阅读说明：本技术 黏稠食品调温机 (Temp. regulator for sticky food ) 是由 林玉龙 刘树童 于 2021-07-29 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明是关于一种黏稠食品调温机,主要通过一盛装容器连通多数输送管组,各输送管组专属使用于一种黏稠食品,如此一来,当对不同黏稠食品进行调温时,无须大费周章拆除全部组件进行清洗,只需将盛装容器与选择阀拆除清洗再装回原本位置即可。(The invention relates to a thick food temperature regulator, which is mainly characterized in that a container is communicated with a plurality of conveying pipe groups, and each conveying pipe group is specially used for a thick food.)

1. A thick food tempering machine is characterized by comprising:

a container for containing: the container is provided with a containing chamber for containing thick food, a stirring component for promoting temperature regulation uniformity is arranged in the containing chamber, the containing chamber forms an opening on the top surface of the containing container, the bottom of the containing container is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole which are respectively communicated with the containing chamber, a first plug body is operatively arranged on the first through hole, and a second plug body is operatively arranged on the second through hole; a first heating unit is arranged outside the container;

a first conveying pipe set and a second conveying pipe set: the first conveying pipe group and the second conveying pipe group are respectively arranged in a vertical direction, one end of the first conveying pipe group is communicated with the first through hole, one end of the second conveying pipe group is communicated with the second through hole, and the first conveying pipe group and the second conveying pipe group are respectively used for conveying thick food from the bottom end to the top end;

a selector valve: the first input valve port is operatively connected with the other end of the first conveying pipe group, the second input valve port is operatively connected with the other end of the second conveying pipe group, and the output valve port faces downwards to the accommodating chamber; the selector valve can selectively enable the first input valve port to be communicated with the output valve port, or enable the second input valve port to be communicated with the output valve port.

2. The viscous food tempering machine according to claim 1, wherein said selector valve is provided with a knob, said knob is provided with a channel therein, one end of said channel is connected to said output port, and the other end of said channel is operatively connected to said first input port or said second input port; and a direction indicator is arranged on the top surface of the knob, and the direction of the direction indicator is the same as the direction of the port at the other end of the channel.

3. The thick food tempering machine according to claim 2, wherein said stirring member for promoting the tempering uniformity comprises a rod body, a first fan blade set and a second fan blade set disposed on said rod body; the first fan blade group is located below the second fan blade group, each fan blade of the first fan blade group inclines downwards, and each fan blade of the second fan blade group inclines upwards.

4. The viscous food tempering machine according to claim 3, wherein a scraping plate is provided at a bottom end of said rod body and abuts against an inner bottom wall of said container.

5. The viscous food temperature regulator according to claim 4, wherein a second heating unit and a second cooling unit are provided outside the first conveying pipe group; and a third heating unit and a third cooling unit are arranged outside the second conveying pipe group.

6. The viscous food tempering machine according to claim 5, wherein said outlet valve port is connected to an outlet pipe, one end of said outlet pipe being located in said chamber.

7. The temperature regulator for sticky food according to claim 6, wherein the first conveying pipe set and the second conveying pipe set respectively comprise a pipe body, a screw rod, and a power unit, the screw rod is disposed in the pipe body, and a power output end of the power unit is connected to the screw rod.

8. The temperature regulator for sticky food according to claim 7, further comprising an uninterruptible power supply electrically connected to each of the power units, the stirring assembly, the first to third heating units, the second to third cooling units, and a commercial power.

9. The temperature regulator for sticky food according to claim 8, wherein a temperature sensor is disposed in the container, and the temperature sensor is connected to a temperature control unit for controlling the operation of the first heating unit according to a temperature-time curve and a detection result of the temperature sensor.

10. The temperature regulator for sticky food according to claim 8, wherein a temperature sensor is disposed in the container, and the temperature sensor is connected to a temperature control unit, the temperature control unit has a temperature setting value, the temperature control unit obtains a heat source upper limit temperature control value according to the temperature setting value and a control margin temperature value in a heating state of the container, when the temperature of the container is higher than the heat source upper limit temperature control value, the temperature control unit controls the first heating unit to stop operating, and when the temperature of the container is lower than the heat source lower limit temperature value, the temperature control unit subtracts a restart heating margin temperature value according to the temperature setting value to obtain a restart heating operation value, i.e. a heat source lower limit temperature value, and when the temperature of the container is lower than the heat source lower limit temperature value, i.e. the restart heating margin temperature value, the first heating unit is controlled to restart the heating operation.

The technical field is as follows:

the invention relates to a food making appliance, in particular to a thick food temperature regulator.

Background art:

the temperature regulator for viscous food in the market at present mainly comprises a melting pot, a stirring pressurizer and a radial vertical upward tubular screw conveyor, wherein a heating coil and a cooling pipe are surrounded around the conveyor for regulating the temperature of viscous food lifted in the tubular screw conveyor, an elbow which is horizontal and then downward by 90 degrees is arranged at the upper end of the conveyor, and the viscous food flows back through an inner pipe of the elbow and falls into the melting and stirring pot.

However, since the temperature adjustment base for sticky food only has a set of reflux system, when a kind of sticky food is produced, for example, another kind of food is produced, the residual in the melting and stirring pot must be removed, the spindle of the screw conveyor is removed, the spindle is cleaned separately, part of the residual in the conveying pipe is scraped, the spindle is returned, the machine is started to circulate the cleaning fluid to clean the residual in the screw conveyor and the reflux pipeline until the residual is cleaned, the cleaning fluid in the melting and stirring pot is collected and removed, and after the stirring pot, the screw conveyor, the 90-degree elbow and all the conveying pipes are cleaned, another kind of food can be added into the melting and stirring pot to perform the subsequent temperature adjustment operation.

Therefore, the conventional sticky food temperature regulator is inconvenient to use because of the complicated cleaning process when heating different sticky foods, occupies space if a dedicated sticky food temperature regulator is configured for each kind of sticky food, and consumes a large amount of cost. Accordingly, the present inventors thought that such a conventional thick food temperature regulator needs to be improved, and thought about means for solving the problem.

The invention content is as follows:

in view of the above-mentioned deficiencies of the background art, the present inventors propose a solution to a viscous food tempering machine comprising:

a container for containing:

the container is provided with a containing chamber for containing thick food, a stirring assembly is arranged in the containing chamber, the containing chamber forms an opening on the top surface of the container, the bottom of the container is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole which are respectively communicated with the containing chamber, the first through hole is operatively provided with a first plug body, and the second through hole is operatively provided with a second plug body; a first heating unit is arranged outside the container.

A first conveying pipe set and a second conveying pipe set:

the first conveying pipe group and the second conveying pipe group are respectively arranged in a vertical direction, one end of the first conveying pipe group is communicated with the first through hole, one end of the second conveying pipe group is communicated with the second through hole, and the first conveying pipe group and the second conveying pipe group are respectively used for conveying thick food from the bottom end to the top end.

A selector valve:

the selector valve is arranged above the container and comprises a first input valve port, a second input valve port and an output valve port, the first input valve port is operatively connected with the other end of the first conveying pipe group, the second input valve port is operatively connected with the other end of the second conveying pipe group, and the output valve port faces downwards to the container chamber; the selector valve can selectively enable the first input valve port to be communicated with the output valve port, or enable the second input valve port to be communicated with the output valve port.

The thick food temperature regulator is characterized in that the selector valve is provided with a knob, a channel is arranged in the knob, one end of the channel is connected with the output valve port, and the other end of the channel can be operatively connected with the first input valve port or the second input valve port; and a direction indicator is arranged on the top surface of the knob, and the direction of the direction indicator is the same as the direction of the port at the other end of the channel.

The thick food temperature regulator is characterized in that the stirring assembly for promoting the temperature regulation uniformity comprises a rod body, a first fan blade group and a second fan blade group, wherein the first fan blade group and the second fan blade group are arranged on the rod body; the first fan blade group is located below the second fan blade group, each fan blade of the first fan blade group inclines downwards, and each fan blade of the second fan blade group inclines upwards.

The sticky food temperature regulator is characterized in that a scraping plate is arranged at the bottom end of the rod body, and the scraping plate is adjacent to the inner bottom wall of the container.

The thick food temperature regulator is characterized in that a second heating unit and a second cooling unit are arranged outside the first conveying pipe group; and a third heating unit and a third cooling unit are arranged outside the second conveying pipe group.

The thick food temperature regulator is characterized in that the output valve port is connected with an output pipe, and one end of the output pipe is positioned in the containing chamber.

The sticky food temperature regulator is characterized in that the first conveying pipe group and the second conveying pipe group respectively comprise a pipe body, a screw rod and a power unit, the screw rod is arranged in the pipe body, and the power output end of the power unit is connected with the screw rod.

The viscous food temperature regulator is characterized in that an uninterruptible power supply is further arranged, and the uninterruptible power supply is respectively and electrically connected with each power unit, the stirring assembly, the first heating unit, the second heating unit, the third heating unit, the second cooling unit, the third cooling unit and a mains supply.

The viscous food temperature regulator is characterized in that a temperature sensor is arranged in the container, the temperature sensor is in information connection with a temperature control unit, and the temperature control unit controls the actuation of the first heating unit according to a temperature-time curve and the detection result of the temperature sensor.

The thick food temperature regulator is characterized in that a temperature sensor is arranged in the container, the temperature sensor is connected with a temperature control unit, the temperature control unit is provided with a temperature set value, when the container is in a heating state, the temperature control unit obtains a heat source upper limit temperature control value according to the temperature set value and a control margin temperature value, when the temperature of the container is higher than the heat source upper limit temperature control value, controlling the first heating unit to stop actuating, subtracting a restart heating margin temperature value from the temperature control unit according to the temperature set value to obtain a restart heating operation value, namely a lower limit temperature value of the heat source, when the temperature of the container is lower than the lower limit temperature value of the heat source, namely, when the heating margin temperature value is restarted, the first heating unit is controlled to restart the heating operation.

The invention mainly uses a sticky food corresponding to a conveying pipe group, for example, the first conveying pipe group is used when the sticky food is white chocolate, and the second conveying pipe group is used when the sticky food is black chocolate; after the temperature of the white chocolate particles is adjusted, when the temperature of the black chocolate is also adjusted, all components do not need to be disassembled and cleaned, the containing container and the selection valve are only required to be disassembled to clean the internal space, and then the components are combined with the conveying pipe groups after being cleaned, then the communication path between the first conveying pipe group and the containing container is closed by installing the first plug body, and the communication path between the second conveying pipe group and the containing container is opened, so that the temperature of the black chocolate can be adjusted by switching. Therefore, when the temperature of different kinds of thick food is adjusted, the temperature of different kinds of thick food can be easily adjusted without spending a large amount of time for disassembling and cleaning each component, so as to solve the defects of the background technology.

Description of the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the selector valve of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the linking of components of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

1 Container for holding

11 container

12 first perforation

13 second perforation

14 first plug body

15 second plug body

2 stirring assembly

21 rod body

22 first fan blade group

23 second fan blade group

3 first heating unit

5 temperature sensor

6 temperature control unit

7 first conveying pipe group

71 tube body

72 screw rod

73 second heating unit

74 second cooling unit

8 second conveying pipe group

81 tube body

82 screw rod

83 third heating unit

84 third cooling unit

9 selector valve

91 first input valve port

92 second input valve port

93 output valve port

94 knob

941 channel

942 direction indicator

0 uninterrupted power source

The specific implementation mode is as follows:

referring to fig. 1, the present invention relates to a temperature regulator for viscous food, comprising:

a container 1:

the container 1 is provided with a containing chamber 11 for containing thick food, a stirring assembly 2 is arranged in the containing chamber 11, the containing chamber 11 forms an opening on the top surface of the container 1, the bottom of the container 1 is provided with a first through hole 12 and a second through hole 13 which are respectively communicated with the containing chamber 11, the first through hole 12 is operatively provided with a first plug 14, and the second through hole 13 is operatively provided with a second plug 15; a first heating unit 3 is arranged outside the container 1.

As shown in fig. 2, in order to improve the temperature adjustment efficiency, the stirring assembly 2 for adjusting the temperature preferably includes a rod 21, and a first fan blade set 22 and a second fan blade set 23 disposed on the rod 21; the first fan blade set 22 is located below the second fan blade set 23, and each fan blade of the first fan blade set 22 is inclined downward, and each fan blade of the second fan blade set 23 is inclined upward. After the rod body 21 starts to rotate, the blades of the second blade set 23 are inclined upwards, so that the second blade set 23 generates an upward flow force to the sticky food in the container 1, so that the sticky food at the lower layer can flow upwards, the sticky food at the upper layer can flow downwards to generate a convection effect, and the sticky food can be uniformly heated and is not easy to solidify. Meanwhile, since the blades of the first blade set 22 are inclined downward, a large amount of downward thrust is provided to move the sticky food toward the through holes 12 and 13, and the blades of the first blade set 22 and the blades of the second blade set 23 are preferably arranged in a staggered manner, so that the blades can disturb the sticky food therebetween when rotating, thereby helping to equalize the temperature. In addition, in order to prevent the sticky food from coagulating on the bottom wall of the container 1, the bottom end of the rod 21 is preferably provided with a scraping plate, and the scraping plate is adjacent to the inner bottom wall of the container 1, so that when the rod 21 starts to rotate, the scraping plate will start to scrape the sticky food on the inner bottom wall of the container 1.

Because various sticky foods have better heating curves, in order to provide the best temperature regulation effect for the sticky foods, the invention further arranges a temperature sensor 5 in the container 1, the temperature sensor 5 is connected with a temperature control unit 6, and the temperature control unit 6 controls the action of the first heating unit 3 according to a temperature time curve and the detection result of the temperature sensor 5. Therefore, when the temperature of the sticky food is lower than the temperature-time curve, the temperature control unit 6 controls the first heating unit 3 to operate to raise the temperature of the sticky food to meet the time-temperature curve. This allows the present invention to have a better tempering effect on the viscous food.

In addition, in addition to the above-mentioned process for heating the sticky food to satisfy the temperature-time curve, the temperature of the sticky food can be maintained within a range by automatically adjusting the temperature, in this embodiment, a temperature setting value is set in the temperature control unit 6, and the temperature control unit 6 obtains a heat source upper limit temperature control value according to the temperature setting value and a control margin temperature value, and obtains a restart heating operation value, which is a heat source lower limit temperature control value, by subtracting a restart heating margin temperature value according to the temperature setting value; therefore, when the container 1 is in a heating state, if the temperature of the container 1 exceeds the upper limit temperature control value of the heat source, the temperature control unit 6 controls the first heating unit 3 to stop operating, after the first heating unit 3 stops operating, the temperature in the container 1 gradually decreases, and when the temperature in the container 1 decreases to the restart heating operation value (i.e., the lower limit temperature value of the heat source), the temperature control unit 6 controls the first heating unit 3 to restart the heating operation, so that the viscous food in the container 1 can be maintained in a default temperature range.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the viscous food temperature regulator of the present invention further includes:

a first delivery tube set 7 and a second delivery tube set 8:

the first conveying pipe group 7 and the second conveying pipe group 8 are respectively arranged in an upright direction, one end of the first conveying pipe group 7 is communicated with the first through hole 12, one end of the second conveying pipe group 8 is communicated 23 with the second through hole, and the first conveying pipe group 7 and the second conveying pipe group 8 are respectively used for conveying thick food from the bottom end to the top end. In addition, in the present invention, a third conveying pipe set and a fourth conveying pipe set of the same unit may be added according to different requirements during actual use, and the first conveying pipe set 7 and the second conveying pipe set 8 are taken as an example in the present specification to illustrate the advantages, features and embodiments of the present invention.

Regardless of the embodiment of the first conveying pipe group 7 and the second conveying pipe group 8, it is within the scope of the present disclosure as long as the viscous food can be conveyed. Taking the present description as an example, the preferred embodiments of the first conveying pipe group 7 and the second conveying pipe group 8 are: respectively comprises a pipe body 71, 81, a screw rod 72, 82 and a power unit, wherein the screw rod 72 is arranged in the pipe body 71, and the power output end of the power unit is connected with the screw rod 72. In this way, the rotation of the screw rod 72 causes the first conveying pipe set 7 and the second conveying pipe set 8 to drive the viscous food to move from the bottom end to the top end. In order to ensure that the temperature of the sticky food is maintained at an optimum temperature during the moving process, a second heating unit 73 and a second cooling unit 74 are preferably provided outside the first conveying pipe group 7; a third heating unit 83 and a third cooling unit 84 are preferably provided outside the second conveying pipe group 8. The second heating unit 73 and the third heating unit 83 are mainly used for heat preservation or temperature rise of sticky food, and the second cooling unit 74 and the third cooling unit 84 are mainly used for cooling the sticky food, so that the temperature of the sticky food can be adjusted to be maintained within a range value through mutual matching, and the temperature adjustment operation is completed. In addition, the cooling effect provided by each cooling unit 74, 84 can be derived from the refrigerant circulated by the refrigeration compressor, or can be derived from the cold ice water circulated by the ice water machine, and the cooling units 74, 84 referred to in this specification are all capable of achieving the cooling effect regardless of the source

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the viscous food temperature regulator of the present invention further includes:

a selector valve 9:

the selector valve 9 is disposed above the container 1, and includes a first input port 91, a second input port 92, and an output port 93, the first input port 91 is operatively connected to the other end of the first conveying pipe group 7, the second input port 92 is operatively connected to the other end of the second conveying pipe group 8, and the output port 93 faces the chamber 11; the selector valve 9 can selectively make the first input port 91 communicate with the output port 93, or make the second input port 92 communicate with the output port 93. Therefore, the sticky food is conveyed by the first conveying pipe group 7 or the second conveying pipe group 8 and falls into the containing chamber 11 from the upper part of the containing container 1, so as to prevent the sticky food from contacting with air in the process of falling into the containing container 1 and affecting the whole temperature adjusting effect and quality, the output valve port 93 is preferably connected with an output pipe, one end of the output pipe is located in the containing chamber 11, so that the sticky food cannot directly fall into the containing container 1 from top to bottom and slides into the containing container 1 along the output pipe, and the chance of contacting with air can be reduced.

In addition, in order to make the user clearly know whether the output port 93 communicates with the first delivery tube set 7 or the second delivery tube set 8, the selector valve 9 is preferably provided with a knob 94, the knob 94 is internally provided with a channel 941, one end of the channel 941 is connected to the output port 93, and the other end of the channel 941 is provided for operatively connecting the first input port 91 or the second input port 92; a direction indicator 942 is disposed on the top surface of the knob 94, and the direction indicator 942 points in the same direction as the port at the other end of the channel 941. In addition, the direction indicator 942 can be a pattern or a bump with an arrow outline, and in any case, the direction indicator 942 is used for the user to know whether the output valve port 93 is communicated with the first delivery tube set 7 or the second delivery tube set 8.

In addition, since the sticky food must maintain the whole state during the temperature adjustment process, in order to avoid the interruption of the temperature adjustment process caused by the problem of the power supply system, the invention further provides an uninterruptible power supply 0, wherein the uninterruptible power supply 0 is respectively and electrically connected with each power unit, the stirring assembly 2, the first to third heating units 3, 73, 83, the second to third cooling units 74, 84 and a commercial power. In this way, when the ups 0 determines that the commercial power stops supplying power, the power stored inside is automatically supplied to each unit of the present invention.

The following description of the present invention is made with reference to fig. 1 to 3: when the viscous food is initially tempered by using white chocolate as a raw material, the first plug 14 is removed to connect the interior of the container 1 with the first delivery tube set 7 and isolate the second delivery tube set 8, and the knob 94 is turned to connect the first inlet port 91 with the outlet port 93. Then, the sticky food is poured into the container 1, and then the stirring assembly 2 is started to operate, as described above, at this time, the blades of the second blade group 23 are inclined upwards, so that the sticky food can continuously and repeatedly move from top to bottom in the container 1 to form a convection effect, which enables the sticky food to be uniformly heated, and meanwhile, the sticky food is also influenced by the downward inclination of the blades of the first blade group 22, and when the first through hole 12 is opened, the sticky food enters the first through hole 12; the sticky food entering the first through hole 12 is driven by the first conveying pipe group 7 to gradually move toward the selector valve 9, and during the upward conveying, the sticky food is uniformly temperature-adjusted, and finally enters the selector valve 9, and the sticky food entering the selector valve 9 finally passes through the outlet valve port 93 and slides into the container 1, so that the process is repeated continuously, and the sticky food can be sufficiently and uniformly heated. In addition, as mentioned above, the blades of the first blade set 22 and the blades of the second blade set 23 are preferably arranged in a staggered manner, so that when the blades rotate, a disturbing effect is generated on the thick food between the blades to help the temperature equalization.

When the temperature of the white chocolate raw material is adjusted, and the black chocolate raw material is to be changed for adjusting the temperature, at this time, it is not necessary to take a lot of work to remove all the components and clean them one by one, but only to remove the container 1 and the selection valve 9 and clean them, and then to install them to the original position, at this time, the first plug 14 is needed to plug the first through hole 12, and removing said second stopper 15, while said container 1 is in communication with said second delivery duct body 8 and obstructs said first delivery duct body 7, then, it is important to remember to rotate the knob 94 to make the output valve port 93 communicate with the second input valve port 92, and then, after the dark chocolate material is poured into the container 1 as the sticky food, the temperature of the sticky food can be adjusted according to the above-mentioned operation process.

In summary, the present application is consistent with the principles defined by the patent laws, and the following descriptions are only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the scope of the present application is defined by the claims.