JPH0655B2 - Vegetable root vegetables cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a cleaning device for vegetable root vegetables such as potatoes and radish.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as a cleaning device for these vegetable root vegetables, a brush roll is mainly used as JP-B-58-25838, and spray nozzles as JP-A-55-27080, JP-A-56-167894, and JP-A-56-167895. Techniques such as are known.

The brush roll method is liable to scratch the cleaning object, and has a problem in removing dirt from the tip of the brush roll that is not touched. The spray nozzle method is also one in which cleaning water is simply sprayed from the top and bottom surfaces of the cleaning product, and if a commercially available product is taken as an example, the lateral surface and the tip of the cleaning product will have uneven stain removal. The current situation is that I wash my hands again.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In addition to the above-mentioned imperfections against dirt removal, in the case of the technology of No. 5527080, which reuses the used cleaning water, the cleaning water used is determined by the shape of the built-in water collection tank and the water balance. Although it is reused, it has a structure in which a large amount of water necessary for cleaning must be constantly fed, and there is a problem in terms of economy in the present situation where there are many areas where general tap water is used. In addition, this structure has a difficulty in practical use such as pump damage due to sludge, clogging of spray nozzle, and the like, because the sludge accumulation treatment is not clarified in the present invention. Provided is a cleaning device for vegetables and root vegetables that performs cleaning.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is designed to inject the cleaning water toward the conveyed product from diagonally above the upper and lower sides and both sides of the mesh bar conveyor extending to the conveyed line of the cleaned item and facing the traveling direction of the cleaned item. In a vegetable root vegetable cleaning device having a spray nozzle installed in the above, a concave portion for separating the object to be cleaned and a mesh bar conveyor which is the support thereof is provided in the middle of the transfer line, and the lower spray nozzle is provided at the concave portion position. It is a cleaning device for vegetable root vegetables that is provided and configured.

Further, the present invention, in the above vegetable root vegetable cleaning device, the cleaning section for the object to be cleaned on the transfer line is divided into a preliminary cleaning section and a main cleaning section, and a cleaning soil discharge port is provided below the preliminary cleaning section. A washing drain is provided at the bottom of the main washing section,
A washing device for vegetable root vegetables, wherein a circulation circuit for returning the washing drainage to the buffer tank via a filter is connected to the washing drainage reservoir.

Thus, the present invention, by providing a recessed portion in the middle of the transfer line, separating the object to be cleaned and the mesh bar conveyor, further by providing a lower spray nozzle in the recessed portion position, root vegetables of the mesh bar shadow portion, etc. The cleaning is easy and sufficient.

In addition, the preliminary cleaning wastewater and the main cleaning wastewater are separated and received, and are separated by the cleaning soil discharge port and the cleaning wastewater reservoir so that only the main cleaning wastewater with less dirt is filtered and recirculated.
It aims to significantly reduce the amount of makeup water while preventing clogging of the filtration and circulation processing system and the spray nozzle.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the structure of an embodiment of a cleaning apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, showing a state in which an upper cover is removed so that the inside can be seen. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA showing the main part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line BB similarly showing the main part of FIG.

Reference numeral 1 is a main body frame, and one side is an inlet 1 for an object to be cleaned such as root re-kind.
The structure has A and the outlet 1B is provided on the other side. 2A,
Reference numeral 2B denotes a sprocket, which is provided at both ends of the entrance side and the exit side. Reference numeral 13 indicates the bearing.
3 is a chain, which is mounted between the sprockets 2A and 2B. As shown in FIG. 2, the chain 3 is stretched to the left and right by two strands, and a large number of mesh bars 4, 4, ... Are mounted between the two strands chains 3, 3 at appropriate intervals,
It constitutes a transport line.

In this transport line, concave portions 33, 34, 35
Is provided, and a section in which the mesh bars 4, 4, ... Are temporarily separated from the object to be cleaned is provided. In this transportation line, the sprockets 2A and 2B are driven by separate driving means,
The object to be cleaned is configured to be transported from the inlet to the outlet, and the transport speed of the transport line can be freely selected by changing the driving means.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an upper spray nozzle, which is provided on the upper part of the transfer line and sprays cleaning water mainly on the object to be cleaned located below. 6 is a tip cleaning spray nozzle, which is installed above the transfer line and is installed diagonally downward facing the traveling direction of the object to be cleaned so that the cleaning water hits the tip of the object at an appropriate nozzle angle. Has been done. Reference numerals 7 and 7'denotes side spray nozzles, which have a function of spraying cleaning water from the lateral directions on both sides of the object to be cleaned. In this embodiment, the side spray nozzle 7 provided at the front is installed so that a plurality of stages of spray can be projected from diagonally above, and the side spray nozzle 7'provided at the back is provided so that a plurality of stages of spray can be projected directly from the side. It is provided. A lower spray nozzle 8 is provided below the transport line, and is installed so that the spray can be projected from below the object to be cleaned. In the present invention, the lower spray nozzles 8, 8 '...
One of the features is that it is provided for 34 and 35. FIG. 5 shows an enlarged view of the recessed portion. The mesh bar 4 is separated from the object to be cleaned and the spray is applied thereto while the object to be cleaned does not drop.

A flush drainage reservoir 9 is provided below the body frame 1 so as to receive most of the fallen flush lung drainage. Further, a cleaning soil discharge port 12 is provided on the front side thereof so that drained sludge with remarkable dirt can be discharged. 10 is a filter and 11 is a drainage return pump. Note that the spray nozzle is a universal type in which the angle can be arbitrarily adjusted in the three-dimensional direction, so that an optimal cleaning posture for each cleaning object can be formed.

FIG. 6 is a piping system diagram showing an example of a cleaning system. Reference numeral 14 is each spray nozzle (upper spray nozzle 5, tip cleaning nozzle 6, side spray nozzle 7,
7 ', a water supply header pipe for supplying cleaning water to the lower spray nozzle 8). 15 is a buffer tank, the main body 1
The drainage water collected in the cleaning drainage reservoir 9 provided at the lower part of the above is extracted by the return pump 11 and stored. 16 indicates a new source of makeup water. Reference numeral 17 denotes a water supply pump for supplying cleaning water to the water supply header pipe 14. In this way, the cleaning water can be reused, and the amount of water supplied from the water supply pipe can be used for the preliminary cleaning, which is economically efficient.

The spraying cleaning section is divided into pre-cleaning (A) and main cleaning (B) as shown in FIG. As the pre-cleaning section (A), the upper and lower spray nozzles 5 and 8 and the side spray nozzle 7 are provided as shown in FIG. 3, and the upper and lower spray nozzles 5 and 8 and the tip cleaning spray are provided in the main cleaning section (B). A nozzle 6 and a side spray nozzle 7'are installed.

The cleaning waste water in the main cleaning section (A) is collected in the cleaning waste water reservoir 9. The amount of cleaning treatment can be adjusted by increasing / decreasing the amount of water used (increasing / decreasing the number of spray nozzles) and the conveyor speed. In order to economically use the used water, the waste water in the cleaning waste water reservoir 9 is passed through the filter 10 and returned to the buffer tank 15 by the return pump 11 for reuse.

In addition, machine parts are made of a combination of stainless steel and resin products in order to prevent complete rusting with cleaning water. As an example, the sprockets 2A and 2B are made of hard nylon, the chain 3 is made of stainless steel and hard nylon, the mesh bar 4 is made of hard chrome, and the bearing 13 is made of resin metal.

The spray nozzle in the present invention is a universal type that can be adjusted in any direction in three dimensions. By installing side spray nozzles in addition to the upper and lower spray nozzles, the blind spots of the upper and lower spray nozzles are supplemented, and uneven cleaning and residual soil To eliminate the need for manual re-cleaning.

In addition, by grasping the relationship between the object to be cleaned, the spray nozzle characteristics, and the optimum spray distance during cleaning, the cleaning speed is increased and the range of cleaning processing amount is expanded.

Since the used water can be reused by filtering the waste water after washing, tap water can be saved and it is economical.

Select materials that will not rust for the parts of the conveyor. In addition, the mesh bar pitch of the conveyor is reduced to eliminate load drop measures.

The spray nozzle header pipes are aligned in each block in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the conveyer conveyor, and the installation space is maintained to effectively use the space inside the machine.

In order to eliminate the uneven cleaning and the residual soil, the blind spots of the upper and lower spray nozzles 5 and 8 are supplemented by the side spray nozzles 7 and 7'as shown in the cross sections of FIGS.

Similarly, in the main cleaning section (B), the tip cleaning spray nozzle 6
Cleans the tip. To remove dirt from the shadow of the mesh bar 4, the lower spray nozzle 8 cleans the recesses 33, 34, and 35 in which the chain 3 is partially lowered, as shown in FIGS. In this case, if the recessed portions 33, 34, 35 are designed to have an appropriate length so that the object to be cleaned does not change much from the level of the transfer line, the purpose can be sufficiently achieved.
As described above, according to the present invention, the spray nozzles 5, 6, 7, 7 ', 8 having the respective purposes are installed as compared with the conventional product, and the cleaning speed is also increased by combining the optimum distance between the cleaning object and the spray nozzle. You can

Since the present invention is equipped with a side spray that is unique among others, and is equipped with several kinds of spray nozzles suitable for the cleaning location, the cleaning effect is perfected.
In addition, the spray nozzle shape uses a universal type that allows fine adjustment of the spray angle. Thus, for example, in the case of long-potato cleaning, according to the present invention, uneven cleaning is eliminated (re-hand washing is unnecessary) and the amount of cleaning treatment is greatly increased (2 to 3 times that of conventional products) compared to conventional products. be able to.

The object to be cleaned is suitable for cleaning vegetables in need of cleaning, particularly long vegetables such as root vegetables with mud attached, but is not particularly limited, and cleaning of all vegetables is not required. Can also be done automatically.

As a usage example of the present invention, as a result of combining an increase in the amount of cleaning water used by installing a side spray nozzle and an optimum distance between the cleaning object and the spray nozzle, for example, in the case of long potatoes, the cleaning speed is about 2 to 3 times that of the conventional product. And the amount of cleaning processing is about 2-3
Double (1.4 to 2.1 ton / Hr), which is enough to meet user requests.

Regarding the economical efficiency of the water used, the amount of water newly replenished by reusing the cleaning wastewater is extremely small.
As an example, comparing a conventional product having the same capacity as that of the present invention, when the amount of water supplied to the conventional product is 1, the value is 1.5 in the present invention, but the amount of new makeup water is approximately 0.4 with respect to the conventional product 1.

Further, in the present invention, the amount of filtered reuse water is about 70% of the total amount of water used.
And efficient. The remaining 30% is separately discharged together with the washed soil in the preliminary washing section.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since it is possible to automatically and efficiently clean vegetables and root vegetables, it is possible to eliminate double washing, completely eliminate human assistance, and the like.
It is possible to improve the efficiency of the cleaning work and effectively use the cleaning water.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the structure of an embodiment of a cleaning apparatus, FIG. 2 is a plan view with the upper cover of FIG. 1 removed, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. FIG. 4 is BB of FIG.
A sectional view, FIG. 5 is a side view showing details of the recessed portion, and FIG. 6 is a piping system diagram showing an example of a cleaning system. 1 ... Main body frame, 2A, 2B ... Sprocket, 3 ... Chain, 4 ... Mesh bar, 5 ... Top spray nozzle, 6 ...
Tip cleaning spray nozzle, 7, 7 '... Side spray nozzle, 8 ... Lower spray nozzle, 33-35 ... Recessed portion, 15 ... Buffer tank

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A washing water is jetted from above and below and on both sides of a mesh bar conveyor extending in a conveying line of an object to be cleaned and in an obliquely upper direction facing the traveling direction of the object to be cleaned. In the apparatus for cleaning vegetable root vegetables having the spray nozzle installed as described above, a concave portion for separating the object to be cleaned and the mesh bar conveyor as its support is provided in the middle of the transfer line, and the lower spray nozzle is provided at the concave portion position. A cleaning device for vegetable root vegetables, which is configured by including. 2. A cleaning section for cleaning an object to be cleaned on a transfer line is divided into a preliminary cleaning section and a main cleaning section, a cleaning soil discharge port is provided at a lower portion of the preliminary cleaning section, and a cleaning drain is provided at a lower portion of the main cleaning section. The washing apparatus for vegetable root vegetables according to claim 1, wherein a reservoir is provided and a circulation circuit for returning the washing drainage to the buffer tank is connected to the washing drainage reservoir through a filter.