JP5237334B2 - Vegetable dehydrator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vegetable dehydrator that performs a dehydration process on cut vegetables.

  As a conventional vegetable dehydrator, a batch type apparatus in which cut vegetables are put into a dehydration basket that is rotated by a motor to perform dehydration, and then the vegetables are taken out from the dehydration basket is mainly used (for example, Patent Document 1). .

  Patent Document 2 discloses a continuous dehydrator that disposes and dehydrates vegetable scraps and drains vegetables by arranging scraped screw blades in a dehydration basket and rotating them with a rotational difference. Has been.

  When processing vegetable scraps in the continuous dehydrator, it is intended to be discarded, so it seems that there is no problem no matter how it is chopped. However, when dewatering the cut vegetables, they are put directly into the rotating scraped screw blades, so there is a concern that the vegetables are easily damaged by the screw blades and do not look good.

JP 2005-87131 A JP 2009-255024 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vegetable dehydrator that can be continuously dehydrated so as not to damage cut vegetables and that can be manufactured in a small size at low cost.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a rotating body is accommodated in a case having a discharge port at the top and a drain port at the bottom, and is supported by a fixed shaft erected on the base. Is provided at a predetermined rotational speed by a first motor, and the rotating body is arranged at the center of a hopper into which the cut vegetables are put, and is at least mounted in a dehydrating cylinder adjacent to the hopper. One screw conveyor is arranged side by side, the planetary gear provided on the rotating shaft of the screw conveyor is meshed with the sun gear provided to rotate freely with respect to the fixed shaft, and the sun gear is rotated by the second motor. The screw conveyor is rotatably provided by
Vegetables thrown into the hopper when the first motor and the second motor are operated are guided upward from the opening formed in the lower part of the hopper to the screw conveyor side and revolved and rotated by the screw conveyor. It is configured to be dehydrated by a centrifugal force action while being lifted up and discharged from the outlet.

  In order to achieve the same object, the invention described in claim 2 is the vegetable dehydrator according to claim 1, wherein a cutter for chopping vegetables put into the hopper is mounted on the fixed shaft or the fixed shaft. The intermediate shaft is mounted on the tip of the intermediate shaft loosely fitted to the head and the intermediate shaft is forcibly rotated.

  Since the cut vegetables put into the hopper can be chopped with a cutter and dehydrated continuously, it is convenient for cooking. Moreover, since vegetable waste can be crushed with a cutter and subjected to dehydration, vegetable waste can be easily discarded.

In order to achieve the same object, the invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the rotating body is housed in a case having a discharge port at the top and a drain port at the bottom, and is supported by a fixed shaft standing on the base. A body is rotatably provided at a predetermined number of rotations by a first motor, and the rotator is centered on a hopper for feeding cut vegetables and is fixed in a dehydrating cylinder adjacent to the hopper. At least one spiral piece is juxtaposed, and a planetary gear provided on a rotating shaft to which a lower portion of the spiral piece is fixed is engaged with a sun gear provided to be freely rotatable with respect to the fixed shaft. The spiral piece is rotatably provided by being rotated by two motors,
Vegetables thrown into the hopper while the first motor and the second motor are operated are guided upward from the opening formed in the lower portion of the hopper to the spiral piece side and revolved and rotated upward. While being lifted, it is configured to be dehydrated by centrifugal force action and discharged from the outlet.

(Invention of Claim 1)
This vegetable dehydrator is small and can be manufactured at low cost, and can be continuously subjected to dehydration treatment by centrifugal force while lifting up the cut vegetables such as cabbage thrown into the hopper by a revolving and rotating screw conveyor. it can. In addition, the drained vegetables look good.

(Invention of Claim 3)
This vegetable dehydrator is small and can be manufactured at low cost, and can be continuously subjected to dehydration treatment by centrifugal force while lifting cut vegetables such as cabbage thrown into the hopper upward by a rotating and rotating spiral piece. it can. In addition, the drained vegetables look good.

Side view of the vegetable dehydrator according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Vertical sectional view of the vegetable dehydrator according to the first embodiment Explanatory drawing of the lower part of the hopper Cross section of drive part Side view of the vegetable dehydrator according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Perspective view of cutter The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part of the vegetable dehydrator concerning 3rd Example of this invention. Side view of the vegetable dehydrator according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. Explanatory drawing of the lower part of the hopper Perspective view of spiral piece housed in dehydrating cylinder

  The best mode of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Example 1
The vegetable dehydrator D _{1 according} to the first embodiment of the present invention performs a dehydration process by centrifugal force while lifting a cut vegetable such as cabbage that is put into a hopper upward by a revolving and rotating screw conveyor. It is structured to discharge from the outlet.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the case 1 of the vegetable dehydrator D ₁ is open at the top, has a discharge port 2 on the upper side, and discharges water generated by the dehydration process to the lower side. A drain port 3 is provided. Reference numeral 5 denotes a lid detachably provided on the upper mouth portion 1a of the case 1. A rotating body 10 is housed inside the case 1. A fixed shaft 8 erected on the pedestal 7 supports a boss 10a protruding from the lower portion of the rotating body 10 so as to freely rotate. The rotating body 10 is provided so as to be capable of rotation control at a predetermined rotation speed within a range of 400 to 1000 rpm by a first motor 17 attached to the base 7 by a bracket (not shown). A belt 19 is stretched between the drive pulley 18 fixed to the output shaft 17 a of the first motor 17 and the boss 10 a of the rotating body 10. The case 1 is fixed to the base 7 by a bracket (not shown).

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the rotating body 10 is arranged around a cylindrical hopper 13 into which the cut vegetables are put, and is installed in the dehydrating cylinder 14 adjacent to the hopper 13. A pair of left and right screw conveyors 21 and 21 are juxtaposed. Reference numerals 13 a and 13 a are openings formed in the lower part of the hopper 13 so as to communicate with the dehydrating cylinder 14. The upper part of the dehydrating cylinder 14 is open, and a large number of small holes (not shown) are provided in a mesh shape on the peripheral wall portion 14a. On the top of the dehydrating cylinder 14, a lid 15 is provided so as to remove the vegetable passage portion. The flange 1 b provided on the inner surface of the case 1 is provided so as to be located slightly below the lid 15.

  A circular plate 11 is attached below the substrate 10b of the rotating body 10 with a plurality of support columns 12 at a predetermined interval. The rotating shafts 22 and 22 of the screw conveyors 21 and 21 are supported by the substrate 10b and the circular plate 11 and are freely rotatable. Each rotary shaft 22 is provided with a planetary gear 23 integrally therewith. Reference numeral 25 denotes a sun gear which is provided in a freely rotatable manner with respect to the fixed shaft 8 by inserting the shaft tube portion 26 into the boss 10 a of the rotating body 10. As shown in FIG. 4, the planetary gears 23 and 23 are provided on the sun gear 25 so as to mesh with each other. Reference numeral 28 denotes a second motor attached to the base 7 by a bracket (not shown). A belt 31 is stretched between the drive pulley 29 fixed to the output shaft 28 a of the second motor 28 and the shaft tube portion 26 of the sun gear 25. The screw conveyors 21 and 21 are rotatably provided by rotating the sun gear 25 by the second motor 28 and rotating the planetary gears 23 and 23 in conjunction with each other.

Thus, in the state in which the first motor 17 and the second motor 28 are operated, the vegetables thrown into the hopper 13 are led to the screw conveyor 21 side from the opening 13a of the hopper 13 and revolved and rotated by the screw conveyor 21. vegetable dehydrator D ₁ according to a first embodiment of the present invention discharged from the discharge port 2 is subjected to dehydration treatment by centrifugal force acting while lifted upward is formed.

  The vegetable lifted upward by the screw conveyor 21 is pushed by the succeeding vegetable without being dropped into the case 1 by the lid 15 and the flange 1b of the case 1, and is smoothly sent out toward the discharge port 2.

Next, the operation will be described vegetable dehydrator D ₁ according to the first embodiment.
(1) When a driving operation button (not shown) provided in the vegetable dehydrator D ₁ is pressed, the rotating body 10 is rotated at a predetermined rotational speed by the operation of the first motor 17. At the same time, the second motor 28 is actuated to rotate the sun gear 25 to rotate the planetary gears 23, 23, so that the screw conveyors 21, 21 perform revolution and rotation.
(2) Therefore, when a cut vegetable such as cabbage is introduced into the hopper 13, the vegetable is moved downward and guided to the screw conveyors 21, 21 side from the opening 13 a by the centrifugal force action of the rotating body 10. The vegetables are then dehydrated by centrifugal force while being lifted upward by screw conveyors 21 and 21 that revolve and rotate within the dehydrating cylinder 14.
The water generated by the dehydration is discharged from the drain port 3 to the outside.
(3) The vegetables lifted upward by the screw conveyors 21 and 21 are pushed by the subsequent vegetables and discharged from the discharge port 2 to the outside. Since the vegetables to be drained move to the screw conveyor 21 side after being put into the hopper 13, they are not easily damaged and have a good appearance.

(Example 2)
Vegetable dehydrator D ₂ according to a second embodiment of the present invention is a structure that vegetables can be subjected successively dehydrated chopping by the cutter. Specifically, in the vegetable dehydrator D _{1 according} to the first embodiment described above, a cutter 40 for chopping vegetables to be put into the hopper 13 is added, and the other configurations are the same as the vegetable dehydrator D _1. It is said that. Accordingly, described with respect to the cutter 40, the other configurations and the description thereof is omitted describes numerals used in the description of vegetable dehydrator D ₁ in the drawing.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the cutter 40 has a substantially cross-shaped blade portion 43 integrally provided on the upper surface of a disk 41 having a shaft tube portion 42.

Figure 5 shows such a vegetable dehydrator D ₂ in the second embodiment. In the drawing, the tip of the fixed shaft 8 is provided so as to face the hopper 13, and the shaft cylinder portion 42 of the cutter 40 is fitted to the small diameter shaft 8 a formed at the tip of the fixed shaft 8 to fix the cutter 40. It is provided so as to be attached to the shaft 8.

Thus, the cut vegetables put into the hopper 13 can be chopped by the cutter 40 and dehydrated continuously, and the vegetable waste can be crushed by the cutter 40 and dehydrated. vegetable dehydrator D ₂ according to the is configured.

(Example 3)
In the vegetable dehydrator D _{3 according} to the third embodiment of the present invention, the cutter 40 of the vegetable dehydrator D _{2 according} to the second embodiment is fixed to the fixed shaft 8, whereas the cutter 40 is rotated. It is a thing. The vegetable dehydrator D _3, since the same configuration as the vegetable dehydrator D ₁ of the first embodiment except for the configuration for rotating the cutter 40, the vegetable dehydrator D ₁ is other configurations described The reference numerals used in the above are described in the drawings and the description is omitted.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, a stepped intermediate shaft 45 is loosely fitted to the fixed shaft 8 to be freely rotatable, and a shaft tube portion of the cutter 40 is provided on a small-diameter shaft 45 a on the distal end side of the intermediate shaft 45. 42 is fitted. Then, the cutter 40 is rotatably provided by, for example, providing the intermediate shaft 45 to be able to rotate forcibly using the power of the first motor 17.

Thus, according to the vegetable dehydrator D ₃ according to the third embodiment, post-processing of vegetable waste for the cutter 40 to forcibly rotate operation can be reliably crushed vegetable waste easy to perform.

Example 4
Vegetable dehydrator D ₄ according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the exhaust subjected to dehydration treatment by centrifugal force acting while lifted upward by the spiral piece revolves and rotates the cut vegetables lettuce is put into a hopper It is structured to discharge from the outlet. Specifically, a structure for changing the screw conveyor 21 in the vegetable dehydrator D ₁ of the first embodiment described above in a spiral piece 52, has the same structure as the vegetable dehydrator D ₁ in the case of other configurations. Therefore, mainly described with respect to the spiral strip 52, the other configurations described numerals used in the description of vegetable dehydrator D ₁ of the first embodiment in the drawings, and description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the cylindrical hopper 13 into which the cut vegetables are put is disposed at the center of the rotating body 10. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a spiral piece 52 in which a strip-shaped material having a constant width is formed in a spiral shape is fixed to the inner surface of the dehydrating cylinder 51 arranged side by side adjacent to the hopper 13. Yes. The upper part of the dehydrating cylinder 51 is open, and a large number of small holes 53 are provided in a mesh shape in the peripheral wall portion 51a. Further, a wall portion 13b is provided between the hopper 13 and the dehydrating cylinder 51 so that vegetables do not jump out due to centrifugal force action.

  The lower part 52b of the spiral piece 52 is integrally fixed to the rotating shaft 22 provided with the planetary gear 23 by welding or the like.

Thus, when the first motor 17 and the second motor 28 are operated, the vegetables thrown into the hopper 13 are guided to the spiral piece 52 side from the opening 13a of the hopper 13 by the spiral piece 52 that revolves and rotates. vegetable dehydrator D ₄ according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention discharged from the discharge port 2 is subjected to dehydration treatment by centrifugal force acting while lifted upward is formed.

Note that the effect of the vegetable dehydrator D ₄ of the fourth embodiment is omitted because it conforms to action in vegetable dehydrator D ₁ of the first embodiment described above, the description.

D ₁ ... vegetable dehydrator 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention 1 ... case 2 ... discharge port 3 ... drain port 7 ... pedestal 8 ... fixed shaft 10 ... rotation Body 13 ... hopper 13a ... opening 14 ... dehydration cylinder 17 ... first motor 21 ... screw conveyor 22 ... rotary shaft 23 ... planetary gear 25 ... sun Gear 28 ... second motor D ₂ ... vegetable dehydrator 40 according to the second embodiment of the present invention ... cutter D ₃ ... vegetable dehydrator 45 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Intermediate shaft D ₄ ... Vegetable dehydrator 51 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention ... Dehydration cylinder 52 ... Spiral piece

Claims (3)

A rotating body is housed in a case having a discharge port at the top and a drain port at the bottom, and the rotating body supported by a fixed shaft erected on the base is rotatably provided at a predetermined number of rotations by a first motor. The rotating body is arranged around a hopper for feeding cut vegetables, and at least one screw conveyor installed in a dehydrating cylinder adjacent to the hopper is arranged side by side on the rotating shaft of the screw conveyor. The planetary gear provided is meshed with a sun gear provided to be freely rotatable with respect to the fixed shaft, and the sun gear is rotated by a second motor so that the screw conveyor is rotatably provided.
Vegetables thrown into the hopper when the first motor and the second motor are operated are guided upward from the opening formed in the lower part of the hopper to the screw conveyor side and revolved and rotated by the screw conveyor. A vegetable dehydrator characterized by being dehydrated by centrifugal force action while being lifted up and discharged from the outlet.   A cutter for chopping vegetables put into the hopper is attached to the tip of an intermediate shaft that is attached to the fixed shaft or loosely fitted to the fixed shaft, and the intermediate shaft is forcibly rotated. The vegetable dehydrator according to claim 1, wherein the vegetable dehydrator is characterized. A rotating body is housed in a case having a discharge port at the top and a drain port at the bottom, and the rotating body supported by a fixed shaft erected on the base is rotatably provided at a predetermined number of rotations by a first motor. The rotating body is centered on a hopper for feeding cut vegetables, and at least one spiral piece fixed in the dewatering cylinder is juxtaposed adjacent to the hopper, and the lower part of the spiral piece is fixed. The planetary gear provided on the rotating shaft is meshed with a sun gear provided to be freely rotatable with respect to the fixed shaft, and the spiral piece is rotatably provided by rotating the sun gear by a second motor,
Vegetables thrown into the hopper while the first motor and the second motor are operated are guided upward from the opening formed in the lower portion of the hopper to the spiral piece side and revolved and rotated upward. A vegetable dehydrator configured to be dehydrated by a centrifugal force while being lifted and discharged from the discharge port.

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