JP2977802B1 - Dehydration processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically and continuously perform dehydration processing of cut processed vegetables such as washed vegetables while being stored in a dehydration basket, thereby reducing labor and improving dehydration efficiency. A dewatering basket (7) is provided inside a rotating shaft (4) provided with a support frame (3) provided on an upper part of the dewatering basket (7) for accommodating a dewatering basket (7) for accommodating a processed material.
A lifting member 6 having a supporting plate 5 capable of lifting and lowering is provided, and a pressing lid 8 of a dewatering basket 7 is provided so as to be able to move up and down, and a carry-in conveyor 10 and a carry-out conveyor 11 are provided on both sides of the support frame 3, respectively. Between the holding and conveying means 12 of the dehydrating basket 7
Is installed, the dewatering basket 7 supplied to the carry-in conveyor 10 is pinched and transported, fitted to the support frame 3, and automatically sent out to the carry-out conveyor 11 after the dewatering process.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic dehydrating apparatus for dehydrating and removing washed vegetables and the like stored in a basket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art To drain and dehydrate a large amount of washed vegetables for cooking salads and other foods, see, for example,
At present, it is carried out using a centrifugal dehydrator as disclosed in JP-A-20222.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional method, both the operation of charging the dehydrated material into the dehydration apparatus and the operation of taking out the dehydrated material after the dehydration treatment are manual operations, and particularly in the case of mass treatment, it is troublesome and requires a great deal of labor. In addition, there is a defect that the work efficiency is extremely poor. In view of these circumstances, the present invention provides a dehydration treatment apparatus that can efficiently and efficiently dehydrate a dehydration basket containing dehydrated products such as vegetables, without requiring labor by automatically transferring the dehydration basket to the dehydration apparatus. It is intended to do so.

[0004]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, an elevating member having a support plate at an upper end is provided in a rotating shaft having a support frame on which a dehydration basket can be fitted. A dewatering basket carry-in conveyor is installed on one side of the upper part of the support frame, and a dewatering basket carry-out conveyor is installed on the other side. A pair of nipping and transporting means capable of nipping and transporting, and a lid for a dehydrating basket fitted to the supporting frame is provided above and below the supporting frame so as to be able to move up and down. When the support frame and the holding lid are rotatably supported on the lower end or the upper end of these lifting means, respectively, the supporting plate and the holding lid rotate with the turning action of the dewatering basket, so that a smooth dewatering action can be performed.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. A hollow rotary shaft 4 driven by a motor 2 and having a support frame 3 fixed to an upper end is provided at a lower portion of the center of a machine frame 1. A lifting member 6 composed of an air cylinder rotatably supporting a support plate 5 is provided at the upper end of the rotary shaft 4 so as to be extendable. The dewatering basket 7 is lifted up from the support frame 3 by contacting the bottom surface of the depressed basket (inverted trapezoidal shape) 7 fitted and locked on the edge, or the supporting frame supporting the dewatering basket 7. 3.

An elevating means 9 is provided on the machine frame 1 above the support frame 3 so as to extend downward from an air cylinder having a press lid 8 rotatably supported at the lower end thereof. It is formed so as to press washed vegetables and the like stored in the dehydration basket 7 fitted to the support frame 3.

A conveyor 10 for carrying a dewatering basket 7 is mounted on one side of the machine frame 1 above the support frame 3 and a machine frame 1 on the other side.
The conveyors 11 are provided respectively, and a sandwiching transfer means 12 for sandwiching and transferring the dewatering basket 7 is provided between an end portion of the import conveyor 10 and a start end portion of the export conveyor 11.

Thus, the nipping and transferring means 12 comprises a pair of transfer chains 14, 14 which are driven and opposed by a motor 13.
And a pair of opposing chain support frames 16, which support the transfer chains 14, and have a distance control cylinder 15,
The opening and closing of the space between the chain support frames 16 is opened and closed by 15 so that the dewatering basket 7 on the carry-in conveyor 10 is pinched and transferred above the support frame 3 by the transfer chains 14 and then released. Then, the dewatering basket 7 after the dewatering operation is held again by the transfer chains 14, and is released on the carry-out conveyor 11. In the drawing, reference numeral 17 denotes an operation stopper provided on the carry-in conveyor 10, which is not shown in the figure.
After the dewatering basket 7 that has been subjected to the dewatering process is sent out in conjunction with the detection sensor provided in, the dewatering basket 7 is controlled to be carried into the sandwiching transfer means 12. 18 is a carry-in conveyor 10
The support frame 3 is formed so that the inner diameter of the annular plates 3 ', 3 ". If the fitting can be carried out while being supported in the state, the spinning of the dewatering basket 7 during the dewatering process can be reliably prevented, and the dewatering action can be performed smoothly and efficiently without vibration.

Since the embodiment of the present invention is constructed as described above, when the dewatering basket 7 containing the washed processed vegetables such as cut vegetables is supplied to the end portion of the carry-in conveyor 10, the holding and transferring means 12 is provided. , The pair of chain support frames 16 moves inward, and the pair of transfer chains 14 sandwich the upper end of the dewatering basket 7 to support the dewatering basket 7 in the support frame 3. Transfer to above and stop. Then, the elevating member 6 is extended, the support plate 5 supports the bottom of the dewatering basket 7, and the distance control cylinders 15, 15 cause the pair of chain support frames 16, 16 to move outward to expand. After releasing the holding action of the fourteenth and fourteenth, the elevating member 6 is reduced and the dewatering basket 7 is lowered to fit into the support frame 3, and the support plate 5 is further lowered and slightly separated from the bottom of the dewatering basket 7. I do. Next, after the holding lid 8 of the lifting / lowering means 9 is lowered and presses the upper surface of the dewatering basket 7 to securely fit and lock it on the support frame 3, the rotating shaft 4 is rotated to rotate the dewatering basket 7 and the Centrifugally dehydrate the processed material.

When the dewatering operation is completed in this way, the holding lid 8 is raised and the support plate 5 is also moved to the dewatering basket 7 by the support frame 3.
From above to a position where the pair of transfer chains 14 are sandwiched, and then the pair of chain support frames 16 are moved inward to move the pair of transfer chains 14
After the nipping of the dewatering basket 7 to the transporting conveyor 10, the feeding of the dewatering basket 7 to the transporting conveyor 10 is performed.
The transmission up to 1 is automatically performed continuously.

[0011]

According to the present invention, from the supply of the dewatering basket containing the processed products such as washed vegetables to the carry-in conveyor to the draining dewatering action and the transportation to the carry-out conveyor, the same dewatering basket is automatically and continuously performed. As a result, it is possible to automatically and efficiently perform a dehydration operation of a large amount of processed vegetables such as washed vegetables without requiring labor, and in a meantime there is no need to touch the processed products such as vegetables in a sanitary manner. Can be processed.

Further, since the supporting plate for lifting or supporting the dewatering basket and the holding lid are rotatably supported by the elevating means, respectively, even if these are in contact with the dewatering basket or the processed material, the rotary dewatering is performed. The dewatering operation can be performed smoothly without giving a rotational resistance in the operation or damaging the processed material.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 3 support frame 4 rotating shaft 5 support plate 6 elevating member 7 dehydrating basket 8 holding lid 9 elevating means 10 carry-in conveyor 11 carry-out conveyor 12 nipping and transferring means

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An elevating member having a support plate at an upper end is provided in a rotary shaft having a support frame on which a dewatering basket can be fitted, and a carry-in conveyor for the dehydration basket is provided on one side of the upper portion of the support frame. On the other side, a carry-out conveyor for a dewatering basket is provided, and a pair of holding and transferring means is provided between the carry-in conveyor and the carry-out conveyor so as to be able to open and close wide and narrow to hold the front and rear parts of the dewatering basket. A dehydration processing apparatus, wherein a holding lid of a dewatering basket fitted to the support frame is provided above and below the frame so as to be movable up and down. 2. The dewatering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support plate and the holding lid are rotatably supported by respective lifting / lowering means.