JPH052076Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a vegetable peeling machine for shaping vegetables such as taro and sweet potato into a predetermined size and shape.

[Conventional technology]

In general, potatoes that grow with roots underground,
After peeling off the skin to a predetermined thickness, it is cooked and served as food. In addition, in the case of taro, for example, peeling can be done by cutting each potato to a predetermined thickness with a knife, or by storing a large number of them in a drum such as a bucket and forcing them together by rotating a rotating blade. I make them exercise in a way that matches their goals.

By the way, if such sweet potatoes are produced in the same place every year, the soil quality deteriorates year by year, and many red spots called burnt potatoes appear near the skin, which deteriorates the marketability and flavor. Therefore, it is necessary to remove such red spots, and for this reason, it is important to peel the skin relatively thickly, including the flesh.

[The problem that the idea attempts to solve]

However, in the case of conventional peeling using a knife, work efficiency is extremely poor, and the shape of the taro etc. is inconsistent, reducing marketability.On the other hand, in the case of peeling using a rotating blade in a drum, However, there were problems such as the skin was thin and the red spots mentioned above could not be removed.

The present invention was developed by focusing on the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to make it possible to peel vegetables such as taro to a certain sufficient thickness, and to peel vegetables that have been polished into a certain shape. The purpose is to provide a vegetable peeler that can be obtained in large quantities.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention has been made in view of the above object, and the gist thereof is to provide a means for peeling vegetables fed from a first conveyor with a predetermined cross-sectional shape that sets the peeling thickness on opposite sides. The peeling rod is composed of a plurality of peeling rods each having a ring groove, and a drive means for rotationally driving these peeling rods, and the surface of the ring groove of the peeling rod is provided with fine irregularities for polishing vegetables. It's in a vegetable peeler.

The peeling rod is preferably made of a material with fine irregularities on the surface, such as a rough grindstone, and the peeling rod is made of plastic or synthetic resin, and the surface of the ring groove is provided with the teeth of a cutting metal. Fine unevenness may be provided.

[Effect]

The peeling rods rotate in the same direction and have ring grooves of a predetermined shape on their opposing surfaces, so when vegetables such as taro are loaded here,
The vegetables at the bottom are pressed against the ring groove by the weight of the vegetables piled above, and polished by the fine irregularities provided in this part. When the ring groove is formed into, for example, a semicircular shape, the input vegetables are polished into a perfect circle, pass through the ring groove, are placed on a second conveyor, and are carried out of the machine.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a charging hopper for charging, for example, taro, and inside this charging hopper 1 are a driving drum 2a and a driven drum 2b.
The lower end of the bucket conveyor 2c as the first conveyor is suspended from the upper chute 3.
It is coming within. 4 is a motor for driving the drive drum 2a, and 5 is a displacement adjustment lever for the driven drum 2b, which adjusts the tension of the chain of the bucket conveyor 2c. Reference numeral 6 denotes an outer casing frame of the vegetable peeling machine, in which an upper frame 7, a middle frame 8, and a lower frame 9 are provided at predetermined intervals. Reference numeral 10 denotes a belt conveyor installed on the upper frame 7, which sends out the taro falling from the upper chute 3 to the upper center of the outer casing frame 6. 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a plurality of shower pipes as washing water supply means arranged at the lower part of the upper frame 7, which spray water for washing the taro on the peeling rod, which will be described later.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a pair of horizontal frames installed on the middle frame 8, and each bearing 13 installed on these horizontal frames 12 has a second
As shown in the figure, a peeling stick 14 is used as a peeling means.
A plurality of rotating shafts 15 having attached thereto are rotatably supported. Note that these peeling rods 14 are provided parallel to the shower pipe 11. Reference numeral 16 denotes pulleys attached to both ends of each rotating shaft 15. Among these pulleys 16, adjacent pulleys are arranged with their positions alternately shifted in the left and right direction. To, the third
Different belts 1 as shown in Figs.
7 and 18, respectively. In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 15 having the peeling rod 14 is
The book shows what it has. 19, 20a, 20
A guide pulley b as shown in FIG. 3 guides the belt 17 while being rotatably supported on the auxiliary frame 21. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, reference numeral 22 is a guide pulley on the opposite side that is connected coaxially with the guide pulley 19 and therefore rotates in the same direction, and the guide pulley 22 and the auxiliary pulley 23 can freely rotate the belt 18. I support it. 2
8 is a motor as a driving means for transmitting rotation to the pulley 19 via a belt 29;
8 is attached on the lower frame 9. Note that the guide pulley 20a and the auxiliary pulley 23 are for tension adjustment of the belts 17 and 18, respectively.

As shown in Fig. 5, the peeling rod 14 is made of a rough whetstone formed into a rod shape, so the surface as a whole has minute irregularities, and the pieces facing each other form circular grooves with a diameter of 30 mm. A plurality of semicircular ring grooves 14A are provided in the longitudinal direction of each peeling rod 14. Note that 14G is the distance that allows each peeling rod 14 to rotate relative to each other. In addition, in FIG. 3, 24 indicates each peeling rod 1.
The chevron-shaped distribution guide arranged above the belt conveyor 10 functions to distribute and feed the taro falling from the belt conveyor 10 to three input parts 50. 25 is a lower screw conveyor 2 which will be described later.
7, the peeled skin of the taro will also fall, so a chevron-shaped distribution guide is provided to prevent this. 26 is a chute placed at the bottom of the peeling rod 14 and the distribution guide 25, and the central part of this chute 26 is A screw conveyor 27 as a second conveyor is provided at the bottom. In addition, this shot 2
6 has a coarse filter chute that allows water and peeled skin to pass through, but does not allow taro to pass through. A motor 30 drives the screw conveyor 27 via a belt 31. Reference numeral 32 denotes a water collection chute consisting of a watertight plate disposed below the chute 26 and the screw conveyor 27, and the central lower part of this chute becomes a water flow groove 33 with a downward slope toward the front in Fig. 3. A scraping conveyor 34 having a sweeping blade 34A installed thereon is provided so as to face the lower end of the opening of the water passage groove 33. 35 is a guide sprocket of this scraping conveyor 34, and rotation is transmitted to one of these from a motor 36 via a belt 37. 38 is a water receiving tank installed at the bottom of the scraping conveyor 34, and a punched metal filter plate 38A is provided at the top, and a water supply port 39 and a drain port 40 are provided inside, and the punched metal filter plate 38A is provided inside. 38A stores the water separated from the peeled skin. A pump 41 sucks water in the water tank 38 from the drain port 40 through the pipe 42, supplies it to the shower pipe 11, and returns it to the water tank 38 through the filter plate 38A. 43 is a discharge chute for discharging the peeled skin on the filter plate 38A scraped out by the sweep blade 34A, 44 is an opening/closing lid for maintenance and inspection of the water receiving tank 38, and 45 is located at the bottom of one end of the screw conveyor 27. A taro washer like the one shown in Figure 1 was installed, and cleaning water containing bleach was stored there. 46 is a washing machine 45
A pipe for supplying washing water through a valve to, 47
Reference numeral denotes an opening/closing lid for discharging the washed potatoes from the washer 45, 48 a cylinder for operating the opening/closing lid, and 49 a bucket conveyor for transporting the taro discharged from the washer 45 to a predetermined location.

Next, the operation will be explained.

First, put the taro to be peeled into the hopper 1
Put it inside. The loaded taro is carried out by a plurality of buckets of the bucket conveyor 2c, and is sent into the upper chute 3 from the upper part of the bucket conveyor 2c. Therefore, the taro is guided by the upper chute 3 from the bucket conveyor 2c, falls downward, and is further loaded onto the belt conveyor 10. Further, the taro on the belt conveyor 10 is distributed and dropped onto the plurality of peeling bars 14 at the upper central part of the outer casing frame 6 by the distribution guide 24 to three input portions 50. Here, the taro at the bottom of each input section 50 is dropped into the ring groove 14A of the peeling rod 14, which rotates under the weight of the taro stacked above, and the skin is polished to the set shape and size. Only the cut potatoes pass between these ring grooves 14A and fall. At this time, shower pipe 1
From 1, the washing water becomes a shower and the peeling stick 14
The peeled skin and washing water are poured onto the taro on top, so the peeled skin and washing water are filtered into the shoot 2.
6, and falls onto the water collection chute 32, and the water flow groove 3 in the center of this chute 32.
Collected within 3. Further, the washing water and peeled skin collected in the water passage groove 33 fall onto the filter plate 38A on the upper part of the water receiving tank 38. Therefore, peeled skin is deposited on the filter plate 38A, and the cleaning water falls into the water receiving tank 38 through the punched metal holes and is stored therein.

On the other hand, the peeled skin on the filter plate 38A is removed by the sweep blade 3 by the rotation of the scraping conveyor 34.
By the parallel movement of 4A, it is scraped out to the discharge chute 43 and disposed of outside the machine.

Further, the taro that has fallen onto the chute 26 and discharged the washing water and peeled skin to the lower part of the chute 26 is fed into a screw conveyor 27 located at the center of the chute 26. Therefore, the screw conveyor 27 sends out the taro in the direction of the screw axis, and causes the taro to fall into the washing machine 45 through the open end. This washing machine 45
Washing water containing bleach is supplied inside through a pipe 46, and the taro is washed white. After this cleaning operation, the cylinder 48 is operated to open the opening/closing lid 47, and the taro inside is transported to a fixed amount by the bucket conveyor 49. The transported taro potatoes are then peeled to a predetermined thickness, red spots (burnt spots) removed, packaged as perfectly round taro potatoes, and then offered to the market.

In the above embodiment, the case of peeling a taro is described, but it can also be widely used for shaping and peeling vegetables such as sweet potatoes and carrots.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to this invention, the means for peeling vegetables carried from the first conveyor has ring grooves with a predetermined cross-sectional shape for setting the peeling thickness on mutually opposing sides, and The structure consists of a plurality of peeling rods having fine irregularities on the surface of the ring groove for polishing the vegetables, and a driving means for driving these peeling rods, so that the upper part of each peeling rod has a predetermined thickness. When vegetables such as taro are loaded, the vegetables at the bottom receive the weight of the vegetables stacked above them and are polished into a predetermined shape and size by the fine irregularities provided in the opposing ring grooves. It falls through the ring groove, is placed on the second conveyor, and is carried out of the machine. Therefore, peeled taro potatoes of the same shape and size with red spots removed, etc.
Large quantities of well-shaped vegetables can be produced quickly.

In addition, by changing the shape of the ring groove provided on the peeling rod, the shape of the polishing can be freely changed, so it has various effects such as being able to meet a wide range of customer needs.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a front view showing the whole vegetable peeling machine according to this invention, Figure 2 is a top view, Figure 3 is a right side view, Figure 4 is a left side view, and Figure 5 is a left side view.
The figure is a plan view showing details of the peeling means. 2c...first conveyor (bucket conveyor),
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11...Washing water supply means, 14...Peeling means (peeling rod), 14A...Ring groove, 26...Chute, 27...Second conveyor (screw conveyor), 28...Driving means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A first conveyor for conveying vegetables, a peeling means for polishing and peeling the vegetables brought in by the first conveyor, and a cleaning device for supplying washing water to the vegetables being peeled by the peeling means. The peeling means includes a water supply means, a chute for carrying out the peeled vegetables separately from the washing water and the peels, and a second conveyor for carrying out the vegetables falling on the chute; A plurality of peeling sticks have ring grooves having a predetermined cross-sectional shape on opposite sides thereof to regulate the shape and size of the vegetables, and have fine irregularities on the surface of the ring grooves for polishing the vegetables; and a driving means for driving a peeling rod.