JP2008161128A - Removing device removing unnecessary part of fruit, and machine for removing fruit skin - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an innovative removing device that removes unnecessary parts of fruits and is very high in commercial value, and to provide a fruit skin removing machine. <P>SOLUTION: This removing device comprises removing unnecessary parts of fruits as a previous process of conveying a fruit 10, such as persimmon to a fruit skin removing device. The removing device comprises a fruit placing part 4 which pinches and places the fruit 10 with a fruit supporting part 7, and a removing part 15 which has a rotary blade body 14, in order to remove unnecessary parts of the calyx part 10c and the stem part 10b of the fruit 10 placed on the fruit placing part 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a removing device for removing unnecessary portions of fruits and a skin removal machine for fruits.

  The present applicant has proposed a cocoon peeling machine (hereinafter referred to as a conventional machine) according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 7-1332075 and 8-173122.

  Before this subordinate machine was proposed, for example, the fruit peeling work, which is essential for fruit processors such as dried persimmon farmers, was carried out manually by the individual workers. The machine is extremely epoch-making as it can relieve the above-mentioned troubles by the operator and dramatically improve the work efficiency.

  However, this conventional machine has a structure in which, when peeling the skin of the cocoon with a skinning blade, the heel is held when the cocoon is transported to the skinning blade by piercing the needle with a needle. There was a problem that the commercial value of the sputum declined, such as various bacteria entering from the site where the needle was stabbed and being easily painful.

  Therefore, the present applicant has proposed a fruit skin removal machine (hereinafter referred to as a conventional machine) disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3053615 to solve this problem.

  This conventional machine includes a skin removing device that removes the skin of the cocoon, and a transport device that transports the cocoon to the skin removing device, and the transport device that transports the cocoon to the skin removing device is a suction that holds and holds the cocoon. It has a structure with parts.

  Accordingly, since the bag is held by suction when the bag is transported, the above-described problems caused by the conventional machine are surely solved.

JP-A-7-1332075 JP-A-8-173122 Japanese Patent No. 3053615

  By the way, in the conventional example, in order to achieve a good suction with respect to the wrinkles in the suction portion of the transport device, the head portion of the scissors and its peripheral portion are removed by the pre-processing device so as to have a predetermined shape.

  Specifically, the pre-processing apparatus is provided with a rotary table on which a plurality of fruit placement units for arranging fruits are rotatably arranged, and the basket placed on the fruit placement unit at a predetermined position above the rotary table. Is provided with a peeling device provided with a plate-like blade body that comes into contact with the plate, and when the plate-like blade body is brought into contact with the heel portion of the cocoon to rotate the fruit placement portion, the heel portion of the heel and The peripheral portion is removed flatly by a plate-like blade and in a ring shape when viewed from the plane direction. The flat portion removed by the plate-like blade body is sucked and held by the suction portion of the transport device.

  However, in the conventional example, the fruit placing part for placing the cocoon is formed in a cup shape, and the shape and size are given a little allowance in consideration of different shapes and sizes for each cocoon, When the fruit placing part is rotated and the unnecessary part of the cocoon placed on the fruit placing part is removed with a plate-like blade, the fruit part having a particularly high cutting resistance is also removed. There is a case where the cocoon swings and tilts in the placement unit, and after the removal work with the plate-like blade body, the cocoon also moves in the fruit placement unit due to vibration or the like while being sent to the transport device by the rotary table. There is a problem of swinging and tilting.

  Even if an attempt is made to suck with the suction portion of the transport device while the state is inclined in the fruit placement portion, the suction is not satisfactorily held and a processing error occurs.

  In addition, if the removed part becomes inclined instead of horizontal by removing it in a state where it is tilted in the fruit placement section, it will be later removed with respect to the peripheral surface of the straw when removing with the skin removing device. In some cases, the skinning blade does not come into contact with the set angle and good skinning processing is not performed (the contact angle and operation of the skinning blade with respect to the surface of the skin in the skin removal device are It is set on the assumption that the edge part and its peripheral part are flat and horizontal.)

  The present applicant has advanced further research and development on this conventional machine, and has now completed the present invention capable of successfully removing unnecessary portions of fruits.

  The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  A removal device for removing an unnecessary part of a fruit, comprising a fruit placement part 4 for placing a fruit 10 and a removal part 15 for removing an unnecessary part of the fruit 10 placed on the fruit placement part 4, When the fruit 10 is placed on the fruit placing part 4, the load receiving part 5 that receives the load of the fruit 10, and the load receiving part 5 operates by receiving the load to make the peripheral face of the fruit 10 the load. A plurality of fruit support bodies 7 each having a pressing portion 6 that presses and abuts on a portion above the portion where the receiving portion 5 abuts are provided on the fruit mounting portion 4, and unnecessary portions of the fruit 10 are removed by the removing portion 15. At the time, a pressing mechanism 16 that presses the upper part of the fruit 10 placed on the fruit placing part 4 is provided, and when the upper part of the fruit 10 is pressed by the pressing mechanism 16, the load on the load receiving part 5 is increased. The unnecessary part of the fruit characterized by comprising so that the pressing force in the said press part 6 may increase in connection with it Those of the removal device for removing.

  Further, the fruit placing part 4 and the removing part 15 are made to be movable toward and away from each other, and the blade 14 provided in the removing part 15 is brought into contact with the fruit 10 placed on the fruit placing part 4 so as to be fruit. 10 and the blade 14 are configured to remove the unnecessary portion of the fruit 10 by relatively rotating, and the blade 14 provided in the removing portion 15 is provided so as to press and contact the upper portion of the fruit 10. The pressing mechanism 16 is configured, and the present invention relates to a removing device for removing unnecessary portions of fruit according to claim 1.

  Moreover, while providing the said load receiving part 5 as a force point part in the one end side position of the fulcrum part of the peristaltic body provided in the said fruit mounting part 4 so that a rocking | fluctuation is freely possible, as an action point part in the other end side position of the said fulcrum part The said pressing part 6 was provided and the said fruit support body 7 was comprised, It concerns on the removal apparatus which removes the unnecessary part of the fruit of any one of Claim 1, 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Moreover, the said press part 6 provides the fruit press surface 6a in the inner surface of the rotation body 11 provided in the said fruit support body 7 so that rotation is possible in an up-down direction, The structure characterized by the above-mentioned. It concerns on the removal apparatus which removes the unnecessary part of the fruit of any one of.

  Further, according to the removing device for removing an unnecessary part of the fruit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pressing part 6 is provided with a sharp protrusion 13 for inserting into the fruit 10. It is.

  6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the sharp protrusion 13 is set to a protrusion degree that is the same as or close to the thickness of the skin 10a of the fruit 10.

  Moreover, the skin removal apparatus 1 which removes the skin 10a of the fruit 10, the conveying apparatus 2 which conveys the fruit 10 to this skin removal apparatus 1, and the pre-processing apparatus which pre-processes the predetermined part of the fruit 10 into a predetermined shape before conveyance A fruit epidermis remover comprising a fruit skin, wherein the pre-processing device 3 is a removal device for removing unnecessary portions of the fruit according to any one of claims 1 to 6. It relates to a removal machine.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is a removal device and a fruit skin removal machine that removes an unnecessary part of a fruit having a very high commercial value, such as a work for removing an unnecessary part of a fruit. .

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to the drawings showing the operation of the present invention.

  In the present invention, an unnecessary portion of the fruit 10 placed on the fruit placing unit 4 is removed by the removing unit 15.

  At this time, the fruit 10 is supported by a plurality of fruit supports 7 provided in the fruit placing part 4, and the fruit 10 placed on the fruit placing part is rocked and tilted as in the conventional machine described above. Is reliably prevented.

  Specifically, each fruit support 7 provided in the fruit placing part 4 is actuated by receiving a load from the fruit 10 and a load receiving part 5 receiving the load of the fruit 10, And a pressing portion 6 that presses and abuts on a portion above the portion on which the load receiving portion 5 abuts. Therefore, the fruit 10 can be obtained simply by placing the fruit 10 on the fruit placing portion 4. Is supported in a clamped state.

  In addition, the present invention further includes a pressing mechanism 16 that presses the upper part of the fruit 10 placed on the fruit placing unit 4 when removing the unnecessary part of the fruit 10 by the removing unit 15. When the upper part of 10 is pressed, it is comprised so that the pressing force in the press part 6 may increase with the increase in the load with respect to the load receiving part 5, Therefore, when removing the unnecessary part of the fruit 10 in the removal part 15 Will be supported with even stronger power.

  Therefore, for example, even when vibration is applied to the fruit placing part 4 when the fruit 10 is moved, the fruit 10 placed on the fruit placing part 4 is reliably prevented from swinging and tilting and removed. Even when vibration or a load is applied to the fruit 10 when the unnecessary part is removed by the part 15, the fruit 10 placed on the fruit placing part 4 is reliably prevented from swinging and tilting. In addition, due to the structure described above, the state of being supported by the fruit support 7 can be easily released simply by lifting the fruit 10, for example.

  A specific embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In this embodiment, an airframe 40 equipped with an appropriate drive source (not shown), an epidermis removing device 1 for removing the skin 10a of the fruit 10, a transport device 2 for transporting the fruit 10 to the epidermis removing device 1, A fruit skin removal machine comprising a pre-processing device 3 for pre-processing a predetermined portion of the fruit 10 into a predetermined shape before conveyance is provided.

In addition, the present embodiment is directed to a cocoon 10 having a crest 10c on the top (near the periphery of the handle 10b) as a fruit 10 for performing a skin removal operation (skinning operation). It is configured as a peeling machine. In addition, the skinning structure according to the present embodiment is not limited to the peeler of the cocoon 10, but for example, fruits other than the cocoon 10 where the skin removal work such as apples and pears or vegetable turnips is mainly performed. The scope of the application covers a wide range of vegetables. Hereinafter, detailed description of each component of the present embodiment will be given.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the skin removing device 1 includes a driving device 9 and a skinning blade body 8, and the skinning blade body 8 is connected to the driving device 9 and is rotated (repetitively rotated 180 °). It is provided on a shaft rod 8a that moves. Further, the peeling blade body 8 has a configuration in which a blade mounting body 34 having a blade member 12 is provided on the distal end side.

  The skinning blade body 8 includes a skinning adjustment mechanism 35 that can adjust the skin contact angle and pressing force of the blade member 12 with respect to the skin 10a of the heel 10.

  The axis of the blade mounting body 34 is set at a position shifted from the axis of the shaft rod 8a. Therefore, when the shaft rod 8a rotates (repetitive rotation of 180 °), the blade mounting body 34 The blade member 12 at the tip is provided so as to move on a substantially semicircular orbit when viewed from the front.

  Further, an air blowing nozzle (not shown) connected to a compressor (not shown) provided in the machine body 40 is provided in the vicinity of the blade member 12. This air blowing nozzle has an unnecessary object removing structure for removing the skin attached to the blade member 12 with air, and is configured such that an air blowing operation is performed every time before peeling the skin 10a of the bag 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the transport device 2 is provided with a rotation shaft portion 38 that is connected to a rotation base 37 connected to an appropriate drive source (not shown) in the machine body 40 in an orthogonal state. The shaft portion 38 is provided with a tubular rotating arm 41 that is rotatable by the operation of the rotating device 39.

  The rotation shaft portion 38 is configured such that when the rotation base 37 faces the front side, the tip of the rotation arm 41 is positioned above a rotary table 17 described later, and the rotation base 37 is horizontally rotated. Thus, when the rotating base 37 is directed to the side, the tip of the rotating arm 41 is arranged in the vicinity of the skinning blade body 8 of the skin removing portion 1 described above.

  A lifting device 45 is provided at a position below the rotary table 17 so as to face the front end of the rotating arm 41 when the rotating base 37 faces the front side. The lifting device 45 moves the lifting arm 46 up and down. It is configured to move up and down the fruit placing part 4 on which the pre-processed cocoon 10 is placed by moving.

  Further, the rotary arm 41 is provided with a suction portion 42 at the tip thereof.

  This suction part 42 is provided with an annular member 43 having appropriate flexibility at the tip of the rotating arm 41, and a hose member 44 connected to a vacuum pump 36 provided in the body 40 at the rear end of the rotating arm 41. Connected and configured.

  Further, the vacuum pump 36 is configured to exert an air blowing action that reversely blows out the sucked material such as sibs and debris sucked during suction work in addition to the sucking action for sucking the firewood 10. With this air blowing structure, the sucked material is blown out every time before the bag 10 is sucked.

  From the above, the conveying device 2 causes the annular member 43 related to the suction portion 42 to abut on the top (removal site 10d) of the eaves 10 rising via the elevating device 45, and the vacuum pump 10 is operated to operate the eaves 10 It is configured so that it can be sucked (fruits are delivered) and can be transported to the skin removal unit 1 while sucking and holding the cocoon 10 by horizontally rotating the rotating base 37. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pre-processing device 3 is transported by a rotary table 17 as a transport means, and a fruit placing unit 4 for placing the straw 10 and a straw 10 placed on the fruit placing part 4. It has a removal portion 15 for removing (skinning) the peripheral portion 10c and its peripheral portion.

  The rotary table 17 is provided with four through holes 17a at equal intervals, and the fruit mounting portion 4 on which the basket 10 is placed is fitted and disposed in each of the four through holes 17a so as to be rotatable. Furthermore, the rotary table 17 is configured to rotate horizontally horizontally by about 90 ° by a rotating device (not shown) provided in the lower part.

  In the present embodiment, since the four fruit mounting portions 4 are provided on the rotary table 17, the rotary table 17 is set to be intermittently rotated by about 90 °. In the case where the fruit placement unit 4 is arranged, the rotation table 17 is set to rotate about 60 ° intermittently.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the fruit mounting part 4 is provided with a plurality of fruit supports 7 on the upper surface of a base body 18 that is detachably fitted in the through hole 17a provided in the rotary table 17 described above. It is configured.

  When the fruit 10 is placed on the fruit placing part 4, the fruit support 7 operates by receiving the load of the fruit 10 and the load receiving part 5 to receive the load of the fruit 10. It is the structure which comprises the press part 6 which press-contacts to an upper part rather than the site | part which the said load receiving part 5 contact | abuts on a surrounding surface.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the fruit support body 7 is a sliding body that is pivotally attached to a support member 19 provided on the upper surface of the fruit placement section 4 and swings in the vertical direction. A load receiving portion 5 as a force point portion is provided at one end side position, and a pressing portion 6 as an action point portion is provided at a position above the force point portion at the other end side position of the fulcrum portion.

  Therefore, the fruit support body 7 swings by receiving the load of the fruit 10 at the load receiving part 5 in the lower position, and the pressing part 6 at the upper position makes the peripheral surface of the fruit 10 and the load receiving part 5 comes into contact with the fruit support body 7. Also, it is configured such that the pressing force in the pressing portion 6 increases as the load on the load receiving portion 5 increases.

  The pressing portion 6 is configured by providing a fruit pressing surface 6a on the inner surface of a rotating body 11 that is pivotally attached to the fruit support 7 and is provided so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction.

  Therefore, the pressing portion 6 is pivoted (swinged) in the vertical direction, and can reliably press the peripheral surface corresponding to the shape of the fruit 10 as compared with a mere fixed type. When the fruit 10 supported by the fruit support 7 is lifted upward, the support for the fruit 10 is successfully released.

  Further, a sharp protrusion 13 is provided on the fruit pressing surface 6a.

  This sharp protrusion 13 is for inserting into the skin 10a of the fruit 10 to make the support of the fruit 10 firm, and the degree of protrusion is set to be the same as or close to the thickness of the skin 10a of the fruit 10. Has been.

  Further, a sharp protrusion 20 is also provided on the fruit receiving surface 5 a of the load receiving portion 5.

  In the present embodiment, the four fruit supports 7 described above are arranged at equal intervals (90 ° intervals) on the upper surface of the fruit placing portion 4 so as to surround the fruits 10 placed on the fruit placing portion 4. is doing.

  Therefore, when the fruit 10 is mounted on the fruit mounting part 4, the pressing part 6 of each fruit support body 7 moves from the outside to the inside, and is clamped with respect to the peripheral surface (side surface) of the fruit 10 arranged in the center. Will be supported in the state.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, as shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, the lifting arm 46 of the lifting device 45 and the lifting and lowering arm of the lifting and lowering device 47, which will be described later, are provided on the lower surface portion of the base body 18. 48 is provided, and this connecting portion 21 is structured to be fitted and connected to fitted connecting portions 46a and 48a provided at the upper ends of the lifting and lowering arms 46 and 48, respectively. .

  Accordingly, the fruit placing unit 4 rises to the fruit delivery site with the transport device 2 by the raising of the lifting arm 46 of the lifting device 45, and the removing unit 15 moves by the lifting and lowering arm 48 of the lifting and turning device 47. It rises to the removal processing part.

In addition, a pair of rod bodies 22 project from the coupling portion 21 provided on the base body 18 at opposing positions. The rod body 22 is connected to the coupling portion 21 of the base body 18 and the fitting coupling portion of the lifting and lowering arm 48. When the 48a is fitted and connected, a pair of rods 49 projecting from the fitted and connecting portion 48a are configured to abut on the peripheral surface (see FIG. 3).
Therefore, when the fruit mounting unit 4 rotates the lifting / lowering rotation arm 48, the rod body 49 provided on the lifting / lowering rotation arm 48 pushes the peripheral surface of the rod body 22 provided on the base 18. It will rotate and rotate.

  Further, the rod body 22 provided on the base 18 and the rod body 49 provided on the up-and-down rotating arm 48 are each formed with a sharp tip, which is raised and lowered with respect to the connecting portion 21 provided on the base 18. This is a configuration for preventing a state in which the fitting connection is not performed satisfactorily because the rod bodies 22 and 49 are in a butting state when the fitting connection portion 48a provided on the moving arm 48 is fitted and connected.

  The removing unit 15 is configured by providing a blade body 14 at a position above the rotary table 17 and above the lifting / lowering rotation device 47.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the blade body 14 is provided in a horizontal state at the distal end portion of the hanging support member 23 that is suspended at a predetermined position of the machine body 40, and is placed on the fruit placing portion 4 and rises. When the blade body 14 is brought into contact with the scissors 10, the tip thereof is arranged in the vicinity of the handle portion 10b erected on the heel portion 10c of the scissors 10, and further, the scissors in the removing operation The contact angle of the blade edge to 10 is set as appropriate.

  Accordingly, the blade 10 is brought into contact with the ridge 10 placed on the fruit placement portion 4 and the heel 10 is rotated (relatively rotated) with respect to the blade body 14, so that the heel portion 10 c and The peripheral portion thereof is removed by the blade body 14 in a ring shape as seen from the flat direction.

  Further, the blade body 14 comes into pressure contact with the upper part of the heel 10 (the head portion 10c and its vicinity) during the removal operation, and constitutes the pressing mechanism 16 together with the contact body 24 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the abutment body 24 is configured such that a cylindrical abutment member 24b is rotatably provided at the lower end of a hanging rod member 24a suspended at a predetermined position of the machine body 40. It is comprised so that it may press-contact to the center position of the edge part 10c of the cocoon 10 which is mounted in the fruit mounting part 4 and raises (in the state surrounding the periphery of the handle | pattern part 10b).

  Accordingly, the abutting body 24 constitutes a pressing mechanism 16 that presses and abuts on the upper portion of the heel 10 (the head portion 10c and its peripheral portion) together with the blade body 14 described above. When the upper part of the cocoon 10 placed on the part 4 is pressed, the pressing force on the pressing part 6 increases as the load on the load receiving part 5 in the fruit support 7 increases, so that the support on the cocoon 10 becomes firm. .

  Reference numeral 25 denotes a finishing blade that cuts a portion (shoulder) located at the periphery of the flat removal portion 10d of the heel 10 formed by cutting with the blade 14 in an inclined shape (tapered shape), and 26 denotes the blade 14 And an unnecessary object removing section 27 for removing unnecessary objects cut off by the finishing blade 25 with a rotary blade 26a, 27 is extended from the vacuum pump 36 and blows away unnecessary objects cut off by the blade 14 and the finishing blade 25 with air. It is an air injection nozzle.

  The removal operation of the unnecessary portion of the jar 10 in the removing unit 15 having the above-described configuration is performed by raising and rotating the fruit placing unit 4 through the lifting and rotating device 47.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the lifting / lowering rotation device 47 includes a lifting device 47A provided in the machine body 40 and a rotation device 47B that moves up and down via the lifting device 47A.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 11, the elevating device 47 </ b> A is composed of an expansion / contraction mechanism 50 (electric cylinder) and an elevating body 51 connected to the expansion / contraction arm 50 a of the expansion / contraction mechanism 50. The left and right guide bar bodies 52 are slidably provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 11, the rotation device 47 </ b> B is configured by providing an up / down rotation arm 48 that is rotated by a rotation mechanism 53 (motor). The fitting connection part 48a which carries out fitting connection to the connection part 21 of the fruit mounting part 4 mentioned above is provided. The lifting / lowering rotation arm 48 is slidably inserted into a through portion provided at the center position of the lifting / lowering body 51.

  The rotating device 47B is connected to the elevating body 51 of the elevating device 47A described above and is provided so as to be able to move up and down. Therefore, the elevating and rotating arm 48 is connected to the fruit placing unit 4 by moving up. Thus, the fruit placing portion 4 can be raised and lowered and rotated.

  Further, in this embodiment, a shaving amount setting mechanism is provided at a connecting portion between the lifting device 47A and the rotation device 47B.

  The shaving amount setting mechanism connects the lifting device 47A and the rotating device 47B via a spring 56 (anti-deflection spring), and measures relative movement between the lifting device 47A and the rotating device 47B. A quantity measuring device 55 is provided.

  The relative movement amount measuring device 55 is provided with a swinging portion 55a that is slidably provided on the lifting device 47A and connected to the turning device 47B, and the lifting device 47A and the turning device 47B are controlled by the swinging amount of the swinging portion 55a. A measuring unit 55b for measuring the relative movement amount is provided.

  Specifically, the cutting amount setting mechanism operates the lifting device 47A as shown in FIG. 8 to raise the rotating device 47B, so that the blade 14 is placed on the basket 10 placed on the fruit placing portion 4. The relative movement amount measuring device 55 is actuated at the time of contact, and from this time, the lifting device 47A further rises, and the relative movement amount with respect to the rotation device 47B is set as a rising distance (distance L in FIG. 9). ) Is measured by the amount of swing of the swinging portion 55a, the lifting device 47A is stopped (see FIG. 9). By further raising the lifting device 47A, the pressing mechanism 16 (the blade body 14 and the contact body 24) presses the upper part of the cocoon 10 placed on the fruit placing portion 4.

  Thereafter, the rotating device 47B is operated to start removing the unnecessary portion of the rod 10, and the unnecessary movement of the rotating device 47B is caused by the spring 56 relative to the lifting device 47A. An amount (distance L in FIG. 9) is drawn to the lift 51 (see FIG. 10). As a result, the amount of cutting as set by the blade 14 can be obtained.

  Therefore, by this cutting amount setting mechanism, a constant amount of cutting amount can always be obtained for different sizes of 柿 10, and an unnecessary portion of 柿 10 can always be obtained for 柿 10 of different sizes. Since it can be supported with the necessary bearing force to remove the stencil (because it does not support 支 10 with excessive bearing force), it is possible to remove unnecessary parts reliably and without damaging 柿 10. Will be done.

  Hereinafter, the peeling process of the bag 10 in this machine will be specifically described.

  First, the fruit is placed on the fruit placing part 4 on the rotary table 17 according to the pre-processing apparatus 3 so that the top part with the part 10c on which the peel 10 is to be peeled faces upward. At this time, the basket 10 is supported by a plurality of fruit supports 7 provided on the fruit mounting portion 4, so that it is reliably prevented from swinging and tilting even if the rotary table 17 vibrates. . Further, the rotary table 17 is intermittently rotated by about 90 °, and the cocoon 10 placed on the fruit placing unit 4 is sent to the lower side of the removing unit 15 related to the pre-processing device 3 to be moved up and down. As a result, the fruit placing portion 4 is raised, so that the blade body 14 and the abutting body 24 are pressed against and brought into contact with the heel portion 10c of the bowl 10. At this time, when the upper part of the cocoon 10 is pressed by the pressing mechanism 16 by being pressed by the pressing mechanism 16 including the blade body 14a and the contact body 24, the load on the load receiving portion 5 related to the fruit support 7 is increased. Accordingly, the pressing force at the pressing portion 6 increases, and the sharp protrusions 13 and 20 provided at the load receiving portion 5 and the pressing portion 6 are inserted into the skin 10a.

  Subsequently, when the blade body 14 and the contact body 24 are pressed and contacted with the heel portion 10c of the cocoon 10, the up-and-down rotation arm 48 is rotated and the fruit placing portion 4 rotates, and the heel portion of the heel 10 is rotated. 10 and its peripheral part are flattened by the blade 14 and the skin is removed in a ring shape when viewed from the plane direction, and the pre-processing step of the ridge 10 in the pre-processing apparatus 3 is thus completed (finishing blade) Resection with body 15 is also performed.) At this time, even if vibration or a load is applied to the cocoon 10, since it is firmly supported by the fruit support body 7 and the pressing mechanism 16, the inclination of the cocoon 10 is surely prevented, so The removal work of the part 10c is performed.

  Subsequently, after the process in the pre-processing apparatus 3 is completed, when the rotary table 17 is further rotated by about 180 ° (90 ° rotation is twice), the lifting / lowering arm 46 is lifted and is previously waiting on the upper side. The suction part 42 of the suction part 42 according to 2 is adsorbed satisfactorily in a state where it is in contact with the removal part 15 (ring-like processed part as seen from the flat and planar direction) of the flange 10 at the tip surface of the annular member 43. The rotating base 37 related to the conveying device 2 is horizontally rotated by about 90 ° in a state in which the scissors 10 are adsorbed, and the scissors 10 are arranged in the vicinity of the skinning blade body 8 of the skin removing device 1. At this time, the blade member 12 of the skinning blade body 8 is in contact with the skin 10a of the flange 10 with a predetermined contact angle and a predetermined pressing force.

  Subsequently, when the rotating arm 41 is rotated and the blade mounting body 34 is moved on a semicircular orbit when viewed from the front direction, the tip portion is removed from the removal portion 10d of the scissors 10 removed in the pre-processing device 3. The skin 10a is spirally peeled off to complete the skinning process (the skinning operation in the skin removal device 1 is performed from the position slightly deviating from the removal site 10d in the pre-processing device 3). You may do it.)

  Subsequently, after the skin peeling process in the epidermis removing apparatus 1 is completed, the suction action on the heel 10 in the suction section 42 is released, and the already peeled heel 10 is introduced into the collection site.

  The above process is sequentially repeated to perform the peeling work of the bag 10.

  Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, for example, even when vibration is applied to the fruit mounting unit 4 when the basket 10 is moved, the basket 10 mounted on the fruit mounting unit 4 swings and tilts. In addition, when the unnecessary portion is removed by the removing unit 15, the cocoon 10 placed on the fruit placing unit 4 may swing and tilt even if vibration or load is applied to the cocoon 10. It will be surely prevented. In addition, due to the above-described structure, the state of being supported by the fruit support 7 can be easily released simply by lifting the basket 10, for example.

  Further, in this embodiment, since the pressing mechanism 16 is configured by providing the blade body 14 provided in the removing portion 15 so as to press and contact the upper portion of the flange 10, the structure is extremely efficient.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the pressing portion 6 is configured by providing the fruit pressing surface 6a on the inner surface of the rotating body 11 that is provided on the fruit support 7 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. As a matter of course, it is possible to release the support to the heel 10 which is performed by raising the heel 10.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the pressing portion 6 is provided with the sharp projecting portion 13 that is inserted into the scissors 10, even better support of the scissors 10 is performed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the sharp protrusion 13 is set to a protrusion degree that is the same as or close to the thickness of the skin 10a of the ridge 10, it is possible to reliably prevent a reduction in the commercial value of the ridge 10.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the bag 10 is transferred to the skin removing device 1, the predetermined portion of the bag 10 is pre-processed into a predetermined shape by the pre-processing device 3 before the transfer in the transfer device 2. Ten skinning operations will be performed efficiently.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the bag 10 is transferred by the transfer device 2, since the bag 10 is held and transferred by the suction means by the suction unit 42 provided in the transfer device 2, the transferred bag 10 is damaged. It can be conveyed to the skin removing device 1 without any problems.

  Further, in this embodiment, before the transport in the transport device 2, the heel 10 and the peripheral portion thereof are removed by the pre-processing device 3 in advance. Since this type of machine automatically performs skinning on the heel 10 c and the peripheral part of the heel 10 which are difficult to peel off, the skin of the heel 10 is peeled off together with the skin removing device 1. Since the stripping work is efficiently performed on the part that needs to be stripped, the removal part 10d of the scissors 10 in the pre-processing apparatus 3 becomes a part that sucks and holds the scissors 10 by the suction part 42. Thus, the suction action by the suction portion 42 provided in the transport device 2 can be further improved.

  That is, for example, when the heel 10 that has not been subjected to any pre-processing is structured to be sucked by the suction portion 42, the contact surface of the suction portion 42 is the heel portion 10c of the heel 10, particularly the leaf of the heel portion 10c. The part that comes into contact with the skin 10a of the heel 10 and the part that does not come into contact with the heel 10 can be formed, or the shape of the heel 10 is different (has an uneven shape), so Good suction action is not exhibited, such as being in contact with the part, and the heel 10 cannot be sucked, or even if it can be sucked, the heel 10 will fall from the suction part 42 during transport or peeling However, according to the present embodiment, the portion where the suction part 42 abuts is removed in advance, and the removal site 10d is flat. With the abutment surface in good abutment, the sputum 10 can be aspirated and a reliable suction action is demonstrated. Will, therefore, enables the transport of good persimmon 10 in the conveying device 2, in turn, it will be able to improve dramatically efficiency.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the suction part 42 is provided with a blowing structure for blowing out sucked matter such as sibs and debris, the sucked object such as shibs and debris sucked by the suction part 42 can be blown out. Due to the structure, it is possible to prevent the suction force in the suction part 42 from being reduced or broken as much as possible.

  Further, in this embodiment, the skin removal device 1 and the pre-processing device 3 are provided with an unnecessary material removal structure for removing unnecessary materials such as the skin 10a attached by the skin processing unit, and therefore the skin that is continuously formed. Even more efficient work can be performed without any hindrance to the stripping work.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the specific configuration of each component can be designed as appropriate.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Skin removal apparatus 2 Conveyance apparatus 3 Pre-processing apparatus 4 Fruit mounting part 5 Load receiving part 6 Press part 6a Fruit press surface 7 Fruit support body
10 fruit
10a epidermis
11 Rotating body
13 Sharp projection
14 Blade
15 Removal section
16 Pressing mechanism

Claims (7)

  A removal device for removing an unnecessary part of a fruit comprising a fruit placement part for placing a fruit and a removal part for removing an unnecessary part of the fruit placed on the fruit placement part, wherein the fruit placement part When a fruit is placed on a load receiving part that receives the load of the fruit, and a part that is operated by receiving a load at the load receiving part to make a peripheral surface of the fruit and above the part where the load receiving part abuts. A plurality of fruit support bodies each having a pressing part that presses and abuts are provided on the fruit placing part, and when removing unnecessary parts of the fruit by the removing part, the upper part of the fruit placed on the fruit placing part is pressed. An unnecessary portion of the fruit, characterized in that when the upper portion of the fruit is pressed by this pressing mechanism, the pressing force in the pressing portion increases as the load on the load receiving portion increases. Removal device to remove.   The fruit placing part and the removing part can be freely moved toward and away from each other, and the blade provided in the removing part is brought into contact with the fruit placed on the fruit placing part to relatively rotate the fruit and the blade. 2. The structure according to claim 1, wherein the pressing mechanism is configured such that an unnecessary portion of the fruit is removed, and a blade body provided in the removing portion is provided so as to press and contact the upper portion of the fruit. Removal device to remove unnecessary parts of fruit.   The load receiving portion as a force point portion is provided at one end side position of a fulcrum portion of a sliding body provided on the fruit placement portion so as to be freely slidable, and the pressing portion as an action point portion is provided at the other end side position of the fulcrum portion. The removing device for removing an unnecessary part of the fruit according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the fruit support body is configured by providing the fruit supporting body.   The said press part is provided with the fruit press surface in the inner surface of the rotation body provided in the said fruit support body so that rotation is possible in an up-down direction, The structure of any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. The removal apparatus which removes the unnecessary part of the described fruit.   The removing device for removing an unnecessary portion of the fruit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pressing portion is provided with a sharp protrusion that pierces the fruit.   6. The removing device for removing an unnecessary portion of a fruit according to claim 5, wherein the sharp protrusion is set to a protrusion degree that is the same as or close to a thickness of a fruit skin.   In a fruit skin removal machine comprising a skin removal device for removing fruit skin, a transport device for transporting fruit to the skin removal device, and a pre-processing device for pre-processing a predetermined part of the fruit into a predetermined shape before transport A fruit skin removal machine, wherein the pre-processing device is a removal device for removing unnecessary portions of the fruit according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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