JP2017085920A - Device for removing seeds of stone fruits - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for removing seeds of stone fruits that is capable of efficiently and speedily taking out and removing seeds present in the fruit pulp of stone fruits, such as cherries, and capable of removing a large amount of seeds at a time.SOLUTION: The device includes holding means 24 that has a plurality of holding parts 26A to 26E in each of which a single stone fruit is to be placed, each of the holding parts 26A to 26E having a discharge hole 28 through which a seed of the stone fruit is taken out; a polygonal cylindrical rotary drum 14 that has an outer circumferential surface on which the holding means 24 are arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction of the outer circumferential; removing shafts 29A to 29E arranged so as to be movable back and forth with respect to the holding means 24, the removing shafts 29A to 29E pushing the seeds inside fruits of the stone fruits placed in the holding parts 26A to 26B of the holding means 24 to take out the seeds through the discharge holes 28 and retracting them from the holding parts 26A to 26E after the seeds are taken out; and driving means that causes the rotary drum 14 to rotate and causes the removing shafts 29A to 29E to move back and forth in synchronization with the rotation of the rotary drum 14.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a seed removal apparatus suitable for performing an operation of removing seeds inside a fruit of a fruit fruit such as cherry.

Cherry peach (cherry) has a spherical outer shape and has seeds inside its pulp, but when using cherries for processing jams, dried fruits, etc., it is necessary to remove the seeds in advance. is there.
Conventionally, there are two methods for removing cherries seeds by hand and mechanical removal devices. Among these, the former known technique is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-212340, “For cherry seeding”. An invention related to "Tong" has been published.
The invention described in the publication has a groove at the tip of a tongue that grips food, and has a spring portion that opens and closes the tongue by forming a corner of the tip into a curved shape. When using, insert the tip of the tongue manually into the fruit, and when the tip contacts the seed, use the elastic force of the spring to expand the fruit, then close the tongue again and grab the seed to remove it. ing.

On the other hand, as a mechanical removing device, there is a “fruit processing device” described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-144006. The processing apparatus described in the publication includes an accommodation unit that accommodates a fruit for removing seeds, a separation unit that removes a seed part from a pulp part of the fruit, a pushing unit that presses the fruit of the accommodation unit against the separation unit, and an accommodation unit It is comprised including the correction means which corrects the position or attitude | position of the seed of the produced fruit. According to the present invention, when the seed is removed, the seed can be prevented from interfering with the separation portion, and therefore, the seed separation / removal operation can be performed smoothly.

JP 2013-212340 A JP 2014-144006 A

However, in the case of “cherry seeding tongs” described in Patent Document 1 described above, it is necessary to remove seeds by hand only, and is not suitable for use in removing a large amount of seeds for processing, for example.
In addition, the “fruit processing apparatus” described in Patent Document 2 has a problem that the number of fruits that can be processed at one time is small, and is not suitable for an operation for processing a large amount of processing cherries. Further, since the structure is complicated, there is a problem in terms of cost.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to efficiently and quickly take out and remove the seeds inside the pulp of berries such as cherries. An object of the present invention is to provide a drupe seed removal device capable of continuously performing seed removal work.

The invention according to claim 1 has a plurality of holding portions for accommodating a single drupe, a holding means in which a discharge hole for taking out the seeds of drupe is formed, and a polygonal cylindrical shape. A rotating drum in which the holding means is arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction of the outer peripheral surface, and a drupe that is installed so as to be able to reciprocate with respect to the holding means and is accommodated in the holding means The seeds inside the fruit are removed from the discharge hole by pushing out the seeds, and after the seeds are taken out, the removal shaft that performs an operation of retreating from the holding unit, the rotating drum is rotated, and the rotation of the rotating drum is synchronized. However, it is characterized by comprising drive means for reciprocating the removal shaft.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the holding means is detachably installed on the rotating drum.

A third aspect of the invention is characterized in that, in the first or second aspect, each holding portion of the holding means is formed to have a smaller diameter as the inner diameter goes downward.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a seed receiving part for collecting seeds taken out by the removal shaft is arranged in the rotary drum. The seed is discharged from the inside of the rotating drum through the seed receiving portion.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, a supply unit that feeds the fruit and fruit before the removal process is provided to the holding unit. It is characterized in that a partition plate is provided for feeding the drupes one by one to the holding portion.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is possible to remove rapidly and abundantly the seed which exists in the pulp in fruit fruits, such as a cherries, and it contributes to the reduction in cost at the time of manufacturing processed food, and efficiency improvement. .

1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a drupe seed removal device according to the present invention. Similarly, it is the perspective view in one Embodiment of the seed removal apparatus of the drupe concerning the present invention, and the state where another angle looked is shown. Similarly, it is a front view in one embodiment of the seed removal device for drupes according to the present invention. Similarly, it is a top view in one embodiment of a seed removal device for drupes according to the present invention. Similarly, it is a side view in one embodiment of a seed removal device for drupes according to the present invention. Similarly, it is the perspective view which showed the relationship between the rotating drum which is the principal part of the seed removal apparatus of the drupe concerning this invention, and the member accompanying the said rotating drum. Similarly, it is the principal part perspective view seen from the angle different from FIG. 6 about the relationship between the rotating drum which is the principal part of the seed removal apparatus of the drupe concerning this invention, and the member accompanying the said rotating drum.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a drupe seed removal device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 and 2 are perspective views of an embodiment of a seed and fruit removing device according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a front view, FIG. 4 is a plan view, and FIG. 5 is a right side view.

As shown in these drawings, the seed removing device 10 of the present embodiment includes a frame 12, a rotating drum 14, a drive motor 15, a supply chute (supply unit) 16, a fruit picking chute 18, and a seed discharge chute (receiving unit). 20 etc. are comprised.
A caster 22 and a cover 23 are attached to the frame 12, and a member related to driving means including a driving motor 15, an operation panel (not shown) and the like is installed on the rising portion 12 </ b> A. A member such as a removal shaft for removing seeds from the fruit is accommodated.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the rotary drum 14 which is a main part of the seed removing device 10 of the present embodiment and members attached to the rotary drum 14, and FIG. 7 is attached to the rotary drum 14 and the rotary drum 14. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part viewed from an angle different from that in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the rotating drum 14 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a regular octagonal shape in a side view, and a holding plate 24 is provided on the outer peripheral side as a holding means for storing drupes such as cherries. It is attached along the longitudinal direction of 14 so that attachment or detachment is possible. Since the rotary drum 14 of the present embodiment has a regular octagonal side surface shape, the rotary drum 14 is provided with a total of eight holding plates 24 by being attached to the respective rows.

One holding plate 24 is provided with five holding portions 26A to 26E, and each of the holding portions 26A to 26E can accommodate five cherries (fruit fruits) in a row. Of course, the number of holding portions can be appropriately increased or decreased.
The cherries are accommodated in the holding portions 26A to 26E while being slid down from the supply chute 16 shown in FIG. 1. In this supply chute 16, one cherries is placed on each of the holding portions 26A to 26E. You may attach the partition plate for guiding reliably.

The holding plate 24 includes an outer plate 24A and an inner plate 24B positioned on the outer peripheral side, and is attached on the mounting portion 17 in the rotary drum 14 with the outer plate 24A and the inner plate 24B being overlapped. ing. As shown in FIG. 7, when the holding plate 24 is removed, the attachment portions 15 that support the holding plate 24 are installed for each row along the longitudinal direction inside the rotary drum 14.

A discharge hole 28 for discharging the removed seed is formed in the inner plate 24B at a position corresponding to the holding portions 26A to 26E, and is pushed out from the discharge hole 28 by removal shafts 29A to 29E described later. Seeds are discharged. The discharge hole 28 has an inner diameter that is smaller than the inner diameters of the holding portions 26 </ b> A to 26 </ b> E so that the cherries after seed removal do not fall from the discharge hole 28.
The holding plate 24 can be easily attached to and detached from the rotating drum 14 by the lock members 27 provided on both sides, and consideration is given to speediness when performing cleaning after use.

A rotating shaft 30 is provided at the center of the rotating drum 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating shaft 30 is supported in a cantilevered manner by bearings 32 </ b> A and 32 </ b> B with respect to the rising portion 12 </ b> A of the frame 12. It is supported so as to be rotatable, and thereby a space is secured inside the rotating drum 14.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a seed discharge chute 20 as a seed receiving portion is arranged on the inner side of the rotary drum 14 so as to extend to the left side in the figure, and the falling seeds The ink is discharged out of the rotating drum 14.

Next, the arrangement state of members related to the drive means and the removal shaft 29 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the drive means includes the drive motor 15, the drive shaft 34, cam wheels 36 </ b> A and 36 </ b> B, a cam follower wheel 38, a crank mechanism 39, a removal shaft group 29, and the like.

Cam wheels 36A and 36B are fixed to the drive shaft 34 connected to the output shaft of the drive motor 15 in a positional relationship between the front side and the back side, and cam surfaces 37A and 37B are respectively attached to the cam wheels 36A and 36B. Is formed. The cam surface 37A comes into contact with a total of eight roller cam followers 42 attached to the cam follower wheel 38 at equal intervals. The interval between the roller cam followers 42 is a rotation angle of 45 °.

Similarly, the cam surface 37B comes into contact with a total of eight roller cam followers 44 in the cam follower wheel 38. The cam surface 37A described above has an angular difference of 22.5 ° with respect to the cam surface 37B. positioned. Thus, when the cam wheels 36A and 36B are rotated once by the drive shaft 34, the rotary drum 14 is rotated by a rotation angle of 45 °.

  Here, in the seed removing device 10 in the present embodiment, since the rotary drum 14 is a regular octagon, a total of eight roller cam followers 42 and 44 are provided at equal intervals on each of the cam wheels 36A and 36B. When the rotating drum is a regular hexagon or the like, the number of roller cam followers is changed according to the shape of the rotating drum, such as six.

6 and 7, the removal shaft group 29 includes a guide rail 40 fixed to the frame 12, a movable plate 41 that can be moved up and down along the guide rail 40, a shaft attachment member 44, a crank 46, the fruit separation plate 50, each removal shaft 29A-29E etc. are comprised. The guide rail 40 smoothly guides the vertical movement of the movable plate 41 while sliding with the fitting portion 41 </ b> A attached to the movable plate 41.

Further, the movable plate 41 is provided with a U-shaped sliding portion 41B at the lower end position, and while the rotating roller 46A of the crank 46 is fitted into the sliding portion 41B, the inside of the sliding portion 41B is moved to the left and right. The movable plate 41 is moved up and down as the crank 46 rotates. That is, when the drive shaft 34 makes one rotation, the rotation roller 46A reciprocates once in the sliding portion 41B, and as a result, the movable plate 41 performs one cycle of an ascending operation and a descending operation. .

A shaft attachment member 45 extends in a cantilevered state in the horizontal direction on the movable plate 41, and removal shafts 29 </ b> A to 29 </ b> E are attached to the shaft attachment member 45 in the vertical direction. Cutters are provided at the tips of the removal shafts 29A to 29E, and the inner seeds are pressed downward to remove the cherries X accommodated in the holding portions 26A to 26E while being cut.

Next, the operation in the case of removing seeds from the cherries by the seed removing device 10 of the present embodiment will be described.
In use, first, the cherries are slid down from the seed supply chute 16 shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 and supplied to the holding portions 26A to 26E. At this time, the holding portions 26 </ b> A to 26 </ b> E that house the cherries are in a state of facing obliquely upward toward the seed supply chute 16 side.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the drive motor 15 rotates, the drive shaft 34 rotates at a predetermined rotational speed via a reduction mechanism (not shown). 36B rotates. At this time, the cam surfaces 37A and 37B sequentially contact the roller cam followers 42 and 44, respectively, and the cam follower wheel 38 is rotated by 45 °.

Thereafter, the cam surfaces 37A and 37B and the roller cam followers 42 and 44 do not come into contact with each other until the drive shaft 34 makes one rotation. Therefore, the rotary drum 14 coaxial with the cam follower wheel 38 is rotated by 45 ° once. Stop. That is, when the rotary drum 14 rotates, the holding means 24 that has been directed upward is shifted to the next holding means 24. Each holding part 26A to 26E of the next holding means 24 accommodates a cherry.

At the same time, the removal shaft group 29 continues to move up together with the movable plate 41 by the action of the crank 46, but after the drive shaft 34 makes a half rotation, the removal shaft 29A to 29E changes to a lowering operation. The inner seeds are pressed downward toward the cherries housed in the container while cutting with a cutter at the tip. Then, the seed drops from the discharge hole 28 through the outer plate 24A and the inner plate 24B to the seed discharge chute (receiving portion) 20 inside the rotary drum 14 shown in FIG. Discharged.

Thereafter, the removal shaft group 29 starts the ascending operation, retreats from the holding portions 26A to 26E, and the operation for one cycle ends. Here, when the removal shaft group 29 ascends, the cherries may stick to the removal shaft group 29 and attach to the removal shaft group 29. The fruit separation plate 50 shown in FIG. It separates like pressing down and returns a fruit to holding part 26A-26E. Then, the drive shaft 34 completes one rotation and shifts to the next cycle.

In the next cycle, first, after the rotary drum 14 is rotated by 45 ° and stopped, the seed removal operation by the removal shaft group 29 is performed in the same manner as described above.
The fruits of the cherries from which the seeds have been removed are naturally fallen and taken out by being positioned on the fruit picking chute 18 as a result of the rotation of the rotating drum 14 as the work proceeds.

Thus, according to the drupe seed removal device 10 of the present embodiment, it is possible to quickly and easily perform a large amount of removal of the seeds of drupe including cherries. It is possible to improve the efficiency of the processing work.
In addition, since all the operations can be performed by the single drive motor 15, it is possible to reduce power consumption and simplify the structure.

  In the seed removal device 10 of the present embodiment, the holding plate 24 that holds the fruit and fruit is composed of the outer holding plate 24A and the inner holding plate 24B. Is also possible. According to this, the number of parts can be reduced.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in the food manufacturing industry for processing fruits and the agricultural field.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Fruit and fruit seed removal apparatus 12 Frame 12A Standing part 14 Rotating drum 15 Drive motor 16 Supply chute 17 Mounting part 18 Fruit picking chute 20 Seed discharge chute 22 Caster 23 Cover 24 Holding plate 24A Outer plate 24B Inner plates 26A-26E Holding part 27 Lock member 28 Discharge hole 29 Removal shaft group 29A to 29E Removal shaft 30 Rotating shaft 30
32A 32B Bearing 34 Drive shaft 36A 36B Cam wheel 38 Cam follower wheel 39 Crank mechanism 40 Guide rail 41 Movable part 41A Fitting part 41B Sliding part 42 44 Roller cam follower 45 Shaft mounting member 46 Crank 46A Rotating roller 50 Fruit separating plate

Claims (5)

A plurality of holding portions for storing a single drupe, and holding means in which a discharge hole for taking out the seeds of the drupe is formed in the holding portion;
A rotating drum which is formed in a polygonal cylinder and the holding means is arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction of the outer peripheral surface;
It is installed so as to be able to reciprocate with respect to the holding means, and is extracted from the discharge hole by extruding the seeds inside the fruit and fruit contained in the holding means, and then withdraws from the holding portion after the seeds are taken out. A removal shaft that performs the operation;
A drupe seed removing device, comprising: a driving unit that rotates the rotating drum and reciprocates the removing shaft in synchronization with the rotation of the rotating drum. The drupe seed removal device according to claim 1, wherein the holding means is detachably attached to the rotating drum. 3. The drupe seed removal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each holding portion in the holding means is formed to have a smaller diameter as the inner diameter goes downward. A seed receiving part for collecting seeds taken out by the removal shaft is disposed inside the rotating drum, and the seeds are discharged from the rotating drum through the seed receiving part. Item 3. The drupe seed removal device according to any one of Items 1 to 3.   The holding means is provided with a supply section for sending drupes before removal processing, and the supply section is provided with a partition plate for sending drupes one by one to each holding section. The seed removal device for drupes according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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