JPH0220276A - Cutter of root and leaf part of vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically carry out cutting always at a proper position by transporting vegetables by a conveyor equipped with plural storage parts in parallel to separately hold the vegetables while pushing the vegetables from the top and suppressing hair roots and, in the middle of transportation, cutting the hair roots and leaves of the vegetables by cutters set outer sides of both edges of the conveyor. CONSTITUTION:The title cutter consists of the following elements (a-d). (a) A conveyor 7 (belt 4) of main body of vegetables which is provided with plural storage parts in parallel in the width direction to separately hold vegetables 5 (by partition member 6) and continuously transports the vegetables in the horizontal direction, (b) an endless belt 8 for suppressing hair roots which arranged in close to the outside of the conveyor 7, is advanced in parallel with the transportation direction of the conveyor at the same speed and successively equipped with a brush 11 having a great number of needle- materials 10 planted on a face opposing the conveyor 7, (c) endless belts 12 for suppressing main body of the vegetables which are arranged somewhat above the transfer face of the conveyor 7 and is advanced in parallel with the transportation direction of the conveyor 7 at the same speed and (d) a cutter 13 for the hair roots and a cutter 14 for leaves which are set at outsides of both the edge parts of the transportation belt 4 equipped with the endless belts 12.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is directed to cutting the roots of vegetables such as long onions and spinach, and the leaf tips of long onions, radish, burdock, etc. Concerning a device for cutting parts or leaf parts.

(Prior art) Generally, the hairy roots of harvested green onions, spinach, etc., or the leaf tips of green onions, radish, burdock, etc. are cut off and removed, and then shipped and sold with uniform thickness, length, size, etc. There is.

Traditionally, cutting the roots and leaves of long onions has been carried out by a worker using scissors or a knife while checking the cut point one by one, or a mechanical cutting method has been proposed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. No. 81-19978 (root cutting device for green onions) and the like have been proposed.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, such manual cutting is inefficient and requires a huge amount of labor, so it has not been possible to perform the work continuously for a long time. Also, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 81-199
No. 78 has a drawback that unless one green onion is cut, the next green onion cannot be cut automatically and continuously at high speed.

In addition, especially when cutting the roots, from both aesthetic and economical perspectives, it is necessary to remove as little of the hair root as possible and avoid cutting too much of the root shaft. In addition, it is necessary to cut and remove at right angles to the root trunk, but it is difficult to always cut at a constant and accurate position. In addition, root vegetables such as radish and burdock do not require leaves, and automatic machines for cutting these leaves are not provided.

The present invention was made to solve these problems, and it provides a device that automatically and continuously cuts the hair roots and leaf tips of vegetables at a constant, accurate position without requiring any human intervention. The purpose is to provide

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The vegetable cutting device of the present invention has a plurality of storage parts for holding long onions at a distance, which are arranged side by side in parallel in the width direction and are continuous in the horizontal direction. A conveyor for conveying vegetable bodies, and a conveyor that is arranged close to the outside of the conveyor, moves at the same speed substantially parallel to the conveyance direction, and has a large number of needle-like objects planted on a surface facing the conveyor. an endless belt for locking hair roots in which a plurality of brush-like bodies are continuously arranged; an endless belt for holding down the vegetable body moving forward; a cutter for cutting hair roots disposed between the transport conveyor and the endless belt for locking hair roots in the holding endless belt arrangement section; It is characterized by comprising a leaf cutting cutter disposed on the outside facing the hair root cutting cutter.

(Function) In the vegetable cutting device of the present invention, for example, when talking about cutting the hair roots and leaf tips of long onions, the long onion main body conveyor conveys the long onions that are separately stored in the storage section on the conveyance surface. , continuously transported horizontally. In addition, the endless belt for locking hair roots, which is placed close to the outside of the conveyor,
The needle-shaped body constituting the brush-shaped body entangles and restrains the root of the long onion mounted on the conveyor, and the hair root is conveyed in the same direction and at the same speed as the body of the long onion conveyed by the conveyor. Additionally, an endless belt is placed slightly above the conveying surface of the conveyor, which runs parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor at the same speed. The surface is lightly pressed from above, suppressing rolling and movement in the length direction of the conveyor.

Furthermore, cutting cutters are placed on the outside of both ends of the conveyor in the area where the endless holding belt is placed, and these cutters are pressed from above by the endless holding belt to cut the length of the conveyor in a state in which movement is suppressed. Touch the green onion and cut off the hair root and leaf tip.

When cutting hair roots, the endless belt for hair root restraint is placed in a somewhat diagonal direction so that the distance between the cutting line and the tip of the needle becomes narrower as it approaches the hair root cutting cutter. There is. For this reason, the needle-like body can entangle the hair root until the tip of the needle-like body of the brush-like body comes into contact with the root of the long onion, and the tip of the needle-like body entwined with the hair root can reach the hair root. Since it is fed into the cutting end of the cutting cutter, the cutting position of the hair root can be fixed at the position of the border between the hair root and the hair root.

In addition, if the leaf cutting cutter is configured to be slidable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the conveyor, the leaf cutting cutter can be moved an appropriate distance in this direction depending on the growth status of the green onion in each season. The cutting position of the tip of the leaf can be changed by sliding the leaf tip by the same amount, and cutting can be performed at the most economically advantageous and appropriate position.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

1 and 2 are a top view and a left side view, respectively, showing an embodiment of the onion cutting device of the present invention.

In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a feed roller that is rotatably supported by a front end and a rear end of a base 2, respectively, and is rotationally driven by a motor 3, and an endless conveyor belt 4 is connected between these rollers.
is hung. Further, on the outer surface of the conveyor belt 4, a plurality of partitions 6 are provided upright at predetermined intervals for holding the long onions 5 placed parallel to the width direction one by one at a distance. .

An endless hair root restraining belt 8 is disposed close to the outside of the conveyor 7 configured as described above. This hair root arresting endless belt 8 is driven by the same motor 3 as the conveyor 7, and moves in substantially the same direction and at the same speed as the conveyor 7. An endless belt or chain 9 (hereinafter collectively referred to as a belt) and this belt 9
It is composed of a plurality of brush-like blocks 11 in which a large number of needle-like bodies 10 are implanted, which are arranged side by side without gaps on the side facing the conveyor 7 . The endless belt 8 for locking hair roots is not parallel to the end surface of the conveyor belt 4 and the cutting line of the cutter for cutting hair roots, which will be described later.
The hair root cutting cutter is arranged so that the distance between the tip of the needle-shaped body 10 and the cutting line becomes narrower as the hair root cutting cutter approaches the installation position. For example, the cutting cutter 13 in the onion loading section
and the distance T1 between the extension line of the hair root and the tip of the needle-like body 10 of the endless belt 8 for hair root arrest, and the cutter 1 for cutting the hair root cutting part of the green onion.
3 and the tip of the needle-shaped body 10 has a relationship of Tl > T2.

Further, a hair root remover (not shown) is disposed at the return passage position of the brush-like block 11 to be inserted between the needle-like bodies 10 and to remove tightly stuck hair roots.

Further, in front of the conveyor 7 in the conveyance direction, above the conveyor belt 4, a pair of endless onion restraining belts 12 driven by the same motor 3 as the conveyor 7 are disposed, respectively. These endless suppressing belts 12 are configured to move in the same direction and at the same speed on the lower surface side facing the conveyor belt 4, and to lightly suppress the long onions 5 mounted on the conveyor belt 4 from above. has been done.

Furthermore, a cutter 13 for cutting hair roots and a cutter 14 for cutting leaves are arranged opposite to each other on the outside of both ends of the conveyor belt 4 on which the endless belt 12 for holding long onions is arranged above. There is.

The hair root cutting cutter 13 has a pair of circular rotary blades 15 such that their cutting edges abut each other near the conveyance surface of the conveyor belt 4.
They are configured to be vertically opposed to each other, and are arranged between the conveyor belt 4 of the conveyor 7 and the endless belt for locking hair roots 8 so that the cutting line is parallel to the end surface of the conveyor belt 4 (the conveyance direction of the conveyor). It is located.

Further, the leaf cutting cutter 14 has a structure in which one circular rotary blade 15 is pivoted on a sliding table 16 configured to be slidable in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the conveyor 7, and the blade edge is attached from above. The conveyor belt 4 is moved so that it reaches the long onion 5 on the conveyor belt 4.
is placed above.

According to the onion cutting device of the embodiment configured as described above, the hair roots are stored in the storage area separated by the partition body 6 on the conveyor belt 4, and the brush-like blocks 1 of the endless belt for locking the hair roots 8 are stored.
The long onions 5 are placed one by one so that they are in contact with 1.
As the conveyor belt 4 advances, the sheets are conveyed in the horizontal direction while being lined up in parallel in the width direction. At this time, the hair roots of long onion 5 are
It is entangled and restrained by the needle-like body 10 of the brush-like block 11, and is conveyed as it is.

When the long onions 5 that are continuously transported in this way reach the bottom of the pair of endless belts 12 for holding down long onions, the parts near the root and the parts near the tips of the leaves are lightly held down by these endless holding belts 12 from above. and continues to move horizontally. As the process progresses, the hair roots of the long onion become strongly entangled with the needle-like body 10, and the root trunk of the long onion and the tip of the needle-like body 10 come into contact with each other, causing the circular rotary blades of the cutter 13 for cutting hair roots and the cutter 14 for cutting leaves. The tip of the hair root and the tip of the leaf are strongly pressed against the cutting edge of 14.16, and the cut is made at a certain size at this point. The long onion 5 whose hair roots and leaf tips have been cut off in this way is
While being placed on the conveyor belt 4, it is conveyed to the next process.

The above explanation has been given using green onions as an example, but when it is necessary to cut only the root part and not the leaves, such as spinach, the above-mentioned leaf cutting cutter 14 is not necessary. Move the cutter 14 to a position where it does not cut the spinach leaves, and/or move the cutter 14 to a position where it does not cut the spinach leaves;
stop the rotation.

Furthermore, if you do not need to cut the root part of root vegetables such as daikon radish and goho (Japanese radish) and only cut the leaf part, use the hair root cutting cutter 1.
3 is removed, and the number of needle-like bodies 10 planted on the hair root-restricting endless belt 8 is made coarse in number per unit area, so that the leaf portion cutting point is made constant for positioning the root trunk of root vegetables. .

In addition, a large number of needle-like bodies implanted in the hair root-retaining endless belt 8]
The tip of the needle 10 does not need to be sharp like a needle, and the implanted portion of the needle-like body 10 and the tip may have the same thickness, and the tip may also have various shapes such as round or square.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the green onion cutting device of the present invention, the harvested green onions can be simply placed on the storage section of the conveyor without cutting off unnecessary parts such as hair roots and leaf tips. It can be cut and removed automatically and continuously.

Furthermore, the labor required for this work can be reduced and work efficiency can be significantly reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are a top view and a side view, respectively, showing an embodiment of the onion cutting device of the present invention. 3...Motor 4...Transport belt 5...Long onion 7...Transport conveyor 8...・・・・・・Endless belt for locking hair roots 11...
...Brush block 12...
Endless belt for holding long onions 13...Cutter for cutting hair roots 14...Cutter for cutting leaves

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A plurality of storage units that hold vegetables at a distance are arranged adjacent to each other parallel to each other in the width direction and are arranged close to the outside of the vegetable body transport conveyor and the transport conveyor that continuously transports the vegetables in the horizontal direction, and an endless belt for hair root arrest, which travels at the same speed substantially parallel to the conveying direction, and in which brush-like bodies each having a large number of needle-like bodies are continuously arranged on a surface facing the conveyor. , an endless belt for holding down the vegetable body, which is disposed slightly above the conveying surface of the conveyor, and moves at the same speed parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor; A device for cutting roots and leaves of vegetables, comprising: a cutter for cutting hair roots disposed between the endless belt for hair root restraint. (2) The endless belt for locking hair roots is arranged such that the distance between the tip of the needle-shaped body and the cut line by the hair root cutting cutter becomes narrower as the hair root-retaining endless belt approaches the hair root cutting cutter. A device for cutting the roots of vegetables. (3) The vegetable according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hair root cutting cutter is constituted by a pair of circular rotary blades that are arranged vertically opposite each other so that the cutting edges are in contact with each other on an extension line of the conveyance surface of the conveyor. A device for cutting the roots of other species. (4) A leaf cutting cutter is provided on the outside in the width direction of the transport conveyor and is arranged opposite to the hair root cutting cutter, and the leaf cutting cutter is configured to be slidable in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the transport conveyor. A device for cutting vegetable leaves according to any one of claims 1 to 3.