JP2018038378A - Vegetable washing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an adjustment means for a gap width of a passage held between the foliage parts of vegetables, in vegetable washing equipment.SOLUTION: The vegetable washing equipment includes: transportation means that holds the root part on top of the vegetable composed of a spherically swelled root part and a foliage part and that continuously transports the vegetable while rotating it with the foliage part pendent; a proximal part washing brush 46 that is attached to the transportation means and that rubs the root part and the joint of the foliage part; and root part washing means 45 that sprays washing water to the root part. The transportation means is structured with a pair of left and right carriage means 12, 13 having conveyor belts 17, 36. The conveyor belts 17, 36 form the passage 14, are structured to have a carriage gap varying means 8 of the passage 14, and are equipped with a driving part that independently operates each of the opposing pair of left and right conveyor belts 17, 36, which is the characteristic of the washing equipment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a vegetable cleaning apparatus, and more particularly, to a vegetable cleaning apparatus for cleaning root vegetables whose roots are enlarged in a spherical shape, such as a turnip or a radish.

After harvesting crops such as vegetables cultivated in the field, washing work is carried out to wash off the mud adhering to the crops before shipping. For example, when washing root vegetables such as turnips and radishes with a machine, after removing the harvested leaves, the remaining edible parts (root, root base, leaf base, etc.) are lined up horizontally on the belt conveyor. The high pressure water was jetted from above and below while being lined up and conveyed (Patent Document 1).
In recent years, turnips, radishes, and the like tend to be preferred by consumers when leaves are attached, and it has been necessary to wash without dropping leaves at the request of consumers. In Aomori Prefecture, the same applicant, this leafy turnip was evaluated as a brand product, and it was harvested from the early morning before dawn in order to preserve freshness, and shipped within that day. Supporting the root so that the root of the vegetable consisting of the root part and the leaf part, which is enlarged in a spherical shape of the leafy turnip, is on the upper side, and the leaf part is Conveying means for continuously conveying the vegetable while rotating in a suspended state, a base cleaning brush attached to the conveying means for rubbing the root part of the root part and the leaf part, and a root part for spraying cleaning water to the root part Providing a vegetable cleaning device that can easily and reliably wash the whole vegetable while suppressing damage to the whole vegetable while providing a vegetable cleaning device comprising a cleaning means "(Reference 2).

Utility Model Gazette Public Notice Showa 58-11190 Gazette Patent Registration No. 3549875

In the above-described cleaning by the cleaning device in Patent Document 1 of the prior art, high-pressure water is directly sprayed onto the leaf that is the edible portion, and the leaf hurts by pressing the leaf of the edible portion, so that the commercial value is high. It was the cause that went down.
In the washing machine in Patent Document 2 by the same application, it is suitable for a relatively small size of a leafy turnip, and in the case of a large-diameter Shogoin radish, etc., the gap of the conveyance path formed by the opposite conveyance conveyor is mechanically formed. It was inconvenient to change and adjust. In addition, fine adjustment for adapting the gap of the leaf sandwiching portion to the growth form changing day by day has been difficult.
Then, an object of this invention is to provide the adjustment means of the clearance gap of the conveyance path which clamps the foliage part of a vegetable washing machine.

In order to achieve the above object, the vegetable according to claim 1, wherein the vegetable is supported in a state where the root portion of the vegetable having a spherically enlarged root portion and a leaf portion is on the top and the leaf portion is suspended. And a base cleaning brush attached to the transport means for rubbing the root portion of the root portion and the leaf portion, and a root cleaning means for spraying cleaning water to the root portion. In the vegetable washing apparatus according to the present invention, the conveying means is composed of a pair of left and right conveying means provided with a conveying belt, and the conveying belt forms a conveying path and includes a conveying gap variable means for the conveying path. The vegetable washing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pair of opposed left and right conveying belts are each provided with a drive unit that is operated independently.
The vegetable cleaning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the conveying gap variable means of the pair of conveying belts is adjusted without permission by a screw shaft.
Further, in the vegetable washing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pair of conveyance belt conveying gap variable means is provided with an elastic body in the opposing direction. is there.

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, washing water is sprayed on the entire root portion while vegetables are being conveyed, and mud soil on the entire root portion can be dropped. Further, the base cleaning brush that rubs the cleaning water, the root portion, and the base portion of the leaf portion can wash out the root base, the leaf base, and the mud that has entered the leaf portion. Furthermore, since washing water is not sprayed directly on the leaves, the leaves do not hurt, and it is possible to form any conveyance path from a large diameter size with different growth to a small headgap size by means of the conveyance gap variable means of the conveyance path. The versatility of the machine increases and is economical.
In addition, since the pair of opposing left and right transport belts according to claim 2 are provided with driving units that operate independently, the power transmission of the left and right transport means is also separated, and the transport speed is adjusted for each vegetable size. Is also convenient to choose arbitrarily. In addition, the gap variable means can be adjusted without permission by the screw shaft, and the pain is kept to a minimum because it is adapted to the growth form of the head part of the head.
In addition, since the conveying gap variable means of the pair of left and right conveying belts is provided with an elastic body in the opposing direction, the elastic body senses and absorbs different sizes mixed with the rod to be cleaned and damages the leaves. ease.

It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the vegetable cleaning apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a general | schematic perspective view which shows the conveying means which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is sectional explanatory drawing cut | disconnected along the II-II line | wire of FIG. 2 which shows the use condition of a vegetable washing apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of a clearance adjustment means. It is other explanatory drawing of a clearance adjustment means.

Hereinafter, the detail of the vegetable washing apparatus of this invention is demonstrated based on embodiment shown to drawing. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vegetable cleaning apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a use state of the vegetable cleaning apparatus 1 It is sectional drawing cut | disconnected along the II-II line of 2. FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the gap adjusting means, and FIG. 5 is another explanatory view of the gap adjusting means.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vegetable washing apparatus 1 is roughly configured by a main body 2 and a conveying means 3 that is arranged in parallel in the width direction of the upper portion of the main body 2 and continuously conveys the vegetable K to be washed while rotating. Yes. As shown in FIG. 2, the transport means 3 includes a base cleaning brush 46 attached to the transport means 3 and scraping the root K2 and the leaf base K3 of the vegetable K, and an injection nozzle 26 that sprays cleaning water on the root K1. 45. As shown in FIG. 3, the conveying means 3 includes a pair of opposed conveying belts 17 and 36 and driving units 19 and 38 that drive the conveying belts 17 and 36.

As shown in FIG. 1, the main body 2 includes four support members 4, four legs 6 connected to the lower ends of the support members 4, and casters 5 attached to the other ends, and a water storage tank 7. Has been. The water storage tank 7 is provided for storing the waste liquid after washing the vegetables K. The water storage tank 7 has a rectangular opening and a bottom recessed in a valley shape, and is installed below the support member 4.
A pair of conveying means supporting frames 10 and 11 having substantially the same shape are connected to the upper end of the supporting member 4. The conveying means supporting frames 10 and 11 are arranged in parallel in the width direction of the main body 2, and are fixed by protruding by a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction of the main body 2. The conveying means 3 has a pair of right conveying means 12 and left conveying means 13 having substantially the same shape, the right conveying means 12 on the right conveying means supporting frame 10, and the left conveying means on the left conveying means supporting frame 11. Each 13 is supported. A portion of the right conveying means 12 and the left conveying means 13 facing each other is a conveying path 14 for conveying the vegetables K to be washed while rotating them.
The clearance width of the conveyance path 14 is adjusted according to the type of vegetables and the size of growth by rotating the handle 9 of the clearance adjustment means 8 provided at the upper end of the support member 4 supporting the left conveyance means 13.

As shown in FIG. 2, the right transport means 12 includes a rotatable right front pulley 15, a rotatable right rear pulley 16 disposed on the vegetable carry-out side 3 b with respect to the right front pulley 15, and a right front pulley 15. And a right conveying belt 17 wound around the right rear pulley 16. The right front pulley 15 and the right rear pulley 16 have substantially the same shape, and are supported so as to face the vegetable input side 3a and the vegetable carry-out side 3b of the right conveying means supporting frame 10, respectively. As shown in FIG. 3, a drive unit 19 is disposed above the right rear pulley 16 via a rotation shaft 18.
The drive unit 19 includes a drive motor 20, an intermediate shaft 21 that transmits the drive force of the drive motor 20, and a pair of holding members 22 that are disposed on both sides of the intermediate shaft 21 and hold the drive motor 20. A rotating shaft 18 is connected below the intermediate shaft 21.

On the upper side of the frame 10 for supporting the right conveying means, a right upper cleaning pipe 24 for spraying cleaning water on the root K1 of the vegetable K is supported by a locking tool. A plurality of injection nozzles 26, 26,... Opening toward the conveyance path 14 are disposed on the side of the upper right cleaning pipe 24 facing the left conveyance unit 13. These spray nozzles 26, 26,... Are set at angles so that washing water is sprayed onto the root K 1 of the vegetable K that is transported through the transport path 14.
Further, a pair of receiving rollers 29 and 29 for regulating the position of the right conveyance belt 17 are provided on the right conveyance means supporting frame 10 via brackets 30 and 30. The receiving rollers 29 and 29 are installed so as to contact the inner periphery of the right conveyance belt 17. The other receiving roller 29 is installed at a point symmetrical with one receiving roller 29 with the center of the right conveying means supporting frame 10 as the center of symmetry.

Next, on the lower side of the right conveying means supporting frame 10, a lower right cleaning pipe 31 for spraying cleaning water on the root K2 of the vegetable K is supported by a plurality of locking tools. A number of injection nozzles 33, 33,... Opening toward the transport path 14 are disposed on the side of the lower right cleaning pipe 31 facing the left transport means 13. These spray nozzles 33, 33,... Are set at angles so that the washing water is sprayed on the root K2 of the vegetable K transported through the transport path 14.
On the other hand, the left conveyance means 13 includes a rotatable left front pulley 34, a rotatable left rear pulley 35 disposed on the carry-out side with respect to the left front pulley 34, a left front pulley 34, and a left rear pulley 35. And a left conveyor belt 36 that is wound around. The left front pulley 34 and the left rear pulley 35 have substantially the same shape, and are supported opposite to the vegetable input side 3a and the vegetable carry-out side 3b of the left conveying means supporting frame 11, respectively. As shown in FIG. 3, a drive unit 38 is disposed above the left rear pulley 35 via a rotation shaft 37.

The drive unit 38 has substantially the same structure as the drive unit 19 of the right transport unit 12. The drive unit 38 includes a drive motor 39, an intermediate shaft 41 that transmits the drive force of the drive motor 39, and a pair of holding members 40 that are disposed on both sides of the intermediate shaft 40 and hold the drive motor 39. A rotating shaft 37 is connected below the intermediate shaft 40. The rotating shaft 37 is fixed to the center of the left rear pulley 35.
The drive motors 39 are independently variable in current and the speed is arbitrarily set.

On the upper side of the left conveying means supporting frame 11, a left upper cleaning pipe 43 for spraying cleaning water on the root portion K1 of the vegetable K is supported by a locking tool. . A plurality of injection nozzles 45, 45,... Opening toward the conveyance path 14 are disposed on the side of the upper left cleaning pipe 43 facing the right conveyance unit 12. The angles of these spray nozzles 45, 45,... Are set so that the washing water is sprayed on the vegetable K root K1 conveyed through the conveyance path 14.
A pair of side stays 11 a project from the left conveying means supporting frame 11 and are fixed to the left supporting member 4 via the gap adjusting means 8.

In addition, a pair of long, flat base cleaning brushes 46, 46 that rub the root K2 and the leaf base K3 of the vegetable K are disposed below the left conveying means supporting frame 11 via brackets 47, 47. It is supported by the left conveying means supporting frame 11. The root base cleaning brushes 46 and 46 include a long plate portion 46a and bristles 46b formed by bundling soft material such as strings and planting the plate portions 46a. The root base cleaning brushes 46, 46 are installed at a predetermined angle with respect to the transport path 14 so as to rub the root base K2 and the leaf base K3 of the vegetable K transported through the transport path 14. The root cleaning brushes 46 and 46 are provided at positions facing the receiving rollers 29 and 29 described above.

The right side conveyor belt 17 and the left side conveyor belt 36 described above have the same shape. The conveyor belts 17 and 36 are composed of an annular endless V-belt formed of an elastic material such as rubber, and a flexible belt that is attached to the outer periphery of the V-belt and conveys the vegetables K. The soft belt is formed of a sponge-like soft material in order to convey the vegetable K while rotating the root base K2 and the leaf base K3 while reducing the influence on the vegetable K.
In addition, water supply hoses 49, 49, 49 having one ends connected to the wash water branch 48 are connected to the start ends of the upper right wash pipe 24, the lower right wash pipe 31, and the left upper wash pipe 43.
The washing water branch 48 is installed at the upper right part of the support member 4 and is supplied with high-pressure washing water from a power injector (not shown). Then, the washing water is divided to supply water to the washing pipes 24, 31 and 43.

FIG. 4 shows a gap adjusting means, and a side stay 11a is projected from the left side support member 11. A side stay 11 a is slidably fitted to a receiving pipe 11 b provided on the upper portion of the support member 4. Reference numeral 9a denotes a screw shaft which is screwed into the female screw portion 11c of the side stay 11a. The other end of the screw shaft 9a penetrates the receiving pipe 11b and a handle 9 is fixed to the tip. Accordingly, when the handle 9 is rotated, the screw shaft 9a rotates the female screw portion 11c to expand and contract the side stay 11a, thereby moving the left conveying belt 36 (f1, f2), thereby causing the width (L) of the conveying path shown in FIG. Is variable.
FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the gap adjusting means, which is provided with an elastic body 28 of a coil spring by passing a guide rod 27 in place of the screw shaft 9a of FIG. When there is uneven size of vegetables while moving along the transport path, the elastic body absorbs the larger amount to relieve the pain of the leaves. Furthermore, a semi-cylindrical cover (not shown) is transported on the upper side of the transport means 3 A means supporting frame 10 and a left conveying means supporting frame 11 are attached.

Next, the operation | movement and effect | action which wash | clean a vegetable with the vegetable washing apparatus 1 of an above-described structure are demonstrated.
First, the root K1 of the vegetable K is placed on the flexible belts of the right and left conveying belts 17 and 36 with the vegetable root K1 on the vegetable input side 3a of the conveying means 3 and the leaf portion hanging down. Put. At this time, the tip of the root K1 is cut off by an equipped cutter (not shown).
Here, the rotational driving force of the drive motors 20 and 39 is transmitted to the rotary shafts 18 and 37 via the intermediate shafts 21 and 40. The rotating shafts 18 and 37 rotate the right rear pulley 16 and the left rear pulley 35. Next, due to the rotation of the right rear pulley 16 and the left rear pulley 35, the right conveyor belt 17 circulates between the right front pulley 15 and the right rear pulley 16, and the left conveyor belt 36 has the left front pulley 34 and the left rear pulley. Go around 35. The right front pulley 15 rotates following the rotation of the right conveyance belt 17, and the left front pulley 34 rotates following the rotation of the left conveyance belt 36.

At this time, the conveying speeds of the conveying belts 17 and 36 are set to be different from each other. For this reason, the vegetable K placed on the soft belt is conveyed toward the vegetable carry-out side 3b while being rotated by frictional resistance with the soft belt.
While the vegetables K are transported through the transport path 14, the spray nozzles 26, 26,... Disposed in the right upper cleaning pipe 24 and the plurality of spray nozzles 45 disposed in the left upper cleaning pipe 43. , 45,..., The washing water is sprayed toward the root K1 of the vegetable K. Moreover, washing water is sprayed toward the root base K2 of the vegetable K from the plurality of spray nozzles 33, 33,.

Further, while the vegetables K are transported along the transport path 14, the bristles 46b and 46b of the root base cleaning brushes 46 and 46 enter between the root K1 and the belts 17b and 36b. Since the vegetables K are rotated, the entire root base K2 and leaf base K3 are rubbed and transported by the hairs 46b and 46b. Therefore, the mud that has entered the root K1, the root K2, the leaf base K3, and the leaf K4 can be sufficiently washed out by the cleaning water and the base cleaning brush 46. At this time, since the pair of receiving rollers 29 and 29 for regulating the position of the right conveyance belt 17 are provided so as to contact the inner periphery 17c of the right conveyance belt 17, the brush hair continues to rub the vegetables K. However, the conveyor belts 17 and 36 are not detached from the pulleys 15, 16, 34 and 35.
Next, the washing water sprayed on the root K1 and the root base K2 flows down along the leaf part while removing dirt on the root K1, root base K2, and leaf base K3, and accumulates in the water tank 7. At this time, the leaves are cleaned.
Further, when washing the growing state of vegetables or large-diameter vegetables of different varieties, when the handle 9 of the pair of gap adjusting means 11 is rotated, the screw shaft 9a rotates the female screw portion 11c to expand and contract the side stay 11a. As a result, the left conveyance belt 36 is moved (f1, f2) to vary the width (L) of the conveyance path. Therefore, the use of the clearance adjustment means is more economical than the versatility of using the cleaning apparatus of the present invention.
Further, in the other embodiment of the gap adjusting means, the guide rod 27 changed to the screw shaft 9a is equipped with an elastic body 28 of a coil spring, and the size of the vegetables is uneven while moving on the conveyance path. Sometimes, the elastic body absorbs the larger amount to relieve the pain of the leaves and improve the quality.

Industrial application fields

In recent years, consumers who prefer leaves with leaves such as turnips and radishes have a preference that is preferred by consumers, and there is a demand for washing without removing leaves. In the same applicant, Aomori Prefecture, this leafy turnip has been evaluated as a branded product (Nobeji leafed turnip), and it is harvested from the early morning before dawn in order to maintain freshness and shipped within the same day. It is a system to do. In particular, there is a demand for washing so as not to damage the leaves that are edible parts, and it does not damage the root skin of the vegetable field with leaves, and it can also contribute to the shipment of high-quality agricultural products that are gentle to the foliage. Is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vegetable washing apparatus 2 Main body 3 Conveying means 3a Vegetable input side 3b Vegetable discharge side 4 Support member 5 Caster 6 Leg 7 Water storage tank 8 Clearance adjustment means 9 Handle 9a Screw shaft 9b Step part 10 Right support frame 11 For left support Frame 11a Side stay 11b Receiving pipe 11c Female thread part 12 Right conveying means 13 Left conveying means 14 Conveying path 15 Right front pulley 16 Left front pulley 17 Right conveying belt 18 Rotating shaft 19 Driving unit 20 Driving motor 21 Intermediate shaft 22 Holding member 24 Upper right Washing water pipe 26 spray nozzle (root cleaning means)
27 Guide rod 28 Elastic body 29 Receiving roller 30 Bracket 31 Right lower cleaning pipe 33 Injection nozzle 34 Left front pulley 35 Left rear pulley 36 Left transport belt 37 Rotating shaft 38 Drive unit 39 Drive motor 40 Holding member 41 Intermediate shaft 43 Left upper Cleaning pipe 45 spray nozzle (root cleaning means)
46 Base cleaning brush 47 Bracket 48 Wash water branch K Vegetable K1 Root K2 Root base K3 Leaf base

Claims (4)

Conveying means for continuously conveying the vegetable while rotating the vegetable while supporting the root so that the root of the vegetable consisting of a spherically enlarged root and a leaf is on the top and hanging the leaf. In the vegetable cleaning apparatus, comprising: a base cleaning brush attached to the transport means for rubbing the root portion of the root portion and the leaf portion; and a root cleaning means for spraying cleaning water on the root portion, the transport means includes a transport belt. A vegetable washing apparatus comprising a pair of left and right conveying means provided, wherein the conveying belt forms a conveying path and includes conveying gap variable means for the conveying path. 2. The vegetable cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pair of left and right conveying belts that are opposed to each other are provided with driving units that are operated independently. 3. The vegetable cleaning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the conveyance gap variable means of the pair of conveyance belts is adjusted without permission by a screw shaft. 3. The vegetable washing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an elastic body is interposed in the opposing direction in the conveying gap variable means of the pair of conveying belts.

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