JP2003325155A - Apparatus for peeling crop - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for peeling crops continuously performing operation to line up the crops having various lengths and operation to separate the epidermis, saving labor of peeling operation and increasing the efficiency. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus 25 for peeling the crops is designed to independently drive a lining up unit 26 and line up and correct a peeling starting part Ad of a Welsh onion A in a state nearly coincident with the peeling starting position of a peeling unit 28 while moving the lining up unit 26 and the peeling unit 28 of the apparatus 25 for peeling the crops nearly synchronously with the Welsh onion A, etc., transported with a transportation conveyor 2 in the transportation direction by a prescribed pitch. The peeling unit 28 is independently driven just after the operation to hold a stem part Ab with supporting arms 36 and 36. The epidermis Ae of the Welsh onion A is peeled and separated with air G discharged from an air discharging part 37. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a crop used for separating unnecessary or edible epidermis covering agricultural crops such as leeks, burdock roots, asparagus, cucumber, eggplant, carrots and potatoes. A skinning device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when the above-mentioned leeks of the above-mentioned examples were shipped to the market, the unnecessary or edible epidermis covering the outer surface of the stalks of the leeks was manually separated. Because of the time and time consuming, devices for mechanically separating the onion epidermis are already commercially available. An example of such a device is a peeling device that blows air discharged from a nozzle onto the outer surface of a stalk of a scallion and removes unnecessary epidermis on the outer surface of the stalk from the leaf side toward the root side. 10-1
No. 08657 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-163).

[0003]

However, since the above-mentioned leeks are manually hung one by one substantially vertically to the suspending means such as a belt or a sandwiching plate, and supplied to the skin removing device, there are various possibilities. It is difficult to align the peeling start part of the leek with a uniform length at approximately the same height, and if the peeling start part of the leek is higher than the discharge port of the nozzle, some epidermis will remain on the stem part, Unnecessary epidermis on the outer surface of the stem cannot be removed cleanly. Moreover, since the leaf part side of the leeks is held by the hanging means, there is a problem that the hanging height of the leeks cannot be corrected during the transportation.

As another separation method, for example, there is a peeling device (Japanese Patent No. 2980166) for holding and separating the leeks by the conveying means substantially horizontally. Since the placement position is easily displaced and the starting part of the peeling of the leek becomes irregular, the unnecessary epidermis cannot be peeled off neatly. In addition, the placement position must be corrected by the operator's hand so that the peeling start portion of the leek is substantially on the same line, and there is a problem that the correction work takes time and time.

In view of the above problems, the present invention corrects the peeling start portions of the agricultural products conveyed by the agricultural crop conveying means so as to be aligned on substantially the same line, and peels and separates the epidermis of the agricultural products from the peeling starting parts. By doing so, it is an object of the present invention to provide a crop peeling device capable of reliably and cleanly separating the epidermis of crops having various lengths, saving labor and increasing efficiency.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a crop conveying means for aligning and conveying a crop in a state substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction, and a crop conveyed by the crop conveying means is substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction. The crop stripping start portion of the crop is corrected to a state in which the stripping start part of the crop is aligned on the substantially same line with respect to the transport direction, and the epidermis of the crop transported by the crop transport means. A crop peeling means for separating from the peeling start portion of the crop, and a moving means for moving the crop aligning means and the crop peeling means in the conveyance direction substantially opposite to the crop conveyed by the crop conveying means. It is characterized in that it is a provided agricultural product peeling device.

The above-mentioned agricultural products include, for example, leek A and burdock,
It can be composed of cucumber, eggplant, carrot, long potato, etc. In addition, the agricultural product transportation means can be configured by, for example, a bucket type transportation conveyor 2, a belt conveyor, a roller conveyor, or the like. Further, the agricultural product aligning means can be configured by, for example, the aligning unit 26 and a pair of holding bodies 29a, arms, chucks, and the like. In addition, crop peeling means,
For example, the peeling unit 28 and the pair of support arms 36,
It can be configured by the air discharger 37 or the like. The moving means may be, for example, the movable frame 31 or the guide rails 32 and 3.
3, tow chains 34a, 34b, motors 35a, 35
b or an air cylinder, a rodless cylinder, a solenoid, a crank mechanism, a cam mechanism or the like.

That is, the peeling start portions of the agricultural products conveyed by the agricultural products transportation means are corrected to be aligned on the substantially same line by the agricultural products aligning means, and the agricultural products peeling means are operated by the agricultural products transportation means. The skin of the agricultural product is peeled off and separated from the peeling start portion while being moved in the conveying direction substantially opposite to.

[0009] As an embodiment, the crop conveying means for arranging and conveying the crops in a state substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction, and the crop conveyed by the above-mentioned crop conveying means with respect to the direction substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction. The crop peeling means for moving the crop peeling start portion to correct the peeling start portion of the crop to a state of being aligned on the substantially same line with respect to the transport direction, and the epidermis of the crop transported by the crop transporting means. The crop peeling device, which is separated from the start portion, and the crop peeling means are configured by a crop peeling device that includes a moving unit that moves in the carrying direction substantially opposite to the crop carried by the crop carrying unit. be able to.

Further, a plurality of the crop aligning means and the crop peeling means may be provided so as to substantially face the crops conveyed by the crop conveying means. Further, the crop aligning means detects the peeling start portion of the crops peeled off by the crop peeling means (for example, an optical sensor such as an imaging camera 19, a video camera, an image sensor, or an image element). Image pickup means) and a peeling start portion determining means (for example, a CPU, a ROM, a RAM built-in controller for determining the peeling start portion of the agricultural product based on the detection information output from the peeling start portion detecting means). Two
2 or a personal computer, etc.) and the peeling start portion determining means determines that the crop is moved in a direction substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction, and the peeling start portion of the crop is relative to the conveying direction. It can be configured with a stripping start portion aligning means (for example, the holding unit 29) that corrects the state of being aligned on substantially the same line.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the peeling start portion of a crop is corrected to a state of being aligned on substantially the same line by the crop aligning means, and the epidermis of the crop is peeled and separated from the peeling start portion. Therefore, a part of the epidermis does not remain at the peeling start portion, and the epidermis of agricultural products having various lengths can be reliably and cleanly separated. And, while peeling means for peeling and separating the epidermis of unnecessary or edible crops while moving the crop peeling means in the conveying direction substantially opposite to the crop conveyed by the crop conveying means, The labor and work of manually arranging the peeling start part can be omitted, and the work of aligning the crops and the work of separating the epidermis of the crops can be performed continuously, which can save labor and improve the efficiency of the peeling work. it can.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a crop peeling device used for the work of separating the onion epidermis, which is an example of a crop, and in FIG. 1, the crop peeling device 1 is mounted on a mounting table 2 a of the conveyor 2. The supplied green onion A ... is provided on the conveying path with a supply section a, a cut-and-align section b, a peeling section c, and
When the onion A is conveyed to the recovery section d, the epidermis Ae of the onion A is peeled off and separated while aligning the onion A in a state suitable for the peeling work.

As shown in FIG. 2, the above-mentioned conveyor 2 has a mounting table 2a, which is substantially rectangular in plan view, at a predetermined distance from the entire length of the circulating chain 2b stretched on both sides of the conveying path. The mounting and orbiting chains 2b are rotated in the carrying direction by the driving force of a motor (not shown) with a reduction gear, and the mounting tables 2a ... Are orbitally moved at a constant speed in the carrying direction. In addition, an opening 2c into which a holder 29a of a holding unit 29, which will be described later, is allowed to appear and disappear is provided on the right side mounting surface of the mounting table 2a, and a concave receiving portion 2d for holding the stem Ab of the leek A in place is provided. , Provided on the center mounting surface of the mounting table 2a.

The trimming device 5 arranged in the trimming section b described above has a root A of a green onion A conveyed by the conveyer 2.
The a side is imaged by the imaging camera 6, and the cutting amount of the root Aa is individually determined by the control device 7 based on the image information output from the imaging camera 6. Moreover, the root cutting device 8 disposed on the left side of the transport path cuts a predetermined amount of the root Aa of the leek A based on the determination by the control device 7. The leaf cutting device 9 disposed on the right side of the transport path cuts a predetermined amount of the leaf Ac of the leek A. Further, the trimming device 5 described above can be configured by devices such as Japanese Patent Application No. 11-178235 and Japanese Patent Application No. 11-332693.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the peeling device 25 arranged in the peeling section c described above has the leaf Ac side of the green onion A placed on the placing table 2a with respect to the horizontal direction. Alignment unit 26 that holds the onion A so that it can be swung freely and that the skin removal start portions Ad of the leeks A are aligned on substantially the same line, and the height at which the root Aa side of the leeks A is substantially horizontal to the leaf Ac side. And a peeling unit 28 for peeling and separating the unnecessary skin Ae of the leek A.

The units 26, 27, 28 are movable frame 31 so as to face the onions A ...
While installing a plurality of sets on the lower surface, the alignment unit 26,
The leaf peeling unit 28 is attached to the guide rail 32 erected on the lower surface of the movable frame 31 so as to substantially face the leaf Ac of the leeks A, and the peeling unit 28 is attached to the guide rail 32 erected on the lower surface of the movable frame 31. It is attached so as to face approximately Ab and is provided so as to be capable of reciprocating in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction.

Further, the movable frame 31 is provided so as to be reciprocally movable in a direction substantially parallel to the transport direction with respect to the guide rails 33 provided on both upper sides of the transport path, and the traction chain 34a stretched above the transport path is movable frame. 31, the tow chain 34a is rotated in the forward and reverse directions by the driving force of the motor 35a with a speed reducer, and the alignment unit 26 and the support unit 27,
The skin stripping unit 28 is reciprocally moved by a predetermined pitch approximately above the start side where the skin Ae of the green onion A starts to be stripped and above the end side where the stripping is finished, substantially in synchronization with the transport speed of the transport conveyor 2. To do.

Further, the traction chain 34b stretched around the movable frame 31 is connected to the peeling unit 28, and the traction chain 34b is rotated in the forward and reverse directions by the driving force of the motor 35b with a reduction gear to support arm 36 described later. And a position where the air discharge part 37 holds the part close to the peeling start part Ad of the leek A lifted by the alignment unit 26 and the support unit 27, and unnecessary roots Ae are peeled off and the root part Aa.
It reciprocates along the stem Ab of the leek A in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction to a position where it is extracted from the tip.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the alignment unit 26 described above has a stem A of a leek A placed on the placing table 2a.
The image pickup camera 19 for picking up an image of the boundary between the b and the leaf part Ac
And a control device 22 for determining the skin peeling start portion Ad of the leek A based on the image information output from the imaging camera 19.
And the peeling start portion Ad of the leek A to the opening 2 of the mounting table 2a.
The holding unit 29 corrects the position substantially opposite to c.

The above-mentioned image pickup camera 19 faces the outer peripheral surface corresponding to the boundary portion between the stem portion Ab and the leaf portion Ac of the green onion A placed on the placing table 2a, and is located above the transport path of the trimming section b. It is arranged and outputs the captured image of the boundary portion to the image processing device 20.

The above-mentioned image processing apparatus 20 is the image pickup camera 1
The image information between the stem portion Ab and the leaf portion Ac imaged by 9 is binarized and output to the control device 22. and,
The address reading device 21 arranged at the lower part of the transport path is used for the mounting table 2
The conveyor 2 is set to a itself or corresponding to the mounting table 2a.
The address information set in step 1 is read and the address information is output to the control device 22.

As another example of the identification means instead of the address information, for example, a recording medium (for example, a bar code, an ID card, a magnetic recording medium) attached to the mounting table 2a itself or attached to the conveyor 2 in association with the mounting table 2a. The unique information (address or carrier number) of a card or the like may be read, or the information recorded in the control device 22 in association with the unique information of the recording medium may be read.

FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of a control circuit of the crop peeling apparatus 1, in which the control apparatus 22 includes a CPU, a ROM, and an R.
The AM is built in, and the CPU follows the program stored in the ROM, conveys the conveyor 2, the imaging camera 19,
The image processing device 20, the address reading device 21, the alignment unit 26, the support unit 27, and the peeling unit 28.
And controlling the driving and stopping of the motors 29f, 35a, 35b, and based on the image information output from the image processing device 20 (for example, information about light and dark, color arrangement, reflected light, transmitted light, etc.), the stalk of the green onion A. The boundary portion between the portion Ab and the leaf portion Ac (the skin peeling start portion Ad of the leek A) is calculated individually, and the skin peeling start portion Ad of the green onion A to be peeled by the skin peeling device 25 described later is comprehensively determined. .

Further, the peeling start portion A to which the air G discharged from the air discharge portion 37 described later is first sprayed
Based on d, the moving distance until the peeling start portion Ad of the leek A reaches a position substantially facing the opening 2d of the mounting table 2a is calculated, and the moving distance information and the address reading device 21 read the distance. Corresponding address information of the mounting table 2a is stored in the RAM.

Further, when a predetermined number of the mounting tables 2a ... Are moved to the skinning section c, the address information of the mounting tables 2a ... Is read individually by the address reading device 21, and the address reading device 2 is read.
The moving distance information corresponding to the address information of the mounting table 2a output from the RAM 1 is read from the RAM, and the motor 29f described later is rotated in the normal and reverse directions based on the moving distance information, and the green onion A held by the pair of holding bodies 29a is removed. It moves in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction.

Further, the amount of movement of the holding unit 29 is individually detected based on the pulse signal output from the motor 29f, and the detected amount of movement information is compared with the amount of movement information stored in advance in the RAM. And calculate. When it is determined that the movement amounts are substantially the same, the driving of the motor 29f is stopped, and the peeling start portion Ad of the leek A is stopped at a position substantially opposite to the peeling start position of the peeling unit 28. When it is determined that the movement amounts are different, the motor 29f is normally and reversely rotated until the movement amount information matches. Further, the disconnection information stored in the RAM is erased or overwritten when returning from the end side to the start side.

In the holding unit 29 described above, the pair of holding bodies 29a are horizontally rotatable so as to face the leaf portion Ac of the leek A with respect to the upper and lower ends of the movable table 29b arranged on the right side of the conveying path. Due to the restoring force of the coil spring 29c which is attached and stretched between the holding body 29a and the movable base 29b, the coil spring 29c is rotated and returned in a direction to return to the posture in which the leaf portion Ac of the leek A is held. Further, a flexible elastic body such as sponge rubber or urethane rubber is attached to the holding surface of the holding body 29a.

Further, the rod of the lifting cylinder 29d fixed to the lower surface of the movable base 29b is connected to the lower holding body 29a, and the lower holding body 2 is operated by the operation of the lifting cylinder 29d.
9a, the root Aa of the green onion A is pressed against the upper holding body 29a, and the root Aa side is held in a state of being lifted from the mounting table 2a, and the pressing on the upper holding body 29a is released. Moves up and down to the lowering position where the conveyance of is allowed.

Further, a chain 29e stretched on the upper right side of the conveying path is connected to a movable base 29b, and the chain 29e is
Is rotated forward and backward by the driving force of the motor 29f with a movement amount detection function, and the holding unit 29 is independently moved back and forth (for example, in millimeters) in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction. That is, the pair of holding bodies 29a is peeled off at the standby position facing the root Aa of the leek A protruding to the left side of the mounting table 2a, the holding position for holding the root Aa, and the peeling start part Ad of the leek A. The unit 28 is moved to a peeling start position and a correction position where the peeling start position of the unit 28 is corrected so as to be substantially opposed thereto.

In the above-mentioned support unit 27, a substantially Y-shaped support body 27a as viewed from the side faces the lower surface of the pedestal Ab of the leek A protruding from the left end portion of the mounting table 2a, and the lifting table 27b.
The support frame 27a is lifted up by the lifting cylinder 27c fixed to the lower surface of the lifting table 27b so that the stalk Ab of the leek A is lifted above the loading table 2a, and the transfer and loading table 2a of the leek A. Moves up and down to the descent position where the movement of is allowed.

The peeling unit 28 described above is shown in FIGS.
As also shown, the stem Ab of the leeks A lifted by the above-mentioned holding unit 26 is changed to the air discharger 3 described later.
The air G discharged from 7 is discharged toward the outer surface of the stem portion Ab of the leek A held by the pair of support arms 36 and the pair of holding bodies 29a, which holds and corrects the air G to be sprayed substantially evenly. It is composed of a pair of air discharge parts 37.

The support arm 36 is fixed to the end of the support shaft 39 supported by the support frame 38, and the connecting rod 40 connected to the middle portion of the support shaft 39 is connected to the interlocking plate 41. Further, the opening / closing cylinder 42 attached to the movable frame 32 rotates the support shaft 39 forward and backward through the connecting rod 40 and the connecting plate 41, and the pair of supporting arms 36 is held by the pair of holding bodies 29a. It rotates to a closed angle for holding the stem Ab of A and an open angle for releasing the holding.

The above-mentioned air discharge portion 37 is attached to the lower surface of the support frame 38 so as to face the outer peripheral surface of the stem Ab of the leeks A held by the pair of support arms 36, and for example, an air blower for blower or a compressor or the like. Supply source (not shown)
The discharge nozzles 37a and 37b connected to the outer peripheral surface of the stem Ab from which the epidermis Ae has been peeled off, and the peeled epidermis A.
Air G is blown onto the back surface of e, and the unnecessary skin Ae is provided at an angle at which it is peeled off from the leaf Ac side toward the root Aa side.

Aligning belt 4 arranged in the above-mentioned collecting section d
3 is a green onion A placed on the placing table 2a of the conveyor 2.
The root part Aa of the green onion A is stretched on the left side of the conveyance path so as to face the tip of the root part Aa of the root and guides the root part Aa of the green onion A in a state where the root part Aa is aligned substantially straight in the conveyance direction. Further, as an aligning means instead of the aligning belt 43, for example, a plate-shaped or rod-shaped guide member may be used for alignment.

The illustrated embodiment is configured as described above, and the alignment operation and peeling operation of the green onion A by the crop peeling apparatus 1 will be described below.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the received or harvested green onions A are arranged in a posture substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction with respect to the mounting tables 2a of the conveyer conveyor 2 which is moved around the supply section a. And place them one by one, and the root Aa tip,
For example, it is pressed against an aligning portion (not shown) such as a belt or a plate to align it in a state in which it projects to the left side of the mounting table 3 by a predetermined length, and supplies it to the trimming device 5 in the trimming section b.

Next, the root Aa side of the leek A is trimmed by the trimming device 5
Is cut by a predetermined amount by the root cutting device 8 ..., and the leaf Ac side of the green onion A is cut by a predetermined amount by the leaf cutting device 9 and continuously supplied to the peeling device 25 in the peeling section c.

Also, as shown in FIG. 2, the boundary portion between the stem Ab and the leaf Ac of the leeks A placed on the placing table 2a is imaged by the image pickup camera 19, and the image information thereof is obtained by the image processing apparatus. It is binarized by 20 and output to the control device 22. The control device 22 individually determines the peeling start portion Ad of the leek A based on the image information output from the image processing device 20, and the peeling start portion Ad of the leek A is peeled off by the peeling unit 2.
The moving distance until reaching the peeling start position of 8 is calculated, and the moving distance information and the address information of the mounting table 2a read by the address reading device 21 are stored in the RAM in association with each other.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the peeling section c, the alignment unit 26 and the support unit 2 are arranged.
7. The holding unit 29 is independently driven to move the holding unit 29 independently while moving the peeling unit 28 in the transfer direction by a predetermined pitch substantially in synchronization with the predetermined number of green onions A ... Leaf A of green onion A protruding to the right side
c is held by the pair of holding bodies 29a and lifted, and the root Aa
The side is lifted to a predetermined height by the support unit 27, and is supported substantially horizontally.

Further, the control device 22 controls the address reading device 2
The moving distance information corresponding to the address information of the mounting table 2a read in 1 is read out from the RAM, and based on the moving distance information, the green onion A held by the pair of holding bodies 29a with respect to the direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction. It is independently moved to align and correct the peeling start portion Ad of the leek A so that it substantially coincides with the peeling start position of the peeling unit 28.

Next, after arranging the leek A in a state suitable for the peeling work, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the peeling unit 28 is independently driven and the stems are supported by the supporting arms 36, 36. While correcting the bent part of Ab, the air discharge part 3
The air G discharged from No. 7 is used to start the peeling start part Ad of the green onion A.
Is sprayed substantially evenly on the outer peripheral surface of the stem Ab corresponding to the above, and the unnecessary epidermis Ae of the leek A is separated and removed all at once toward the root Aa side.

Immediately before reaching the root Aa side, the support unit 2
7 is once lowered, and the root Aa side of the leek A is held in a suspended state. When the peeling unit 28 is pulled out from the root portion Aa, the supporting unit 27 is raised again to support it. If the epidermis Ae hangs down from the lower end of the root portion Aa, for example, it may be pulled by a pair of separating rolls, a sandwiching means such as a chuck or an arm, or a suction means such as an intake blower or a vacuum pump. You may separate and remove it.

Then, after the peeling unit 28 is moved to the left side of the conveying path, the pair of holders 29 of the aligning unit 26 is moved.
The holding by a is released, the support unit 27 is lowered to the standby position, and the peeled green onion A is placed on the placing table 2a again. After this, the root portion A of the green onion A placed on the placing table 2a
The a is brought into contact with or pressed against the aligning belt 43 in the collecting section e, and is supplied to the next step (for example, a sorting step, a box packing step, etc.) while being aligned almost straight in the conveying direction. Hereinafter, in the same manner as described above, the trimming work of the leek A, the aligning work, and the peeling work are continuously performed.

As described above, based on the image information output from the image pickup camera 19, the peeling start portion Ad of the green onion A conveyed by the conveyer conveyor 2 is approximately on the same line by the alignment unit 26 of the peeling device 25. The skin Ae of the green onion A is removed to remove the peeling unit 2.
8 peels off and separates from the peeling start portion Ad of the leek A, so that a part of the epidermis Ae does not remain in the peeling start portion Ad, and the epidermis Ae of the leek A having various lengths can be reliably and cleanly formed. Can be separated into

Further, the onion A which is conveyed by the conveyer 2 from the aligning units 26 and the peeling units 28.
While peeling and separating the epidermis Ae of the leeks A, which is unnecessary or cannot be used for food, while moving in the conveying direction substantially opposite to the ..., the peeling start parts Ad of the leeks A are manually arranged. Such labor and work can be omitted, and the work of aligning the peeling start portion Ad of the leek A and the work of separating the epidermis Ae of the leek A can be performed mechanically continuously, which saves labor and improves the efficiency of the peeling work. Can be planned.

Further, the aligning units 26 ... And the peeling units 28 ...
Since the epidermis Ae of the leek A conveyed by is continuously peeled off, the number of the alignment units 26 ... and the peeling units 28 installed is small compared to the intermittent movement, and the conveying distance of the entire apparatus is shortened. Therefore, installation and layout can be easily performed, and a single transport line from the trimming process to the sorting process can be configured.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the agricultural product peeling apparatus 1 in which only the support unit 27 and the peeling unit 28 are reciprocally moved in the conveying direction, and the aligning unit 26 arranged at a fixed position on the conveying path. ... are independently driven to align and correct the peeling start portion Ad of the leek A to substantially match the peeling start position of the peeling unit 28, and then the supporting unit 27 and the peeling unit 28 are moved to the transport conveyor 2 Are moved in the transfer direction by a predetermined pitch in synchronism with a predetermined number of spring onions A ...
Since the stem portion Ab is held by 6 and the epidermis Ae of the green onion A is peeled off and separated by the air G discharged from the air discharge portion 37, the same action and effect as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

The construction of the crop peeling apparatus 1 described above can also be applied to the work of stripping the epidermis Ae of the leek A held in, for example, a substantially vertical posture and a substantially diagonal posture.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an arrangement state of a crop peeling device.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a method for detecting the start part of the peeling of leeks with an imaging camera.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an aligning operation and a peeling operation by the peeling device.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an aligning operation and a peeling operation by the peeling device.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a peeling operation by the peeling unit.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a peeling operation by the peeling unit.

FIG. 7 is a control circuit block diagram of the agricultural product peeling device.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing another embodiment of the agricultural product peeling device. A ... Leek Ab ... Stem Ad ... Peeling start portion Ae ... Epidermis G ... Air 1 ... Crop peeling device 2 ... Conveyor 2a ... Mounting table 19 ... Imaging camera 20 ... Image processing device 21 ... Address reading device 22 ... Control Device 25 ... Peeling device 26 ... Aligning unit 28 ... Peeling unit 29 ... Holding unit 29a ... Holding body 36 ... Support arm 37 ... Air ejection unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A crop transport means for aligning and transporting crops in a state substantially orthogonal to the transport direction, and a crop transported by the crop transport means in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction, From the peeling start portion of the farm produce, the crop aligning means that corrects the peeling start portion of the farm produce in a state of being aligned on the substantially same line with respect to the carrying direction, and the epidermis of the farm produce transported by the crop transport means. A crop peeling device comprising: a crop peeling means for separating; and a moving means for moving the crop aligning means and the crop peeling means in a conveyance direction substantially opposite to a crop conveyed by the crop conveying means. 2. A crop transport means for aligning and transporting a crop in a state substantially orthogonal to the transport direction, and a crop transported by the crop transport means in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction, From the peeling start portion of the farm produce, the crop aligning means that corrects the peeling start portion of the farm produce in a state of being aligned on the substantially same line with respect to the carrying direction, and the epidermis of the farm produce transported by the crop transport means. A crop peeling device comprising: a crop peeling means for separating; and a moving means for moving the crop peeling means in a transport direction substantially opposite to a crop transported by the crop transport means. 3. The crop peeling device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the crop aligning means and the crop peeling means are provided substantially opposite to the crop conveyed by the crop conveying means. 4. The peeling start part detecting means for detecting the peeling start part of the crops peeled off by the crop peeling means by the crop aligning means, and the detection information output from the peeling start part detecting means. Based on the peeling start portion determination means for determining the peeling start portion of the agricultural product, based on the determination by the peeling start portion determination means, move the agricultural product in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction. 4. The crop peeling device according to claim 1, further comprising: a peeling start portion aligning unit that corrects the peeling start portion of the crop to be substantially aligned with the conveyance direction.