1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a grinding type vertical grain milling machine in which a cylindrical grinding type grain milling roll body is attached to a main shaft perpendicularly supported to a body base.
2. Description of the Related Art
An existing grinding type vertical grain milling machine is disclosed in Japanese Patent Nos. 3201496 and 4481269. The milling machine will be described with reference to the drawings.
However, in the grinding type vertical grain milling machine with the above-described configuration, a problem arises in that the dimension of the machine body in the vertical direction increases due to the configuration in which the hollow main shaft 103 is uprightly formed at the substantial center of the body base 102 by the upper bearing portion 105 and the lower bearing portion 104 and the configuration in which the annular bran collecting chamber 150 is formed below the bran removing chamber 126. Further, in the configuration in which the bran piled on the bottom surface of the bran collecting chamber 150 is conveyed by the scraping blade 152 toward the bran discharge port 153, there are problems in that the number of components increases and the configuration becomes complex.
On the other hand, in the grinding type vertical grain milling machine disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 4481269, the bran is removed without using the scraping blade. That is, referring to
The vertical milling machine of
The present invention is made in view of such problems, and it is an object of the invention to provide a grinding type vertical grain milling machine capable of shortening a dimension of a machine body in the vertical direction and removing bran by evenly suctioning an entire bran removing chamber.
The present invention provides a grinding type vertical grain milling machine solving the problems by the following technical spirit.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided grinding type vertical grain milling machine includes: a main shaft that is perpendicularly and rotatably supported to a body base; a grinding type grain milling roll body that is formed in a cylindrical shape in the vertical direction by disposing a plurality of annular grinding type grain milling rolls in multiple stages; a cylindrical bran removing metallic mesh cylinder; a cylindrical bran removing cover; and a bran discharge pipe.
The grinding type grain milling roll body is attached to the main shaft so as to rotate together with the main shaft, and the bran removing metallic mesh is disposed outside the grinding type grain milling roll body to be fixed to the body base and forms a grain milling chamber between the bran removing metallic mesh and the grinding type grain milling roll body.
The bran removing cover is disposed outside the bran removing metallic mesh to be fixed to the body base and forms a bran removing chamber between the bran removing cover and the bran removing metallic mesh.
Further, the bran discharge pipe is disposed so as to communicate with the lower portion of the bran removing chamber.
Then, a fan-pulley is disposed at the communication portion between the bran removing chamber and the bran discharge pipe, the fan-pulley having a function of rotationally driving the main shaft and a function of generating a bran removing wind for conveying bran produced by a grain milling action of the grinding type grain milling roll body from the bran removing chamber toward the bran discharge pipe.
The fan-pulley may include: a boss portion that is fitted to the main shaft to which the grinding type grain milling roll body is attached, a rim portion on which a rotationally driving conveying belt is mounted, and a plurality of arm portions that connect the boss portion and the rim portion to each other and is formed in an axial fan blade shape inclined from the horizontal direction.
A body base portion supporting the main shaft and a motor as a driving source may be disposed below the main shaft, a motor pulley may be attached to the motor, a conveying belt may be wound between the motor pulley and the fan-pulley, and a moving device may be attached to the body base portion so as to adjust a distance between the shafts of the motor pulley and the fan-pulley by moving the motor base relative to the body base portion in the horizontal direction.
A lower portion of a rim portion of the fan-pulley may be provided with an inner edge formed by protruding the inner periphery of the rim portion downward, an upper portion of the rim portion may be provided with an outer edge formed by protruding the outer periphery of the rim portion upward, the bran discharge pipe may be provided with an outer receiving flange receiving the inner edge from the outside thereof, and the bran removing chamber may be provided with an inner receiving flange received inside the outer edge.
The diameter of the fan-pulley may be set to from 600 mm to 800 mm and the number of rotations thereof may be set from 500 rpm to 700 rpm.
According to an aspect of the invention, since the fan-pulley is provided, the rotation is transferred from the driving source to the main shaft, and the bran removing wind is generated. Accordingly, it is not necessary to provide the annular bran collecting chamber provided below the bran removing chamber provided to discharge the bran and the scraping blade sliding on the bottom surface of the annular bran collecting chamber. Therefore, since the installation space thereof is not needed, the dimension of the machine body in the vertical direction may be shortened in the grinding type vertical grain milling machine.
According to an aspect of the invention, since the arm portion is formed in the axial fan blade shape inclined from the horizontal direction and generates a bran removing wind to evenly suction the entire bran removing chamber downward. Therefore, the bran may be extremely efficiently discharged from the bran removing chamber toward the bran discharge pipe.
According to an aspect of the invention, since the body base portion supporting the main shaft and the motor as the driving source are disposed below the main shaft, the motor pulley is axially attached to the motor, the conveying belt is wound between the motor pulley and the fan-pulley, and the moving device is attached to the body base portion so as to adjust a distance between the shafts of the motor pulley and the fan-pulley by moving the motor base relative to the body base portion in the horizontal direction, the tension of the conveying belt may be simply adjusted.
According to an aspect of the invention, since there are provided the inner peripheral edge protruding toward the lower portion of the rim portion of the fan-pulley, the outer peripheral edge of the upper portion of the rim portion, the outer receiving flange near the bran discharge pipe, and the inner flange near the bran removing chamber, it is possible to prevent the bran from being dropped over the pulley even when the pulley rotates when the bran flows from the bran removing chamber into the fan-pulley and to prevent the bran from being dropped over the bran discharge pipe even when the pulley rotates when the bran flows from the fan-pulley into the bran discharge pipe.
According to an aspect of the invention, since the diameter of the fan-pulley is set to from 600 mm to 800 mm and the number of rotations thereof is set from 500 rpm to 700 rpm, it is possible to generate a weak bran removing wind contributing to rapid bran discharging without scattering dust around the milling machine.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in
(Grain Supply Unit)
The grain supply unit 2 includes a grain supply cylinder 8 that receives a grain supplied from a raw material tank (not shown) or the like, a shutter mechanism 7 that is provided at the grain supply cylinder 8 so as to selectively open or block an acceptance of the grain, a conical guide body 9 that disperses the grain received from the grain supply cylinder 8 in the circumferential direction, an upper bearing portion 10 that is disposed inside the guide body 9, a flow rate adjusting device 11 that adjusts a supply flow rate of the grain, a cover body 12 (
The shutter mechanism 7 includes an opening and closing valve 15 that is provided at a supply port 14 and an opening and closing driving unit 16 that serves as an air cylinder provided outside the grain supply cylinder 8 and opening and closing the opening and closing valve 15.
The top portion of the guide body 9 is disposed right blow the grain supply cylinder 8, and has a structure in which the grain dropped from the guide body 9 directly flows down along the conical portion to be evenly dispersed radially.
The upper bearing portion 10 includes a bearing cover 17 and a bearing 18 (
The flow rate adjusting device 11 includes a fixed plate 23 that includes a plurality of openings and a rotary plate 24 that includes a plurality of openings and is rotated by an adjusting lever 25 (refer to
The peripheral wall of the cover body 12 (refer to
(Grinding Type Grain Milling Unit)
The grinding type grain milling unit 3 mainly includes a plurality of annular grinding type grain milling rolls 26 that are attached to the main shaft 19, a spacer 27 that is inserted between the plurality of grinding type grain milling rolls 26, the plurality of grinding type grain milling rolls 26 forming an integral grinding type grain milling roll body, a bran removing metallic mesh cylinder 28 that includes a porous wall portion and is uprightly formed by interposing a small gap in the circumferential direction of the grinding type grain milling roll body, and a bran removing cover 29 that is uprightly formed by interposing a gap in the circumferential direction of the bran removing metallic mesh cylinder 28, wherein a grain milling chamber 30 is formed between the bran removing metallic mesh cylinder 28 and the grinding type grain milling roll 26, and a bran removing chamber 31 is formed between the bran removing metallic mesh cylinder 28 and the bran removing cover.
The annular grinding type grain milling roll 26 has a concentric cross-section, and abrasive grains of a grinding stone are buried in the outer peripheral surface thereof in the entire circumference thereof. A grinding portion 26a (refer to
The bran removing metallic mesh cylinder 28 is formed in a vertical split shape divided into four parts (refer to
A resistor 35 is provided at each support column 33 near the grain milling chamber 30 in the longitudinal direction so as to narrow a space of the grain milling chamber 30 in the longitudinal direction. The resistors 35 may be inserted or extracted by a plurality of knob bolts 36 attached to each support column 33.
(Grain Discharge Unit)
The grain discharge unit 4 is disposed at the lower end of the grain milling chamber 30 so as to discharge the grain milled by the grinding type grain milling unit 3. The grain discharge unit 4 includes a discharge port 37 that is formed by opening a part of the bran removing metallic mesh cylinder 28, a discharge cylinder 38 that is connected to the discharge port 37, a weight lever 40 that is fixed to a shaft 39 transversely suspended on the discharge cylinder 38, a resisting plate 41 that is pivoted to one end of the weight lever 40 and faces the discharge port 37 so as to block it, and a weight 42 that is movably attached to the other end of the weight lever 40.
(Bran Collecting Unit)
The bran collecting unit 5 is disposed below the grain discharge unit 4 so as to collect the bran separated from the milled grain at the grinding type grain milling unit 3. The bran collecting unit 5 includes a bran discharge cylinder 43 that communicates with the lower end of the bran removing chamber 31 and a bran discharge pipe 45 that conveys the bran from the bran discharge cylinder 43 to an external bran suction fan 44. Then, a pulley 47, which has a function of a fan 46 generating a bran removing wind by rotation, is disposed at the communication portion between the bran discharge cylinder 43 and the bran discharge pipe 45. As shown in
A lower bearing portion 52 is disposed at the upper portion of the pulley 47 so as to support the main shaft 19. The lower bearing portion 52 is built in a bearing casing 53 fixed to the casing 22, and the main shaft 19 is rotatable by the rotation of the pulley 47. The reference numeral 54 indicates a grain discharge roll that is axially attached to the main shaft 19, and as described above, the grinding type grain milling unit 3 is formed by disposing the plurality of grinding type grain milling rolls 26 on the grain discharge roll 54 in a multi-stage shape.
(Body Base Portion)
A motor base 55 is attached to the side portion of the body base portion 6 of the lower machine body, a driving motor 56 is fixed to the motor base 55, and the V-belt 49 is connected between the motor pulley 57 and the pulley 47 so as to be interlocked therewith, whereby the rotation of the motor 56 may be transferred to the main shaft 19. Further, a moving device 58 is attached to the body base portion 6 so as to adjust a distance between the shafts of the motor pulley 57 and the pulley 47 by moving the motor base 55 in the horizontal direction relative to the body base portion 6.
The moving device 58 includes a hook portion 59 that hangs a screw thereon so as to move the motor base 55 in the horizontal direction, a male screw portion 60 of which the outer periphery is provided with a screw by cutting, and a female screw portion 61 that fixes the inner screw threaded into the male screw portion 60 to the body base portion 2. Then, a front end 60a of the male screw portion 60 is fixed to the hook portion 59 and the vicinity of the head portion of the male screw portion 60 is threaded into the female screw portion 61. Accordingly, even when the length of the V-belt 49 wound between the motor pulley 57 and the pulley 47 changes, when the male screw portion 60 is rotated by the amount according to the change, the body base portion 6 and the motor base 55 relatively move, so that the V-belt 49 may be maintained at appropriate tension without looseness.
The bran discharge pipe 45 is transversely provided inside the body base portion 6 so as not to interfere with the pulley 47, the motor pulley 57, and the V-belt 49.
(Operation)
Hereinafter, the operation and the effect of the above-described configuration will be described.
First, the motor 56 as a driving unit is operated so as to rotate the pulley 47, the main shaft 19, and the grinding type grain milling roll 26. In this state, the opening and closing valve 15 is opened by the opening and closing driving unit 16, so that a grain stored in the raw material tank (not shown) or the like is dropped downward from the supply port 14. The dropped grain flows down while being evenly dispersed in the circumferential direction by the guide body 9 present at the downside thereof, and is conveyed to the conveying spiral 13 while being adjusted to an appropriate supply flow rate by the adjusting lever 25.
The conveying spiral 13 sequentially sends the grain to the grain milling chamber 30, and in the grain milling chamber 30, the grain comes into contact with the peripheral surface of the grinding type grain milling roll 26 while undergoing an active flowing action (revolution or rotation) based on a low pressure, so that the surface layer of the grain is scrapped. At this time, in the pulley 47 axially attached to the main shaft 19, the plurality of arm portions 51 of the pulley 47 are formed in a blade shape, and the pulley serves as a fan-pulley that generates a bran removing wind downward. Due to the suction action of the operation of the fan-pulley 47 and the suction action of the operation of the external bran suction fan 44, external air is suctioned from the external air introducing ports 62, and is conveyed into the conveying spiral 13 through the openings 63 and the ventilation ports 64. Then, the external air is conveyed from the inside of the conveying spiral 13 into the grinding type grain milling roll 26, and blows from the air blowing port 32 of the grinding type grain milling roll 26 toward the grain milling chamber 30. The bran passes through the bran removing metallic mesh cylinder 28 by the wind blowing from the grain milling chamber 30, and reaches the bran removing chamber 31. The bran reaching the bran removing chamber 31 is evenly suctioned by the bran removing wind generated by the rotation of the fan-pulley 47, and is discharged toward the bran discharge pipe 45. At this time, since the fan-pulley 47 is formed in the axial fan blade shape, the entire bran removing chamber is evenly suctioned downward, so that the bran is extremely effectively discharged.
Furthermore, in general, the performance of the fan is determined by the number of rotations, the diameter, the thickness, or the shape of the fan. The volume of blowing air increases with an increase in the number of rotations and the diameter, and the air input and output area increases with an increase in the thickness of the fan. In the fan-pulley 47 of the embodiment, a strong bran removing wind may be generated in accordance with a design, but a problem arises in that dust scatters around the milling machine. For this reason, in the embodiment, the diameter is designed to be from 600 mm to 800 mm and preferably to about 710 mm. The number of rotations is designed to be from 500 rpm to 700 rpm and preferably to about 600 rpm. Accordingly, it is supposed that a weak bran removing wind is generated to contribute to rapid bran discharging.
As described above, the grain undergoing the grain milling action by the plurality of grinding type grain milling rolls 26 reaches from the lowermost-stage grinding type grain milling roll 26 to the grain discharge roll 54, and is discharged to the outside of the machine as a milled grain through the discharge port 37 and the discharge cylinder 38 against the resisting plate 41 while undergoing a thrusting action of the grain discharge roll 54.
Next, referring to
As shown in
As described above, according to the grinding type vertical grain milling machine of the embodiment of the invention, since the fan-pulley, which has a function of rotationally driving the main shaft having the grinding type grain milling roll body axially attached thereto and a function of generating the bran removing wind for conveying the bran produced by the milling action of the grinding type grain milling roll from the bran removing chamber toward the bran discharge pipe, is provided at the communication portion between the bran removing chamber and the bran discharge pipe, it is not necessary to provide the existing component such as the annular bran collecting chamber provided below the bran removing chamber and the scraping blade sliding on the bottom surface of the annular bran chamber. As a result, the dimension of the machine body of the grinding type vertical grain milling machine in the vertical direction may be shortened. Further, since the fan-pulley is provided, the rotation is transferred from the driving unit to the main shaft, and the bran removing wind is generated. Accordingly, there are excellent operation and effect in that the existing scraping blade for discharging the bran is not provided and the installation space is not needed.
The present invention may be applied to various grain producing machines that need both a function of rotating a main shaft and a function of generating a wind by the rotation of a main shaft.
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