JP3025365U - Egg washing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: To provide an egg-washing device capable of reducing the installation space, reducing the cost, and efficiently washing eggs. SOLUTION: An egg washing apparatus 1 comprises a transporting means 3 for transporting a chicken egg 2 while rotating it, and a washing means 4 for washing the chicken egg 2 transported by the transporting means 3, and the washing means 4 is a transporting means. 3 includes a pair of rotating brushes 41 and 42 having a pair of rotating shafts 55 and 56 extending along the conveying direction A and having a conveying path for the eggs 2 in between. And 42 rotations to wash the eggs.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the device belongs]

 The present invention relates to an egg washing device.

[0002]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 When cleaning dirty eggs, the eggs are conveyed while rotating them with a rotating roller or a bar conveyor, and the eggs to be conveyed have a rotation axis parallel to the rotation axis, in other words, a conveyance direction of the eggs. The rotating brushes having orthogonal rotation axes are brought into contact with each other, or the brushes that reciprocate along the carrying direction of the eggs are brought into contact with each other.

By the way, in cleaning with a rotating brush, only the eggs that have reached the rotating brush are contacted with the rotating brush, and therefore, a single rotating brush cannot remove stubborn dirt, and this is ensured. In order to remove it, it is necessary to arrange a large number of rotating brushes side by side, each having a rotation axis that is orthogonal to the egg transfer direction, resulting in a long device and a large installation space. It is necessary and increases the cost. In addition, cleaning with a reciprocating brush is inefficient because the brush can only come into contact with the egg in one way.

[0004] In addition, although there is a method in which a dirty egg is put in a washing water tank to wash the dirty egg, the batch processing is not so good in workability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to make it possible to reduce the installation space, reduce the cost, and efficiently wash the eggs. An object of the present invention is to provide an egg washing device capable of

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, it comprises a transporting means for transporting an egg while rotating it, and a washing means for washing the egg transported by this transporting means, wherein the washing means transports the egg. It is equipped with a pair of rotary brushes that extend along the transport direction of the means and that have a rotation axis arranged with the transport path of the eggs in between, so that the eggs can be washed by rotating the pair of rotary brushes. A structured egg washing device is provided.

According to the present invention, there is also provided the above-mentioned egg washing device, wherein a pair of rotating brushes are arranged so that the distance between the rotating shafts of the rotating brushes expands toward the downstream side in the conveying direction. Be done.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided the above-mentioned egg washing device, wherein the transporting means transports the chicken eggs by causing the long axis of the chicken eggs to substantially intersect the transport direction. .

Further, according to the present invention, the conveying means has an endless roller conveyor having a large number of juxtaposed rollers arranged side by side, and the entangled rollers corresponding to the running of the entangled rollers to rotate the eggs. There is provided the above-mentioned egg washing device, which comprises a rotating means for rotating.

[0010]

[Embodiment of device]

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on a preferred embodiment shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

[0011]

【Example】

 In FIGS. 1 and 2, the egg washing apparatus 1 of this example includes a carrying means 3 for carrying the eggs 2 while rotating them, and a washing means 4 for cleaning the eggs 2 carried by the carrying means 3. There is.

The transport means 3 has an endless roller conveyor 12 having a large number of juxtaposed roller 11 arranged side by side and a roller 11 corresponding to the running of the roller 11 in order to rotate the egg 2 in the E direction. And a rotating means 13 for rotating in the direction.

The endless roller conveyor 12 further includes a pair of drive-side sprocket wheels 16 rotatably mounted on the frame 15, and a pair of driven-side sprocket wheels 17 also rotatably mounted on the frame 15. A pair of chains 19 hung on sprocket wheels 16 and 17 and rotatably supporting each roller 11 via a pin 18, an electric motor 20 mounted on a frame 15, and an electric motor 20. Of the pulley or sprocket wheel 21 fixed to the output rotation shaft of the, the pulley or sprocket wheel 23 fixed to the rotation shaft 22 of the sprocket wheel 16, and the pulley or sprocket wheels 21 and 23. And an endless belt or chain 24 for operating the electric motor 20. The rotation of its output rotary shaft by means of a pulley or sprocket wheel 21, an endless belt or chain 24, a pulley or sprocket wheel 23 and a rotary shaft 22 causes a sprocket wheel 16 to rotate, which in turn causes a pair of chains 19 to And each roller 11 is circularly moved in the A direction.

The rotating means 13 is composed of a pair of long rod members 31 supported by the frame 15. The rod member 31 extends long in the moving direction of the roller 11 and is located on the upper side of the roller 11 running. It is arranged below the roller 11 and in contact with the roller 11. By the contact between the roller 11 and the rod member 31, each roller 11 is rotated in the D direction.

The above-mentioned transport means 3 transports the long axis 35 of each egg 2 placed between the rollers 11 by the rotation of the roller 11 and the shape of the roller 11 in the circulation movement of the roller 11 in the A direction. Substantially orthogonal to the direction A, the respective eggs 2 are conveyed in the A direction while rotating in the E direction.

The cleaning means 4 includes a pair of rotary brushes 41 and 42, a rotating means 43 for rotating the pair of rotary brushes 41 and 42, and a cleaning liquid 44 on the surface of each egg 2 when the rotary brushes 41 and 42 rotate. In order to supply the cleaning liquid 44, the cleaning liquid 44, in this example, a tank 45 for storing water (warm water) is provided.

Each of the rotating brushes 41 and 42 includes rotating shafts 51 and 52, and brushes 53 and 54 that are planted on the rotating shafts 51 and 52, respectively. The rotary shafts 55 and 56 having the rotary shaft centers 55 and 56 extending along the transport direction A of the transport means 3 are rotatably supported by the bracket 57 attached to the frame 15 at both ends thereof. Are arranged with the transportation path of the eggs 2 in between. In this example, the pair of rotating brushes 41 and 42 are arranged such that the intervals between the rotating shaft centers 55 and 56 of the rotating brushes 41 and 42 widen toward the downstream side in the transport direction.

The rotating means 43 includes an electric motor 61 attached to the frame 15, pulleys 62 and 63 fixed to the rotating shafts 51 and 52, and a turning pulley 64 rotatably attached to a bracket 57. The pulley 62, 63 and 64 and the endless belt 66 hung on the pulley 65 fixed to the output rotation shaft of the electric motor 61 are provided. The rotating brushes 41 and 42 are rotated in the B and C directions via the re-65, the endless belt 66, the turning pulley 64, the pulleys 62 and 63, and the rotating shafts 51 and 52, respectively. In addition, in this example, the endless belt 66 is hung by using the turning pulley 64 so that the rotating directions of the rotating brushes 41 and 42 are opposite to each other. The rotation direction of the output rotation shaft of the electric motor 61 is set so that 54 hits the surface (shell) of each chicken egg 2 from above, but the present invention is not limited to this. In this way, the cleaning means 4 is configured to clean the chicken egg 2 by rotating the pair of rotary brushes 41 and 42.

The cleaning liquid 44 is put in the tank 45 so that the transferred chicken eggs 2 are soaked in half. The cleaning liquid 44 is supplied to the surface (shell) of each chicken egg 2 as desired by the splashing of the cleaning liquid 44 by the rotation of the rotating brushes 41 and 42 and the rotation of each chicken egg 2.

In the egg washing apparatus 1 described above, when the chicken eggs 2 are placed one after another between the rollers 11 of the endless roller conveyor 12 on the upstream side, the chicken eggs 2 are conveyed in the A direction while being rotated. During transfer, the surface of each egg 2 is brushed by the rotation of the brushes 53 and 54 of the rotary brushes 41 and 42.

By the way, in the main egg washing apparatus 1, since the brushes 53 and 54 of the rotating brushes 41 and 42 are located along the carrying direction A, each egg 2 is constantly brushed during the carrying in the A direction. . Therefore, the pair of rotating brushes 41 and 42 can surely remove the stains on the surface of each chicken egg 2. As a result, it is not necessary to provide a pair of rotating brushes, and the installation space of the device can be reduced. Therefore, the cost can be reduced, and the chicken egg 2 can be efficiently washed. Further, since the pair of rotating brushes 41 and 42 are arranged such that the intervals between the rotating shaft centers 55 and 56 thereof widen toward the downstream side in the transport direction, the blunt end portion and the sharp edge of the egg 2 are sharpened. The edges can be brushed well. Further, since each of the brushes 53 and 54 is hit against the surface of the chicken egg 2 so as to be hit from above, the chicken egg 2 does not jump up.

It is also possible to perform appropriate washing by slowing or speeding up the transportation speed of the chicken eggs 2 by the transportation means 3 according to the degree of contamination of the chicken eggs 2.

[0023]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the installation space can be reduced, the cost can be reduced, and the eggs can be efficiently washed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Egg Washing Device 2 Eggs 3 Conveying Means 4 Cleaning Means 11 Rollers 12 Endless Roller Conveyors 13 Roller Rotating Means 41, 42 Rotating Brushes 43 Rotating Means

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A transporting means for transporting a hen's egg while rotating it, and a cleaning means for washing the hen's egg transported by this transporting means, wherein the cleaning means extends along the transporting direction of the transporting means. An egg washing apparatus comprising a pair of rotating brushes having a rotation axis arranged with a transport path for the eggs interposed therebetween, and configured to wash the eggs by rotating the pair of rotating brushes. 2. The egg washing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pair of rotating brushes are arranged such that the distance between the rotating shafts of the pair of rotating brushes expands toward the downstream side in the conveying direction. 3. The egg washing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conveying means conveys the chicken eggs with the long axis of the chicken eggs being substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction. 4. The conveying means includes an endless roller conveyor having a large number of juxtaposed rollers arranged side by side, and a rotating means for rotating the encircled rollers corresponding to the traveling of the entrained rollers to rotate the chicken eggs. Claim 1 comprising
The egg washing apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 3.