JP3001306U - Leek processing equipment and leek peeler - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide an onion processing device and an onion peeling machine capable of automating the onion peeling work quickly and reliably. A leek A carrying means 50 is provided at the upper part of the processing apparatus 1, a leek A cutting machine 10 is provided at the front end of the carrying means 50, and the leek A transferred to above the carrying means 50.
The preliminary peeling machine 20 and the main peeling machine 30 are arranged, and an outer diameter measuring machine 40 of the green onion A is provided at the rear end of the conveying means 50. The chute mechanisms 61 to 64 and the leek storage boxes 95 to 99 for separately storing according to the diameter are provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a green onion processing device and a green onion peeling machine that automatically peels green onions and transfers and stores the green onions by a transfer means in a predetermined storage box.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 When cooking leeks, first peel the thin surface of the surface that has soil. In the past, the peeling was done manually one by one. Recently, a method of peeling by injecting air is also used, but this machine also had to be used by a person to grab each leek and carry it to the air outlet.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the above-mentioned conventional example, since it is a manual work, it takes time and the efficiency is not uniform. In addition, the method of peeling by injecting air is not automated, so it was inefficient after all relying on human hands. The present invention was devised to solve such a problem, and it aims to automatically and efficiently perform the work of peeling leeks with a preliminary peeling machine, a main peeling machine, and an outer diameter measuring machine. The purpose is to reliably and swiftly peel the green onions by using air from an injection hole provided in a nozzle that moves along the longitudinal direction of the green onions.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a green onion carrying means at the upper part of a processing device, and arranges a green onion preliminary peeling machine and a real peeling machine above the carrying means, and The feature is that a green onion storage box for connecting and processing the green onions is provided. Further, a green onion conveying means is provided above the processing device, and a green onion preliminary peeling machine and a real peeling machine which have been transferred above the conveying means are arranged above the conveying means. A green onion outer diameter measuring machine is provided at the rear end, and a chute mechanism and a green onion storage box are provided which are connected to the above-mentioned conveying means and store the processed green onions according to their outer diameter. To do. Also, a green onion carrying means is provided above the processing device, a cutting machine for cutting off the end of the green onion is provided at the front end of the carrying means, and a spare skin for the green onion transferred above the carrying means. A peeling machine and a real peeling machine are arranged, and an outer diameter measuring machine for leeks is provided at the rear end of the carrying means.The leeks are connected to the carrying means and the processed leeks are sorted according to their outer diameters. It features a chute mechanism for storing and a green onion storage box. In addition, the main body of the leek peeler is fixed to a support frame fixed to the processing device, a cover is attached to the tip of this main cylinder, and a fixed angle is formed in the cover with respect to the leek. A nozzle provided with an injection hole for injecting air is movably provided, and the nozzle is moved along the longitudinal direction of the spring onion while injecting air.

[0005]

[Action]

 The green onion processing device of the present invention cuts off the end of the green onion by the cutting machine of the green onion carrying means provided on the upper part of the processing device, and the spare green onion peeling machine and the real leather arranged above the green onion carrying device. With a peeling machine, the preliminary peeling and the main peeling of the green onions transferred on the transportation means are performed, and the diameter is measured by the outside diameter measuring machine of the green onions arranged at the rear end of the transportation means. The green onion processed above is sorted according to its outer diameter and stored in the green onion storage box. In addition, a leek peeler has a nozzle equipped with an injection hole with a certain angle to the leek inside a cover that moves up and down by a main cylinder attached to a support frame fixed to the leek processing device. Peel the leek by moving it and moving it while ejecting air from the nozzle along the longitudinal direction of the leek.

[0006]

【Example】

 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an embodiment of a leek processing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of a preliminary peeling machine, FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of the same, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional side view of the main peeling machine, FIG. 6 is an enlarged plan view of the same, FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of the nozzle, FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of a part of the outer diameter measuring machine, and FIG. An enlarged front view of the means and FIG. 10 are enlarged plan views of the same.

First, an outline of an embodiment of a leek processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a cutting machine 10 for cutting off the leaves and roots of leeks is arranged at the front end (left side in FIG. 1) of a belt conveyor 50 which is a conveying means provided at the upper end of the processing apparatus 1, and is arranged above the belt conveyor 50. A preliminary peeling machine 20, a main peeling machine 30, and an outer diameter measuring machine 40 of the green onion A are provided. Then, the chute mechanisms 61, 62, 63, 64 which connect to the belt conveyor 50 to separate and store the peeled and processed leeks A according to their outer diameters and leeks storage boxes 95, 96, 97, It is configured by providing 98 and 99. These configurations will be described in detail below.

The cutting machine 10 is composed of a pair of cutters 11, and is attached to both ends of a base plate 15 which is attached to the processing device 1 and is located at the front end of the belt conveyor 50. That is, the support rod 14 is vertically provided at the center of the back surface of the base plate 15 and the cylinder 13 is fixed to the tip thereof. An arm 12 is rotatably supported at the tip of the cylinder 13, a shaft 12a is attached to the other end of the arm 12, and cutters 11 are attached to both ends of the shaft 12a. The cutting machine 10 may be integrated with the processing apparatus 1 or may be detachable. That is, the parts other than the base plate 15 can be detachably configured as an option. Further, in the operation of the cutting machine 10, the sensors 10b formed on the covers 10a at both ends of the base plate 15 sense the leeks A to operate the cutter 11. Alternatively, the foot switch F may be provided below the processing apparatus 1 and the cutting machine 10 may be operated by the foot switch F.

The preliminary peeling machine 20 is disposed above the belt conveyor 50, and an L-shaped stopper 21 is horizontally projected to the cutting machine 10 side. The stopper 21 determines the initial position when the green onion A is conveyed. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the preliminary peeling machine 20 is provided with a hard rubber peeling plate 20b at the end of a support plate 20a provided at the lower end of a cylinder 27 via a bracket. . The peeling plate 20b is provided with an inverted V-shaped cut 20c. When peeling the green onion A, the cut 20c is formed on the base A4 of the leaf A3 in front of the peel A2 of the green onion A or The skin A2 on the surface is raised while pulling it while being applied to the vicinity and moving. At this time, the spring onion A is fixed on the belt conveyor 50 by the pressing portions 28 and 29. Since the pressing portions 28 and 29 are made of a flexible synthetic resin material such as urethane, the spring A is not damaged. Reference numeral S is a spring, and the pressing force of the peeling plate 20b is adjusted according to the diameter of the spring onion A so as not to damage the spring onion A.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the main peeling machine 30 includes a support frame 3 fixed to the processing apparatus 1 and a main cylinder 39, and two guides 38 on both sides thereof. A cover 31 is fixed to the tips of the main cylinder 39 and the guide 38. As shown in FIG. 7, the nozzle 33 is U-shaped and is provided with three injection holes 33a at three positions. Move from the solid line position to the virtual line position. The injection hole 33a ejects the green onion A at an angle of about 30 degrees. That is, air is sprayed onto the root A4 of the pre-peeled leaf A3 at an angle of about 30 degrees, so that the air easily enters the green onion A and the skin A2 is effectively peeled. Reference numeral 31b is a cover for soil protection and noise prevention, and reference numeral 37 is a pressing portion of the spring onion A made of a flexible synthetic resin material such as urethane.

As shown in FIG. 8, the outer diameter measuring machine 40 includes a measuring unit 41 that contacts the leek A to measure the outer diameter, a cylinder 42 that vertically moves the measuring unit 41, a sensor 49, and the like. . Inside the measuring unit 41, five steps 41a to 41e are provided so as to face each other. The sensor 49 is fixed to the measuring unit 41 by the fixing plate 44 and moves up and down at the same time. In the figure, reference numeral 43 is a cross roller guide, and reference numeral 45 is a dog.

Since the cover 31 of the main peeling machine 30 is connected to the connecting plate 26 of the preliminary peeling machine 20 and the connecting plate 46 of the outer diameter measuring machine 40, the main peeling machine uses the main cylinder 39. When 30 moves up and down, the preliminary peeling machine 20 and outer diameter measuring machine 40 move up and down in synchronization with this.

The chute mechanisms 61, 62, 63, 64 constitute four gates 61 a, 62 a, 63 a, 64 a that can be opened and closed, and the outer diameter of the leek A measured by the outer diameter measuring device 40 is measured. Corresponding to, rotate downward to open. The opening / closing means 65 of the chute mechanism 61 shown in FIG. 9 is attached to the side of the chute mechanism 61. This opening / closing means 65 has an arm 65c rotatably attached to the tip of a rod 65b of a cylinder 65a fixed to a top plate 64 of a chute mechanism 61, and a shaft 65d at the other end of the arm 65c. It is fixed to the gate 61a via a cover.

The chute mechanisms 62, 63, 64 and the respective gates 62 a, 63 a, 64 a corresponding to them also function similarly by the opening / closing means 65. A roller conveyor 61d corresponding to the chute mechanism 61 is provided above the leek storage box 96, and a roller conveyor 63d corresponding to the chute mechanism 63 is provided above the leek storage boxes 96, 98. Leek storage boxes 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 are installed below or to the sides corresponding to these chute mechanisms 61, 62, 63, 64.

The operation of the green onion processing apparatus of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described. The green onion A is taken out from the green onion A storage box 91 and placed on the base plate 15. Then, if it slides forward, the onion A is detected by the sensor 10b attached to the cover 10a, the cylinder 13 attached to the back end of the base plate 15 is extended, and the arm 12 pivotally supported at the tip thereof. The cutter 11 rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 to cut the leaves and roots of both ends of the leek A so that the leek A has a predetermined length. In this case, it is also possible to employ a structure in which the cylinder 13 is operated by a separately provided foot switch F without using a sensor.

Next, the green onion A is placed on the end portion of the belt conveyor 50. At this time, since the stopper 21 of the pre-stripping machine 20 is descending, the green onion A is placed on the end of the belt conveyor 50 and positioned accordingly. When the stopper 21 is raised by the action of the timer and the belt conveyor 50 starts moving, the spring onion A starts moving forward (to the right in FIG. 1) together with the belt conveyor 50. When the leek A advances by L1 and is conveyed to the preliminary peeling position, the belt conveyor 50 stops, and the preliminary peeling machine 20 descends to fix the leek A on the belt conveyor 50 by the pressing portions 28 and 29. After that, the peeling plate 20b is moved to the right in FIG. 4 by about 5 cm to peel off the root A4 of the leaf A2 of the green onion A. In this way, preliminary peeling is performed. As a result, the root portion A4 of the leaf A2 of the green onion A is raised to the outside, and the efficiency of the actual peeling work is improved.

The preliminary peeling machine 20 rises and the belt conveyor 50 starts to move, and the green onion A is conveyed again and advances by L2 to move to the bottom of the main peeling machine 30. The belt conveyor 50 stops and the main peeling machine 30 descends, and the nozzle 33 injects air from the injection holes 33a from the three directions to peel the skin A2 of the leek A. The peeled skin is blown off by the jetting force of air and falls through the duct 35 to the dust box 94. At this time, the nozzle 33 moves across the belt conveyor 50 and blows air evenly along the longitudinal direction of the leek A, so that the peeling is complete. Reference numeral 36 is a silencer.

The book peeling machine 30 rises while the nozzle 33 returns to the initial position. Further, Leek A is conveyed by L3 and advances to the outer diameter measurement position and stops. Then, the outer diameter measuring machine 40 descends to measure the diameter of the leek A. In this case, the measuring part 41 descends and the step parts 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, 41e contact the green onion A to measure the outer diameter. As shown in the figure, this step portion is made up of five steps, so that the thicknesses of five kinds of leek A can be measured. That is, when the measuring unit 41 is lowered by the cylinder 42, the sensor 49 is also lowered at the same time. When a predetermined step hits the leek A and stops, the corresponding sensors 49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49e stop with the dog 45 in between and detect the outer diameter of the leek A to activate the shoot mechanism. Let Reference numeral 43 is a cross roller guide, and reference numeral 50a is a hole.

After that, the outer diameter measuring machine 40 rises. The diameter of the green onion A obtained by the sensor 49 is communicated to the shoot mechanism, the gates 61a to 64a of the chute mechanisms 61 to 64 corresponding to the outer diameter of the green onion A are opened, and the green onion storage box 95 of a predetermined size is opened. , 96, 97, 98 store the green onion A. The operation of this shoot mechanism will be described. For example, a spring onion A having an outer diameter of LL drops onto the roller conveyor 61d when the gate 61a is opened, and the spring onion A is carried by the roller conveyor 61d and stored in the spring onion storage box 95. The green onion A having an outer diameter of L is stored in the green onion storage box 96 by opening the gate 62a and dropping. The green onion A having an outer diameter of L is dropped from the gate 63a to the roller conveyor 63d and is conveyed to the green onion storage box 97 for storage. The green onion A having an outer diameter of M is dropped from the gate 64a into the green onion storage box 98 and stored therein. Further, the spring onion A having an outer diameter S is dropped and stored directly in the spring onion storage box 99 without the operation of each gate. In this way, the green onions A are sorted and stored in the respective green onion storage boxes according to the difference in outer diameter. In this example, about 15 leeks could be processed in 1 minute.

Further, the outer diameter measuring machine is not limited to that of this embodiment. That is, any known sensor measuring device can be used as long as it can be discriminated when the green onion A passes through. This sensor measuring machine is suitable for mass processing.

The above-described series of processing operations are sequence-controlled by the distribution box 93 and automatically operate sequentially. Since the intervals L 1, L 2 and L 3 between the preliminary peeling machine 20, the main peeling machine 30 and the outer diameter measuring machine 40 are arranged at equal distances, these operations can be performed at equal intervals. That is, since the moving distance of the belt conveyor 50 is constant, and the preliminary peeling machine 20, the main peeling machine 30, and the outer diameter measuring machine 40 move up and down together by the main cylinder 39, the belt conveyor 50 moves 3 times. It is efficient because it can perform 3 tasks at a time on a leek.

[Effect of device]

 According to the leek processing apparatus of the present invention, the work of peeling leek can be automatically and efficiently carried out sequentially by the preliminary peeling machine, the main peeling machine, and the outer diameter measuring machine. According to the leek peeling machine of the present invention, the work of peeling leek can be surely and swiftly performed by the air from the injection holes provided in the nozzle that moves along the longitudinal direction of the leek.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an embodiment of a leek processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an embodiment of the leek processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the preliminary peeling machine.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of the preliminary peeling machine.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional side view of the genuine peeling machine.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged plan view of the genuine peeling machine.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of the nozzle.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway enlarged front view of the outer diameter measuring machine.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged front view of the opening / closing means of the chute mechanism.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged plan view of the opening / closing means of the chute mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Leek processing device 10 Cutting machine 20 Preliminary peeling machine 30 Main peeling machine 31 Cover 38 Guide 39 Main cylinder 40 Outer diameter measuring machine 50 Conveying means 61, 62, 63, 64 Chute mechanism 61a, 62a, 63a, 64a Gate 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Leek storage box

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A conveying means for leeks is provided on an upper part of a processing device, and a preliminary peeling machine and a main peeling machine for leeks are arranged above the conveying means, and processing is performed by connecting to the conveying means. A green onion processing device with a green onion storage box for storing green onions. 2. A green onion carrying means is provided on an upper part of the processing device, and a green onion preliminary peeling machine and a real green peeling machine which have been transferred on the carrying means are arranged above the carrying means, and the carrying means is provided. A leek processing device provided with a leek outer diameter measuring device at the rear end, and a chute mechanism and a leek storage box which are connected to the above-mentioned conveying means and sort and store the processed leek according to the outer diameter thereof. . 3. A green onion carrying means is provided on an upper part of the processing apparatus, a cutting machine for cutting off an end of the green onion is provided at a front end of the carrying means, and a green onion transferred above the carrying means. The preliminary peeling machine and the main peeling machine are arranged, and an outer diameter measuring machine for green onions is provided at the rear end of the conveying means, and the processed green onions are connected to the conveying means according to their outer diameters. A green onion processing device equipped with a chute mechanism and a green onion storage box for sorting and storing. 4. A main cylinder is fixed to a support frame fixed to a processing device, a cover is attached to the tip of the main cylinder, and air is jetted into the cover at a certain angle with respect to the leek. A leek peeler that movably installs a nozzle having an injection hole to move the nozzle while ejecting air along the longitudinal direction of the leek.