JP2010017110A - Mushroom-processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mushroom-processing apparatus which can automate a mushroom-cutting and processing process having relied on the hand work of workers to reduce costs such as labor costs and improve productivity, when the mushrooms such as Lyophyllum aggregatum are shipped. <P>SOLUTION: The mushroom-processing apparatus for cutting off the unnecessary portions of mushrooms such as Lyophyllum aggregatum cultured in containers, includes a mushroom-carrying and conveying device 70 for detaching the mushrooms from the containers in a state that rings are attached to the root portions of the mushrooms and conveying the mushrooms together with the rings, a clamp device 30 for receiving the Lyophyllum aggregatum sequentially conveyed with the mushroom-carrying and conveying device from the mushroom-carrying and conveying device, and a cutting device 60 for cutting the unnecessary portions of the Lyophyllum aggregatum held in the clamp device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a wrinkle processing apparatus for processing wrinkles such as shimeji mushrooms and maitake mushrooms.

  Some mosses, like shimeji and maitake, have stems that diverge from the roots called “with stones” and a large number of small tufts (one with each umbrella attached to each stalk) There is something to grow.

  In recent years, bottle cultivation of such straw has been performed (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). In such bottle cultivation, a culture bottle (container) is filled with a culture medium and inoculated, and then a cultivation / harvest case (hereinafter referred to as a ring) of a cylindrical basket is fitted into the culture bottle mouth. And nurture cocoons with this ring. During harvesting, the ring is removed from the culture bottle mouth to separate the cocoon (fruit body) from the medium together with the ring.

When supplying such a shimeji to the market, it is necessary to perform a processing for storing it in a packaging bag or the like. Specifically, remove the ring from the root of the bag, cut the lower part of the root (unnecessary part) substantially flat so that the shape of the root is aligned, and store the shimeji with the aligned root in a packaging bag, etc. To do. Moreover, after excising the whole root part, it may divide | segment for every bunches and may pack an appropriate amount of bunches.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-178891

  However, as described above, the work of removing the heel from the ring and excising a part of the root part, or excising the whole root part and dividing it into small tufts is performed manually by a large number of workers at a processing site or the like. This is the current situation, and labor costs were very high. Moreover, since such an operation is a manual operation, there is a problem in productivity.

  It is an object of the present invention to reduce costs such as labor costs and improve productivity by automating the cutting process of the reed that has relied on the manual work of the worker when shipping the reed such as shimeji. To do.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and in a cocoon processing apparatus for cutting off unnecessary portions of cocoons such as shimeji cultivated in a container, the cocoon has a ring attached to its root portion. And a ring-carrying / conveying device that conveys the bag together with the ring, a clamp device that sequentially receives the shimeji carried by the baggage-carrying / conveying device, and a image held by the clamping device. And a cutting device for cutting off unnecessary portions.

  And the said this invention is equipped with the cutting device which cuts out the unnecessary part of the image which receives the image which is sequentially conveyed with the saddle carrying-in conveying apparatus with a clamp apparatus, and is hold | maintained with this clamp apparatus, A cutting process of a image Can be realized, and cost reduction and productivity improvement can be achieved.

  The clamp device of the present invention is to convey the shimeji cut by the cutting device to the heel discharge device and discharge the shimeji. And the soot processed with the soot discharging apparatus can be conveyed to the next process.

  The clamp device according to the present invention includes a rotary disk that rotates horizontally, a plurality of clamp means that are arranged on the upper surface of the rotary disk at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and a drive means that rotates the rotary disk. And a clamping means that rotates by a rotary disk receives the image from the saddle carry-in conveying device at the receiving position, and the ring is detached from the image conveyed by the saddle carry-in conveying device, and the clamping means conveys the image conveyed to the cutting position. The unnecessary portion is to be excised with the cutting device.

  In the state where the clamp device of the present invention holds the shimeji, it is preferable that a ring detaching device for removing the ring from the shimeji is provided. In such a case, the ring can be reliably removed from the image.

  The present invention includes a clamp device that receives the images sequentially transported by the scissor transporting and transporting device from the scissor transporting and transporting device, and a cutting device that cuts out unnecessary portions of the image held by the clamp device. The cutting process can be automated, reducing costs and improving productivity.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 12 show an embodiment of a scissor processing device according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, for example, the case where the shimeji mushroom 5 is processed as the ridge is illustrated. As shown in FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b), the shimeji 5 is grown by bottle cultivation, and the shimeji 5 with the root 5b is held in the bottle mouth 6a of the culture bottle 6 as a container. A ring 7 is detachably fitted. 2A shows a state where the ring 7 is attached to the bin port 6a, and FIG. 3B shows a state where the ring 7 is removed from the bin port 6a.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the scissor processing apparatus 1 that processes the shimeji 5 transports the scissors carry-in transport apparatus 10 that transports the shimeji 5 and the shimeji 5 sequentially transported by the scissor carry-in transport apparatus 10. The clamping device 30 received from the conveying device 10, the cutting device 60 for excising a predetermined portion of the shimeji 5 held by the clamping device 30, and the soot discharging conveyance for conveying the shimeji 5 excised by the cutting device 60 to the next process Device 70.

  The 茸 carry-in / conveyance device 10 includes a supply pallet conveyor device that conveys the shimeji 5, and the supply pallet conveyor device 10 is a sprocket 13 a that is rotatably supported at both ends of the machine base 11 in the longitudinal direction (symmetry conveyance direction). , 13b and an endless belt-like chain 15; a motor 16 as a driving means for rotating the sprockets 13a and 13b so as to circulate and rotate the chain 15; A plurality of supply pallets 17 are provided.

  The supply pallet 17 is formed with an opening 17a into which the ring 7 covering the root 5b of the shimeji 5 is fitted from above. In this way, the ring 7 conveyed by the supply pallet 17 is lifted by the lifter 20 to a predetermined height position (a height position at which the clamp device 30 receives the image 5 at the receiving position A).

  The lifter 20 is provided with a jig 22 for holding the ring 7 from below at the upper end of a rod 21 in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 6, the jig 22 has a plurality of engaging claws 22b erected at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the disk 22a on the upper surface of the disk 22a to which the rod 21 is connected. And the small diameter part 7a provided in the lower part of the ring 7 is mounted while being fitted in the engaging claw 22b.

  Further, a plurality of lifters 20 operate in conjunction with the supply pallet 17 at a predetermined pitch. That is, while circulating and moving below the supply pallet 17 at the same speed as the conveyance speed of the supply pallet 17, the image 5 and the ring 7 on the supply pallet 17 approaching the clamp device 30 are raised to a predetermined height position. 30 descends after clamping the image 5.

  The lift operation of each lifter 20 is performed by a cam mechanism. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the lifter 20 includes a cam follower 25 that moves along the cam groove 3 a of the cam 3 fixed to the machine base 11, and a ring 7 that is conveyed by the supply pallet 17. It is configured to move up and down while circulating at the same pitch.

  The clamping device 30 includes a rotary disk 31 disposed on the downstream side of the supply pallet conveyor apparatus 10 and horizontally on one side thereof, and a plurality of clamps 30 disposed on the upper surface of the rotary disk 31 and at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. And a motor 35 as a drive means for rotating the rotary disk 31 (see FIG. 2).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the clamp means 32 has an operating portion 36 fixed to the upper surface of the rotary disk 31. The operating portion 36 includes clampers 37, 37, 38, 38 made of a pair of left and right arc plates. However, it protrudes in the radial direction of the rotary disk 31. The clampers 37, 37, 38, 38 can be opened and closed in the horizontal direction by the operating portion 36.

  In the present embodiment, the clampers 37, 37, 38, 38 are provided in two upper and lower stages spaced from each other, and the upper and lower clampers 37, 37, 38, 38 are paired with each other built in the operating unit 36. An air cylinder (not shown) is opened and closed independently. A valve (not shown) for supplying or exhausting air to the air cylinder of each operating unit 36 is disposed on the rotary disk 31.

  Therefore, for example, when the clamp 5 is clamped, the upper clampers 37 and 37 are closed first to clamp the image 5, and the clamper 32 is moved down a predetermined time after the upper clampers 37 and 37 are closed. The clampers 38 and 38 are configured to close. The upper and lower clampers 37, 37, 38, 38 can be opened and closed simultaneously. The upper and lower clampers 37 and 38 can be closed by a cylinder, and the upper and lower clampers 37, 37, 38, and 38 can be opened by a spring (not shown).

  Above the clamp means 32, an upper cover 40 that covers the upper portion (umbrella portion 5a) of the shimeji 5 is provided. As shown in FIG. 6, the upper cover 40 is formed of a short cylindrical body having an open lower surface, and one end of a connecting member 41 formed of a substantially L-shaped plate material is connected to the upper cover 40. The other end of the connecting member 41 is rotatable about a stay 43 erected on the upper surface of the operating portion 36 with a lateral support shaft 44 as a fulcrum. Therefore, the upper cover 40 can be moved up and down between the horizontal position and the raised position by the rotation of the connecting member 41.

  A spring 45 is connected between the bracket 41b projecting from the connecting member 41 and the operating portion 36, and the connecting member 41 maintains the upper cover 40 in the raised position by the elastic force of the spring 45. Can do. Further, the engaging member 39 provided on the upper clamper 37 pushes the pushing piece 41a provided on the other side of the connecting member 41 when the upper clampers 37 and 37 are closed. Against this, the connecting member 41 rotates and the upper cover 40 descends to a horizontal position. Thus, the upper cover 40 is configured to move up and down in conjunction with the opening and closing operations of the clampers 37 and 37.

  Further, the clamp device 30 is provided with a ring removing device 50 for forcibly removing the ring 7 from the image 5 clamped by the upper clamper 37. As shown in FIGS. 2, 9 and 10, the ring removing device 50 is provided on both sides of the ring 7 conveyed by the supply pallet 17 and is rotatably supported on the machine base 11 side. A ring removal piece 52 protruding from the rotary shaft 51 toward the center of the supply pallet 17 and detaching the ring 7 downward from above; a spring 55 connected to a connection piece 53 extending from the rotary shaft 51; And a cylinder 56 for pushing out the connecting piece 53.

  Then, immediately after the upper clamper 37 is closed and clamped, the ring removal device 50 rotates the rotary shaft 51 so that the ring removal piece 52 rotates downward. It is a structure which moves and presses the upper surface of the ring 7 downward. Since the lower clampers 38 and 38 are open to each other when the ring removing device 50 is in operation, the ring removing piece 52 is not obstructed when the ring 7 is pushed down. Further, the rotary shaft 51 is rotated in the opposite direction by the spring 55, and the ring removal piece 52 is restored.

  The cutting device 60 is provided on the downstream side of the clamping device 30 (one side of the machine base 11). The cutting device 60 includes a rotary cutter 61 that rotates horizontally and a motor 62 that rotates the rotary cutter 61 so as to horizontally cut a part of the root portion 5 b of the shimeji 5.

  The culm discharge transport device 70 includes a root discharge conveyor device 71 that transports the unnecessary portion 5c cut by the rotary cutter 61, and a shimeji discharge conveyor device 73 that transports the shimeji 5 as a product.

  The scissor processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration. Next, an operation for cutting the unnecessary portion 5c of the shimeji 5 using the scissor processing apparatus 1 will be described.

  First, the shimeji mushroom 5 with the root portion 5b integrated with the ring 7 removed from the culture bottle 6 shown in FIG. 12 is set on the supply pallet 17 that circulates (see FIG. 8). That is, each ring 7 is inserted into the opening 17 a of the supply pallet 17, and the cylindrical portion 7 c provided on the upper portion of the ring 7 is placed on the supply pallet 17 from above. As a result, the shimeji 5 and the ring 7 are stably conveyed sequentially on the supply pallet 17 at a predetermined interval.

  Further, the lifter 20 also circulates in conjunction with the supply pallet 17, and the lifter 20 gradually rises by the link mechanism from the lowered position of the imaginary line shown in FIG. Then, the lifter 20 lifts the ring 7 to a predetermined height in the clamping device 30 and positions the shimeji 5 (see FIG. 9).

  The rotary disk 31 is controlled to rotate in the arrow direction shown in FIG. 1 at a predetermined speed in conjunction with the conveyance of the supply pallet 17. Moreover, when the upper and lower clampers 37, 37, 38, 38 are opened, the upper clampers 37, 37 are first closed by the operation of the operating portion 36, and the predetermined portion of the positioned shimeji 5 is clamped.

  Further, in conjunction with the closing operation of the upper clampers 37, 37, the connecting member 41 is rotated, and the upper cover 40 covers the upper part of the image 5 clamped by the upper clampers 37, 37 from above (FIGS. 7 and 9). reference).

  When the upper clampers 37 and 37 clamp the image 5, the lifter 20 is lowered and air is discharged from the cylinder 56 of the ring removing device 50, and the spring 55 quickly rotates the rotating shaft 51. The rotation of the rotary shaft 51 causes the ring removal piece 52 to rotate downward, and the ring removal piece 52 pushes the ring 7 downward. With this ring removal piece 52, the ring 7 held by the lifter 20 is detached from the squeegee 5, and is again placed on the supply pallet 17 and conveyed (see FIG. 10). The ring 7 falls when the supply pallet 17 is reversed at one end of the machine base 11 and is appropriately recovered. A sensor 75 such as a photoelectric tube for detecting whether or not the ring 7 is detached from the image 5 is provided on the downstream side of the receiving position.

  On the other hand, the lower clamps 38 and 38 are closed while being rotated by the rotary disk 31, and the shimeji 5 held by the upper clampers 37 and 37 is also clamped by the lower clamps 38 and 38. In this manner, the upper and lower clampers 37, 37, 38, 38 hold the upper and lower clampers 37, and the upper part is covered with the upper cover 40, so that the shimeji 5 is conveyed by the upper and lower clampers 37, 37, 38, 38. Is stable.

  The rotary disk 31 further rotates, and conveys the image 5 to the cutting device 60 (cutting position B). At the cutting position B, when the upper and lower clampers 37, 37, 38, 38 pass above the rotary cutter 61 that rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1, the root 5b of the shimeji 5 is cut horizontally (see FIG. 11). ). Since the shimeji 5 is clamped by the upper and lower clampers 37, 37, 38, 38, the holding thereof is stable and reliable, and the excision can be reliably performed. The removed unnecessary portion 5 c is dropped and discharged by the root discharge conveyor device 71.

  When the upper and lower clamps 37, 37, 38, 38 are simultaneously opened at the discharge position C, the shimeji 5 that has passed through the rotary cutter 61 falls and is conveyed to the next process by the shimeji discharge conveyor device 73. The next process is a weighing process or a bagging process.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the rotary cutter 61 cuts the root 5 b of the shimeji 5, but as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 11, the upper and lower clampers 37, 37, 38, 38 and the rotary cutter 61 It is also possible to cut the entire root portion 5b by adjusting the relative height. In such a case, the shimeji 5 is divided into small bunches 5d, and the divided bunches 5d can be packaged.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, it is also possible to attach substantially half-divided cylindrical covers 75, 75 to the upper surfaces of the upper clampers 37, 37, respectively. Such a cover 75, 75 can protect the image 5 from both sides. Therefore, by covering substantially the whole of the image 5 with the covers 75 and 75 and the upper cover 40, the image 5 can be effectively prevented from scattering.

  In the above embodiment, the ring removing device 50 is provided. However, when the ring 7 is fitted to the jig 22 of the lifter 20 with a predetermined frictional resistance, the ring 7 is lowered by the lowering of the lifter 20. It is also possible to disengage from the image 5. In such a case, the ring removing device 50 is not necessarily provided.

It is a perspective view which shows the outline of the scissor processing apparatus of this invention. It is a top view which shows the principal part outline of the same coffin processing apparatus. It is a top view which shows the whole coffin processing apparatus. It is a front view which shows the whole coffin processing apparatus. It is a side view of the coffin processing apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the clamp apparatus of the same coffin processing apparatus. It is a side view which shows the clamp apparatus of the same coffin processing apparatus. It is sectional drawing which conveys a shimeji with the supply pallet conveyor apparatus of the same coffin processing apparatus. It is sectional drawing which clamped the shimeji with the clamp means of the same coffin processing apparatus. It is sectional drawing of the state which removed the ring from the shimeji clamped with the clamp means of the same coffin processing apparatus. It is sectional drawing of the state which cuts out the unnecessary part of the shimeji clamped with the clamp means of the same coffin processing apparatus with a rotary cutter. The state which grew the shimeji mushroom with the culture bottle is shown, (a) is a figure showing the state where the ring was attached to the bottle mouth, and (b) is the figure showing the state where the ring was removed from the bottle mouth. FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a perspective view of the clamper opened, and (b) is a front view of the clamper closed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Spear processing apparatus 5 Shimeji 5a Umbrella part 5b Root part 5c Unnecessary part 5d Small chamber 6 Culture bottle (container)
7 Ring 10 Supply pallet conveyor device
11 Machine base 17 Supply pallet 20 Lifter 21 Rod 22 Jig 30 Clamp device 31 Rotary disk 32 Clamp means 35 Motor (drive means)
36 Actuator 37 Clamper 38 Clamper 50 Ring removal device 60 Cutting device 70 茸 Discharge transport device A Receiving position B Cutting position

Claims (5)

In a cocoon processing device that cuts out unnecessary parts of cocoons such as shimeji cultivated in a container,
The bag is removed from the container with a ring attached to the root portion thereof, and a bag carrying-in and conveying device that transfers the bag together with the ring, and a shimeji that is sequentially carried by the bag carrying-in and conveying device are transferred from the bag carrying-in and conveying device. A scissor processing device comprising: a receiving clamp device; and a cutting device for excising an unnecessary portion of a shimeji held by the clamp device.   2. The scissor processing device according to claim 1, wherein the clamp device transports the shimeji cut by the cutting device to the scissor discharge device and discharges the shimeji.   3. The scissor processing device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping device includes a rotary disk that rotates horizontally, and a plurality of clamping means that are arranged on the upper surface of the rotary disk at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. And a driving means for rotating the rotary disk, the clamping means rotating by the rotary disk receives the shimeji from the hoe carrying-in and conveying device at the receiving position, and the ring is detached from the shimeji carried by the hoe-loading and conveying device, An unnecessary portion of the shimeji conveyed to the cutting position by the clamping means is cut out by the cutting device.   4. The scissor processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the cutting device includes a rotary cutter that rotates horizontally so as to cut the shimeji horizontally, and a driving unit that rotates the rotary cutter. Characteristic scissors processing device.   The scissor processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a ring removing device that removes the ring from the shimeji while the clamp device holds the shimeji.

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