JP2008017807A - Device for removing both ends of bean sprout - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for removing both ends of bean sprouts, capable of cutting both root parts and sprout parts from bean sprouts. <P>SOLUTION: This device for removing both ends of bean sprouts has an endless carrier conveyor 1 which is attached in a row with bean sprout-holding containers 5 having a cylindrical form with a length of the length direction, both opened ends, and upper and lower tracks. Furthermore, the device has bottom receiving conveyors 6 and 14 which are arranged on each of the upper and lower tracks of the carrier conveyor 1 at intervals with the lower opening of the container 5 and which receive the ends of bean sprouts, and cutters 10 and 18 whose cutting blades are placed between the lower end opening of the container 5 and the bottom receiving conveyors 6 and 14. The device is formed to cut with the cutters 10 and 18, parts exposing between the lower end of the container 5 and the bottom receiving conveyors 6 and 14, of the ends of bean sprouts to be arranged in one direction with a length of the length direction, put into the container 5 and carried. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing both ends of a bean sprout that can cut both ends of the root part and the bud part (simply referred to as both end parts in the present invention) from the bean sprout.

Currently, the bean sprouts that are distributed as commodities have had their shells, follicles, and cocoons removed from the harvested sprouts, but both ends after removing the follicles remain attached. The root part is slightly darkened, and the bud part is darkened soon after a while, so it is desirable to remove both ends, but mechanically remove only both ends from the bean sprouts. In the past, bean sprouts are distributed in the market without being removed due to the fact that they are accepted by the market with both ends attached and the cost required to cut both ends. Is common.
Therefore, when removing both ends from a bean sprout and using those bean sprouts as a high-class foodstuff, the present condition is that both ends are removed one by one by hand.

As described above, it is desired to provide a bean sprout in which the root part, which is slightly darkened, and the bud part which has a defect that tends to darken after a short period of time have been removed. In order to meet this purpose, as shown in Patent Document 1, a technique for removing both end portions from bean sprouts has been proposed. Although this seems to be one measure for providing a bean sprout with both ends removed, it has not been possible to completely remove both ends of the sprout based on this idea. Moreover, as shown in Patent Document 2, a method of cultivating bean sprouts so that both ends of the bean sprout can be easily removed has been proposed. However, it takes time and effort to grow bean sprouts, and the quality of bean sprouts grows long and long. There is a problem of affecting.
JP 2003-310229 A Utility Model No. 3031690

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a bean sprout both-end removing device that can cut off both ends of a sprout and can be practically used at a low cost.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has an endless transport conveyor in which cylindrical sprout containers with openings at both ends that are longitudinal in the length direction are attached in a row in the traveling direction and the traveling path is up and down. , In each of the upper and lower travel paths of the conveyor, a bottom receiving member that receives a bean sprout end that is disposed between the lower end opening of the container, and a lower end opening of the container and the bottom receiving member A cutter with a cutting blade positioned between them, and the end of the bean sprout conveyed in the container with the length direction aligned vertically between the lower end of the container and the bottom receiving member An apparatus for removing both ends of bean sprouts configured to cut the exposed portion with the cutter is provided.

  In the bean sprout both-end removing device according to the present invention, the bean sprouts end portion to be cut is provided as a structure provided with a vibrator that vibrates either the bottom receiving member or the container in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, or the like. It is desirable to align on the bottom plate by the excitation force.

  In the bean sprouts removal device according to the present invention, the bean sprouts having the same length direction are long in the cylindrical bean sprout container with the both ends opened vertically. The end of the bean sprouts exposed from the storage container to the bottom receiving member in the upper and lower traveling paths are moved between the lower end opening of the storage container and the bottom receiving member. By cutting with a cutter with a cutting blade between them, the sprouts that are placed in the storage container with the length direction aligned vertically are cut regardless of the direction of the head part and the bud part at both ends. Even if it is repeated on the upper and lower traveling paths, both ends of the bean sprouts can be surely cut off.

  Moreover, the bean sprout both-end removal device according to the present invention includes an endless transport conveyor in which cylindrical sprouts containing containers with openings at both ends are arranged and mounted in the travel direction, and the travel path is moved up and down, and travel up and down the transport conveyor. In each of the paths, a cutting edge is positioned between the bottom receiving member that receives the end of the bean sprout arranged at a distance from the lower end opening of the bean sprout container, and the lower end opening and the bottom receiving member of the storage container. Therefore, the bean sprouts are surely cut at both ends and there are few failures.

  In the bean sprout both-end removing device according to the present invention, either one of the bottom receiving member that receives the end of the bean sprout and the storage container disposed above the bean sprout container is moved up and down toward the lower end opening direction of the sprout storage container. In the structure provided with a vibrator that vibrates in the horizontal direction, the ends of the sprouts in the container to be cut can be aligned on the bottom receiving member by the vibration force, so both ends of the sprouts The required length of can be reliably cut out.

Hereinafter, an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a conveyor, which is composed of two endless chain belts 4 wound around two chain wheels 2 and 3, respectively, and their chains. It is constituted by a bean sprout container 5 having both ends opened in a cylindrical shape attached in a row in a running direction with respect to the belt 4 and having a longitudinal direction. The conveyor 1 is driven in the direction of the arrow by the rotation of the chain wheels 2 and 3.

  A bottom receiving conveyor 6 serving as a bottom receiving member is disposed on the traveling path above the transport conveyor 1 at a distance from the lower end opening of the bean sprout container 5, and the lower end of the bean sprouts protruding from the lower end opening of the bean sprout container 5 is disposed. It is configured to receive. The bottom receiving conveyor 6 is stretched around pulleys 7 and 8 and configured to be vibrated in the vertical direction or horizontal direction by a vibration exciter 9. As shown in FIG. 3, a blade-shaped cutter 10 is disposed obliquely on the traveling path of the transport conveyor 1 downstream of the bottom receiving conveyor 6, and the blade of the cutter 10 opens at the lower end of the bean sprouts container 5. And the bottom receiving conveyor 6. Reference numeral 11 denotes an end receiver that receives the end of the sprouts cut by the cutter 10, and reference numeral 12 denotes a lower end receiver that receives the lower end of the sprouts whose lower end is cut.

  At the position where the conveyor 1 turns around the chain wheel 2 and enters the lower travel path, the reverse receiving member 13 is arranged along the reverse trajectory of the upper end of the container 5, and the upside down is reversed by the reverse. The bean sprout container 5 is configured to receive the lower end of the bean sprout. A bottom receiving conveyor 14 serving as a bottom receiving member is disposed at a position where the reverse receiving member 13 ends, and is configured to receive the lower end of the sprouts protruding from the lower end opening of the bean sprouting container 5. The bottom receiving conveyor 14 is stretched around pulleys 15 and 16, and is configured such that vertical vibrations or horizontal vibrations are applied by a vibration exciter 17. Downstream of the bottom receiving conveyor 14, similarly to the cutter 10, a blade-shaped cutter 18 is disposed obliquely on the traveling path, and the blade is appropriately disposed between the lower end opening of the bean sprout container 5 and the bottom receiving conveyor 14. It is facing the position of. In this way, the end that protrudes from the lower end opening of the bean sprouts container 5 and is exposed on the bottom receiving conveyor 14 is cut by the cutter 18 at an appropriate position. It becomes the composition which is done. 19 is an end receiver that receives the lower end of the bean sprouts cut by the cutter 18, 20 is a bean sprout discharge conveyor with both ends removed, and 21 is a lower end receiver that receives the lower end of the bean sprouts cut at the lower end. .

  As shown in FIG. 2, a movable plate 22 that is displaceable while being parallel to the side plate 23 is provided on the inner side of one side plate 23 constituting the bean container 5, and the movable plate 22 is connected to the connecting bar. 24 is connected to the pressing plate 28. A spring 25 is fitted to the connecting bar 24 and is positioned between the side plate 23 and the pressing plate 28 so as to separate the side plate 23 and the pressing plate 28 from each other. Reference numeral 26 denotes a cam plate, which is arranged beside the traveling path of the bean sprout container 5. A cam roller 27 is pivotally attached to the pressing plate 28 so as to be rotatable about the vertical axis. The cam roller 27 is in contact with the cam plate 26 and is configured to be displaced in the direction of the arrow 29 in FIG. 2 according to the shape of the cam plate 26. The cam plate 26 is located at the upper right position in FIG. 1 where the bean sprout to be processed is filled in the container 5 and at the lower right position in FIG. 2), the movable side plate 22 approaches the side plate 23 to widen the width of the storage space of the storage container 5. However, the movable side plate 22 is cut at the position of FIG. The cam roller 27 is displaced so as to be separated from the side plate 23 by pushing and is arranged beside the container 5. As shown in (b), the container 5 is narrowed and the internal bean sprouts are gathered together to easily perform cutting with a cutter.

In the bean sprouts container 5, bean sprouts whose length direction is aligned are supplied and stored with the length direction being up and down. Hereinafter, an example of a bean sprinkling supply apparatus that supplies bean sprouts with the length direction aligned to the bean sprout container 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
FIG. 4 shows two-stage grooved plates 31 and 32 arranged in series. Each of the grooved plates 31 and 32 is formed with a vertical groove 33 as shown in a cross section in FIG. 4B, and the bean sprouts placed thereon are moved along the vertical groove 33. They are arranged in series so as to be sent from left to right in FIG. The width of the vertical groove 33 in the grooved plates 31 and 32 can be 1 to 3 cm, and the depth of the vertical groove can be 1 to 3 cm. The grooved plates 31 and 32 are inclined at an appropriate angle from the direction in which the bean sprouts placed thereon are fed, that is, from the left to the right in FIGS.

  The grooved plates 31 and 32 are supported by an arm 34 pivotally attached so as to be displaced in the horizontal direction indicated by an arrow 35 in FIG. 5 and are given by a vibration exciter 36 attached to the grooved plates 31 and 32. It vibrates with the horizontal component indicated by the arrow 35 by the generated vibration force. The amplitude and frequency of the vibration having the horizontal component are set to appropriate values according to the bean sprouts to be processed. Due to the vibration having the horizontal component, the bean sprouts on the grooved plates 31 and 32 are moved in a direction along the longitudinal grooves 33 of the grooved plates 31 and 32, and the bean sprouts on the grooved plates 31 and 32 are in the process. The grooved plates 31 and 32 are aligned in such a way that they fall into the vertical groove 33 and the length direction is along the vertical groove 33.

  The bean sprouts supply apparatus shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 has the above-described configuration, and the bean sprouts fed by the bean sprouts supply apparatus have a length in the course of conveyance on the grooved plates 31 and 32. The direction falls into the vertical groove 33 in a state in which the directions are aligned with the vertical grooves 33 of the corrugated plates 31 and 32 formed in a corrugated shape. The bean sprouts whose length direction is aligned in this way are fed out from the right end of FIGS. 3 and 4 in the direction along the longitudinal groove 33 while being aligned in the length direction.

In addition, if the bent shape of the bean sprouts sent on the grooved plates 31 and 32 is mixed as described above, even if it is transported while being placed on the mountain portion of the vertical groove 33, the alignment of the bean sprouts It is preferable to remove bean sprouts that are bent. Therefore, although not shown in the figure, it is preferable to provide means for removing bent bean sprouts such as chains, brushes, blades, etc. that are in contact with the crests of the grooved plates 31, 32 or are held with a small gap.
4 and 5 described above, the bean sprouts fed in the length direction by the bean sprouting supply device are aligned in the length direction, and the bean sprouts container 5 described in FIGS. 1 to 3 is used. Is supplied and accommodated with the length direction set vertically.

The bean sprouts removal operation by the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 having the above-described configuration will be described.
The bean sprouts from which both ends of the bud part and the root part are to be removed are first aligned in the length direction in the following manner by the bean aligning and supplying apparatus shown in FIGS. The bean sprouts supplied on the beveled plate 31 in the bean sprouting supply device are grooved plate 31 formed in a corrugated shape in the conveying direction on the grooved plate 31 and then 32, It is in a state aligned with the 32 vertical grooves 33 and falls into the vertical grooves 33. The bean sprouts whose length direction is aligned by the grooved plates 31 and 32 are sent out in the direction along the vertical groove 33 from the right end of FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 while the length direction is aligned, and are shown in FIG. The bean sprouts are supplied and stored in the container 5 with the length direction up and down, and are conveyed by the conveyor 1 in the direction of the arrow in FIG.

  The bean sprouts stored in the container 5 in the longitudinal direction are in a state where the lower end protrudes from the bottom of the container 5, and the lower end of the protruding bean sprouts is spaced from the lower end opening of the container 5. It is transported while standing on the bottom receiving conveyor 6 arranged in a maintained state. When the cutter 10 is conveyed to the position where the cutter 10 is disposed, the movable side plate 22 is moved to the position shown in FIG. It is cut by the cutter 10 at an appropriate position that is brought close to each other and comes out of the lower end opening of the container 5 and exposed on the bottom receiving conveyor 6. The bean sprouts in the storage container 5 whose lower end portion is cut by the cutter 10 are in a state where the cut end portion is placed on the lower end receiver 12 disposed under the lower end opening of the storage container 5 after passing through the cutter 10. Be transported.

The conveyor 1 turns around the chain wheel 2 and enters the lower travel path, whereby the sprouts container 5 is turned upside down. A reversing receiving member 13 is disposed on the reversing path of the bean sprout container 5 along the reversal trajectory of the upper end of the bean sprout container 5, and the bean sprouts in the sprout container 5 are turned upside down by reversal. After being inverted, the lower end portion of the bean sprout that protrudes from the lower end opening of the bean sprout container 5 is conveyed in a state of being placed on the bottom receiving conveyor 14. In this state, when it comes to the position where the cutter 18 is disposed on the lower traveling path, the bean sprouts are exposed from the lower end opening of the container 5 and exposed on the bottom receiving conveyor 14 in the same manner as described for the upper traveling path. The lower end of is cut by a cutter 18 at an appropriate position.
The bean sprouts whose both ends are cut by the cutter 18 are discharged from the container 5 to the discharge conveyor 20.

In the embodiment described above, even if the bottom receiving conveyors 6 and 14 are employed to receive the lower end of the bean sprout at the lower end of the bean sprout container, it is possible to discharge the cocoon or the like that has fallen off from the bean sprouts in the sprout container 5. However, you may comprise not only a conveyor but a simple board member.
Thus, the Example of the apparatus which comprised the bottom part receiving member only with the board member is shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 7, This is demonstrated below. In FIGS. 6 and 7, reference numerals 40 and 44 denote such bottom receiving plates, which are arranged on the upper and lower travel paths of the conveyor 1 so as to be spaced from the lower end of the container 5. Exciters 41 and 45 are attached to these bottom receiving plates 40 and 44, respectively. Reference numerals 42 and 46 denote rotary cutters which cut the sprouts ends protruding on the bottom receiving plates 40 and 44 from the lower end of the sprouts container 5. Reference numerals 43 and 47 are end receivers for receiving the sprouts ends cut by the cutters 42 and 46.

The other configurations in FIGS. 6 and 7 are substantially the same as those in the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and corresponding members are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof is omitted. To do.
In the apparatus according to this embodiment, the both ends of the bean sprout are shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 except that the lower end of the bean spun cut by the cutters 42 and 46 is sent on the bottom receiving plates 40 and 44. Removed as in the device. In this embodiment, the rotary type is adopted as the cutter, but a blade type cutter may be used as in the apparatus shown in FIGS. Further, in this embodiment, the bean sprouts container 5 has a structure that does not include the movable side plate as shown in FIG. 2, but a structure having the movable side plate 22 similar to that in FIG. It is preferred to facilitate end cutting.

As mentioned above, the bean sprouts removal apparatus according to the present invention has been described by way of example, but it goes without saying that the apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, in the apparatus according to the above-described embodiment, the single bean sprout container 5 is adopted as the bean sprout container 5, but when the bean sprout is received at the bean sprout receiving position so that the sprouts can be easily put in from the bean sprout aligning apparatus. Sprouts with appropriate structure that accepts bean sprouts with the same length direction and accommodates bean sprouts, such as a structure in which the upper opening is slightly widened in the horizontal direction and the bean sprouts are filled and the original opening size is restored. A storage container can be employed.
In the illustrated embodiment, the bean sprouting device is a device with grooved plates 31 and 32 provided with longitudinal grooves 33, but it is a device that can supply bean sprouts with both ends cut in the length direction. Other than this, a bean arranging device having an appropriate configuration may be adopted.

  Moreover, although the lower end receivers 12 and 21 are made of plate members that perform a simple receiving function, the lower end receivers 12 and 21 may have the same conveyor configuration as the bottom receiving conveyors 6 and 14. Furthermore, in the illustrated embodiment, the bean sprouts 5, the bottom receiving conveyors 6, 14 and the bottom receiving plates 40, 44 are vibrated up and down in the direction of the lower end opening of the receiving container 5, or in the horizontal direction by a vibrator. Although described as a thing, installation of this vibrator is not indispensable, and it can be set as the structure which does not provide a vibrator.

  In the illustrated embodiment, the blade type cutters 10 and 18 and the rotary type cutters 42 and 46 are used to cut both ends of the bean sprout. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various cutters may be employed. . In addition, when a blade-shaped cutter is employed, a cutter having an appropriate configuration, such as a blade-shaped cutter that is reciprocally moved and can be easily cut, can be employed in addition to the stationary cutter.

The side view which shows the structure outline | summary of the bean sprout both ends removal apparatus by the Example of this invention in a partial cross section. It is sectional drawing of FIG. 1, (a) is sectional drawing which follows an AA line, (b) is sectional drawing which follows a BB line. The top view which shows the arrangement | positioning state of the cutter 10 in FIG. The example of the bean sprouting supply apparatus which supplies a bean sprout to the both-ends removal apparatus of this invention in the length direction is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is along the BB line of (a) figure. Sectional drawing. The side view of Fig.4 (a). The side view which shows the structure outline of the bean sprout both ends removal apparatus by the other Example of this invention in a partial cross section. Sectional drawing in alignment with line 7-7 in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Conveyor 2 Chain wheel 3 Chain wheel 4 Chain belt 5 Sprout storage container 6 Bottom receiving conveyor 7 Pulley 8 Pulley 9 Exciter 10 Cutter 11 End receiving 12 Bottom receiving 13 Reverse receiving member 14 Bottom receiving conveyor 15 Pulley 16 Pulley 17 Exciter 18 Cutter 19 End receiver 20 Discharge conveyor 21 Lower end receiver 22 Movable side plate 23 Side plate 24 Connection bar 25 Spring 26 Cam plate 27 Cam roller 28 Press plate 31 Grooved plate 32 Grooved plate 33 Vertical groove 34 Arm 36 Exciter 40 Bottom receiving plate 41 Exciter 42 Cutter 43 End receiver 44 Bottom receiving plate 45 Exciter 46 Cutter 47 End receiving

Claims (2)

  Cylindrical bean sprouts with both ends open in the longitudinal direction are attached in rows in the running direction, and have endless transfer conveyors with the running path up and down, each of the upper and lower running paths of the same conveyor A bottom receiving member that receives a bean sprout end arranged with a space between the lower end opening of the container and a cutter in which a cutting blade is positioned between the lower end opening of the container and the bottom receiving member. And having the end portion of the bean sprouts that are transported in the container with the length direction aligned in the longitudinal direction, the portion exposed between the lower end of the container and the bottom receiving member is cut with the cutter An apparatus for removing both ends of bean sprout, characterized in that it is configured as described above.   The bean sprout both-ends removing device according to claim 1, further comprising a vibration exciter that vibrates either the bottom receiving member or the container.

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