JP6924479B2 - Garlic root excision device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a root excision device for excising hair roots of garlic.

It is hoped that garlic will be shipped to the market after its hair roots have been cleanly removed from the roots. Conventionally, as a device for excising the root of a bulbous vegetable such as garlic, "Hair root cutting device for garlic or the like" of JP-A-7-250664 (Patent Document 1), JP-A-2017-38586 (Patent Document 2). The "hair root cutting device" of the above, and the "device for removing unnecessary upper and lower parts such as onions" of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-28394 (Patent Document 3) are disclosed.

The "hair root cutting device for garlic or the like" disclosed in Patent Document 1 forms a transport portion in which a bucket on which garlic or the like is placed is attached to a transport body and moves. A hair root cutting cutter is arranged to form a hair root cutting device. A gripping device for crimping and supporting hair roots such as garlic is arranged close to one side of a carrier in the previous stage of the cutting cutter. Hair root cutting device. "
The "hair root cutting device" disclosed in Patent Document 2 includes "a hair root cutting mechanism device having a cutting blade at the tip and a fixed installation device for fixing and installing a food ball, and the fixed installation device is a fixed installation device. The ball is fixed and clamped by the fixing means provided on the fixed mounting table, and the clamping force for sandwiching the ball here is 2 when the rotation speed of the cutting blade is set to 60 to 90 rpm. .A hair root cutting device that is set to 5 to 3.5 kg and therefore cuts hair roots by pressing the cutting blade against the ball and pushing it in. "
The "device for removing unnecessary upper and lower parts such as onions" disclosed in Patent Document 3 is characterized in that "a plurality of through holes having different diameters are provided on the upper surface, and removal blades are provided inside the through holes". A device for removing unnecessary upper and lower parts such as onions. "

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-250664 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-38586 Jitsukaisho 63-28394

Garlic shipped to the retail market is required to have its roots removed. Further, there is a demand for a device that can be easily handled by a worker who removes the root of garlic and can efficiently remove the root.
Therefore, in the "hair root cutting device for garlic or the like" shown in Patent Document 1, the hair root cutting cutter abuts on the side portion of the bucket and the conveying portion that attaches the bucket on which the garlic or the like is placed to the conveying body and moves. It is used to cut hair roots such as garlic. However, in the "hair root cutting device for garlic and the like" shown in Patent Document 1, it is mainly used at the time of harvesting garlic and is used for rough cutting of garlic stems and roots. With this device, the roots growing from the recessed position from the bulbs of garlic cannot be completely removed with a cutting cutter, after which the garlic is dried and stored for a certain period of time, and the roots are manually reworked at the time of shipment. After completely removing it with, etc., it is shipped to the market.
Further, in the "hair root cutting device" shown in Patent Document 2, in order to completely remove the hair root of garlic, a ball such as garlic is placed on the mounting table with the root facing upward, and a clamp on the mounting table. After fixing a ball of garlic or the like with a member, the rotating cutting blade is pushed downward to cut the root of the garlic. However, in the "hair root cutting device" shown in Patent Document 2, in order to continuously cut a large amount of garlic roots, a lever operation for fixing a ball such as garlic and a rotating cutting blade are used. It is necessary to operate the lever to push it downward, and the work efficiency is poor.
Further, the "device for removing unnecessary upper and lower parts such as onions" shown in Patent Document 3 selects a plurality of holes having different sizes, presses the onions against the holes, and drills in the lower center of the holes. The root is removed by pressing the root of the onion downward against the shape-removing blade. However, the operator must select an appropriate hole according to the size of the onion each time it is used, and if the hole size is selected incorrectly, the removal blade will not reach the root and the root cannot be cut. The removal blade may pierce above the root and cut the fruit.

From this, it is an object of the present invention to provide a garlic root excision device that can be easily handled by an operator and can easily and efficiently excise the root portion of garlic.

In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 1 has a horizontal plate that is intermittently driven in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of horizontal plates that are provided on the horizontal plate and have garlic with a root facing downward. and parts, provided in a lower portion of the horizontal plate, and root cutout for ablating roots of garlic, provided above the該根cutout, a pressing portion for pressing the garlic in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plate The above-mentioned placing portion is provided on the outer peripheral side of the horizontal plate and the rotating fulcrum portion that rotates toward the outside of the horizontal plate about the rotating tangential direction of the horizontal plate. A roller provided on a guide rod oriented in a tangential direction and a horizontal direction in which the plate rotates is provided, and the pressing portion moves downward as a unit when the roller is positioned below the pressing portion. The garlic root excision device is provided with a rotating action portion that pushes the roller and rotates the previously described placing portion.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, in the invention according to claim 2, the above-described mounting portion has a tubular member and is rotatable by the rotating fulcrum portion, and the first mounting portion and the first mounting portion. It has a pipe located above the mounting portion and arranged coaxially with the tubular member, and a mounting plate on which garlic is placed below the pipe, and is vertically above and below the first mounting portion. A second mounting portion capable of reciprocating in a direction is provided, and the second mounting portion always urges the second mounting portion upward with respect to the first mounting portion, and the second mounting portion is described. an elastic member the second loading portion to be movable with respect to the horizontal plate in the vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal plate, the mounting plate is exposed roots of garlic placed on the placing plate is downwardly an open hole kicked open in the center of the mounting plate so as to include a and mounting section before the horizontal plate which is the intermittent drive is moved upward of the root resection, provided in the pressing portion press-table is moved downwards, claim the second loading portion and garlic were characterized by excising the roots of garlic against the cutting edge of the root resection portion located below the horizontal plate 1 The garlic root excision device described.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the invention according to claim 3, an elastic member is provided at a portion of the above-mentioned placing portion and a portion of the pressing portion provided in the pressing portion that comes into contact with garlic, and the elastic member is provided. the star-shaped having a plurality of projections on the inner diameter side or, the diameter as going to the top and is configured to have a stepped inside diameter becomes smaller, according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the wherein the It is a garlic root excision device.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 4 is that the garlic which is placed on the above-mentioned resting portion and whose root portion is excised by the root excision portion is in the process of being moved to a subsequent step by the horizontal plate. The feature is that the pre-described resting portion rotates toward the outside of the horizontal plate to provide a discharge position for discharging the garlic placed on the pre-described resting portion in the outward direction of the horizontal plate. The garlic root excision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

According to the present invention, the operator can automatically and completely remove the root of the garlic by simply placing the garlic with the root facing downward on the mounting portion arranged on the horizontally driven horizontal plate. Further, since the garlic after the root portion is excised is automatically released from the mounting portion, it is not necessary to take out the garlic from the mounting portion, and it is possible to provide a garlic root excision device capable of performing work easily and efficiently.

It is a perspective view of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a side view of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a top view of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a rear view of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a bottom view of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a cross-sectional view of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is an enlarged front view of the mounting part of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a side view which enlarged and cross-section | placed the place part of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a figure which showed the main part of the garlic release position of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention, and showed just before the release process. It is a figure which showed the main part of the garlic release position of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention, and showed the middle of the release process. It is a figure which showed the main part of the garlic release position of the garlic root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention, and showed the end of the release process.

An embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11.

The garlic root excision device 1 is provided on the main body 2, a horizontal plate 3 which is arranged on the upper part of the main body 2 and is intermittently driven to rotate in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of horizontal plates 3, and the root is lowered. A mounting portion 4 on which the garlic A is placed toward the surface, a root excision portion 5 provided below the horizontal plate 3 for excising the root portion of the garlic A, and above the root excision portion 5. It is composed of a pressing portion 6 that is provided and presses the garlic A placed on the mounting portion 4 in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal plate 3.

The horizontal plate 3 is rotationally driven at regular intervals intermittently using the horizontal plate drive motor 360 as a drive source. A plurality of mounting portions 4 are provided on the horizontal plate 3, and by mounting the garlic A with the root portion facing downward on the mounting portion 4, the garlic A moves sequentially in the horizontal direction. go.
The above-mentioned mounting portion 4 is composed of a first mounting portion 410 and a second mounting portion 430, and the second mounting portion 430 is arranged above the first mounting portion 410. The second mounting portion 430 is constantly urged upward by the compression spring 437, and the garlic A is mounted on the second mounting portion 430.
The right position of the horizontal plate 3 shown in FIG. 3 is the placement position B on which the worker places the garlic A, the lower position is the standby position C waiting for the root to be excised, and the left position presses the garlic A. The excision position D at which the root is excised, and the upper position is the release position E where the garlic A is released outward. In the case of this example, the horizontal plate 3 rotates in the clockwise T direction shown in FIG.

The pre-described placement portion 4 attached to the horizontal plate 3 and on which the garlic A is placed rotates in the horizontal direction by intermittent drive of the horizontal plate 3, and the above-mentioned from the pre-described placement position B via the standby position C. Proceed to excision position D. At the cutting position D, a root cutting portion 5 having a cutting blade 510 which is rotationally driven by a cutting motor 520 at a lower portion of the horizontal plate 3 shown in FIG. 6 and whose blade is arranged upward is arranged. There is. In the garlic A on the previously described placement portion 4 stopped at the excision position D on the root excision portion 5, the pressing base 610 of the pressing portion 6 located above the root excision portion 5 drives the pressing motor 640. By lowering as a source, the upper part of the garlic A is pressed, and the garlic A is pressed downward together with the above-mentioned placing portion 4.
The garlic A whose upper portion is pressed by the pressing base 610 of the pressing portion 6 is pressed against the rotated cutting blade 510 of the root cutting portion 5 located in the lower portion to cut the root. After the root is excised, the pressing table 610 of the pressing portion 6 is returned upward, and at the same time, the garlic A pressed by the root excision portion 5 and the above-mentioned placing portion 4 are compressed springs at their original positions above. It returns by 437.

The garlic A whose root has been excised by the root excision portion 5 further rotates and moves by the horizontal plate 3, and when the prescriptive placement portion 4 reaches the release position E, the previously described placement portion 4 is moved outward. The garlic A placed on the above-mentioned placing portion 4 is discharged outward.

As shown in FIG. 3, the main body 2 is formed so that the surface of a rectangular parallelepiped having a plan view box on the side of the previously described rectangular parallelepiped projects outward in a semicircular shape. The lower surface of the main body 2 shown in FIG. 6 is open, and the upper surface is provided with a hole for passing a shaft 370 for rotating the horizontal plate 3 described later.

As shown in FIG. 6, a gear case 320 formed by bending a plate into a box shape is attached to the upper surface inside the main body 2. On the right side of the lower surface of the gear case 320 shown in FIG. 6, the horizontal plate drive motor 360 is fixed with the output shaft 361 facing upward.

A small gear 350 having a boss 351 facing downward is fixed to the output shaft 361 of the horizontal plate drive motor 360 and is provided in the gear case.
A large gear 330 is arranged on the left side of the gear case 320 shown in FIG. 6, and a rotation shaft is arranged so as to mesh with the small gear 350 in the vertical direction.

A shaft 370 is projected and fixed in the vertical direction to the center of rotation of the large gear 330. The shaft 370 is supported by bearings provided on an upper surface on the outside of the main body and a lower surface on the outside of the gear case 320. That is, the large gear 330 that meshes with the small gear 350 fixed to the horizontal plate drive motor 360 rotates while meshing with the rotation of the horizontal plate drive motor 360 to drive the shaft 370.
The shaft 370 extends above the bearing installed on the upper part of the main body 2, and the horizontal plate 3 is fixed to the upper part of the shaft 370. The horizontal plate 3 can be rotated in the horizontal direction via the small gear and the large gear by the rotation of the horizontal plate drive motor 360.

A pipe-shaped member 371 is arranged at the lower end of the shaft 370. Further, at the lower end of the pipe-shaped member 371, a detection plate 380 having a plurality of rectangular protrusions 381 provided at equal angular intervals for detecting the rotation angle on the outer peripheral portion in the shape of a circular plate is arranged. There is. The central portion of the detection plate 380 is fixed to the shaft 370 with bolts together with the pipe-shaped member 371.
Further, the plurality of rectangular protrusions provided on the detection plate 380 are set at equal intervals in the same number as the mounting portions 4 provided on the horizontal plate 3.

A plate-shaped stay 384 is attached so as to hang down from the lower surface of the gear case 320. The tip of the stay 384 is bent in the horizontal direction and is provided so as to be located below the detection plate.

A sensor 386 for position detection is fixed to the upper part of the bent tip of the stay 384. In the description of this example, a proximity sensor is used.
When the protrusion 381 of the detection plate 380 rotated by the rotation of the shaft 370 is located above the sensitive portion of the sensor 386, the sensor 386 senses the protrusion 381. An electric circuit is configured so that the control unit (not shown) stops the horizontal plate drive motor 360 by a signal from the sensor 386 that senses the protrusion, and the horizontal plate drive motor 360 is designated as an angular position. Intermittent drive is performed to stop at.

A guide plate 340 is fixed to the lower surface of the large gear 330 by bringing the surface of the plate into contact with the lower side surface of the large gear 330. The guide plate 340 is composed of a substantially circular plate, and conical counterbore holes 341 having the same number as the number of the above-described placement portions 4 provided on the lower surface near the outer circumference are provided at equal angular intervals. ing. The counterbore hole 341 is provided to stop the inertial rotation that occurs when the horizontal plate 3 that is intermittently driven pauses.

On the left side of the lower surface of the gear case 320 shown in FIG. 6, one end of a tubular boss 342 for accommodating the compression spring 344 is vertically inserted into the gear case 320. The upper end of the boss 342 is fixed so as to be located slightly below the guide plate 340 fixed to the lower surface of the large gear 330 in the gear case 320.

Above the boss 342, a steel ball 343 is inserted so that it can move up and down within the inner diameter of the boss 342. A compression spring 344 is inserted below the steel ball 343 so as to urge the steel ball 343 upward. A bolt 345 is screwed into the lower end of the boss 342 to cover the lower end of the boss 342 so that the steel ball 343 and the compression spring 344 do not fall off downward.
The steel ball 343 can change the urging force received from the compression spring 344 according to the screwing depth of the bolt 345, and after screwing the bolt 345 to the set depth, the nut 346 is used. By fixing it, it is prevented from loosening.

The steel ball 343 is exposed from the upper end of the boss 342 by about 20 to 30% of the diameter, and the upper portion of the steel ball 343 is arranged so as to abut the guide plate 340. As the guide plate 340 rotates together with the large gear 330, the steel ball 343 urged upward by the compression spring 344 pops out and fits into the conical counterbore hole 341 provided in the guide plate 340. This makes it possible to generate resistance at regular intervals when the guide plate 340 is rotated.

The steel ball 343, which is urged upward by the compression spring 344, is fitted into the counterbore hole 341 provided in the guide plate 340, and is generated when the horizontal plate 3 that rotates intermittently stops rotating. It is possible to stop the inertial rotation and stop the horizontal plate 3 at a predetermined position with high accuracy.

The horizontal plate 3 shown in FIG. 3 has a circular plate shape and has square cutouts 310 formed at a plurality of locations on the outer peripheral portion.

The positions of the notches 310 provided in the horizontal plate 3 are the same as those of the conical counterbore holes 341 provided in the guide plate 340 and the rectangular protrusions 381 provided in the detection plate 380. It is provided at intervals.

Two support plates 312 hang down from the lower surfaces of both ends on the normal direction side located on the outer peripheral portion of the horizontal plate 3 of the notch 310 with their surfaces parallel to each other. A hole is provided in the lower portion of the support plate 312 so as to penetrate in the tangential direction in which the horizontal plate 3 rotates, and the lower end thereof is bent horizontally toward the inside of the notch 310. The hole portion is arranged coaxially with the rotation fulcrum portion 413 of the mounting portion 4, which will be described later, to serve as a rotation fulcrum of the mounting portion 4.

The mounting portion 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 7 to 8.
The above-mentioned placing portion 4 is installed in the upper part of a plurality of notches 310 provided in the horizontal plate 3, and the mounting portion 4 is vertically divided and configured, and the first mounting portion 410 in the lower portion. It is composed of a second mounting portion 430 on the upper portion and a second mounting portion 430.

In the first mounting portion 410, a tubular member 411 extending in the direction perpendicular to the horizontal plate 3 is arranged. In this example, the tubular member 411 is a circular cylinder. A plate-shaped first flange plate 412 parallel to the horizontal plate 3 is fixed to the outer periphery of the lower end portion of the tubular member 411 in the outward direction.
The first flange-shaped plate 412 of the first mounting portion 410 is provided larger than the notch portion 310 formed in the horizontal plate 3.

The first flange-shaped plate 412 has a square shape, and two plates are hung downward from the end side of the outer periphery of the horizontal plate 3 on opposite sides so as to be parallel to each other, and the lower portion is described. A rotation fulcrum portion 413 provided with a hole in the rotating tangential direction of the horizontal plate 3 is located.

By locating the hole portion of the support plate 312 provided in the horizontal plate 3 and passing the pin 415 through the rotation fulcrum portion 413 of the first mounting portion 410, the first mounting portion 410 is passed through the pin 415. It is possible to rotate outward around the center. Further, the coil portion of the winding spring 420 is passed through the pin 415 serving as the rotation fulcrum, one end of the winding spring 420 is locked to the bent tip of the support plate 312 provided on the horizontal plate 3, and the other end is the first. By locking to the lower part of the first flange plate 412 of the first mounting portion 410, the first mounting portion 410 is urged so as to be constantly pressed against the horizontal plate 3 by the repulsive force of the winding spring 420. There is.

Further, the guide rod 414 is fixed from the corner portion of the first flange-shaped plate 412 on the rotation fulcrum side provided in the first mounting portion 410 toward the outer peripheral side of the horizontal plate 3. The tip of the guide rod 414 is bent in an L shape, and the tip portion thereof is provided so as to face the horizontal direction in the tangential direction opposite to the rotation direction of the horizontal plate 3.
A roller 421 is inserted into the L-shaped bent tip of the guide rod 414, and retaining rings are provided on both ends of the roller 421 for positioning.

A second mounting portion 430 is arranged above the first mounting portion 410. The second mounting portion 430 includes a pipe 431, a mounting plate 432 arranged so as to close the lower portion of the pipe 431, a guard 434 arranged on the lower surface of the mounting plate, and an upper portion of the pipe 431. It is composed of a second flange plate 435 arranged in the above and a spring guide rod 436 vertically hung from the lower surface of the second flange plate 435.

The pipe 431 is arranged vertically and coaxially with the tubular member 411 of the first mounting portion 410, and the outer diameter of the pipe 431 is the inner diameter of the tubular member 411 constituting the first mounting portion 410. It is formed smaller.
On the inner diameter of the lower end of the pipe 431, a mounting plate 432 on which the garlic A with the root facing downward is placed is fixed so as to close the pipe 431. A hole is formed in the central portion of the mounting plate 432 so that only the root portion of garlic A comes out downward.

On the lower surface of the above-mentioned mounting plate 432, a pipe-shaped guard 434 having an inner diameter larger than the diameter of the hole provided in the above-mentioned mounting plate 432 is provided with the tubular portion facing downward in order to prevent the cut roots from scattering. Is stuck.

A second flange plate 435 having a circular outer circumference is arranged and fixed to the outer circumference of the upper end of the pipe 431. A plurality of spring guide rods 436 are attached downward at equal intervals from the lower surface of the second flange plate 435. In this example, three spring guide rods 436 are arranged.

The spring guide rod 436 that hangs downward from the second flange plate 435 is inserted into the hole made in the first flange plate 412 of the first mounting portion 410 after the compression spring 437 is inserted. It is inserted and the second mounting portion 430 is urged upward with respect to the first mounting portion 410. Further, by screwing the detent nut into the male screw portion at the lower end of the spring guide rod 436, the second mounting portion 430 is prevented from coming off due to the urging of the compression spring 437.

An elastic member 440 is fixed to the inner diameter of the pipe 431 of the second mounting portion 430 and the upper surface of the above-mentioned mounting plate 432. As shown in FIG. 3, the elastic member 440 has a circular outer diameter and is formed in a star-shaped tubular shape having a plurality of protrusions on the inner diameter side. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the lower surface of the elastic member 440 is covered with a lid so as to close the tubular portion, and a hole is opened in the center so that the root portion of garlic A can be projected downward. Due to the shape that follows the shape of the scales on the side of garlic A and the shape that covers the lower surface of garlic A, it is pressed from above the garlic A and the impact applied to the lower surface of the garlic A and the lower part of the garlic A. It has the role of stopping such horizontal rotational force.

That is, by installing the elastic member 440 inside the second mounting portion 430, the garlic A mounted on the mounting portion 4 is subjected to the root cutting of the garlic A by the cutting blade 510 of the root cutting portion 5 described later. While the inner surface of the elastic member 440 absorbs the generated horizontal rotational impact, the rotational force transmitted to the garlic A is stopped. Further, the lower portion of the elastic member 440 absorbs the load applied to the lower side of the garlic A, which is generated when the garlic A is pressed from the upper portion by the pressing base 610 of the pressing portion 6, which will be described later, thereby preventing damage to the garlic A. It is a thing. Urethane rubber is used as the material of the elastic member 440 in this example.

Due to the structure of the mounting portion 4 described above, the second mounting portion 430 can reciprocate only in the vertical direction with respect to the first mounting portion 410, and is always urged upward. The garlic A mounted on the second mounting portion 430 with the root portion facing downward is the cutting blade of the root cutting portion 5 located in the lower portion by pushing down the second mounting portion 430 to the lower portion. The root of garlic A is excised in contact with 510.

The root excision portion 5 will be described with reference to FIG.
The root excision portion 5 is located on the left side shown in FIG. 2 in the lower portion of the horizontal plate 3. The root cutting portion 5 is a coupling for fixing the cutting blade 510 for cutting the root portion of the garlic A, the cutting motor 520 for driving the cutting blade 510, and the cutting blade 510 and the cutting motor 520, respectively. It is composed of 530 and a blade guard 540 for preventing scattering of the root portion of the excised garlic A and preventing contact between the operator and the cutting blade 510.

The cutting motor 520 is located below the left side of the horizontal plate 3 shown in FIG. 6, and is housed inside the main body 2. A motor mounting portion 210 is mounted on the left side of the gear case 320 mounted on the upper lower surface portion of the main body portion 2 as shown in FIG. The motor mounting portion 210 is mounted so that the plate is bent into a square box shape and the bottom surface is parallel to the upper surface portion of the main body portion 2. The left side surface of the motor mounting portion 210 shown in FIG. 6 is widely open, and a hole is formed in a substantially central portion of the bottom surface portion.

The cutting motor 520 is mounted on the lower surface of the bottom surface of the motor mounting portion 210 with the output shaft facing upward. The output shaft of the cutting motor 520 is passed through a hole formed in the lower surface portion of the motor mounting portion 210, and one end of the coupling 530 is inserted and fixed to the output shaft.
The coupling 530 passes through a hole formed in the upper surface of the main body 2 located above the cutting motor 520 and protrudes from the upper surface of the main body 2.

A cutting blade 510 is inserted and fixed to the other end of the upper side of the coupling 530. The cutting blade 510 has an umbrella-like shape when viewed from the side. The lower portion of the cutting blade 510 inserted into the coupling 530 is columnar, and the cutting edge formed in the upper portion is formed so as to be narrowed in a conical shape toward the upper portion in a side view. Further, the conical portion has a plurality of blade portions formed in a straight line so that the blade portions are directed upward and the blade lines are directed toward the apex of the cone. The blade portion of the cutting blade 510 is located below the horizontal plate 3 and above the main body portion 2.

The blade guard 540 is arranged so as to cover the outer periphery of the cutting blade 510, the coupling 530, and the hole provided in the upper surface of the main body 2 through which the coupling 530 passes. The blade guard 540 has a tubular shape, and the outer diameter is set to be larger than that of the guard 434. The direction of the cylinder is directed up and down, and the lower end of the cylinder is fixed to the plate on the upper surface of the main body 2. The blade guard 540 prevents the previously described placing portion 4 from being pushed downward by the pressing portion 6 and scattering the cut root portion to the surroundings when the root portion of the garlic A is cut by the cutting blade 510. Further, by covering the periphery of the cutting blade 510 and the coupling 530, which are rotating objects, with the blade guard 540, it is possible to prevent the operator from being unexpectedly caught in the cutting blade 510 and the coupling 530.

With the above configuration, the cutting blade 510 rotates integrally with the output shaft of the cutting motor 520. By pressing the garlic A placed on the above-mentioned placing portion 4 downward by the pressing portion 6 described later, the garlic A is pushed down together with the second placing portion 430, and the rotated cutting is performed. When the root portion of garlic A comes into contact with the blade 510, the root portion can be cut off.

The pressing portion 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 and 6.
The pressing portion 6 includes a pressing base 610 that presses the garlic A placed on the mounting portion 4 downward, a slide frame 620 that supports the pressing base 610 and reciprocates up and down, and the slide frame 620. It is composed of a support frame 630 and a slide rail 633 that support the vertical movement of the above, and a pressing motor 640 that is a power source for the slide frame 620 to reciprocate up and down.

The support frame 630, which is a base for supporting the pressing base 610 and the slide frame 620, has a gate shape. The side frame 631 constituting the support frame 630 shown in FIG. 2 is vertically hung from the upper surface portion of the main body portion 2, and is fixed to the upper surface portion of the main body portion 2 in the shape of an L-shaped bent plate. .. The upper frame 632 is arranged and fixed so as to span the side surface of the upper end portion of each of the vertically installed side frames. The upper frame 632 is formed by bending a plate into an L shape, and is arranged so that the bent surface is parallel to the horizontal plate 3.

A slide frame 620 is arranged below the upper frame 632. The slide frame 620 is an L-shaped bent plate, and the lower surface of the bent plate is arranged in parallel with the upper frame 632. Vertical holes are formed on both ends of the slide frame 620, and the slide bush 621 is inserted into the holes and fixed to the holes.

A plate is extended horizontally from one end of the slide frame 620 toward the garlic discharge position E side of the horizontal plate 3, and the plate is further bent vertically toward the horizontal plate 3 to form a rotating action portion 625. doing. The bent lower end of the rotating action portion 625 is located above the roller 421 provided on the guide rod 414 of the above-mentioned resting portion 4. Further, the end edge portion of the lower end portion of the bent plate of the rotating action portion 625 facing inward of the main body portion 2 is chamfered so that the corner portion is cut off diagonally.

As shown in FIG. 4, a round bar-shaped slide rail 633 hangs down from both ends of the upper frame 632. The upper frame 632 side and the main body 2 side at both ends of the slide rail 633 are fixed with nuts.
A slide bush 621 provided on the slide frame 620 is inserted into the slide rail 633, and the slide frame 620 is provided so as to be able to reciprocate in the vertical direction via the slide rail 633.

A pressing table 610 is attached to the lower center of the slide frame 620 so as to be located on substantially the same axis as the rotation axis of the cutting blade 510 of the root cutting portion 5. The pressing table 610 has an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the second mounting portion 430, and the cylinder is arranged in the vertical direction, and a plate is fixed to the upper portion of the cylinder so as to cover it. ing. A plurality of rods project upward above the pressing table 610, and the upper portion of the rods is passed through a hole provided in the slide frame 620 and fixed with a nut.
Further, by inserting the support spring 612 into the outer circumference of the rod, the pressing base 610 has a structure of being urged downward. The support spring 612 prevents the impact due to pressing from being directly conducted to the garlic A, and the support spring 612 moves the pressing base in the vertical direction to ensure that the garlic A is different in size even if the size of the garlic A is different. Can be pressed by the pressing table 610.

An elastic member 611 is provided inside the pressing table 610. The elastic member 611 has a cylindrical shape formed of an elastic material having a circular outer diameter and a stepped inner diameter so that the diameter becomes smaller toward the upper part. The elastic member 611 prevents the garlic A and the pressing table 610 from directly contacting each other to damage the garlic A, absorbs the impact at the time of pressing by the pressing table 610, and the root portion of the garlic A is the root cutting portion 5. This is for holding the cutting blade 510 in a fixed position without rotating by contact with the rotating cutting blade 510.
Since the shape of the inner diameter surface of the elastic member 611 is used for the above-mentioned purpose, the inner surface in contact with the garlic A has a conical shape so as to form an apex toward the upper part or a star shape having protrusions on the inner side. It may be formed in. Urethane rubber is used as the material of the elastic member 611 in this example.

On the left side of the support frame 630 arranged in the main body 2 as shown in FIG. 2, a plate-shaped motor mounting portion 641 projecting upward from the main body 2 is provided. The surface of the motor mounting portion 641 to which the pressing motor 640 is mounted is mounted so that the plate of the upper frame 632 faces perpendicular to the bent lower surface. The pressing motor 640 is mounted above the motor mounting portion 641, and the output shaft of the pressing motor 640 is directed so as to be orthogonal to the plate surface of the motor mounting portion 641.

One end of the first link 642 made of a plate-shaped member is fixed to the output shaft of the pressing motor 640 so as to be orthogonal to the plate surface, and a pin 645 is attached to the other end of the first link 642 of the pressing motor. It is fixed parallel to the output shaft of 640. The pin 645 provided at the other end of the first link 642 is rotatably inserted into a hole provided at one end of the second link 643 made of a plate-shaped member, and is prevented from coming off with a retaining ring. It is connected. Further, the other end of the second link 643 is formed of a plate bent in a U shape so as to sandwich the other end portion, and a hole is formed in parallel with the output shaft of the pressing motor 640 to form a slide frame. A holding bracket 644 fixed to the 620 is located, and a pin 650 is passed through the hole and connected.

By fixing the holding bracket 644 to the left side surface of the slide frame 620 shown in FIG. 6, the rotational drive of the pressing motor 640 reciprocates vertically of the slide frame 620 via the first link 642 and the second link 643. It becomes possible to convert it into motion. When the pressing motor 640 makes one rotation, the slide frame 620 and the pressing base 610 of the pressing portion 6 are configured to be able to reciprocate once in the vertical direction.
Further, the pressing motor 640 is controlled so as to perform an intermittent rotation operation for each rotation. When the rotation of the horizontal plate 3 driven by intermittent rotation is stopped, the pressing motor 640 is controlled by a control unit (not shown) so as to rotate only one rotation in conjunction with the rotation.

According to the above-mentioned structure, the horizontal plate 3 to which the pre-described resting portion 4 is attached rotates when the pre-described resting portion 4 on which the garlic A having the root facing downward is located below the pressing table 610. Pause. After that, the output shaft of the pressing motor 640 rotates to push down the slide frame 620 downward. The pressing table 610 installed below the pushed-down slide frame 620 presses the garlic A on the mounting portion 4 downward together with the second mounting portion of the previously described mounting portion 4. The root portion of the garlic A pressed downward abuts on the cutting blade 510 of the root excision portion 5 located below the above-mentioned placement portion 4, and the root portion is excised. Further, when the pressing motor 640 continues to rotate, the slide frame 620 is returned upward, the pressing motor 640 stops, the horizontal plate 3 resumes rotation, and the next mounting portion is placed below the pressing table 610. 4 is arranged, and the above-mentioned operation is repeated.

The garlic A, which is pressed downward by the pressing portion 6 and whose root is excised by the root excision portion 5, is rotationally moved to the clockwise T shown in FIG. 3 of the horizontal plate 3 and temporarily stops at the release position E. .. On the other hand, when the slide frame 620 is lowered when the root is excised by the root excision portion 5, the rotating action portion 625 extended to the slide frame 620 also moves downward together at the same time.
When the slide frame 620 moves downward, the rotating action portion 625 pushes down the guide rod 414 provided in the first mounting portion together with the roller 421. The previously described arranging portion 4 from which the guide rod 414 is pushed down rotates outward with the pin 415 as a fulcrum, is housed in the previously described arranging portion 4, and has the root portion of the garlic A cut outward. discharge.
That is, the root excision process of the garlic A at the root excision portion 5 by pressing the pressing portion 6 downward at the excision position D and the release process of releasing the garlic A outward at the release position E are linked. Is working.

The step of discharging the garlic A to the outside of the horizontal plate 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11.
9 to 11 are views showing a step of discharging the garlic A to the outside of the horizontal plate 3, and in each case, the mounting portion 4 at the discharge position E of the horizontal plate 3 is shown in FIG. It is a figure seen from a direction.

FIG. 9 shows a state in which the garlic A is moved to the discharge position E by the rotation of the horizontal plate 3 and the horizontal plate 3 is temporarily stopped. When the horizontal plate 3 is stopped and the mounting portion 4 is arranged at the discharge position E, the slide frame 620 is pushed downward. At the same time as pressing the slide frame 620, the rotating action portion 625 extended to the slide frame 620 is also pressed, and the roller 421 of the guide rod 414 provided in the first mounting portion operates the rotation. The lower end surface of the portion 625 comes into contact.

FIG. 10 shows a state in which the previously described placing portion 4 is in the process of rotating.
As shown in FIG. 10, when the slide frame 620 is pushed further downward, the rotating action portion 625 comes into contact with the roller 421, and the roller 421 of the guide rod 414 is pushed. In conjunction with this, the previously described placing portion 4 floats toward the outside of the horizontal plate 3 with the pin 415 provided on the outer peripheral side of the horizontal plate 3 as a fulcrum.

FIG. 11 shows a state in which the above-mentioned resting portion 4 is completely raised.
As shown in FIG. 11, when the slide frame 620 is further pressed, the roller 421 rolls on the side surface portion of the main body portion 2 of the rotating action portion 625 on the central direction side, whereby the above-mentioned mounting portion 4 Rotates outward in the tubular direction. When the slide frame 620 reaches the bottom dead center, the tubular portion of the above-mentioned placing portion 4 is oriented substantially horizontally, and the garlic A is discharged outward of the horizontal plate 3.

When the slide frame 620 returns to the top dead center by the rotation of the pressing motor 640, the above-mentioned placement portion 4 is not restricted by the rotation action portion 625, and the winding arranged on the pin 415 as the rotation fulcrum is removed. The spring 420 ensures that the above-mentioned resting portion 4 returns to the horizontal plate 3. When the above-mentioned placing portion 4 returns to the horizontal plate 3, the horizontal plate 3 resumes rotation. By returning the previously described placing portion 4 to the horizontal plate 3, the operator can easily place the garlic A on the previously described placing portion 4 in the later step of placing the garlic A at the mounting position B. ..

In the garlic root excision device 1 of the present invention arranged as described above, the operator only places the garlic A on the above-mentioned placing portion 4, and the root portion of the garlic A is excised, and the garlic A placing portion 4 is used. Can be released continuously.

The work flow of excising the root portion of garlic will be described using the garlic root excision device 1 of the present invention.
At the mounting position B of the water plate 3, the mounting portion 4 that has been horizontally rotated by the horizontally rotating horizontal plate 3 temporarily stops. The worker places the garlic A with the root portion facing downward on the previously described placement portion 4 stopped at the placement position B.

The garlic A placed on the above-mentioned placing portion 4 intermittently rotates clockwise T shown in FIG. 3, and after passing through the standby position C, the rotation is temporarily stopped below the pressing base 610 of the pressing portion 6. do. After that, the pressing table 610 of the pressing portion 6 presses and pushes the garlic A downward.
The garlic A is pressed together with the second mounting portion 430 installed in the previously described placing portion 4, and hits the rotating cutting blade 510 of the root cutting portion 5 arranged below the previously described placing portion 4. The root is excised by contact. When the pressing table 610 of the pressing portion 6 returns upward, the horizontal plate 3 resumes rotation in the clockwise direction T shown in FIG.

The previously described placement portion 4 on which the garlic A whose root has been excised is placed is rotationally moved by the rotation of the horizontal plate 3, and the rotation is stopped again at the release position E. After that, by the step of cutting the root portion by the pressing portion 6, the rotating action portion 625 installed on the slide frame 620 of the pressing portion 6 is directed toward the roller 421 of the previously described placement portion 4 located below. By moving and pressing, the above-mentioned resting portion 4 rotates outward. The garlic A is discharged from the previously described arranging portion 4 toward the outside of the horizontal plate 3 by the previously described arranging portion 4 rotated outward, and the work of cutting off the root portion of the garlic A is completed.

The present invention can be applied to excision of roots of root vegetables and bulbous vegetables which are bead-shaped and have roots concentrated from a substantially central portion.

1 Garlic root excision device 2 Main body 210 Motor mounting 3 Water plate 310 Notch 312 Support plate 320 Gear case 330 Large gear 340 Guide plate 342 Boss 343 Steel ball 344 Compression spring 350 Small gear 360 Water plate drive motor 370 Shaft 380 Detection plate 4 Mounting part 410 1st mounting part 414 Guide rod 415 Pin 420 Winding spring 421 Roller 430 2nd mounting part 437 Compression spring 440 Elastic member 5 Root cutting part 510 Cutting blade 520 Cutting motor 6 Pressing part 610 Pressing table 611 Elasticity Member 612 Support spring 620 Slide frame 625 Rotating action part 630 Support frame 640 Pressing motor 641 Motor mounting part 642 1st link 643 2nd link 644 Holding bracket 650 Pin A Garlic B Mounting position C Standby position D Cutting position E Release position

Claims (4)

A horizontal plate that is intermittently driven in the horizontal direction,
A mounting portion provided on the horizontal plate on which the garlic with the root facing downward is placed, and a mounting portion.
A root excision portion provided at the bottom of the horizontal plate for excising the root portion of garlic,
A pressing portion provided above the root excision portion and pressing the garlic in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal plate is provided.
The above-mentioned placing portion includes a rotating fulcrum portion that rotates toward the outside of the horizontal plate about the rotating tangential direction of the horizontal plate.
A roller provided on the outer peripheral side of the horizontal plate and provided on a guide rod oriented in the tangential direction and the horizontal direction in which the horizontal plate rotates is provided.
The pressing portion includes a rotating action portion that pushes the roller and rotates the previously described mounting portion by integrally moving downward when the roller is positioned below the pressing portion.
A garlic root excision device characterized by being equipped with. The above-mentioned mounting portion has a tubular member and is located above the first mounting portion and coaxially with the tubular member with the first mounting portion which is rotatable by the rotating fulcrum portion. It is provided with a pipe to be arranged and a second mounting portion having a mounting plate on which garlic is placed under the pipe and capable of reciprocating in the vertical direction with respect to the first mounting portion.
The second mounting portion always urges the second mounting portion upward with respect to the first mounting portion, and the second mounting portion is vertically oriented perpendicular to the horizontal plate. An elastic body that makes it movable with respect to
The pre-described plate comprises an opening hole formed in the center of the pre-described plate so that the root of the garlic placed on the previously-described plate is exposed downward.
When the above-mentioned resting portion is moved above the root excision portion by the intermittently driven horizontal plate, the pressing base provided on the pressing portion is moved downward to move the second mounting portion and the garlic horizontally. The garlic root excision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the root portion of garlic is excised by pressing against a cutting blade of a root excision portion located below the plate. An elastic member is provided on the above-mentioned placing portion and the portion of the pressing portion provided in the pressing portion that comes into contact with the garlic.
The elastic member is configured to have a star shape having a plurality of protrusions on the inner diameter side, or a stepped inner diameter whose diameter decreases toward the upper part.
The garlic root excision apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. The garlic that was placed on the above-mentioned resting part and the root part was excised at the root excision part
While moving to the subsequent step by the horizontal plate, the pre-described placing portion rotates toward the outside of the horizontal plate, and the garlic placed on the pre-described placing portion is discharged outward of the horizontal plate. The garlic root excision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the release position is provided.

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