JPH0160104B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a dehydration attachment that is assembled into a cheese carrier and used when a large number of cheeses that have undergone a scouring bleaching or dyeing process are dehydrated using a centrifugal dehydrator.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A cheese-finished winding yarn (hereinafter simply referred to as "cheese") is washed with water after undergoing processing steps such as scouring, bleaching or dyeing, and is centrifugally dehydrated before proceeding to a drying step. The cheese dehydration carrier used for this dehydration process generally has a structure in which a support shaft is erected in the center of the bottom plate, and cheese loading spindles are erected at multiple locations on the outer periphery of the support shaft.
After a large number of cheeses are stacked on the spindle, the carrier is placed in a rotating basket of a centrifugal dehydrator and dehydrated.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, such a carrier for cheese dehydration is
Even if care is taken to prevent the cheese from hitting the inner wall of the rotating basket when storing it in the rotating basket of the centrifugal dehydrator, the cheese loaded on the spindle is exposed to the outside and the cheese may touch the inner wall. There was a risk that the winding thread would be damaged by hitting it.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and by preventing the cheese loaded on the spindle installed upright on the bottom plate from being exposed to the outside,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a dehydration attachment for a cheese carrier, which eliminates the risk of cheese hitting the inner wall of the rotating basket when the carrier is stored in the rotating basket of a dehydrator, and which allows cheese to be easily loaded and removed from the cheese carrier. do.

Means for Solving the Problems The technical means taken by the present invention to achieve the above object is that a support shaft is provided in the center of the bottom plate, and cheese loading spindles are provided upright at multiple locations on the outer periphery of the support shaft. The dewatering attachment is used by being assembled into a cheese carrier, and includes a top plate having a connecting means detachably connected to the upper end of the support shaft, and a plurality of attachment points on the bottom plate at a plurality of locations on the outer periphery of the top plate. It is held suspended relative to the spindle and moves between an operating position in which it contacts a group of cheeses mounted on said spindle to hold the group in place and an inoperative position away from the group of cheeses. a movable frame; and spring means for biasing the movable frame toward the inoperative position, the movable frame having a length that covers the entire height of the group of cheeses, and the movable frame having a length that covers the entire height of the group of cheeses, It is characterized in that, when inserted into the basket, the rotating basket is moved toward the operating position by an inner wall surface of the rotating basket against the spring means.

Effect The cheese setting for the carrier is as follows:
After a required number of cheeses are stacked and loaded onto a spindle set upright on the bottom plate, a holding means is attached to the upper end of the spindle, and the cheese is held and fixed on the bottom plate by this cheese setting. After cheese setting, when the connecting means of the top plate of the dehydration attachment is attached to the upper end of the shaft and the movable frame is deployed outside the cheese group, the bottom plate and the top plate are connected via the connecting means and the support shaft. The dehydration attachment is assembled in a state where the two are connected, and the cheese group is covered from the outside by the movable frame.

When the cheese carrier with the dewatering attachment assembled in this way is accommodated in the rotating basket of the dehydrator, the movable frame is moved toward the operating position by the inner wall surface of the rotating basket against the spring means. During the centrifugal dehydration operation, the cheese group is dehydrated in a fixed posture in contact with the inner wall surface of the movable frame.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

1 and 2 show a cheese carrier 1 equipped with a dewatering attachment A according to the present invention. The carrier 1 has a hollow support shaft 3 erected in the center of a circular bottom plate 2, and a plurality of cheese loading spindles 4 are erected vertically on the outer periphery of the support shaft 3 at equal intervals. The heights of the spindles 4 are set to be approximately the same size. Further, a cover lid 6 having reinforcing ribs 5 is fixed to the back surface of the bottom plate 2, and a hole is provided in the center of the cover cover 6 and the bottom plate 2 to fit into a boss portion of a rotating basket of a dehydrator, which will be described later. 7 is provided. 8
is a presser device, and in this embodiment, the spindle 4
It is a wing nut that is screwed into the threaded part formed at the upper end of the .

The dewatering attachment A has a top plate 9 with reinforcing ribs 10 radially provided on the back side, and as shown in FIG. A connecting shaft 14 having a ring 12 and a threaded portion 13 at its lower end is loosely fitted.
A screw hole 15 into which the screw portion 13 is fitted is provided at the upper end of the support shaft 3, and these screw portions 13 and the screw hole 15 constitute a connecting means 16 between the cheese carrier 1 and the dewatering attachment A. has been done. Furthermore, grooves 17 are formed at a plurality of locations on the outer periphery of the top plate 9. Reference numeral 18 denotes a movable frame, which has a perforated back plate 20 fixed to the back side of a perforated outer plate 19 having an arcuate shape in plan view, and an engaging member 21 having a T-shaped cross section fixed to the upper end thereof. ing. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, by fitting the engaging member 21 into the groove 17 of the top plate 9, the movable frame 18 is suspended from the top plate 9, and is suspended from the top plate 9. It is held movably in the radial direction of the board 9. Further, a spring means 23 is interposed between the upper end of the movable frame 18 and a support plate 22 provided on the top plate 9, which always urges the movable frame 18 outward. Note that 24 is a protective member that covers the engagement member 21, is fixed to the top plate 9, and also serves as a stopper for regulating the outward position of the movable frame 18. Further, 25 is a protective member that covers the spring means 23, and is fixed to an upper plate 26 extending inward from the upper end of the movable frame 18.Next, the operation will be explained. Stack a predetermined number of cheeses 50 on each spindle 4 with spacers 51 in between, place a presser plate 52 on top of the top cheese 50, screw the wing nut 8 into the threaded part at the upper end of the spindle 4, and tighten. It is set to Cheese Carrier 1. Such cheese setting is performed for all spindles 4. Next, the dewatering attachment A, which holds a plurality of movable frames 18 suspended from the outer peripheral edge of the top plate 9, is lowered from above so as to cover the cheese carrier 1, and the movable frames 18 are attached to each spindle 4. It is located outside of a cheese group consisting of a plurality of cheeses 50 loaded in the. At this time, the top plate 9
The center portion of the support shaft 3 faces the upper end of the support shaft 3. In this state, when the hanging ring 12 is turned and the threaded part 13 is screwed into the screw hole 15 and tightened, the top plate 9 and the bottom plate 2 are connected together, and the cheese group is covered by the movable frame 18 from the outside. At this time, since the movable frame 18 is urged outward by the spring means 23, it moves to a position where it comes into contact with the locking part 24a of the protection member 2, and moves away from the group of cheeses as shown in FIG. Waiting in the inactive position.

As shown in FIG.
By fitting into the spindle 33 of the container, the container is housed in the rotating basket 31 and subjected to dehydration treatment.
When the carrier 1 is housed in the rotating basket 31, the movable frame 18 is pushed inward by the inner wall 32 of the rotating basket 31 against the spring force of the spring means 23, and as shown in FIG. is moved into an operative position in which it contacts and supports the group of cheeses. Therefore, when the dehydrator 30 is operated, the cheese 50 is supported by the movable frame 18 and dehydrated while maintaining a constant posture.

The dehydrator shown in FIG.
The upper end of the casing 34 housing the rotary basket 31 is provided with a ring-shaped edge frame 36 having an annular guide portion 35 tapered downward, and the upper end of the rotating basket 31 is provided with a taper facing the annular guide portion 35. A guide surface 37 having a shape is provided. Dehydrator 30
If you configure it like this, cheese carrier 1
The movable frame 18 can be automatically moved from the non-operating position to the operating position as the containers are stored in the rotating basket 31. That is, when the cheese carrier 1 is lowered from above the dehydrator 30, the seventh
As shown by the imaginary line in the figure, while the lower end of the movable frame 18 slides against the annular guide portion 35, the movable frame 18 is gradually moved toward the operating position against the spring means 23, and the movable frame 18 climbs over the annular guide portion 35, the lower end of the movable frame 18 hits the guide surface 37 as shown by the solid line in the same figure, and while sliding on this guide surface 37, the movable frame 18 contacts the spring means 23. The movable frame 18 is moved further to the operating position side against the
When the lower end of the movable frame 18 is completely fitted into the rotating basket 31, the movable frame 18 is set to the operating position.

Effects of the Invention As explained above, when the dewatering attachment of the present invention is used, the cheese loaded on the spindle of the cheese carrier is covered from the outside by the movable frame, so that the cheese carrier can be accommodated in the rotating basket of the centrifugal dehydrator. There is no need to worry about the cheese hitting the inner wall of the rotating basket and damaging the winding thread. Moreover, when the cheese carrier is taken out from the rotating basket, the movable frame automatically moves to a non-operating position away from the group of cheeses, so there is no risk of damaging the cheese when attaching and detaching the dewatering attachment.

Also, the loading of cheese on the cheese carrier,
Since removal is carried out with the dewatering attachment removed, it can be carried out very easily and efficiently.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a partial longitudinal sectional front view of a cheese dehydrating carrier assembled with the dehydrating attachment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a partial sectional front view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing an enlarged view of the main parts of the dehydrating attachment. , FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4--4 in FIG. 3, FIG.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 6--6 in the figure, and a vertical front view of the main part for explaining the operation of the dewatering attachment when fitting the carrier for cheese dewatering into the rotating basket. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Carrier for cheese dehydration, 2... Bottom plate, 3... Support shaft, 4... Spindle, 8... Wing nut (pressing means), 9... Top plate, 13... Threaded part, 15... Screw hole, 16... Connection means, 18 ...Movable frame, 23...Spring means, 30...Centrifugal dehydrator, 31...Rotating basket, 32...Inner wall of rotating basket, 50...Cheese, A...Dehydrating attachment.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A dewatering attachment used by being assembled into a cheese carrier, which has a support shaft in the center of the bottom plate and cheese loading spindles erected at multiple locations on the outer periphery of the support shaft, the upper end of the support shaft a top plate having a connecting means that is detachably connected to the top plate; a movable frame movable between an operating position in which it contacts a group of cheeses and holds the group in a fixed position and a non-operating position away from the group of cheeses; and urging the movable frame toward the non-operating position. The movable frame has a length that covers the entire height of the cheese group, and when inserted into the rotating basket of the centrifugal dehydrator, the movable frame resists the spring means by the inner wall surface of the rotating basket. A dewatering attachment for a cheese carrier, which is configured to be moved to the operating position.