JP3105410U - Rhizome cutting device for bulb vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost rhizome cutting apparatus for bulb vegetables that can be applied to a small-scale farmer and that is reduced in size.
A cutting section 20 having two circular saw blades 22, 22 arranged vertically side by side to cut a rhizome of bulb vegetables, and a rotating shaft of both circular saw blades 22, 22 are rotated. And a driving unit that transmits power to the rotating shaft to rotate the circular saw blades 22, 22, and manually moves the rhizomes of the bulbous vegetables that are gripped in the horizontal direction to a position where they can be cut. Guide body 10 for transporting by a guide, bulbs 11a to 11c formed in the guide body 10, and bulb vegetables in the guide body 10 provided in accordance with the positions of the respective guide holes 11a to 11c. And a member for discharging a bulb of a cut-and-cut bulb vegetable, and an air introduction part provided on the upper part of the guide body 10.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting rhizomes of bulb vegetables, for example, for cutting rhizomes of bulb vegetables such as raccoon, hulled and onion.

  Conventional rhizome rhizome cutting device, cutting blades of bulbs of bulb vegetables provided on both sides of the transport belt, a positioning body provided along the transport direction of the transport belt, and transported by the transport belt 2. Description of the Related Art There has been known a pressure mechanism configured to press a bulb of a bulb vegetable toward a positioning body side (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  Then, the bulbs of the bulb vegetables transferred by the transport belt are pressed toward the positioning body by the pressing mechanism, and the rhizomes of the bulb vegetables are cut by a cutting blade in a state where the bulbs of the bulb vegetables are positioned.

JP-A-5-329798 (pages 1 to 6, FIGS. 1 to 9)

  However, the conventional rhizome cutting apparatus for bulb vegetables is a large-scale and widely installed apparatus for cutting the rhizomes of bulb vegetables in a state in which a plurality of inputted bulb bulbs are mechanically and automatically positioned. There is a problem that space is required, equipment cost is high, and it is not suitable for small-scale farmers.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost rhizome cutting device for bulb vegetables that can be applied to small-scale farmers and has a small installation space.

  In order to solve the above problems, a bulb cutting device for bulb vegetables according to the present invention has a cutting section having two cutting blades juxtaposed to cut a rhizome of bulb vegetables, as shown in claim 1. In the bulb vegetable rhizome cutting device provided with a drive unit for both cutting blades, a guide body for manually transferring the rhizome of the bulb vegetable in a state of being held in a horizontal direction to a position where it can be cut is provided. Furthermore, a positioning member for the bulb of the bulb vegetable in the guide body, and a member for discharging the bulb of the cut bulb vegetable are provided.

  Accordingly, the rhizomes of the bulb vegetables that are gripped in the horizontal direction are transferred to the cutting position by the guide body. At this time, since the bulbs of the bulb vegetables are transferred to the cutting position by the positioning body, the rhizomes of the bulb vegetables are easily cut by the two cutting blades arranged side by side. Thereafter, only the cut bulbs of the bulb vegetables fall and are discharged to the outside via the discharging member.

  In addition, as shown in claim 2, the opening start end as the insertion position of the rhizome of the bulb vegetables while being held in the horizontal direction, the closing end portion as the cutting position of the rhizome of the bulb vegetables, and the cutting from the insertion position A guide hole having a communication portion as a transfer path to a position may be formed in a box-shaped guide body in which both cutting blades and a positioning body are provided.

  Therefore, safety is ensured by providing both cutting blades in the substantially box-shaped guide body. In addition, since the insertion position and the cutting position of the rhizome of the bulb vegetable in the state of being held in the horizontal direction are positioned by the opening start end and the closing end of the guide hole of the guide body, the rhizome of the bulb vegetable can be easily formed. Can be disconnected.

  Further, two circular saw blades arranged in a longitudinal direction are used as cutting blades of the cutting portion, and guide holes of guide bodies having different sizes are formed around the circumference of the circular saw blade. It is preferable to form the positioning member and the discharging member in accordance with the position of each guide hole.

  In this case, by using two circular saw blades arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction as the cutting blades of the cutting portion, it becomes possible to form a cutting position at different positions on the circumference of the circular saw blade, Can be cut on the circumference of a circular saw blade.

  In addition, as described in the fourth aspect, the chips of the rhizomes of the cut bulbous vegetables may be blown off by the air introducing portion.

  Then, the cutting work can be smoothly performed without the guide holes and the teeth of the circular saw blade being clogged by the chips generated during the cutting process.

  As described above, according to the rhizome cutting device for bulb vegetables of the present invention, since the guide body for manually transferring the rhizome of bulb vegetables in a state of being held in the horizontal direction to a position capable of being cut is provided, The device can be reduced in size, and can contribute to significant cost reduction.

  Further, the guide holes formed in the box-shaped guide body can easily transport the bulb vegetables to the cutting position of the rhizome.

  Further, since the guide holes of the guide members having different sizes are formed at different positions on the circumference of the circular saw blade, a plurality of cutting positions can be formed on the circumference of the circular saw blade, and the sizes of the guide holes differ. The bulbs of bulb vegetables can be easily selected at the cutting position on the circumference of the circular saw blade.

  In addition, by providing the air introduction part, chips of the rhizome of bulb vegetables can be blown off, and the efficiency of the cutting operation of the rhizome of bulb vegetables can be improved.

A preferred embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the rhizome cutting device for bulb vegetables according to the present invention includes a gantry 1 configured to be movable, a top plate 6 attached to an upper frame of the gantry 1, A guide body 10 installed on the top plate 6, a cutting portion 20 provided inside the guide body 10, a support portion 25 for a cutting blade (hereinafter referred to as a circular saw blade 22, 22) of the cutting portion 20, and a circular saw A drive unit 30 for the blades 22, 22, a bulb positioning member 35 provided in the vicinity of one circular saw blade 22, and a member for discharging the bulbs of the bulb vegetables provided on the guide body 10. , A collection unit provided on the gantry 1, and an air introduction unit 45 provided above the guide body 10.

  The gantry 1 is framed in a horizontally long substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. On the front of the upper frame of the gantry 1, a start switch 2 of a drive unit and an emergency stop switch 3 are provided side by side. A caster 4 is attached to one side of the lower frame, and a stopper 5 for restricting the movement of the gantry 1 is formed on another side of the lower frame.

  The top plate 6 has a rectangular shape in plan view, and a discharge port 7 for discharging the cut bulbs of bulb vegetables to the bottom side of the gantry 1 is formed in a substantially central portion of the top plate 6. I have.

  The guide body 10 has a vertically long, substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape. The guide body 10 covers the circular saw blades 22, 22 except for guide holes 11a to 11c of the guide body 10 and the rear opening 12 of the guide body 10, which will be described later. Is secured. Further, a cover (not shown) is configured to be attachable to the back of the guide body 10, and the cover closes the back opening 12 of the guide body 10, and the circular saw except for the guide holes 11 a to 11 c of the guide body 10. Substantially the entire blades 22 and 22 are covered, and the safety of the operator is further ensured.

  Further, guide holes 11 a to 11 c having a U-shaped cross section are formed in the upper, central, and lower portions of the guide body 10. The guide holes 11a to 11c allow manual transfer to a position where the rhizomes of the bulb vegetables that are gripped in the horizontal direction can be cut. In addition, each of the guide holes 11a to 11c has a substantially rectangular opening start end as an insertion position of a bulb vegetable, a closed end portion as a cutting position of a bulb vegetable, and an insertion position to a cutting position. The guide holes 11a to 11c have a width dimension and a depth dimension that can be cut by the rhizomes of S-size, M-size, and L-size bulb vegetables in order from the top. And In addition, each of the guide holes 11a to 11c has a plurality of teeth of the circular saw blades 22 and 22 positioned on the circumference, and discharges the cut bulbs of bulbous vegetables to be sorted according to each size. In consideration of the above, the depth dimension of the central guide hole 11b is small, the depth dimension of the lower guide hole 11c is large, and the depth dimension of the upper guide hole 11a is larger than the depth dimension of the central guide hole 11b. , Smaller than the depth dimension of the lower guide hole 11c.

  Further, an insertion hole 13 for a rotating shaft 21 of the circular saw blades 22, 22, which will be described later, is formed in a substantially central portion on the rear side of the left and right side surfaces of the guide body 10. The insertion hole 13 facilitates replacement of the circular saw blades 22,22.

  The above-described guide body 10 has a box-like shape because it serves to transfer the rhizomes of bulb vegetables to the cutting position and to ensure the safety of the worker. Any plate can be used as long as it can be manually transferred to a position where the rhizomes of the bulb vegetables held in the horizontal direction can be cut, and may be a substantially L-shaped plate.

  The cutting portion 20 includes a rotating shaft 21 rotatably supported at substantially the center of both right and left side plates of the guide body 10, and a predetermined interval on both sides of the rotating shaft 21, that is, cutting of rhizomes of bulb vegetables. It is equipped with two circular saw blades 22, 22 arranged in a possible position (65-66 mm) in the vertical direction.

  The support portion 25 includes both bearing portions 26, 26 of the rotating shaft 21 disposed substantially at the center of the left and right side plates of the guide body 10, and the left and right sides of the discharge port 7 of the top plate 6 of the gantry 1. And a support 27, 27 for both bearings 26, 26 attached to the edge.

  The drive unit 30 includes a pulley 31 fixed to one end of the rotating shaft 21, a motor 32 attached to the side of the guide body 10, that is, a left side of the back surface of the top plate 6 of the gantry 1, The pulley 31 includes a pulley 31 fixed to the drive shaft 33, a pulley 31 of the rotation shaft 21, and a belt 34 wound around the pulley 31 of the drive shaft 33. Then, the rotational force of the motor 32 is transmitted to the rotation shaft 21 via the belt 34 and the pulleys 31, 31, and the two circular saw blades 22, 22 rotate.

  The positioning body 35 is provided upright at a predetermined interval (5 to 6 mm) inside the circular saw blade 22 on the right side when viewed from the front in FIG. The reason for this is that the bulbs of the cut bulbous vegetables are delivered with the bulbs having some roots. Further, the positioning body 35 has positioning holes 36a to 36c formed at substantially the same positions as the guide holes 11a to 11c of the guide body 10 and having substantially the same shape.

  Note that the positioning body 35 is not limited to the illustration. For example, two pins may be provided in parallel, and the bulbs of bulb vegetables may be positioned in the gap between the two pins. In short, the positioning body 35 only needs to be capable of cutting the bulbs of the bulb vegetables while the position of the bulbs of the bulb vegetables is established.

  The discharge member has an S-size discharge chute 40 whose upper end is located on the front side of the guide hole 11a at the top of the guide body 10 and whose lower end is led out behind the gantry 1; The M-size discharge chute 41 is located below the center guide hole 11b, the lower end opening is led out to the lower right side of the gantry 1, and the upper end opening is below the guide hole 11c below the guide body 10. And an L-size discharge chute 42 whose lower end opening is led out to the lower left side of the gantry 1. By the discharge chutes 40 to 42, the bulbs of the cut bulb vegetables are selected according to the respective sizes.

  The boundary between the M-size discharge chute 41 and the L-size discharge chute 42 is divided by the lower guide hole 11c, but the lower end of the divided M-size discharge chute 41 is slightly inclined forward. Therefore, the cut M-sized bulb vegetable bulbs do not fall onto the L-size discharge chute 42. Further, since the rear side of the upper end opening of the L-size discharge chute 42 is in contact with the back surface of the S-size discharge chute 40, the cut L-sized bulb vegetables do not leak out. That is, each discharge chute 40 to 42 has a configuration that can prevent bulbs of bulb vegetables of different sizes from being mixed, and can reliably select bulbs of bulb vegetables of each size that have been cut. .

  The collection unit includes a collection box (not shown) placed behind the mount, that is, below the outlet of the S-size discharge chute 40, and both sides of the floor plate 8 laid on the lower frame of the mount 1, that is, M size. A collection box (not shown) is provided below the discharge port of the discharge chute 41 and below the discharge port of the L-size discharge chute 42. The bulbs of the cut-and-cut bulb vegetables are collected from the upper opening of each collection box by their own weight.

  The air introduction part 45 is surrounded by the upper part of the front plate, the upper part of the upper plate, the upper parts of the left and right side plates, the upper part of the back plate, and the partition plate 46 provided inside the upper part of the guide body 10. An air introduction path 47 formed by the above, exhaust nozzles 48, 48 penetrated on both sides of the front part of the partition plate 46, a compressor (not shown) for supplying air to the air introduction path 47, and one end thereof A hose 49 connected to the compressor. Moreover, the hose 49 is connected to the guide body 10 via a connecting member 50 provided at another end of the hose 49 and a joint 51 penetrating the upper part of the back plate of the guide body 10. Then, the air from the compressor is introduced into the air introduction passage 47 via the hose 49, while the air introduced into the air introduction passage 47 passes through the exhaust nozzles 48 and 48 below the guide body 10, that is, the cutting section 20. Exhausted to the side.

  Next, the usage of the rhizome cutting device for bulb vegetables will be described with reference to FIG. The operator sits toward the front of the front plate of the guide body 10, turns on the start switch 2, drives the motor 32, and rotates the two circular saw blades 22,22.

  In this state, the operator holds the roots B and stems C of the harvested bulbous vegetables (referred to as Rakkyo A in the present embodiment) with both hands, and moves the boundary portion between the bulb D and the root B of Rakkyo A. The guide body 10 is inserted into the guide holes 11a to 11c while being positioned in the positioning holes 36a to 36c of the positioning body 35.

  Then, the root B and the stem C of Rakkyo A are cut by the two circular saw blades 22, 22, leaving only the bulb D of Rakkyo A. At this time, the roots B are slightly attached to the bulbs D of the cut A. On the other hand, the chips introduced by the circular saw blades 22 and 22 are blown off by the air introduced from the compressor, and the chips do not adhere to the teeth of the circular saw blades 22 and 22. Is performed smoothly.

  Then, the bulb D of the cutting A is collected in a collection box in a state of being sorted according to each size. That is, the bulb D of the small-sized A is rolled on the inclined surface of the small-sized discharge chute 40 and collected in the collection box behind the guide body 10. The bulbs D of the M-size shell A pass through the M-size discharge chute 41 and are collected in the collection box on the right side of the base plate 8 of the gantry 1. The bulb D of the large-sized lantern A is collected in the collection box on the left side of the floor plate 8 of the gantry 1 through the large-sized discharge chute 42.

  In the above-described embodiment, the guide body 10 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape is used. However, the guide body 10 may be a cylindrical body, a polygonal pillar having an elliptical cross section, or a dome shape.

  Further, the depth and width dimensions of each of the guide holes 11a to 11c of the guide body 10, the positions of the guide holes 11a to 11c, and the discharge position of the bulb vegetables are not limited to those illustrated. In short, the depth dimension and width dimension of the guide holes 11a to 11c can be cut according to each size of the bulb vegetables, and the positions of the guide holes 11a to 11c and the discharge positions of the bulb vegetables are determined by the cut bulb vegetables. It is only necessary that the species can be sorted and collected according to each size, and can be appropriately changed.

  Further, in the case of the above embodiment, the circular saw blades 22 for cutting the rhizomes of bulb vegetables by a rotary motion are used as the cutting blades of the cutting unit 20, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be a cutting blade that cuts the rhizomes of bulb vegetables by the method.

  In addition, in the case of the above embodiment, one guide body 10 is installed on one gantry 1, but a plurality of guide bodies 10 are arranged side by side on one gantry 1 in order to improve work efficiency. It may be.

  The rhizome cutting device of the present invention can be used not only for cutting rootstocks but also for cutting rhizomes of bulb vegetables such as lotus roots, hulls, and onions.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a rhizome cutting device for bulb vegetables (rakkyo) of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cut front view of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of FIG. 1. It is the figure which showed the state which cut | disconnects the rhizome of a bulb vegetable.

Explanation of reference numerals

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stand 2 Start switch 3 Emergency stop switch 4 Caster 5 Stopper 6 Top plate 7 Discharge port 8 Floor plate 10 Guide body 11a-11c Guide hole 12 Back opening 13 Insertion hole 20 Cutting part 21 Rotating shaft 22 Circular saw blade (cutting blade) )
Reference Signs List 25 support part 26 bearing part 27 support 30 drive part 31 pulley 32 motor 33 drive shaft 34 belt 35 positioning body 36a to 36c positioning hole 40 to 42 discharge chute (discharge member)
45 Air introduction part 46 Partition plate 47 Air introduction path 48 Exhaust nozzle 49 Hose 50 Connection member 51 Coupling A
B Root C Stem D Bulb

Claims (4)

  A state in which a cutting device having two cutting blades juxtaposed to cut a rhizome of a bulb vegetable and a driving device for both cutting blades, a rhizome cutting device for a bulb vegetable, which is horizontally gripped. A guide body is provided for manually transferring the rhizomes of the bulb vegetables to a position where the bulb can be cut, and further, a positioning body of the bulbs of the bulb vegetables in the guide body, and the bulbs of the bulb vegetables that have been cut. A rhizome cutting device for bulb vegetables, comprising a discharging member.   The guide body has both cutting blades, and a substantially box-like shape in which the positioning body can be housed, and the guide body has an opening start end as an insertion position of a rhizome of a bulbous vegetable that is gripped in a horizontal direction, 2. The bulb according to claim 1, wherein a guide hole having a closed end portion as a cutting position of a rhizome of a bulb vegetable and a communication portion as a transfer path from the insertion position to the cutting position is formed. Rhizome cutting equipment for vegetables.   The cutting blade of the cutting portion is formed of a vertical circular saw blade, and guide holes of guide members having different sizes are formed at different positions on the circumference of the circular saw blade. The rhizome cutting apparatus for bulb vegetables according to claim 2, wherein the member for use is provided in accordance with the position of each guide hole. The rhizome cutting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an air introduction unit for blowing off chips of the rhizome of the cut vegetable.

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