JP6232326B2 - Onion leaf excision machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an onion leaf resecting machine that can sequentially and continuously remove onion leaves. In the present invention, the onions to be processed include raccoon, garlic, lily root, bulb and the like in addition to the onion itself.

  Harvested onions have long leaves on the top side of the onion body, and it is necessary to cut the leaves at the base of the leaves at the time of shipment. Conventionally, the onion leaves are usually cut one by one with scissors. The current situation is that it is done manually.

  By the way, at the time of onion shipment, it is necessary to perform a large amount of onion leaf excision work within a short period of time. In the above-mentioned leaf excision work by scissors (manual operation), the work efficiency is very poor and the excision work is performed. It will be very tiring work to continue for a long time.

  Therefore, the present applicant proposes an “onion stem cutting machine” shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-29399 (Patent Document 1) for automatically (mechanically) cutting onion leaves. Yes.

  The “onion stalk cutting machine” shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-29399 (Patent Document 1) is for cutting an onion stalk with long leaves (the root of the leaf), and has a feeding function (outer periphery). The onion leaves are sandwiched in a downward posture between a pair of transfer rolls having a spiral thin ridge on the leaf cutting device at positions near the end portions of both transfer rolls. The onion stem (the root of the leaf) is cut with (two disc blades). In this case, even if the leaves (stems) are excised, the roots remain as they are in the onion body, and it is necessary to excise the roots later.

  By the way, the “onion stalk cutting machine” of Patent Document 1 has the following points to be improved.

  First, there is a gap between the end part of both transfer rolls and the cutting part of the leaf cutting device (the overlapping part of both disk blades), and the onion with leaves moves from the end part of both transfer rolls to the cutting part of the leaf cutting device During this, the onion with leaves may fall into the gap and the transfer height of the onion main body part may change. In this case, the leaf cutting height of the onion with leaves is not constant (the length of the remaining leaf root). The quality becomes worse due to unevenness).

  In addition, in the “onion stalk cutting machine” of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, until the onion with leaves is discharged from the terminal ends of both transfer rolls in a posture in which the leaves are faced down, until it passes through the leaf cutting device part, Since there is nothing that maintains the posture of the onion with leaves, the posture of the onion with leaves becomes unstable, and the leaf root portion contacts the blade edge of the leaf cutting device when the leaf root portion is cut by the leaf cutting device. Thus, the posture of the onion with leaves is easily changed. And if the posture of the onion with leaves is changed (tilted) at the time of cutting the root part by the leaf cutting device, the cut by the leaf cutting device will not be clean (oblique), so the appearance of the cut will be Deteriorate.

  Furthermore, after cutting the leaf root part of the onion with leaves with the leaf cutting device, when the onion body part is discharged backward from the leaf cutting device part, its posture and its discharge direction are not fixed, sometimes the leaves are excised There is a risk of damaging the onion body portion with the leaf cutting device.

  Therefore, the applicant of the present application attaches the leaves immediately after (or at the same time as) the onions with leaves to be transferred in a posture in which the leaves are faced downward by both transfer rolls. An onion leaf resecting machine has been developed in which an onion body portion of an onion is sandwiched from the left and right so that the onion with leaves can be fed backward in a stable posture (Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-263629). doing.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the onion leaf excision machine (the name of the invention is the onion leaf / root continuous excision machine) of this already-filed application (Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-263629) remains harvested. The leaves Tb and the roots Tc of the onion T with leaves and roots can be excised successively, and the leaves and roots are removed by successively performing the leaf excision process of the front part and the root excision process of the latter part. The onions (leaves and roots removed onions) can be processed into T2. In addition, the part which this invention makes object is the leaf cutting process part of the front | former stage in the leaf / root continuous cutting machine of the onion of FIGS. 1-7, Comprising: The name of this invention is called "onion leaf cutting machine" However, since the onion leaf / root continuous excision machine of the already-filed application (FIGS. 1 to 7) is also used in the embodiment of the present invention to be described later, in the following description, the onion-filed material is referred to as “onion”. It will be expressed as “sequential leaf / root excision machine” (or simply “leaf / root continuous excision machine”).

  The invention of the present application is intended for the leaf / root continuous excision machine of FIGS. 1 to 7, and the leaf / root onion T (and leaves) before and after the leaf cutting device 25 as described later. Although the removed leaf removal / rooted onion T1) is sent back in a stable posture, the leaf / root continuous excision shown in FIGS. In order to understand the points to be improved in the already-filed (unpublished) leaf / root continuous excision machine, the basic configuration of the already-applied leaf / root continuous excision machine is adopted. Need to be explained in advance. Since the description of the configuration of the existing application is also used for the description of the embodiment of the present invention described later, the configuration of the existing application will be described in detail below.

  The leaf / root continuous excision machine shown in FIGS. 1 to 7 includes a leaf excision unit 2, an upside down device 4, and a root excision unit 3, which will be described later, in a body case 1 having a considerable length in the front and rear direction. Are arranged in a row.

  A front portion of the main body case 1 is provided with a loading portion (throwing chute) 11 for loading the leaves and rooted onions T, while the rear portion of the main body case 1 has leaves Tb and roots Tc cut off. -The discharge part (discharge chute) 12 for discharging the root removal onion T2 is provided.

  In the main body case 1, a leaf excision unit 2 for excising the leaf Tb of the leaf / rooted onion T introduced from the input portion 11 from the onion main body Ta portion, and the leaf Tb was excised by the leaf excision unit 2 A leaf excision unit 3 for excising the root Tc of the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 is provided with the leaf excision unit 2 positioned on the front side and the root excision unit 3 positioned on the rear side, and the leaf excision unit 3 2 and the root excision unit 3 is provided with an upside down device 4 for vertically turning the leaf removal / rooted onions T1 from which the leaves Tb have been cut.

  The leaf excision unit 2 is a leaf / rooted onion transfer device that allows the two transfer rolls 22, 22 as a pair to be sent later in a posture in which the leaf Tb of the leaf / rooted onion T is suspended downward. 21 and a leaf cutting device 25 that cuts the root portion of the leaf Tb of the leaf / rooted onion T at a position near the terminal end 21a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21.

  The two transfer rolls 22 and 22 of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 are rotated by the power unit (the motor 23 and the power transmission member 24 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3) so that the upper surfaces of the rolls face each other inward. I try to do it.

  And when this leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 inputs the leaf / rooted onion T from the input part 11, after the onion T falls on the start ends of both transfer rolls 22, 22, both transfer rolls The onions T are rolled in a sideways posture facing the front and back in the troughs 22 and 22, and then the leaves Tb of the onions T are drawn downward by the two transfer rolls 22 and 22. The leaf Tb is later sent in a posture in which the leaf Tb is suspended downward.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the leaf cutting device 25 has a pair of left and right disk blades 26, 26 at the base of the leaf Tb of the onion T at a position in the vicinity of the terminal end 21 a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21. The part is set to a height that can be cut, and the disk cutters 26 and 26 are rotated so that the overlapped part moves from the front side to the rear side. The two disk cutters 26 and 26 are rotated at an appropriate high speed (for example, but not limited to about 400 to 500 revolutions per minute) by a power unit (the motor 27 and the power transmission member 28 in FIG. 4). .

  Then, when the leaf / rooted onion T is discharged from the terminal portion 21a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 in a posture in which the leaf Tb is directed downward, the leaf cutting device 25 of the onion T leaves Tb. The root portion is cut with both disk cutters 26 and 26.

  The onions from which the leaves Tb have been removed by the leaf cutting device 25 are the leaf-removed / rooted onions T1, but in this state, the leaf root remaining portion Td remains after the base portion of the leaf is cut. ing.

  On the upper surface of each of the disk blades 26, 26, a mounting table 29, 29 having a substantially spherical upper surface and a small thickness is attached. A space is provided between the platforms 29 and 29 so that the root portion of the leaf Tb of the onion T can be passed rearward. It should be noted that the both pedestals 29 and 29 can remove the leaf removal / rooted onions T1 after cutting the root portion of the leaf Tb with the two disk cutters 26 and 26 and allow the onion T1 with the root to pass over the disk cutter in a stable upright posture. It is for making.

  The onion body Ta of the leaf / rooted onion T discharged from the terminal end portion 21a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 is elastic from the left and right at the position closest to the upper surface side of the disk cutters 26, 26 of the leaf cutting device 25. A delivery device 5 is provided for passing the leaf / rooted onion T through the leaf cutting device 25 in a stable posture (sending it backward).

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 4, the delivery device 5 has elastic rolls 52 and 52 attached to the lower ends of a pair of left and right longitudinal shafts 51 and 51, respectively. Is rotated by the power unit (the motor 53 and the power transmission unit 54) so as to move from the front side to the rear side.

  In this embodiment, the elastic rolls 52, 52 are made of a flexible sponge that is compressed and restored in the radial direction. The elastic roll 52 may employ a brush roll in other embodiments. .

  Each of the elastic rolls 52 and 52 is disposed at a position close to the upper surface of each of the transfer rolls 22 and 22 at a position closest to each terminal end of each of the transfer rolls 22 and 22 of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21. The elastic rolls 52 and 52 immediately hold the onion body Ta portion of the leaf / rooted onion T discharged from the terminal end 21a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 to immediately hold the leaf / rooted onion T. And has a function of feeding the leaf / rooted onion T while holding it (passing through the portion of the leaf cutting device 25). That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when the onion body Ta part enters between the elastic rolls 52, 52, the opposing surface of the elastic rolls 52, 52 follows the outer shape of the onion body Ta as indicated by reference numerals 52a, 52a. The onion body Ta is elastically sandwiched from both the left and right sides by the opposing surfaces (dents 52a, 52a) of the both elastic rolls 52, 52 so that the leaves and rooted onions T are held in a stable posture. The cutting device 25 portion (the overlapping portion of the two disk blades 26, 26) can pass therethrough. It should be noted that the front and rear installation positions and intervals of both elastic rolls 52, 52 can be adjusted.

  The rotational speeds of both elastic rolls 52, 52 are considerably slower than the rotational speed of the disk cutter 26 (for example, 400 to 500 revolutions per minute) (not particularly limited, for example, about 100 to 120 revolutions per minute). Set to Therefore, the peripheral speed of the outer peripheral surface of the elastic rolls 52, 52 is considerably slower than the peripheral speed of the outer peripheral portion of the disk cutters 26, 26 (for example, the peripheral speed of the outer peripheral surface of the elastic rolls 52, 52 is reduced. Set to about 1/4 of the peripheral speed of the outer peripheral portion).

  The root excision unit 3 is continuously installed in the vicinity of the rear side of the leaf cutting device 25 (both disk cutters 26, 26), and leaves are removed and rooted with two transfer rolls 32, 32 as one set. The leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 for feeding the onion T1 later, and the root portion of the root Tc of the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 in the vicinity of the terminal end of the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 A root cutting device 35 for cutting.

  Both transfer rolls 32, 32 of the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 are set so that the upper surfaces of the rolls are rotated inward toward each other by the power unit (the motor 33 and the power transmission member 34 shown in FIG. 6). doing. Then, when both the transfer rolls 32 and 32 are rotated inward with the leaf removal / rooted onions T1 placed on the upper side valley between the transfer rolls 32 and 32, the onions T1 are moved back. On the other hand, the function of extending the root Tc of the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 downward and straight is generated. In addition, extending the root Tc of the onion T1 downward linearly is for reliably performing the root cutting by the root cutting device 35 described later.

  For removing the root Tc of the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 that is sent in a posture in which the root Tc is suspended downward at the position near the end of the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 A root cutting device 35 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the root cutting device 35 has a pair of left and right disk blades 36, 36 with a leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 at the base portion of the root Tc of the onion T1 in the vicinity of the terminal portion. Is set to a height at which cutting can be performed, and the disk blades 36, 36 are rotated by a power unit (a motor 37 and a power transmission member 38 shown in FIG. 7) so that the overlapping portion thereof moves from the front side to the rear side. It is a thing.

  The onion body Ta of the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 discharged from the terminal portion of the leaf removal / rooted onion transporting device 31 is elastic from the left and right at the position closest to the upper surface side of the two disc blades 36, 36 of the root cutting device 35. A feeding device 6 is provided for sandwiching the leaves and passing the leafed onions T1 over the cutting portions of the two disk cutters 36, 36 in a stable posture in which the root Tc hangs downward.

  The feeding device 6 of the root cutting device 35 portion has the same configuration and the same function as the feeding device 5 provided on the leaf cutting device 25, and as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. Elastic rolls 62 and 62 are attached to the lower ends of the shafts 61 and 61, respectively, and are rotated by a power device (motor 63 and power transmission member 64) so that the opposing surface moves from the front side to the rear side. It is. Both the elastic rolls 62 and 62 can also be adjusted in the front-rear position and the interval.

  In the delivery device 6 of the root cutting device 35 portion, as shown in FIG. 7, when the onion body Ta portion enters between the elastic rolls 62, 62, the opposing surfaces of the elastic rolls 62, 62 are denoted by reference numerals 62a, The onion body Ta is recessed along the outer shape of the onion body Ta as indicated by 62a, and the onion body Ta is elastically sandwiched from the left and right sides by the opposing surfaces of the elastic rolls 62 and 62 (portions 62a and 62a). It functions so as to allow the disc blades 36, 36 to pass rearward while maintaining the posture of the disc. Thus, in the state where the onion body Ta portion of the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 (the root Tc is in the downward posture) is sandwiched between the elastic rolls 62 and 62, the posture of the onion T1 is stable. Therefore, the cutting operation when cutting the root portion of the root Tc of the onions T1 with the two disc blades 36, 36 is reliably performed.

  By the way, in the leaf / root continuous excision machine shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the leaf excision unit 2 portion is in a state where the leaf Tb portion of the leaf / rooted onion T is downward (the root Tc is upward). On the other hand, the root excision unit 3 part cuts the root part of the root Tc with the root Tc of the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 facing downward. In the state where the leaf Tb is cut by the leaf cutting device 25 of the leaf excision unit 2, the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 has the root Tc in the upward posture, and therefore the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 is left as it is. When the root excision unit 3 is moved onto the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 in the posture, the root Tc portion of the onion T1 is surely suspended downward on the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31. Is difficult.

  In view of this, in the leaf / root continuous excision machine of this application, the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 obtained by cutting the leaf Tb by the leaf cutting device 25 of the leaf cutting unit 2 is removed from the root cutting unit 3 and the rooted onion transfer device. When transferring onto the starting end portion of 31, there is provided a vertical reversing device 4 for vertically reversing the root Tc downward so that the root Tc is in the upward posture.

  This vertical reversing device 4 abuts the leaf root remaining portion Td that slightly protrudes downward in the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 immediately after cutting the root portion of the leaf Tb with both disk cutters 26, 26 of the leaf cutting device 25. An abutting material 41 is used for the purpose. As the abutting material 41, a simple rod-shaped material can be used.

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 5, the abutting material 41 is positioned close to the upper surface on the exit side of the disk cutters 26, 26 of the leaf cutting device 25 (the leaf root remaining portion Td of the onion from which the leaves have been cut off). The onion T1 is installed in a horizontal orthogonal direction (left-right direction) at a position substantially the same height as the height of the

  Moreover, the installation position of this abutting material 41 can be finely adjusted up and down and up and down, and the leaf root remaining portion Td immediately after the leaves are removed can be abutted at an appropriate position and at an appropriate timing. I am doing so.

  1 to 7 function as follows.

  That is, when the leaves and rooted onions T are introduced from the insertion portion 11 of the main body case 1 in a state where the motors 23, 27, 33, 37, 53, 63 of the drive parts are respectively operated, FIGS. As shown in Fig. 2, the leaves / rooted onions T are laid sideways toward the front and back in the valley portion near the top end of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21, and then the leaves / rooted onions T are laid sideways. The Tb portion is caught in the gap between the two transfer rolls 22 and 22, and the leaf / rooted onion T is fed later in a posture with the leaf Tb facing downward.

  When the leaf / rooted onion T is discharged from the terminal end 21a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 with the leaf Tb facing downward, the onion body Ta portion of the onion T is immediately delivered. The posture of the onions T is maintained by being sandwiched between both elastic rolls 52, 52. Subsequently, the onions T are sent out to the cutting portions of the disk cutters 26, 26 of the leaf cutting device 25 in a posture maintaining state, and at that time, the root portions of the leaves Tb of the onions T are cut by the disk cutters 26, 26. (Tb ′ in FIGS. 2 and 4). It should be noted that the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 immediately after the root portion of the leaf Tb is cut rests on the disk cutters 26, 26 with the leaf root remaining portion Td facing downward.

  Subsequently, the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 immediately after the leaf Tb is excised is sent out backward in the same posture (the root Tc is in the upward posture) by the feeding device 5 (both elastic rolls 52, 52). As shown in FIG. 5, the leaf root remaining portion Td that slightly protrudes from the lower surface side of the onion body Ta collides with the upside down device 4 (abutting material 41), and a kicking action occurs on the onions T1, The onions T1 are seated in an upside down posture (the root Tc is a downward posture) on the start end of the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 through the postures T1 ′ and T1 ″ (FIG. 5). .

  Next, when the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 is seated on the starting end of the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 with the root Tc facing downward, the both transfer rolls 32, 32 rotate inwardly. As a result, the leaf removal / rooted onions T1 are sequentially transferred while the root Tc portion is drawn into the gap between the two transfer rolls 32 and 32 by the brush portion 32c (the root Tc is extended straight downward). Let

  When the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 is discharged from the terminal end of the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31, the onion body Ta portion of the onion T1 is immediately discharged from both elastic rolls 62, 62 of the delivery device 6. In the state where the onion T1 is maintained while being sandwiched between the two, the blades 36 and 36 of the root cutting device 35 are fed to the cutting portions of the disk cutters 36 and 36. The root portion is cut (reference character Tc ′ in FIGS. 2 and 7).

  Thereafter, the leaf / root-removed onions T2 from which the leaves and roots have been cut are discharged from the root cutting device 35 onto the discharger 12 and stored in an onion receiver (not shown).

  As described above, when the leaf excision machine of the already-filed application (FIGS. 1 to 7) is used, the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 can be obtained simply by inserting the leaf / rooted onion T from the insertion portion 11 of the main body case 1. In this case, the onions T can be postponed in a posture in which the leaf Tb portion faces downward, and the leaf Tb hanging downward in the leaf cutting device 25 portion is cut off at the base portion, and the upside down device (abutting material 41) The leaf removal / rooted onion T1 is turned upside down (the root is turned down) and is seated on the start end of the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31, and the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 portion is It is possible to automatically and continuously carry out all the steps in which the root Tc of the onion T1 is sent in the downward posture and the root portion of the root Tc that is hanging down in the root cutting device 35 portion is excised. .

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-29399

  By the way, the following points to be improved were discovered in the leaf excision machine of the application as shown in FIGS.

  That is, the posture when the leaf / rooted onion T, which is transferred later by the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21, reaches the terminal end 21a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 (between both transfer rolls 22, 22). 8 is a substantially vertical posture with the leaf Tb facing downward as shown in FIG. 8, but the onion body Ta immediately after the leaf / rooted onion T is discharged from the terminal end 21a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21. When the portion is sandwiched between the elastic rolls 52 and 52 and fed backward, the lower side of the leaf / rooted onion T (the leaf Tb portion) is simply hanging down, so that it does not receive any backward feeding action. .

  Therefore, the onion T with leaves and roots has the onion body Ta on the upper side moved backward, but the lower Tb part on the lower side is left behind, and the onions with leaves and roots are denoted by reference numeral T ′ in FIG. Thus, the leaf Tb ′ portion is transferred to the cutting portion of the leaf cutting device 25 (the overlapping portion of the two disk blades 26 and 26) in a posture in which the leaf Tb ′ portion is inclined downward toward the front side. Then, when the leaves and rooted onions are transferred to the leaf cutting device 25 in the inclined posture indicated by the symbol T ′ (FIG. 8), the roots of the leaf Tb are used by the disk cutters 26 and 26 of the leaf cutting device 25. When the portion is cut, the cut end becomes oblique as indicated by the symbol Te in FIG. 9, and the appearance of the cut end Te is deteriorated (commercial value is reduced).

  Therefore, the present invention is based on the above-mentioned drawbacks (on the leaf root part of the onion) in the front part (leaf cutting process part) of the leaf / root continuous cutting machine shown in FIGS. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an onion leaf resecting machine that can eliminate slanting.

  The present invention has the following configuration as means for solving the above problems. Note that the present invention is intended for onion leaf excision machines, but the onions to be treated in the present invention include onions, garlic, lily roots, bulbs, etc. in addition to the onions themselves. Is included.

[Invention of Claim 1 of the Present Application]
The invention of claim 1 of the present application is directed to an onion leaf excision machine for excising leaves and rooted leaves / rooted onions, and the above-mentioned existing applications (FIGS. 1 to 7). This is an improvement of the leaf excision process in the continuous leaf / root excision machine. In the following description, the “onion leaf excision machine”, which is the name of the present invention, may be simplified and referred to as “leaf excision machine”.

And the invention of claim 1 of the present application is
An onion leaf resecting machine with a leaf excision unit for resecting leaves with leafed onions,
The leaf excision unit includes a leaf onion transfer device that allows the onion with leaves to be postponed in a posture in which the leaf hangs downward, and a leaf attached at a position near the end of the leaf onion transfer device. A leaf cutting device for cutting the base of leaves of onions,
To hold the onion body portion of the onion with leaves discharged from the terminal end of the onion transfer device with leaves at a position near the upper side of the leaf cutting device, and to send the onions with leaves to the rear of the leaf cutting device portion setting the delivery of the device,
The lower surface vicinity of the leaf cutting device, before the base of the leaves of leaf with onions being moved backward by the dispensing apparatus is cut by the leaf cutting device, after onion body portion by the apparatus feeding the leaves setting the posture change apparatus that can change be faster rearward movement than feeding speed of the sheet with onions in position facing the leaf in the vertical direction,
The above leaf cutting device uses a pair of left and right disk cutters juxtaposed in a horizontal posture,
The posture changing device uses a pair of left and right to contact the leaves of the onions with leaves from the left and right sides,
Each of the posture change devices is attached coaxially to each rotation shaft of each of the disk cutters,
It is characterized by this.

  The structure of the leaf excision unit part in the leaf excision machine of the invention of claim 1 of the present application is the same as the relevant part (leaf excision unit part) of the above-mentioned application (FIGS. 1 to 7). Can be adopted.

  And also in the leaf excision machine of Claim 1 of this application, the onion main-body part of the onion with leaves discharged | emitted from the terminal part of the onion transfer apparatus with a leaf is hold | maintained with the said sending-out apparatus, and this onion with leaves is postponed. Sometimes, the onions with leaves are changed to an inclined posture (an attitude in which the leaf portion is inclined downward to the front side), but when the onions with leaves are transferred to the leaf cutting device portion in the inclined posture, the leaf roots As described above, the problem that the cut end of the portion becomes oblique occurs.

  Therefore, in the leaf cutting machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the posture changing device is installed in the vicinity of the lower surface side of the leaf cutting device, whereby the onion with leaves in the inclined posture is changed to a vertical posture. It can be transferred to the leaf cutting device. In addition, when the onions with leaves are transferred to the leaf cutting device portion in a vertical posture, cuts in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the onion body (horizontal direction) can be formed.

In addition, since each pair of right and left posture changing devices is coaxially attached to each rotary shaft of each disk cutter, each posture changing device is connected to each disk cutter using a power device of each disk cutter. It is designed to run at a constant speed.

[Invention of claim 2 of the present application]
The invention of claim 2 of the present application specifies the following configuration in the leaf cutter of claim 1 described above.

That is, in the leaf excision machine according to claim 2 , the delivery device moves backward in a state where the onion body portion of the onion with leaves discharged from the terminal portion of the onion transfer device with leaves is elastically clamped from the left and right. using the right and left pair of elastic rolls capable of, each position changing device is both resilient held between rolls contact materials Mr. use in contact from right and left sides in the leaves of the leaf with onions coming is moved backward the Koso speed leaf by from the both position changing device Koso speed onion body portion by the both elastic rolls faster by a predetermined speed, the leaf with onions at the installation part of the leaf cutting device leaves It is characterized in that the position that slopes downward to the front so that the leaf can be changed to a posture facing vertically.

[Effect of the invention of claim 1 of the present application]
The onion leaf-removing machine according to claim 1 of the present invention immediately after the onion with leaves is discharged from the end portion of the leaf-onion leaf-attaching device, with the leaf portion facing downward, Even if the onions with leaves are in an inclined posture (the posture in which the leaves are inclined downward) by holding the leaf onions with the feeding device, the onions with leaves in the inclined posture are The leaf cutting device can be moved in the state changed to the vertical posture by the posture changing device.

  Therefore, in the onion leaf resection machine according to claim 1 of the present application, the cut at the root of the leaf cut by the leaf cutting device can be made perpendicular to the axis of the onion, so the cut is clean (commercial value is High) can be processed into onions.

Moreover, in the leaf cutting machine of the onion of Claim 1 of this application, while using the thing which juxtaposed a pair of right and left disc blades in a horizontal posture as a leaf cutting device, the posture changing device is placed on the leaves of the onion with leaves. A pair of left and right touching from each side is used, and each posture changing device is attached to each rotating shaft of each disk cutter in a coaxial state, so each rotating shaft of each disk cutter is attached to each posture changing device. While being able to share as an axis | shaft, each disk cutter and each attitude | position change apparatus can be driven with a common power unit.

[Effect of the invention of claim 2 of the present application]
The invention the claims 2, in lobectomy machine onions of the preceding claims 1, using the right and left pair of elastic rolls capable of elastically clamping the onion body portion above Symbol delivery device from the left and right, each posture together are using a contact member which contacts the right and left sides in the green parts of the leaf-rooted onions as a change device, Koso leaf portion by both the posture changing device than Koso speed onion body portion by both elastic roll The speed is increased by a predetermined speed so that the leaves and rooted onions can be changed from a posture in which the leaf portion is inclined downward to a posture in which the leaf portion is directed in the vertical direction.

  Therefore, in the leaf excision machine according to the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the leaf / rooted onion discharged from the terminal portion of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device is changed to an inclined posture by the delivery device. However, immediately after that, both the leaf and rooted onions can be reliably and accurately changed to the vertical posture by both posture changing devices, and the above-mentioned cut end can be processed more finely.

It is a top view of the leaf excision machine concerning the application already filed by the present applicant. FIG. 2 is an II-II arrow view of FIG. 1 (already filed). It is an enlarged arrow view of the III-III part (leaf and rooted onion transfer device part) of FIG. 1 (already applied). FIG. 4 is an enlarged arrow view of the IV-IV part (each part of the feeding device, the leaf cutting device, and the upside down device) of FIG. FIG. 5 is a VV enlarged arrow view of FIG. 4 (function explanatory diagram of the upside down device). It is an enlarged arrow view of the VI-VI part (leaf removal and rooted onion transfer device part) of FIG. 1 (already applied). FIG. 7 is an enlarged arrow view of a VII-VII portion (each portion of a feeding device and a root cutting device) of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the point which should be improved in the leaf cutting machine of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the leaf removal and rooted onion which cut the leaf part with the leaf cutting machine of FIG. It is the FIG. 1 equivalent view which concerns on the leaf excision machine of this-application Example which added the attitude | position change apparatus. FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2 relating to a leaf excision machine according to an embodiment of the present invention to which a posture changing device is added. FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a part (near the leaf cutting device) of FIG. 10. It is a top view of the state which decomposed | disassembled the disk cutter and attitude | position change apparatus in FIG. It is a XIV-XIV arrow equivalent view of Drawing 12, and is a functional explanatory view near a leaf cutting device. It is explanatory drawing of the leaf removal and rooted onion processed with the leaf excision machine of the Example of this application.

[Example]
Hereinafter, an onion leaf excision machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 15 and FIGS. In addition, in the embodiment of the present application, the “onion leaf excision machine” of the present application is referred to as “onion leaf / root continuous” because the leaf / root continuous excision machine of the above-mentioned application of FIGS. It may be referred to as a “cutting machine” or simply a “leaf and root continuous cutting machine”. In addition, onions to be processed in the present application include, in addition to onions themselves, raccoon, garlic, lily roots, bulbs and the like.

The onions to be processed in the present application are in an as-harvested form, and as shown in FIGS. 1 to 2 (and FIGS. 10 to 11), leaves Tb and the top of the onion body ( heading portion ) Ta The leaves and rooted onions T each having a continuous root Tc at the bottom.

  By the way, the leaf / root continuous excision machine according to the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is provided with the basic configuration of the above-mentioned application (FIGS. 1 to 7), and the leaf / root according to the present embodiment. For the description of the basic components in the continuous excision machine, the above description of the existing application in FIGS. In addition, what has attached | subjected the same code | symbol about the thing of the existing application of FIGS. 1-7, and the thing of this-application Example of FIGS. 10-15 is mutually the same thing.

  Also, the leaf / root continuous excision machine of the present embodiment functions in the same manner as that of the above-mentioned existing application (FIGS. 1 to 7), but the function is also described in the description of the above-mentioned existing application. Is used.

  By the way, when the leaf / root continuous excision machine of this embodiment is used, the onion T can be transferred to the leaf / root onion transfer device 21 simply by inserting the leaf / root onion T from the input portion 11 of the main body case 1. Can be postponed in a posture in which the leaf Tb portion is downward (FIGS. 2 and 11), the leaf Tb hanging downward in the leaf cutting device 25 portion is excised at the base portion (FIG. 4), and the upside down device The leaf removal / rooted onion T1 is turned upside down by the (abutting material 41) (the root is turned downward) and is seated on the start end of the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 (FIG. 5). -The rooted onion transfer device 31 is moved backward while the root Tc of the onion T1 remains in the downward posture (FIG. 6), and the root portion of the root Tc hanging downward in the root cutting device 35 is cut off. (Figure 7) Degree can be a continuously carried out automatically.

  By the way, in the thing of FIGS. 1-7 (application already filed), as shown by the code | symbol T 'of FIG. The leaf root portion is cut by the leaf cutting device 25 while the leaf / root onion T ′ remains in an inclined posture. In this case, the cut Te of the leaf removal / root onion T1 is oblique as shown in FIG. As described above, the problem that the appearance is deteriorated (commercial value is reduced) occurs.

  In view of this, the present invention has been developed in order to eliminate the disadvantages of the previously-explained leaf excision machine shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. The posture changing device 7 shown in FIGS.

  The posture changing device 7 according to this embodiment has a contact made of an elastic material (a plurality of brush materials in the illustrated example) on the outer periphery of the circular base plate 70 as shown in an enlarged view in FIGS. 12 to 14 (particularly FIG. 13). The material 71 is attached and configured to protrude radially at several locations in the circumferential direction (three locations in the illustrated example).

In this embodiment, a pair of right and left posture changing devices 7 shown in FIG. 13 is used, and each of the posture changing devices 7 and 7 is placed near the lower surface side of each of the disk cutting tools 26 and 26 of the leaf cutting device 25. each rotary shaft 26a of 26, 26, 26a (see FIGS. 12 and 14) is mounted in a coaxially respectively. Accordingly, each of the posture changing devices 7 and 7 is adapted to rotate with each of the disk blades 26 and 26 at a constant high speed (for example, 400 to 500 revolutions per minute).

Further, as described above, when the posture changing devices 7 and 7 are attached to the rotary shafts 26a and 26a of the disk cutters 26 and 26 in a coaxial state, the rotary shaft 26a can be shared as both mounting shafts. Each disk cutter 26, 26 and each posture changing device 7, 7 can be driven by a common power device (motor 27 and power transmission member 28).

  Further, the relationship between the posture changing device 7 and the disk cutter 26 is as shown in FIG. 13 from the center of the circular base plate 70 to the tip of each contact material (brush material) 71, 71, 71 in the posture changing device 7. The distance R1 is slightly longer than the radius R2 of the disk cutter 26 by a length ΔR (for example, ΔR = 5 to 10 mm).

  The leaf excision machine according to the present embodiment adopting the posture changing devices 7 and 7 functions as follows.

In the operating state, both the disc blades 26 and 26 of the leaf cutting device 25 are rotated several times (for example, about 4 times) faster than the both elastic rolls 52 and 52 of the delivery device 5. At this time, the disk cutters 26, 26 and the posture changing devices 7, 7 are coaxially attached to the same rotary shafts 26a, 26a, respectively, so that the disk cutters 26, 26 and the posture changing devices 7, 7 Are driven by a common power unit.

  And as shown in FIG. 14, the leaf / rooted onion T approaching the end portion 21 a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 has a vertical posture with the leaf Tb portion facing downward, When the leaf / rooted onion T is discharged from the terminal end 21 a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21, the onion body Ta is immediately sandwiched between the elastic rolls 52, 52 of the delivery device 5 and moved backward. . At that time, the moving force of the onion body Ta portion becomes larger than the moving force to the leaf Tb portion (leaves of the leaf Tb are left), and the leaves and rooted onions are inclined as indicated by the symbol T ′ (leaf Tb ′ portion) Tilts down to the front). After that, the leaves and rooted onions T ′ are fed backward by the feeding action by the two elastic rolls 52 and 52 in the inclined posture, but the leaf Tb ′ portion is at the cutting position by the two disk cutters 26 and 26. Immediately before reaching, the contact materials 71 and 71 of the left and right posture changing devices 7 and 7 come into contact with the leaf Tb ′ portion. Then, the rotational speed (circumferential speed) of each posture changing device 7, 7 is several times (for example, about four times) faster than the rotational speed (circumferential speed) of each elastic roll 52, 52. Is faster than the onion body Ta ′ transfer speed, and when the leaves / rooted onions reach the cutting position by the two disc blades 26, 26, the leaves Tb ″ portion as indicated by the symbol T ″. Is in a vertical orientation.

  Then, when the leaf / root onion T ″ leaves Tb ″ portion is transferred to the cutting position of the leaf cutting device 25 in a vertical orientation, the leaf root portion is perpendicular to the axial direction of the onion body Ta ( As a result, as shown in FIG. 15, the cut Te of the leaf-removed / rooted onions T <b> 1 whose leaves are cut out is perpendicular to the axis of the onion body Ta.

  After that, the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 obtained by cutting the leaf root portion on the leaf cutting device 25 is vertically inverted by the upside down device 4 in the same manner as in the above-mentioned application (FIGS. 1 to 7). It is dropped on the transfer rolls 32 and 32 of the root excision unit 3 (FIG. 5), and is sent on the transfer rolls 32 and 32 with the root Tc facing downward (FIG. 6). The root Tc is cut (FIG. 7) to obtain leaf / root-removed onions T2, and the leaf / root-removed onions T2 are automatically discharged from the discharge unit 12 and stored in an onion receiver (not shown). The

  As described above, when the leaf excision machine of this embodiment is used, the onion T is transferred to the leaf / root onion transfer device 21 only by inserting the leaf / root onion T from the input portion 11 of the main body case 1. The leaf Tb part can be postponed in a downward posture, the leaf Tb hanging downward in the leaf cutting device 25 part is cut off at the root part, and the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 is turned upside down by the upside down turning unit 4 (The root is turned down) is seated on the beginning of the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31, and the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 portion is kept in a downward posture with the root Tc of the onion T1 being in a downward posture. It is possible to automatically and continuously perform all the steps of post-feeding and cutting off the root portion of the root Tc that hangs downward in the root cutting device 35 portion.

  In the leaf excision machine of this embodiment, the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 (root Tc is upward) having the leaf Tb removed by the leaf cutting device 25 is automatically turned downward by the upside down device 4. Since it can be transferred to the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 side in the posture, the posture of the onion T processed in the leaf excision unit 2 part and the posture of the onion T1 processed in the root excision unit 3 part are up and down. Even in the reverse case, the posture of the onions can be automatically changed to an appropriate posture. Accordingly, there is a function that the leaves and roots of onions can be continuously and reliably cut with a single cutting machine.

  Further, in the leaf excision machine of this embodiment, since the posture changing device 7 is installed in the vicinity of the lower surface side of the leaf cutting device 25, the leaf / discharged from the terminal portion 21a of the leaf / rooted onion transfer device 21 Even if the rooted onion T is in the inclined posture by the delivery device 5, the leaf cutting device in the state where the leaf / rooted onion T '(see FIG. 14) in the inclined posture is changed to the vertical posture by the posture changing device 7. It can be moved to 25 parts. Therefore, in the leaf excision machine that can perform leaf removal and root removal continuously, the cut Te of the root portion of the leaf cut by the leaf cutting device 25 can be made perpendicular to the axis of the onion. , Can be processed into onions with a clean cut (looks good).

  Also, a pair of left and right disk blades 26, 26 are used for the leaf cutting device 25, and a pair of left and right elastic rolls 52, 52 that can elastically hold the onion body Ta portion from the left and right are used for the delivery device 5. As the posture changing device 7, a pair of left and right contact materials 71 that are in contact with the leaf Tb portion of the leaf / rooted onion T are used on the left and right sides, and the onion body Ta by the both elastic rolls 52, 52 is used. The post-feeding speed of the leaf Tb part by the posture changing devices 7 and 7 is increased by a predetermined speed (for example, about 4 times faster) than the post-feeding speed of the part, and the leaf Tb part of the leaf Tb descends backward. Since the leaf Tb portion can be changed to a posture in which the leaf Tb portion is oriented in the vertical direction from the posture being turned, the leaves / rooted onions T are changed to the inclined posture by the feeding device 5 (both elastic rolls 52, 52). Also, in its the the leaves, rooted onions T by both the posture changing device 7,7 reliable and can be changed to precisely vertical posture immediately, can be more finely processed the cut Te.

  By the way, in said Example, although the said attitude | position change apparatuses 7 and 7 are installed only in the lower surface part of the leaf cutting apparatus 25 (both disk cutters 26 and 26) of the leaf excision unit 2, in another Example, it is. The posture changing devices 7 and 7 can also be installed on the lower surface portion of the root cutting device 35 (both disk cutters 36 and 36) of the root excision unit 3. In this case, the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 discharged from the terminal end of the root removal unit 3 with the leaf removal / rooted onion transfer device 31 is held by the delivery device 6 (both elastic rolls 62, 62) and rearward. It is conceivable that the lower side (root Tc side) of the onions T1 is inclined downward toward the front side when the onions T1 are sent out. When the root cutting device 35 is installed, the leaf removal / rooted onions T1 that have been inclined before the root cutting by the root cutting device 35 can be changed to a vertical posture at the time of root cutting by the root cutting device 35. Therefore, the root Tc can be cut cleanly (perpendicular to the axis of the onion body Ta) at the root cutting device 35 portion.

  In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the “onion leaf cutting machine” of the present invention has been described as “onion leaf / root continuous cutting machine”, but in the present invention, in the embodiment of FIGS. The present invention can also be applied to a device without the upside down device 4 or the root excision unit 3. In this case, as shown in FIG. 15, the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 is in the final processed form, but the root Tc portion in the leaf removal / rooted onion T1 is a separate process (for example, a dedicated machine for root excision). Can be excised.

1 is a body case, 2 is a leaf cutting unit, 3 is a root cutting unit, 4 is an upside down device, 5 is a feeding device on the leaf cutting device side, 6 is a feeding device on the root cutting device side, 7 is a posture changing device, 11 Is a loading part, 12 is a discharge part, 21 is a leaf / rooted onion transfer device, 21a is a terminal part, 22 is a transfer roll, 25 is a leaf cutting device, 26 is a disk cutter, 26a is a rotating shaft, 31 is a leaf removal / Onion transfer device with root, 32 is a transfer roll, 35 is a root cutting device, 41 is an abutting material, 52 is an elastic roll, 71 is a contact material, T is a leaf / rooted onion, T1 is a leaf removal / rooted onion, T2 is a leaf / root-removed onion, Ta is an onion body, Tb is a leaf, Tc is a root, and Td is a leaf base.

Claims (2)

An onion leaf excision machine comprising a leaf excision unit (2) for excising the leaf (Tb) of the leaf onion (T) with a leaf (Tb),
The leaf excision unit (2) includes an onion transfer device (21) with a leaf that allows the onion (T) with a leaf (Tb) to be sent in a posture in which the leaf (Tb) hangs downward, and the leaf A leaf cutting device (25) for cutting the root portion of the leaf (Tb) of the onion with leaf (T) at a position in the vicinity of the terminal end of the attached onion transfer device (21),
The onion body (Ta) portion of the onion with leaves (T) discharged from the terminal end (21a) of the onion transfer device with leaves (21) is held at a position near the upper part of the leaf cutting device (25). the leaves with onions (T) is set device (5) feeding to feeding to the rear of the leaf cutting device (25) Te,
At the position near the lower surface side of the leaf cutting device (25), the base part of the leaf (Tb) of the onion with leaves (T) being moved backward by the delivery device (5) is the leaf cutting device (25). Before cutting the leaf (Tb ), the leaf (Tb ) is moved backward faster than the feed speed of the onion body (Ta) portion of the delivery device (5), so that the leaves (Tb) ) setting the attitude changing device (7) which is adapted may change in posture facing vertically,
The leaf cutting device (25) uses a pair of left and right disc blades (26, 26) juxtaposed in a horizontal posture,
The posture changing device (7) uses a pair of left and right sides that come into contact with the leaves (Tb) of the onions with leaves (T) from the left and right sides,
Each of the posture change devices (7, 7) is coaxially attached to each rotary shaft (26a, 26a) of each of the disk cutters (26, 26).
An onion leaf excision machine. In claim 1,
The said delivery apparatus (5) elastically clamped the onion main-body (Ta) part of the onions with leaves (T) discharged | emitted from the termination | terminus part (21a) of the said onions transfer apparatus with leaves (21) from right and left. Using a pair of left and right elastic rolls (52, 52) that can be moved backward in the state,
The posture changing devices (7, 7) are held between the elastic rolls (52, 52) and moved backward from the left and right sides to the leaves (Tb ) of the onions (T) with leaves. contact material contact (71) use,
The post-feeding speed of the leaf (Tb) part by the both posture changing devices (7, 7) is increased by a predetermined speed from the post-feeding speed of the onion main body (Ta) part by the both elastic rolls (52, 52), the leaves with onions at the installation portion of the leaf cutting device (25) to (T), the leaves from the posture in which the leaves (Tb) is inclined downward to the front (Tb) can be changed to a posture facing vertically Like,
An onion leaf excision machine.

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