supply device 30. [Selection diagram] Fig. 3

Description

The present invention relates to a freshness-maintaining device in a tea leaf management device for storing fresh tea leaves after plucking.

A humidifying blower is attached to the conventional tea leaf management device in order to maintain freshness (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 5, a blower 1 that blows fresh air into the fresh leaves laminated in the storage tank 43.
In 0, a blower 12 and a motor 13 are installed on a blower cylinder 11 provided for each block on the side wall 41 of the tea leaf management device, and the blower cylinder 11 and the wind guide 45 provided in the tea leaf management device are communicated with each other. It is made up of. The air blowing device 10 is provided with a humidifying device 20 in order to impart an appropriate amount of moisture to the fresh leaves and keep the fresh leaves higher. A water storage tank 14 is formed in the blower cylinder 11, and the lower end of a filter paper or cloth is immersed in the water storage tank 14 so as to suck up water by a capillary phenomenon. By blowing air on the filter paper or cloth with the blower 12, a moist wind is generated.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-1417773 Jitsufuku No. 6-29954

However, in the prior art, the amount of water sucked up by the filter paper or cloth used for the humidifying device decreases over time, and it is not possible to generate a sufficiently moist wind, and if such ventilation is continued. There is a problem that blue withering may occur on the fresh tea leaves.

In order to solve the above problems, the freshness-maintaining device in the tea fresh leaf management device, which is the first device, is a tea fresh leaf management device that keeps the freshness by blowing air to the fresh leaves placed on the breathable mounting surface. It is characterized in that a water supply device is provided above the humidification device.
The freshness-maintaining device in the tea leaf management device, which is the second device, is characterized in that the water supply device is a water supply pipe having a large number of ejection holes provided on the side plates of the blower device.
Further, the freshness maintaining device in the tea leaf management device, which is the third invention, is characterized in that a control valve for controlling the amount of water supply is provided in the water supply pipe connected to the water supply device.

The present invention has the effect of increasing the amount of humidification by the humidifying device and maintaining the freshness of the fresh tea leaves.

It is a side view which shows the tea leaf management apparatus to which the freshness preservation apparatus of this invention was applied. It is a partial perspective view which shows the freshness maintenance apparatus of this invention. It is the same horizontal partial sectional view. It is the schematic which showed the piping which concerns on the freshness maintenance apparatus of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the conventional tea leaf management apparatus.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the following suitable examples.
As an example of the tea leaf management device, a conveyor type surface for placing the tea leaves is given as an example, but the device is not limited to this.

First, the tea leaf management device 4 to which the freshness maintaining device 1 of the present invention is applied will be described. The parts shown in FIG. 1 and having the same form as the conventional tea leaf management device shown in FIG. 5 are used for explanation, and the same reference numerals are given to the drawings.
The storage tank 43 is formed by the side plate 41 and the transport zone 42.
The transport zone 42 is formed in a conveyor shape by connecting a large number of breathable caterpillars in a row. The upper surface serves as the bottom of the storage tank 43 and serves as a placement surface for fresh tea leaves.
A scraping device (not shown) is provided at the take-out portion 44 at the delivery end of the transport zone 42, and the fresh tea leaves placed in the storage tank 43 are taken out and sent to the next step.
The inside of the transport zone 42 is divided into a large number of blocks in the longitudinal direction thereof, and the wind guide 45 is arranged.
Blowers 10 are connected to each of them. The wind sent from the blower 10 passes through the wind guide 45 and reaches the fresh leaves placed from the breathable caterpillar of the transport zone 42.

The freshness maintaining device 1 of the present invention is provided in the above-mentioned tea leaf management device 4, and is composed of a blower device 10, a humidifying device 20, and a water supply device 30. This will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

One blower device 10 is provided in one block on the side surface of the tea leaf management device 4.
The blower body 11 is connected to the wind guide 45 inside the transport zone 42, and two blowers 12 are provided above the blower cylinder 11, and each rotor blade is penetrated by a single shaft 16 supported by a bearing 15. It is driven by being directly connected to the transmission shaft of the motor 13 by the coupling 17. Tea leaf management device 1
The number of blowers 12 may be one, depending on the size of the wind guide 45 and the width of the wind guide 45.
The blower control panel (not shown) is provided with a power switch, a timer for operating and stopping the blower device 10, a switch for selecting the blower device to be operated, a timer for setting the opening / closing time of the solenoid valve for water supply, and the like. ..
An opening / closing lid 18 is movably attached to the side surface of the blower body 11 by a hinge and a stopper. By opening the opening / closing lid 18, the inside of the blower cylinder 11 can be cleaned and inspected.
A water tank 14 is formed at the bottom of the blower cylinder 11. The water storage tank 14 has a structure in which a certain amount of supplied water can be stored, and when the amount exceeds that amount, the water is drained to the drain pipe 19.

The humidifying device 20 is designed to suspend and attach a large number of filter papers to a square frame, and is installed in the water storage tank 14 of the blower 10 according to the position of the blower 12. Since the lower end of the filter paper is immersed in the water storage tank 14, water is sucked up by the capillary phenomenon. In this embodiment, filter paper is used for the humidifying device 20, but the present invention is not limited to this.

The water supply device 30 is provided on the blower cylinder 11. As an example, the water supply pipe 31 is a vinyl chloride pipe having a large number of ejection holes 32 opened in a straight line at predetermined intervals. One is connected to the water supply pipe 35 by a socket and a joint, and a cap is fitted to the other. I have a lid. The water supply pipe 31 has an L-shaped support metal fitting 33 and a mounting metal fitting 34 on the side of the opening / closing lid 18 facing the inside of the blower cylinder 11.
Attached by. At this time, the ejection hole 32 of the water supply pipe 31 is directed toward the center of the blower cylinder. The water supply pipe 31 is attached so as to be located above the humidifying device 20. Also,
Each blower is provided so as to correspond to the blow position of the blower 12. By being installed in this way, the water supply pipe 31 is located on the upstream side of the blower 12 in the blowing direction.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of the piping according to the present invention.
The water supply pipe 35 is installed over the entire length of the tea leaf management device 4, and water is supplied by opening and closing a control valve (in this embodiment, the solenoid valve 37 is used).
The opening and closing time of the solenoid valve 37 can be determined by setting a timer of the blower control panel (not shown) described above, and the amount of water supplied can be controlled.

The operation and operation mode of the freshness maintaining device 1 described above will be described.
The operation of the water supply device 30 closes the drain valve 39 and opens the water supply valve 38 to prepare for water supply.
When the power switch of the blower control panel is turned on, the solenoid valve 37 opens and water is supplied to all the blower devices 10.
After that, water is supplied according to the set time of the timer of the blower control panel. Therefore, in addition to selecting the blower device, the blower time and water supply time are set to desired times.

When the solenoid valve 37 is opened, water is sent from the branch pipe 36 to the water supply pipe 31 through the water supply pipe 35. The supplied water is ejected into the blower cylinder 11 from the ejection hole 32 of the water supply pipe 31. Since the water supply pipe 31 is attached above the humidifying device 20, the spouted water is stored in the water tank 14 from the upper part of the humidifying device 20. At this time, since water is hung on the upper part of the filter paper of the humidifying device 20, the filter paper can have the dampness necessary for humidification without waiting for the water in the water storage tank 14 to be sucked up.
Furthermore, since a predetermined amount of supplied water is stored in the water storage tank, it also has the effect of sucking up water from the lower part of the humidifying device by capillarity as in the past.
Further, since the water supply pipe 31 is located on the upstream side of the blower direction of the blower 11, the blower 12
If water is supplied while the air is blowing, the water ejected from the ejection hole 32 spreads in the ventilation cylinder.
When the blower 12 of the blower 10 selected by the blower control panel is activated, the air sent by the blower 12 is humidified by removing moisture from the humidifier 20 while passing through the humidifier 20 in the blower cylinder 11. Then, it is sent from the wind guide 45 through the caterpillar to the storage tank 43.

Conventionally, it has been considered that the upper surface of the filter paper is dried by the air blown from the blower, resulting in a shortage of the humidifying capacity of the humidifying device 20, but in the present invention, sufficient humidity is provided by supplying water from the upper surface of the filter paper. Can be added.

By blowing air from the blower device 10, the respiration heat of the fresh leaves laminated in the storage tank 43 is taken, the leaves are prevented from burning, and since the humidity is sufficient, the wilting can be prevented and the freshness of the fresh leaves can be maintained. ..
In addition, it can be attached to a blower of a conventional tea leaf management device.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

1 Freshness keeping device 4 Fresh leaf management device 10 Blower device 11 Blower 12 Blower 13 Motor 14 Water storage tank 15 Bearing 16 Shaft 17 Coupling 18 Opening and closing lid 20 Humidifying device 30 Water supply device 31 Water supply pipe 32 Ejection hole 33 Support bracket 34 Installation Metal fittings 35 Water supply piping 36 Branch pipe 37 Solenoid valve 38 Water supply valve 39 Drain valve 41 Side plate 42 Transport zone 43 Storage tank 44 Extraction part 45 Air conduction 46 block

Claims (1)

It is a freshness maintaining device in a tea fresh leaf management device that keeps freshness by blowing air from a fresh leaf placed on a breathable mounting surface of a storage tank by a blower, and is above the humidifying device installed in the blower. A freshness-maintaining device characterized by having a water supply device.