JPH012564A - Equipment for cleaning vegetables, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a vegetable cleaning device, particularly to a vegetable cleaning device for cleaning raw vegetables, salted vegetables, etc. that have been shredded by a slicer or the like. It is.

(Prior Art) This vegetable cleaning device cleans raw vegetables, salted vegetables, etc. that have been shredded using a conventional slicer or the like.

For example, there is one shown in FIG.

This product is made by shredding raw vegetables, cucumbers, other raw vegetables, or salted vegetables (hereinafter referred to as "vegetables, etc.") using a slicer (not shown), directly or through the hopper 1. From the outlet 2, they are fed into the opening 4 on one side of the rotating basket 3 whose rear part (the right side in FIG. While rolling the shredded vegetables etc.
The shredded vegetables, etc. are washed out of the rotary basket 3 by the washing water spouted from the spout lowers, 7, etc. of the spout pipes 6, which are provided along the entire length Q of the rotary basket 3 at the inner upper part thereof. The vegetables, etc. that have been shredded are washed while passing through the rotary basket 3.
It is discharged onto the conveyor 8 from the opening 5 on the other side, and carried out by the conveyor 8 to an appropriate location.

In addition, 9 in the figure is a lower part of the rotary basket 3, which is provided over approximately the entire length Ω, and after washing vegetables etc. in the rotary basket 3, the same l
I! This is a water tank that accommodates the washing water flowing down from No. 3.

Although not shown, there is also an old cleaning method in which various raw vegetables, salted vegetables, etc. that have been shredded using a slicer or the like are placed in a washing tank and then washed by one person or the like, and then taken out from the washing tank using a basket or the like. It has been implemented.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the washing device as shown in FIG. While the rotating cage 3 is being rotated, cleaning water is jetted out from the lower spouting pipe 6 provided along the entire length of the inner upper part of the rotating basket 3. Either increase the length Ω of the basket 3 (approximately 2M), or reduce the rotation speed of the rotary basket 3, or reduce the angle of inclination of the rotary basket 3 to increase the rotation efficiency of vegetables, etc. It is necessary to take countermeasures such as increasing the time it takes for the water to pass through the water, resulting in an increase in the size of the cleaning equipment or requiring a long cleaning time, and in either case, a large amount of cleaning water is required. was there.

In addition, in the case of a cleaning method in which vegetables, etc. that have been shredded by a slicer or the like are placed in a washing tank (not shown) and then taken out from the washing tank using a basket or the like as appropriate, as shown in the rear side, the washing device Although it has the advantage that it can be constructed as compact as Kitaji, and that it can be washed with a small amount of washing water, this method requires manual operation of the baskets etc. containing the washed vegetables, etc. Therefore, there was a problem in that it required a great deal of effort to operate the circulation, etc., and was not efficient.

Although it is possible to save labor by adopting an automatic operating mechanism (not shown), such as a robot configuration, instead of manually operating the cleaning basket, the equipment for this purpose is complicated.
Since the robot is large in size and requires a robot with a unique structure, there are problems such as an increase in the cost of the cleaning device.

Furthermore, even when any of the above methods is adopted, the salinity of vegetables that have been shredded using a slicer or the like, especially those that have been salted for long-term storage, rarely reach 45 degrees. When washing salted vegetables with a high salt content (such as imported vegetables), use regular washing water (clean water) for the vegetables with a high salt content.
When washed, the surface of high-salt vegetables shrinks, and as a result, the salt that has penetrated into the vegetables remains inside the vegetables without being extracted to the outside during washing, making it difficult to get enough salt. There is also the problem that it may not even be possible to perform extraction and cleaning.

In view of such conventional examples, the present invention has been developed by introducing raw vegetables, salted vegetables, etc. that have been cut into pieces by a slicer etc. into a washing tank, and at the same time supplying washing water from a spout pipe provided at the bottom of the washing tank. By spouting water upwards into the tank, shredded vegetables, etc. are circulated vertically in the washing tank together with washing water, and then flowed upward from the bottom of a conduit installed along the vertical wall of the washing tank. By leading out the shredded vegetables, etc., while washing them by rotating them in the washing tank, they are also brought into contact with the washing water in the pipe, that is, the shredded vegetables, etc. are washed for a long time like the north route. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for washing vegetables, etc., which can perform sufficient washing by bringing the vegetables into contact with washing water once in a while, and which does not have the above-mentioned problems.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides an arrangement in which the lower part of the conduit provided along the vertical wall of the cleaning tank is opened at the lower part of the cleaning tank. a spouting pipe which opens the upper part of the conduit outward from the upper side wall of the cleaning tank and spouts cleaning water upward at a position spaced from the lower opening of the conduit at the lower part of the cleaning tank; The lower part of the conduit provided along the vertical wall of the cleaning tank is opened to the lower part of the cleaning tank, and the upper part of the conduit is opened from the upper part of the vertical wall of the cleaning tank to the outside. The projecting part of the conduit is opened to the inlet of the rotary cage provided on the side of the cleaning tank, and a cleaning water spouting pipe is provided in the upper part of the inner side of the rotary cylinder, and a second washing water receiving tank is provided at a lower side portion, and the second washing water receiving tank is provided at a position spaced apart from the lower opening of the conduit at the lower part of the washing tank via a pressurizing means,
It is connected to a spout pipe that spouts cleaning water upward.

(Function) Since the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, the cleaning water is discharged in the tank by spouting the cleaning water from the spout pipe provided in the lower part of the cleaning tank at a position away from the lower opening of the conduit. The vegetables, etc., are rotated and circulated in the vertical direction, and the vegetables, etc., shredded by a slicer (not shown) are thrown into this washing tank. By introducing the inside of the pipe through the lower opening and then discharging it together with the washing water from the upper opening of the pipe, vegetables etc. In addition, the cleaning water mixed with vegetables etc. discharged from the upper opening of the conduit is allowed to flow into one side of the rotary cylinder,
This washing water is immediately flowed down at the inlet of the drain, leaving only the shredded vegetables, etc. in the drain, and then, while rolling the remaining vegetables, etc. in the rotating basket, the upper part of the inner side of the rotating basket is Further cleaning is performed by jetting out cleaning water from a spout pipe provided in the rotary cage, and the cleaning water falls into and is stored in a second cleaning water receiving tank located at the lower rear of the rotary cage, and then the cleaning water in the second cleaning water receiving tank is is spouted upward into the washing tank from a washing water spouting pipe provided at the bottom of the washing tank using pressurizing means, and the vegetables, etc. are swirled and washed together with the washing water in the washing tank. Automatically cuts shredded vegetables, etc.
It also cleans efficiently.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the apparatus for cleaning vegetables, etc. according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Note that the parts common to the conventional example shown in Fig. 3 are the same.
Use the same name and code.

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of the cleaning device for vegetables, etc. according to the present invention in longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 shows the area around the conduit provided along the vertical wall of the washing tank of the embodiment. It is an explanatory diagram of a structure.

In both figures, 3 is the rotating cylinder, 4 is its inlet (left side in Figure 1) opening, 5 is its outlet (right side in Figure 1) opening, and 6 is cleaning@
The washing water spouting pipes 7, 7, .
are provided over almost the entire area of the rotary cylinder 3 except for the left side (FIG. 1).

8 is a conveyor for carrying out washed raw vegetables etc. discharged from the outlet 5 of the rotary cylinder 3; 12 is a top opening of the washing tank 11;
3 is a rear wall as a vertical wall of the cleaning tank 11; 14 is a sloped wall at the bottom of the rear wall 13; 15 and 16 are front and side walls as vertical walls of the cleaning tank 11; 17 is a low wall of the cleaning tank 11; 18 is low wall 1
7 is a drain valve installed in the drain section, 19 is a filter, 22
Reference numeral 23 indicates a washing water spouting pipe provided below the front wall 15 of the washing tank 11, and 23 indicates a spouting port of the spouting pipe 22. The spouting port 23 directs the washing water upward and/or diagonally to the upper right (FIG. 1). It opens as if gushing out.

24 is a conduit provided along the inside of the rear wall 13 of the cleaning tank 11; 25 and 26 are a lower opening and an upper opening of the conduit 24;
Reference numeral 8 denotes an air jet pipe as a stock bubble generating means provided in the conduit tube 24, 29 an air jet port thereof, and 30 a first wash water receiving tank provided below the front part of the rotary cylinder 3 (on the left side in FIG. 1); 31 is a wash water overflow formed on the upper side wall of the first wash water receiving tank 30, 32 is a second wash water receiving tank provided below the rear part of the rotary tube 3 (on the right side in the figure), 33, 34 is a pipe, and 35 is a This is a pump as a pressurizing means.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, after closing the valve 18 of the drain pipe at the bottom of the low wall 17 of the cleaning tank 11, the cleaning water is spouted from the spout 23 of the cleaning water spouting pipe 22 above the cleaning tank 11 or diagonally to the upper right (Fig. 1). On the other hand, when vegetables etc. that have been shredded by a slicer (not shown) are put into the washing tank 11 through the upper opening 12, the washing water spouted from the spout 23 of the spout pipe 22 washes the shredded vegetables etc. of the same type. Together with the washing water in 11, it rotates clockwise as shown by arrows Q and Q in Figure 2, and during this time, dirt, soil, etc. adhering to vegetables, etc. are washed away by contact with the washing water, and the dirt, etc. Those with high specific gravity sink to the low wall 17 side, and those with low specific gravity float to the top of the washing water in the washing tank 11 and are separated from vegetables and the like. On the other hand, shredded vegetables and the like that swirl and flow up and down in the washing tank 11 together with the washing water,
The cleaning water flows into the conduit 24 from the lower opening 25, passes through the conduit 24, and is discharged into the rotary basket 3 from the upper opening 26.

A jet pipe 28 that jets out compressed air from a jet port 29 is provided at the inner lower part of the pipe 24, so that the air bubbles jetted from the jet port 29 wash the vegetables flowing inside the pipe 24. Impact force is repeatedly applied through the water, causing the vegetables etc. to flow while making slight vibrations.
Rotate # from the upper opening 26 of 4! 3 and is discharged together with the cleaning water.

The cleaning water discharged from the upper opening 26 of the conduit tube 24 into the rotation n3 together with vegetables, etc. is then transferred to the inlet (the first
Near 4 (on the left side of the figure), the water immediately flows down from the circulation 3 and is stored in the first washing water receiving tank 30, flows out from the opaque water 31 of the same type 30, and is discharged to an appropriate place. On the other hand, the shredded vegetables remaining in the rotating basket 3 move to the right in Fig. 1 while rolling due to the rotation of the rotating basket 3. Washing water is sprayed from the lower spout of the spout pipe 6 for further cleaning, and the vegetables etc. that have been thoroughly washed in this way are discharged from the right side outlet 5 of the rotary basket 3 onto the conveyor 8, and the conveyor 8 conveys the vegetables as shown in the figure. It is transported to the required location.

Note that the vegetables and the like remaining at the inlet 4 of the rotary cylinder 3 have been previously washed in the washing tank 11 and the degree of contamination is sufficiently low, so that the vegetables and the like remaining at the inlet 4 of the rotary cylinder 3 are sprayed out from the spout lower of the washing water spouting pipe 6.
Naturally, the degree of contamination of the washing water after washing vegetables etc. remaining in the rotating basket 3 is also low, and after this washing water is stored in the second washing water receiving tank 32 at the lower right side of f1'3, The cleaning tank 11 is pumped through pipes 33, 34 by a pump 35.
The cleaning water is fed under pressure to the lower cleaning water jet pipe 22 and is jetted upward or diagonally to the upper right from the jet port 23 (FIG. 1).Although not shown, the outer wall of the inclined part of the conduit 24 is shaped like a convex arc or If the conduit 2 is made high in the middle, such as in a chevron shape, and its both sides are made low,
Items with a large specific gravity such as garbage and soil that settle on the soil wall (left side in Figure 2) of No. 4 are removed from the guideways 24A and 2 on both sides of the conduit
Since it can be guided to the 4A side, it is possible to effectively prevent the dirt and the like that have settled on the soil wall portion of the conduit tube 24 from flowing into the lower opening 25 of the conduit tube 24.

Further, the air jet pipe 28 provided in the guide tube 24 is connected to the guide tube 24.
It may be provided not only at the lower part of the cleaning tank 11 but also at the same position in the center thereof (not shown).Furthermore, an air jetting pipe similar to the air jetting pipe 28 (not shown) may be provided at the lower part of the cleaning tank 11. For example, since the impact force is transmitted to the shredded vegetables etc. through the washing water in the washing tank 11, the washing effect in the same kind 11 is further enhanced.

Note that it goes without saying that the cleaning tank 11 can be configured to have any shape other than the rectangular shape shown in the illustrated example.

Further, in the embodiment, the guide tube 24 is connected to the rear wall 1 of the cleaning tank 11.
Although not shown, the conduit 24 may be provided outside the vertical wall of the cleaning tank 11. In this case, the conduit 24 is provided between both sides of the conduit 24 and the side ulS. Since the water guideways 24A, 24A are not configured, the above-mentioned effects regarding the guideways 24A, 24A cannot be expected.

(Effects of the Invention) Since the present invention has the above-described structure and operates, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) Vegetables, etc. placed in the washing tank are washed by swirling and flowing them together with the washing water in the same tank, so it is possible to clean vegetables, etc. that have been shredded in advance easily, efficiently, and effectively. Can be cleaned properly.

(2) After the vegetables, etc. are swirled together with the washing water in the washing tank, they are passed through the lower opening of the conduit provided along the vertical wall of the washing tank and taken out from the upper opening. etc. are washed with the washing water over a long route, so a sufficient washing effect can be expected.

(3) After cleaning the dust and salt impregnated on the shredded vegetables in the washing tank, the vegetables, etc. are sent together with the washing water through a conduit installed along the vertical wall of the tank for one rotation. The cleaning water is discharged near the inlet of the rotary basket, and while the vegetables, etc. remaining in the rotary basket are rolled by the rotation of the rotary basket, it is discharged from the upper spout pipe inside the rotary basket. Cleaning can be done efficiently because the cleaning water is sprayed out.

In addition, if a bubble generating means is installed in the pipe installed along the vertical wall of the washing tank, the impact force generated by the bubbles will be repeatedly applied to the vegetables flowing in the pipe, effectively cleaning the vegetables, etc. Can be washed.

Furthermore, if the guide pipe is provided in the vertical direction at the inner central part of the planar vertical wall of the cleaning tank, a low guide path is formed on the side of the guide pipe,
The washing water circulating in the washing tank flows down along the taxiway, so it removes dust, soil, etc. that adheres to shredded vegetables etc. flowing down the taxiway. By utilizing the centrifugal force difference based on the difference, vegetables etc. can be effectively separated and washed in the same washing tank.

(4) Vegetables, etc. placed in the cleaning tank are washed by discharging them from the upper opening of the conduit to the inlet of the rotary basket through a conduit that opens at the bottom of the same type of conduit, so the slicer, etc. By simply throwing shredded vegetables into the washing tank, the vegetables can be automatically washed without any manual effort.

(5) Since the cleaning water spouting pipe is installed at the bottom of the cleaning tank and is spaced apart from the lower opening of the conduit provided along the same type of vertical wall, the cleaning water spouted from the jetting pipe can To smoothly circulate the cleaning water in a cleaning tank and the vegetables, etc. mixed therein without worrying about blocking the flow of vegetables, etc. into the cylinder, and to enable effective cleaning in the same tank.

In addition, if the washing water stored in the second washing water receiving tank below the rotary cage of this washing device is configured to be force-fed by a pump to the jetting pipe at the bottom of the washing tank and spouted from the jetting port, the washing water can be Low salinity cleaning water can be spouted into the tank, and when this cleaning device is used to wash highly salted vegetables, etc., the high salinity salted vegetables etc. put into the cleaning tank can be can be cleaned without shrinking the surface of the container, and therefore, highly salted vegetables and the like can be effectively cleaned.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of the vegetable washing device according to the present invention in longitudinal section, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the area around the conductor, and Fig. 3 is a conventional example. FIG. 3...Rotating cage, 6.22...Cleaning water spout pipe, 11...Cleaning tank, 13.
... Rear wall (vertical wall), 24 ... Conductor,
24A... Taxiway, 25... Lower opening, 26... Upper opening, 28...
...Air jet pipe, 34...Second wash water receiving tank,
35... Pump (pressurizing means).

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) The lower part of the conduit provided along the vertical wall of the cleaning tank is opened to the lower part of the cleaning tank, and the upper part of the conduit is opened to the outside from the upper side wall of the cleaning tank, and the cleaning At the bottom of the tank, at a position spaced apart from the bottom opening of the conduit,
A cleaning device for vegetables, etc., characterized by being provided with a spouting pipe that spouts cleaning water upward. (2) The apparatus for washing vegetables and the like as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a bubble generating means provided in a conduit provided along the vertical wall of the washing tank. (3) The first aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the conduit tube is provided in the vertical direction at the inner center of the planar vertical wall of the cleaning tank, and a cleaning water guide path is formed on the side of the conduit tube. Equipment for washing vegetables, etc. as described in Section 1. (4) The lower part of the conduit provided along the vertical wall of the cleaning tank is opened at the lower part of the cleaning tank, and the upper part of the conduit is made to protrude outward from the upper part of the vertical wall of the cleaning tank, and the conduit A protrusion is opened at an inlet on one side of the rotating cage provided on the side of the washing tank, and a washing water spouting pipe is provided at the upper inner side of the rotating cage, and a second water spouting pipe is provided at the lower rear side of the rotating cage. A spout pipe is provided with a wash water receiving tank, and the second wash water receiving tank is provided in a position spaced apart from the lower opening of the conduit at a lower part of the washing tank through a pressurizing means, and the washing water is spouted upward. A cleaning device for vegetables, etc., characterized in that it is connected to.