JP3071688B2 - Root removal device for medicinal rhizomes - 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 automatically removing beards of herbal rhizomes with beards, such as rhizomes of herbs such as turmeric and gadgets.

[0002]

[Prior art and its problems] Turmeric (Utsukin) and gadgets produced in the Nansei Islands (Yakushima, Tanegashima, Tokunoshima, Okinawa, etc.)
It has been known as a medicinal herb having various medicinal properties such as gastrointestinal medicine, tonic medicine, wound medicine, diabetes medicine, and the like, and its massive rhizome is thinly sliced, dried, and provided for medicinal use as a crushed powder form. However, the rhizomes have long dense roots, which must be removed before slicing.

[0003] However, the above-mentioned conventional process of removing a beard has relied exclusively on manual work of shaving using a kitchen knife. However, since the beard is hard, it requires a great deal of labor and is inefficient. Since the rhizome weight can be processed on average only about 30 kg per day, at most about 40 kg, it is a major bottleneck in coping with the recent increase in demand for crude drugs.

[0004] In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for automatically and efficiently removing beards of herbal rhizomes with beards, such as rhizomes of herbs such as turmeric and gajutsu.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a herbaceous rhizome removal apparatus for a herbaceous rhizome according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided with a reference numeral in the drawing, and is shown in FIG. Class M is introduced from one end of the processing passage 10 and the passage 10
The fixed blade body 2 having a straight blade 2a along the passage direction is provided at the bottom of the processing passage 10 and a spiral groove on the peripheral surface. A rotary drive shaft 3 provided with a spiral blade 30 is disposed in parallel with one side edge of the spiral groove 30 and the straight blade 2 of the fixed blade body 2
and a spiral blade 4 for performing a slicing-cutting operation with a. According to this device, the herb rhizomes M with beard n introduced into the processing passage 10 move while rolling toward the take-out side by the spiral guidance accompanying the rotation of the rotary drive shaft 3, and in the course of this movement, the spiral groove Since the beard n that has entered the blade 30 is cut off by cutting between the straight blade 2a of the fixed blade body 2, the beard n is finally removed without a beard.

In addition, herb rhizomes M with beards n ...
Because they are rhizomes of herbs such as turmeric and gajutsu, they can be removed very efficiently even though these beards n are very hard and difficult to remove with kitchen knives etc.
Thus, the production efficiency when powdered for medical use can be greatly increased.

The spiral groove 30 of the rotary drive shaft 3 is
The spiral blade 4 forming one side edge is formed in an acute angle shape in a radial cross section.
As well as from the bottom of the groove to the other side edge.
Flank 30a that gradually reduces the angle with the tangent
The spiral blade 4 and the straight blade
2a has good cutting ability by meshing with herb, and herb rhizomes M
Is easy to roll without biting into the spiral groove 30,
Efficient drainage of cut beard n ... from spiral groove 30
Become.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the beard removing apparatus according to the first aspect, one side of the processing passage 10 is provided with the passage 1.
Since the brush roll 5 is provided for bringing the rotating brush peripheral surface into contact with the herb rhizomes M in the lower side on the lower side, the soil adhered to the herb rhizomes M comes into contact with the brush. In addition to being efficiently dropped, the dropped soil falls directly downward, or enters the spiral groove 30 of the rotary drive shaft 3 and is discharged.
And the abrasion of the spiral blade 4 is suppressed. In addition, since one side of the passage 10 is a brush surface that can be elastically deformed, the width of the passage 10 has a margin, so that the size, shape, state of the beard, etc. of the herb rhizomes M. And passage 10
Despite the constantly changing orientation and overlapping state within,
It is easy to move and there is no risk of clogging. In addition, the herb rhizomes M ... contact the descending side of the rotating brush surface.
The contact portion is rolled so as to be always brought to the bottom side of the passage 10, and coupled with the rolling in the feed direction, the rotary drive shaft 3
Of the herbaceous rhizomes M ... are constantly updated, the entire whiskers n ... of the herbaceous rhizomes M ... enter the spiral groove 30 and are efficiently removed, and the passage of the herbaceous rhizomes M ... Jumping out of 10 is also prevented.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the beard removing device of the second aspect, the brush roll 5 swings in the direction of changing the width of the processing passage 10 with rotation.
By increasing or decreasing the width of the passage 10 in the course of movement of the herb rhizomes M ..., the mobility of the herb rhizomes M ... in the passage 10 is enhanced, and the herb rhizomes M ... can easily roll in various directions. Even in the case where they overlap each other, they are quickly separated, so that feeding in the direction of the passage is promoted.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the beard removing device according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein a guide side wall 60 having a concave curved side of the passage 10 is provided on one side of the processing passage 10. , The herbaceous rhizomes M are more likely to roll in the process of moving through the passage 10.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hair removal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the whiskers removing device has a rotation drive shaft 3 at the bottom and brush rolls 5 and guide frames 6 on both sides horizontally between the left and right boxes 1 a and 1 b containing the drive mechanism of the main body 1. A groove-shaped treatment passage 10 is arranged in parallel and opened upward between these, and while rotating the rotary drive shaft 3 and the brush roll 5, the herb with beard n is shown from the left end side of the passage 10 in the drawing. Rhizomes M... (Turmeric in the figure) are sequentially and sequentially charged, the beard n is removed while moving in the passage 10, and the rhizome M is taken out from the outlet 7 at the position where the right side guide wall 6 is interrupted. Has become. Between the left and right boxes 1a and 1b, a U-shaped guard frame 11 made of an angled material and a guard bar 12 made of a pipe material located at the upper front end are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a spiral groove 30 is formed on the peripheral surface of the rotary drive shaft 3, and a side edge of one side of the spiral groove 30 has a sharp angle in a radial cross section. 4 and a gentle flank 30 that gradually reduces the angle between the groove bottom and the tangent at the side edge from the groove bottom to the other side edge.
a. The rotary drive shaft 3 has shaft end portions 3a, 3b on both sides, and the right and left vertical side plates 13a,
13b are rotatably supported via bearings 8a, respectively, and as shown in FIG. 5, a pulley 31 fixed to the right shaft end 3a and a pulley 9a of the drive motor 9 installed below the main body 1. Are driven to rotate by the operation of the drive motor 9 via a V-belt 90 wound between the two.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the guide frame 6
Is formed of a metal plate bent so that its vertical cross section has a substantially downward open U-shape, and the guide side wall 6 facing the processing passage 10.
0 is curved so that the passage 10 side is concave as a whole, and its upper portion slightly overhangs toward the passage side 10, and the lower portion 60 b is inclined slightly lower toward the passage 10 side. Immediately below the guide side wall 60, a straight blade 2 along the passage direction is provided.
The straight blade 2a is fixed to the peripheral surface of the rotary drive shaft 3 in a state in which the band-shaped fixed blade body 2 provided with a is overlapped with the lower side 60b of the guide side wall 60 and is slightly inclined toward the passage 10 side. It is arranged so as to be substantially in contact with the upper side, and is configured to perform a sliding cut between the straight blade 2a and the rotating drive shaft 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, at the outlet 7,
The right side vertical plate 13a on the right side of the main body 1, the inclined plate 7a having one end welded thereto and the side plate 7b welded to the other end of the inclined plate are used to remove the herbaceous rhizomes M. It constitutes a chute to be discharged. And this side plate 7
b and the left vertical side plate 13b of the main body 1
a and 14b are integrally formed, and both brackets 14
The fixed blade 2 is screwed at a plurality of places to a mounting bar 15 (see FIG. 2) installed between the a and 14b.
The guide frame 6 is screwed and fixed at the lower portion of the rear wall 61 via brackets 14a, 14b and brackets 14c provided on the lower surface side of the intermediate portion of the mounting bar 15 (see FIG. 2).

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, between the left and right vertical side plates 13a and 13b of the main body 1, a rotation transmission shaft 16 located below the rotation drive shaft 3 is provided via bearings 8b and 8b. A beard discharge plate 17 that is rotatably mounted and that is further positioned lower than the rotation transmission shaft 16 and that is inclined forward and low is fixed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, guide grooves 18 are formed in both vertical side plates 13a and 13b so as to be cut in a substantially rectangular shape from the upper edge, and are bent in a substantially rectangular shape on each outer surface side. Plate-shaped swing arm 2
Numeral 0 is pivotally attached to the lower end of the pin 19 and is rotatably mounted in a vertical plane.

Thus, the brush roll 5 is fixed to the shaft body 50.
The hard side 51 made of synthetic resin filament, metal wire, animal hair, etc. is densely implanted on the peripheral surface of the vertical side plate 1.
The left and right shaft ends 5a, 5b inserted into the respective guide grooves 18 of 3a, 13b are rotatably supported by the free ends (upper ends) of the swing arm 20 via bearings 8c. On the other hand, a fitting hole 20a is provided in the middle of each swing arm 20, and an eccentric cam wheel 21 fixed to the left and right shaft ends 16a, 16b of the rotation transmission shaft 16 fits into the fitting hole 20a. ing. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the brush roll 5 and the rotation transmission shaft 16
b and 16b, interlockingly rotate in the same direction via a chain 24 wound between sprockets 22 and 23 fixed to the sprockets.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a small-diameter pulley 25 pivotally connected to the outer surface of the left vertical side plate 13a of the main body 1 via a pin 25a, and a right shaft end 3 of the rotary drive shaft 3
a small diameter pulley 32 fixed to the
Large diameter pulley 26 fixed to the right shaft end 16a
A V-belt 91 is wrapped around. For this reason,
When the drive motor 9 operates, the rotation drive shaft 3 rotates, and this rotation is transmitted by the V-belt 91 to the rotation transmission shaft 1.
6, the brush roll 5 also rotates interlockingly via a chain 24, but the eccentric cam wheels 2 on both sides of the rotation transmission shaft 16
The swing arms 20, 20 swing left and right as shown by the phantom lines in FIG. Therefore, the brush roll 5 swings in the direction of the distance from the guide frame 6 at a rate of one reciprocation per rotation while rotating, and the width of the processing passage 10 changes accordingly.

The rotation speed of the rotary drive shaft 3 is usually 50
On the other hand, the brush roll 5 is set to about 0 rpm, whereas the brush roll 5 is rotated at a reduced speed of about 1/3 due to the diameter difference between the pulleys 32 and 26. The rotation direction of the brush roll 5 is the same as that of the rotation drive shaft 3, and the brush roll 5 descends on the side facing the processing passage 10.

In the beard removing apparatus having the above-mentioned construction, the herbaceous rhizomes M with beard n such as turmeric and gajutsu are treated in the treatment passage 1.
0, the herbaceous rhizomes M... Are inserted into the spiral groove 3 with the rotation of the rotary drive shaft 3.
As a result of the spiral guidance of 0, the spiral groove 30 moves while rolling toward the outlet 7 side, and as shown in FIG.
The entered beards n are sandwiched between the straight blade 2a and the helical blade 4 of the fixed blade body 2 and cut off, and the adhered soil is efficiently contacted with the brush of the brush roll 5. The cut whiskers n... Which are dropped and discharged from the rotary drive shaft 3 fall down from the spiral groove 30, and the fallen soil falls directly or after entering the spiral groove 30, and discharges the whiskers. It is slid down on the plate 17 and discharged forward.
The herb rhizomes M that have reached the outlet 7 are beard n
Are removed neatly and there is almost no adhesion of soil, and the inclined plate 7a is rolled and housed in a required box or container prepared, or transferred to a conveyor such as a belt conveyor. Will be.

Thus, the herb rhizomes M to be treated ...
Is different in size, shape, condition of beard, etc.
The charging interval and the charging amount to the processing passage 10 fluctuate, and the direction and the overlapping state when moving in the passage 10 are not constant, but the passage 10 can be elastically deformed because one side of the passage 10 is a brush surface. In addition, the guide wall 60 on the opposite side
It has a shape that is concavely curved toward the 0 side to promote rolling, and the width of the passage 10 is widened or narrowed by the swing of the brush roll 5, so that the mobility in the passage 10 is enhanced. Further, since the contact portion is also brought into contact with the descending side of the rotating brush surface and the contact portion is also always brought to the bottom side of the passage 10, it rolls vigorously in various directions during the movement, so that the rotary drive shaft 3 is constantly and constantly updated, and the entire whiskers n... Uniformly enter the spiral groove 30 until the outlet 7 is reached and are efficiently removed. Further, even if an overlap occurs in the passage 10, the brush roll 5 is immediately separated by the swing of the brush roll 5.
It is possible to feed smoothly without clogging in 0,
Due to the rotation direction of the brush roll 5 and the curved shape of the guide side wall 60, the protrusion from the passage 10 is also prevented.

The soil that has adhered to the herb rhizomes M falls directly from the space between the brush rolls 5 or enters the spiral groove 30 of the rotary drive shaft 3 and is discharged. The wear of the blade 2a and the helical blade 4 is suppressed, so that the fixed blade body 2 and the rotary drive shaft 3 have a long life, and the maintenance cost of the apparatus is reduced.

The medicinal rhizomes M with beards n applied to the beard removal by the apparatus of the present invention have a particularly large application effect because the beard is so hard that removal with a kitchen knife or the like is difficult. By the way, in the removal of beards for the rhizomes of these herbs, conventionally, only about 30 to 40 kg per day per rhizome weight could be processed per person, whereas according to the apparatus of the present invention, about 200 kg per hour per unit was used.
Before and after processing becomes possible. In addition, depending on the type of the herb rhizomes M ..., a part of the skin may be cut off along with the beard n ... during the treatment. However, even when the skin is partially peeled as described above, in most cases, Is not a problem, especially with herbal rhizomes that are ultimately powdered, such as turmeric or gajutsu.

In the whiskers removing device of the present invention, the rotary drive shaft 3 and the rotary drive or rotary force transmitting mechanism of the brush roll 5, the swing mechanism of the brush roll 5, the arrangement angle of the fixed blade 2 and the rotary drive shaft 3 Position of the spiral blade 4 of the rotary drive shaft 3, the engraving interval and depth, the cross-sectional shape and mounting structure of the fixed blade body 2 and the guide frame 6, the curved shape of the guide side wall 6 a, the pivotal support of each shaft portion Regarding the detailed configuration such as the structure, various design changes can be made other than the embodiment. Thus, the inventions of claims 1 and 5 include a configuration in which a fixed side wall is provided in place of the brush roll 5, and the invention of claim 2 includes a configuration in which the brush roll 5 is attached without swinging.

[0024]

According to the apparatus for removing beards according to the first aspect of the present invention, the herbaceous rhizomes with the beard are simply introduced into the treatment passage, and the herbaceous rhizomes are rotated with the rotation of the rotary drive shaft having the spiral groove. While moving, the beard can be reliably removed by the cutting action of the spiral blade of the rotary drive shaft and the straight blade of the fixed blade body,
Conventionally, the process of removing the beard, which has relied on manual work that requires a great deal of labor and time with a kitchen knife or the like, can be performed automatically, efficiently and reliably.

In addition, in the above-mentioned beard removing device, particularly for the rhizomes of herbs such as turmeric and gajutsu having hard beards, these beards can be removed very efficiently, and the production efficiency when medicated and powdered is greatly reduced. There is an advantage that it can be raised.

Further, in the above beard removing device,
Excellent cutting performance due to meshing between turning blade and straight blade, hard beard
Even roots can be cut sharply with little resistance, and herb rhizomes
When the main body of the body does not bite into the spiral groove and rolls easily
In both cases, the efficiency of drainage from the spiral groove of the cut beard is good.
Therefore, there is an advantage that the removal efficiency of the beard is further improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned beard removing device, the soil attached to the herb rhizomes can be efficiently removed with a brush roll while removing the beard,
Since the wear of the straight blade and the helical blade due to the biting of the soil is suppressed, the fixed blade body and the rotary drive shaft have a long service life, which can reduce the maintenance cost of the apparatus, and the herb rhizomes are easily rolled in the treatment passage, The contact area with the peripheral surface of the rotary drive shaft is constantly updated constantly, the entire whiskers are uniformly inserted into the spiral groove and are efficiently removed, and the movement of the medicinal rhizome is easy and no clogging occurs, Further, there is an advantage that jumping out of the processing passages is also prevented.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the beard removing device having the above-mentioned brush roll, the width of the treatment passage is periodically changed by the swing of the brush roll, so that the herb rhizomes are kept in the passage. It is easier to roll in various directions, thereby improving the efficiency of removing the whiskers, and further facilitating the feeding in the direction of the passage, so that there is an advantage that higher processing efficiency can be obtained.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the beard removing device has a guide side wall having a concave curved side on one side of the treatment passage, the herbage rhizomes in the process of moving through the passage are removed. There is an advantage that rolling is more likely to occur, thereby further improving the efficiency of removing the beard.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a beard removing device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a main part of the beard removing device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the beard removing device in a state where a guide frame, a fixed blade, and a cover of a drive mechanism are removed.

FIG. 4 is a right side view in a state where a cover of a drive mechanism of the beard removing device is removed.

FIG. 5 is a left side view in a state where a cover of a drive mechanism of the beard removing device is removed.

FIG. 6 is a vertical side view of a right driving mechanism in the beard removing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Fixed blade body 2a Straight blade 3 Rotation drive shaft 30 Spiral groove 30a Flank 4 Screw blade 5 Brush roll 6 Guide frame 60 Guide side wall 7 Outlet 10 Processing passage 20 Swing arm 21 Eccentric cam wheel M Herbal rhizome n Beard

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An apparatus in which medicinal rhizomes with beards, such as turmeric and gajutsu, are introduced from one end of a treatment passage, and the beard is removed while being fed through the passage and removed from the other end. At the bottom of the passage, a fixed blade body having a straight blade along the passage direction and a rotary drive shaft provided with a spiral groove on the peripheral surface are disposed in parallel, and one side edge of the spiral groove is the fixed blade. A helical blade for making a slicing cut with a straight blade of the body, and the helical groove of the rotary drive shaft forms a spiral forming one side edge
The blade is formed at an acute angle in the radial cross section, and
To the other side edge, the angle with the tangent at that side edge is
Secondly, the herbaceous rhizomes with beards , which have flank surfaces to be reduced and are introduced into the treatment passage, move to the take-out side by spiral guidance accompanying rotation of the rotary drive shaft, and enter the spiral grooves in the course of this movement. A bead removing device for herbal rhizomes that is configured to cut the beard. 2. The herbaceous rhizome according to claim 1, wherein a brush roll is provided on one side of the treatment passage so as to bring a rotating brush peripheral surface into contact with the herbaceous rhizome in the passage on a descending side. Beard removal device. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the brush roll swings in a direction to change the width of the treatment passage with rotation. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a guide side wall having a concave curved side is provided on one side of the treatment passage.