JP2019080502A - Device for cutting off root - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a device for cutting off a root capable of easily carrying out a work for cutting off root parts of bulb vegetables, being simply handled by a worker, and making the cut-off root parts less liable to be adhered to a rotating blade part.SOLUTION: A device for cutting off roots includes a loading table 30 having a loading surface 31 for loading N such as garlic and the like and reciprocally movable in a direction orthogonal to the loading surface 31, a shaft 44 provided at a side opposite to the loading surface 31 and disposed in parallel with the loading surface 31, driving means 40 fixed to the shaft 44 to rotationally drive the shaft, a cutting blade 50 fixed to the shaft 44 and rotating together with the shaft to cut off root parts of N such as garlic and the like, and a blade part 52 reaching the vicinity of the loading surface 31 of the loading table 30 reciprocally moving with a rotation outer periphery of the cutting blade 50 being positioned outside a rotation outer periphery of the shaft 44.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a root excision apparatus for excising roots of garlic and the like.

  It is desirable that garlic be shipped to the market after its hair roots are cleanly removed from its roots. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an apparatus for cutting off the root portion of a bulbous vegetable such as garlic, "hair root cutting apparatus for garlic etc." in JP-A-7-250664 (patent document 1), and Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 63-28394 (patent document 2) The “upper and lower unnecessary part removal apparatus such as onion” of the above is disclosed.

The “hair root cutting apparatus such as garlic and the like disclosed in Patent Document 1” forms a transport unit that attaches and moves a bucket on which a garlic or the like is mounted to a transport body. A hair-root cutting cutter is disposed to form a hair-root cutting device, and a gripping device for pressing and supporting hair-roots such as garlic in the front stage of this cutting cutter is disposed close to one side of the carrier Hair root cutting device.
The "upper and lower unnecessary part removal apparatus such as onion etc." disclosed in Patent Document 2 is characterized in that "a plurality of through holes having different diameters are provided on the upper surface, and removal blades are provided in the respective through holes. Top and bottom unnecessary part removal apparatus, such as onion etc.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-250664 Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 63-28394

Garlic shipped to the retail market is required to have its roots removed. In addition, there is a need for an apparatus that can be easily handled by a worker who removes the root portion of garlic, is efficient in removing the root portion, and can perform the removing operation without reducing the removal efficiency of the root portion.
For this reason, "the hair root cutting device such as garlic etc. shown in Patent Document 1" attaches the bucket on which the garlic etc. is placed to the carrier and moves it, and the hair root cutting cutter contacts the side of the bucket An apparatus for cutting hair roots such as garlic is shown. The "hair root cutting apparatus such as garlic" disclosed in Patent Document 1 is mainly used at the time of harvesting of garlic and is used for rough cutting of the stem and root of garlic. With this device, it is not possible to completely remove the root that has grown from a position recessed from the garlic bulb, with a cutting cutter, and it is shipped to the market after the root has been completely removed manually, etc. at the time of shipping. Ru.
The "upper and lower unnecessary part removal apparatus such as onion etc." shown in Patent Document 2 selects a plurality of holes of different sizes, and presses the onions against the holes while drilling on the lower central part of the holes. The root is removed by pressing the root of the onion downward onto the removal blade. However, as the number of times of removal of unnecessary parts increases, the cut roots adhere and gradually accumulate between the drill-like removal blade and the removal blade. The roots adhering and accumulated between the removal blades greatly reduce the removal ability of the roots and deteriorate the working efficiency of the roots removal.

  From this, it is an object of the present invention to provide a garlic root excision apparatus which can be easily handled by workers, is effective in excising roots of garlic and the like, and can maintain the efficiency of root excision. To aim.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned subject, the invention concerning claim 1 is a root excision device which excises roots, such as garlic, and it has a mounting surface for mounting garlic etc., and it has the mounting surface. A mounting table capable of reciprocating in a direction orthogonal to the direction perpendicular thereto, a shaft provided on the opposite side to the mounting surface described above and disposed parallel to the mounting surface, and fixed to the shaft to rotationally drive the shaft Driving means, a cutting blade fixed to the shaft, rotating with the shaft and cutting off a root portion of garlic or the like, and a rotating outer periphery of the cutting blade are located outside the rotating outer periphery of the shaft And a blade portion that reaches the vicinity of the mounting surface of the mounting table that is reciprocated.

  Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the mounting table further includes an elastic body, and is biased in a direction away from the shaft to return to the original position. It is a root excision device as described.

  Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the cutting blade has a blade portion having a shape curved in the outer direction of the outer periphery of rotation. The root excision device according to any of the above.

  Moreover, in order to solve the said subject, in the invention which concerns on Claim 4, the said cutting blade has a blade part in the rotation direction side, The root in any one of the Claims 1 thru | or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. It is a cutting device.

  Moreover, in order to solve the said subject, in the invention which concerns on Claim 5, the said cutting blade further has a blade part on the opposite side to the rotation direction in any one of the Claims 1 to 4 characterized by the above-mentioned. It is a root excision device as described.

  According to the present invention, the operator can place garlic on the mounting table and press the mounting table to easily and efficiently remove the root portion of the garlic. In addition, since the removed root does not deposit on the cutting blade, it is possible to provide a garlic root excision device that maintains the root cutting efficiency of the blade.

It is a front view of the root resection device of the example of the present invention. It is a top view of the root resection device of the example of the present invention. It is a side view of the root resection device of the example of the present invention. It is the principal part front view cut by AA shown in FIG. 2 in the state which pressed down the mounting base of the root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is the principal part side view sectioned in BB shown in FIG. 1 in the state which pressed down the mounting base of the root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention.

  One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. The root excision device 1 of this embodiment is described with the upper side shown in FIG. 1 as upper side, lower side as lower side, left side as left side, right side as right side, lower side shown in FIG. 2 as front side and lower side as rear side. .

  The root excision device 1 for removing the root part of garlic or the like N is a base 20, and a mounting table 30 which is disposed on the upper part of the base 20 and which can reciprocate in the direction orthogonal to the flat portion of the base A shaft 44 is provided on the lower side of the mounting surface 31 on which 30 garlics or the like N is to be mounted, and is disposed parallel to the mounting surface, a cutting blade 50 provided at the central portion of the shaft 44, and Drive means 40 for driving the shaft 44 is provided.

  The base 20 which is a base of the root excision device 1 is a rectangular plate, and the flat portion is disposed in the vertical direction. A large circular hole 21 is opened substantially at the center of the base 20. A side plate 22 is vertically provided from the end of the flat portion of the base 20 upward.

The side plate 22 has a shape obtained by bending the plate into a U-shape in a plan view shown in FIG. 3, and the upper side and the front side are open. That is, three directions of the right side surface, the rear side surface, and the left side surface of the upper portion of the base 20 are surrounded by the side plate 22.
A plurality of support rods 23 for holding a mounting table 30 described later are disposed on the upper surface of the base 20 inside the bent plate of the side plate 22.

  The support rod 23 has a cylindrical shape, and one end thereof is vertically provided on and fixed to the upper surface of the base 20. In the present embodiment, the number of support rods 23 is three. The support rods 23 are provided at equal angular intervals around the hole 21 at the outer peripheral portion of the hole 21 provided at a substantially central portion of the upper surface of the base 20. A female screw 24 is provided on the other end side above the support bar 23. Above the support bar 23, the mounting table 30 for placing garlic N and the like is located.

The mounting table 30 is formed of a substantially circular plate, and the upper surface of the mounting table 30 is a mounting surface 31 on which N such as garlic is mounted. A substantially rectangular hole 32 is opened in the central portion of the mounting table 30, and the long side of the substantially rectangular hole 32 is directed in the front-rear direction of the root excision device 1.
Garlic or the like N placed on the mounting surface 31 with the root directed downward is supported by the mounting surface 31 of the outer peripheral portion of the substantially rectangular hole 32. The root portion of garlic or the like N protrudes from the substantially rectangular hole toward the lower side of the mounting table 30.

The cylindrical portion 33 is provided so as to cover the outer peripheral side surface of the garlic or the like N placed on the mounting surface 31 in the substantially rectangular hole 32 provided at the central portion of the mounting surface 31. The cylindrical portion 33 has a cylindrical shape and is set lower than the total height of N such as garlic.
On the inner diameter side of the cylindrical portion 33, a holding member 34 for holding and stabilizing N such as garlic is provided. In the present embodiment, the holding member 34 is sponge-like. The holding member 34 has a cylindrical shape having a height substantially equal to that of the cylindrical portion 33, and the inner diameter in the direction orthogonal to the mounting surface 31 is set smaller than the outer diameter of garlic. The inner diameter of the holding member 34 smaller in diameter than garlic etc. N has the effect of gently wrapping the outer peripheral surface of distorted garlic etc. N, and garlic etc. N moves laterally, or is parallel to the mounting surface 31 described above. Prevent rotation in the direction.

  In the vicinity of the outer periphery of the mounting table 30, a plurality of holes 35 are opened at equal angular intervals centering on the mounting table 30. The hole 35 is circular, and the diameter of the hole 35 is set smaller than the outer diameter of the support bar 23. In the present embodiment, there are three holes 35 provided in the mounting table 30 described above. Bolts 36 are inserted into the plurality of holes 35 from the upper side of the mounting table 30.

A male screw 37 is provided at the tip of the bolt 36, and the male screw 37 is screwed into the female screw 24 provided on the support rod 23. In the present embodiment, the bolt 36 uses a hex socket bolt. The mounting table 30 is restricted by the bolt 36 screwed into the support rod 23 so that horizontal movement and rotation can not be performed.
Furthermore, since the upper side of the male screw 37 on the tip end side of the bolt 36 is a cylindrical shape without a screw and set to a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the hole 35, the head 38 on the upper side of the bolt 36 and the support Reciprocation with the rod 23 is possible. That is, the mounting table 30 reciprocates in the axial direction of the bolt 36 parallel to the direction orthogonal to the mounting surface 31 between the lower end side of the head portion 38 of the bolt 36 and the upper end side of the support rod 23. Is possible.

  An elastic member 39 is disposed on the outer periphery of the bolt 36 between the mounting table 30 and the support bar 23. In the present embodiment, the elastic member 39 uses a compression spring. The elastic member 39 is disposed to urge the mounting table 30 upward, and always urges the mounting table 30 capable of reciprocating in the vertical direction upward. The table 30 moves downward when pressed downward, and returns upward due to the biasing of the elastic member 39 when the downward pressure is released.

  The lower part of the mounting table 30 is provided with a cutting blade 50 to be described later for cutting off a root part coming out of the lower surface part of the mounting table 30, and the cutting blade 50 is rotationally driven by the driving means 40.

  The drive means 40 is attached to a substantially central portion on the left side of the side plate 22 shown in FIG. In the case of the present embodiment, the drive means 40 is a motor. The drive means 40 is provided with an output shaft 41, and the output shaft 41 is mounted inward perpendicularly to the surface of the side plate 22 which is a mounting surface of the drive means 40.

A bearing holder 42 is attached to a substantially central portion of the right and inner side surface of the side plate 22 shown in FIG. The bearing holder 42 is expanded so that a substantially central portion of a substantially rhombic plate is pushed by a cylinder, and the expanded side is directed to the inside of the side plate 22. The bulging central portion of the bearing holder 42 has a hole for the shaft 44 to pass through. The flat portion of the outer peripheral portion of the bearing holder 42 is fixed to the side plate 22.
A bearing 43 is inserted and held in the cylindrical hollowed inner recessed portion of the bearing holder 42. The bearing 43 is provided coaxially and in parallel with the output shaft 41 of the driving means 40, and the shaft 44 is disposed coaxially with the output shaft 41 and the bearing 43.

The shaft 44 has a round bar shape, and one end of the shaft 44 is fixed to the output shaft 41 of the driving means 40 so that the rotation axis is coaxial. The other end side of the shaft 44 is inserted into the inner diameter of the bearing 43, and the shaft 44 is rotatably supported. That is, the shaft 44 is located on the opposite side to the mounting surface 31 and is provided parallel to the mounting surface 31.
The shaft 44 fixed to the output shaft 41 can be rotationally driven using the drive means 40 as a drive source. In the present embodiment, the rotation direction of the shaft 44 is the clockwise rotation direction shown in FIG.
A flat portion 45 is formed on the outer diameter portion of the substantially intermediate portion of the shaft 44 as cut in a D shape shown in FIG. The cutting blade 50 for removing the root of garlic or the like N is attached to the flat portion 45.

The cutting blade 50 is formed by curving a substantially rectangular plate member into a bowl shape at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction. In the present embodiment, the cutting blade 50 is curved in a substantially Ω shape. The flat portion of the end portion on the longitudinal direction side of the cutting blade 50 is attached and fixed to the flat portion 45 provided at the central portion of the shaft 44 with a bolt 51. The cutting blade 50 is fixed to the shaft 44, and can be rotationally driven by using the driving unit 40 as a driving source.
The apex side of the curved convex portion of the cutting blade 50 is directed outward in the radial direction of the shaft 44, and the curved ridge line direction is directed in the circumferential direction of the shaft 44. The curved portion of the cutting blade 50 is located below the substantially rectangular hole 32 provided in the mounting table 30.

  The edge part 52 is formed in the edge part of the rotation direction both sides of the said cutting blade 50 curved and formed. The blade portion 52 forms a cuttable space around the shaft 44 by rotating the shaft 44. That is, the rotation radius of the blade 52 is set larger than the radius of the shaft 44.

  The upper portion of the rotating outer periphery of the rotating blade portion 52 passes so as to cross the longitudinal direction of the substantially rectangular hole 32 when the mounting table 30 vertically moves to the lower portion and reaches the lower end. Further, the upper dead part of the mounting table 30 that reciprocates is regulated so that the upper part of the rotation outer periphery of the blade 52 is positioned in the vicinity of the mounting surface 31. In the present embodiment, the upper portion of the rotation outer periphery of the blade portion 52 is set to reach slightly above the mounting surface 31 described above.

  When the upper part of the rotating outer periphery of the rotating blade 52 reaches the vicinity of the mounting surface 31, as in the root of N such as garlic, it removes the root growing from a position recessed inward from the surrounding scale pieces. To help.

  The root portion of garlic N or the like can be cut out by bringing the root portion of garlic or the like N placed on the placement portion and exposed from the substantially rectangular hole 32 into contact with the rotated blade portion 52. . Moreover, since a space without a structure is secured inside and below the curved blade portion 52 except for the shaft 44, the root portion of the excised garlic or the like N may fall downward as it is. it can.

  Furthermore, since the cutting blade 50 rotates in the direction in which the blade is provided, even if the root portion of the cut garlic or the like N tries to adhere to the blade portion 52, it has an effect of falling off. That is, since the root portion of the cut garlic or the like N does not adhere to or deposit on the cutting blade 50, the maintenance frequency of the blade portion 52 can be reduced.

  When the blade 52 is worn out for long-term use, the bolt 51 can be loosened from the shaft 44 to remove the cutting blade 50, and the direction of the blade 52 can be switched back and forth with respect to the rotational direction . Since the unworn blade 52 can be used by replacing the front and rear blades 52, the cutting blade 50 can be used continuously and is economical.

In order to protect the worker from the scattering of the rotating cutting blade 50 and the root portion of the cut garlic and the like N, a guard 53 is disposed so as to surround the table 30 described above. The guard 53 is vertically provided from the base and is formed in a U-shape in plan view shown in FIG.
The height of the guard 53 in the vertical direction is substantially equal to the height of the guard 53 biased upward by the elastic member 39 of the mounting table 30. The side surface of the guard 53 is perforated so that the shaft 44 can penetrate.

The root portion of garlic or the like N cut off by the rotated blade portion 52 falls downward from the hole 21 provided in the substantially central portion of the base 20, passes through the discharge portion 60, and is discharged to the outside.
The discharge unit 60 is attached to the lower surface of the base 20. The discharge part 60 has a box shape shaped to extend below the lower surface of the base 20, and the upper surface connected to the base 20 is released so that the root of N such as garlic can fall, and the lower surface is An inclined surface is attached to the horizontal surface. The lower side of the inclined surface is directed rearward, and the rear side of the inclined surface is open. Roots of the excised garlic and the like N slide down the inclined surface and are discharged rearward from the lower end of the inclined surface.

A switch 70 is provided in front of the drive means 40 on the outer left side of the side plate. When the switch 70 is turned to the “ON” side, power can be supplied to the drive means 40 and the drive means 40 can be driven. Conversely, when the lever 70 is turned to the "OFF" side, the power supply to the drive means 40 can be cut off, and the drive means 40 can be stopped.

The usage method of the root excision apparatus 1 of a present Example is demonstrated.
The lever 70 of the switch 70 is turned "ON" to drive the driving means 40 to rotate the cutting blade 50. Garlic or the like N is put into the inner diameter of the holding member 34 of the mounting table 30 with the root portion directed downward, and placed on the mounting surface 31. At this time, the root portion protrudes downward from the substantially rectangular hole 32.

  When the placement of the garlic and the like N is completed, the operator presses the table 30 together with the garlic and the like N to move the table 30 downward. The root portion of garlic N or the like is cut by contacting the root portion of garlic or the like N pressed downward to the blade portion 52 of the cutting blade 50 positioned below the mounting table 30 and rotating. The root portion of the excised garlic or the like N is discharged rearward from the discharge portion 60 downward.

  After cutting off the root portion of garlic etc. N, the operator cancels pressing of the mounting table 30 and the garlic etc. N described above. The table 30 released from the pressing is moved upward together with the garlic etc. N by the upward biasing of the elastic member 39, and the head 38 of the bolt 36 is restricted and stops at the original position. When cutting off the root portion of garlic or the like N, the operator turns the lever 70 of the switch 70 to the "OFF" side to stop the rotation of the driving means 40, and the work is ended.

  As described above, the root excision apparatus 1 of the present invention configured is such that the operator places garlic N or the like on the mounting table 30 and simply presses the mounting table 30 together with the mounting table 30 so that adjustment or the like is unnecessary and easy. Remove the roots of garlic and other N. Furthermore, the rotation axis of the blade 52 is disposed parallel to the mounting surface 31 and the blade 52 is rotated, so that the root recessed inside the garlic N or the like can be cut away. Further, since the cut-off root does not adhere to the blade 52, it does not deposit on the blade 52, and the cutting efficiency can be maintained to reduce the frequency of maintenance.

  The present invention can be applied to the removal of roots of root vegetables and bulbous vegetables which are concentrated at about the center and rooted.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 root excision device 20 base 22 side plate 23 support bar 30 mounting base 31 mounting surface 34 holding member 36 bolt 39 elastic member 40 driving means 44 shaft 50 cutting blade 52 blade part 60 discharge part 70 switch N garlic etc.

Claims (5)

A root excision device for excising roots of garlic etc.
A mounting table having a mounting surface for mounting garlic and the like, and capable of reciprocating in a direction orthogonal to the mounting surface;
A shaft provided on the opposite side of the mounting surface and disposed parallel to the mounting surface;
Driving means fixed to the shaft and for driving the shaft to rotate;
A cutting blade which is fixed to the shaft, rotates with the shaft, and cuts off a root of garlic or the like;
The outer periphery of the cutting blade is located outside the outer periphery of the shaft, and the blade portion which reciprocates reaches the vicinity of the mounting surface of the mounting table.
A root excision device characterized by comprising. The mounting table further comprises an elastic body,
The root excision device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is biased in the direction away from the shaft and returns to the original position.   The root cutting device according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the cutting blade has a blade portion having a shape curved in an outward direction of a rotation outer periphery.   The root cutting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cutting blade has a blade portion on the rotational direction side.   The root cutting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cutting blade further includes a blade portion on the side opposite to the rotation direction.

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