JPH05292930A - Onion regulator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an onion regulator capable of firstly performing not only the cutting of the root and stem of each onion but also peeling off the rough skin in one step and remarkably enhancing the operating efficiency and secondly arranging the root of the onion and precisely cutting the root of the onion at a prescribed length. CONSTITUTION:The objective onion regulator is obtained by firstly installing a conveying means 6 for conveying each onion 3, a cutting means 15 for a root part (3c) and a cutting means 16 for a stem part (3b) in a state of blade parts (15a) and (16a) facing into a conveying passage (6a) of the onion 3 transferred with the conveying means 6, further a rough skin peeling means 18 for automatically peeling off the rough skin (d) of a bulbous part (3a) from the onion 3 provided on the downstream side of the cutting means 15 and 16 in the transfer direction and secondly a root arranging means 17 for arranging the root part (3c) of the onion 3 in the same direction on the upstream side of the cutting means 15 for the root part in the transfer direction in addition to the constitution.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an onion adjusting device capable of not only cutting roots and stems of onions but also stripping rough skin in one step.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Onions are shipped as commodities with the roots and stems cut off and the fruit parts (bulbs) adjusted neatly. Various onion adjusting devices that automatically cut the roots and stems of onions have also been proposed, but cutting of roots and stems and stripping of rough skin (dry thin film of outermost bulbs) There was nothing that could be done automatically in one step, and there was no one that had a root aligning means for aligning the roots in order to cut the roots accurately.

[0003]

Therefore, conventionally, the roots and stems were cut by an onion adjusting device, and the rough skin was peeled off by hand, but the efficiency is extremely poor because it is manual work. there were. Therefore, various researches and developments have been made to remove the rough skin automatically, and some have been partially completed, but the conventional one is configured separately from the root cutting and stem cutting devices. However, since it is a dedicated machine, its structure tends to be complicated and the product price tends to be very expensive, and at the time of use, it is necessary to manually transport the onions in the middle, which is troublesome.

In addition, the root of the onion grows in a state where many filamentous root hairs are spread in various directions in the bottom of the real part, so that when the root is cut, there is an uncut portion or an uncut length. There was an inconvenience that it became uniform.

[0005]

The onion adjusting device according to the present invention is made on the basis of the above-mentioned actual condition, and firstly, a conveying means for conveying onions is provided, and The cutting means for the root and the cutting means for the stem are respectively provided with the blade facing the inside of the transfer passage for the onions transferred by the means, and the cutting means is positioned on the lower side in the transfer direction than these cutting means. The gist of the present invention is to provide rough skin peeling means for automatically peeling the rough skin of the real part from the onion after the roots and stems have been cut. The gist is that a root aligning means for aligning the roots of the onion in the same direction is provided on the side of the means in the transfer direction.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in the first one, the cutting of roots and stems of onions and the peeling work of the rough skin adhering to the surface of the real part can be efficiently carried out in one step. Therefore, troublesome work such as peeling the rough skin by hand before shipping is not required, and the workability is greatly improved. Since the root of the onion, which consists of a large number of filamentous root hairs that grows regularly, is aligned in one direction in an orderly manner, when cutting the root, there is no uncut portion or uneven cutting length, The root is always reliably cut to length.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. 1 is a machine frame having casters 2, one side in the longitudinal direction is a supply part a for an onion 3 and the other side is a discharge of an onion 3. It is part b. In addition, an inlet guide 5 composed of a pair of left and right plates 4 and 4 is provided in the supply portion a in a vertical position and a horizontal interval (insertion gap of the root portion 3c) corresponding to the shape (oval, oval circle) and size of the onion 3. ) W is arranged so as to be adjustable, so that appropriate cutting dimensions can always be ensured by coping with the difference in shape and size of the real part 3a depending on the type, production area, design and the like. As the means for adjusting the height and interval of the inlet guide 5, a well-known means such as a long hole type, a slide type, or a pin hole selection type can be adopted as appropriate.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a conveying means for the onion 3, which comprises a pair of left and right endless belts 7 and 7'of stalks, 7 and 8'of real parts, and 7 and 7'and 8'of both of them. It has a vertical three-stage structure in which root transporters 9 and 9'having a shorter transport length than 8'are vertically installed so as to be parallel to each other.
8 ', root carrier 9, 9'on the working surface side, an elastic body c such as thick sponge or soft rubber is adhered.
Can be reliably transported regardless of the size or shape of the real part 3a and without damaging the dermis. In addition, the stalk carrier 7, 7'and the real carrier 8, 8 '
Tighteners 10 and 10a are provided in the middle of the
The real part 3a is prevented with a predetermined pressing force while preventing the belt from loosening.
And the stem portion 3b are sandwiched. 11, 1
Reference numeral 1'denotes a positioning guide plate for positioning a stalk cutting portion, which is located between the stalk conveying bodies 7 and 7'and the real conveying bodies 8 and 8 ', and located on the side closer to the transfer end, and the lower surface is the real portion 3a Is curved in a rounded shape corresponding to the curved surface of the shoulder portion, and a pair of left and right is inclined in the front, rear, rear, and height directions in the transport direction. Since it is determined by the difference H between the tip heights of the plates 11 and 11 'in the transport direction and the set height of the blade portion, regardless of the size irregularity of the actual portion 3a, the actual portion 3a is cut with a constant dimension. .. Therefore,
The inclination angles of the guide plates 11 and 11 'and the height difference between the front end and the rear end may be large or small (60 to 120 mm) due to the difference in grade of the real part 3a. In addition, the set height and the inclination angle of the guide plates 11 and 11 'are shaped according to the type (oblate or oval).
It is configured to be adjustable according to the requirements such as. 12, 13,
Reference numeral 14 is a drive pulley, and 12a, 13a and 14a are driven pulleys.

Now, with the blades 15a, 16a consisting of a pair of left and right rotary cutters facing the transfer passage 6a of the onion 3 transferred by the transfer means 6, the root transfer body 9,
A cutting means 15 for the root portion 3c is arranged on the terminal side of 9 ', and a cutting means 16 for the stem portion 3b is arranged on the terminal side of the stalk carrier 7, 7'.

A root aligning means 17 for aligning the root portions 3c of the onions 3 in the same direction is provided on the upstream side of the root cutting means 15 in the transfer direction. This rooting means 17 is
In the embodiment, the inlet guide 5 is composed of a pair of left and right rotating rollers 17a and 17'a in which an elastic brush 17 'is planted on the outer periphery.
And the left and right rotating rollers 17a and 17'a are arranged close to each other with a gap between the plates 4 and 4 interposed therebetween. Although the root aligning means 17 is not shown, a plate-shaped elastic brush may be made to intermittently act on the root portion 3c, and if it has a root aligning action, it has the structure of the embodiment. It is not limited to.

Further, the rough skin d of the real part 3a from the onion 3 after the root part 3c and the stem part 3b are cut by being positioned on the lower side of the root cutting means 15 and the stem cutting means 16 in the transfer direction. A rough skin peeling means 18 for automatically peeling is provided. The rough skin peeling means 18 has an interval such that the onion 3 does not pass through the rough skin peeling rollers 19 and 19 'made of an elastic member such as rubber in a state where the starting end is desired below the stem cutting means 16. And rotatably laid across an axis parallel to the transfer direction of the onion 3 and the rough peeling roller 1
The rough skin separating means 21 for separating and removing the rough skin d peeled off by 9, 19 'from the real part 3a by the rotating body 20 such as a rotating brush made of an elastic body is provided in the subsequent step of the rough skin removing means 18. .. The rough skin stripping rollers 19 and 19 'have an outer peripheral surface formed into a rough surface by, for example, a large number of wart-shaped projections e, and the left and right rollers 19 and 19' have different rotational speeds and rotate in opposite directions. Is set. Further, between the rough skin stripping rollers 19, 19 ', there is provided a feeding means 23 for the real part 3a consisting of the belt 22 with the projection 22a, and the real part 3a is sequentially discharged along the rough skin stripping rollers 19, 19'. The surface of the real part 3a is smoothly rubbed from the left and right sides of the surface of the real part 3a on the terminal side of the feeding means 23. In the embodiment, the elastic brush 2 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion integrally provided on the terminal side of the rough skin stripping rollers 19 and 19 '.
0a is planted to form the rotating body 20. Two
Reference numerals 4, 24 'are left and right guide plates that prevent the real part 3a from falling.

Reference numerals 25 and 26 denote the cut root portion 3c and stem portion 3
b is a shooter for preventing scattering of the peeled rough skin d and guiding it to the lower waste collection box 27. Numeral 28 is a storage box arranged below the end of the real part feeding means 23, and numeral 29 is a safety cover that can be opened and closed.

A more efficient adjusting device can be provided by connecting a sorting machine for sorting grades (sizes) of commodities (real parts) in the subsequent step of the rough skin separating means 21. ..

FIG. 8 is a transmission system diagram of the present invention, in which 30 is an electric motor, 31 is a speed reducer, and 32 is a variable speed electric motor.

In the above structure, when adjusting the onions 3, the real parts 3a of the onions 3 are inserted one by one with the roots 3c inserted in the gaps between the plates 4 and 4 and the inlet guide 5 of the supply part a is inserted. When placed on the upper surface, the thread-shaped root portion 3b that extends irregularly in multiple directions is arranged in a downward hanging shape by an elastic brush 17 'that is planted in the rotating rollers 17a and 17'a. Therefore, by pushing out the real part 3a by hand, the real part 3a
a is surely bite and held between the real part carriers 8 and 8 ′,
The stem portion 3b is sandwiched between the stem portion carriers 7 and 7 ', and the root portion 3c is sandwiched between the root portion carriers 9 and 9', and transported. In this way, the onion 3 is located above and below the stem portion 3b, the real portion 3a, and the root portion 3c.
Since the paper is accurately sandwiched and sent in steps, the actual portion 3a is reliably conveyed in an appropriate posture without lateral deviation, tilting, conveyance delay, or the like.

Then, the root portion 3c is cut by the blade portion 15a of the root portion cutting means 15 in the middle of conveyance, but the root portion 3c is arranged in advance in a drooping manner by the root aligning device 17, and moreover, the root portion 3c The tip side is the root carrier 9,
Since the side closer to the root is subjected to the cutting action in a stable posture where it is securely clamped by 9 ', there is almost no uncut portion or diagonal cutting, and it is accurately cut horizontally in a predetermined length (1-2 mm from the lower surface of the actual part).

After cutting the root portion 3c, the stalk portion 3b is cut by the blade portion 16a of the stalk portion cutting means 16 on the conveying end side, but before cutting, the real portion 3a is cut by the guide plates 11 and 11 '.
The height of the upper surface of the stalk is corrected (if the actual part 3a is large, the height is lowered downward), which is combined with the fact that the stalk carrier 7 or 7'is cut while being held. Irrespective of the size or shape of the real part 3a, the real part 3a is always
To a predetermined length (3 to 5 mm from the base of the stem).

After that, the real part 3a drops onto the rough skin stripping rollers 19 and 19 'of the rough skin stripping means 18 and is transported by the belt 22 with protrusions toward the discharging part b.
9 and 19 'have different rotational speeds, so the real part 3
As a rotates, the rough skin d is efficiently peeled off by the many wart-like projections e provided on the surface of the roller. The elastic brush 20a of the rotating body 20 integrally provided on the roller end side
The surface of the real part 3a is polished and beautifully finished.
Are sequentially dropped and stored in the storage box 28 as adjusted products. Since the external force is not applied to the dermis during the peeling action of the rough skin by the rollers 19 and 19 ′ and the polishing / sorting action by the rotating body 20, the dermis is not damaged. The cut root portion 3c, the stem portion 3b, and the stripped rough skin d are guided by the shooters 25 and 26, respectively, and are collectively stored in the waste storage box 27.

[0019]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, cutting of roots and stems of onions and peeling work of rough skin adhering to the surface of real parts are performed. Since it can be performed efficiently in the process, there is no need for troublesome work such as peeling the rough skin by hand before shipping, the workability can be greatly improved, and a product with a beautiful surface suitable for shipping can be obtained. It can be finished automatically.

In addition to the above-mentioned effects, the second type has a method in which the root of the onion, which is composed of a large number of filamentous root hairs, is aligned in one direction in an orderly manner by the root aligning means in the preceding step of cutting the root. At the time of cutting the root portion, there is no uncut portion or uneven cutting length, and it is possible to always cut reliably with a predetermined length and further improve the adjustment accuracy of the onion.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional side view showing the outline of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the outline of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a cutting action of a root portion and a stem portion when a real portion is large.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a cutting action of a root portion and a stem portion when a real portion is small.

FIG. 5 is a sectional front view of a stem cutting means and a rough skin removing means.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a sandwiched state of a real part in a root cutting part.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a blade of the stalk cutting means.

FIG. 8 is a transmission system diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of an onion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Onions 3a Onions 3b Stem 3c Roots 3c Roots 6 Conveying means 6a Transfer passages 15 Roots cutting means 16 Stems cutting means 17 Roots aligning means 18 Rough skin removing means d Rough skin

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A root means cutting means and a stem cutting means are respectively provided with a carrying means for carrying an onion, and with a blade part facing a transfer passage of an onion transferred by the carrying means. In addition to providing the rough skin peeling means for automatically peeling the rough skin of the real part from the onion after the roots and stems have been cut by being located on the lower side in the transfer direction than these cutting means. A characteristic onion adjusting device. 2. A root means cutting means and a stem cutting means are respectively provided with a carrying means for carrying an onion, and a blade part facing the inside of the onion carrying path carried by the carrying means. Provided is a rough skin peeling means for automatically peeling the rough skin of the real part from the onion after the roots and stems have been cut, and is provided at a position lower than the cutting means of the roots and stems in the transfer direction. At the same time, an onion adjusting device is provided with root aligning means for aligning the roots of the onions in the same direction on the upstream side of the root cutting means in the transfer direction.