JP2012250321A - Scarificator for root vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve productivity in a scarificator for root vegetables such as potato, carrot, cucumber, etc.SOLUTION: A rotary disk 11 includes setting, detection and split positions 1 to 7, and it includes chuck claws 21A and 21B. Detection stations 2 and 3 include a detection means 80 comprised of length, height and width detection parts 81, 85 and 95, and split stations 4-7 include blade means 110A-110D, and then the rotary disk includes a chuck claw opening/closing means 20 for opening/closing the chuck claw, as well as a pushing-out means 40 for pushing out root vegetables among the chuck claws 21A-21D to the side of the blade means 110A-110D. Above the rotary disk, pushing-out means driving parts 60A-60D for operating a pushing-out means 40 is provided and a control means 120 is provided to calculate the size of root vegetables from measurement data detected by the detection means 80 and to drive the pushing-out means driving part in a manner to push root vegetables to the blade means 110A-110D for splitting the vegetables.

Description

  The present invention relates to a machine for cutting root vegetables such as potato, carrot and cucumber.

  For example, Patent Document 1 is cited as a root crop breaker. This apparatus is provided with a chuck means for chucking the upper periphery of root vegetables, a chuck rotation driving means for intermittently rotating the chuck means, and an inclination with respect to the root vegetables chucked by the chuck means. A cutter, a cutter driving means for driving the cutter, a pair of center leading plates for sandwiching root vegetables directly above the cutter, a center leading plate driving means for opening and closing the center leading plate, and the cutter And a blade support frame for holding the centering plate and a blade support frame driving means for driving the blade support frame up and down.

  Further, the blade support frame has an end detection sensor for detecting an end of the root vegetables chucked by the chuck means, and an outer diameter detection sensor for detecting the movement amount of the centering plate, The length of the root vegetables is calculated from the edge detection signal from the edge detection sensor with the portion immediately below the chuck claw as a reference, and the detection signal of the reference portion and the edge of the root vegetable are calculated by the outer diameter detection sensor. Based on the detection signal, the outer diameter of the root vegetable is calculated, and the rising amount of the blade support frame is controlled in accordance with the outer diameter of the portion to be cut.

JP 2007-30000 A

  In the above prior art, in the set position where root vegetables are set, the root vegetable chucking process, the first detection process for detecting root vegetables, the second clamping process for closing the center plate and clamping the root vegetables, A third cutting step for reciprocating and cutting root vegetables, a fourth centering plate opening and closing step for opening the center leading plate, and a fifth rotation driving step for rotationally driving the root vegetables are performed. Thereafter, the second to fifth steps are repeated a plurality of times to cut one root vegetable.

  As described above, since a large number of processes are obtained in the root vegetable set position and one root vegetable is cut randomly, there is a problem that it takes a lot of time and productivity is poor.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a root vegetable slicing machine capable of improving productivity.

  According to claim 1 of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problem, the size of the root vegetables is sequentially increased along the rotation direction of the rotating disk from the set position for setting the root vegetables on the rotating disk that is rotationally driven. A detection station for detecting, and a plurality of dividing stations for dividing root vegetables are provided at least, and a pair of chuck claws for chucking root vegetables are provided at equal angles at least in the number of the stations on the rotating disk. The detection station is provided with detection means including a length detection unit for detecting the length of the root vegetables, a height detection unit for detecting the height, and a width detection unit for detecting the width. Each of the dividing stations is provided with blade means having a different number of blades for dividing the root vegetables, and the rotating disk is detected from the set position on the back surface of the rotating disk. A chuck claw opening / closing means for closing the chuck claw while moving to the station and driving the chuck claw to open while moving from the detection station to the division station is provided on the rotating disk, Extruding means for extruding root vegetables between the chuck claws to the blade means side is provided inside the pair of chuck claws, and the pushing means corresponding to the blade means is provided above the rotating disk. Extrusion means driving section to be operated is provided, the size of root vegetables is calculated based on the measurement data detected by the detection means, and the root vegetables are pressed against the blade means for dividing the size of the root vegetables. Control means for outputting an output signal to the pushing means driving section is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, in the first aspect, the length detection unit includes a chuck claw detection sensor for detecting a position of the chuck claw and a detection for the rotating disk. A reference part detection sensor for detecting a reference part, and the height detection part has a height detection sensor for detecting a movement amount of a vertically moving member that moves up and down in contact with an upper surface of a root vegetable. The width detection unit includes a width detection sensor that detects the amount of movement of the side surface moving member that moves along the side surface of the root vegetable.

  A third aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problem is that in the first or second aspect, the control means calculates the size of root vegetables based on the measurement data detected by the detection means. A circuit, a division reference data memory storing a plurality of reference data to be divided in advance, and the measurement data calculated by comparing the measurement data calculated by the volume calculation circuit with the reference data stored in the division reference data memory And a comparison circuit for outputting an output signal to the pushing means driving unit so as to push the root vegetables to the blade means corresponding to the size of the cutting tool.

  A fourth aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is characterized in that, in the first aspect, the blade in the blade means is arranged to be inclined so as to obliquely cut root vegetables. .

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the root vegetables are randomly cut every time they are set on the rotating disk and rotated by one station, and the root vegetables are pushed at once by the pushing means, so that the productivity is extremely high. . In addition, the length (height) and width of the root vegetables are detected to calculate the volume (size) of the root vegetables, and the number to be divided by the blade means is determined according to the size. Random cuts can be made.

It is a top view of the state which showed one Embodiment of the root vegetables random cut machine of this invention, and remove | excluded the top plate. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is an enlarged view of the left half part of FIG. It is the back view which looked at the chuck nail opening and closing means from the back side of the rotating disk. The enlarged view of the chuck nail drive part of the chuck nail opening-and-closing means of FIG. 4 is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view. The enlarged view of an extrusion means is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is sectional drawing of (b). The enlarged view of a height detection part is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a left view, (c) is a top view of (b). The enlarged view of a width | variety detection part is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a right view, (c) is a top view of (a). The blade means for 5 divisions is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, and (c) is a plan view. The blade means for 4 divisions is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, and (c) is a plan view. The blade means for three divisions is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, and (c) is a plan view. The blade means for two divisions is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, and (c) is a plan view. It is a block diagram which shows a control means.

  An embodiment of a root vegetable random cut machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Hereinafter, the case where it applies to the potato W divided into 4 as root vegetables is demonstrated. In this embodiment, eight stations 1 to 8 are provided along a rotating disk 11 described later. That is, detection stations 2 and 3 for detecting the volume (size) of the potato W sequentially from the set position 1 for setting the potato W along the rotation direction of the rotating disk 11, and a dividing station for dividing (randomly cutting) the potato W. 4 to 7 and the spare station 8 are provided at an equal angle.

  The present embodiment mainly has the following configuration. On the upper and lower portions of the rotating disk 11 on which the potato W is placed, a rotating disk driving means 10 (FIGS. 1, 3 and 5) for driving the rotating disk 11 and a pair of later described chucking the potato W. Chuck claw opening / closing means 20 (FIGS. 1 to 6) for opening and closing the chuck claws 21A and 21B, and pushing means 40 for extruding the potato W located between the chuck claws 21A and 21B to the blade means 110A to 110D (described later). 1 to 4, 7), push-out means driving units 60 </ b> A to 60 </ b> D (FIGS. 1 to 4) that drive the push-out means 40, and push-out means restricting portions 70 (FIGS. 4). Further, on the outside of the outer periphery of the rotating disk 11, detection means 80 (FIGS. 1 to 4, 8, and 9) for detecting the volume of the potato W, and blade means 110A to 110D for dividing (randomly cutting) the potato W (FIG. 1, FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, FIG. 10 to FIG. 13) and a control unit 120 (FIG. 14) that outputs an extrusion signal to the corresponding extrusion unit 40 based on the detection data detected by the detection unit 80. It has been.

[Structure of Rotating Disk Driving Unit 10] (FIGS. 1, 3, and 5)
Four support columns (not shown) are fixed on the four corners of the base plate 12, and a top plate 13 is fixed to the upper ends of the support plates. A support shaft 14 is fixed substantially at the center of the base plate 12 and the top plate 13, and the rotating disk 11 is rotatably supported at the center of the support shaft 14 via a bearing. A ring-shaped gear 15 is fixed to the lower surface of the rotating disk 11, and a gear 16 is engaged with the gear 15. The gear 16 is fixed to the output shaft of the motor 17, and the motor 17 is fixed to a motor support plate 18 fixed to the top plate 13. FIG. 5 shows only a part of the gear 15.

[Structure of Chuck Claw Opening / Closing Means 20] (See FIGS. 1 to 6, especially FIGS. 5 and 6)
On the rotating disk 11, a pair of chuck claws 21A and 21B for chucking the potato W are provided at eight equal angles corresponding to eight stations. Guide holes 11a and 11a for guiding the opening and closing of the chuck claws 21A and 21B are formed in the rotating disk 11, and the chuck claws 21A and 21B pass through the guide holes 11a and 11a and the pawl support blocks 22 and 22 are formed. Is fixed. A support shaft 23 is fixed to the back surface of the rotating disk 11 between the chuck claws 21A and 21B, and a pinion 24 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 23. On both sides of the pinion 24, racks 25A and 25B fixed to the claw support blocks 22 and 22 mesh. One outer rack 25B is formed with a length detection detector 25a protruding downward.

  The other inner rack 25A has a tooth portion 25b formed on the surface opposite to the pinion 24, and a fan-shaped gear 30 is engaged with the tooth portion 25b. The gear 30 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 31 fixed to the back surface of the rotating disk 11. A movable lever 32 is fixed to the gear 30, and a roller 33 is rotatably supported on the movable lever 32. A chuck opening / closing cam 34 is fixed to the base plate 12 at a position corresponding to the movable lever 32, and the movable lever 32 has a spring 35 (not shown) so that the roller 33 is pressed against the chuck opening / closing cam 34. ). The chuck opening / closing cam 34 has a small diameter 34a from the set position 1 where the potato W is set and the detection station 2 to the detection station 3, and a large diameter 34b from the dividing stations 4 to 7 to the set position 1 through the spare station 8. It has become. Here, when the roller 33 is in contact with the large diameter 34b, the chuck claws 21A and 21B are in a largely open state.

[Structure of Extruder 40] (See FIGS. 1 to 4, FIG. 7, and particularly FIG. 7)
Eight extruding means 40 are arranged on the rotating disk 11 at equal angular intervals (45 degrees in this embodiment) so as to be movable back and forth between the pair of chuck claws 21A and 21B. A box-shaped support frame 41 whose upper side is open is fixed on the rotating disk 11, and an extrusion frame 42 whose lower side is open is disposed above the support frame 41 so as to cover the support frame 41. Yes. A spring holding plate 43 is fixed to the back surface of the extrusion frame 42. Two guide rods 44 are fixed to the front plate portion 42a and the rear plate 42b in front of the extrusion frame 42, and the guide rods 44 are slidably fitted into the support frame 41 and the spring holding plate 43. . A compression spring 45 is disposed in the portion of the guide bar 44 between the rear plate 41 a of the support frame 41 and the spring holding plate 43. Thereby, the pushing frame 42 is urged toward the chuck claws 21 </ b> A and 21 </ b> B by the urging force of the compression spring 45. A support shaft 46 is fixed to the upper surface of the extrusion frame 42, and a roller 47 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 46.

  The rear plate 42b of the extrusion frame 42 is provided with a support portion 42c extending rearward. A support shaft 51 is fixed to the support portion 42c, and a roller 52 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 51. . As shown in FIG. 2, an engagement lever 53 is engaged with the roller 52, and the engagement lever 53 is rotatably supported by a support plate (not shown) fixed to the rotating disk 11. The engaging lever 53 is formed with a rising portion 53b (see FIG. 3). The engagement lever 53 is biased by a spring 55 so that the engagement lever 53 engages with the roller 52. Here, an inclined surface 53c is formed on the surface of the engagement lever 53 on the side of the pushing frame 42.

[Structure of Extruding Means Driving Units 60A to 60D] (See FIGS. 1 to 3)
Four pushing means driving units 60A to 60D are provided so as to drive the pushing means 40 in the dividing stations 4 to 7, respectively. A solenoid support plate 61 is fixed on the top plate 13 via a support, and an electromagnetic solenoid 62 is fixed to the solenoid support plate 61 vertically. A lever 63 extending above the rising portion 53 b of the engagement lever 53 is fixed to the operating rod of the electromagnetic solenoid 62. An action rod 64 that acts on the rising portion 53 b of the engagement lever 53 is fixed to the lever 63. Normally, the operation rod of the electromagnetic solenoid 62 protrudes upward, and the action rod 64 does not act on the rising portion 53 b of the engagement lever 53.

[Structure of push-out means restricting portion 70] (see FIGS. 1 and 4)
In the set position 1 and the detection stations 2 and 3, the arc-shaped first cam 71 to which the roller 47 of the pushing means 40 comes into pressure contact is arranged so that the pushing frame 42 of the pushing means 40 is not positioned between the chuck claws 21 </ b> A and 21 </ b> B. It extends from the set position 1 to the front of the dividing station 4. In the four division stations 4 to 7, the second cam 72 is provided with a gap through which the roller 47 can pass. That is, the second cams 72 are disposed between the dividing station 4 and the dividing station 5, between the dividing station 5 and the dividing station 6, and between the dividing station 6 and the dividing station 7, respectively. A third cam 73 is disposed between the dividing station 7 and the spare station 8, and the third cam 73 is formed short. The dividing station 7 side is located between the dividing station 7 and the set position 1 so that the pushing means 40 is operated and the pushing frame 42 located between the chuck claws 21A and 21B is moved away from the chuck claws 21A and 21B. A fourth cam 74 that is located outside the third cam 73 and has the same inner diameter as the first cam 71 on the set position 1 side is disposed. The first cam 71 to the fourth cam 74 are fixed to the lower surface of the top plate 13 via a support column. Here, the inner diameters of the first cam 71 to the third cam 73 and the inner diameter of the fourth cam 7 on the set station 1 side are sized to maintain the state in which the roller 52 is engaged.

[Detection means 80 structure] (See FIGS. 1 to 4, 8, and 9)
This embodiment includes a length detection unit 81 that detects the length of the potato W, a height detection unit 85 that detects the height, and a width detection unit 95 that detects the width.
First, the length detection unit 81 will be described. (See Figs. 1-5)
On the outer periphery of the rotating disk 11, eight detection notches 11b are formed at equal angles between the stations 1-8. Between the detection station 2 and the detection station 3, a chuck claw detection sensor 82 and a reference portion detection sensor 83 are fixed on the base plate 12 on the detection station 2 side via a support plate (not shown). The chuck claw detection sensor 82 is arranged to detect the detection notch 11b of the rotating disk 11, and the reference portion detection sensor 83 is arranged to detect the length detection detection unit 25a of the rack 25B. It is installed.

Next, the height detection unit 85 will be described. (See FIGS. 1 and 8, especially FIG. 8)
A height detection frame 86 is fixed to the lower surface of the motor support plate 18 between the detection station 2 and the detection station 3, and a support shaft 87 is rotatably supported on the height detection frame 86. Yes. A roller lever 88 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 87, and a height detection roller 89 is rotatably supported on the tip of the roller lever 88. Here, the height detection roller 89 is disposed so as to come into contact with the upper surface of the potato W chucked by the chuck claws 21A and 21B by its own weight. A height detection plate 90 extending upward is fixed to the roller lever 88, and the outer periphery of the height detection plate 90 is formed in a comb-teeth shape. Two height detection sensors 91 each comprising a projector and a light receiver are disposed on both sides corresponding to the comb teeth of the height detection plate 90, and the height detection sensor 91 is a height detection frame. It is fixed to a support plate 92 fixed to 86. Here, the vertical height of the height is detected by the two height detection sensors 91.

Next, the width detection unit 95 will be described. (See FIG. 1, FIG. 5 and FIG. 9, especially FIG. 9)
The width detector 95 has substantially the same structure as the height detector 85. A width detection frame body 96 is fixed to the height detection frame body 86 of the height detection unit 85, and a support shaft 97 arranged vertically is rotatably supported on the width detection frame body 96. ing. A roller lever 98 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 97, and a width detection roller 99 is rotatably supported at the tip of the roller lever 98. Here, the width detection roller 99 is disposed so as to contact the side surface of the potato W chucked by the chuck claws 21A and 21B. On the opposite side of the roller lever 98 from the width detection roller 99, a spring 100 is hung on the roller lever 98 and the width detection frame 96 so that the width detection roller 99 is pressed against the potato W. A stopper 101 is provided at the end of the spring 100 of the roller lever 98 to restrict the width detection roller 99 from coming into contact with the chuck claws 21A and 21B. A width detection plate 102 is fixed to the roller lever 98, and the outer periphery of the width detection plate 102 is formed in a comb shape. Two width detection sensors 103 composed of a projector and a light receiver are disposed on both sides corresponding to the comb teeth of the width detection plate 102, and the width detection sensor 103 is fixed to the width detection frame 96. ing. Here, the two width detection sensors 103 detect the size of the width.

[Structure of the blade means 110A to 110D] (See FIGS. 1, 3 to 5, and FIGS. 10 to 13)
The present embodiment has four blade means 110A to 110D having the same structure, the blade means 110A at the dividing station 4, the blade means 110B at the dividing station 5, the blade means 110D at the dividing station 6, and the blade. The means 110D are respectively arranged in the dividing station 7. The blade means 110A to 110D have the same structure, and each blade means 110A to 110D has a different number of attached blades. As shown in FIG. 9, a lower cutter plate 113 is disposed below the upper cutter plate 112 so as to face each other, and the upper cutter plate 112 and the lower cutter plate 113 are integrally fixed by supporting columns 114 on both sides. Has been. The upper cutter plate 112 and the lower cutter plate 113 are formed with blade insertion holes so that the cutter blades 115A to 115D can be alternately and penetrated so that the potato W is obliquely divided into five equal parts. ing.

  Four blade cutters 115A to 115D are attached to the blade means 110A shown in FIG. The blade 115A and the blade 115B are fixed to the upper blade plate 112 by the blade fixing plate 116A, and the blade 115C and the blade 115D are fixed by the blade fixing plate 116B, respectively. Three blades 115A, 115B, and 115C are attached to the blade means 110B shown in FIG. The blade 115A and the blade 115B are fixed to the upper blade plate 112 by the blade fixing plate 116A, and the blade 115C is fixed by the blade fixing plate 116B, respectively. Two blades 115B and 115C are attached to the blade means 110C shown in FIG. The blade 115B is fixed to the upper blade plate 112 by the blade fixing plate 116A and the blade 115C is fixed by the blade fixing plate 116B. One blade 115B is attached to the blade means 110D shown in FIG. The blade 115B is fixed to the upper blade plate 112 by a blade fixing plate 116A. As shown in FIG. 3, the blade means 110 </ b> A to 110 </ b> D are fixed to a side plate 116 fixed to the base plate 12 and a side plate 117 fixed to the top plate 13.

[Structure of control means 120] (see FIG. 14)
The control means 120 has a volume calculation circuit 121, and the volume calculation circuit 121 is detected by the chuck claw detection sensor 82 and the reference portion detection sensor 83, and the length data calculated by the length calculation circuit 122. The size of the potato W based on the signal, the height data signal obtained by counting the detection signal of the height detection sensor 91 by the counter encoder 123, and the width data signal obtained by calculating the detection signal of the width detection sensor 103 by the counter encoder 124. Is calculated. In the division reference data memory 125, small first reference data and large fifth reference data that are not divided by the blade means 110A to 110D are set. Second reference data, third reference data, and fourth reference data are set between the first reference data and the fifth reference data. These reference data are set in advance by experiments. The measurement data calculated by the volume calculation circuit 121 is input to the comparison circuit 126, and the comparison circuit 126 compares the measurement data with the data stored in the divided reference data memory 125 to determine which range of the reference data the measurement data is in. Then, the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the pushing means driving unit 60A to 60D of the corresponding station unit is operated.

  When the measurement data is smaller than the fifth reference data and greater than or equal to the fourth reference data, the comparison circuit 126 outputs an output signal for operating the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the push-out means driving unit 60A. When the measurement data is smaller than the fourth reference data and greater than or equal to the third reference data, the comparison circuit 126 outputs an output signal for operating the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the push-out means driving unit 60B. When the measurement data is smaller than the third reference data and greater than or equal to the second reference data, the comparison circuit 126 outputs an output signal for operating the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the pushing means driving unit 60C. When the measurement data is smaller than the second reference data and greater than or equal to the first reference data, the comparison circuit 126 outputs an output signal for operating the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the push-out means driving unit 60D. If the measurement data is smaller than the first reference data and greater than or equal to the fifth reference data, the comparison circuit 126 does not output an output signal for operating the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the output means driving unit 60D.

[Other structures] (See FIGS. 3 and 4)
A plurality of rollers 140 are disposed on the lower surface of the gear 15 so as to support the load applied to the rotating disk 11, and the rollers 140 are rotatably supported on a support frame 141 fixed to the base plate 12. Has been.

  Next, the operation will be described. When the start switch is turned on, the motor 17 is activated, and the rotating disk 11 rotates to the left via the gears 16 and 15. In the set position 1, the potato W is set between the opened pair of chuck claws 21A and 21B. When the chuck claws 21A and 21B set with the potato W by the rotation of the rotating disk 11 move from the set position 1 to the detection station 2, the roller 33 moves from the large diameter 34b to the small diameter 34a along the profile of the chuck opening / closing cam 34. To do. When the roller 33 moves from the large diameter 34b to the small diameter 34a, the gear 30 rotates in the arrow direction around the support shaft 31, and the rack 25B moves in the arrow direction. When the rack 25B moves in the direction of the arrow, the rack 25A moves in the direction of the arrow through the pinion 24. When the racks 25A and 25B move in the direction of the arrow, the claw support blocks 22 and 22 move along the guide holes 11a and 11a of the rotating disk 11, and the pair of chuck claws 21A and 21B move in the closing direction, thereby chucking the potato W. To do. When the chuck claws 21A and 21B move to the detection station 3, the roller 33 moves from the small diameter 34a to the large diameter 34b along the profile of the chuck opening / closing cam 34, and the gear 30, rack 25B, and rack 25A move in the reverse manner. Then, the pair of chuck claws 21A and 21B are opened to release the potato W.

  The length, height and width of the potato W are detected while the chuck claws 21A and 21B chucking the potato W are closed and moved through the two detection stations. First, length detection will be described. Depending on the length of the potato W, the position of the rack 25B that opens and closes the chuck claws 21A and 21B, that is, the position of the length detection detector 25a changes. Since the detection notch 11b of the rotating disk 11 is unchanged, the length of the length detection detector 25a and the detection notch 11b is long when the length of the potato W is long, and the length is long when the length of the potato W is small. The length of the detection part 25a for detection and the notch 11b for detection becomes short. That is, after the length claw detecting sensor 82 detects the length detecting detector 25a, the time until the detecting notch 11b is detected by the reference part detecting sensor 83, or the rotation angle of the rotating disk 11, The length calculation circuit 122 calculates length data and inputs it to the volume calculation circuit 121.

  Next, height detection and width detection will be described. When the chuck claws 21 </ b> A and 21 </ b> B that have chucked the potato W move the detection station 2, the height detection roller 89 moves up and down according to the height of the potato W. Further, the width detection roller 99 swings according to the width of the potato W. The vertical movement of the height detection roller 89 appears as a vertical movement of the height detection plate 90 and is detected by the height detection sensor 91. The detection by the height detection sensor 91 is counted by the counter encoder 123 and input to the volume calculation circuit 121 as height data. The swing amount of the width detection roller 99 appears as a movement of the width detection plate 102 and is detected by the width detection sensor 103. The detection by the width detection sensor 103 is counted by the counter encoder 124 and input to the volume calculation circuit 121 as width data.

  The volume calculation circuit 121 calculates a volume (size) from the length data, height data, and width data. The calculated measurement data is compared with the reference data stored in the divided reference data memory 125 by the comparison circuit 126. For example, when the measurement data is smaller than the fourth reference data and greater than or equal to the third reference data, the potato W measured by the comparison circuit 126 to the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the pushing means driving unit 60B of the dividing station 5 is located in the dividing station 5. A signal is output before. Accordingly, the operating rod of the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the push-out means driving unit 60B is retracted, and the action rod 64 is lowered via the lever 63, and is located at a position where it acts on the rising portion 53b of the engagement lever 53. When the chuck claws 21 </ b> A and 21 </ b> B where the measured potato W is located come to the dividing station 5, the rising portion 53 b of the engagement lever 53 comes into pressure contact with the action rod 64. As a result, the engagement lever 53 rotates and the engagement portion 53 a of the engagement lever 53 is separated from the roller 52.

  When the roller 52 is separated from the engagement lever 53, the pushing frame 42 is advanced by the urging force of the compression spring 45, and the potato W is pushed against the blades 115A, 115B, and 115C of the blade means 110B located at the dividing station 5 by the pushing plate 42a. . Thereby, the potato W is divided into four by the three blade means 110B, the blade 115B, and the blade 115C. When the pushing frame 42 moves forward, the roller 47 is positioned outside the second cam 72 and positioned inside the fourth cam 74 from the third cam 73. While the pushing means 40 moves from the support frame 41 to the set position 1, the pushing frame 42 moves inward and returns to the original position. As a result, the roller 52 pushes the inclined surface 53 c of the engagement lever 53 against the biasing force of the spring 55, and the roller 52 engages with the engagement lever 53.

  If the measurement data is smaller than the first reference data and greater than or equal to the fifth reference data, the comparison circuit 126 does not output an output signal for operating the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the output means driving unit 60D. That is, the electromagnetic solenoid 62 of the pushing means driving units 60 </ b> A to 60 </ b> D does not operate, and the engaging portion 53 a of the engaging lever 53 remains engaged with the roller 52. Accordingly, the second cam 72 moves along the inner side of the fourth cam 74, the pair of chuck claws 21A and 21B move in the open state, the detection station 3 to the spare station 8, and the set position. Move to 1. Therefore, the non-standard potato W is removed at the spare station 8 or the set position 1.

  Thus, it is set on the rotating disk 11 and rotated by one station. (In this embodiment, the potato W is randomly cut every 45 degrees, and the pushing means 40 pushes the potato W and cuts at once. It is extremely productive and calculates the volume (size) of the potato W by detecting the length, height and width of the potato W, and divides it by the blade means 110A to 110D according to the size. Since the number is determined, random cuts with a uniform size can be performed.

  In the above embodiment, four blade means 110A to 110D are provided, but the number is not limited and may be two or more. Moreover, although the four blade means 110A-110D were arrange | positioned so that it might divide | segment from the big potato W, the order of this arrangement | positioning is not specifically limited. Moreover, although the case where the potato W divided | segmented into 4 was demonstrated in this Embodiment, the potato which is not divided | segmented may be sufficient. Needless to say, the present invention is applicable not only to potatoes but also to other root vegetables such as carrots and cucumbers.

W Potato 1 Set position 2, 3 Detection station 4-7 Division station 8 Preliminary station 10 Rotating disk drive means 11 Rotating disk 11b Detection notch 14 Support shaft 15, 16 Gear 17 Motor 20 Chuck claw opening / closing means 21A, 21B Chuck claw 24 Pinion 25A, 25B Rack 25a Length detection detector 30 Gear 32 Movable lever 33 Roller 34 Chuck opening / closing cam 40 Extruding means 42 Extruding frame 47 Roller 52 Roller 53 Engaging lever 53b Rising section 60A-60D Extruding means driving Unit 62 Electromagnetic solenoid 64 Acting rod 70 Pushing means restricting parts 71 to 74 First cam to fourth cam 80 Detection means 81 Length detection part 82 Chuck claw detection sensor 83 Reference part detection sensor 85 Height detection part 87 Support shaft 89 Height detection roller 9 Height detection plate 91 reference portion detecting sensor 95 width detector 99 differential detection roller 103 width detection sensor 110A~110D tool means 115A~115D tool 120 controller 121 volume calculating circuit 122 length calculation circuit 123 counter encoder

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  A rotating disk that is driven to rotate has a detection station that detects the size of the root vegetables sequentially from the set position where the root vegetables are set, and a plurality of dividing stations that divide the root vegetables. And at least a pair of chuck claws for chucking root vegetables at equal angles as many as the number of stations, and detecting the length of root vegetables at the detection station. A detection means comprising a length detection unit, a height detection unit for detecting the height, and a width detection unit for detecting the width is provided, and the plurality of division stations have different numbers of divisions for dividing root vegetables. Cutting tool means each having a cutting tool is provided, and the chuck claw is placed on the back surface of the rotating disk while the rotating disk moves from the set position to the detection station. A chuck claw opening / closing means for driving the chuck claw to be released while moving from the detection station to the dividing station, and an inner portion between the pair of chuck claws is provided on the rotating disc. Extruding means for extruding root vegetables between the chuck claws to the blade means side is provided, and an extruding means driving unit for operating the extruding means corresponding to the blade means is provided above the rotating disk, Based on the measurement data detected by the detection means, the size of the root vegetables is calculated, and an output signal is output to the pushing means driving unit so as to press the root vegetables against the blade means for dividing the size of the root vegetables. A root crop breaker characterized by having a control means.   The length detection unit includes a chuck claw detection sensor that detects a position of the chuck claw and a reference unit detection sensor that detects a detection reference unit of the rotating disk, and the height detection unit And a height detection sensor that detects the amount of movement of the vertically moving member that moves up and down in contact with the top surface of the root vegetable, and the width detecting unit moves the side surface moving member that moves along the side surface of the root vegetable. 2. A root vegetable breaker according to claim 1, further comprising a width detecting sensor for detecting the amount.   The control means includes a volume calculation circuit that calculates the size of root vegetables based on the measurement data detected by the detection means, a divided reference data memory that stores a plurality of reference data to be divided in advance, and the volume calculation Comparing the measurement data calculated by the circuit with the reference data stored in the divided reference data memory, the pushing means driving unit pushes the root vegetables to the blade means corresponding to the size of the measurement data. 3. A root vegetable slicing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a comparison circuit that outputs an output signal.   2. The root vegetables random cutting machine according to claim 1, wherein the blades in the blade means are arranged to be inclined so as to obliquely cut root vegetables.