JP2603029Y2 - Root removal device for bulb vegetables - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for digging and harvesting bulbous vegetables such as garlic and then removing stems and roots from the bulbs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Vegetables consisting of bulbs (or having bulbs) such as garlic and onion are called bulb vegetables, and as a method of harvesting these bulb vegetables, the foliage is cut off before harvesting, and then the tractor is harvested. A method is known in which a series of operations of digging out, transferring, and storing the bulbous vegetables in a container using a bulb vegetable harvesting machine attached to the vessel are known. However, the bulb vegetables harvested in this way still have the roots attached to the bulbs, and the method of cutting off the stems and roots from the bulbs for harvesting was performed manually.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As a device for removing roots from a large number of bulbs of bulb vegetables, separate cutting blades for cutting off stems and roots are arranged. An apparatus configured to transport the bulbs and remove the stems and roots at once can be considered. However, what is problematic in the apparatus having such a configuration is a method in which the stem and root hairline portions of the bulb are accurately conveyed to both arranged cutting blades.
That is, if the bulbs are not conveyed in a substantially vertical direction with respect to both the cutting blades, the cutting efficiency becomes poor. As described above, it is necessary to provide means for easily supplying the bulb vegetables in a posture suitable for cutting, and for transporting the vegetables while maintaining the posture.

[0004]

The present invention uses the following means to solve the above problems. Place the supply of bulb vegetables in front of the rotating body 1 and rotate
A storage section for the cut bulbous vegetables is arranged behind the body 1 and
The cutting blades 4 and 5 are arranged on the outer periphery of the rolling element 1 so as to overlap.
To cut and remove the stems and roots of harvested bulb vegetables
The rotating body 1 is parallel to the root-side disk 2 and the stem-side disk.
3 and the root disk 2 is radial from the edge.
A root portion 6 is provided at the bottom, and the hairline of the root R is inserted into the root portion 6.
Forming a root holding groove 6a, and a circle inside each root placement portion 6
A gutter-shaped bulb holding part 7 is provided and fixed to the board 2 and
The side disk 3 also constitutes the outer stem placement part 8 radially from the edge,
The inner stem holder 9 is attached to the inside of the outer stem holder 8 and fixed.
The hairline portion of the stalks S of the bulb-shaped vegetables is formed into the outer stem placement portion 8.
And placed on the upper part of the inner stem rest part 9, and the two discs 2 and 3 are spaced
The insertion hole of the bolt 10 to be opened and fixed is a long hole 3a.
And adjust the bolt position according to the size of the bulb vegetables
Then, the stem S and the root R are configured to be horizontal .

[0005]

[Function] By configuring the device for removing the roots of bulb vegetables as described above, simply supplying the bulb vegetables with roots to the rotating plate 1 and transporting them, the stems and roots are automatically cut off at once. Then the bulbs are stored.

[0006] The rotating body 1 of the apparatus for removing roots of bulb vegetables
In the supply of bulb vegetables, when the bulb is inserted into the bulb holding part which is gutter-shaped and is inclined downward at the supply position, the root of the root is inserted into the groove naturally, and the root is outside the disk 2 Protruding, also, when the stem of the stem, the bulb portion is securely held in the bulb holding portion, just put on the inner and outer stem rest, the bulb vegetables, the cutting of roots It is supplied in a suitable good posture, and is transported to the cutting blades 4 and 5 by the rotation of the rotating body 1 while maintaining the posture,
The root is cut off by a rotationally driven root cutting blade 4, and the stem is cut off by a rotationally driven stem cutting blade 5.

[0007] Further, by installing the bulb vegetable harvesting machine attached to the tractor at the rear of the same, the operation of removing the stems and roots from the bulbs is performed in parallel with the harvesting of the bulb vegetables by running the tractor. Can be.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a side view of a stalk cutting side of the garlic stalk root removing device A, FIG. 2 is a side view of a root cutting side showing the same drive configuration, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a stalk cutting side, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view of the garlic carry-out side, FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of the rotator 1 showing a position where the cutting blades 4 and 5 are disposed, and FIG. 7 is a configuration of a garlic holding member of the rotator 1. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an embodiment in which a garlic harvester B pulled by a tractor T is connected to a garlic stalk root removing device A, and FIG. 9 is a garlic harvester B. 10 is a rear perspective view of the same.

The apparatus for removing roots of bulb vegetables will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, although this Example demonstrated the garlic stalk root removal apparatus, it can be applied and implemented also to other bulb vegetables. First, the configuration of the main body of the garlic root removal device A will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a bearing portion 14 is vertically suspended from an upper portion of the rotating body support frame 13, and the rotating shaft 1 of the rotating body 1 is attached to the bearing portion 14.
2 is rotatably supported. Above it, a drive case 15 is provided. In the drive case 15, an electric motor 16 is provided at the terminal end on the garlic carry-out side, and output pulleys 16a and 16b are attached to its output shaft. ing.

From the output pulley 16a, cutting blades 4 and 5 which are pivotally supported at the end of the drive case 15 on the garlic carry-in side are provided.
A belt 18 is wound around a cutting blade drive pulley 17a attached to a rotary shaft 17 of the rotary shaft 17. The output pulley 16b is connected to an input pulley 19a of a reduction gear case 19 provided at a central portion in the drive case 15. The belt 21 is wound around a rotating body driving pulley 12 a attached to the rotating shaft 12 of the rotating body 1 by an output pulley 19 b that is driven in a reduced speed in the reduction gear case 19. To drive. In this way, by driving the electric motor M, the rotating body 1 and the cutting blades 4 and 5
It rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 and FIG.
However, when the garlic is attached to the garlic harvester B described later, it is also possible to configure so that power is input from the PTO shaft of the tractor.

Next, the rotating body 1 will be described. As described above, the rotating shaft 12 of the rotating body 1 projects sideways while being supported by the bearing portion 14, and the root disk 2 of the rotating body 1 is fixed to the protruding end. On the surface of the root disk 2, bolt holes 2
a.2a ... are provided. And the anti-bearing part 1
On the 4th side, a stem-side disk 3 is provided in parallel with the root-side disk 2. As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 3, slots 3a are formed in the surface of the stem-side disc 3 so as to face the bolt holes 2a. And a bolt hole 2a of the root-side disk 2 into a long hole 3a of the stem-side disk 3,
As shown in FIG. 7, bolts 10, 10...
The bolt 10 is fastened with a nut 11 on the upper side a to form the rotating body 1. The length of the bolt 10 fastened between the two disks 2 and 3 is set to the target height of the garlic after the stalk and root have been cut off, and by changing the bolt length, the length of the bolt is changed. The target height of garlic G, which is a bulb obtained later, can be changed.

In the rotating body 1 thus formed, the root portions 6, 6... Protrude radially from the edge of the root disk 2. The root holder 6 has a root holding groove 6a into which a hairline of a garlic root R is inserted. Further, a gutter-shaped garlic holding portion 7 is fixedly provided inside each root portion 6 (on the stem-side disk 3 side). The garlic has a triangular shape with the stem side as the top and the root side as the base when viewed from the side. As shown in FIG. 7, the bottom side of the garlic G contacts the inside of the root portion 6 and the garlic G as shown in FIG. The garlic G is held in such a manner that the side portion of the garlic abuts on the garlic holding portion 7 and is thus sandwiched between the root portion 6 and the garlic holding portion 7.

Further, the garlic holding portion 7 is configured so as to be inclined downward when the operator sitting on the seat 35 reaches a position where garlic with pedicles is supplied.
Accordingly, when the operator holds the root R in a substantially horizontal shape and places the portion of the garlic G, which has also been made horizontal, in front of the garlic holding portion 7, the garlic G naturally becomes
The garlic holding portion 7 which is inclined downward is slid down and held, and the hairline portion of the root R is naturally fitted into the root holding groove 6a by this, and the garlic G
And the root R are held.

On the other hand, the outer stem placement portions 8 are projected from the edge of the stem-side disk 3 radially.
On the inside (root-side disc 2 side), an inner stem placing portion 9 is protruded in parallel. In the supply of garlic, it is only necessary to place the horizontal portion of the stalk S of the garlic G on the upper portions of the outer stem portion 8 and the inner stem portion 9. Root side disk 2
The root holder 6 and the garlic holder 7 of the stalk and the outer stem holder 8 and the inner stem holder 9 of the stem-side disk 3 face each other, and the supplied garlic is garlic (bulb) G as described above. And root R
Are held by the root holder 6 and the garlic holder 7, and the stems S are mounted on the outer and inner stem holders 8 and 9, respectively.
It is transported to the cutting site with the rotation of
In order to obtain good cutting, the stems and roots must hit the cutting blade vertically, that is, the stems S and roots R must be transported horizontally.

Therefore, at the supply position, the vertical height of the root of the garlic G and the root of the stem S must be horizontal. Here, the hairline part of the root R is
In the root holding groove 6a, the vertical height changes depending on the size of the garlic G. In other words, when the diameter of the garlic G is small, the portion is downward, and when it is large, it is upward. Therefore, if the mounting position of the stem hairline is fixed, the vertical height of the stem hairline and the root hairline is fixed. As a result, the garlic G and the stem S / root R do not become horizontal. Therefore, it is desirable that the placement position of the hairline of the stem S can be moved up and down in accordance with the size of the garlic G. Then, by rotating the stem-side disk 3, the upper end heights of the outer stem holder 8 and the inner stem holder 9 are adjusted to the garlic holder 7.
Is adjusted so as to match the height of the hairline portion of the root R when held at this time. In this adjustment, it is necessary to adjust the nut tightening position in the long hole 3a of the stem-side disk 3. You can do it.

Referring to FIG. 7, in the case of garlic G 'having a large diameter, when the garlic is held in the garlic holding portion 7, the position of the root R' is changed to the root R of the garlic G having a small diameter.
Higher than the position. In this case, the outer stem placement part 8 on which the stem S of the garlic G having a small diameter is horizontally placed.
When the inner stem rest part 9 is fixed as it is, the position of the stem S ′ placed on the stem rest part 8.9 becomes lower than the position of the root R ′, and Does not. Then, the stem-side disk 3 is rotated to rotate the slot 3a to the position of the slot 3'a in FIG.
When the nuts 11 are fastened with the nuts 11, the positions of the outer stem holder 8 ′ and the inner stem holder 9 ′ rotated by the nut 11 are shifted to the outer stem holder when the small-diameter garlic G stem S is mounted. 8 and the inner stem holder 9, the stem S ′ can be placed at the same height with respect to the holding position of the root R ′ which has been increased due to the large diameter of the garlic G ′. Netsuke garlic can be held horizontally.

Next, the configuration of the cutting blades 4 and 5 will be described. The cutting blades 4 and 5 are disposed above the rotator 1 and closer to the garlic carry-in side, and as described above, the drive shaft 17 provided with the cutting blade drive pulley 17a and the root cutting blade 4 Stem cutting blades 5 are fixed in parallel. Root cutting blade 4
Is located immediately outside the root disk 2 of the rotating body 1 as shown in FIG. That is, the root R protruding outside the root holding groove 6a of the root placing part 6 of the rotating body 1 which is conveyed while holding the garlic with the stem root is cut just outside the root holding groove 6a. In addition, the scraper 22 protrudes in front of the root cutting blade 4, and the root R is caught by the scraper 22 during cutting, so that the root R is reliably separated from the cut portion. Outside the root disk 2, the bearing portion 1 of the rotating body support frame 13 is provided.
A root dropping plate 23 is provided immediately before 4 so that the roots R that have been cut and dropped do not fall on the bearing portion 14 and hinder the rotation of the rotating body 1 or the like. Then, it strikes the root removing plate 23, slides downward, and falls into the above-mentioned root collection basket 29.

As shown in FIG. 6, the stem cutting blade 5 is disposed at a position passing between the outer stem holder 8 and the inner stem holder 9 of the stem-side disk 3. The garlic stems S placed and conveyed on the inner and inner stem placement sections 8 and 9 are cut between the outer and inner stem placement sections 8 and 9. The cutting blades 4 and 5 are covered with a cutting blade cover 24.

The cutting blade cover 24 for covering the cutting blades 4 and 5
A rotating body cover 25 extends in the direction of rotation of the rotating body 1 from above, and its upper surface portion is viewed from the horizontal axis of the rotating body 1 as shown in FIGS. It has an inclined shape, and the support link 26
The chute 27 is arranged in an inclined manner through the
7 The lower end is disposed in the garlic collecting basket 30. In this way, the rotating body cover 25 and the chute 27 form a garlic carry-out path after the removal of the shoot roots. That is, the garlic G from which the roots have been cut off by the cutting blades 4 and 5 is further transported with the rotation of the rotating body 1 and falls off from the rotating body 1, hits the upper surface of the rotating body cover 25, and reliably. It is guided by the chute 27 and carried out into the garlic collecting basket 30.

Next, a frame for supporting the entire garlic root removal apparatus A will be described with reference to FIGS. On the upper surface of the horizontal upper frame 31, a supply basket 28 containing garlic with stem roots is provided at the terminal end on the garlic carry-in side.
There is provided a supply basket mounting frame 31a for mounting the garlic, and a stem root collecting basket 29 for collecting stems and roots cut from garlic conveyed to the rotating body 1 is provided immediately inside the frame 31a. It is placed. However, when the garlic root removal device A is fixed to the work place after the harvest, the above configuration may be used. However, as described later, when the garlic root removal device A is directly connected to the garlic harvester B, the supply basket is not used. 28 and the root collection basket 29 may be omitted, and may be directly taken out from the garlic harvester B, and the cut stems and roots may be discharged to the field. Further, near the center of the upper frame 31, a rotating body support frame 13 for supporting the rotating body 1, which is the main body of the garlic stalk root removing device, is provided upright. A garlic collecting basket 30 for collecting garlic from which the stem roots removed from the body 1 have been removed is placed.

As will be described later, when the garlic stalk root removing device A is directly connected to the garlic harvester B, the garlic harvester B must follow the garlic harvester B as it travels. Therefore, in a configuration that can be mounted on the garlic harvester B, a lower frame 32 is disposed in parallel with the upper frame 31, as shown in FIGS. The lower frame 32 may be provided by vertically fixing frame members 33, 33,... To the upper frame 31, or may be detachable. On both sides of the lower frame 32, running wheels 36
The axles of the running wheels 36 are supported below the lower frame 32. Also, the lower frame 32 is positioned such that the garlic carry-in side is the upper frame 31.
And a seat 35 for an operator who supplies garlic with shoot roots is erected from the upper surface of the extending portion to the rotating body 1 described below of the garlic shoot root removing device A. Further, locking portions 34, 34 for locking the connecting member of the garlic harvester B, which will be described later, protrude from the side surface on the stem cutting side of the lower frame 32.

The configuration of the garlic root removal device A is as described above. Next, the configuration in which the garlic root removal device A is connected to the garlic harvester B will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the outline of the garlic harvester B will be described. A digging blade 38 for insertion into the soil is disposed at the tip between the side plates 37, 37, and a star-shaped protrusion is provided behind the digging blade 38. Transport rollers 39
... are continuously laid horizontally. Transport roller 39
39 are inclined upward from the loading side to the unloading side in a side view, that is, the garlic excavated from the soil is transported upward.

With this configuration, the excavating blade 3
In step 8, garlic is dug out of the soil, and the soil adhering to the garlic is conveyed backward while being scraped off by the protruding body of the rotating conveying roller 39. A harvesting basket 40 is provided at the rear end of the side plates 37 supporting the transport rollers 39 so as to collect the garlic with stems taken out from the transport roller 39 at the end. ing. Further, sleds 41 are vertically suspended from the side plates 37 so that the tractor T runs straight on the field by towing.

The garlic harvester B is mounted on a tractor T
The point link L is connected to the front of the mast 42 and is pulled up and down freely, and is transmitted by the PTO shaft of the tractor T being inserted into the transmission gear case 44 via the universal joint 43. . By this transmission, the transport rollers 39, 39... Are driven to rotate, and the rotation fulcrum shaft 45 is driven to rotate, so that the lift rod 46
Is turned up and down to drive the harvest basket 40 up and down.

Before being harvested by the garlic harvester A towed by the tractor T, the foliage of the garlic is roughly cut to such an extent that it can be easily cut off by the garlic root removal device A. Shall be The lower frame 32 of the garlic stalk and root removing device A is arranged from the rear ends of both side plates 37 of the garlic harvester B having the above-described configuration.
Connecting members 47, 47 to be locked to the locking portions 34, 34
As shown in FIG. 8, the two members are locked to connect the garlic stalk root removing device A and the garlic harvester B.

As a method of transporting garlic with roots to a garlic root removing device A connected to a garlic harvester B, FIG. 8 discloses a supply basket mounting frame of the garlic root removing device A. The supply basket 28 is placed on the supply basket 31a in the same manner as in FIG. 1, and the operator sitting on the seat 35 sends the garlic with stem roots harvested in the harvest basket 40 of the garlic harvester B to the supply basket 28 as needed. To replenish. In addition, a part of the harvest basket 40 of the garlic harvester B is extended, and the extended portion is placed on the supply basket placing frame 31a of the garlic stalk and root removing device A. A method is also conceivable in which the collected garlic with stem roots collected is directly conveyed to the extended portion. Alternatively, a method is also conceivable in which an operator directly supplies the garlic with stem roots to the rotating body 1 from the harvest basket 40 without placing the supply basket 28. In this way, the garlic can be harvested by tractor towing, and at the same time, the work of removing the stems of the harvested garlic so that the garlic can be shipped can be performed at the same time.

[0027]

Advantages of the Invention The present invention has the following effects due to the above configuration. First, outside
The positions of the stem holder 8 ′ and the inner stem holder 9 ′ are
When the stem S of the garlic G is placed on the outer stem placement part 8 and inside
Higher than the side stem portion 9, the diameter of the scales Kukinarui is Okiiko
And the same height with respect to the holding position of the raised root R '
Stalk S 'can be placed on the stalk, and bulb vegetables with stem roots are held horizontally
You can. The state of the bulb vegetables held horizontally
Then, since the cutting blades 4 and 5 come into contact and cut, the cutting length is reduced.
The exact length can be set, and the cut surface
You can do better.

Second, the root-side disk 2 is radially rooted from the edge.
An installation part 6 is provided, and a hairline of the root R is inserted into the root installation part 6.
To form a root holding groove 6a for the
A gutter-shaped bulb holding part 7 is attached to and fixed to the disk 2, and
The stem-side disc 3 also constitutes an outer stem placement part 8 radially from the edge,
An inner stem holder 9 is attached to the inside of each outer stem holder 8 and fixed.
The flat stems of the bulb vegetable stalks S are placed on the outer stem placement part.
8 and the upper part of the inner stem holder 9,
Simply put the bulb vegetables on the root and stem holders of the rotating body
It is easily held by the rotating body and transported to the cutting site,
Stems and roots are reliably cut off with a cutting blade.
The operator can easily supply bulb-shaped vegetables with roots.
Excellent, and the stems and roots are reliably removed from the bulbs
Thus, an apparatus for removing roots of bulb vegetables can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a stalk cutting side of a garlic stalk root removing device A.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a root cutting side showing the same driving configuration.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a stalk cutting side.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a root cutting side.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the garlic carry-out side.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view showing a position where the cutting blades 4 and 5 are disposed, as viewed from a garlic supply side of the rotating body 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic front view showing the configuration of the garlic holding member of the rotating body 1 as viewed from a garlic supply side.

FIG. 8: Garlic harvester B towed by tractor T
It is a top view which shows the Example in which the garlic root removal apparatus A was installed in a row.

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of the garlic harvester B.

FIG. 10 is a rear perspective view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Garlic Stem Root Removal Device B Garlic Harvester T Tractor 1 Rotating Body 2 Root Disk 2a Bolt Hole 3 Stem Disk 3a Slot 4 Root Cutting Blade 5 Stem Cutting Blade 6 Root Holder 6a Root Holding Groove 7 Garlic Holder 8 Outer stem holder 9 Inner stem holder 10 Bolt 11 Nut

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A supply section for bulb vegetables is provided in front of a rotating body 1.
And a storage section for the cut bulbous vegetables is arranged behind the rotating body 1.
And the cutting blades 4 and 5 are superimposed on the outer periphery of the rotating body 1.
Cut and remove the stems and roots of harvested bulbous vegetables
In the apparatus, the rotating body 1 is parallel to the root-side disk 2.
The stem-side disk 3 is arranged, and the root-side disk 2 is located near the edge.
The root portion 6 is provided radially, and the root portion 6 has a root R formed thereon.
The root holding groove 6a for inserting the edge is formed.
A gutter-shaped bulb holding part 7 is attached and fixed to the inner disk 2.
In addition, the stem-side disc 3 is also provided with an outer stem placement portion 8 radially from the edge.
And an inner stem holder 9 is attached inside each outer stem holder 8.
And the horizontal portion of the stem of the bulb vegetable stalk S
Placed on the upper part of the side stem holder 8 and the inner stem holder 9,
・ Elongate the insertion hole of the bolt 10 to fix 3 at an interval.
3a, bolt position depending on the diameter of bulb vegetables
The root removing device for bulb vegetables is characterized in that the stem S and the root R are horizontal .