Automatic production line for manufacturing and processing plant protein meat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12324455-B2
Application number	US-202217674924-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2022
Priority date	Jun 19, 2020
Publication date	Jun 10, 2025
Grant date	Jun 10, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an automatic production line for manufacturing and processing plant protein meat, and belongs to the field of application of food equipment. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat comprises: an extrusion-expansion machine, plant protein meat raw material blocks, a bearing plate, a first manipulator, a storage rack, a first conveying device, a second manipulator, a second conveying device, a main console, a third conveying device, a shredding device, a seasoning adding and mixing device, a third manipulator, a recycling rack, a storage cabinet and a secondary console. The shredding device of the present disclosure shreds the plant protein meat raw material blocks by cooperative up-down staggered motion of double rows of clips, the plant protein meat raw material blocks in any shape can be shredded, and breakage of the raw material shreds in the shredding process can be avoided effectively; and by the seasoning adding and mixing device of the present disclosure, the shredded plant protein meat raw material blocks are added with seasonings and mixed with the seasonings. The present disclosure is simple in structure, facilitates manufacturing of the plant protein meat, and can efficiently produce and process the plant protein meat.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automatic production line for manufacturing and processing plant protein meat, comprising an extrusion-expansion machine ( 1 ), a first conveying device ( 6 ), a second conveying device ( 10 ), a third conveying device ( 12 ), a shredding device ( 13 ) and a seasoning adding and mixing device ( 14 ), wherein the third conveying device ( 12 ) is provided with the shredding device ( 13 ) and the seasoning adding and mixing device ( 14 ), a feeding opening ( 2 ) is formed above the extrusion-expansion machine ( 1 ), and a discharging opening ( 3 ) of the extrusion-expansion machine ( 1 ) is positioned above the first conveying device ( 6 );
wherein the shredding device ( 13 ) comprises a first truss ( 19 ), a first clip row ( 20 ), a second clip row ( 21 ), a second truss ( 22 ), a horizontal lead screw assembly ( 23 ), a sliding block ( 24 ), a motor ( 25 ), a horizontal sliding groove ( 26 ) and clip rotating devices; the first truss ( 19 ) or the second truss ( 22 ) comprises a first stand column ( 27 ) and a second stand column ( 32 ); and
the horizontal sliding groove ( 26 ) is positioned on the third conveying device ( 12 ), and the first truss ( 19 ) moves on the third conveying device ( 12 ) by cooperation of the second stand column ( 32 ) and the horizontal sliding groove ( 26 ); the first stand column ( 27 ) is matched with the sliding block ( 24 ) so that the first truss ( 19 ) is connected to the horizontal lead screw assembly ( 23 ), and the horizontal lead screw assembly ( 23 ) drives the sliding block ( 24 ) to move in the horizontal direction by means of a motor ( 25 ) arranged at one end of the horizontal lead screw assembly ( 23 ), so that the first truss ( 19 ) is driven to move in the horizontal direction; and two clip rotating devices are arranged, are respectively connected with the first truss ( 19 ) and the second truss ( 22 ), and repeatedly move on the first truss ( 19 ) and the second truss ( 22 ) in the up-down direction or the left-right direction.

2. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 1 , wherein each clip rotating device comprises a chain ( 33 ), gears ( 34 ), an electromagnetic valve ( 35 ) and clips ( 36 ), there are a plurality of gears ( 34 ), the clips ( 36 ) are connected to the gears ( 34 ), and the chain ( 33 ) is tensioned on the gears ( 34 ).

3. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 2 , wherein each of the clips ( 36 ) is divided into a fixed end and a clamping end used for clamping raw materials, each fixed end is embedded in the center of its corresponding gear ( 34 ), and each clamping end comprises an upper clamping plate and a lower clamping plate.

4. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 3 , comprising a storage rack ( 8 ), wherein a bearing plate ( 5 ) is stored on the storage rack ( 8 ), and the storage rack ( 8 ) is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion.

5. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 4 , further comprising a first manipulator ( 7 ), wherein the first manipulator ( 7 ) is used for placing the bearing plate ( 5 ) in the storage rack ( 8 ) onto the first conveying device ( 6 ).

6. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 5 , wherein the second conveying device ( 10 ) is connected to the third conveying device ( 12 ), the storage rack ( 8 ) and the first manipulator ( 7 ) are positioned at one end of the first conveying device ( 6 ), a second manipulator ( 9 ) is arranged between the other end of the first conveying device ( 6 ) and one end of the second conveying device ( 10 ), and the second manipulator ( 9 ) is used for transferring the bearing plate ( 5 ) conveyed to the other end of the first conveying device ( 6 ) onto the second conveying device ( 10 ).

7. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 6 , further comprising a recycling rack ( 43 ) and a third manipulator ( 42 ), wherein the recycling rack ( 43 ) and the third manipulator ( 42 ) are positioned at a tail end of the third conveying device ( 12 ), and the third manipulator ( 42 ) is used for placing the bearing plate ( 5 ) conveyed to the tail end of the third conveying device ( 12 ) onto the recycling rack ( 43 ).

8. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 7 , further comprising a main console ( 11 ) and a secondary console ( 18 ), wherein the main console ( 11 ) and the secondary console ( 18 ) are positioned on one side of the third conveying device ( 12 ).

9. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 8 , wherein each of the first truss ( 19 ) and the second truss ( 22 ) is provided with a horizontal sliding track ( 28 ), a horizontal sliding block ( 29 ), a vertical sliding groove ( 30 ) and a vertical sliding block ( 31 ); and the vertical sliding groove ( 30 ) is matched with the vertical sliding block ( 31 ).

10. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 9 , wherein the clip rotating devices are connected to the vertical sliding block ( 31 ), the vertical sliding block ( 31 ) moves on the first truss ( 19 ) up and down through the vertical sliding groove ( 30 ), and the horizontal sliding blocks ( 29 ) is connected to the first truss ( 19 ) and the second truss ( 22 ) respectively through the horizontal sliding tracks ( 28 ).

11. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 3 , wherein electromagnets ( 35 ) are separately arranged on the upper clamping plates and the lower clamping plates of the clamping ends of the clips ( 36 ).

12. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 11 , wherein a sharp corner is arranged at a front end of each lower clamping plate.

13. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 12 , wherein an included angle between an inclined plane of each sharp corner and a bottom face of a corresponding lower clamping plate is 30°.

14. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 2 , wherein the gears ( 34 ) connected to the first clip row ( 20 ) are engaged with one another, and the gears ( 34 ) connected to the second clip row ( 21 ) are engaged with one another.

15. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 1 , wherein the extrusion-expansion machine ( 1 ) is a double-screw extrusion-expansion machine.

16. The automatic production line for manufacturing and processing the plant protein meat according to claim 1 , wherein the seasoning adding and mixing device ( 14 ) comprises a seasoning adding mechanical arm, a brush manipulator ( 39 ), a pressing plate manipulator ( 40 ), a manipulator bearing table ( 41 ) and seasoning tanks ( 44 ), the seasoning adding mechanical arm is connected to the seasoning tanks ( 44 ), the seasoning adding mechanical arm is used for adding seasonings into materials, the brush manipulator ( 39 ) is used for mixing seasonings on the materials, and the pressing plate manipulator ( 40 ) is used for pressing the materials to mix the seaso

Assignees

• Univ Jiangnan

Inventors

• Zhou Jingwen
• Ning Meng
• Chen Jian
• Zeng Weizhu
• Liang Xiaolin
• Chen Jie
• Wang Zhaojun

Classifications

• A23J3/14

  Vegetable proteins · CPC title

• A23J3/26

  using extrusion or expansion · CPC title

• B65G47/90

  Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials · CPC title

• A23J3/227

  Meat-like textured foods (meat extenders A23L13/00) · CPC title

• A23P30/30 Primary

  Puffing or expanding · CPC title