JP2001178300A - Cleaning machine for culturing cage - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate factors deteriorating the operating speed such as the deterioration of discharging properties of sticking materials due to the occurrence of entwining by handling a culturing cage or springing back for high- pressure water jetting. SOLUTION: This cleaning machine for the culturing cage 10 comprises plural pressing parts composed of rotating rollers 5 and 11, arranged in the upper and lower sides for a conveying surface and provided side by side in the front and rear direction which is the conveying direction of the culturing cage 10, a washing part arranged above the pressing parts and composed of at least one water sprinkling nozzle 14 for jetting high-pressure water toward the lower side and a driving device for the pressing parts. The cleaning machine is equipped wish a flat plate 21 installed in front of the body, a flat plate 22 having bored punched holes and arranged at the rear, a netlike receiving plate 24 provided in a conveying passage of the culturing cage 10, transparent plates 25 fitted into the bored front and rear surfaces of a frame 1 of the body and a discharge port 26 arranged in only one site on the base ID of the body.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aquaculture cage cleaner for removing oysters, barnacles, coral and the like attached to aquaculture cages mainly used for aquaculture of shellfish such as scallops.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of cage used for aquaculture has been left in the sea for a long period of time, usually from three months to one year or more. Grows and produces various deposits. Since this deposit impairs water permeability and greatly harms the income of feed, oxygen and the like of the cultured scallop, etc., the deposit may be removed at regular intervals during the cultivation period or when the basket is reused. It needs to be removed. The deposits are mainly hard materials such as oysters, barnacles, and corals, and grow around the mesh around the mesh, so that a large pressing force is required to peel off the basket. Needed. In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 52-69792, the basket is pressed by a pressing roller for applying pressure from above and below to crush the deposits, and high-pressure water is sprayed from a high-pressure water spray nozzle to wash away the deposits. I was

[0003]

In the prior art,
Although the main purpose of crushing the attached matter by applying a pressing force to the cultured cage and washing at the same time was fulfilled, there were many other deficiencies. In particular, there were factors that impaired the working speed, such as the occurrence of entanglement due to the handling of the farmed basket and the decrease in the outflow of deposits due to the rebound from high-pressure water injection. The present invention seeks to improve and solve these points and to implement measures that lead to an increase in working speed.

[0004]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is as described above. Next, means for solving the problem will be described. That is, in the first aspect, the pressing unit is configured by arranging rotating rollers vertically with respect to the conveying surface, and the washing unit is disposed above the pressing unit and injects high-pressure water downward. An aquaculture basket cleaner comprising a plurality of pressing portions, which are constituted by one watering nozzle and are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction as a transport direction of the aquaculture cage, a cleaning portion, and a driving device for the pressing portion, A flat plate is provided at the front, and a flat plate having punched holes is provided at the rear.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the pressing portion is configured by arranging a rotating roller above and below the conveying surface, and the washing portion is disposed above the pressing portion and injects high-pressure water downward. A farming basket cleaner comprising at least one watering nozzle, a plurality of pressing units arranged side by side in the front-rear direction as a transport direction of the farming cage, a cleaning unit, and a driving device for the pressing unit, At least one mesh-shaped receiving plate is disposed in the front-rear direction and on the transport surface.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the pressing portion is constituted by rotating rollers disposed vertically above and below the conveying surface, and the washing portion is disposed above the pressing portion and injects high-pressure water downward. A farming basket cleaner comprising at least one watering nozzle, a plurality of pressing units arranged side by side in the front-rear direction as a transport direction of the farming cage, a cleaning unit, and a driving device for the pressing unit, Frames provided on the front and rear surfaces of the upper part of the main body are pierced, and a transparent plate is fitted at the pierced portions.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the pressing portion is configured by arranging a rotating roller above and below the conveying surface, and the washing portion is disposed above the pressing portion and injects high-pressure water downward. A farming basket cleaner comprising at least one watering nozzle, a plurality of pressing units arranged side by side in the front-rear direction as a transport direction of the farming cage, a cleaning unit, and a driving device for the pressing unit, An outlet is provided by piercing a bottom plate provided on the bottom surface of the main body at one place.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a culture cage cleaner (hereinafter referred to as a vacuum cleaner) according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a right side view of the culture basket cleaner, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a transport receiving plate, FIG. 3 is a side view thereof, FIG. 4 is a front view of the culture cage cleaner, FIG. Fig. 7 is a right side view of the main body of the culture basket cleaner.
8 is a left side view, FIG. 8 is a plan view of an aquaculture basket cleaner, FIG. 9 is a rear cross-sectional view, FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a conveyor, FIG. 11 is a side view, and FIG. The top view which shows a mechanism. 13 is a front view of the same, FIG. 14 is a view showing the culture cage being extended, and FIG. 15 is a view showing the culture cage being contracted.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 6, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame. The frame 1 is provided with rotating rollers 5.5 which are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction and whose upper end contacts the conveying surface. Pressing rotating rollers 11 are arranged above the respective rotating rollers 5 so as to overlap each other in plan view. Assuming that a pair of the rotating roller 5 and the pressing rotating roller 11 overlapping in a plan view is a pressing portion, the cleaning device is provided with two pressing portions in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 9, the rotating roller 5 and the pressing rotating roller 11 have support shafts 6 fixed to the left and right ends thereof so that they cannot rotate relative to each other, and the support shafts 6 extend to the outside of the left and right side plates 1R and 1L of the frame 1. ing. The supporting shaft 6 of the rotating roller 5 is a side plate 1R.
The support shaft 6 of the pressing and rotating roller 11 is rotatably supported by a bearing 32 on the right side, and is rotatably supported by a bearing 30 fixed on the side plate 1 and a bearing 31 fixed on the side plate 1L. On the other hand, it is similarly supported by bearings 34. The bearings 32 and 34 are fixed at one end to one end of the spring 12, and the other end of the spring 12 is fixed to a bearing support 33 fixed on the side plate 1R (1L). Therefore, the bearings 32 and 34 are not directly fixed to the frame 1. Slots 1a are formed in the side plates 1R and 1L so that the support shaft 6 can slide up and down. Therefore, the pressing and rotating roller 11 is configured to be able to move up and down. Each of the pressing rotary rollers 11 is urged by a spring 12 so as to be pressed toward the rotary roller 5. In addition, the urging of the pressing and rotating roller 11 against the rotating roller 5 greatly contributes to the weight of the pressing and rotating roller 11. Note that the spring 12 is capable of adjusting its pressing force by a pressing force adjusting screw.
The configuration is such that the pressing force is increased along the traveling direction of zero. Here, the traveling direction of the culture cage 10 is defined as a direction from the front to the rear. Fig. 14 and Fig. 1
As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, a roller driving motor 2 as the pressing portion driving device is provided on the right rear of the upper surface of the frame 1.
A drive sprocket 50 is fixed to an output shaft extending to the right of the roller drive motor 2. At the right end of the support shaft 6 of the rotating roller 5 and the pressing rotating roller 11, sprockets 8.8 are fixed. The drive sprocket 50, the sprockets 8.8, and the tension sprockets 51 provided at the upper center and the lower rear on the side plate 1R wind the chain 7. The urging in the outer circumferential direction by the tension sprocket 51 causes the sprocket 8
The slack of the chain 7 due to the vertical movement of the chain 8 is prevented.

The culture basket 10 is inserted into the main body of the cleaner along the direction shown by arrow A. In order to place the culture basket 10 to be cleaned, an introduction receiving plate 21 is provided at the front of the main body.
Are arranged. In addition, a take-out receiving plate 22 is provided at a rear portion of the main body so as to place the culture basket 10 cleaned by the cleaner. The introduction receiving plate 21 and the take-out receiving plate 22 are configured to be horizontally fixed to the ground (floor surface) by supporting legs 23 rotatably provided at one end, respectively. The other end of the introduction receiving plate 21 and the take-out receiving plate 22 is rotatably connected to the main body of the vacuum cleaner so that it can be folded and stored when not in operation.

The culture cage 10 inserted into the cleaner body from the introduction receiving plate 21 is first placed on a conveyor 42 and transported rearward. Conveyor 42 has rotating rollers 5.5
And the upper end of the conveyor 42 is in contact with the conveying surface. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, shafts 48 and 49 extending in the left-right direction are arranged in the front-rear direction, and two sprockets 43 are fixed to each other so that they cannot rotate relative to each other. A set of sprockets 43, 43 arranged in the front-back direction and overlapping at the front view, winds a chain 44, and another set of sprockets 4
3 and 43 have the same configuration. And the chain 44.4
Plates 47 are arranged between the four, and a ring plate 44a constituting the chain 44 is fixed to one end of the plate 47 to fix the plate 47. The shaft 49 has the sprocket 45 fixed to the left of the sprocket 43. On the other hand, the rotating roller 5 disposed on the front side has a sprocket 9 disposed between the bearing 30 and the sprocket 8, and like the rotating roller 5 and the sprocket 8, the support shaft 6 It is stuck. The sprocket 45 and the sprocket 9 wind the chain 46. Therefore, the driving force of the roller drive motor 2 is transmitted through the chain 7, the sprocket 8, the sprocket 45, and the chain 46, and drives the conveyor 42. And plate 4
Are rotated together with the chains 44, so that the culture cage 10 placed on the plates 47, 47 is transported rearward. Also, the conveyor 42
A transport restraint plate 28 is disposed above the farming basket 1 being transported.
0 is maintained in the contracted state.

The cultured basket 10 that has passed through the conveyor 42 is
It is pulled in by the pressing rotation roller 11 and the rotation roller 5, and the attached matter of the culture cage 10 is crushed by pressure from above and below. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15,
The culture basket 10 is composed of a ring 10a and a mesh 10b,
Since the volume of the ring 10a does not change even when contracted,
There is a thickness only for the superposition of the rings 10a. By the pressing rotating roller 11 and the rotating roller 5, the wheels 10a and 10
It is necessary to surely crush the attached matter by biting in from the thickness of a. As shown in FIG.
The outer circumference of the rotary roller 5 is covered with an elastic body 13 such as synthetic rubber.

A swing pipe 15 extends in the front-rear direction at the center of the upper plate 1U constituting the upper surface of the frame 1, and watering nozzles 14 are provided at three positions in the front-rear direction. It is fixed to the swing pipe 15. The other end of the watering nozzle 14 is located above the conveyor 42, the rotating rollers 5,..., Etc., and has a structure in which the nozzle port is opened downward to spray high-pressure water.
The high-pressure water is supplied from the high-pressure water pump provided separately from the cleaner to the swing pipe 15 through a pipe connected to the cleaner, and from the swing pipe 15 to the water spray nozzle 1.
4 is supplied.

The swinging pipe 15 is configured to perform a reversible rotating movement as described later, and the nozzle port of the watering nozzle 14 performs a reciprocating movement in the left-right direction. Upper plate 1U of frame 1
Are provided with slots 1b, 1b,... Corresponding to the arrangement position and the movement position of the watering nozzle 14. Normally, the culture basket 10 has a diameter of about 1 m.
It is necessary to juxtapose a plurality of high-pressure water at a time without increasing the flow rate of high-pressure water, since high-pressure watering is required for washing, Because of the disadvantage, the shortage of the flow rate is compensated for by the reciprocating motion of the watering nozzle 14.

The nozzle swing motor 16 is mounted on the upper plate 1U of the frame 1 at the front right, and extends a drive shaft toward the rear as shown in FIGS. 17
It is fixed. Also, the swing pipe 15 is the link arm 1
The disc 17 and the link arm 18 are connected to each other by a link shaft 19. One end of the link shaft 19 is rotatably supported at one point on the disk, and the other end is similarly rotatably supported at one end of the link arm 19. That is, the driving force transmission mechanism from the nozzle swinging motor 16 to the swinging pipe 15 constitutes a crank mechanism.

Therefore, the conveyor 4 is provided by the watering nozzles 14 provided at three locations as described above.
The culture basket 10 placed on the second roller 2 or being conveyed while being sandwiched between the rotating roller 5 and the pressing rotation roller 11 crushes the deposit, and the deposit that is crushed and comes off from the knitting yarn of the culture basket 10 is It progresses while being eliminated by high-pressure water. Since the vacuum cleaner repeats pressing and watering by the above structure, the crushed deposits are removed each time, and proceed sequentially while reducing the thickness of the whole cultured basket,
The crushed material can be reliably crushed without accumulating the crushed attached matter, and the attached material can be efficiently removed. Since the pressing rotary rollers 11 and 11 are sequentially crushed by a strong force, the pressing rotary rollers 1
The adhering material that could not be removed in step 1 is crushed in the subsequent stage to ensure the removal of the adhering material. In addition, the net yarn 10b is cut and looped by distributing it in two stages without pressing it at once from the beginning with a strong force. This is to prevent deformation of 10a.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a work switch 20 is provided at the rear upper end on the side plate 1L, and a roller drive deceleration beam 2a is provided rearward on the roller drive motor 2. Have been. The operation part of this vacuum cleaner is work switch 2.
0 and the roller drive deceleration bar 2a. The operation switch 20 is a switch for inputting start, stop, etc. of the operation of the present cleaner including the pressing unit and the cleaning unit. The roller drive deceleration beam 2a changes the rotation speed of the roller drive motor to control the conveyor 42 and the pressing unit. It changes the working speed.
At the time of work, the worker is located in front of the
Is inserted into the main vacuum cleaner, and the auxiliary worker receives the cleaned culture cage 10 located at the rear of the main body. Then, it is the auxiliary worker who recognizes the cultured basket 10 discharged on the take-out receiving plate by the work and checks whether the removal of the attached matter and the washing are performed properly. Therefore, the work switch 20 and the roller drive deceleration beam 2a are provided at the rear of the main body so that the auxiliary worker can appropriately adjust the work speed and the like according to the work situation.

Now, the mechanism of the present invention in a culture basket cleaner will be described. First, the introduction receiving plate 21 and the take-out receiving plate 22 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the introduction receiving plate 21 is formed of a flat plate made of a flat metal plate, unlike the conventional lattice shape. This is for preventing the net thread 10b, the string, or the like of the culture basket 10 placed for insertion into the cleaner body from being entangled with the introduction receiving plate 21. The take-out receiving plate 22 has a configuration in which a number of punching holes are formed. Therefore, take-out receiving plate 2 for strings etc.
The draining effect is obtained without impairing the prevention of sticking to No. 2.

Next, the transport receiving plate will be described. FIG.
As shown in (1), transport receiving plates 24 are disposed on the transport path of the culture cage 10 which passes between the rotating roller 5 and the pressing rotary roller 11 which is a pressing portion. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the transport receiving plate 24 is formed in a mesh shape, and is separated from the culture cage at the pressing portion, and the attached matter separated by the high-pressure water from the washing portion falls off the mesh as it is. Drops downward or is hit by high-pressure water and falls. As a result, the detached adhered matter is immediately removed from the traveling path, and does not enter the pressing portion to increase the load on the roller. Further, since the high-pressure water injected from the watering nozzle 14 does not bounce, the pressure of the high-pressure water due to the injection is reduced by the pressure of the reflected water, and the effect of removing the deposits does not decrease.

The transparent plate will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the front surface of the frame 1 is composed of a front plate 1F, which is an upper front plate, and a lower front plate. A central portion of the front plate 1F is perforated, and a transparent plate 25 is fitted therein. Have been. Similarly, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the rear surface of the frame 1 is also composed of a rear plate 1B, which is an upper rear plate, and a lower rear plate. A central portion of the rear plate 1B is perforated and a transparent plate 25 is fitted therein. Due to the above configuration, the transparent plate 25
The worker and the auxiliary worker can look inside the cleaner main body through 25, and can check the work status from the outside.

The outlet will be described. The adhering matter and water separated by the pressing and the water spray fall down inside the cleaner body. As shown in FIGS. 1, 7, 4, and 5,
The center of the bottom plate 1D constituting the bottom of the frame 1 is drilled,
One outlet 26 is provided. At the lower part of the main body of the cleaner, the components of the frame 1 are in close contact with each other to prevent water leakage, and it is possible to discharge attached matter and water only from the discharge port 26. Therefore, the adhered matter separated by the pressure of the high-pressure water sprinkled from above is washed away, reaches the outlet 26, and the adhered matter and water are discharged through the outlet 26. According to the above-described configuration, the dust can be intensively collected by disposing the dust removing device below the discharge port 26.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the pressing section is constituted by rotating rollers arranged vertically above and below the conveying surface, and the washing section is arranged above the pressing section to direct high-pressure water downward. A plurality of pressing portions arranged in the front-rear direction, which is a transport direction of the culture cage, a washing unit, and a driving device for the pressing unit. There is a flat plate at the front of the main body and a flat plate with a punched hole at the rear.Therefore, a culture basket is placed on the introduction receiving plate for insertion into the cleaner body. Even in this case, no entanglement with the introduction receiving plate due to the string or the mesh thread occurs. The same effect can be obtained when the take-out receiving plate is placed on the take-out receiving plate because the take-out receiving plate is also made of a flat plate. In addition, the punching hole is formed in the take-out receiving plate, so that there is also a draining effect.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the pressing portion is configured by arranging a rotating roller above and below the conveying surface, and the washing portion is disposed above the pressing portion and injects high-pressure water downward. A culture cage cleaner comprising at least one watering nozzle, and a plurality of pressing units arranged side by side in the front-rear direction, which is the transport direction of the culture cage, a cleaning unit, and a driving device for the pressing unit. Since at least one mesh-shaped receiving plate is disposed in the front-rear direction and on the transport surface, the pressure of the high-pressure water due to the jetting is not reduced by the pressure of the reflected water, and the effect of removing attached substances is reduced. There is nothing to do.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the pressing portion is constituted by rotating rollers arranged above and below the conveying surface, and the washing portion is arranged above the pressing portion and injects high-pressure water downward. A culture cage cleaner comprising at least one watering nozzle, and a plurality of pressing units arranged side by side in the front-rear direction, which is the transport direction of the culture cage, a cleaning unit, and a driving device for the pressing unit. Since the frames disposed on the front and rear surfaces of the upper part of the main body are pierced and the transparent plate is fitted into the pierced parts, the worker and the auxiliary worker can look into the inside of the cleaner main body, and the work situation Can be confirmed from outside.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the pressing portion is constituted by rotating rollers arranged above and below the conveying surface, and the washing portion is arranged above the pressing portion and injects high-pressure water downward. A culture cage cleaner comprising at least one watering nozzle, and a plurality of pressing units arranged side by side in the front-rear direction, which is the transport direction of the culture cage, a cleaning unit, and a driving device for the pressing unit. , A bottom plate provided on the bottom of the main body is drilled at one location to provide a discharge port, so the waste discharge port is specified, and garbage can be intensively collected by placing a trash removal device below the discharge port This reduces the work load.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a right side view of a farmed basket cleaner.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a transfer receiving plate.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the culture basket cleaner.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the culture basket cleaner body.

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the same.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the culture basket cleaner.

FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view of the same rear surface.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a conveyor.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a watering nozzle swinging mechanism.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a culture cage at the time of extension.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a culture basket shrinking.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 frame 1B rear plate 1D bottom plate 1F front plate 2 roller drive motor 5 rotation roller 10 culture cage 11 pressing rotation roller 14 watering nozzle 21 introduction receiving plate 22 take-out receiving plate 24 transport receiving plate 25 transparent plate 26 discharge port

Claims (4)

[Claims] The pressing unit is configured such that rotating rollers are disposed above and below the conveying surface, and the washing unit is disposed above the pressing unit and is at least one water spray that sprays high-pressure water downward. A plurality of pressing parts, which are constituted by nozzles and are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction which is the transport direction of the culture basket, a cleaning part, and a culture cage cleaner including a driving device of the pressing part,
An aquaculture basket cleaner, wherein a flat plate having a flat plate provided in front of a main body and a punched hole provided in a rear portion is provided. 2. The pressing section is configured by arranging a rotating roller above and below the conveying surface, and the washing section is disposed above the pressing section and is at least one water sprinkler that sprays high-pressure water downward. A plurality of pressing parts, which are constituted by nozzles and are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction which is the transport direction of the culture basket, a cleaning part, and a culture cage cleaner including a driving device of the pressing part,
An aquaculture basket cleaner, wherein at least one mesh-shaped receiving plate is disposed in the front-rear direction and on the transport surface. 3. The pressing section is constituted by rotating rollers disposed vertically above and below the conveying surface, and the washing section is disposed above the pressing section and is provided with at least one water spray for jetting high-pressure water downward. A plurality of pressing parts, which are constituted by nozzles and are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction which is the transport direction of the culture basket, a cleaning part, and a culture cage cleaner including a driving device of the pressing part,
An aquaculture basket cleaner, wherein a frame disposed on an upper front surface and a rear surface of a main body is perforated, and a transparent plate is fitted at the perforated portion. 4. The pressing section is constituted by rotating rollers disposed above and below the conveying surface, and the washing section is disposed above the pressing section and at least one sprinkler for jetting high-pressure water downward. A plurality of pressing parts, which are constituted by nozzles and are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction which is the transport direction of the culture basket, a cleaning part, and a culture cage cleaner including a driving device of the pressing part,
An aquaculture basket cleaner, wherein a bottom plate provided on the bottom surface of the main body is pierced at one place to provide an outlet.