JPH05115270A - Apparatus for feeding vegetable, fruit, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an apparatus capable of feeding a washing object to the valley between rotary rolls by attaching a number of buckets to a feeding conveyor with proper intervals and positioning the feeding conveyor above a charging side of the rotary rolls. CONSTITUTION:A number of buckets 2a for holding washing objects are attached to a feeding conveyor interposing proper spaces in the direction of transfer. The feeding conveyor 2 is placed above a charging end of a rotary roll 1 in such a manner as to cross the direction of the roll axis. The washing object is spontaneously dropped in the valley la between the rotary rolls at the delivery end of the feeding conveyor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for supplying vegetables, fruits, and the like, and more specifically, it conveys objects to be washed such as vegetables, fruits, etc. onto one end of a carrying-in portion of a rotating roll row arranged in parallel. ,
The present invention relates to a supply device for automatically supplying the material to be washed to a valley between rows of rotating rolls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-1101876 previously proposed by the applicant of the present invention as a device for supplying vegetables and fruits of this kind.
The supply method described in the publication is known. According to the original invention, a plurality of rotating rolls arranged in parallel for cleaning and transferring the objects to be washed, that is, one end of the rotating cleaning brush row in which the bristles are transplanted in a slanting direction in the transfer direction of the cleaning material, is provided with the loading portion side in the axial direction of the brush row. The article to be washed is placed on a large number of rotating trays that circulate in a cross shape with respect to each other, the washed article is conveyed to one end of the cleaning brush row onto the carry-in section, and then the rotating tray is turned downward to rotate in a double-door manner. It is operated so that the material to be cleaned is automatically supplied to the valley between the cleaning brush rows. As a result, the inconvenience of supply that relies on manpower is eliminated.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a newly developed feeding device for automatically feeding the to-be-washed material such as vegetables and fruits to the valleys between the rotating roll rows as in the feeding method of the above-mentioned original invention. For suggestions.

[0004]

The technical means taken by the present invention to achieve the above object is, as a first invention, a roll of a supply conveyor in which a conveyor end portion is located above one end carrying-in side of a rotary roll row. The supply conveyor is arranged so as to intersect with the axial direction, and the supply conveyor is provided with a large number of buckets on which the articles to be washed are placed and which are arranged at appropriate intervals in the conveying direction. As a second aspect of the present invention, a supply conveyor is provided which circulates one end of the rotary roll row on the side of the carry-in portion in an intersecting manner with respect to the roll axial direction, and is placed on the supply conveyor on the valley line between the rotary roll rows and conveyed. The pusher means for pushing down the material to be washed in the valley is provided.
As a third aspect of the invention, a belt supply conveyor is provided which circulates one end of the rotary roll row on the side of the carry-in portion in an intersecting manner with respect to the roll axis direction, and the belt feed conveyor is arranged in the valley direction on the valley line between the rotary roll rows. A guide means for guiding the material to be washed that has been conveyed while being inclined is provided in the valley.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the invention described above, the material to be washed placed on each bucket of the supply conveyor is conveyed to one end of the rotary roll row on the carry-in part, and the supply located above the one end of the carry-in part is carried out. At the conveyor end of the conveyor, it is supplied by letting it fall naturally in the valleys between the rows of rotating rolls. According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the material to be washed placed on the supply conveyor is conveyed to one end of the rotary roll row on the carry-in portion, it is arranged on the valley line between the rotary roll rows on the one end carry-in side. It is pushed down by the pusher means and supplied to the valleys between the rotating roll rows. According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the material to be washed placed on the belt supply conveyor is conveyed to one end carrying-in portion of the rotating roll row, the belt supply conveyor is inclined at the one end carrying-in portion side in the valley direction. Is guided and guided in the valley direction by the guide means along and is supplied to the valleys between the rotating roll rows.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment of a first invention feeding device, 1 is a rotating roll, 2 is a feed conveyor, and 3 is Cleaning water spray nozzle, 4 is a leveling and cleaning brush, 5 is a movable (up and down and forward and backward reciprocating) stopper, 7 provided near the spray nozzle 3 at an appropriate position for locally cleaning the object 6 to be washed.
Is a soft carrying-out rubber roller which is provided on the extension line of the other end carrying-out portion side (carrying-out side of the material 6 to be cleaned) of the rotating roll 1 row and which is configured not to damage the material 6 to be cleaned.

The rotating roll 1 is operated by a synergistic action with the washing water from the jet nozzle 3 while rotating the washing object 6 such as vegetables and fruits supplied to the inter-row valley 1a around the axis of the washing object itself. Similar to the original invention in which the material to be cleaned 6 was formed into a long roll by slanting the hair around the outer periphery of the rotary shaft in the direction of transfer of the material to be cleaned 6 while cleaning and transferring the material 6 to be washed and transferred. It is a rotary cleaning brush. If the rotary cleaning brush 1-1 (two in the illustrated example) are horizontally or inclined in parallel and in the same direction and are rotatably arranged adjacent to each other and rotated in the same direction, a supply conveyor By that 2 between the rows 1a
The same as the cleaning form of the original invention, in which the cleaning object 6 supplied to and placed on the cleaning object is rotated around the axis of the object to be cleaned and transferred to the other side of the rotary cleaning brush 1-1 row to the other end unloading side. To do. Then, the conveyor end portion is located above one end of the rotary cleaning brush 1-1 row on the carry-in side (the carry-in side of the material 6 to be washed), and the supply conveyor 2 is arranged.

The supply conveyor 2 is a rotary cleaning brush 1-1.
Two chains are provided to supply the material to be washed 6 at an appropriate interval to the inter-row valley 1a on the carry-in side of one end of the row.
Rotate and wash the brush 2b from one end of the 1st row of the 1st row, and install it in a shape intersecting the axial direction of the brush row from the upper side of the loading section side, and install the bucket 2a between the chains 2b on both sides to the entire chain 2b length. It is a bucket chain conveyor in which a large number are attached and arranged at appropriate intervals. That is, when supplying root vegetables such as carrots and burdock to the valley 1a between the cleaning brush 1-1 rows, rotate the chains 2b of 2 in parallel at intervals that are longer than the length of the root vegetables. Cleaning brush 1-1
The sprockets 2c are axially controlled on both the front and rear sides in the transfer direction 6 and the cross direction (the direction of arrangement of the rotating cleaning brush 1-1 row) above the loading section side at one end of the row.
Straddle the chain 2b between 2c and the chains on both sides.
Mesh bucket formed in a gutter shape with a length of 2b
The opening edge of 2a is rotatably supported on both side chains 2b by a bridging shaft 2d (see FIG. 2), and the bucket 2a is mounted and arranged at an appropriate interval over the entire length of the chain 2b. The rotary cleaning brush 1-1 is conveyed to one end of the 1-row carrying-in section, and a suitable interval is set at the inter-valley valley 1a of the rotating cleaning brush 1-1 row at the end of the conveyor located above the one-carrying-in section. In addition, the object to be washed 6 is configured to be naturally dropped and supplied.

Thus, according to the first embodiment of the supply device of the first invention constructed as described above, the material to be washed 6 placed on each bucket 2a of the supply conveyor 2 has one end of the cleaning brush 1-1 row. It is conveyed to the top of the carry-in section, is naturally dropped from the bucket 2a at the conveyor end of the supply conveyor 2 and is automatically supplied to the inter-valley valleys 1a of the cleaning brush 1-1 row at appropriate intervals.

FIG. 3 shows a second alternative embodiment of the above-mentioned first invention feeding device, which is one end of the rotary cleaning brush 1-1 row on which the conveyor end of the feeding conveyor 2 is located. A hopper-shaped guide member 8 whose front and rear and upper and lower sides are opened and the lower side is inclined and squeezed is fixedly installed, and a cleaning target 6 falling from each bucket 2a of the supply conveyor 2 is rotated and washed with a brush.
Guidance is provided to the valley 1a between the 1st and 1st rows to ensure the supply. That is, there is a slight deviation (delay) in the timing at which the object 6 to be washed, which has been conveyed to one end of the rotary cleaning brush 1-1 row to the carry-in section, moves downward from the supply conveyor 2 and falls from the bucket 2a. If the cleaning brush 1-1
Drops on the rotating cleaning brush 1-1 without falling into the row-to-row valley 1a. In particular, drops onto the washing brush 1 (rotating wash brush on the right side in the drawing) that rotates in the opposite direction to the row-to-row valley 1a. A hopper-shaped guide member 8 that prevents the object 6 to be washed from falling out of the brush in the rotational direction and guides the material 6 to be reliably guided to the inter-row valley 1a is fixedly installed on one end of the rotary washing brush 1-1 row at the carry-in portion. It is a thing.

4 to 5 show a rotary elastic roll 1-2 in which the rotary roll 1 is formed into a long roll shape by surrounding an elastic material such as a rubber material, a foam material or a soft synthetic resin material around the outer circumference of a rotary shaft. Are horizontally and inclined in parallel and in the same direction, and are rotatably arranged adjacent to each other and rotated in the same direction, the articles to be washed 6 supplied and placed on the valleys 1a between the rows by the feed conveyor 2 are the articles to be washed themselves. 3 shows a third embodiment of the first invention feeding device adapted to wash while rotating around the axis line of FIG. 1. In this embodiment, like the rotary washing brush 1-1, the rotary elastic roll 1-2 is to be washed. Since it does not have a transfer function for transferring the article 6, as shown in the drawing, a small gap is provided between the adjacent rolls, and the feed speed of the article to be washed 6 on the feed conveyor 2 is directed downward and in parallel and coaxially. A transfer conveyor 9 that rotates synchronously is provided to supply the conveyor. Constructed as to force transferred to the cleaning article 6 to the other discharge portion is dropped and supplied from the bucket 2a of over 2 to the column between valleys 1a of one loading unit side of the elastic roll 1-2 rows. In this transfer conveyor 9, chains 9a are mounted and arranged below the elastic rolls 1-2 rows at roll intervals.
The lower end of the hooking portion 9b formed in an inverted T-shape is provided with a cloth pushing piece 9b 'which is desired to stand from between the elastic rolls 1-2 rows toward the valley 1a on which the cloth 6 is placed. 9a is fixed to the hook 9b and the chain 9a is full length, for example, carrot,
When washing root vegetables such as radish, install them at intervals larger than the length of these root vegetables, and then naturally drop them from each bucket 2a of the supply conveyor 2 and supply them to the inter-row valley 1a of the elastic roll 1-2 rows. The elastic rolls 1 and 2 of the elastic rolls are configured to be forcibly transferred from one side of the carry-in side to the other side of the carry-out side while hooking and pushing the to-be-washed material 6 with the pushing pieces 9b 'of the hooking parts 9b. 1-2 Place below row. The apparatus of such an embodiment is relatively effective in cleaning root vegetables such as radish having a soft surface and easy attachment of dirt such as soil with relatively few surface irregularities.

FIG. 6 shows a first embodiment of the second invention supply apparatus, in which one end of the cleaning brush 1-1 row having the completely same configuration as that described in the first invention is loaded into the brush row axial direction. A supply conveyor 10 that circulates in an intersecting manner is provided, and the cleaning brush 1-1 is placed on the supply conveyor 10 on the line 1a between the rows and conveyed to one end of the cleaning brush 1-1 row at the carry-in part. A pusher means 11 for pushing down the to-be-washed material 6 into the valley 1a is provided. Supply conveyor-10 is a pusher means
Under the operation of connecting with 11, the cleaning target 6 is supplied to the cleaning brush 1-1 between rows 1a of the cleaning brushes. Rubber roller conveyor, chain conveyor, belt conveyor
The cleaning brushes 1-1 are arranged so that one end of the cleaning brushes can be circulated in the cross direction with respect to the axial direction of the brush rows. That is, as shown in the drawing, a belt conveyor is mounted and arranged in a cross shape with respect to the transfer direction of the cleaning brush 1-1 row 6 to be cleaned, and the cleaning brush 1-1 row is arranged from the side. The cleaning brush 1
-1 It is constructed so that the articles to be washed 6 can be conveyed at an appropriate interval to one end of the row in the carrying-in section.

The pusher means 11 is a cleaning brush for cleaning the cleaning target object 6 which has been placed on the supply conveyor 10 and has been conveyed to one end of the cleaning brush 1-1 row at the loading portion.
It has a function of pushing down to the valley 1a between the rows of 1-1 rows, and the hydraulic or air cylinder 11a is arranged on the supply conveyor 10 which is located on the line of the valley 1a and is directed in the transfer direction of the material 6 to be washed. The cylinder 11a is equipped with a pusher 11b at the rod end, and the cleaning target 6 is pushed down from the supply conveyor 10 to the cleaning brush 1-1 row between the rows 1a to be sequentially supplied. Become. This pusher means 11 cylinder
11a operates under the output command from appropriate detection means such as photoelectric sensors 12 arranged on both front and rear sides in the transfer direction of the object to be washed 6 so as to sandwich the supply conveyor 10, and is placed on the supply conveyor 10 at an appropriate interval. The article 6 to be washed, which has been conveyed by, is pushed down from the conveyor 10 into the inter-row valley 1a of the washing brush 1-1 row.

FIG. 7 is a rotary elastic roll having exactly the same configuration as described in detail in the third embodiment of the first invention feeding device.
A second invention supply device in which 1-2 are arranged adjacent to each other so as to be rotatable in parallel or in the same direction horizontally or inclined and rotatably adjoined, and a transfer conveyor 9 is arranged below the elastic roll 1-2 in parallel and coaxially. 2 shows a second embodiment of the feed conveyor 10
The elastic rolls 1-2 rows are conveyed to one end of the one-row loading section and pushed down into the inter-row valleys 1a of the elastic rolls 1-2 rows by the pusher means 11 arranged on the one-end loading section. The material to be washed 6 supplied to the valley 1a is forcibly transferred from the one-end carry-in handle of the elastic roll 1-2 row to the other end carry-out part while hooking and pushing the push piece 9a 'of each hooking portion 9b of the transfer conveyor 9 It is configured to do.

FIG. 8 shows a first embodiment of the feeding device of the third aspect of the present invention, in which a cleaning brush 1-1 is provided with a belt feeding conveyor 13 which circulates one end carrying-in side in an intersecting direction with the axial direction of the brush row. In addition, a guide means 14 is provided on the line 1a between the cleaning brushes 1-1 to guide the article 6 to be washed which has been conveyed by inclining the belt supply conveyor 13 toward the direction 1a. The guide means 14 guides the material 6 to be washed, which is placed on the belt supply conveyor 13 and is conveyed to one end of the cleaning brush 1-1 row, to the inter-row valley 1a of the cleaning brush 1-1 row. In order to guide and supply, an inclined roller 14a that inclines the belt supply conveyor 13 in the valley 1a direction is provided on the valley 1a line, and a guide plate 14b curved in a plane spherical shape is provided in front of the inclined roller 14a. The conveyor 6 is arranged so as to straddle the conveyor 13 and is guided by the guide plate 14b in the direction of the valley 1a while receiving the to-be-washed material 6 by the guide plate 14b so as to sequentially supply it to the valley 1a.

FIG. 9 is a rotary elastic roll having exactly the same configuration as described in detail in the third embodiment of the first invention feeding device.
1-2 are arranged adjacent to each other so as to be rotatable in parallel or in the same direction in a horizontal or inclined manner, and below the elastic roll 1-2, a transfer conveyor 9 is arranged in parallel and coaxially as shown in the drawing. 3 shows a second embodiment of the feeder according to the invention, which is placed on a belt feeding conveyor 13 and conveyed to one end carrying-in part of one or two rows of elastic rolls, and a guide plate of guide means 14 arranged at the one carrying-in part. Elastic roll while receiving at 14b
The hooks of the transfer conveyor 9 are provided for the articles 6 to be washed that are guided and guided in the valleys 1a between the rows 1-2 to be supplied and placed in the valleys 1a.
The elastic roll 1-2 is forcibly transferred from the one end carry-in handle to the other end carry-out part while being hooked and pushed by the pushing piece 9b 'of 9b.

[0017]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION Since the apparatus for supplying vegetables, fruits and the like according to the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following operational effects.

.. According to the supply device of the first aspect of the present invention, the supply conveyor having the conveyor end portion positioned above the one end carrying-in portion side of the rotary roll row is arranged in a cross shape with respect to the roll row axial direction, and the supply conveyor is to be washed. Since a large number of buckets on which articles are placed are mounted and arranged at appropriate intervals in the transport direction, the articles to be washed are placed on each bucket of the supply conveyor.
By transporting each bucket up to one end of the rotary roll row, the material to be washed is allowed to fall naturally between the rows of the rotary roll row at the conveyor end of the supply conveyor located above the one end of the roll row. While it can be automatically supplied.

.. According to the supply device of the second aspect of the present invention, the supply conveyor is provided which circulates one end carrying-in side of the rotating roll row in an intersecting direction with respect to the axial direction of the roll row, and is located on the valley line between the rotating roll rows. Since the pusher means for pushing down the material to be washed that has been placed and conveyed to the valley is arranged, the object to be washed is placed on the supply conveyor and is conveyed to one end of the rotary roll row at the carry-in portion. One end can be automatically supplied to the valleys while being pushed down by the pusher means arranged on the valley line between the disassembling roll rows on the carrying-in side.

According to the supply device of the third aspect of the invention, a belt supply conveyor is provided which circulates one end carrying-in side of the rotary roll row in a crossing direction with respect to the axial direction of the roll row, and a valley between the rotary roll rows. Since a guide means is provided on the line for guiding the belt-cleaning conveyor conveyed to the valley by tilting the belt-supplying conveyor in the valley direction, the cloth-to-be-washed is placed on the belt-supplying conveyor and the rotary roll row Automatically supplying to the inter-row valleys of the rotary roll row while guiding and guiding it in the valley direction by the guide means along the inclination of the belt feeding conveyor inclined in the valley direction on the one-end carry-in side when it has been conveyed to above the one-end carry-in section. Can be done.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an implementation of a vegetable / fruit or the like supply device according to a first invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing still another embodiment.

5 is a vertical side view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a device for supplying vegetables, fruits and the like according to a second invention.

7 is a vertical side view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a device for supplying vegetables, fruits and the like according to a third invention.

9 is a vertical side view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rotating roll 1a ... Valley between rows of rotating rolls 2 ... Supply conveyor 2a ... Bucket 6 ... Washed material 9 ... Supply conveyor 10 ... Pusher means 12 ... Belt supply conveyor 13 ... Guide means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A supply conveyor having a conveyor end portion located above one end carrying-in side of a plurality of rotating roll rows arranged in parallel is arranged in an intersecting shape with respect to the roll axis direction, and the supply conveyor is covered. A supply device for vegetables, fruits, etc., characterized in that a large number of buckets on which cleaning items are placed are mounted and arranged at appropriate intervals in the transport direction. 2. A supply conveyor, which circulates one end carrying-in side of a plurality of rotating roll rows arranged in parallel with the roll axial direction, is arranged, and the supply conveyor is located on a valley line between the rotating roll rows. A supply device for vegetables, fruits, etc., characterized in that it is provided with pusher means for pushing down the material to be washed that has been placed and conveyed on it in a valley. 3. A belt supply conveyor is provided which circulates one end carrying-in side of a plurality of rotating roll rows arranged in parallel with the roll axis direction, and is provided on a valley line between the rotating roll rows. A device for supplying vegetables, fruits, etc., characterized in that guide means for guiding the article to be washed, which has been conveyed by inclining the belt supply conveyor in the valley direction, is arranged.