TWM615885U - Apparatus for continuous production of vegetarian meat - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a continuous veggie meat production device, including: an axial extruder that receives a veggie meat raw material and heats and extrudes the veggie meat raw material to generate a veggie stream; and a veggie meat molding device with a An input end and a discharge end, the input end is coupled to the axial extruder to receive the raw material flow from the axial extruder, the raw meat molding device includes: a plurality of serially coupled to each other A sleeve; and a shaft provided on the central shaft of the plurality of sleeves, the shaft and the plurality of sleeves form a flow path; wherein, the shaft is driven to rotate to produce a The shear force drives the raw material flow to rotate in the flow channel and is output from the discharge end. The plurality of sleeves can be heated or cooled respectively to heat or cool the raw material flow in the flow channel in sections.

Description

Continuous vegetarian meat production device

This creation is about a continuous veggie meat production device, especially a device that can continuously feed and provide shearing force to squeeze veggie meat.

In recent years, biaxial extruders have been used to make vegetarian meat embryos in the production process of vegetarian meat, which has always occupied a very important position in the vegetarian meat market, because the appearance of this vegetarian meat embryo is fibrous, but the disadvantages are still needed. After secondary processing and the addition of binders, the final vegetarian meat product can be made. However, the fibrous tissue in the original vegetarian meat embryo will show an irregular direction of fiber distribution after secondary processing, which is consistent with the direction of real meat. There are obvious differences, so the taste of vegetarian meat products under this kind of manufacturing process is not like animal meat.

In order to improve the taste, the raw meat molding technology used in the early stage was dry extrusion technology, and in the middle stage it was high-moisture extrusion technology. As vegetable protein increases moisture, the formation of fiber structure requires more precise extrusion process parameters and The coordination of the hardware is more difficult than dry extrusion. Therefore, in order to improve the above-mentioned technology, low shear flow is recently used to improve the development of vegetarian meat production. Its advantage can increase fiber production without adding adhesives. Low-shear raw meat extrusion technology is commonly used in the market. The raw meat raw materials are put into a machine with a certain space to be melted and matured to produce a fluid protein melt with primary fibers. The fluid protein melt undergoes low-shear rotation to generate fibers, followed by cooling However, the tissue is solidified, and the veggie meat is finally taken out from the machine. Due to the shortcomings of this method, only a certain amount of veggie meat can be made into veggie meat in batches, and it takes a certain amount of time for batch heating and cooling. , Thereby limiting the production capacity of vegetarian meat, so to solve the above-mentioned shortcomings is the subject of this creation.

In order to solve the above-mentioned deficiencies, the present invention provides a continuous veggie meat production device, including: an axial extruder that receives a veggie meat raw material and heats and extrudes the veggie meat raw material to produce a veggie stream; and The meat molding device has an input end and a discharge end, the input end is coupled to the axial extruder to receive the raw material stream from the axial extruder, and the raw meat molding device includes: A plurality of sleeves coupled in series with each other; and a shaft provided on the central axis of the plurality of sleeves, and a flow path is formed between the shaft and the plurality of sleeves; wherein the shaft is Driven to rotate to generate a shear force to drive the raw material flow to rotate in the flow channel and output from the discharge end. The plurality of sleeves can be heated or cooled respectively to heat or cool the flow channel in sections The raw material flow.

And to provide a continuous veggie meat production device, including: an axial extruder that receives a veggie meat raw material and heats and extrudes the veggie meat raw material to generate a veggie stream; and a veggie meat molding device with an inlet A feed end and a discharge end, the feed end is coupled to the axial extruder to receive the raw material stream from the axial extruder, the raw meat molding device includes: a plurality of serially coupled to each other Sleeve; and a shaft provided on the central shaft of the plurality of sleeves, the shaft and the plurality of sleeves form a flow path; wherein the shaft is driven to rotate to produce a shear The shear force drives the raw material flow to rotate in the flow channel and is output from the discharge end. The plurality of sleeves can be respectively heated or cooled to heat or cool the raw material flow in the flow channel in sections.

The above two devices can achieve continuous processing in the process without waiting for the vegetarian meat to cool down and the additional process of removing the vegetarian meat.

The continuous vegetable meat production device as described above further includes a connecting device connecting the axial extruder and the feeding end. In this way, it is possible to adjust the flow rate of the veggie material flow into the continuous veggie meat production device.

As in the above-mentioned continuous meat production device, the axial extruder is a single-shaft extruder or a double-shaft extruder. So it can be matched with various types of extruders

As the above-mentioned continuous vegetable meat production device, wherein the plurality of sleeves each include an inner wall and an outer wall, a sandwich structure is formed between the inner wall and the outer wall, and each sandwich structure is communicated from the outside. A heat source or a cooling source. In this way, the plurality of sleeves can control the temperature of the raw material flow in sections or control the temperature as a whole

As in the above-mentioned continuous meat production device, the shaft includes a plurality of shaft sections connected to each other in a hollow structure, and the plurality of shaft sections are respectively supplied with a heat source or a cooling source from the outside . In this way, it can be achieved that the temperature of the raw material flow can be controlled independently or as a whole on each shaft section.

As in the above-mentioned continuous veggie meat production device, the axial extruder is arranged at one end or one side of the veggie meat forming device. In this way, it can be achieved that the continuous vegetarian meat production device can be freely assembled with the extruder according to the situation.

100: Continuous meat production device

110: Vegetarian meat forming device

111: sleeve

1111: mezzanine

112: Axle

1121A: first shaft section

1121B: second shaft section

1121C: Third shaft section

1122: connecting hole

1123: Support shaft

1124: groove

113: Seal

114: Conveying pipe

120: Axial extruder

130: Connecting device

131A: Round flange

131B: Square flange

131C: Conversion runner unit

132: Support frame

P0: Feeding end

P1: entrance channel

P2: runner

P3: Discharge end

Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of this creative continuous meat production device.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the direction of flow of the creative veggie material stream in the continuous veggie meat production device.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing another embodiment of the inventive continuous vegetarian meat production device.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the A-A line in Figures 1 to 3 of this creation.

5A to 5C are schematic diagrams showing various embodiments of the shaft controlling temperature of the present invention.

Fig. 6A is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the authoring connection device.

Fig. 6B is a schematic diagram showing the change of the cross-sectional area of the creative connection device.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the authoring support frame.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2, the continuous veggie meat production device 100 of the present invention includes a veggie meat forming device 110, an axial extruder 120 and a connecting device 130, the veggie meat forming device 110 and The axial extruder 120 is coupled via the connecting device 130 to form a manufacturing equipment capable of continuously feeding and continuously producing vegetarian meat. The axial extruder 120 may include a feeding unit not shown in the figure. , Used to provide plant protein and other raw materials, such as powdered raw materials such as soybeans, wheat, and pea protein; a water inlet unit provides water to the powdered raw materials and mixes them evenly; and an extrusion host to stir the raw materials , Heating, forming and other steps to form a fluid protein melt of the wet veggie meat block (hereinafter collectively referred to as veggie stream), the veggie stream will pass from the axial extruder 120 through an inlet channel P1 of the connecting device 130 Flow to the vegetarian meat forming device 110.

Next, the raw meat molding device 110 coupled to the axial extruder 120 includes a plurality of sleeves 111, a shaft 112, and a seal 113. The plurality of sleeves 111 are connected in series and each sleeve 111 can be connected to each other with circular flanges (three sleeves are coupled to each other in the figure) to form a hollow flow channel P2, wherein the plurality of sleeves 111 are fixed on the machine or the ground. Non-rotating. The flow channel P2 can be formed by increasing or decreasing the number and size of the sleeves according to the flow velocity or flow demand of the raw material flow. The plurality of sleeves 111 in series have an inlet end P0 and an outlet end P3. The raw meat forming device 110 is The feed end P0 is connected to the axial extruder 120 by a connecting device 130, and the end of the sleeve at the feed end P0 is provided with a seal 113 to form a sealed side to prevent the raw material from flowing from the feed end P0 The embodiment of the seal 113 of the present creation is to use a sealing flange to be fixed on the sleeve 111, the diameter of which is the same as that of the circular flange of the sleeve 111, and there is a support shaft 1123 in the center of the sealing flange. To support the shaft 112; the discharge end P3 is an open outlet, therefore, please refer to the arrow shown in FIG. To the discharge end P3. The shaft 112 is inserted into the flow passage P2 of the plurality of sleeves 111 from one end of the discharge end P3, and the shaft 112 is axially symmetrical to the plurality of sleeves 111 (please also refer to FIG. 4 ), at the same time, the shaft 112 is driven by the rotation of an external motor (not shown in the figure) to generate a shearing force to drive the raw material flow from the feeding end P0 to the feeding end P3 direction, and The formation of vegetarian meat with better taste.

Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 3, this creation provides an embodiment of the combination of the vegetarian meat forming device 110 and the axial extruder 120, the first one is an L shape (as shown in Figure 1 or 2) , The axial extruder 120 is coupled to the side of the sleeve 111 at the feeding end P0 of the raw meat forming device 110, where the so-called side can also mean the process from above the sleeve 111 at the feeding end P0 Coupling; the second is that 120 is arranged in a line (as shown in Figure 3), the axial extruder 120 is directly coupled to the feeding end P0 of the raw meat molding device 110, so the second way is coupled If it is connected, there is no need to additionally install the seal 113.

The following describes the temperature control details provided by the sleeve 111 and the shaft 112 of the present creation.

4 is a cross-sectional view of the AA cut line of the vegetarian meat forming device 110 of FIGS. 1 to 3, in which the conveying pipe 114 is not shown for the convenience of understanding. As shown in the figure, each sleeve 111 of the present creation is provided with a The interlayer 1111 is located between the outer wall and the inner wall of the sleeve 111. The interlayer 1111 can be passed from the outside with a heat source or a cooling source (as shown by the arrow in Figure 4). The best implementation is when the When the vegetarian meat forming device 110 needs to be heated or cooled, a heat source or a cooling source is passed through the lower part of the sleeve 111, and the clamp The layer 1111 is filled so as to achieve a uniform heating temperature on the side outside the raw material flow flowing in the flow channel P2. When the temperature needs to be changed, the original heat source or cooling source is discharged from the upper part, and at the same time, a new source is passed through the lower part. Heat source or cooling source to achieve rapid temperature control effect. Since the interlayer 1111 of each sleeve 111 can be separated individually, the vegetarian meat molding device 110 can control the temperature in sections, but it can also be used for interlayers according to requirements. 1111 is connected for temperature control.

In addition, the outer surface of the shaft 112 is further provided with a plurality of grooves 1124. In some embodiments, the plurality of grooves 1124 may be striped, wavy, zigzag, or any suitable shape. When the shaft 112 rotates, since the plurality of sleeves 111 are fixed, the plurality of sleeves 111 and the shaft 112 move relative to each other, and the plurality of grooves 1124 of this creation can provide stronger surface friction for the shaft 112 When the shaft 112 rotates, it can form a stronger shearing force with the plurality of sleeves 111. The preferred embodiment of this creation is to provide a plurality of grooves 1124 on the surface of the shaft 112 at the feeding end P0 With such a configuration, the raw material stream that has just been heated and in a molten state can form more meat-like fibers, but it can also be required to increase the number and length of grooves 1124 on the shaft 112.

Please refer to FIG. 5A. In addition to the above-mentioned use of the sleeve 111 for temperature control in the lateral direction outside the flow channel P2, this creation also provides the use of a shaft 112 for temperature control in the inner direction of the flow channel P2. The shaft 112 of this creation It is mainly composed of a plurality of shaft sections (such as: 1121A to 1121C) connected to each other, and a support shaft 1123 is provided at both ends. The plurality of shaft sections and the support shaft 1123 are hollow structures, which can be transported by a The pipe 114 circulates a heat source or a cooling source for heating or cooling in sections.

Specifically, in this creative embodiment, the shaft is composed of three sections, namely a first shaft section 1121A, a second shaft section 1121B, and a third shaft section 1121C, each section of the shaft The segments have internal or external teeth treatments on both ends, so they can be locked to each other to form a complete shaft 112. The supporting shaft 1123 is respectively fixed and supported by a sealed flange bearing seat and a power connection bearing seat. On the outside of the sealed flange bearing seat, there is a guide groove (not shown) for fixing the conveying pipe 114 and discharging cold and heat sources. Its configuration is like a semi-circular hollow column, with a water outlet below it, one side is fixed on the sealing flange bearing seat, and the other The vertical side of the side has a fixed hollow round tube and a fixing screw for fixing the conveying pipe 114 to form a cantilever structure. The diameter of the conveying pipe 114 is smaller than the inner hole of the supporting shaft 1123. The conveying pipe 114 can be a fixed hollow round pipe. The conveying pipe 114 enters the shaft 112 and is fixed. The tube 114 enters the shaft 112. When the heat or cooling source is higher than the connecting hole 1122 of the shaft 112, the heat or cooling source will flow out of the connecting hole 1122 of the shaft 112 to the guide groove, and then exit from the bottom. The nozzle is discharged (the arrow in the figure is the direction of the heat source or cooling source).

As shown in Figure 5A, the shaft 112 can have different heating and cooling sections according to different heating and cooling requirements. The central hole and the connecting hole 1122 of each shaft section are at the same level after assembly. Position, the conveying pipe 114 enters the central hole of the shaft 112 from the third shaft section 1121C on the right side, and the position of the water outlet of the conveying pipe 114 is adjusted as required, and the connecting hole 1122 is used as Used for reflux of heat source or cooling source.

When each shaft section 1121A to 1121C needs to be heated or cooled, the water outlet of the conveying pipe 114 is located in the first shaft section 1121A on the left, and the connecting hole 1122 near the lower part is in a connected state, and the heat source or The cooling source is conveyed by the conveying pipe 114 to the first shaft section 1121A. When the height of the internal heat source or cooling source is higher than the hole near the lower part, it will flow from the first shaft section 1121A to the middle second shaft. The rod section 1121B, similarly, the internal heat source or cooling source will also flow from the second shaft section 1121B to the third shaft section 1121C on the right. When the heat source or cooling source is continuously input, the full height reaches the right side. When the axis of the third shaft section 1121C is high, the heat source or cooling source will also overflow from the center hole of each shaft section and be discharged through the guide groove.

As shown in Figure 5B, if the first shaft section 1121A does not require temperature control, when only the second shaft section 1121B and the third shaft section 1121C perform temperature control, the water outlet of the conveying pipe 114 will be Position the second shaft section 1121B. At the same time, the connecting holes 1122 of the second shaft section 1121B and the third shaft section 1121C will be closed, and the heat source or cooling source will only be in the second shaft section 1121B And flow in the third shaft section 1121C. In addition, since the first shaft section 1121A is close to the middle first The water outlet of the conveying pipe 114 of the two-shaft section 1121B and its position is the inlet of the heated raw material flow. Therefore, the first-shaft section 1121A itself can naturally heat up due to its position advantage, and can The other two shaft sections 1121B and 1121C do not need to be specially temperature-controlled via the conveying pipe 114.

As shown in Figure 5C, when the first shaft section 1121A on the left still needs temperature control, the central hole and the connecting hole 1122 of the first shaft section 1121A and the second shaft section 1121B can be assembled or additional It is set to lock to prevent the heat source or cooling source from being positively or mutually flowing. At the same time, the first shaft section 1121A and the third shaft section 1121C are respectively equipped with a conveying pipe 114 to enter the shaft 112 to input different The heat or cooling source of temperature. For example, the first shaft section 1121A can be a high-temperature source input, and the second shaft section 1121B and the third shaft section 1121C can be input with a cooling source, so that the raw material flow in the flow channel P2 is in Driven by the first shaft section 1121A, the rotational fluidity is enhanced, and driven by the second shaft section 1121B and the third shaft section 1121C, the cooling rate of the raw material is accelerated.

The details of the connecting device 130 of this creation will be described below.

Please refer to FIG. 6A and also refer to FIG. 1. One embodiment of the connecting device 130 of the present creation is in the L-shaped configuration in which the meat forming device 110 and the axial extruder 120 of FIG. 1 are connected, the present creation is connected The implementation of the device 130 is composed of a circular flange 131A, a square flange 131B and a switching flow channel unit 131C, wherein the circular flange 131A is arranged on the outlet side of the axial extruder 120 for fixing At the outlet of the axial extruder 120, the square flange 131B is arranged on the inlet side of the raw meat forming device 110. The cross section of the inlet flow path of the conversion flow channel unit 131C is circular, and its diameter is the diameter of the circular flange 131A, and the cross section of the outlet flow path is elongated, and its cross-sectional area is the square method. The cross-sectional area of the outlet of the flange 131B, the cross-sectional area of the switching flow channel unit 131C is from the side of the axial extruder 120 to the side of the meat forming device 110, and gradually changes from the circular cross-section of the circular flange 131A to form the square The outlet of flange 131B has a long section.

Another embodiment of the connecting device 130 of the present invention is in the in-line configuration of the raw meat forming device 110 and the axial extruder 120 in FIG. 3, the connecting device 130 is configured to be arranged in the axial extrusion A circular flange 131A at the exit of the machine 120, a circular flange at the entrance of the vegetarian meat forming device 110, and a switching flow channel unit 131C. The difference between this embodiment and the above-mentioned embodiment lies in the provision of vegetarian meat forming The square flange 131B at the entrance of the device 110 is changed to a circular flange, wherein the diameter of the circular flange is smaller than the diameter of the circular flange 131A at the exit of the axial extruder 120, the switching flow channel unit 131C The cross-sectional area of from the side of the axial extruder 120 to the side of the meat forming device 110 gradually changes from the circular cross-section of the circular flange 131A to form a smaller circular cross-section.

Please refer to FIG. 6B. In the above-mentioned two configuration modes of the switching flow channel unit 131C, the cross-sectional area of the switching flow channel unit 131C of the connecting device 130 toward the raw meat forming device 110 gradually becomes smaller, but the switching flow can also be adjusted according to requirements. The change in the cross-sectional area of the channel unit 131C adjusts the flow rate of the raw material flow. Therefore, under this principle, this creation can also be implemented with only a connecting device 130 with a variable cross-sectional area inside to achieve the control of the flow rate of the raw material flow. .

In addition, the flow velocity of the veggie material flowing to the veggie meat forming device 110 through the inlet channel P1 becomes larger, causing a greater fluid force between the veggie meat forming device 110 and the connecting device 130, and loosening of the joint may occur. The creation also provides a support frame 132 to overcome this problem.

Please refer to FIG. 7, the support frame 132 is set between the connecting device 130 and the raw meat forming device 110 shown in the in-line arrangement embodiment in FIG. Combination of front piece and stainless steel, showing cross-shaped stainless steel. The central hole of the Teflon piece is smaller than the center hole of the cross-shaped stainless steel and the diameter is very close to the shaft 112. When the shaft 112 and the Teflon piece When rotating, contacting and fixing, the fluid force of the raw material flow toward the raw meat forming device 110 can be absorbed by the support frame 132, and the Another advantage of the support frame 121 is that since the cross-shaped stainless steel and the center hole of the Teflon sheet are close to the shaft 112 in size, the Teflon sheet will only produce little deformation and can maintain the overall concentricity of the shaft 112.

In summary, the continuous veggie meat production device 100 created by this invention can continuously provide veggie meat raw materials and continue the veggie meat production process to produce terminal veggie meat products compared to equipment that can only produce veggie meat in batches on the market. , And this creation can be easily assembled on any machine and can be modified according to changes in production capacity to achieve the best efficiency of raw meat production, and the temperature can be controlled in sections on the sleeve and shaft, so that the raw material flow can be It is formed at the best temperature and cooled quickly to optimize the taste of the vegetarian meat.

100: Continuous meat production device

110: Vegetarian meat forming device

111: sleeve

112: Axle

1121A: first shaft section

1121B: second shaft section

1121C: Third shaft section

1122: connecting hole

1123: Support shaft

1124: groove

113: Seal

114: Conveying pipe

120: Axial extruder

130: Connecting device

P0: Feeding end

P1: entrance channel

P2: runner

P3: Discharge end

Claims (8)

A continuous vegetarian meat production device, including: An axial extruder which receives a raw meat raw material and heats and extrudes the raw meat raw material to generate a raw raw meat; and A veggie meat forming device having an inlet end and a discharging end, the inlet end is coupled to the axial extruder to receive the veggie stream from the axial extruder, the veggie meat forming device include: A plurality of sleeves coupled in series with each other; and A shaft is arranged on the central axis of the plurality of sleeves, and a flow path is formed between the shaft and the plurality of sleeves; Wherein, the shaft is driven to rotate to generate a shearing force to drive the raw material flow to rotate in the flow channel and output from the discharge end, and the plurality of sleeves can be heated or cooled to separate sections. Heating or cooling the raw material stream in the flow channel. The continuous vegetarian meat production device according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting device connecting the axial extruder and the feeding end. The continuous vegetable meat production device according to claim 1, wherein the axial extruder is a single-shaft extruder or a double-shaft extruder. The continuous vegetable meat production device according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of sleeves includes an inner wall and an outer wall, and a sandwich structure is formed between the inner wall and the outer wall, and each sandwich structure is formed by A heat source or a cooling source is passed to the outside. The continuous vegetable meat production device according to claim 1, wherein the shaft includes a plurality of shaft sections in a hollow structure and connected to each other. The continuous vegetable meat production device according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of shaft sections are respectively supplied with a heat source or a cooling source from the outside. The continuous veggie meat production device according to claim 1, wherein the axial extruder is arranged at one end or one side of the veggie meat forming device. A continuous vegetarian meat production device, including: An axial extruder which receives a raw meat raw material and heats and extrudes the raw meat raw material to generate a raw raw meat; and A veggie meat forming device having an inlet end and a discharging end, the inlet end is coupled to the axial extruder to receive the veggie stream from the axial extruder, the veggie meat forming device include: A plurality of sleeves coupled in series with each other; and A shaft is arranged on the central axis of the plurality of sleeves, and a flow path is formed between the shaft and the plurality of sleeves; Wherein, the shaft is driven to rotate to generate a shearing force to drive the raw material flow to rotate in the flow channel and output from the discharge end, and the shaft can be heated or cooled in sections to separate sections. Heating or cooling the raw material stream in the flow channel.

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