JP3014085U - Peeling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a peeler capable of quickly peeling non-spherical or soft fruits. A deformable elliptical cam that is rotationally driven, a slide body that is vertically moved by the deformable elliptical cam, an arm member that has one end coupled to the slide body, and is movably supported by a seesaw, and a tip of the arm member. A mounting table which is detachably attached to the blade and a work table on which the work piece is intermittently rotated by a fixed angle, a holding member which holds the work piece, a control unit which controls the rotation of the drive motor, and the stand table. It is composed of a detection means for detecting that it has made one rotation, and the control section stops the drive motor by a signal from the detection means. Therefore, when the skin is completely peeled off, the control is stopped.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an automatic peeling machine for vegetables and fruits.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Generally, a conventional peeling machine has been proposed in which an apple or the like is stabbed on a skewer and rotated, and a blade is applied to the peeling portion to cut along a spherical surface.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional peeling machine, it is possible to remove the skin neatly with a spherical shape such as an apple without dents or irregularities, but when the shape of the potato itself is not spherical like taro, I couldn't use it. In addition, it could not be used for kiwi fruit (Kiwi), which has a soft fruit and cannot be rotated by sticking a skewer.

The object of the present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a peeling machine which can remove non-spherical fruits and vegetables cleanly and efficiently.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The peeling machine according to the present invention includes a deformable elliptical cam that is rotationally driven by a drive motor, a sliding body that is vertically moved by the deforming elliptic cam, and one end of which is connected to the sliding body, and a seesaw can be freely moved by a supporting column. A supported arm member, a blade removably attached to the tip of the arm member, and a mounting table on which a work piece is mounted and intermittently rotated by a predetermined angle in accordance with the seesaw movement of the arm member. A holding member for holding the workpiece placed facing the mounting table, a control unit for controlling the rotation of the drive motor, and a detection unit for detecting one rotation of the mounting table, The control unit stops the drive motor in response to the signal from the detection means.

A blade attached to the tip of the arm member moves in the longitudinal direction of the arm member. The intermittent rotation of the mounting table at a constant angle is performed immediately before the end of the raising operation of the arm member. Further, the blade detachably attached to the tip of the arm member moves slowly at the time of cutting and moves quickly at the time of returning.

[0007]

[Action]

 As described above, according to the peeling machine of the present invention, anyone can easily peel soft and non-spherical vegetables and fruits in a short time.

[0008]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a peeling machine which is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a back view of a peeling machine which is an embodiment of the present invention. The peeling machine includes a deformed elliptical cam 11 which is rotationally driven by a drive motor 10, a sliding body 12 which is vertically moved by the deformed elliptic cam 11, and one end of which is connected to the sliding body 12 and which is supported by a support column 13. An arm member 14 movably supported by a seesaw, a blade 15 removably attached to the tip of the arm member 14, and a work piece 16 placed intermittently along with the seesaw motion of the arm member 14. The mounting table 17 that rotates by an angle, a pressing member 18 that presses the work piece 16 that is positioned facing the mounting table 17, and a control unit 19 that controls the rotation of the drive motor 10. The table 17 is composed of detection means 20 and the like for detecting that the table 17 has rotated once.

The drive motor 10 is fixed to the board 21 with bolts and nuts 22, and is ON / OFF controlled by the controller 19. The drive motor 10 is also provided with a speed reducer, and is connected to the modified elliptical cam 11 via this speed reducer.

As shown in FIG. 1, the deformed elliptical cam 11 has a cam groove composed of an arc groove 11a having a large curvature and an arc groove 11b having a small curvature. The sliding body 12 is connected to the cam groove via the connecting rod 22. A cam roller 22a is rotatably attached to the tip of the connecting rod 22, and the cam roller 22a moves freely in the cam groove. A fixed rod 31 is fixed to the deformed elliptical cam 11, and a ratchet 29 described later is rotated with the rotation of the cam.

The sliding body 12 is slidably inserted in the direction of arrow A into the guide rods 23 and 24 that are erected in parallel from the horizontal portion 21 a of the substrate 21. The relationship between the sliding body 12 and the deformed elliptical cam 11 slowly rises because the cam roller 22a moves in the cam groove 11a when the sliding body 12 rises. Further, since the cam roller 22a moves in the cam groove 11b when descending, the cam roller 22a descends quickly.

The arm member 14 is connected to the sliding body 12 via an adjusting rod 25a, 25b by an elongated hole 14a formed at the base end. The adjusting rod 25a is fixed to the sliding body 12 substantially horizontally by a bolt or the like. Further, the adjusting rod 25b is fixed to the adjusting rod 25a at a predetermined angle, and is loosely fitted in the elongated hole 14a of the arm member 14 by an engaging pin 26 provided upright.

The support column 13 is erected vertically from the horizontal portion 21 a of the substrate 21, and the arm member 14 is supported so that the seesaw can move freely. A blade 15 is detachably attached to the tip of the arm member 14. A roller 27 is rotatably supported on the back of the blade 15. Therefore, the thickness of the peeled skin is determined by the gap between the roller 27 and the blade 15. The roller 27 is located below the blade 15, and the roller 27 first hits the object to be cut, and then the blade 15 hits and cuts. As shown in FIG. 4, the tip of the arm member 14 is inserted and supported by the step portion 14b so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the arm member, and is urged by the spring 28 in the contracting direction. Further, a projecting pin 35 is provided upright on the side of the support pillar 13 of the step portion 14b, and when the arm member 14 rises, it abuts on the support pillar 13 and causes the blade 15 to project in the direction of arrow C. . In other words, the blade 15 projects in the direction of arrow C when the work piece 16 is mounted, and does not interfere.

The mounting table 17 is vertically provided on the horizontal portion 21a, has a tray 17a having a concave portion at its tip, and has a ratchet 29 fixed at its base end. The ratchet 29 is sequentially rotated by the striking rod 30. When the ratchet 29 rotates, the mounting table 17 also rotates integrally. The striking rod 30 is struck once every time the cam makes one revolution by the striking portion 31 fixed to the deformed elliptic cam 11.

The pressing member 18 is vertically installed on a fixed rod 31 fixed to the guide rod 24 with screws 32 or the like via a set lever 33 and a spring 34. A pressing plate 18b is rotatably supported on the lower end of the pressing member 18. Therefore, when the set lever 33 is pushed down, the pressing member 18 rises against the spring 34. When the set lever 33 is released, the pressing member 18 is lowered by the urging force of the spring 34. The height position of the pressing member 18 can be adjusted by loosening the screw 32.

The operation of the peeling machine configured as described above will be described. First, the work piece 16, for example, kiwi is placed on the mounting table 17 and held by the pressing member 18 from above. At this time, the arm member 14 is raised, and the blade 15 is extended in the direction of arrow C by the protruding pin 35. Therefore, it does not interfere with the mounting of the work piece 16. The height position of the pressing member 18 can be adjusted by the screw 32.

When the setting of the work piece 16 is completed, the operation switch 35 is turned on. Then, the drive motor 10 starts to rotate by the control signal from the control unit 19. When the drive motor 10 rotates, the deformed elliptical cam 11 connected via the speed reducer rotates in the direction of arrow B.

When the deformed elliptical cam 11 rotates, the connecting rod 22 having the cam roller 22a at its tip moves up and down as the cam roller 22a moves in the cam groove. When the connecting rod 22 moves up and down, the sliding body 12 moves up and down along the guide rods 23 and 24, and the blade 15 fixed to the tip of the arm member 14 moves up and down.

When the blade 15 fixed to the tip of the arm member 14 descends, the cam roller 22a at the tip of the connecting rod 22 moves in the cam groove 11a having a small radius of curvature. Therefore, the skin of the work piece 16 is cut down by a slightly slow motion. Further, when the blade 15 returns, the cam roller 22a moves in the cam groove 11b which is almost linear. Therefore, it returns quickly when not cutting.

Further, the fixed rod 31 fixed to a part of the deformed elliptical cam 11 strikes the striking rod 30 every time the deformed elliptic cam 11 makes one rotation, and rotates the ratchet 29 by a predetermined angle. In the case of this embodiment, it is 1/6 or 1/8 rotation. When the ratchet 29 rotates, the mounting table 17 makes a slight angle, and the angle of the work piece 16 with respect to the blade 15 is changed to direct the unpeeled portion. In this way, when the mounting table 17 makes one rotation, all the skin around the work 16 is peeled off.

When the ratchet 29 makes one rotation, the detecting means 20 detects this and the rotation of the drive motor 10 is stopped via the control section 19. With the above operation, the peeling of the work piece 16 is completed. The set lever 33 is operated to raise the pressing member 18, remove the work piece 16, and set the next new work piece 16.

Next, the cutting operation of the blade 15 will be described. As described above, the roller 27 is rotatably supported on the back of the blade 15. Therefore, the thickness of the peeled skin is determined by the gap between the roller 27 and the blade 15, and the roller 27 is positioned below the blade 15, so that the roller 27 first hits the work piece. Then, the blade 15 hits and cuts. Therefore, when the work piece 16 is slightly large, when the roller 27 comes into contact with the skin, the blade 15 and the roller 27 move forward in the direction of arrow C against the spring 28 for adjustment (FIG. 3, FIG. 4).

Further, the moving speed of the arm member 14 can be adjusted by adjusting the adjusting rods 25a and 25b. In this way, the peeling machine of the present invention can quickly peel fruits or vegetables without requiring any skill. Further, since the work piece 16 is rotated by pressing it with the receiving tray 17a of the mounting table 17 and the holding tray 18b of the pressing member 18, it is not necessary to pierce it with a fork or the like, and it is possible to peel off even soft fruits. You can

In the above embodiments, the case of peeling the skin into a substantially cylindrical shape has been described, but the rotation angle of the ratchet 29 can be increased to be used for peeling the corners of taro. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.

[0025]

[Effect of device]

 As described in detail above, according to the peeling machine of the present invention, the deformed elliptical cam rotated by the drive motor, the sliding body vertically moved by the deformed elliptic cam, and the sliding body An arm member connected at one end and movably supported by a supporting column on a seesaw, a blade removably attached to the tip of the arm member, and a work piece placed along with the seesaw movement of the arm member. The mounting table that intermittently rotates by a fixed angle, the pressing member that presses the work piece positioned facing the mounting table, the control unit that controls the rotation of the drive motor, and the mounting table described above. The control unit stops the drive motor by a signal from the detection means, so that the fruit, vegetables, etc. can be quickly peeled off, and when peeling is completed, Stop automatically.

The blade attached to the tip of the arm member moves in the longitudinal direction by the projecting pin when the arm member rises, so that the blade comes into contact with the pressing member when attaching and detaching the work piece. There is no danger of getting in the way. Further, since the intermittent constant angle rotation of the mounting table described above is performed immediately before the end of the raising operation of the arm member, the seesaw movement of the blade and the intermittent constant angle rotation of the mounting table are performed. It is performed smoothly without interference. Therefore, you can peel vegetables and fruits cleanly. The blade detachably attached to the tip of the arm member moves slowly at the time of cutting and moves quickly at the time of returning. In other words, it moves slowly when cutting with a load on the blade, and moves quickly when returning without applying a load, making the cutting surface beautiful and increasing the cutting speed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a peeling machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the peeling machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a drive mechanism for rotating a mounting table of the peeling machine.

FIG. 4 is a main part plan view showing an arm member and a blade of the peeling machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Drive Motor 11 Deformed Elliptical Cam 11a, b Cam Groove 12 Sliding Body 13 Support Column 14 Arm Member 14a Elongated Hole 14b Step 15 Blade 16 Workpiece 17 Mounting Platform 17a Receiving Plate 18 Pressing Member 18b Holding Plate 19 Control Section 20 Detecting Means 21 base plate 21a horizontal part 22 connecting rod 22a cam roller 23,24 guide rod 25a, b adjusting rod 26 engaging pin 27 roller 28 spring 29 ratchet 30 striking rod 31 fixing rod 32 screw 33 set lever 34 spring 35 protruding pin

Claims (5)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A deformed elliptical cam that is driven to rotate by a drive motor, a sliding body that is moved up and down by the deformed elliptical cam, and an arm that has one end connected to the sliding body and is movably supported by a supporting column. A member, a blade removably attached to the tip of the arm member, a mounting table on which a work piece is mounted and intermittently rotated by a predetermined angle in accordance with the seesaw movement of the arm member, and the mounting table. It is composed of a pressing member that presses the work piece placed facing each other, a control unit that controls the rotation of the drive motor, and a detection unit that detects that the mounting table has made one rotation. A peeling machine, wherein the control unit stops the drive motor by a signal. 2. The peeling machine according to claim 1, wherein the blade attached to the tip of the arm member moves in the longitudinal direction of the arm member. 3. The peeling machine according to claim 1, wherein the intermittent rotation of the mounting table at a constant angle is performed immediately before the end of the raising operation of the arm member. 4. The peeling machine according to claim 1, wherein the blade detachably attached to the tip of the arm member moves slowly when cutting and moves quickly when returning. 5. The peeling machine according to claim 1, wherein the blade detachably attached to the tip of the arm member is projected by a projecting pin when the arm member is raised.