JP2013086009A - Automatic rice milling device - Google Patents

Abstract

A rice bag is easily conveyed.
In an automatic rice milling apparatus, rice grains in a raw material rice bag are put into an inlet 26A of a supply hopper 26 with the mounting table 50 moved to the supply hopper 26 side. In addition, rice grains flow down from the accumulation tank and are stored in white rice bags. Here, the mounting table 50 is movable on the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A by the casters 52 on the lower surface. For this reason, for example, a raw material rice bag and a white rice bag of 30 kg can be conveyed in the operation room 12A by mounting the raw material rice bag and the white rice bag on the mounting table 50 and moving the mounting table 50. Thereby, the labor which carries a raw material rice bag and a white rice bag directly in the operation room 12A manually can be reduced, and a raw material rice bag and a white rice bag can be conveyed easily.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic rice milling apparatus in which rice grains are polished in a machine room.

  In the automatic rice milling apparatus described in Patent Document 1, a machine room and an operation room are provided in an outdoor building, and rice grains are polished in the machine room by supplying rice grains from the operation room to a supply hopper. A rice bag stand is attached to the supply hopper, and rice grains can be supplied from the rice bag to the supply hopper while the rice bag containing the rice grains is placed on the rice bag stand.

  However, in this automatic rice milling apparatus, the rice bag base is only allowed to rotate with respect to the supply hopper, and the rice bag base cannot be separated from the supply hopper. For this reason, it is necessary to carry, for example, a 30 kg rice bag directly by hand in the operation room and place it on the rice bag stand, which makes it difficult to carry the rice bag.

JP 2006-326402 A

  An object of the present invention is to obtain an automatic rice milling apparatus that can easily convey rice bags in consideration of the above facts.

  The automatic rice milling apparatus according to claim 1 is provided in an apparatus main body provided with a transfer chamber in which a rice bag containing rice grains is transferred and a machine room in which the rice grains are polished, and is provided in the transfer chamber and is movable. And a mounting table on which the rice bag is mounted so as to be separable from the machine room.

  An automatic rice milling apparatus according to a second aspect is the automatic rice milling apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein an opening for opening the transfer chamber to the outside of the apparatus main body is provided in the apparatus main body and communicated with the machine room. A communication unit for supplying or discharging rice grains is provided, and the mounting table is movable between the opening and the communication unit.

  The automatic rice milling apparatus according to claim 3 is the automatic rice milling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the apparatus main body is provided with an opening for opening the transfer chamber to the outside of the apparatus main body. The lower end of the open port is arranged on the upper side with respect to the lower surface outside the main body, and the mounting table can be moved to the transfer chamber and the outside of the apparatus main body via the open port.

  In the automatic rice milling apparatus according to the first aspect, the machine body and the transfer chamber are provided in the apparatus main body, the rice bag containing the rice grains is conveyed in the transfer chamber, and the rice grains are polished in the machine room. In addition, a mounting table is provided in the transfer chamber, and a rice bag is mounted on the mounting table.

  Here, the mounting table is movable and can be separated from the machine room. For this reason, the rice bag is transported by moving the mounting table in a state where the rice bag is mounted on the mounting table. Thereby, the labor which carries a rice bag directly in a conveyance chamber manually can be reduced, and a rice bag can be conveyed easily.

  In the automatic rice milling apparatus according to the second aspect, the apparatus main body is provided with an opening, and the opening opens the transfer chamber to the outside of the apparatus main body. Furthermore, a communication unit is communicated with the machine room, and rice grains are supplied or discharged in the communication unit.

  Here, the mounting table is movable between the opening and the communication unit. For this reason, a mounting table can move between an opening and a connection part in the state where a rice bag was mounted on the mounting table. Thereby, the labor which carries a rice bag directly in a conveyance chamber manually can be reduced further, and a rice bag can be conveyed more easily.

  In the automatic rice milling apparatus according to the third aspect, the apparatus main body is provided with an opening, and the opening opens the transfer chamber to the outside of the apparatus main body. Furthermore, the lower end of the opening of the apparatus main body is arranged on the upper side with respect to the lower surface outside the apparatus main body.

  Here, the mounting table is movable between the transfer chamber and the outside of the apparatus main body through an opening. For this reason, the mounting table can move outside the apparatus main body in a state where the rice bag is mounted on the mounting table. As a result, the labor for directly carrying the rice bag manually outside the apparatus main body can be reduced, and the rice bag can be transported more easily.

It is the perspective view seen from the front diagonal right side which shows the arrangement | positioning state to the supply hopper side of the mounting base in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the front diagonal right side which shows the arrangement | positioning state to the entrance / exit side of the mounting base in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the front diagonal right side which shows the external appearance of the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the front diagonal right which shows the mounting base in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention, an upper rail, and a lower rail. It is the front view seen from the front which shows the mounting base in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention, an upper rail, and a lower rail. (A) is the perspective view seen from the front diagonal left which shows the movement rail in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention, (B) is the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the front diagonal left which shows the mounting base in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on. (A) is the perspective view seen from the front diagonal right which shows the upper rail in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention, (B) is the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the front diagonal right side which shows the lower rail in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on. It is explanatory drawing seen from the right side which shows the conveyance condition of the raw material rice bag in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic diagram seen from the right side which shows the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing seen from the right side which shows the conveyance condition of the raw material rice bag in the modification of the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the front view seen from the front which shows the mounting base and upper rail in the automatic rice milling apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the main part of the automatic rice milling apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention as seen from the front diagonal right side, and FIG. The appearance is shown in a perspective view seen from the front diagonal right side. Further, FIG. 9 shows a schematic diagram of the automatic rice milling apparatus 10 viewed from the right side. In the drawing, the front of the automatic rice milling apparatus 10 is indicated by an arrow FR, the right side of the automatic rice milling apparatus 10 is indicated by an arrow RH, and the upper side is indicated by an arrow UP.

  The automatic rice milling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is a so-called coin rice milling machine that operates according to inserted coins or inserted cards.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic rice milling apparatus 10 includes a building 12 (outdoor building) as an apparatus main body. A plurality of installation stands 14 are provided at the lower end of the building 12, and the building 12 is installed on the installation surface 16 by the plurality of installation stands 14. For this reason, the bottom wall of the building 12 is disposed above the installation surface 16.

  In the building 12, an operation room 12A as a front transfer room and a rear machine room 12B (see FIG. 9) are provided. The operation room 12A and the machine room 12B are separated by a partition wall 18. It is partitioned.

  A rectangular entrance / exit 20 as an opening is formed through the front wall of the building 12, and the entrance / exit 20 opens the operation chamber 12 </ b> A to the front side. A slide rail 20A having a long U-shaped cross section is fixed to the upper and lower ends of the entrance / exit 20, and the upper and lower slide rails 20A are in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the upper and lower ends of the entrance / exit 20, respectively. Are arranged along. The lower end of the entrance / exit 20 is disposed below the upper surface of the floor wall of the operation room 12A (the floor wall of the building 12), and the lower slide rail 20A is disposed below the upper surface of the floor wall of the operation room 12A. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a rectangular plate-shaped sliding door 22 as an opening / closing member is provided at the right side portion and the left side portion of the doorway 20, and the doorway 20 is closed by a pair of sliding doors 22. The right sliding door 22 is supported by the front walls of the upper and lower slide rails 20A to be slidable in the left-right direction, and the left sliding door 22 is supported by the rear walls of the upper and lower slide rails 20A. The right sliding door 22 is slid leftward to open the right side portion of the doorway 20 and the left sliding door 22 is slid rightward to open the doorway. The left side portion of 20 is opened.

  As shown in FIG. 9, an operation panel 24 is provided in the machine room 12 </ b> B of the building 12, and the front side of the operation panel 24 is exposed to the operation room 12 </ b> A through the partition wall 18. A coin insertion slot and a card insertion slot (not shown) are provided on the front surface of the operation panel 24. A predetermined coin (for example, a 100 yen coin) is inserted from the coin insertion slot, A predetermined card (for example, a prepaid card) is inserted. Various operation buttons (not shown) are provided on the front surface of the operation panel 24, and various instructions are input by operating the operation buttons.

  The machine room 12B is provided with a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped supply hopper 26 (see FIG. 1) as a communication part (supply part) at the front and left corner, and the upper space of the supply hopper 26 is The operation chamber 12 </ b> A is exposed through the partition wall 18. On the upper surface of the supply hopper 26, a rectangular input port 26A as a supply port is formed, and rice grains (rice M as raw material rice or brown rice G) before the milling process are input to the input port 26A from above. , And supplied into the supply hopper 26. A screw conveyor 28 is built in the lower end of the supply hopper 26, and the screw conveyor 28 conveys the rice grains supplied into the supply hopper 26.

  In the machine room 12B, an elevator 30 is provided on the side of the supply hopper 26. The lower end of the elevator 30 communicates with the end portion of the screw conveyor 28 in the rice grain conveyance direction, and the elevator 30 lifts and conveys the rice grains conveyed by the screw conveyor 28 upward.

  A switching valve 32 is provided at the upper end of the elevator 30, and the switching valve 32 is separately communicated to a huller 34 and a stone remover 36, which will be described later, by appropriate scissors or the like. The switching valve 32 is configured so that the supply direction of the rice grains lifted and conveyed by the elevator 30 can be switched between the rice huller 34 and the stone remover 36. In addition to being supplied to the sliding machine 34, if the rice grain is brown rice G, the rice grain is supplied to the stone removing machine 36.

  In the machine room 12B, on the side of the elevator 30, a hulling machine 34 is provided as a removal unit. The rice huller 34 is a roll type equipped with a pair of rubber roll mechanisms, and the rice huller 34 removes the rice grains (rice hull M) supplied from the switching valve 32 into brown rice G, and removes the stone. 36. It should be noted that this removal part may be of other types (for example, an impact type centrifugal removal machine having high-speed rotating blades).

  In the machine room 12B, a stone remover 36 is provided on the side of the huller 34. The stone remover 36 removes pebbles from the rice grains by delithulating the rice grains (brown rice G) supplied from the switching valve 32 and the rice grains (brown rice G) supplied from the rice huller 34.

  In the machine room 12B, a rice mill 38 is provided on the side of the elevator 30. The rice milling machine 38 is a vertical cylindrical friction type equipped with a milling roll, and the rice milling machine 38 mills the rice grains (brown rice G) supplied from the stone punching machine 36 into white rice H. The rice mill 38 may be of other types (for example, a horizontal cylindrical type, a circulating type equipped with a circulation mechanism, or a grinding type equipped with a rugged grindstone roll). Absent.

  In the machine room 12B, a rice bran collecting machine 40 is provided on the side of the rice milling machine 38, and the rice bran collecting machine 40 collects rice bran generated by the rice milling process of the rice grains to produce a rice bag 42. Accumulate in The bag 42 can be freely replaced.

  In the machine room 12B, an elevator 44 is provided on the side of the rice mill 38. The lower end of the elevator 44 communicates with the rice mill 38, and the elevator 44 lifts and conveys the rice grains (white rice H) supplied from the rice mill 38 upward.

  The machine room 12B is provided with an accumulation tank 46 as a communication part (discharge part) at the front and right corners on the side of the elevator 44, and in the accumulation tank 46, the polished rice lifted and conveyed by the elevator 44 is provided. Treated rice grains (white rice H) are supplied and accumulated. The front portion of the accumulation tank 46 is exposed to the operation chamber 12A through the partition wall 18, and the accumulation tank 46 has a lower portion formed in a funnel shape and a lower end disposed in the operation chamber 12A. The lower end (discharge port) of the accumulation tank 46 is closed by an open / close shutter (not shown), and a white rice bag 48 (which may be the same as the raw material rice bag 62 described below) as a rice bag is provided below the lower end of the accumulation tank 46. When the shutter is opened, the opening / closing shutter opens the lower end of the accumulation tank 46, so that the rice grains accumulated in the accumulation tank 46 flow down (discharge) from the lower end of the accumulation tank 46 and are stored in the white rice bag 48.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 4, and 5, the operation chamber 12 </ b> A of the building 12 is provided with a substantially rectangular parallelepiped mounting table 50 (a hopper table) on the front side of the supply hopper 26.

  On the lower surface of the mounting table 50, casters 52 as moving means are provided at each corner, and the casters 52 are provided with a support frame 52 </ b> A having an inverted U-shaped cross section and a cylindrical wheel 52 </ b> B. ing. The upper wall of the support frame 52A is fixed to the lower surface of the mounting table 50 (may be rotatably supported), and the wheel 52B is freely rotatable on a pair of side walls (right wall and left wall) of the support frame 52A. It is supported by. For this reason, the mounting table 50 is particularly movable in the front-rear direction by the rotation of the wheels 52 </ b> B of the casters 52.

  On the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A, a lower guide 54 (see FIG. 7B) made of metal and having a substantially U-shaped cross section as a guide means is provided at the left end. The left wall is fixed to the left wall of the operation chamber 12A by, for example, a wood screw 54A. The lower guide 54 is disposed along the front-rear direction, and a caster 52 (wheel 52B) on the left side of the mounting table 50 is placed on the right end of the lower wall of the lower guide 54. The right wall of the lower guide 54 is inclined in an upward direction as it goes to the right side, and the right wall of the lower guide 54 restricts the movement of the caster 52 (wheel 52B) on the left side of the mounting table 50 to the right side. Thus, the movement of the mounting table 50 to the right side is suppressed, and the movement of the mounting table 50 is guided in the front-rear direction.

  On the left surface of the mounting table 50, the right wall of a moving rail 56 (see FIGS. 6A and 6B) made of metal and having a U-shaped cross section as a moving means is fixed on the upper surface. The moving rail 56 is disposed along the front-rear direction. A cylindrical bush 56A is provided on the front wall and the rear wall of the moving rail 56, and the bush 56A passes through the front wall or the rear wall of the moving rail 56.

  A metal-made long upper rail 58 (see FIG. 7A) as a guide means is provided on the left wall of the operation chamber 12A, and the upper rail 58 is arranged along the front-rear direction. . The upper rail 58 is provided with a long, substantially rectangular parallelepiped box-like rail frame 58A, and the right and bottom surfaces of the rail frame 58A are open. The left wall of the rail frame 58A is fixed to the left wall of the operation chamber 12A by, for example, wood screws (not shown), and thereby the upper rail 58 is fixed to the left wall of the operation chamber 12A. A long columnar rail 58B is provided in the rail frame 58A, and the rail 58B is inserted into the front wall and the rear wall bush 56A of the moving rail 56, and the front wall of the rail frame 58A and For example, the hexagon bolt 58C is fixed to the rear wall.

  For this reason, the movement rail 56 is moved along the rail 58 </ b> B, so that the movement is guided in the front-rear direction of the mounting table 50. Further, the rear wall of the moving rail 56 abuts against the rear wall of the rail frame 58A, so that the rearward movement of the mounting table 50 is locked, and the mounting table 50 is located in the vicinity of the supply hopper 26 (particularly the partition wall 18). (Refer to FIG. 1). On the other hand, when the front wall of the moving rail 56 contacts the front wall of the rail frame 58A, the movement of the mounting table 50 to the front side is locked, and the mounting table 50 is in the vicinity of the entrance / exit 20 on the front wall of the building 12 (the entrance / exit 20). To the outside of the building 12) (see FIG. 2). For this reason, the rear wall and the front wall of the rail frame 58 </ b> A have a function as a stopper of the mounting table 50.

  A U-shaped bar-shaped handle 60 is provided at the top of the front surface of the mounting table 50, and both ends of the handle 60 are fixed to the mounting table 50. The mounting table 50 is manually movable in the front-rear direction while the handle 60 is gripped.

  A flat mounting surface 50A is provided on the front side portion of the upper surface of the mounting table 50, and the mounting surface 50A is horizontally disposed at a position lower than the charging port 26A of the supply hopper 26. . A flat upright surface 50B is provided on the rear side portion of the upper surface of the mounting table 50, and the upstanding surface 50B is inclined upward in the direction from the mounting surface 50A toward the rear (vertical). May be arranged). Further, the upper end surface of the mounting table 50 is flat on the rear side of the standing surface 50B, and the upper end surface of the mounting table 50 is horizontal at substantially the same height as the insertion port 26A of the supply hopper 26. Is arranged.

  As shown in FIG. 8, on the mounting surface 50 </ b> A of the mounting table 50, a raw rice bag 62 as a rice bag containing rice grains (rice bran M or brown rice G) can be mounted. In the state where the rice grains are moved, the rice grains are introduced from the raw rice bag 62 into the inlet 26A of the supply hopper 26. In particular, when the amount of rice grains in the raw material rice bag 62 is large, the raw material rice bag 62 is disposed on the placement surface 50A, the upper end opening of the raw material rice bag 62 is disposed at a higher position than the input port 26A, and the raw material rice bag Since the rearward movement of the lower portion of 62 is limited by the standing surface 50B, the rice grains can be easily introduced from the upper end opening of the raw rice bag 62 only by moving the upper portion of the raw rice bag 62 to the rear side. 26A can be input.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

  When the automatic rice milling apparatus 10 having the above configuration is used, a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot of the operation panel 24 or a card is inserted into the card insertion slot of the operation panel 24. Further, in the state where the mounting table 50 is moved to the supply hopper 26 side (rear side), the rice grains (rice bran M or brown rice G) in the raw material rice bag 62 are input to the input port 26A of the supply hopper 26 and inside the supply hopper 26 To supply.

  Next, after the distinction between the rice grains or brown rice supplied into the supply hopper 26 is input from the operation button of the operation panel 24, and the operation start instruction is input from the operation panel 24, the screw conveyor 28, the elevator 30 of the supply hopper 26, Each drive motor of the rice huller 34, the stone remover 36, the rice milling machine 38, and the elevator 44 is operated, and the operation of the automatic rice milling apparatus 10 is started.

  When the operation of the automatic rice milling apparatus 10 is started, the rice grains supplied into the supply hopper 26 are conveyed by the screw conveyor 28 and the elevator 30. In the case where the rice grain supplied into the supply hopper 26 is cocoon M, the rice grain conveyed by the elevator 30 is supplied to the hulling machine 34 by the switching valve 32, and is supplied to the stone remover 36 after being deflated. Is done. On the other hand, when the rice grain supplied into the supply hopper 26 is brown rice G, the rice grain conveyed by the elevator 30 is supplied as it is to the stone remover 36 by the switching valve 32 without passing through the huller 34.

  The rice grains (brown rice G) supplied to the stone remover 36 are subjected to a stone removal process by the stone remover 36 and then supplied to a rice mill 38 to be subjected to a rice polishing process. The rice bran generated during the rice milling process by the rice milling machine 38 is collected by the rice bran collecting machine 40 and accumulated in the bag 42.

  The rice grains (white rice H) processed by the rice mill 38 are lifted and conveyed by the elevator 44 and accumulated in the accumulation tank 46. Further, the rice grains flow down from the accumulation tank 46 and are accommodated in the white rice bag 48, so that they are provided to the user of the apparatus.

  Here, the mounting table 50 is movable on the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A by the casters 52 on the lower surface. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, by placing a 30 kg raw rice bag 62 or a white rice bag 48 on the mounting table 50 (mounting surface 50A) and moving the mounting table 50, the raw material rice bag 62 in the operation chamber 12A. And white rice bag 48 can be conveyed. Thereby, the labor for carrying the raw material rice bag 62 and the white rice bag 48 directly by human power in the operation chamber 12A can be reduced, and the raw material rice bag 62 and the white rice bag 48 can be easily conveyed.

  Further, the mounting table 50 is movable in the front-rear direction from the supply hopper 26 (input 26 </ b> A) to the entrance / exit 20 of the building 12.

  For this reason, the sliding door 22 on the left side of the entrance / exit 20 is slid to the right to open the left side portion of the entrance / exit 20 and the mounting table 50 is moved to the entrance / exit 20 side (front side), and is parked in the vicinity of the building 12. The raw material rice bag 62 is taken out from the loading platform of the vehicle 64 (particularly an automobile), and the raw material rice bag 62 is placed on the mounting table 50 through the open portion (left side portion) of the entrance / exit 20, thereby supplying the mounting table 50 to the supply hopper 26. The raw material rice bag 62 can be conveyed to the supply hopper 26 side in the operation chamber 12A. Thereby, it is possible to eliminate the labor for directly carrying the raw material rice bag 62 manually into the operation chamber 12A by overcoming the step between the installation surface 16 and the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A from the outside of the building 12, and the raw material in the operation chamber 12A. The labor for directly carrying the rice bag 62 manually can be eliminated, and the raw rice bag 62 can be more easily transported.

  Moreover, by placing the white rice bag 48 on the mounting table 50 with the mounting table 50 moved to the supply hopper 26 side, the mounting table 50 is moved to the entrance / exit 20 side, and the white rice bag 48 is moved in the operation chamber 12A. Can be conveyed to the entrance / exit 20 side. Further, the sliding door 22 on the left side of the entrance / exit 20 is slid to the right to open the left side portion of the entrance / exit 20, and the white rice bag 48 is removed from the mounting table 50 through the open portion (left side portion) of the entrance / exit 20. It can be carried into the loading platform of the vehicle 64 parked in the vicinity. As a result, it is possible to further reduce the labor for directly carrying the white rice bag 48 manually in the operation room 12A, and to overcome the step between the floor wall of the operation room 12A and the installation surface 16 from the operation room 12A to the outside of the building 12. The labor of directly carrying 48 by human power can be eliminated, and the white rice bag 48 can be transported more easily.

  Further, the right wall of the lower guide 54 on the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A restricts the movement of the caster 52 (wheel 52B) on the left side of the mounting table 50 to the right side, so that the movement of the mounting table 50 in the front-rear direction is guided. Is done. For this reason, the mounting table 50 can be easily moved in the front-rear direction.

  Further, the movement rail 56 on the left wall of the mounting table 50 is moved along the rail 58B of the upper rail 58 on the left wall of the operation chamber 12A, whereby the movement of the mounting table 50 is guided in the front-rear direction. For this reason, the mounting table 50 can be moved in the front-rear direction more easily. Moreover, the rail 58B is inserted into the bush 56A of the moving rail 56, whereby the mounting table 50 can be prevented from falling when the mounting table 50 is moved, and the mounting table 50 is stolen from the building 12. Can be suppressed.

  Further, when the rice grains in the raw material rice bag 62 are introduced into the inlet 26A of the supply hopper 26, the mounting table 50 is moved to the supply hopper 26 side, and the raw material rice bag 62 is moved to the supply hopper 26 side. For this reason, it can suppress that the rice grain in the raw material rice bag 62 is exposed to the wind and rain which penetrates into the operation room 12A from the entrance / exit 20 of the building 12.

  As described above, in the automatic rice milling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the raw rice bag 62 and the white rice bag 48 can be easily conveyed by the mounting table 50, and the ability to attract customers can be enhanced.

  In the present embodiment, the lower guide 54, the upper rail 58, and the moving rail 56 are provided so as to correspond to the mounting table 50. However, at least one of the lower guide 54, the upper rail 58, and the moving rail 56 may not be provided.

  Further, when the upper rail 58 and the moving rail 56 are not provided, the mounting table 50 may be movable outside the building 12.

  That is, as in the modification shown in FIG. 10, a plurality (for example, four) of base ends (upper ends) of rod-like support legs 66 as support members are fixed to the lower surface of the mounting table 50. The base end side portion of the support leg 66 is a fixed leg 66 </ b> A, and the fixed leg 66 </ b> A extends downward from the mounting table 50. The front end side portion (lower side portion) of the support leg 66 is a turning leg 66B, and the turning leg 66B is turnable forward from a position extending downward with respect to the fixed leg 66A. Yes. Further, the pivot leg 66B is urged in a direction to be pivoted rearward and can be locked at a position extended downward.

  The support frame 52A of the caster 52 similar to the above is fixed to the tip of the support leg 66 (the tip of the turn leg 66B), and the rotation axis of the wheel 52B of the caster 52 is the turn axis of the turn leg 66B. It is parallel to.

  A columnar stopper 68 serving as a locking member is fixed to the lower surface of the mounting table 50 on the front side of the fixed leg 66A. The stopper 68 extends downward from the mounting table 50 and is attached to the rotating leg 66B. The rotation can be locked.

  For this reason, when the mounting table 50 is arranged in the operation chamber 12A, the rotation leg 66B resists the urging force by the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A while the rotation leg 66B of the support leg 66 is not locked. The support leg 66 is folded by being rotated forward, and the rotation of the rotation leg 66B is locked to the stopper 68. Accordingly, the mounting table 50 is supported on the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A by the support legs 66, the casters 52, and the stoppers 68, and the caster 52 can move the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A.

  On the other hand, when the mounting table 50 is moved from the operation chamber 12A to the outside of the building 12 through the entrance / exit 20 of the building 12, the support leg 66 gets over the entrance / exit 20, so that the rotating leg 66B is moved backward by the urging force. The mounting table 50 is supported in a state where the height is maintained on the installation surface 16 by the support legs 66 and the casters 52 while being rotated to the side and extended downward and locked to the position extended downward. Is done. As a result, the placing table 50 on which the raw rice bag 62 and the white rice bag 48 are placed is moved on the installation surface 16 by the casters 52, so that the raw rice bag 62 and the white rice bag 48 are directly carried manually outside the building 12. The labor can be reduced, and the raw rice bag 62 and the white rice bag 48 can be easily conveyed.

  Further, when the mounting table 50 is moved from the outside of the building 12 to the operation chamber 12A through the entrance / exit 20 of the building 12, the lock to the position extended below the rotating leg 66B is released. When the support leg 66 gets over the entrance / exit 20, the rotating leg 66B is rotated to the front side against the urging force by the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A, and the supporting leg 66 is folded, and the rotating leg 66B is rotated. The movement is locked to the stopper 68.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 11 shows a main part of an automatic rice milling apparatus 80 according to the second embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front.

  The automatic rice milling apparatus 80 according to the present embodiment has substantially the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, but differs in the following points.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the automatic rice milling apparatus 80 according to the present embodiment, the mounting table 50 is not provided with the casters 52, and the operation chamber 12A is not provided with the lower guide 54.

  A moving rail 56 is fixed to the left surface of the mounting table 50 in the upper and lower portions, and a pair of upper rails 58 are provided on the left wall of the operation chamber 12A. The rails 58 </ b> B of the upper rails 58 are inserted through the bushes 56 </ b> A on the front and rear walls of the moving rails 56, whereby the mounting table 50 is supported by the pair of upper rails 58 via the pair of moving rails 56. Has been. For this reason, by moving the moving rail 56 along the rail 58B, the mounting table 50 is moved in the front-rear direction, and the movement of the mounting table 50 is guided in the front-rear direction.

  For this reason, also in this embodiment, the same operation and effect as the first embodiment can be obtained.

  Further, the caster 52 and the lower guide 54 do not exist between the lower surface of the mounting table 50 and the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a step from being provided on the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A by the lower guide 54, and it is possible to easily clean the lower surface of the mounting table 50 and the floor wall of the operation chamber 12A.

  In the first embodiment (including the modification) and the second embodiment, the mounting table 50 can be moved manually. However, the mounting table 50 may be moved electrically. In this case, when the movement of the mounting table 50 is restricted (particularly when the front wall and the rear wall of the moving rail 56 of the mounting table 50 are in contact with the front wall and the rear wall of the rail frame 58A of the upper rail 58, respectively). It is preferable that the movement of the mounting table 50 is automatically stopped.

  Moreover, in the said 1st Embodiment (a modification is included) and 2nd Embodiment, the mounting base 50 was enabled to move between the entrance / exit 20 of the building 12, and the supply hopper 26. FIG. However, instead of this, or together with this, the mounting table 50 may be movable between the entrance / exit 20 of the building 12 and the accumulation tank 46. In this case, the lower guide 54, the upper rail 58, and the moving rail 56 may be provided so as to correspond to the mounting table 50. Thereby, in the state which moved the said mounting base 50 to the accumulation tank 46 side, by mounting the white rice bag 48 on the said mounting base 50, the said mounting base 50 is moved to the entrance / exit 20 side, and 12 A of operation chambers are carried out. The white rice bag 48 can be conveyed to the entrance / exit 20 side. Moreover, with the sliding door 22 on the right side of the doorway 20 slid to the left side to open the right side portion of the doorway 20, the white rice bag 48 is moved from the mounting table 50 through the open portion (right side portion) of the doorway 20. Can be carried into the loading platform of the vehicle 64 parked in the vicinity.

  Further, in the first embodiment (including the modification) and the second embodiment, the switching valve 32 and the rice huller 34 are provided in the machine room 12B, so that either the rice bran M or the brown rice G is used. However, it can treat the rice. However, the rice milling process may be performed only for the brown rice G without providing the switching valve 32 and the rice huller 34 in the machine room 12B.

10 Automatic rice milling equipment 12 Building (equipment main unit)
12A Operation room (transfer room)
12B Machine room 20 Doorway (open port)
26 Supply hopper (contact part)
46 Accumulation tank (communication part)
48 White rice bag (rice bag)
50 Mounting table 62 Raw rice bag (rice bag)
80 Automatic rice milling machine

Claims (3)

An apparatus main body provided with a transfer chamber for transferring rice bags containing rice grains and a machine room for polishing rice grains;
A mounting table that is provided in the transfer chamber, is movable and can be separated from the machine chamber, and on which the rice bag is mounted;
Automatic rice milling equipment equipped with.   The apparatus main body is provided with an opening for opening the transfer chamber to the outside of the apparatus main body, and further provided with a communication portion that is connected to the machine room and supplies or discharges rice grains. 2. The automatic rice milling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the automatic rice milling apparatus is movable between the communication unit.   The apparatus main body is provided with an opening for opening the transfer chamber to the outside of the apparatus main body, and the lower end of the open port is disposed on the upper side with respect to the lower surface outside the apparatus main body, and the mounting table is connected to the transfer chamber and the transfer chamber. The automatic rice milling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the automatic rice milling apparatus is movable to the outside of the apparatus main body through the opening.

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