CN114009798A - Kernel removal module and stone removal machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses module and stoner denucleate. The coring module comprises an upper plate, a lower plate, a cutter and an elastic piece. The lower plate and the upper plate are arranged at intervals relatively. One end of the cutter is fixed on the upper plate, and the other end of the cutter can penetrate through the lower plate. The elastic member connects the upper plate and the lower plate, and is in a compressed state when the upper plate moves close to the lower plate. The stoner includes support and the module of denucleating, and the module of denucleating is movably to be set up on the support. In the module of denucleating and the stoner of this application embodiment, be connected with the elastic component between upper plate and the hypoplastron, when the upper plate moves to being close to the hypoplastron direction under the exogenic action, the elastic component is in the compression state, and then when external force got rid of, the elastic component can resume deformation from the compression state, promote the upper plate to keeping away from the hypoplastron direction motion to drive the cutter and reset, the cutter resetting speed is very fast, be favorable to the cutter to carry out the punching press next time and denucleate, improve the efficiency of denucleating.

Description

Kernel removal module and stone removal machine

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of food processing machinery, in particular to a denucleation module and a denucleation machine.

Background

A plurality of fruit processing all need denucleate on the market, and the mode of manual denucleating is adopted to the majority of denucleates to make the denucleate need consume a large amount of labours. In the related art, after the cutter of the stoner is used for stoning the punched fruit, the reset speed of the cutter is slow, so that the stoning efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The application embodiment provides a denucleation module and a denucleation machine.

The enucleation module of this application embodiment includes upper plate, hypoplastron, cutter and elastic component. The lower plate and the upper plate are arranged at intervals relatively. One end of the cutter is fixed on the upper plate, and the other end of the cutter can penetrate through the lower plate. The elastic member connects the upper plate and the lower plate, and is in a compressed state when the upper plate moves close to the lower plate.

In the module that denucleates of this application embodiment, be connected with the elastic component between upper plate and the hypoplastron, when the upper plate moves to being close to the hypoplastron direction under the exogenic action, the elastic component is in the compression state, and then when external force got rid of, the elastic component can resume deformation from the compression state, promotes the upper plate and moves to keeping away from the hypoplastron direction to drive the cutter and reset, the cutter speed of resetting is very fast, is favorable to the cutter to carry out the punching press next time and denucleates, improves the efficiency of denucleating.

In some embodiments, the resilient member comprises a spring.

In certain embodiments, the coring module includes a mounting post connecting the upper plate and the lower plate, and the spring is sleeved on the mounting post.

In some embodiments, the lower plate includes a lower surface facing away from the upper plate, and the end of the cutter away from the upper plate is located above the lower surface of the upper plate when the elastic member is in the reset state.

In some embodiments, the lower plate comprises a lower surface facing away from the upper plate, and an end of the cutter remote from the upper plate protrudes from the lower surface of the upper plate when the elastic member is in a compressed state.

In some embodiments, the number of the elastic members is plural, and the plural elastic members are symmetrically disposed with respect to the center of the lower plate.

In some embodiments, the number of the cutters is multiple, and the plurality of cutters are arranged in an array.

The corer of the present application embodiment includes the denucleation module in support and the above-mentioned embodiment, the denucleation module is movably set up on the support.

In certain embodiments, the pitter further includes a coring mold disposed below the coring module, the coring mold being configured to receive fruit.

In some embodiments, the corer includes a drive mechanism for driving the corer module up and down relative to the support.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a corer in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded, schematic view of a corer according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a further perspective view of a corer in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a coring module of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a further perspective view of a coring module of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional, schematic view of a corer in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a coring mold of an embodiment of the present application.

Description of the main element symbols:

the denucleation machine comprises a denucleation machine 1000, a support 200, a denucleation module 100, an upper plate 10, a lower plate 20, a first through hole 21, a lower surface 22, a cutter 30, an elastic piece 40, a mounting column 50, a denucleation mold 300, a fruit groove 301, a through hole 302, a holding piece 310, a second through hole 311 and a driving mechanism 400.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the invention. To simplify the disclosure of the present invention, the components and arrangements of specific examples are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, the present invention provides examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that other processes may be used and/or other materials may be used.

Referring to fig. 1-3, a corer 1000 in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes a rack 200 and a corer module 100, with the corer module 100 being removably disposed on the rack 200. The main function of the stoner 1000 is to perform stoning treatment on some fruits which are difficult to ston, such as mandarin orange, olive and the like, so as to replace manual stoning, and greatly improve the stoning efficiency.

The support 200 mainly plays a supporting and fixing role for a plurality of parts on the stoner 1000. The removable placement of the coring module 100 on the support 200 may be understood as the coring module 100 may be positionally adjusted on the support 200 to achieve a best coring position, resulting in a better coring performance of the coring module 100.

Referring to FIGS. 3-6, a coring module 100, in accordance with an embodiment of the present application, includes an upper plate 10, a lower plate 20, a cutter 30, and a resilient member 40. The lower plate 20 is spaced apart from and opposite to the upper plate 10. One end of the cutter 30 is fixed to the upper plate 10 and the other end of the cutter 30 can penetrate the lower plate 20. The elastic member 40 connects the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20, and the elastic member 40 is in a compressed state in a case where the upper plate 10 moves close to the lower plate 20.

In the module of denucleating 100 and the stoner 1000 of this application embodiment, be connected with elastic component 40 between the upper plate 10 of the module of denucleating 100 and the hypoplastron 20, when upper plate 10 moves to being close to hypoplastron 20 direction under the exogenic action, elastic component 40 is in the compression state, and then when external force gets rid of, elastic component 40 can resume deformation from the compression state, promote upper plate 10 to keeping away from hypoplastron 20 direction motion, thereby drive cutter 30 and reset, cutter 30 resets fastly, be favorable to cutter 30 to carry out the punching press next time and denucleate, improve the efficiency of denucleating of stoner 1000.

Specifically, the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20 may be relatively parallel and spaced apart. The upper and lower plates 10, 20 may be provided in a rectangular plate-like configuration to facilitate adjustment and connection between the coring module 100 and the support 200. More cutters 30 can be installed on the face of rectangle structure simultaneously for the module 100 that denucleates once only can denucleate the processing to more fruits, improves the efficiency of denucleating. Of course, the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20 may also be provided in a shape of a circle, a polygon, etc., and the shape of the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20 is not limited in this application. The upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20 can be made of a material with higher rigidity, so that the nuclear module 100 is prevented from deforming or breaking when being punched for nuclear removal, and the nuclear removal effect is not influenced.

The knife 30 may be made of a rigid material such as stainless steel to facilitate handling of fruit with a hard shell and to prevent damage to the knife 30. The cutter 30 may be provided in a cylindrical configuration with a diameter sized to match the size of the core.

The upper plate 10 is mainly used for supporting the cutter 30, and the tail end of the cutter 30 is detachably connected with the upper plate 10, so that the cutter can be conveniently replaced to be suitable for fruits with different sizes. The knife 30 may be vertically disposed relative to the upper plate 10 to facilitate the downward punching of the knife 30 for coring.

The lower plate 20 may be formed with a first through hole 21, the tool bit end of the tool 30 corresponds to the first through hole 21 and can pass through the first through hole 21, and the size of the first through hole 21 is matched with the diameter of the tool 30.

Both ends of the elastic member 40 are connected to the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20, respectively, and are perpendicular to the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20. When the coring module 100 is driven by an external force to move downward, the lower plate 20 will abut against the fruit to be cored or against a structural member above the fruit to be cored, and the lower plate 20 will stop moving downward. The upper plate 10 continues to move downwards against the elastic force of the elastic piece 40, and the cutter 30 continues to move downwards through the first through hole 21 under the pushing of the upper plate 10 to punch and pit the fruit to be pit-removed. After the denucleation is finished, the external force is removed, and the upper plate 10 can move in the direction opposite to the lower plate 20 under the elasticity of the elastic piece 40 to drive the cutter 30 to restore the original shape quickly, so that the denucleation module 100 can perform the next punching denucleation. The provision of the resilient member 40 increases the speed of recovery of the coring module 100, and thus can improve the coring efficiency of the corer 1000.

Referring to fig. 4 and 6, in some embodiments, the elastic member 40 includes a spring. The spring has certain elastic potential energy, and the spring has the elastic force of recovering to opposite direction when compressed, and then the spring can be compressed when upper plate 10 moves to hypoplastron 20 direction to and after removing external force, the spring has opposite effort to upper plate 10 and makes it recover to the original position, is convenient for carry out next denucleate.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 6, in some embodiments, the corer module 100 includes a mounting post 50, the mounting post 50 connecting the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20, and a spring mounted over the mounting post 50.

In this manner, the mounting posts 50 may support the springs to prevent the springs from buckling and failing to provide a driving force when the springs are compressed by the upper plate 10.

Specifically, the mounting post 50 may be configured to be circular, square, or other shapes, which is not limited in this application. The mounting column 50 is connected between the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20, the mounting column 50 can be fixedly connected with the upper plate 10, and the mounting column 50 is connected with the lower plate 20 in a sliding manner, so that when the upper plate 10 moves towards a direction close to the lower plate 20, the mounting column 50 cannot abut against the lower plate 20, and the upper plate 10 cannot be pressed down to remove the core. The mounting posts 50 are disposed perpendicular to the upper plate 10, and the mounting posts 50 may be spaced apart from and parallel to the cutter 30.

The mounting post 50 may be provided in plural, and the plural mounting posts 50 are connected to the upper plate 10 at intervals and are symmetrical with respect to the center of the upper plate 10. For example, the mounting posts 50 may be provided in four. When erection column 50 is four, four erection columns 50 install four corners departments at upper plate 10 respectively, and then when upper plate 10 downstream, upper plate 10 can remain steady, prevents that the inclined condition from appearing in upper plate 10 and drive cutter 30 slope, influences the effect of denucleating.

Referring to fig. 3-6, in some embodiments, the lower plate 20 includes a lower surface 22 facing away from the upper plate 10, and the end of the cutter 30 away from the upper plate 10 is located above the lower surface 22 of the upper plate 10 when the elastic member 40 is in the reset state.

As such, with the elastic member 40 in the reset state, the bit end of the cutter 30 is hidden between the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20 to prevent the bit from being damaged.

Specifically, when the elastic member 40 is in the reset state, the distance between the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20 is the largest, the length of the cutter 30 is smaller than the distance between the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20, the end of the cutter 30 far away from the upper plate 10 can be the cutter head end, the cutter head end is located between the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20 or contracted in the first through hole 21 of the lower plate 20 in the reset state, and the cutter head end cannot extend out of the first through hole 21, so that the damage of the cutter head of the cutter 30 is prevented, and the pitting effect is affected.

Referring to fig. 3-6, in some embodiments, the lower plate 20 includes a lower surface 22 facing away from the upper plate 10, and an end of the cutter 30 facing away from the upper plate 10 protrudes from the lower surface 22 of the upper plate 10 when the elastic member 40 is in a compressed state.

In this manner, with the resilient member 40 in a compressed state, the knife 30 protrudes from the first through hole 21 of the upper plate 10 to perform a coring process on fruit beneath the upper plate 10.

Specifically, under the condition that the elastic member 40 is in the compressed state, the lower surface 22 of the lower plate 20 abuts against the fruit or the abutting member 310 above the fruit, the spacing distance between the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20 becomes smaller, and further, the cutter head end of the cutter 30 protrudes out of the lower surface 22 of the upper plate 10 and extends out of the first through hole 21 to punch and core the fruit.

Referring to fig. 4 and 6, in some embodiments, the number of the elastic members 40 is multiple, and the plurality of elastic members 40 are symmetrically arranged with respect to the center of the lower plate 20.

In this way, the forces between the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20 are balanced and no deflection to one side occurs.

Specifically, the elastic members 40 are sleeved on the mounting posts 50, and the number of the elastic members 40 may be the same as that of the mounting posts 50. For example, the number of the elastic members 40 may be set to four, and four elastic members 40 are respectively provided at four corners of the upper plate 10. Of course, in some other embodiments, the number of the elastic members 40 may be set according to the shapes of the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20, and the number of the elastic members 40 may also be set to three, four, five, etc., which is not limited in this application.

Referring to fig. 3-6, in some embodiments, the number of the tools 30 is multiple, and the multiple tools 30 are arranged in an array. So, a plurality of cutters 30 can be simultaneously to a plurality of fruits the processing of denucleating, improve the efficiency of denucleating of corer 1000.

Specifically, the plurality of cutters 30 are spaced apart from each other, and the plurality of cutters 30 may be arranged in an array. Since each knife 30 corresponds to the center of each fruit to facilitate coring, each knife 30 is spaced apart from another knife to avoid damage to the fruit flesh due to interference between the knives 30. The array arrangement enables the cutters 30 to be arranged in a limited space at most, and then one-time stamping can remove kernels from more fruits, so that the kernel removal efficiency is improved.

Referring to FIGS. 3, 6, and 7, in some embodiments, the corer 1000 further includes a coring mold 300, the coring mold 300 being disposed below the coring module 100, the coring mold 300 being used to place fruit.

Thus, the fruit can be placed on the denucleation mold 300, the denucleation mold 300 can be used for placing a plurality of fruits at one time, which are respectively in one-to-one correspondence with the cutters 30, the fruits in the denucleation mold 300 are denucleated by punching of the cutters 30,

specifically, the coring mold 300 is removably attached to the support 200 and disposed below the coring module 100. The coring mold 300 may be provided with a plurality of fruit grooves 301 to secure the fruit to prevent the fruit from rolling within the mold. The shape of the fruit groove 301 can be matched with the fruit to be denucleated, and the number of the fruit grooves 301 can be the same as the number of the cutters 30 and corresponds to the distribution positions of the cutters 30 one by one. When the coring mold 300 is placed beneath the coring module 100, the knife 30 corresponds to a center position of the fruit slot 301 to facilitate removal of the core when the knife 30 is pressed downward.

It can be understood that the bottom of the fruit groove 301 is provided with a through hole 302 penetrating through the coring mold 300, the aperture of the through hole 302 is smaller than the groove diameter of the fruit groove 301 and larger than the kernel diameter of the kernel, and then the fruit groove 301 can fix the fruit and the kernel can fall out of the through hole 302. Meanwhile, the diameter of the through hole 302 is larger than that of the cutter 30, so as to prevent the cutter 30 from being damaged due to the fact that the cutter 30 abuts against the bottom of the fruit groove 301 when moving downwards.

Referring to fig. 3 and 6, in some embodiments, a holding member 310 is further disposed above the coring mold 300, and the holding member 310 may be mounted on the support 200. The supporting member 310 is provided with a plurality of second through holes 311, the number and the position of the second through holes 311 correspond to those of the fruit grooves 301 one by one, and the positions and the number of the second through holes 311 correspond to those of the first through holes 21. The buttressing member 310 is adapted to butt against the lower plate 20 when the coring module 100 is moved downwardly, and the knife 30 may be moved downwardly through the second through hole 311 to core the fruit.

Referring to fig. 3 and 6, in some embodiments, the corer 1000 includes a drive mechanism 400, the drive mechanism 400 being used to drive the corer module 100 up and down relative to the support 200. In this manner, the drive mechanism 400 may provide an external force to the coring module 100 such that the knife 30 is punched downward to complete the coring process of the fruit.

Specifically, the driving mechanism 400 may include a driving device such as an electric cylinder, a hydraulic machine, or the like. The drive mechanism 400 may also be mounted on the support 200 and disposed above the coring module 100, which may in turn drive the coring module 100 downward.

In conclusion, actuating mechanism 400 can drive module 100 that denucleates to the direction motion of mould 300 that denucleates, can once only place a plurality of fruits on the mould 300 that denucleates, and then can denucleate the processing to a plurality of fruits simultaneously, improves the efficiency of denucleating. In the process of downward movement of the kernel removing module 100, the lower plate 20 abuts against the abutting piece 310 to stop moving, the driving mechanism 400 overcomes the elastic force of the elastic piece 40 to continuously drive the upper plate 10 to drive the cutter 30 to move downward, the cutter 30 penetrates through the first through hole 21 and the second through hole 311 to punch and remove kernels from the fruit, and the kernels fall out of the through hole 302. After the enucleation is finished, the upper plate 10 can move in the direction of keeping away from the lower plate 20 downwards under the elastic force of the elastic piece 40, and the cutter 30 is driven to retract between the upper plate 10 and the lower plate 20, so that the cutter 30 is protected, and simultaneously, the enucleation treatment for the next time is facilitated, so that the enucleation efficiency of the enucleation machine 1000 is improved.

In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "certain embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: numerous changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (10)

1. A coring module, comprising:

an upper plate;

the lower plate and the upper plate are oppositely arranged at intervals;

one end of the cutter is fixed on the upper plate, and the other end of the cutter can penetrate through the lower plate;

an elastic member connecting the upper plate and the lower plate, the elastic member being in a compressed state in a case where the upper plate moves close to the lower plate.

2. A coring module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resilient member comprises a spring.

3. A coring module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the coring module comprises a mounting post connecting the upper and lower plates, the spring housing being provided on the mounting post.

4. A corer module as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower plate includes a lower surface facing away from said upper plate, and wherein an end of said cutter remote from said upper plate is located above said lower surface of said upper plate with said resilient member in a reset condition.

5. The corer module according to claim 1, wherein said lower plate includes a lower surface facing away from said upper plate, an end of said cutter remote from said upper plate projecting above said lower surface of said upper plate with said resilient member in a compressed state.

6. A corer module as claimed in claim 1, wherein said resilient members are plural in number, and are symmetrically disposed with respect to the center of said lower plate.

7. The coring module of claim 1, wherein the number of cutters is plural, the plurality of cutters being arranged in an array.

8. A corer, comprising:

a support; and

the enucleation module of any one of claims 1-7, the enucleation module being removably disposed on the support.

9. The corer according to claim 8, further comprising a corer mold, said corer mold being disposed below said corer module, said corer mold being adapted for placement of fruit thereon.

10. The corer according to claim 8, characterized in that said corer comprises a drive mechanism for driving said corer module up and down relative to said support.

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