JPH0650494U - Strawberry batting device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] With a simple structure, the strawberry can be removed without damaging the strawberry, and the manufacturing cost of the device can be made sufficiently low so that the popular price widely accepted in the industrial world can be achieved. Can be achieved. [Structure] In this settling device 10, a conveyor 12 composed of a chain belt 13 is endlessly attached to an upper part of a casing of the device 10. On the upper surface of the chain belt 13, grips 14 for gripping strawberries are arranged at required intervals. Further, a cutting section 16 made of a band saw is arranged at a substantially central portion of the apparatus 10 in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the transport section 12. Therefore, the strawberry is conveyed to the downstream side of the device while being supported by the gripping part 14, and after the cutting part 16 cuts the slag, the strawberry is sequentially collected in the tray 30 attached to the downstream end part of the device 10. It is supposed to be done.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a device for automatically removing strawberry fluff, and more particularly, to a strawberry fluff that can suitably remove the strawberry fluff used for decorating a cake or the like from its root position. The present invention relates to a taker.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 For example, various fruits and the like are used to decorate and color cakes, and among them, strawberries are used most frequently. When this strawberry is used, it is generally used for decoration with the part of the sack removed, but the present condition is that the removal of the sack itself is done manually. That is, the worker picks up the washed strawberries one by one, removes the shavings with a knife or the like, and then sends them to the subsequent process. The washing itself is also performed by putting a large amount of strawberries into a draining basket or the like at a time, and then shaking the basket while holding the washing water over it.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 As described above, removing strawberries from strawberries is complicated and time-consuming because the work is done by hand, and there are considerable problems in terms of hygiene. In addition, when cleaning strawberries, there is a danger that the strawberries will collide with each other in the basket and damage the strawberries.

On the other hand, there has been proposed an apparatus which automatically removes the waste. This device is mainly composed of a portion for gripping strawberries, a portion for transporting the gripping portion, and a portion for removing the shavings, and the strawberry's data transported by the transporting portion is continuous. Are being removed. However, this type of device generally has a drawback that the cost is inevitably increased due to its complicated mechanism. However, since the portion for gripping the strawberry is complicated, it is rather troublesome to load the strawberry, and at the same time, there is a problem that the strawberry is damaged during the loading.

[0005]

[The purpose of the device]

 The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks inherent in the strawberry squatting device described above, and proposes a suitable solution to this problem, which is to damage the strawberry by using a simple structure. It is an object of the present invention to provide a strawberry stripper removing device that can achieve a popular price that is widely accepted in the industrial world, while performing the stripping without removing the strips, and sufficiently reducing the manufacturing cost of the device.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and achieve the intended purpose, the device for removing strawberry fluff according to the present invention is a device for removing the fluff part of strawberry, which is endless along the longitudinal direction of the device. Conveyance means horizontally arranged so as to be movable, and fixed at a required interval along the movement direction of the conveyance means, and the strawberry is placed with its fluff portion facing downward, and both sides of the strawberry are placed. A gripping means capable of gripping a surface with a clamp lever, and a cutting means which is disposed on the downstream side of the carrying means after the carrying means and which is capable of cutting and removing a portion of the strawberry from the strawberry as the strawberry is carried. It is characterized by having done.

[0007]

【Example】

 Next, a strawberry stripping apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, with reference to preferred embodiments. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a taper removing device 10. The device 10 includes a transfer section 12 and a transfer section 12 which are horizontally arranged substantially in the longitudinal direction above a casing frame-shaped in a rectangular shape. It is mainly composed of a gripping part 14 fixed at a required interval along the moving direction of 12 and a cutting part 16 provided in the middle of conveyance of the conveying part 12. Of these, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the transporting section 12 includes a pair of upper and lower sprockets 11 disposed near both ends of the apparatus 10 in the longitudinal direction, and an endless chain belt wound around the sprockets 11. (Hereinafter referred to as the chain belt) 13. As shown in FIG. 2, four chain belts 13 are arranged in parallel. As will be described later, the chain belt 13 located outside the apparatus 10 and the chain belt 13 located inside the apparatus 10 are separated from each other. Each is composed of a pair.

Further, as shown in the drawing, the sprocket 11 mounted on the upper side on the downstream side is connected to a drive source 17 such as a motor via a belt 15. The drive source 17 is mounted on, for example, a frame located in the vicinity of the sprocket 11, and the rotational drive of the drive source 17 is transmitted via the belt 15 so that the four drive sources 17 are driven. The chain belts 13 are configured to endlessly rotate. It should be noted that, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, between the cutting portion (described later) 16 provided at the substantially central portion of the gettering device 10 and the sprocket 11 provided on the upstream side, as shown in FIGS. A plate 18 covering substantially the entire upper surface is horizontally arranged immediately below the chain belt 13. Guide rails 18a along the moving direction of the chain belt 13 are arranged on the upper surface of the plate body 18 at a required interval, and the chain belt 13 is configured to run on the guide rails 18a. Has been done.

Further, two draining plates 20 and 20 are provided in parallel on the sprocket 11 on the downstream side from the cutting portion (described later) 16. The draining plates 20 and 20 are, for example, a plurality of rods dimensioned to have the same length and arranged in parallel adjacent to each other with a required gap therebetween. It is attached along the central portion at a position corresponding to the level of the plate 18. As shown in FIG. 3, a shower 24 for washing a strawberry 22 (not shown here) from which the spatula portion 22a has been removed is attached above the draining plates 20, 20. A sink 26 for collecting the washing water ejected from the shower 24 and a dust box 28 for collecting the removed shavings 22a of the strawberry 22 are installed below the draining plates 20, 20, respectively. ing. Further, a tray 30 is attached to the outer end located on the downstream side of the device 10, and the strawberries 22 from which the shavings 22a have been removed are collected in the tray 30 via the chute 31, as described later. It is like this. In the vicinity of the downstream end of the draining plates 20, 20, a bar 33 that expands in a V shape toward one end of the spatula removing device 10 and a strawberry 22 is taken out from a gripping portion 14 described later. Guides 35 are attached to the respective guides.

A strawberry 22 is placed on the upper surface of the chain belt 13 that constitutes the transporting section 12 with the foot portion 22a facing downward, and the gripping section 14 for gripping the strawberry 22 is required. They are arranged at positions spaced apart from each other. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the gripping portion 14 includes a holder 32 disposed on each chain belt 13 positioned outside and inside the device 10, and a front end portion where the holder 32 faces each other. It is composed of a clamp lever 34 attached and a receiving plate 36 arranged below the clamp lever 34. Of these, the holder 32 is a rectangular member set to a required length as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and is attached in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the chain belt 13.

Further, the holder 32 is provided with two long grooves 32a along the longitudinal direction thereof. Bolts 37 each having a cylindrical portion dimensioned to have a diameter slightly smaller than the drilling width are inserted into the long grooves 32a, and one end portion of the bolt 37 is fixed to the base portion 39 fixed to the chain belt 13. It is screwed with a nut. By this, the holder 32 is attached to the chain belt 13, and the holder 32 is configured to be able to slide slightly in the longitudinal direction of the base 39. A spring 38 is provided between the bolt 37 and the outer long groove 32a. The spring 38 biases the holder 32 toward the inside of the grip portion 14, and moves the holder 32 to the outside of the grip portion 14 by digging into the spring 38 as described later. By doing so, the strawberry 22 is loaded.

A clamp lever 34 that supports the side surface of the strawberry 22 is attached to one end of each holder 32 facing each other. The clamp lever 34 is a plate-shaped member that is set to have a length substantially half that of the holder 32, and one end of the clamp lever 34 rotates from a lower end surface of the holder 32 to a flange 40 formed in a bifurcated shape. Possibly locked. A torsion coil spring 41, for example, is coaxially attached to the portion where the clamp lever 34 is locked, and normally the clamp lever 34 is urged in a direction inclining inward of the grip portion 14. It is like this. Further, the open end of the clamp lever 34 is bent outward of the grip portion 14 at a required angle.

Further, a small-diameter roller 42 is attached integrally with the clamp lever 34 to the shaft stop portion of the clamp lever 34 between the roller 42 and the flange 40. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the roller 42 is in contact with the upper surface of the flat triangular support plate 36 mounted below the clamp lever 34, and the clamp lever 34 is always kept at about 45 degrees. It is held at the position (Fig. 6 (a)). Therefore, by sliding the holders 32 in the direction in which they are separated from each other, the rollers 42 rotate on the receiving plate 36, and the clamp lever 34 moves from about 45 degrees in the vertical direction as the rollers 42 rotate. It is configured so that it can rotate between them (Fig. 6 (b)). Further, the receiving plate 36 is provided with a semi-circular arc-shaped notch 36a at its opposite open end. The notch 36a is set to a size that allows the strawberry 22 to pass in the vicinity of the foot portion, and the foot portion 22a of the strawberry 22 placed on the receiving plate 36 slightly protrudes downward from the receiving plate 36. It is designed to be loaded with.

Further, during the transportation of the chain belt 13 constituting the transportation unit 12, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the cutting unit 16 is arranged in a direction intersecting with the chain belt 13. There is. The cutting portion 16 is for removing the shaving portion 22a from the strawberry 22, and includes two rollers 44, 44 arranged at a required distance in the lateral direction of the apparatus 10 and the rollers. The band saw 46 is wound around 44,44. The band saw 46 is tensioned by a tension roller 48 arranged between the rollers 44, 44, so that the band saw 46 at the portion for cutting the heat portion 22a is held at a substantially horizontal position. It has become so. As shown in FIG. 3, a pulley 50 is concentrically connected to the rollers 44, 44 on the back surface side (upstream side) thereof. A drive source 52 such as a motor is disposed below the pulley 50, and a belt 54 is wound between the drive source 52 and the pulley 50. Therefore, the band saw 46 is configured to rotate by the rotation of the drive source 52 being transmitted to the roller 44 via the pulley 50.

The horizontal portion of the band saw 46 is set at a position slightly lower than the lower end surface of the receiving plate 36. Therefore, the strawberry 22 gripped by the gripping portion 14 is cut in the vicinity of the heather portion by the band saw 46. A brush 56 is in contact with one of the rollers 44 (for example, the left roller) from the circumferential side surface. The brush 56 is for removing the sword portion 22a cut by the band saw 46 when it is wound around the roller 44. Further, below the cutting portion 16, the sink 26 for collecting the cut-out portion 22a is attached directly below the draining plates 20 and 20, and the cutting portion 16 is located on the upstream side. It is attached so that it faces the inside of the sink 26 from the vertical end portion thereof. The cutting section 16 is not limited to the band saw 46, and a slide type cutter or a circular saw can be suitably used in addition to the band saw 46.

[0016]

[Operation of the embodiment]

 Next, the operation of the strawberry squatting device according to the embodiment thus configured will be described. The strawberry 22 used for decoration is loaded on the gripping part 14 moving on the plate 18. When loading the strawberry 22 into the grip portion 14, an operator slides the holders 32 by hand in a direction in which they are separated from each other and temporarily holds them. As a result, the clamp lever 34, which is held at an inclination of about 45 degrees, is rotated in the vertical direction as the roller 42 rotates, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. Then, the strawberry 22 with the bottom portion 22a facing downward is placed in the notch 36a of the receiving plate 36 from above the grip portion 14 and the strawberry 22 is removed by releasing the hand or the like supporting the holder 32. The grip portion 14 is loaded. At this time, the portion of the strawberry 22 having the shaving portion 22 a is slightly exposed from below the receiving plate 36. Then, the strawberry 22 gripped by the grip portion 14 is horizontally moved along the conveying direction of the chain belt 13, as shown in FIG.

As described above, the receiving plate 36 on which the strawberry 22 is placed is set at a position higher than the horizontally-positioned band saw 46 (FIG. 8B). Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b), when the gripping portion 14 passes through the horizontal portion of the band saw 46, the getter portion 22a of the strawberry 22 facing from below the receiving plate 36 is removed. It The strawberry 22 from which the shavings 22a have been removed is placed above the draining plates 20 and 20 while passing over the draining plates 20 and 20 while being held by the holding portion 14. It is washed with washing water from the shower 24. Further, the leaf pieces of the sack left on the strawberry 22 when the sack part 22a is removed are all washed off by this washing water. Then, the washed strawberries 22 are sequentially collected on the tray 30 through the sheets 31 and transferred to the subsequent process.

When the strawberry 22 is collected in the tray 30, the clamp lever 34 of the grip portion 14 is expanded by the bar 33 provided near the downstream end of the draining plates 20, 20. By doing so, the gripped state is released. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the bar 33 is a bar member attached along the carrying direction of the carrying section 12, and is a member of the device 10 between the bars 33 that are horizontally adjacent to each other. It has a plane C shape that widens toward the end side, and each one end thereof is arranged at a height such that it can contact the inner side surface of the clamp lever 34 holding the strawberry 22.

Further, below the grip portion 14 and in the central portion along the longitudinal direction of the draining plates 20, 20, the take-out guide 35 for separating the strawberry 22 from the notch 36 a of the receiving plate 36 is provided. It is arranged. As shown in the drawing, the take-out guide 35 has one end curved and formed with a required bending ratio and is mounted at a position above the rotation axis of the sprocket 11, and the upper end of the curved portion of the take-up plate 36. It projects from the top surface by the required height (Fig. 10 (b)). Therefore, the clamp lever 34 in contact with the bar 33 expands outward as the grip portion 14 moves to the downstream side. Further, the take-out guide 35 pushes up the strawberry 22 from below above the rotation axis of the sprocket 11, so that the strawberry 22 is separated from the receiving plate 36 of the grip portion 14 and is collected in the tray 30. The removed strip portion 22a is collected in the dust box 28 via the sink 26.

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, since the mechanism of the strawberry stripping apparatus according to the present invention is extremely simplified, the strawberry stripping portion can be reliably removed without causing unnecessary damage to the strawberry. . This also has the advantage that the manufacturing cost can be kept low.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a strawberry stripping apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a device for removing strawberries from strawberries according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view showing the internal structure of the strawberry squatting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a carrying section and a grip section arranged in the strawberry squatting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation view showing a grip portion provided in the strawberry squatting device according to the present invention in a sectional state.

FIG. 7 is an external perspective view showing a grip portion provided in the strawberry squatting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a state diagram showing a state in which the gripper holding a strawberry is transported to the cutting unit by the transport unit in the strawberry squatting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a state diagram showing a state in which a strawberry's foot portion is cut by a cutting portion in the strawberry's getter removing apparatus according to the present invention.

10A and 10B are a perspective view and a side view showing a means for detaching a strawberry from a grip portion in a device for removing strawberry from a strawberry according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Taker removal device 12 Conveying part 14 Grasping part 16 Cutting part 22 Strawberry 22a Hex part 34 Clamp lever

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A device (10) for removing the shaving portion (22a) of a strawberry (22), which is horizontally arranged so that it can be moved endlessly along the longitudinal direction of the device (10). The means (12) and the conveying means (12) are fixed at a required interval along the moving direction, and the strawberry (22) is placed with its hefted portion (22a) facing downward, and the strawberry is also placed. Clamp lever on both sides of (22)
A gripping means (14) that can be gripped by (34), and is disposed on the downstream side of the carrying means (12) in the course of carrying, and along with the carrying of the strawberry (22), the getter part (22a) is A device for removing strawberries from a strawberry, comprising a cutting means (16) capable of cutting and removing the strawberry (22). 2. A collecting part (26) for collecting the removed shavings (22a) of the strawberry (22) is arranged at a position downstream of the position where the cutting means (16) is arranged. Item 1. The strawberry scraping device according to Item 1. 3. The strawberry spatula according to claim 1, wherein a cleaning means (24) for cleaning the strawberry (22) is arranged at a position downstream from the disposition position of the cutting means (16). Taker.