Patent DE-102009044979-A1 (DE)
Title: Breaking device, which is piled up on a rectangular surface of a hop rack in a hop kiln, for bulk material such as hops, comprises breaking tool arranged on reception, and eccentric device arranged between the breaking tool and reception
Inventor: GAUL RUDOLF
IPC: C12C3/02
Filed: 2009-09-24
Abstract: The breaking device (6), which is piled up on a rectangular surface of a hop rack (2a) in a hop kiln (1) and extends itself over a width (B) of the surface and is displaceable over a length (L) of the surface, comprises a breaking tool (7) arranged on a reception (30) extending itself over the width of the surface, drivable in relation to the reception in a relatively movable manner and oscillatingly movable against the reception, and an eccentric device arranged between the breaking tool and the reception. The eccentric device has two parallely running rotary axles. The breaking device (6), which is piled up on a rectangular surface of a hop rack (2a) in a hop kiln (1) and extends itself over a width (B) of the surface and is displaceable over a length (L) of the surface, comprises a breaking tool (7) arranged on a reception (30) extending itself over the width of the surface, drivable in relation to the reception in a relatively movable manner and oscillatingly movable against the reception, and an eccentric device arranged between the breaking tool and the reception. The eccentric device has two parallely running rotary axles, which are connected with the breaking tool using the connecting elements. The connecting elements have different lengths. The breaking tool is arranged around its own axis rotatable at the reception. Several breaking tools are arranged adjacent to the breaking device in the width direction of the surface, and are arranged in the width direction of the surface and/or in the vertical direction oscillatingly drivable at the breaking device. The breaking tools are formed as prongs, and are oscillatingly driven by a common drive. The breaking tool is arranged at a guide of the breaking device processable in the width direction of the surface, and is formed as a stir hook rotatable around its own axis. The stir hook has an electric motor as individual drive. The breaking tool is arranged at the breaking device in a highly-adjustable manner. The breaking tools are controllable by a control unit of the breaking device. The surface is controllably driven over into partial surfaces corresponding to a selectable subdivision using the control unit and the breaking tool is correspondingly controllable. The individual, selectable partial surfaces are repeatedly driven over using the control unit. The breaking device comprises moisture sensors, which cooperate with the control unit. Each partial surface is assigned to the moisture sensor. The control unit comprises data storage, in which process parameters are adjustable for later breaking process and a filling height is adjustable. The breaking device is led to longitudinal guides of the surface to be filled using track rollers. Toothed wheels are arranged in the lateral areas of the breaking device and cooperate with the toothed racks or chains arranged at the surface to be filled. The control unit comprises limit switches for the process of the breaking device over the length of the surface, where the limit switches are arranged at the breaking device. The limit switches and/or position sensor cooperating with the limit switches are adjustable in their position. The breaking device is combinedly formed with a device for loading the surface. The loading device has a supply device and/or a filling truck that extends itself over the width of the device with an adjustable outlet opening. The outlet opening of the filling truck and/or filling height (H) of the bulk material is adjustable using baffle sheets extending over the width of the surface. A transverse conveyor belt that runs along the outlet opening is arranged at an angle of 45[deg] against the horizontal. The breaking tool is arranged at the filling truck and/or the baffle sheet in the width direction of the surface in a processable manner. The filling truck is arranged at the breaking device in a highly-adjustable manner. The loading device comprises control unit, by which the filling truck is controllably processable and/or disengaged over the surface in dependent of its filling state and/or the bulk material supply by the supply device.