JP2000166528A - Working machine for cutting stem and root for scaly bulb vegetables and harvester for scaly bulb vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a working machine for cutting stems and roots for scaly bulb vegetables capable of surely cutting the root part of each onion during the conveyance at a prescribed position with a pair of conveying rollers. SOLUTION: This working machine for cutting stems and roots for scaly bulb vegetables is equipped with a machine body 1 having a conveying passage part 13 for conveying each onion T from a charging port 11 toward a discharge port 12, a pair of conveying rollers 15 synchronously rotating in the mutual opposite directions, conveying the onion T and arranged in the conveying passage part 13 of the machine body 1, a stem part cutting means 20 and a root part cutting means 18 for cutting the stem part T2 and the root part T3 of each onion T in a state of the stem part T2 directed downward during the conveyance provided in the course of the conveying passage part 13 of the machine body 1 and further a blade 102 for the root part T3 capable of rotating and cutting the root part T3 of the onion T installed in the root part cutting means 18. The vertical positions of the blade 102 for the root part T3 are regulated with a supporting mechanism 111 according to the size of the onion T.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bulb root cutting machine and a bulb vegetable harvesting machine for automatically cutting stems and roots of bulb vegetables.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the cutting of stems and roots of bulb vegetables such as onions is performed manually by an operator, and the operator uses one hand to remove the substantially spherical real parts of bulb vegetables. And the stem and root are cut off with scissors or the like held in the other hand. However, this manual work has the problem of being hard labor.

[0003] In order to solve this problem, for example, a stem and root cutting machine for bulb vegetables, which has been automated in this manual operation, is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-7133. Root cutting machines are known.

[0004] The root and root cutting machine for bulb vegetables described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-7133 is provided with an inlet for charging bulb vegetables having a stem and a root, and the stem and the root are cut. It is provided with a body provided with a discharge port for discharging bulb vegetables and a transport path portion through which the bulb vegetables are transported from the input port toward the discharge port, and the transport path portion of the body includes bulb vegetables. A pair of transport belts for nipping and transporting the bulbous vegetables with the stalk portion facing upward are arranged freely rotatable, and are transported by the pair of transport belts to the transport path portion of this machine. A structure provided with a stem cutting means and a root cutting means for cutting the stem and the root of the bulb vegetable is adopted.

Further, as means for transporting bulb vegetables through the transport path of the machine body, instead of arranging a pair of conveyor belts for transporting bulb vegetables with the stem part facing upward, the belts are freely rotatable. A pair of transport rollers, each of which has a helical elastic transport ridge member for transporting bulb vegetables with the stalk facing downward, formed on the respective outer peripheral portions, may be arranged to be rotatable in opposite directions to each other. Conceivable.

[0006]

However, as in the prior art root and root cutting machine for bulb vegetables described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-7133, the bulb vegetables transported by a pair of conveyor belts are not used. In the structure in which the root in the state of facing downward is cut by the root cutting means, it cannot correspond to a pair of transport rollers for transporting bulb vegetables in a state in which the stem is directed downward, that is, in a state in which the root is directed upward, There is a problem that the root portion of the bulb vegetables being transported by the pair of transport rollers may not be cut at a predetermined position.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and a root and root cutting machine for bulb vegetables that can surely cut a root portion of bulb vegetables being transported by a pair of transport rollers at a predetermined position. An object of the present invention is to provide a bulb vegetable harvesting device.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a root cutting machine for bulb vegetables, which has an inlet for charging bulb vegetables having a stem portion and a root portion, and the stem portion and the root portion are cut. A machine having a discharge port for discharging bulb vegetables and a transfer path section through which the bulb vegetables are transferred from the input port toward the discharge port; and a transfer path section of the transfer path section of the body. A pair of transport rollers that are disposed to face each other along the direction and transport bulb vegetables in a state where they rotate in opposite directions and direct their stems downward, and are provided on the transport path of the machine body, It is provided with a stem cutting means and a root cutting means for cutting the stem and the root of the bulb vegetables conveyed with the stalk facing downward, and the root cutting means is provided with a pair of conveying means by a support mechanism. Roots of bulb vegetables supported in a position above the rollers It has a root blade for cutting the said supporting mechanism of the root blade is intended to adjust the vertical position of the blade for the roots according to the size of the real part of a substantially spherical bulb vegetables such.

[0009] When the bulb vegetables before the stem and root cutting treatment are put in from the inlet, the bulb vegetables are transported with the stem downward by a pair of transport rollers. The stem of the bulb vegetable is cut by the stem cutting means, and the root is cut by the root cutting means. At the time of cutting by the root cutting means, the vertical position of the root blade is adjusted by the support mechanism according to the size of the substantially spherical real part of the bulbous vegetables, and the root blade after this adjustment is paired by the support mechanism. Is supported above the transport roller, and the root blade cuts the root of the bulb vegetable at a predetermined position. The bulb vegetables after the cutting process of the stem and root are discharged from the outlet.

[0010] In a second aspect of the present invention, the root cutting means is a rotating center axis extending along the vertical direction of the machine body. And a blade-mounting rotary shaft that rotates about the center, and a root blade is fixedly mounted to the lower end of the blade-mounting rotary shaft.

When the blade mounting rotary shaft rotates about a rotation center axis along the vertical direction of the machine body, the root blade fixedly mounted to the lower end of the blade mounting rotary shaft rotates, and during this rotation. The root of the bulb vegetable is cut at a predetermined position by the root blade.

In a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bulb-vegetables harvesting apparatus, wherein a traveling section driven by a driving means is provided at a lower portion, and a digging section for digging bulb-vegetables vegetated in a field is provided at a front portion and a stem. 3. An apparatus main body provided with an accommodating portion for accommodating bulb vegetables cut at its rear and root portions, and disposed at an intermediate portion between the dug portion and the accommodating portion of the device main body. And a root cutting work machine for bulb vegetables described in (1).

The bulb vegetables vegetated in the field are dug at the excavation section, and the stems and roots of the excavated bulb vegetables are cut by a root cutting machine for bulb vegetables. ,
The bulb vegetables whose stems and roots have been cut are housed in the housing section.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of an embodiment of a root cutting machine for bulb vegetables according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes an airframe. The airframe 1 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape having a long side direction in the horizontal direction. Is provided with an operation unit 2, and the operation unit 2 is provided with a push button switch 3. A traveling section 5 is provided at a lower portion of the body 1, and rotatable wheels 6 are attached to the traveling section 5.

Furthermore, this is the upper part of the machine body 1 supply portion 7 is provided, onion T is body 1 as many bulbs vegetables such before cutting processing having a stem portion T ₂ and the root portion T ₃ from the supply unit 7 Are continuously supplied to the working unit 10.

At one end of the machine body 1 in the long side direction, an insertion port 11 is formed to open upward, and at the other end in the long side direction opposite to the insertion port 11, a lateral opening is formed. A discharge port 12 that is open toward the front is formed, and a horizontal transfer path section 13 extending in a horizontal direction that communicates the input port 11 and the discharge port 12 is provided inside the body 1. A pair of transport rollers 15 as work transport means are provided on the path section 13 along the transport direction A of the transport path section 13 so as to face each other.

The pair of transport rollers 15 are disposed below the body 1 from one end in the long side direction to the vicinity of the other end, and the pair of transport rollers 15 allow the onion T to move the transport path 13 in the horizontal direction. Is transported linearly along Note that a discharge chute 14 is connected to the discharge port 12.

In the middle of the transport path section 13, the facing means 16 and a pair of root-raising rotary brushes as root-raising means are arranged substantially in order from the upstream side to the downstream side.
17, root cutting means 18, roll prevention means 19, and stem cutting means 20 are provided.

The supply unit 7 includes a stem T ₂ and a root T _3.
The mounting portion 21 for mounting a large number of onions T having
The mounting portion 21 has a rectangular mounting bottom plate 22 serving as a planar upper surface along the horizontal direction of the body 1, and a short side direction of a peripheral edge of the mounting bottom plate 22. A side plate 23 is provided upright at a portion excluding one edge along the line. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a transfer inclined plate 25 inclined downward toward the front end is formed at one end of the upper surface of the mounting bottom plate 22 in the long side direction. Onion T is rolled and conveyed obliquely downward by its own weight by the conveyance inclined plate 25. A guide side plate 26 is vertically provided on one side edge of the transfer inclined plate 25, and the onion T is prevented from being directly injected into the input port 11 by the guide side plate 26.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the supply section 7 serves as a supply means for continuously supplying the onions T one by one toward the inlet 11 at predetermined intervals. The supply / conveyor 31 includes a supply / conveyor 31 disposed at one end of the machine body 1 in the long side direction from one side edge to the other side edge. It is connected to the mouth 11.

The supply / conveyor 31 has a conveyor driving pulley 32 and a conveyor driven pulley 33 which rotate around a rotation center axis along the long side direction of the machine body 1 and are separated from and opposed to each other. An endless revolving body 35 for supply such as an elastically deformable belt formed of a rubber material or the like is wound around the conveyor driven pulley 33.

The endless revolving body 35 for supply is disposed at one end in the long side direction of the body 1 from near one end in the short side direction to the other end. The onion T from the conveying inclined plate 25 is conveyed from the other end in the short side direction of the machine body 1 to the one end by the endless revolving body 35 for supply located along the leading edge. Also, on the outer surface of the supply endless revolving body 35, a number of elongated partition pieces 36 having a long side direction in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the revolving direction are provided in the revolving direction of the supply endless revolving body 35. The onion T is located between the adjacent partition pieces 36 at equal intervals. Then, the onion T transported by the supply transport conveyor 31 is loaded from the input port 11 and falls by its own weight toward the loading portion of the pair of transport rollers 15.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the supply section 7 has a pair of guide elastic plates 40a, 40b, of which the supply / conveyor 31 of the pair of guide elastic plates 40a, 40b is provided. One guide elastic plate 40a disposed on one side, that is, in front, is formed in a curved rectangular shape with a rubber material or the like, and the other guide elastic plate body 40b is formed in a flat rectangular shape with a rubber material or the like. The other guide elastic plate body 40b is disposed vertically below the supply / conveyor 31.

The pair of guide elastic plates 40a,
At 40b, the onion T introduced from the introduction port 11 is guided toward the carry-in portion of the pair of transport rollers 15.

On the other hand, a pair of transport rollers 15 of the working unit 10
Is synchronously rotated in opposite directions, i.e. rotates together inwardly downwards, the onion T the root T ₃ in a state of facing upward while pulling the stem portion T ₂ of the onion T downward These transport rollers 15 transport the transport path 13 along the transport direction A. Each of these transport rollers 15 has a rotating shaft 41, and the rotating shaft 41 extends horizontally along the long side direction of the machine body 1. A cylindrical body 42 is fixed to the rotating shaft 41, and a thin strip-shaped conveying ridge mounting groove (not shown) is formed in a spiral shape on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 42. Is an elongated elastic conveying ridge member made of rubber material, etc.
43 is fixed. The cross section of the elastic transporting ridge member 43 is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape, and the pitch between the spirals of the elastic transporting ridge member 43 is a pitch at which the onion T can be transported by the rotation of the pair of transport rollers 15. it is a slightly smaller dimension than the diameter of the real part T ₁ of the T.

A belt-like mounting groove (not shown) is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 42 in a spiral shape so as to be continuous with the conveying ridge mounting groove, as shown in FIG. A belt-like member 45 made of a rubber material or the like is fixed to the belt-like member 45, and a large number of opposed elastic protrusions 46 are formed on the outer surface of the belt-like member 45 at intervals along the spiral direction. The facing elastic projections 46 are formed in a plurality of rows, for example, two rows, and each facing elastic projection 46 is formed in a truncated cone shape whose diameter is reduced toward the distal end side. And
The onion T being conveyed by the large number of facing elastic projections 46 is
Engage in the stem portion T _2, the orientation of the onion T is changed to a predetermined positive orientation in the orientation alignment elastic projection 46. The predetermined positive direction is a direction in which the stem portion T ₂ of the onion T is facing downward. The band-shaped member 45 is formed on one side of the elastic transporting ridge member 43 continuously over the entire length of the elastic transporting ridge member 43.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, in the vicinity of the carrying-in portion of the pair of transport rollers 15, as shown in FIGS.
Are arranged vertically. The facing elastic body 49 is formed of a rubber material or the like into a rectangular plate shape, and the distal end side is easily elastically deformed.
A working contact portion 50 is formed at the tip of the. And
Active contact portion 50 of this orientation adjustment elastic member 49 is in contact with the substantially real T ₁ upper side surface of the spherical onion T facing incorrect direction during conveyance by the pair of conveying rollers 15 at the active contact portion 50 The direction of the onion T is changed to a predetermined positive direction. The facing elastic body 49, the facing elastic projection
The facing means 16 is constituted by 46 or the like.

The pair of root raising brushes 17 serving as the root raising means rotate synchronously in opposite directions to each other.
That is rotated together inwardly upwardly, which causes the whisker-like root T ₃ onion T to be conveyed in a state of facing a predetermined positive direction by the pair of conveying rollers 15 through the transport path 13 Each of these root-raising rotary brushes 17 has an inclined rotary shaft 51, as shown in FIGS.

Each of the inclined rotating shafts 51 is formed by twisting a pair of inclined rotating shaft forming wires 51a made of a metal material or the like in a state of being in contact with each other in a spiral manner. It is disposed above each of the transport rollers 15 so as to be rotatable in a state of being inclined downward at an inclination angle θ in a direction approaching the transport rollers 15.

A number of elastically deformable root raising hairs 52 of the same length made of a synthetic resin or the like are attached to each of the inclined rotating shafts 51 so as to be juxtaposed in the axial direction so as to have a cylindrical outer shape. And are arranged at different height positions.

That is, the central portion of each root raising hair 52 is inserted and clamped between the inclined rotating shaft forming wires 51a,
The action contact bristle tips 53 formed at the tips are located on a substantially spiral locus, and the tip positions of these action contact bristle tips 53 are It gradually changes downward in the transport direction A.

[0033] Then, based on the rotation of each of these inclined rotating shaft 51, of the respective active contact bristles 53 of the plurality of root-raised hair 52, predetermined in accordance with the magnitude of the real part T ₁ of the onions T The working contact hair tip 53 at the height position contacts the hanging root T ₃ of the onion T, and the working contact hair tip 53 forms the root T _3.
3 is woken up. Further, a force in the transport direction A acts on the onion T from the large number of root raising hairs 52, and the onion T holds an appropriate posture between the root raising hairs 52 and the respective transport rollers 15. It is transported smoothly.

On the other hand, each of the inclined rotation shafts 51 is provided with a separation distance L between the respective inclined rotation shafts 51 and each of the transport rollers 15.
Is supported so that the height H can be adjusted.

That is, the brush supporting fixed plate shown in FIG.
The brush support / fixing plate 55 has a notch (not shown) formed at a lower end thereof, and a notch 55 is provided above the pair of conveying rollers 15 so as to be fixed and inclined. Through the onion T.

On the surface side of the brush supporting / fixing plate 55, an elongated and rectangular moving plate 56 which is elongated in the horizontal direction is disposed so that the vertical position can be adjusted. In the vicinity of the four corners of the vertical moving plate 56, elongated linear elongated holes 57 are formed in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 10, and each of the linear elongated holes 57 has a linear elongated hole bolt. 58 is inserted and this straight long hole bolt
58 is also inserted into a bolt insertion hole (not shown) of the brush supporting and fixing plate 55, and the inserted linear elongated hole bolt is inserted.
A linear elongated hole nut 59 is screwed into the 58. By adjusting the vertical position of the vertical moving plate 56 by changing the mounting position of the linear elongated hole bolt 58 and the linear elongated hole nut 59, each transport roller between the inclined rotation shafts 51 is adjusted. Height H from 15 is adjusted.

Further, on one end side of the vertical moving plate body 56 in the long side direction, there is provided a pair of curved large-sized members which are spaced apart and opposed to each other on a circle having a radius r ₁ centered on the point O in FIG. Each of the long holes 61 is formed to be elongated in the circumferential direction, and a pair of curved small lengths which are located opposite to each other on a circle having a radius r ₂ (r ₁ > r ₂ ) centered on the point O. Each of the holes 62 is formed to be elongated in the circumferential direction.

A pair of rotating plates 65a, 65 each formed in a substantially oval shape are provided on the surface side of the vertical moving plate 56.
b is disposed in a substantially C-shape, and each of the rotating plates 65a and 65b
Are mounted so as to be rotatable around a rotation center axis passing through the angle range of 2φ.

Under one of the pair of rotating plates 65a, 65b, which is disposed near one end in the long side direction of the vertical moving plate 56, a rotating shaft bearing is provided below. The body 66a is attached, and the rotation support 67
a is rotatably supported. The rotary support shaft 67a is inserted into the long curved hole 61 and is inserted into a long unillustrated curved hole of the brush supporting and fixing plate 55,
The inclined rotating shaft 51 is connected and fixed to a tip of the rotating support shaft 67a protruding from the back surface of the brush supporting fixed plate 55, and protrudes from the surface of the brush supporting fixed plate 55 of the rotating support 67a. A first gear 68a is fixed to the base end. A bearing 69a is provided above the one rotating plate 65a.
A rotary shaft 70a is rotatably supported by the bearing body 69a, and a second gear 71a is mounted on the rotary shaft 70a.
The second gear 71a and the first gear 68a
And are engaged. The point O is located on the rotation center axis of the rotation shaft 70a.

Similarly to the above-mentioned one rotating plate 65a, the other rotating plate 65b is provided with a rotating support shaft bearing 66b below the other rotating plate 65b. The rotation support shaft 67b is rotatably supported by the rotation support shaft bearing body 66b, and the rotation support shaft 67b is inserted into the curved long hole 61 and the brush support fixed plate 55 The inclined rotary shaft 51 is connected and fixed to a tip end of the rotary support shaft 67b, which is inserted into a curved long hole (not shown) and protrudes from the back surface of the brush support fixed plate 55, and the rotary support shaft 67b is A first gear 68b is fixed to a base end protruding from the surface of the brush supporting and fixing plate 55. A bearing 69b is attached to the upper side of the other rotating plate 65b, and a rotating shaft 70b is rotatably supported by the bearing 69b. A second gear 71b is fixed to the rotating shaft 70b. The second gear 71b meshes with the first gear 68b. The point O is located on the rotation center axis of the rotation shaft 70b.

The second gear 71b of the other rotating plate 65b is meshed with the second gear 71a of the one rotating plate 65a. The other rotating plate 65b
A driven sprocket 74 is fixedly mounted on a connecting rotary shaft 73 protruding from one side surface of the second gear 71b. A driven sprocket 75 is disposed so as to face and separate from the driven sprocket 74. The driven sprocket 75 and the driven sprocket 75 A chain 76 is wrapped around the chain 74. The driving sprocket 75 is connected to an output shaft 18 of a second driving motor 183 described later.
It is connected and fixed to 3a.

A bolt insertion hole 81 is formed in the center of the turning plate bodies 65a and 65b in the longitudinal direction near the opposing edges thereof, and the bolt insertion hole 81 has a curved shape. The elongated hole bolt 82 is inserted, and the inserted curved elongated hole bolt 82 is also inserted into the curved small elongated hole 62, and the inserted curved elongated hole bolt 82 is inserted into the curved elongated hole bolt 82. Nut 83 is screwed. Then, by changing the mounting position of the curved elongated hole bolt 82 and the curved elongated hole nut 83 and rotating each of the rotating plate bodies 65a and 65b by a predetermined angle, the distance between each of the inclined rotating shafts 51 is increased. The separation distance L and the height H from each transport roller 15 are adjusted. When the distance L between the inclined rotating shafts 51 is smaller than a certain value, the opposing contact tips 53 cross each other.

Further, the root cutting means 18 is moved in the predetermined forward direction by the pair of transport rollers 15 through the transport path 13, that is, in a state where the stem T ₂ faces downward. The root cutting means 18 cuts the root T ₃ of the onion T conveyed from the pair of root raising rotary brushes 17.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 15 and 16, a blade mounting rotary shaft 10 having an axial direction in the vertical direction of the machine body 1.
Have one.

The blade mounting rotary shaft 101 is located above the pair of transport rollers 15 and is rotatably disposed about a rotation center axis along the vertical direction of the machine body 1. At the lower end of the plate is an elongated plate-shaped root blade 102
Are fixed horizontally.

The root blade 102 is supported by a support mechanism 111 in a state of being located above the pair of transport rollers 15, and the vertical position of the root blade 102 is determined by the support mechanism 111.
It is automatically adjusted according to the size of the real part T ₁ of the onion T at.

The support mechanism 111 has a movable support 112 as shown in FIGS. 14, 17 and 18.
The movable support 112 is provided with a pair of side plates 11 spaced apart from each other.
The lower portion of each of the side plates 113 is slightly connected to a vertically lower central portion by a first connecting plate 115 having an elongated rectangular planar shape. These first connecting plates 115 are connected by two connecting plates 116.
A blade accommodating portion 117 is defined between the first connecting plate 116 and the second connecting plate 116, and the root blade 102 is rotatably accommodated in the blade accommodating portion 117. The second connecting plate 116 is connected to the
As shown in FIG. 4, the second connecting plate has a longitudinal direction in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the carrying direction A of the carrying path portion 13.
A notch 118 for guiding the root portion T ₃ of the onion T to the blade storage portion 117 is formed in an elongated shape along the transport direction A at a central portion of the longitudinal direction of the onion T. Further, both side edges of the second connecting plate 116 are bent upward.

Further, the respective distal ends of two parallel support rods 121 are connected to the outer surfaces of the pair of side plates 113 via hinges 122. Then, by these four support rods 121 are rotated about the respective proximal ends according to the size of the real part T ₁ of the onion T, the movable support 112 along substantially vertically lifting Then, the vertical position of the root blade 102 is automatically adjusted.

On the other hand, the upper end of the blade mounting rotary shaft 101 is connected to the lower part of the rotary shaft connector 125, and this rotary shaft connector is
125 is fixed to the first connecting plate 115 of the movable support 112. One end of a flexible shaft 126 for transmitting torque is connected to the upper part of the rotating shaft connecting member 125, and the other end of the flexible shaft 126 for transmitting torque is connected to a third member to be described later via a connecting member 127. The drive motor 185 is connected to an output shaft 185a.

The root cutting means 18 presses the shoulder of the onion T above the real part T ₁ to apply a predetermined downward force to the onion T, and the cylindrical body of each of the transport rollers 15. The real part T ₁ of onion T is sandwiched with 42, and this onion T
And a pair of endless revolving bodies 104 for holding a posture as a posture holding body for holding the posture.

Each of these endless endless revolving bodies 104 is formed of a flexible sheet-like member, and revolves at a position above the pair of transport rollers 15 with a predetermined distance therebetween. It is arranged freely. Note that the predetermined distance is a distance that allows the root portion T ₃ of the onion T to be led upward, and is slightly larger than the diameter of the root portion T _3. They are almost the same.

Further, the endless revolving body 10 for holding each of these postures is provided.
1 is wound around a driving pulley 105 and a large number of, for example, four driven pulleys 106 as shown in FIG. 1, and the driving speed of the driving pulley 105 maintains a constant ratio with the conveying speed of the pair of conveying rollers 15. While going around. That is, these endless endless revolving members 104 rotate at a revolving speed corresponding to the rotation speed of the transport rollers 15.

Further, the endless revolving body for holding each of these postures
Reference numeral 104 denotes a state in which the revolving body pressing mechanism 131 has a certain moderate slack. the outer surface of the portion is pressed against the shoulder surface in the actual unit T ₁ above the onion T.

This revolving body pressing mechanism 131 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 15, a pair of first rotating body pressing rollers 132 and a pair of second rotating body pressing rollers 133 are provided.

Each of these first revolving body pressing rollers 132
Is mounted on the distal end side of a first roller mounting shaft 135 having an axial direction in the horizontal direction and disposed above the body 1 and above each of the endless revolving bodies 104 for holding posture.
The base end of the first roller mounting shaft 135 is a first elongated plate-shaped shaft.
The first roller support 136 is connected to and fixed to the distal end of the roller support 136. The first roller support 136 is rotatable around the base end.

Each of these first roller supports 136
The direction in which each of the first revolving body pressing rollers 132 presses the outer surface of each of the attitude maintaining endless revolving bodies 104 by the urging means 136a such as a coil spring shown in FIG. It is biased in a clockwise direction.

Further, each of the second revolving body pressing rollers 133
Is located at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction of the machine body 1 and at a distal end side of a second roller mounting shaft 145 having an axial direction in a horizontal direction and disposed inside the endless revolving body 104 for holding each posture. The base end of this second roller mounting shaft 145 is connected and fixed to the front end of a second roller support 146 having an elongated plate shape, and the second roller support 146 is rotatable about the base end. It is arranged in.

Then, each of these second roller supports 146
Are each connected to the second by a biasing means such as a coil spring (not shown).
Is the endless revolving body for holding the respective postures.
It is urged in the direction of pressing the inner surface of 104, that is, in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.

The movable support 112 of the support mechanism 111
As shown in FIG. 15, is located inside the pair of posture maintaining endless revolving bodies 104, and is disposed in a state of being placed on the pair of posture maintaining endless revolving bodies 104, The lower surface of the second connecting plate 116 of the movable support 112 is in contact with the inner surface of the lower part of the part of each of the endless revolving bodies 104 for holding the position, which moves along the transport path 13.

Then, the endless revolving body 10 for holding the posture is
4 is bent and deformed by an amount corresponding to the size of the real part T ₁ of the onion T, and the movable support 112 is moved to the operation of the support mechanism 111 according to the deformation of the posture maintaining endless revolving body 104. It moves based on.

The anti-rolling means 19 is provided between the pair of root raising rotary brushes 17 from the pair of root brushes 17 while passing in the predetermined forward direction by the pair of transport rollers 15 through the transport path 13. The anti-rolling means 19 has an anti-rolling elastic member 151, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. .

The anti-rolling elastic body 151 has an elongated rectangular mounting base 152 having a long side direction in the lateral direction. The mounting base 152 is fixed to the elastic body fixing section 150 of the body 1 and mounted. And one of the pair of transport rollers 15 in the short side direction of the body 1, that is, above one of the transport rollers 15 disposed in front of the body 1, and It is arranged vertically near the lower part.

Further, a sponge-like material such as a sponge,
Alternatively, a large number of elastically deformable, for example, four working pressure contact portions 153 formed in a protruding shape with a rubber material or the like are provided on the mounting base portion.
152 along the long side direction of projecting at regular intervals from one another, each of these actions the pressure contact portion 153 is pressed against the side surface of the real part T ₁ of the onion T, its real part at each of these effects contact portion 153 T
Rolling of ₁ is prevented. In addition, each of these working pressure contact parts
At 153, the posture of the inclined onion T is corrected,
Is prevented from rotating. In addition, each of these working pressure contact portions 15
Numeral 3 protrudes obliquely toward the transport direction A of the transport path 13 of the machine body 1.

Further, the stalk cutting means 20 is disposed at the transport end of the transport path section 13 and is directed in a predetermined forward direction by the pair of transport rollers 15 through the transport path section 13. in those cut stems T ₂ of the cut onion T of the root portion T ₃ conveyed is discharged to the discharge port 12, the stem cutting means 20, FIG. 1, 2 and 4 As shown, a pair of rotating supports that rotate synchronously in opposite directions to each other
The pair of rotary supports 171a and 171b are rotatably disposed so as to be separated from and opposed to each other in a state close to the unloading portion of the pair of transport rollers 15 and have a pair of rotary supports 171a and 171b. On the upper surface of 171a and 171b, a disk 172 having a substantially spherical crown shape is provided.
172 are formed, and the onion T is supported by the disk portion 172.

Further, one of the pair of rotary supports 171a and 171b, which is disposed on the front side of the body 1, is one of the rotary supports 171a and 171b.
A disk-shaped stalk blade 173 is horizontally fixed to the shaft portion,
An annular body 174 is horizontally fixed to the shaft of the other rotating support 171b. The annular body 174 is formed of a metal material, a rubber material, or the like.

The stem blade 173 is urged toward the annular body 174 by urging means (not shown), and rotates while the stem blade 173 and the annular body 174 are pressed against each other.
The stem portion T of the onion T is located between the stem portion blade 173 and the annular body 174.
₂ is introduced, and the stem portion T _{2 of the} onion T is
Is cut at a predetermined position, and the cut onion T is discharged toward the discharge port 12.

On the other hand, the power transmission mechanism in the working section 10 will be described. In FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 181 denotes a first drive motor as first drive means. Is transmitted to the conveyor drive pulley 32 of the supply / conveyor 31 via first transmission means 182 constituted by a chain transmission or the like, and is transmitted to the respective rotating shafts 41 of the pair of transport rollers 15. And transmitted to the drive pulley 105 of the root cutting means 18. 183 is a second driving means as a second driving means.
The driving power from the second driving motor 183 is supplied to the pair of driving motors via a second transmission means 184 constituted by a chain transmission of a driving sprocket 75, a driven sprocket 74, a chain 76 and the like. Are transmitted to the respective inclined rotating shafts 51 of the rotating brush 17.

Further, reference numeral 185 denotes a third driving motor as third driving means. The power from the third driving motor 185 is supplied to the torque transmitting flexible shaft 126, the connecting member 127, and the rotating shaft connecting member. It is transmitted to the blade mounting rotary shaft 101 of the root cutting means 18 via a third transmission means 186 constituted by a tool 125 and the like. Reference numeral 187 denotes a fourth drive motor as fourth drive means, and the power from the fourth drive motor 187 is transmitted through a fourth transmission means 188 comprising a belt transmission or the like. It is transmitted to the shaft of the other rotary support 171b of the stem cutting means 20.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.

A large number of onions T having a stem portion T ₂ and a root portion T ₃ , which are objects to be worked, are previously mounted on the mounting portion 21. The onion T, which is the work target, is one immediately after the harvest or one that has been dried by air-drying after the harvest.

When the operator P turns on the push button switch 3 of the operation section 2 during the cutting operation, the first to fourth driving motors 181, 183, 185,
187 starts operation. Then, based on the start of this operation, the power from the first driving motor 181 rotates the supply endless revolving body 35 of the supply / transport conveyor 31 so that the pair of transport rollers 15 are synchronously moved in opposite directions. As a result, the pair of endless revolving bodies 104 for holding the posture of the root cutting means 18 rotate.
In addition, the power from the second drive motor 183 causes the pair of root raising rotary brushes 17 to rotate synchronously in opposite directions. Further, the power from the third drive motor 185 causes the root blade 102 of the root cutting means 18 to rotate. Also,
The power from the fourth driving motor 187 causes the stem blade 173 of the stem cutting means 20 to rotate.

In such an operating state, the worker P
First, as shown in FIG. 3, sorting is performed on the mounting portion 21, and for example, a damaged onion T ′ or the like is taken out to another container X. The remaining majority of the onion T is continuously sent to the mounting inclined plate 25 of the mounting bottom plate 22 continuously without confirming the direction of the onion T.

The onion T sent on the conveying inclined plate 25 is conveyed by being rolled obliquely downward on the conveying inclined plate 25, and the conveyed onion T is supplied endlessly by the supply conveyor 31. It is located between adjacent partition pieces 36 of the body 35.

The onion T located between the adjacent partition pieces 36 is conveyed from the other end in the short side direction of the machine body 1 to the one end by the endless revolving body 35 for supply, and is conveyed. The onion T is introduced from the introduction port 11 and introduced into the transport path unit 13.

The onion T introduced into the transport path 13 is
First, it falls by its own weight while being guided by the pair of guide elastic plates 40a and 40b toward the carry-in portion of the pair of carry rollers 15, and is located at the carry-in portion of the pair of carry rollers 15.

Subsequently, an onion T having a stem portion T ₂ and a root portion T ₃ located at the carry-in portion is separated by one pair of transport rollers 15 with a pitch of one pitch between adjacent onions T. stem T ₂ of the onion T is conveyed toward the transfer terminal end portion along the conveying direction a of the conveying path 13 while being pulled down.

That is, each of these onions T is transported along the transport path 13 along the transport path 13 by the elastic transport ridge member 43. Although the directions of the onions T located at the loading section do not match, each of the onions T faces the elastic projection.
46 engages the positive orientation direction is in a predetermined onion T at this orientation adjustment elastic protrusions 46, i.e. changed in a direction stems T ₂ of the onion T is facing down, combined the direction of onion T Can be The onion T facing the wrong direction in which the facing is not performed by the facing elastic projection 46 has its real part T.
_{1 The} upper side surface contacts the working contact portion 50 of the facing elastic body 49, and the direction of the onion T is changed to a predetermined positive direction at the working contact portion 50, and the direction of all the onions T being conveyed is changed. Will be matched.

Next, the hanging root portion T ₃ of the onion T being transported in the predetermined forward direction is raised by a pair of root raising rotary brushes 17.

That is, based on the rotation of the inclined rotating shaft 51 of the pair of root raising rotary brushes 17, the stem T ₂ and the root T ₃
Active contact bristles of predetermined height position root raised hairs 52 according to the magnitude of the real part T ₁ is the root T ₃ of the cutting process before the onion T of
The contact 53 comes into contact while rotating, and the root portion T _{3 of the} working contact hair tip 53 is raised.

Further, when the action contact bristle tips 53 come into contact, a force in the transport direction A acts on the onion T from these root raising hairs 52, and these root raising hairs 52 and transport rollers 15
Thus, the onion T is smoothly conveyed while maintaining the appropriate posture. Incidentally, according to the size of the real part T ₁ of the onion T cut processed in advance by adjusting the distance L and the height H from the conveying rollers 15 between the inclined rotating shaft 51.

The pair of root raising rotary brushes 17
The root portion T ₃ raised in an appropriate state by the root cutting means 18
The root blade 102 is surely cut at a predetermined position.

That is, at the time of cutting by the root blade 102, the vertical position of the root blade 102 is adjusted by the support mechanism 111 to the size of the substantially spherical real part T ₁ of the onion T, as shown in FIG. It is automatically adjusted according to the size. The adjusted root blade 102 is supported at a predetermined height above the pair of transport rollers 15 by the support mechanism 111, and the onion is rotated by the rotating root blade 102 by rotation of the blade mounting rotary shaft 101. root T ₃ of T is cut at a predetermined position.

At the time of this cutting, the pair of endless revolving bodies 104 of the root cutting means 18 come into pressure contact with the shoulder surface of the onion T on the upper side of the real part T ₁ , and each of the transport rollers 15
By with a cylindrical body 42 of the sides of actual portion T ₁ of the onion T, the orientation of the onion T is retained, the stability of the posture of the onion T is achieved. At the same time, the pair of posture holding endless revolving bodies 104 rotate at a revolving speed corresponding to the rotation speed of each transport roller 15, so that the pair of posture maintaining endless revolving bodies 104 and the pair of transport roller With step 15, the onion T is smoothly transported in an appropriate posture.

Further, at the time of this cutting, the action pressure contact portion 153 of the anti-rolling elastic body 151 is pressed against the vertically central side surface of the substantially spherical real portion T ₁ of the onion T being conveyed, The onion T is prevented from rolling.

Subsequently, the stem portion T _{2 of the} onion T conveyed in the predetermined forward direction is formed by the stem portion blade 173 and the annular body 174.
Is introduced between the, stem T ₂ of the onion T is cut at a predetermined position in the stem blade 173.

The onion T, whose stem portion T ₂ and root portion T ₃ have been cut into the real portion T ₁ , is discharged to the discharge port 12 and led out of the transport path portion 13, and thereafter, discharged.
And stored in a container (not shown).

As described above, in the above embodiment, the root blade 10 is supported by the support mechanism 111 of the root cutting means 18.
2 of the vertical position, without using a sensor or the like, by adjusting in accordance with the magnitude of the real part T ₁ of the onion T, in this adjustment after the root blade 102 is positioned at a predetermined height position onion since cleaves T root T ₃ at a predetermined position, the magnitude stems T ₂ by a pair of conveying rollers 15 despite conveyed in a state of facing downward, the magnitude of the real part T ₁ of the onions T even if there is, can be cut at a reliably place the root T ₃ onion T being conveyed by a pair of conveying rollers 15.

Further, the root blade 102 of the root cutting means 18 is rotated about a rotation center axis along the vertical direction of the machine body 1, and the root T ₃ of the onion T is predetermined by the rotating root blade 102. since cut at a position, the root portion T ₃ of the onion T can be accurately cut by reliably place.

Further, an operating pressure contact portion 153 relating to the anti-rolling elastic body 151 of the anti-rolling means 19 is pressed against the side surface of the real portion T ₁ of the onion T being transported by the pair of transport rollers 15, since prevent rolling of the real part T ₁ at section 153, at root cutting means 18 can precisely cut a root T ₃ of the onion T in place, moreover, the real part the magnitude of T ₁ of the onions T Is elastically deformed by an amount corresponding to the actual part T _{1 of the} onion T
Can be prevented from being adversely affected by the change in the size of the image.

Further, each of these working pressure contact portions 153 is attached to the body 1
Each of the working pressure contact portions 153 is formed by a pair of transfer rollers
Can be prevented from becoming a large resistance of the conveyance due to.

Further, a large number of root raised hairs 52 are provided on the respective inclined rotating shafts 51 of the pair of root raised rotary brushes 17 so as to be arranged in the axial direction so as to have a cylindrical outer shape. Of these, the working contact bristle tip 53 at a predetermined height position according to the size of the real part T ₁ is brought into contact with the root T ₃ of the onion T being transported, and the working contact bristle tip 53 causes the root T ₃ since cause _3, can cause regardless of substantially the size of the real part T ₁ of the spherical onion T, the root portion T ₃ of the onion T to ensure proper state.

[0091] Further, by applying a force toward the transport direction A from a number of root raised hairs 52 to onion T, even when raised the root T _3, and the root cause hair 52 and the conveying rollers 15 Thus, the onion T can be smoothly transported while maintaining an appropriate posture.

Further, the separation distance L between the respective inclined rotation shafts 51,
By adjusting the height H from the transfer roller 15, the intersection of active contact bristles 53, it is possible to adjust the raised force due active contact bristles 53, the magnitude of the real part T ₁ of the onions T is that even if the relatively large different, can cause root T ₃ of the onion T to ensure proper state.

Also, in the middle of the transport path section 13 of the machine body 1 and on the upstream side of the stalk cutting means 20 and the root cutting means 18 in the transport direction, the orientation means 16 for adjusting the direction of the onion T to a predetermined forward direction. since the provided, when introducing the onion T having a stem portion T ₂ and the root portion T ₃ into the slot 11 of the machine body 1, there is no need to adjust the orientation of the onion T to a predetermined positive orientation, conventionally required There is no need to check the direction of the onion T, which is necessary, and the onion T can be continuously introduced, the work efficiency can be improved, and therefore, the cutting operation can be performed automatically and efficiently.

Further, the working contact portion of the facing elastic body 49
A substantially spherical real part T of onion T facing the wrong direction while transporting 50
_{(1) Since} the direction of the onion T is changed to the predetermined positive direction by contacting the upper side, the direction of the onion T can be adjusted to the predetermined positive direction with a simple structure.

[0095] Further, since changing the number of orientation alignment positive orientation of the orientation of a predetermined stem T ₂ to be engaged onion T onion T being conveyed the elastic projection 46 of each of the conveying rollers 15, onions T
Can be surely adjusted to a predetermined positive direction.

Further, since the direction of the onion T is changed to a predetermined positive direction by the facing elastic body 49 and the facing elastic projection 46, all the onions T being conveyed can be surely oriented. , can be cut accurately stems T ₂ and the root portion T _3.

Further, a pair of transport rollers 15 are disposed below the machine body 1 from one end in the long side direction to the vicinity of the other end, and the stem cutting means 20 is connected to the other end of the machine body 1 below the long side direction. In addition to disposing the supply conveyor 31, the pair of root raising rotary brushes 17 and the root cutting means 18 on the upper side of the body 1 at intervals along the long side direction, The weight balance in the long side direction of the body 1 can be improved, and the body 1 can be downsized.

Further, since the supply / conveyor 31 for continuously supplying the onions T one by one toward the inlet 11 in the machine body 1 at a predetermined interval is provided, the onions T adjacent from the inlet 11 can be removed. without being conveyed to conveying path 13 by a pair of conveying rollers 15 in contact with each other, can accurately cut the root T ₃ onion T at root cutting means 18 at a predetermined position, thus, the operator P However, it is not necessary to continuously supply the onion T at the same timing, and the working efficiency can be improved.

Further, the supply endless revolving member 35 of the supply / conveyor 31 is rotated at a revolving speed corresponding to the rotation speed of each of the conveying rollers 15, and the adjacent end piece of the endless revolving member 35 for supply is conveyed. One onion T is positioned between each of the 36, and the onion T is continuously supplied to the input port 11 one by one at predetermined intervals by the endless revolving body 35 for supply. Can be reliably prevented from being transported along the transport path 13 by the pair of transport rollers 15 in a state where adjacent onions T are in contact with each other. interval can be conveyed in a state of placing the can accurately cut the neb T _3.

Further, since the supply endless revolving body 35 of the supply / conveyor 31 is disposed along the leading edge of the inclined conveying plate 25 near the leading end of the inclined conveying plate 25, the onion T is placed on the mounting portion 21. Endless revolving body 35 for supply from above the mounting bottom plate 22 via the conveying inclined plate 25
Can be easily moved between adjacent partition pieces 36.

Further, a mounting portion 21 for mounting a large number of onions T having a stem portion T ₂ and a root portion T ₃ is provided on the upper surface portion of the body 1. A large number of onions T to be put into the container 11 can be collectively located near the inlet 11, and it is necessary to secure an installation space for the mounting portion 21 that is different from the installation space for the body 1. In addition, since the space efficiency can be improved and the operator P can stand up and down on the front and rear sides of the machine body 1 to perform a sorting operation, a loading operation, and the like, the operation efficiency can be further improved.

Further, since the mounting bottom plate 22 of the mounting portion 21 has a planar upper surface along the horizontal direction of the machine body 1, the mounting bottom plate 22 also serves as the upper surface plate of the machine body 1, thereby reducing manufacturing costs. Can be reduced. Further, since the side plate 23 is erected vertically on the edge of the mounting bottom plate 22, the onion T is placed on the mounting bottom plate 22 by the side plate 23.
From falling down.

In the above-described embodiment, the root blade 102 of the root cutting means 18 is a blade mounting rotary shaft 101 which is rotatably disposed about a rotation center axis along the vertical direction of the body 1. Although the configuration fixed to the lower end of the blade has been described, for example, a configuration fixed to the lower end of a blade mounting support shaft (not shown) having an axial direction in the vertical direction of the body 1 may be used.

Further, the anti-rolling elastic member 151 of the anti-rolling means 19 has been described with respect to a configuration in which a large number of working pressure contact portions 153 are protruded from the mounting base 152. For example, as shown in FIG. A configuration may be adopted in which a working pressure contact portion 153a formed of a large number of elastically deformable bristle members made of synthetic resin such as nylon is protruded from the mounting base 152a in the shape of being inclined in the transport direction A.

The anti-rolling elastic body 151 of the anti-rolling means 19 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 20, fixed to one of the elastic fixing portions 150 of the body 1 with a screw 155. An elastically deformable working pressure contact portion 153b formed into a rectangular plate shape with a rubber material or the like may be integrally provided on the base portion 152b in an inclined manner toward the transport direction A.

The anti-rolling elastic member 151 of the anti-rolling means 19 is, for example, formed into a rectangular plate shape with a rubber material or the like as shown in FIG. An elastically deformable operating pressure contact portion 153c is formed, and is fixed to two ends of the elastic body fixing portion 150 of the machine body 1 at two ends of the operating pressure contact portion 153c in the long side direction with a screw fastener 155. A configuration in which the pair of mounting bases 152c are integrally formed may be employed.

The anti-rolling means 19 has been described as being provided with the anti-rolling elastic body 151 which presses against the side surface of the real part T ₁ of the onion T to prevent the real part T ₁ from rolling.
For example, as the anti-yaw means 19a shown in FIG. 22, it may be configured with a anti-yaw conveyor 161 to prevent lateral sway of the real part T ₁ by sandwiching the real part T ₁ of the onion T. That is, the anti-roll conveyor 161 includes a roll-preventing conveyor drive pulley 162 and a driven anti-roll conveyor pulley 163 that are separated from and opposed to each other and rotate about a rotation center axis along the vertical direction of the body 1. The roll-prevention conveyor drive pulley 162 and the roll-prevention conveyor driven pulley 163 are elastically deformed by a sponge or other sponge-like material having a shape-retaining property or a rubber material. A possible anti-rolling endless revolving body 165 is wound around the anti-rolling endless revolving body 165, and the anti-rolling endless revolving body 165 is driven at a fixed ratio with the transport speed of the pair of transport rollers 15 by driving the anti-rolling conveyor drive pulley 162. And keep going around. In other words, the endless rotating body 165 for preventing the roll
It travels at a traveling speed according to the rotation speed of 15. The endless revolving body 165 is provided with partitioning projections 166 at equal intervals along the revolving direction and inclined toward the transport direction A. Pieces of onion T are sandwiched, and the onion T
Roll of the real part T ₁ of the can be reliably prevented.

In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the facing means 16 includes the facing elastic projections 46 and the facing elastic bodies 49 has been described. A configuration including any one of 49 may be employed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration has been described in which the belt-shaped member 45 having the opposed elastic projections 46 is formed continuously over the entire length of the elastic transporting ridge member 43. A configuration in which the member 43 is formed only on the transport start end side may be employed.

In the above-described embodiment, the stalk cutting means 20 has been described as being arranged on the downstream side of the root cutting means 18 at the transport end of the transport path 13 of the machine body 1. A configuration in which the intermediate portion of the transport path portion 13 of the machine body 1 is disposed upstream of the root cutting means 18 in the transport direction may be employed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the supply / conveyor 31 is arranged from one side edge to the other side edge at one end in the long side direction of the machine body 1 has been described. A configuration in which at least one of the one side edge and the other side edge along the long side direction of the body 1 is disposed from one end to the other end in the long side direction over the entire length;
Alternatively, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the fuselage 1 is disposed from the one end in the long side direction to the other end in the center in the short side direction over the entire length.

In the above-described embodiment, the supply endless revolving body 35 of the supply / conveyor 31 has a large number of partitioning pieces 36 protruding from the outer surface thereof at predetermined intervals along the reciprocating direction. configure has been described with, for example, was formed at a predetermined distance from each other a number of fitting retaining hole (not shown) for holding fitted the real part T ₁ of the onions T in place of the partition piece 36 It can also be configured.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the wheels 6 are attached to the traveling portion 5 of the body 1 has been described. However, as shown in FIG. A wheel driving means such as an engine for rotating the wheel 6a with the tire 191 mounted thereon.
192 may be provided on the body 1, and a pair of body operating handles 193 may be provided on the body 1. Also, as shown in FIG.
194 is provided, and the container 195 is discharged onto the loading platform 194.
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which it is detachably installed in close proximity to the camera.

In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the pair of transport rollers 15 rotate synchronously in opposite directions to each other, that is, the configuration in which each transport roller 15 rotates at the same rotational speed has been described. Alternatively, the transport rollers 15 may be configured to rotate at different rotational speeds.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the facing elastic body 49 is formed in a rectangular plate shape has been described. However, for example, a configuration in which a plurality of rod shapes, a plurality of narrow band shapes, or the like may be used.

Next, the structure of an embodiment of a bulb vegetable harvesting apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 24, reference numeral 200 denotes an apparatus main body. The traveling unit 201 has an endless revolving body 202 for traveling, and the endless revolving body 202 for traveling is driven to revolve by driving means 203 such as an engine.

A digging portion 205 is provided at the front of the apparatus main body 200, and a housing portion 206 is provided at the rear portion. A bulb vegetable is provided at an intermediate portion between the digging portion 205 and the housing portion 206. A root cutting machine 210 is provided.

The excavated portion 205 has an inclined conveyor frame 211 having a long side extending in the vertical direction. The excavated body 212 is attached to the conveyor frame 211, and the excavated body 212 is mounted on the conveyor frame 211. A first conveyor 213 and a second conveyor 214 for transporting the onion T dug out in the above are attached. A gauge wheel mounting body 215 is connected to the conveyor frame 211 so as to protrude forward, and a pair of left and right gauge wheels 216 are rotatably mounted on the gauge wheel mounting body 215. Further, a first guide elastic body 218 and a second guide elastic body 219 formed in a plate shape from a rubber material or the like are arranged in proximity to the carry-out portion of the second conveyor 214 so as to face each other. ing.

Further, the root-cutting machine 210 for the bulb vegetables can be used.
Is provided with a body 1a. The body 1a is different from the body 1 in the above-described embodiment in the supply section 7a different from the supply section 7.
have. Note that the traveling unit 5 is not provided below the body 1a.

This supply section 7a has a supply chute 220,
The supply chute 220 is disposed so as to be inclined downward toward the input port 11a of the body 1a.
Onions T from the first guide elastic body 218 and the second guide elastic body 219 at 220 is charged in the inlet 11a, the onion T having a stem portion T ₂ and the root portion T ₃ is airframe 1a
Are continuously supplied to the working units 10 at predetermined intervals.

Further, the accommodating portion 206 has a vertical conveyor frame 221 having a long side direction in the vertical direction, and a third conveyor 222 is attached to the vertical conveyor frame 221, and the third conveyor 222 is mounted on the vertical conveyor frame 221. The onion T from the discharge chute 14 of the body 1a is used as a container discharge chute.
223.

The storage section 206 is provided with the container carrier 22.
4 and the container carrier 224 is
The container 225 is detachably mounted on the container carrier 224, and the container 225 accommodates the onion T from the container discharge chute 223.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.

When a switch (not shown) is operated in the field, the endless revolving body 202 for running rotates based on the power from the driving means 203, and the apparatus main body 200 runs on the ground in the field. Further, the first to third conveyors 213, 214,
222, the bulb root cutting machine 210 for bulb vegetables starts operation.

Then, the onion T planted in the field is dug up by the excavating body 212 so as to be sequentially scooped up, and the dug-out onion T is first and second conveyors 213, 21.
It is transported rearward and upward at 4, and the soil is shaken off during this transport.

Subsequently, the onion T is supplied to the second conveyor 214.
Is carried out from the carry-out portion, and the carried onion T falls by its own weight while being guided by the first guide elastic body 218 and the second guide elastic body 219, and is located on the supply chute 220.

Next, the onion T located on the supply chute 220 is fed by the supply chute 220 into the input port 11 of the machine body 1a.
thrown into a, each onion T having a stem portion T ₂ and the root portion T ₃ is continuously fed at a predetermined distance from one another in the working portion 10 of the body 1a.

Then, the onion T supplied to the working section 10 of the machine body 1a is introduced into the transport path section 13 and a pair of transport rollers
While being guided by the pair of guide elastic plates 40a and 40b toward the carry-in portion 15 of the pair, it falls under its own weight and is located at the carry-in portion of the pair of transport rollers 15.

Subsequently, an onion T having a stem portion T ₂ and a root portion T ₃ located at the carry-in portion is connected to the pair of transport rollers.
15 stems T ₂ of the onion T is conveyed toward the transfer terminal end portion along the conveying direction A of the conveying path 13 while being pulled down at.

That is, each of these onions T is transported along the transport direction A by the elastic transport ridge member 43 along the transport direction A. Although the directions of the onions T located at the loading section do not match, each of the onions T faces the elastic projection.
46 engages the positive orientation direction is in a predetermined onion T at this orientation adjustment elastic protrusions 46, i.e. changed in a direction stems T ₂ of the onion T is facing down, combined the direction of onion T Can be The onion T facing the wrong direction in which the facing is not performed by the facing elastic projection 46 has its real part T.
_{1 The} upper side surface contacts the working contact portion 50 of the facing elastic body 49, and the direction of the onion T is changed to a predetermined positive direction at the working contact portion 50, and the direction of all the onions T being conveyed is changed. Will be matched.

Next, the beard-shaped root portion T ₃ of the onion T being conveyed in the predetermined positive direction is raised by the pair of root raising rotary brushes 17.

[0132] That is, based on the rotation of the tilt rotary shaft 51 of the pair of root cause rotary brush 17, the stem portion T ₂ and the root portion T ₃
Active contact bristles of predetermined height position root raised hairs 52 according to the magnitude of the real part T ₁ is the root T ₃ of the cutting process before the onion T of
The rotation 53 comes into contact while rotating, and the root portion T ₃ is raised at the working contact bristle tip 53. In addition, when the action contact hair tips 53 come into contact, the root raising hairs 52 move the onion T from the transport direction A.
The onion T is smoothly conveyed by the root raising hairs 52 and the conveying rollers 15 while maintaining the appropriate posture.

The pair of root raising rotary brushes 17
The root portion T ₃ raised in the appropriate state is reliably cut at a predetermined position by the root blade 102.

That is, at the time of cutting by the root blade 102, the vertical position of the root blade 102 is adjusted by the support mechanism 111 to the size of the substantially spherical real part T ₁ of the onion T as shown in FIG. It is adjusted according to the size. The adjusted root blade 102 is supported at a predetermined height above the pair of transport rollers 15 by the support mechanism 111, and the root blade 102 being rotated by the rotation of the blade mounting rotary shaft 101 causes the onion to be turned on. T root of T ₃
Is cut at a predetermined position.

At the time of this cutting, the pair of endless revolving bodies 104 of the root cutting means 18 are brought into pressure contact with the shoulder surface of the onion T on the upper side of the real part T ₁ , and each of the transport rollers 15
By with a cylindrical body 42 of the sides of actual portion T ₁ of the onion T, the orientation of the onion T is retained, the stability of the posture of the onion T is achieved. At the same time, the pair of posture holding endless revolving bodies 104 rotate at a revolving speed corresponding to the rotation speed of each transport roller 15, so that the pair of posture maintaining endless revolving bodies 104 and the pair of transport roller With step 15, the onion T is smoothly transported in an appropriate posture.

[0136] Further, at the time of this cutting, by acting pressure contact portion 153 of the anti-yaw elastic member 151 is pressed against the substantially vertical direction of the central portion side of the real part T ₁ of the spherical onion T in its transport, The onion T is prevented from rolling.

[0137] Then, the predetermined positive direction oriented with a stem T ₂ is stems of the conveyed onion T blade 173 and the annular body 174
Is introduced between the, stem T ₂ of the onion T is cut at a predetermined position in the stem blade 173.

Then, the onion T, whose stem portion T ₂ and root portion T ₃ have been cut into the substantially real portion T ₁ , is discharged to the discharge port 12 and led out of the transport path portion 13, and thereafter, discharged.
At 14, it is supplied to the carry-in section of the third conveyor 222. Subsequently, the onion T is conveyed upward by the third conveyor 222 and then carried out of the carrying-out portion of the third conveyor 222. The carried onion T passes through the container discharge chute 223. And stored in a container 225.

As described above, according to the embodiment, the onion T vegetated in the field is dug sequentially by the excavating body 212 of the excavating part 205, and the dug onion T is first and second. After being conveyed rearward and upward by the second conveyors 213 and 214, the root shoot cutting machine for bulb vegetables is supplied by the supply chute 220.
210, the root cutting machine for bulb vegetables
The stem portion T ₂ and the root portion T ₃ is cut at 210, since this cut onion T conveyed by the third conveyor 222, is housed in a container 225 via the container for discharge chute 223, the series of operations efficiently can be carried out, moreover, can be cut accurately stems T ₂ and the root portion T _3.

[0140]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the vertical position of the root blade is adjusted by the support mechanism of the root cutting means in accordance with the size of the real part of the bulbous vegetables, and the root part after this adjustment is adjusted. Since the root of the bulb vegetables is cut at a predetermined position with the blade, the size of the bulb vegetables is large or small, despite being conveyed with the stem part downward with a pair of conveying rollers. Also, the roots of the bulb vegetables being transported by the pair of transport rollers can be reliably cut at a predetermined position.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the root blade of the root cutting means is rotated about a rotation center axis along the vertical direction of the body, and the rotating root blade is used to remove bulb vegetables. Since the root is cut at a predetermined position, the root of the bulb vegetable can be reliably cut at the predetermined position.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, bulb vegetables vegetated in the field are dug at the excavation part, and the stem and root of the dug bulb vegetables are cut by the root and root for the bulb vegetables. Since the cut bulb vegetables are stored in the storage section by the working machine, these series of operations can be performed efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a root cutting machine for bulb vegetables according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the same root-cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the same root cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the same root cutting work machine for bulb vegetables, in which a mounting bottom plate is omitted.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway side view showing the same root-cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a supply / conveyor conveyor of the same root-cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged side view, partially cut away, showing a transport roller of the root crop cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 8 is a rear view showing a pair of root-raising rotary brushes of the root crop cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a pair of root-raising rotary brushes of the root crop cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a vertical moving plate that supports a pair of root-raising rotary brushes of the root cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a second transmission means attached to the upper and lower moving plate.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged side view showing a pair of root-raising rotary brushes of the root-cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a rotating state of each inclined rotating shaft of the pair of root raising rotating brushes.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a root cutting means of the same root cutting machine for bulb vegetables.

FIG. 15 is a front view showing the same root cutting means.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing the root cutting means.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing a movable support of the root cutting means.

FIG. 18 is a front view showing a movable state of a movable support of the root cutting unit.

FIG. 19 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the roll-preventing elastic body of the above-mentioned bulb-and-vegetable stem and root cutting machine.

FIG. 20 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the roll-preventing elastic body of the above-mentioned bulb root vegetable cutting machine.

FIG. 21 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the anti-rolling elastic body of the above-mentioned bulb and vegetable stalk root cutting machine.

FIG. 22 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the anti-rolling means of the above-mentioned bulb and vegetable stalk root cutting machine.

FIG. 23 is a front view showing another embodiment of the root cutting machine for bulb vegetables according to the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a side view showing one embodiment of the bulb vegetable harvesting apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1a Airframe 11, 11a Input port 12 Discharge port 13 Transport path section 15 A pair of transport rollers 18 Root cutting means 20 Stem cutting means 101 Blade mounting rotary shaft 102 Root blade 111 Support mechanism 200 Main body 201 Traveling section 203 Drive Means 205 Excavation unit 206 Storage unit 210 Root cutting work machine for bulb vegetables A Transport direction T Onion as bulb vegetables T ₁ real part T ₂ stem part T ₃ root part

Claims (3)

[Claims] The present invention further comprises an input port for charging bulb vegetables having a stem portion and a root portion, and an outlet for discharging bulb vegetables cut from the stem portion and the root portion, and is directed from the input port to the discharge port. An airframe provided with a transport path through which bulb vegetables are transported, and disposed on the transport path of the airframe so as to face each other along the transport direction of the transport path, and rotate in opposite directions to rotate the stem. A pair of transport rollers for transporting the bulb vegetables with the part facing down, provided on the transport path of the body, the stem and root of the bulb vegetables transported with the stem facing downward Stem cutting means and root cutting means for cutting the roots, the root cutting means being supported by a support mechanism in a state positioned above the pair of transport rollers, and cutting the roots of bulb vegetables. And a support mechanism for the root blade. , Bulb vegetables such for stem root cutting working machine and adjusting the vertical position of the blade for the roots according to the size of the real part of a substantially spherical bulb vegetables such. 2. The root cutting means has a blade mounting rotary shaft that rotates about a rotation center axis along the vertical direction of the machine body, and a root blade is fixedly mounted to a lower end portion of the blade mounting rotary shaft. The root cutting machine for bulb vegetables according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. A vegetation section provided with a traveling section driven by a driving means at a lower portion, a digging section for excavating bulbous vegetables vegetated in a field at a front section, and a stem section and a root section cut off. 3. An apparatus main body provided with a housing portion for housing a rear portion thereof, and a root and root cutting for bulb vegetables according to claim 1 or 2, which is disposed at an intermediate portion between the dug portion and the housing portion of the device main body. A bulb vegetable harvesting device comprising a work machine.