JPH0429755Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a device for peeling vegetables, and particularly to a technology that is effective when applied to a device for peeling stick-shaped vegetables such as long onions and chives.

[Conventional technology]

As a vegetable peeling device, for example, a vegetable such as a long onion is placed on a table on which a pneumatic jet nozzle is arranged, and air pressure is applied to the vegetable such as a long onion to peel off the outer skin of the vegetable. There is.

However, with this type of peeling device, the outer skin is removed by blowing air pressure onto the vegetables on a table that is open to the outside. There are problems in that it makes a lot of noise and the peeled outer skin scatters.

Therefore, as a peeling device that solves this problem, there is a device in which the outer skin is peeled off by blowing air pressure onto the vegetables in a peeling chamber that has an opening for inserting the vegetables.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, the above-mentioned peeling device having a peeling chamber has a structure in which the vegetables are inserted into the peeling chamber through the opening of the peeling chamber, and the vegetables are pulled out from the opening again to peel off the outer skin. There is a problem in that it is difficult to take the skin in and out of the skinning room, and the efficiency of the skinning work is poor.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vegetable peeling device that can reliably prevent noise and scattering of the outer skin during peeling, and can improve the efficiency of the peeling work.

[Means for solving problems]

The vegetable peeling device of the present invention includes a peeling chamber having an opening on the upper side and an opening on the front side that is continuous with the opening, and an automatic opening/closing lid that opens and closes the opening on the upper side. A vegetable peeling device, wherein the upper opening is automatically closed by the automatic opening/closing lid when air pressure is blown onto the vegetables stored in the peeling chamber. , the automatic opening/closing lid slides along the upper opening to open and close the upper opening.

[Effect]

According to the above-mentioned means, it is possible to carry out the peeling operation by swinging down the gripped vegetables and storing the vegetables in the peeling chamber through the upper opening and the front opening in the open state. Work efficiency can be improved.

Further, when air pressure is applied to the vegetables stored in the peeling chamber to peel off the outer skins of the vegetables, the upper opening is automatically closed by the automatic opening/closing lid. Therefore, noise and scattering of the outer skin during peeling can be automatically and reliably prevented.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vegetable peeling device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the vegetable peeling device shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the peeling device of this embodiment includes a compressor 2 connected to the peeling device main body 1 via an air pressure delivery pipe (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 1, the peeling device main body 1 includes a table surface 1 for placing long onions, which has a stock frame 1a.
b, a long groove-shaped peeling chamber 3 formed below the table surface 1b, and height adjustment legs 4 that can adjust the heights of the table surface 1b and the peeling chamber 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, inside the peeling device main body 1, there is an auxiliary tank 5 in which the air pressure fed from the compressor 2 is stored, a mist cleaner 6 for cleaning the air pressure fed from the auxiliary tank 5, and a mist cleaner 6 for cleaning the air pressure fed from the auxiliary tank 5. A pressure regulator 7 that controls the air pressure fed from the mist cleaner 6 to a predetermined pressure value, two solenoid valves 8 and 9 to which air pressure is fed from the pressure regulator 7, and one of the solenoid valves 9. A double-acting air cylinder 10 and the like equipped with a piston position detector 10a (for example, a magnetic sensor) that is operated by air pressure fed through the piston is provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, the peeling chamber 3 includes an opening 3a on the upper side, an opening 3b on the front side that is continuous with the opening 3a on the upper side, and an opening 3c on the back side. are formed respectively.

The upper opening 3a of the peeling chamber 3 is automatically opened and closed by an automatic opening/closing lid 11.

The automatic opening/closing lid 11 is formed of a transparent glass plate, a transparent resin plate, etc. that can be seen through and has a sound insulation effect, and allows the peeling chamber 3 to be seen through when the opening 3a is closed by the automatic opening/closing lid 11. In addition, noise from the opening 3a is prevented.

The automatic opening/closing lid 11 opens/closes the opening 3a by sliding the automatic opening/closing lid 11 between the entrance/exit 3d on the upper end of the left inner wall of the peeling chamber 3 and the upper end of the right inner wall of the peeling chamber 3, in other words, opening/closing the opening 3a. This is done by sliding along the section 3a. That is, the automatic opening/closing lid 11 slides from the entrance/exit 3d of the peeling chamber 3 toward the upper end of the right inner wall of the peeling chamber 3 and is brought into close contact with the upper end of the right inner wall to seal the opening 3a. The device slides in the opposite direction and is inserted into the skin peeling device body 1 through the entrance/exit 3d of the skin peeling chamber 3, and the opening 3a is opened.

The opening/closing operation of the automatic opening/closing lid 11 is performed by an air cylinder 10 provided within the main body 1,
This air cylinder 10 is operated by air pressure supplied from a solenoid valve 9.

In the peeling chamber 3, two pairs of nozzles 12 are arranged symmetrically on both sides between the bottom wall on the side of the opening 3b,
Air pressure supplied from the other electromagnetic valve 8 is ejected from this nozzle 12 diagonally rearward.

Further, the peeling chamber 3 is provided with a detector 13 on the left inner wall on the bottom wall side in front of the nozzle 12 to detect the presence or absence of green onions in the peeling chamber 3.

The detector 13 is a photoelectric non-contact type detector, for example, and detects the presence of green onions when they are stored in the peeling chamber 3 and come close to between the left and right nozzles 12. It is now possible to detect

This detector 13 is connected to the solenoid valve 8 for the nozzle 12 and the air cylinder 1 as shown in FIG.
electrically connected to the solenoid valve 9 for 0, respectively,
Based on the detection of the presence of green onions by the detector 13, the air cylinder 10 is operated and the automatic opening/closing lid 11 is operated to close. Also,
Detecting the presence of green onions by this detector 13,
Air pressure is ejected from the nozzle 12 based on the detection by the piston position detector 10a of the closed state of the automatic opening/closing lid 11.

On the other hand, when the green onions located between the left and right nozzles 12 are separated from the nozzles 12 and taken out from the peeling chamber 3, and the presence of the green onions is no longer detected by the detector 13, the nozzle 12 The ejection of air pressure from the solenoid valve 9 is stopped, the air cylinder 10 is operated to return to its original state by switching the flow path of the solenoid valve 9, and the automatic opening/closing lid 11 is operated to open, so that the opening 3a is opened. There is.

As shown in FIG. 1, a soundproofing material 14 such as a spongy sound-absorbing material is removably attached to the bottom wall and both inner walls of the skinning chamber 3, thereby making the interior of the skinning chamber 3 soundproof.

In addition, from the opening 3c on the back side of the peeling chamber 3,
The tube 15 is extended toward the rear outside and bent downward, and the outlet of the tube 15 is opened downward.

This cylinder 15 prevents noise from coming from the opening 3c of the peeling chamber 3, and by attaching a skin processing bag or the like to the outlet of this cylinder 15, dust can be collected without scattering the peeled skin. It is now possible to process it.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. The peeling work of green onions, etc. using the peeling device of this example is as follows:
For example, this is done as follows.

First, compressor 2 is activated. By the operation of this compressor, the air pressure is increased to the auxiliary tank 5,
The air is fed under pressure through a mist cleaner 6 and a pressure regulator 7 to two electromagnetic valves 8 and 9, respectively.

Next, the gripped green onions are swung down along the longitudinal direction from above the peeling chamber 3 and placed between the left and right nozzles 12 accommodated in the peeling chamber 3 through the open openings 3a and 3b. After letting
The green onions are pulled out along the longitudinal direction of the peeling chamber 3 through the opening 3b, and the outer skin of the green onions is peeled off.

In this case, in this embodiment, when green onions are stored in the peeling chamber 3 and approached between the left and right nozzles 12, the detector 13 detects the presence of the green onions, and the solenoid valve 8, A detection signal is sent to each of the terminals 9 and 9. Air pressure is supplied from the solenoid valve 9 to the air cylinder 10 in response to the detection signal from the detector 13, and the air cylinder 10 is operated to close the automatic opening/closing lid 11.
a is closed.

Further, the piston position detector 10a detects the closed state of the automatic opening/closing lid 11 based on the displacement of the piston of the air cylinder 10, and sends a detection signal to the solenoid valve 8. In this way, the detector 10a,
When a detection signal is sent from the solenoid valve 13 to the solenoid valve 8, air pressure is supplied from the solenoid valve 8 to the nozzle 12, and the air pressure is automatically ejected from the nozzle 12, and the air pressure is blown onto the green onions. The outer skin is removed.

Next, when the green onion whose outer skin has been peeled off in this way is pulled out through the opening 3b and the detector 13 no longer detects the presence of the green onion,
When the detection signal from the detector 13 to the electromagnetic valves 8 and 9 is stopped, the respective flow paths of the electromagnetic valves 8 and 9 are switched, the ejection of air pressure from the nozzle 12 is stopped, and the air cylinder 10 is stopped. The automatic opening/closing lid 11 is operated to return to its original state, and the automatic opening/closing lid 11 is operated to open.
The opening 3a is opened.

In this way, according to this embodiment, the opening 3 in the open state is opened by swinging down the held leek.
Since the onions can be accommodated in the peeling chamber 3 through 3a and 3b, the task of storing the onions in the peeling chamber 3 can be facilitated.

Further, when green onions are stored in the peeling chamber 3 and brought close to the nozzle 12, the upper opening 3a is automatically closed by the automatic opening/closing lid 11 based on the detection by the detector 13, and When the opening 3a is closed by the automatic opening/closing lid 11, the detectors 13, 10a
Based on the detection, air pressure is ejected from the nozzle 12, and the air pressure is blown onto the green onions to peel off their outer skins, so it is possible to automatically and reliably prevent noise during peeling and scattering of the outer skins. . In addition, in this case, since the opening/closing lid 11 is transparent, the peeling work can be performed while visually checking the green onions stored in the peeling chamber 3, so that the outer skin can be peeled reliably. I can do it.

Next, when the green onions whose outer skins have been peeled off in this way are pulled out from the storage chamber 3, the detector 1
Since the ejection of air pressure from the nozzle 12 is automatically stopped based on the detection of step 3, noise caused by the ejection of air pressure from the nozzle 12 can be reliably prevented, and the automatic opening/closing lid 11 is operated to open. Since the portion 3a is automatically opened, the next step of peeling the green onions can be carried out efficiently in the same manner as described above.

As mentioned above, the present invention has been specifically explained based on the examples, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned examples and can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. Nor.

For example, although the peeling device in this embodiment is applied to peeling green onions, the peeling device in the present invention is not limited to peeling green onions; It is possible to apply it to

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the structure is such that the outer skin of the long onions stored in the peeling chamber 3 is peeled off while being pulled along the longitudinal direction of the long onions.
For example, in the present invention, by increasing the ejection force of air pressure from the nozzle 12 or increasing the number of nozzles 12, the onions can be peeled by simply facing the nozzle 12 without pulling them along their length. It is also possible to have a structure in which the material is peeled off.

Further, the storage chamber 3 in this embodiment is horizontal to the installation surface of the peeling device main body 1, but for example, the storage chamber 3 in the present invention is horizontal to the installation surface of the peeling device main body 1. It is also possible to have an inclined structure with the opening 3b side facing upward.

[Effect of idea]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) The vegetable can be stored in the peeling chamber through the upper opening and the front opening in the open state by swinging down the vegetable, and the peeling operation can be performed, which improves the efficiency of the peeling operation. can be achieved.

(2) When air pressure is applied to the vegetables stored in the peeling chamber and the outer skins of the vegetables are peeled off,
Since the upper opening is automatically closed by the automatic opening/closing lid, it is possible to automatically and reliably prevent noise and scattering of the outer skin during peeling.

(3) The effects of (1) and (2) can improve the reliability of this type of peeling device.

(4) An opening/closing structure in which the automatic opening/closing lid slides along the upper opening and opens and closes the upper opening, so that the automatic opening/closing lid swings around a hinge or the like as a fulcrum to open and close. Noise and impact when the automatic opening/closing lid is closed, such as noise and impact when the automatic opening/closing lid stops contacting the opening end etc., are prevented, and the opening/closing speed of the automatic opening/closing lid is reduced due to rocking. The peeling work is prevented from being hindered by the swinging space of the automatic opening/closing lid, and as a result, it is possible to further improve the prevention of noise and scattering of the skin and the efficiency of the peeling work.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vegetable peeling device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the vegetable peeling device shown in FIG. 1... Skin peeling device main body, 1a... Stock frame, 1
b... Table surface, 2... Compressor, 3...
Peeling chamber, 3a, 3b, 3c...opening, 3d...
Entrance/exit, 4... Legs, 5... Auxiliary tank, 6...
Mist cleaner, 7... Pressure regulator, 8, 9...
Solenoid valve, 10...Air cylinder, 10a...Piston position detector, 11...Automatic opening/closing lid, 12...
... Nozzle, 13 ... Detector, 14 ... Soundproofing material, 1
5...tube.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A peeling chamber having an opening on the upper side and an opening on the front side that is continuous with this opening, and an automatic opening/closing device that opens and closes the opening on the upper side. and a lid, wherein the upper opening is automatically closed by the automatic opening/closing lid when air pressure is blown onto the vegetables stored in the peeling chamber. A vegetable peeling device characterized in that the automatic opening/closing lid slides along the upper opening to open and close the upper opening. (2) Utility model registration claim 1, characterized in that the automatic opening/closing lid is formed to be transparent.
The vegetable peeling device described in Section 1.