JP5914792B1 - Harvested processing apparatus and processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a processing device that hardly damages a nut when a post-process such as a nut with a branch is post-processed. A processing apparatus 1 for separating a removal part around a harvested product, comprising a pair of opposed plates 20 and 30, each plate facing each other on the opposite plate side Facing surfaces 22 s and 32 s facing each other, at least a part of the facing surfaces of each plate is facing each other, and the opposing surfaces that form a pair are at an interval D between which the harvest is sandwiched The harvest processing apparatus is characterized in that the plate is relatively moved in a state in which the harvest is sandwiched between the opposing surfaces forming a pair. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a processing apparatus and a processing method for a harvested product.

  Methods for harvesting harvested objects such as plant fruits and seeds include a method of harvesting only fruits and seeds, and a method of harvesting with branches and shells attached. And, for example, for harvested products with branches and shells attached, after that, branches and shells attached to the periphery of the crops, as well as removal parts such as skins, fruits, seeds, etc. Post-treatment may be required to separate from the.

  For example, grapes that are wine raw materials are harvested with twigs attached thereto, and then subjected to a post-treatment for separating the twigs called “infarction”. When a large amount of grape is removed, a treatment device such as a removal device may be used (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-74392

By the way, in wine production, after removing the fruit of grapes as a raw material, the fruit juice is collected by crushing and pressing. For this reason, in the methods and apparatuses for removing the grape berries of the wine material, the grape berries are often damaged.
However, some agricultural products may be traded as they are after the post-treatment such as removal of the heart. In the case of such an agricultural product, if the harvested product is damaged in post-treatment such as deinfection, the commercial value of the agricultural product is significantly reduced.
This invention is made | formed in view of such a problem, and makes it a subject to provide the processing apparatus which is hard to damage the harvest which is the target of post-processing.

The invention according to the present application is a processing apparatus that separates a removal unit around a harvested product, and includes a pair of opposingly arranged plates, and each plate is disposed on the opposing plate side. The opposed surfaces of each plate are at least partially opposed to each other, and the opposed surfaces forming a pair are spaced between the crops, and form a pair The harvest processing apparatus is characterized in that the plate is relatively moved in a state where the harvest is sandwiched between opposing surfaces.
In this processing apparatus, the pair of plates are relatively moved to relatively move the opposing surface, and the harvested product sandwiched between the opposing surfaces is rolled.
And the said opposing surface gives rolling power to the said crop pinched | interposed between the said opposing surfaces, when the said plate which makes a pair moves relatively.
Moreover, the said opposing surface of the said plate is comprised with the elastic member.
Further, at least one of the opposing surfaces has a sandwiching position where at least a part of the opposing surface can sandwich the crop by cooperation with the other opposing surface when the plate relatively moves. It repeatedly moves to the pinching release position where the pinching state of the harvest is released.
In addition, the pair of plates are arranged above and below.
Further, at least one of the plates is a rotating plate that rotates when the pair of plates move relative to each other.
Further, the rotating plate is disposed on the lower side, and the upper plate disposed on the upper side of the rotating plate can be used for supplying the harvested product on the opposing surface of the rotating plate. A crop supply unit is provided, and the opposing surface of the rotating plate is clamped so that at least a part of the opposing surface of the rotating plate can clamp the crop by cooperation with the opposing surface of the upper plate. It moves repeatedly to the position and the clamping release position of the upper plate facing the crop supply section.
The opposed surface of the rotating plate is an inclined surface having a downward slope from the rotation center side toward the outside.

Further, another invention according to the present application is directed to a supply step of supplying a crop between a pair of plates, and the plate in a state of sandwiching the crop supplied on an opposing surface of the pair of plates. And a rolling step of rolling the harvested material sandwiched between the opposing surfaces that form a pair.
And the said rolling process is a process of providing rolling power to the said crop which touches the said opposing surface from the said opposing surface.
In the rolling step, at least a part of at least one of the opposing surfaces, the opposing position where the crop can be clamped by cooperation with the other opposing surface, and the clamping state of the crop are released. This is a step of repeatedly moving to the nipping release position.
Further, the rolling step is a step of relatively moving the pair of plates arranged vertically.
The rolling step is a step of rotating at least one of the plates and relatively moving the plate.
In the rolling step, the rotating plate disposed on the lower side of the pair of plates disposed vertically is allowed to supply the harvested product on the opposite surface of the rotating plate. And rotating the upper plate provided with the object supply unit, and the rolling step includes at least part of the opposing surface of the rotating plate in cooperation with the opposing surface of the upper plate. It is a step of repeatedly moving to a clamping position where a product can be clamped and a clamping release position of the upper plate facing the crop supply unit.

  In the processing apparatus according to the present application, a harvested product as a processing object is supplied between the opposing surfaces of both plates, and the harvesting between the opposing surfaces is performed by relatively moving the opposing surfaces. The product is rolled to separate the removal part around the harvest. By using such a method and apparatus, it is possible to prevent the harvested product to be treated from being damaged, and to improve the rate at which the harvested product is processed without being damaged, that is, the yield.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional exploded perspective view showing a state in which the processing apparatus according to the present invention has a partial cross-sectional portion and an upper plate is removed. It is embodiment of the processing apparatus which concerns on this invention, Comprising: It is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the upper plate. It is sectional drawing which shows the cross section in the AA surface of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the cross section in the BB surface of FIG. It is a partial expanded sectional view of the cross section in the CC plane of FIG. 2, and is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the state which is processing the process target object.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Processing apparatus, 10 ... Apparatus main body, 10a ... Installation surface of upper side plate, 11 ... Drive part, 12 ... Collection | recovery part,
13 ... groove, 13a ... bottom surface of the groove, 13b ... opening on the bottom surface, 14 ... collection container,
20 ... Rotating plate (lower plate), 21 ... Rotating plate body, 21a ... Rotating shaft,
21g: outer peripheral edge of the rotating plate body, 21s: upper surface of the rotating plate body,
22 ... elastic layer of rotating plate, 22s ... upper surface (upward facing surface) of elastic layer,
22g ... outer peripheral edge of elastic layer, 23 ... brush,
30 ... Upper plate, 30a ... Handle, 31 ... Upper plate body,
31 g: outer periphery of the lower plate body, 31 s: lower surface of the upper plate body,
32 ... elastic layer, 32g ... outer peripheral edge of elastic layer, 32s ... lower surface of elastic layer (downward facing surface),
33 ... fixed structure, 34 ... positioning structure, 34a ... hole, 34b ... pin,
35 ... Toggle clamp, 35a ... Hook, 35b ... Buckle, 36 ... Supply hole (crop supply part),
D ... separation distance (interval between both opposing surfaces), E ... removal part, F ... rolling power, G ... real fruit of yam
R ... direction of rotation, S ... crop.

Next, an embodiment of a processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described.
The processing apparatus 1 (refer FIG. 1) is an apparatus used when isolate | separating the removal part E around the real G of the crop S (refer FIG.5 (b)) harvested in the state with a branch.
In addition, although the processing apparatus 1 of this embodiment is an apparatus which processes the harvested yam, as will be described later, the processing target harvest S is not limited to the yam, and various harvests can be processed. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the processing apparatus 1 includes an apparatus main body 10, a pair of opposed plates 20 and 30, and a drive unit 11 that relatively moves the pair of plates 20 and 30. The pair of plates 20 and 30 includes a lower plate 20 (hereinafter referred to as a rotating plate 20) disposed on the lower side and an upper plate 30 disposed on the upper side of the rotating plate 20.

  The drive unit 11 rotates the rotary plate 20 and is installed in the apparatus main body 10. The drive unit 11 includes a motor, a transmission mechanism that transmits the driving force of the motor to the rotating plate body 21 of the rotating plate 20, and a controller that includes a switch of the device. Since the controller and the controller (both not shown) have a known configuration, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating plate 20 includes a rotating plate body 21 having an upper surface 21s directed to the upper plate 30, and an elastic layer 22 provided on the upper surface 21s.
The rotating plate main body 21 has a disk-shaped outer shape, and is installed in the apparatus main body 10 so as to be rotatable around a vertical rotation axis 21 a passing through the center of the rotating plate main body 21. In addition, the rotation plate 20 of the processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment rotates in the clockwise direction (clockwise direction, see FIG. 1) R in a plan view.

The elastic layer 22 is made of sponge rubber (rubber sponge) having a certain thickness, and the upper surface 22s (hereinafter referred to as an upward facing surface 22s) of the elastic layer 22 faces the upper plate 30. The elastic layer 22 made of sponge rubber (elastic member) has flexibility and resilience, and the upward facing surface 22s of the elastic layer 22 is converted into a rolling force F (see FIG. 5B) to the real G of the harvest S (see FIG. 5B). 5 (a)) is a friction surface (a surface that does not slip, a surface that does not slip easily). Sponge rubber is mainly composed of synthetic rubber materials such as chloroprene rubber, foamed nitrile rubber, ethylene / propylene rubber, urethane rubber (polyurethane), foamed plastic materials such as urethane foam and polyolefin foam, and elastic materials such as natural rubber materials. Can be mentioned.
Note that the friction surface here refers to, for example, the actual G of the harvest S sandwiched between a pair of opposing surfaces 22s and 32s (see FIG. 3) described later when the pair of plates 20 and 30 are relatively moved. Is a surface having a sliding friction coefficient capable of imparting a rolling force F (see FIG. 5A) for rolling, and can also be referred to as a rolling surface. Therefore, it is preferable to appropriately select the material of the elastic layer 22 according to the type, variety, and state of the harvest S to be processed.

  The upper surface 21s of the rotating plate body 21 is a convex surface on the upper side, and is an inclined surface having a downward slope from the center of the upper surface 21s toward the outer peripheral edge 21g. Therefore, the upward facing surface 22s, which is the upper surface of the elastic layer 22, is also an inclined surface having a downward slope from the center toward the outer peripheral edge 22g.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper plate 30 is fixed on the installation surface 10 a of the apparatus main body 10 in a detachable state using a fixing structure 33 described later. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper plate 30 includes an upper plate body 31 having a lower surface 31 s that is directed toward the rotating plate 20 at a fixed position (see the position in FIG. 2), and a lower surface of the upper plate body 31. And an elastic layer 32 provided on 31s.
The upper plate main body 31 has a disk-shaped outer shape like the rotary plate main body 21. The elastic layer 32 is made of sponge rubber having a certain thickness, like the elastic layer 22 of the rotating plate 20.
The lower surface 31s of the upper plate body 31 is a concave surface, and an upward slope (installed at a fixed position) from the central portion (the central portion of the lower surface 31s located at the uppermost position in FIG. 3) toward the outer peripheral edge 30g. In this state, the slope is a downward slope). Therefore, the lower surface 32s of the elastic layer 32 (hereinafter referred to as the downward facing surface 32s) directed downward when in the fixed position is also an inclined surface having an upward slope (downward slope in the installed state) from the center toward the outer peripheral edge 30g. It is.

The fixed position of the upper plate 30 (see the position in FIG. 2) is a position above the rotating plate 20, as shown in FIG. 3, and when the upper plate 30 is installed at the fixed position, the downward facing surface of the upper plate 30 32s and the upward facing surface 22s of the rotating plate 20 are in a state of facing each other.
Then, when the upper plate 30 is removed from the apparatus main body 10 (see the state of FIG. 1), the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s are released from the state of facing each other. That is, the upper plate 30 is movable between a position facing the rotating plate 20 (fixed position, see FIG. 2) and a position released from facing the rotating plate 20 (detaching position, see FIG. 1). be able to. In the processing apparatus 1, the state where the upper plate 30 is removed is a state suitable for maintenance such as cleaning of the apparatus.
Further, the upper plate 30 includes a fixing structure 33 for fixing the upper plate 30 at a fixed position (see FIG. 2). More specifically, the fixing structure 33 includes a positioning structure 34 and a toggle clamp 35 (see FIG. 1). The positioning structure 34 includes a hole 34a provided in the upper plate body 31 and a pin 34a provided in the installation surface 10a of the apparatus body 10. The positioning structure 34 is positioned when the pin 34b is passed through the hole 34a. The toggle clamp 35 is a latching portion 35a provided on the upper plate body 31 described later and a buckle 35b provided on the apparatus main body 10. When the buckle 35b is hooked on the latching portion 35a and tightened, the fixed position The upper plate 30 is fixed to the apparatus main body 10.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the upper plate 30 installed at the fixed position is spaced upward from the rotating plate 20, and the downward facing surface 32s of the upper plate 30 is spaced from the upward facing surface 22s of the rotating plate 20. ing. Further, the upper plate 30 at the fixed position is installed in a state where the most depressed center portion of the concave downward facing surface 32s is located above the center position of the rotation plate 20 (position of the rotation shaft 21a). The distance D between the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s is narrowed outward from the center of the plates 20 and 30. Further, the separation distance D between the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s is set to a distance capable of sandwiching the processing target crop S (particularly the real G of the crop S) (see FIG. 5A). That is, it is preferable to set the separation distance D according to the crop S to be processed and the processing conditions.

Further, the upper plate 30 includes a supply hole 36 (a crop supply unit) that penetrates in the plate thickness direction (vertical direction in FIGS. 1 and 4). Note that reference numeral [30a] denotes a handle that facilitates handling of the upper plate 30.
The supply hole 36 has a substantially quadrangular shape when viewed in plan, and is formed by rounding the corners of the quadrangle. The supply hole 36 is formed at a position near the center of the disk-shaped upper plate body 31. That is, the supply hole 36 is a position closer to the outer peripheral edge 31g side than the center position of the upper plate body 31 (a position not including the center of the upper plate body 31), and is a predetermined radial distance from the center of the upper plate body 31. It is formed at a position within a range (in the present embodiment, within a radius distance range of ½ of the radial distance of the upper plate body 31).
When the upper plate 30 is installed at a fixed position (see FIG. 3), as described above, the downward facing surface 32s faces the upward facing surface 22s of the rotary plate 20. However, a part of the upward facing surface 22s faces the supply hole 36 of the upper plate 30. That is, the upward facing surface 22s of the rotating plate 20 has a portion facing the downward facing surface 32s of the upper plate 30 and a portion facing the supply hole 36. The state facing the supply hole 36 is a state where the upward facing surface 22s can be visually recognized through the supply hole 36. With such a supply hole 36, the harvested product S can be easily supplied onto the rotating plate 20 with the upper plate 30 installed at a fixed position.
Of the upward facing surface 22s of the rotating plate 20, the region facing the downward facing surface 32s (see the upward facing surface 22s in FIG. 3) holds the crop S in cooperation with the downward facing surface 32s. The state (refer to FIG. 4) which is a possible state (a state positioned at the clamping position) and faces the supply hole 36 is a state where the clamping state of the harvested product S is released (a state positioned at the clamping release position). It is.

  Further, of the downward facing surface 32s, the portion of the supply hole 36 that is located on the downstream side in the rotation direction of the rotating plate 20 is the opposite surface 22s from the downstream side in the rotation direction of the rotating plate 20 toward the outer peripheral edge of the supply hole 36. Therefore, the slope is inclined so that the interval distance of 32s gradually increases. That is, in the region where the upward facing surface 22s and the inclined surface of the downward facing surface 32s face each other, the distance between both facing surfaces is the widest at the position adjacent to the supply hole 36, and the rotational plate 20 is downstream in the rotational direction. It gradually narrows toward the side and approaches the separation distance D. If there is such an inclined surface in the portion adjacent to the downstream side of the rotation direction of the rotating plate 20 in the supply hole 36, the harvested product S can be smoothly supplied between the opposing surface from the supply hole 36.

By the way, the state in which the rotating plate 20 is rotating is a state in which the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s are relatively moved. Therefore, for example, a portion of the upward facing surface 22s that faces the supply hole 36 is in a state of facing the downward facing surface 32s as the rotating plate 20 rotates. That is, the position where the upward facing surface 22s of the rotating plate 20 faces the supply hole 36 changes (moves) from moment to moment as it rotates. In other words, the portion of the upward facing surface 22s of the rotating plate 20 that may face the supply hole 36 during the rotation of the rotating plate 20 is the supply of the upper plate 30 when the rotating plate 20 rotates. The state facing the hole 36 and the state facing the downward facing surface 32s of the upper plate 30 are repeated alternately.
Therefore, during the rotation of the rotating plate 20, the harvested product S supplied onto the rotating plate 20 from the supply hole 36 is then moved to a position where it is sandwiched between the opposing surfaces 22s, 32s of both plates 20, 30. In addition, the harvested product S (particularly the fruit G of the harvested product S) sandwiched between the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s in the relative movement state is given a rolling force F (see FIG. 5A) from the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s. To roll.
Then, the real G of the harvested product S that rolls between the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s moves to the outer peripheral side 21g of the disk-shaped rotating plate body 21 while rolling, and finally The plates 20 and 30 are discharged from the outer peripheral edges of the plates.

The apparatus main body 10 includes a collection unit 12 (see FIG. 2) installed on the lower side of the rotating plate main body 21. The rotating plate 20 is provided with a brush 23 (see FIGS. 1 and 4) for efficiently collecting the fruit G of the processed harvested S in cooperation with the collecting unit 12.
The recovery unit 12 of the apparatus main body 10 has a structure for recovering the fruit G of the processed crop S processed by the processing apparatus 1, and has an annular groove disposed along the outer peripheral edge 21 g of the rotating plate main body 21. 13 and a collection container 14 are provided. The groove 13 is installed below the outer peripheral edge 21g of the rotary plate body 21, and an opening 13b is formed at a predetermined position on the bottom surface 13a of the groove 13. A collection container 14 is installed below the opening 13b.
The brush 23 of the rotating plate 20 is installed on the outer peripheral edge 21g of the rotating plate main body 21, and rotates as the rotating plate 20 rotates. More specifically, the brush 23 is installed in a state of being inserted into the groove 13 of the collection unit 12, and the tip of the brush 23 is in contact with the bottom surface 13a of the groove 13. That is, when the rotating plate 20 rotates, the brush 23 rotates in a state where the tip end portion is in contact with the bottom surface 13a of the groove 13.
In the processing apparatus 1 having such a recovery unit 12, the real G of the processed harvest S discharged to the outside of the plates 20 and 30 falls into the groove 13 of the recovery unit 12. And since there is the brush 23 described above, the fruit G of the harvest S in the groove 13 is then moved in the groove 13 while being scraped by the brush 23 of the rotating rotating plate 20, and the bottom 13a of the groove 13 It falls from the opening 13b and is collected in the collection container 14. Thus, if there exists the collection | recovery part 12 and the brush 23, the real G of the processed crop S can be collect | recovered efficiently.

  Next, the operation | movement at the time of processing a harvest using the processing apparatus mentioned above is demonstrated.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper plate 30 is fixed to the fixing position of the apparatus main body 10.
Specifically, first, a positioning hole 34a provided on the upper plate side is inserted into a positioning pin 34b provided on the apparatus main body side, and the upper plate 30 is set at a fixed position. Thereafter, the toggle clamp 35b is tightened to fix the upper plate 30 in the fixed position.
When the upper plate 30 is fixed at a fixed position, the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s of the plates 20 and 30 are arranged in a state of being opposed to each other with a predetermined distance D (see FIG. 3).

  Next, a switch (not shown) of the drive unit 11 is operated to rotate the rotary plate 20. The relative moving speed of the two opposing surfaces 22s, 32s, that is, the rotational speed (rotational speed) of the rotating plate 20, such as the size of the processing apparatus (diameter of the rotating plate), the type (variety) and quality of the crop S to be processed, etc. It is preferable to set appropriately considering the state and processing conditions.

  Thereafter, the harvest S to be processed was supplied onto the rotating plate 20 from the supply hole 36 of the upper plate 30. The crop S supplied here is a yam with an infarction (a yam with a twig) (see FIG. 5B). When such a harvest S was supplied, the yam G, from which the infarct E and the infarct E were separated, was discharged from the outer peripheries of both plates 20 and 30 and dropped into the groove 13. The real G and the infarct E that have fallen into the groove 13 are moved to the opening 13b of the bottom surface 13a of the groove 13 while being scraped by the brush 23 of the rotating plate 20, fall from the opening 13b, and finally recovered in the collection container 14 It was done.

Thus, according to the processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to perform an infarct process on the harvested product S. In addition, among the yam seeds G discharged to the outside of both plates 20 and 30, there was hardly any fruit that the surface was damaged and the commercial value was lowered. That is, according to the processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to perform the infarction process while realizing an extremely high yield. The fruit G of the harvest S supplied from the supply hole 36 rolls in a state of being sandwiched between the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s, and is folded so that the infarction E which is a twig is rolled when rolling. It is thought that it is separated from the fruit G of yam.
Note that the collected yam fruit G and infarct E can be obtained only by removing the infarction-treated yam fruit (harvested product) G by separating it with a sieve, if necessary.

  In addition, the processing apparatus and processing method which concern on this invention are not restricted to the processing apparatus and processing method of the said embodiment. A processing apparatus and a processing method modified within the scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

  In the said embodiment, although the example which isolate | separates the infarction E from the fruit G of the yam of the harvest S by the processing apparatus 1 was demonstrated, the processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is not restricted to such a use, After harvesting It can be widely used as an apparatus for separating the removal section E existing around the harvest S. For example, the removal part (disposal part) attached to the circumference | surroundings of the edible part (practical part) of the harvested crop can be used as an apparatus which isolate | separates from an edible part.

  The removal part is a part to be removed and is not limited to a branch such as an infarction, but can also include an outer skin, an outer shell, a seed, and the like. That is, the processing device described above can be used as a device that separates the removal unit from a rollable shape among cereals including nuts and seeds such as yam seeds, miscellaneous cereals such as sesame seeds, and beans. it can. Therefore, for example, it can be used as an apparatus for separating (removing) seeds from dried yam. The branches include twigs. The twig is sometimes referred to as a result branch, and is a concept including an infarction, an infarction (fruit pattern), or an infection. In the food field, the waste part (non-food part) is removed from the edible part of the harvest. The discard part is a word used as a synonym for the edible part in the food field.

  In addition, the method of relatively moving the facing surfaces 22s and 32s is not limited to the rotational motion described above, and a reciprocating linear motion can be adopted. When rotating at least one of the opposed plates, the upper surface of the rotating plate body 21 is a convex surface on the upper side and the lower surface of the upper plate body 31 is a concave surface as in the above-described embodiment. preferable. Examples of the convex surface or the concave surface include a convex or concave spherical surface, a curved surface such as a hyperboloid, a conical surface, or a truncated cone surface.

The elastic material used for the elastic layers 22 and 32 is not limited to the material used in the above embodiment, and various materials having the above-described performance can be used.
In addition, the separation distance D between the opposing surfaces 22s and 32s becomes narrower from the center to the outer periphery in the above embodiment, but can be set as appropriate depending on the processing object, processing conditions, and the like. For example, it is conceivable to set a constant interval or to increase the interval from the center to the outer periphery.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the supply hole 36 is disposed within a range (hereinafter referred to as a center range) surrounded by a distance having a radius that is half the radial distance of the upper plate body 31. It is sufficient that at least a part of the hole is included in the above-described central range, and it is better that an area more than half of the supply hole 36 is included in the central range, and all the supply holes 36 are included in the central range. More preferable.

Claims (15)

A processing device that separates the removal section around the crop,
It is equipped with a pair of opposed plates,
Each plate has an opposing surface directed to the opposing plate side,
The opposing surfaces of each plate are at least partially facing each other,
The opposing surfaces forming a pair are intervals for sandwiching the crops,
An apparatus for processing a harvested product, wherein the plate is relatively moved in a state where the harvested product is sandwiched between the opposing surfaces forming a pair.   The processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pair of plates are relatively moved to relatively move the facing surface, and the harvested material sandwiched between the facing surfaces is rolled.   The processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the opposing surface imparts a rolling force to the harvested product sandwiched between the opposing surfaces when the paired plates relatively move. .   The processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the facing surface of the plate is formed of an elastic member.   At least one of the facing surfaces has at least a part of a sandwiching position where the harvested product can be sandwiched by cooperation with the other facing surface when the plate is relatively moved, and the harvesting. The processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the processing apparatus repeatedly moves to a pinching release position where the pinching state of the object is released.   The processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pair of plates are arranged vertically.   The processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein at least one of the plates is a rotating plate that rotates when the pair of plates is relatively moved. The rotating plate is disposed on the lower side,
The upper plate disposed on the upper side of the rotating plate includes a crop supply unit that can be used for supplying the harvest on the opposite surface of the rotating plate,
The opposing surface of the rotating plate has a clamping position where at least a part of the rotating plate can clamp the harvested product in cooperation with the opposing surface of the upper plate when the plate relatively moves, and the harvesting of the upper plate. The processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the processing apparatus repeatedly moves to a nipping release position facing the article supply unit.   The processing apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the facing surface of the rotating plate is an inclined surface having a downward slope from the rotation center side toward the outside. A supply process for supplying the harvest between the pair of plates;
A rolling step of rolling the harvested material sandwiched between the opposing surfaces in a pair by relatively moving the plates in a state of sandwiching the harvested material supplied by the opposing surfaces of the paired plates; A method for processing a harvested product.   The processing method according to claim 10, wherein the rolling step is a step of imparting rolling power from the opposing surface to the harvest that is in contact with the opposing surface.   The rolling step includes at least a part of at least one of the opposing surfaces, an opposing position where the crop can be clamped by cooperation with the other opposing surface, and clamping in which the clamping state of the crop is released The processing method according to claim 10 or 11, which is a step of repeatedly moving to a release position.   The processing method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the rolling step is a step of relatively moving the pair of plates arranged vertically.   The processing method according to any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein the rolling step is a step of rotating at least one of the plates to relatively move the plate. In the rolling step, the crop supply that enables the supply of the crop to the opposite surface of the rotary plate, using the rotary plate arranged on the lower side of the pair of plates arranged vertically. A step of rotating with respect to the upper plate provided with a portion,
In the rolling step, at least a part of the opposing surface of the rotating plate is sandwiched between the clamping position where the crop can be clamped by cooperation with the opposing surface of the upper plate, and the crop supply unit of the upper plate. The processing method according to claim 14, wherein the processing method is a step of repeatedly moving to an opposing clamping release position.

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