JPH07107952A - Machine for processing long welsh onion - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a machine for processing a long Welsh onion, capable of saving labors, improving the efficiency and productivity of the processing, and improving the quality of the processed product by loading the long Welsh onion on a feeding means, pressing the long Welsh onion so as to arrange the cutting position of the long welsh onion, simultaneously feeding the long Welsh onion into a cutting site, fixing the long Welsh onion from longitudinal and lateral directions, and subsequently cutting the long Welsh in a desired length with a root-cutting blade and a leaf tip-cutting blade. CONSTITUTION:The machine for processing a long Welsh onion comprises a means A for feeding the long Welsh onion into a cutting site, a position- determining means B for securing the accurate cutting position of the long Welsh onion in the cutting site, a means D for fixing the long Welsh onion to the cutting site, a root-cutting means E and a leaf tip-cutting means E'.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an onion processing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Onion cultivated by farmers is cut into roots and leaf tips when it is supplied to the market, and the stems and leaves to be used for food are cut into desired lengths before being shipped. The work of cutting the roots and leaf tips was done manually using scissors or a knife.

[0003]

As described above, the manual cutting work of roots and leaf tips of onion requires a large number of steps and is extremely inefficient. Also, in the case of manual work, the cutting dimensions of long green onions may be uneven. In particular, the long roots of roots have the highest density of tissue and become hard, and the density of the tissue becomes lower and softer as they approach the leaves. If it is cut too deeply, the core of the stalk may pop out to the outside when the long green onion is bound and packaged after the cutting, resulting in a defective product. Therefore, the cutting position should be set within about 3 mm from the end of the base of the stem.

The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by cutting the roots and leaf tips of the onion by a machine to save labor and improve efficiency, and to cut the hard part at the base of the onion. By doing so, the core is prevented from popping out after being cut, and the productivity is improved by aligning the dimensions and cutting accurately.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has, as a first structure, means for feeding a leek to a cutting portion and positioning for cutting a stem at the cutting portion. It comprises a means, a fixing means for fixing the green onion at the cutting portion, a root cutting means, and a leaf tip cutting means.

Next, the second structure of the present invention is such that the long-green onion feeding means to which the long-green onion receiving member is attached, the positioning guide means for determining the cutting portion of the long green onion to be fed, and the positioning guide means. Pressing means for pressing the root of the onion, fixing means for pressing the onion at the cutting portion, fixing means for preventing warping of the onion when pressed by the cutting blade at the cutting portion, and root cutting means And a leaf tip cutting means, and a dimension adjusting means for adjusting a cutting dimension of the long green onion.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when the onion is placed on the receiving member of the onion feeding means driven by a prime mover such as a motor, the onion gradually moves closer to the cutting portion due to the advance of the feeding means. Positioning guide means for selecting a hard part at the base of the cutting part during feeding,
The pressing means for pressing the green onion against the positioning guide means, the fixing means for pressing and fixing the green onion from above at the cutting portion, and the stop portion provided upright on the receiving member to the position where the green onion should be cut. After the setting, the root cutting means and the leaf tip cutting means cut the dimension of the onion into a desired length.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, the feeding means A for long green onion will be described. 1
Is the base frame. Bearings 2 are provided on the front and back of the base frame 1.
2'is fixed respectively. The front and rear bearings 2 and 2'are provided with rotating shafts 3 and 3 ', respectively, and sprockets 4 and 4'are formed at one ends of the rotating shafts 3 and 3'and a chain 5 is hung. Next, the sprocket 6 attached to the rear rotary shaft 3 '
The chain 8 is hooked on the sprocket 6'on the prime mover 7 side such as the motor, and when the prime mover 7 such as the motor is started, the rotary shaft 3'is rotated by the drive of the chain 8 and at the same time, the front shaft is driven by the drive of the chain 5. The rotating shaft 3 rotates. Reference numerals 9 and 9 denote chains which are hung on the front sprockets 10 and 10 of the rotary shaft 3 and the rear sprockets 11 and 11, respectively.

Next, the onion receiving members 12, 12, ... As the feeding means have a length for receiving the onion.
The cross section is almost V-shaped, and the bottom is the chain 9,
9'is fixed by a method such as screw fixing or welding. Also,
One of the long green onion receiving members 12, 12, ..., That is, the roll receiving portion 12 'on which the base of the long green onion is placed has a substantially V-shaped cross section in which the portion near the top is horizontally bent as shown in FIG. A recess is formed, and this roll receiving portion 12 'serves as a later-described pressing means for green onion, that is, a portion for receiving a sponge roll.

Next, a stopper plate 12 "as a fixing means is erected on one end of the roll receiving portion 12 ', and this stopper plate 12" resists the pushing force of the blade of the cutting means described later. Prevents the onion cutting part from bending outwards. When the cut part of the long onion bends outward, not only does the cut end become slanted and the appearance is impaired, but it also causes a defect that part of the root is left uncut, so fix the root plate against the stop plate. However, instead of the stopper plate 12 ″, a projection 12 ″ may be formed on the receiving member 12 as shown in FIG.

Furthermore, the cross-sectional shape of the receiving member 12 has been described as a substantially V-shape, but a U-shape or a U-shape may be used instead. Next, as another embodiment of the feeding means of the long green onion, a hopper and a chute can be used, and the long green onion can be put in to feed a fixed amount (one or several) from the chute to the cutting part. Although the example of the drive unit of the present invention is a sprocket chain, it may be replaced by a combination of a pulley and a belt.

Next, the long green positioning means B will be described. Channel-shaped guide members 13 and 13 are fixed to the base frame 1, and the guide members 13 and 13 have bearings 14 and 14 with screw holes.
To provide. Sliding portions 15 ', 15' of the convex moving pieces 15, 15 are fitted in the groove portions 13 ', 13' of the guide members 13, 13. A screw hole 1 is provided in the three-dimensional part of the moving pieces 15, 15.
5 "and 15" are perforated and the screw holes 15 "and 1"
5 "and the screw holes 14 ', 14' of the bearings 14, 14 are made to communicate with the screw rods 16, 16 with handles 16 ', 16'. It is fixed to a positioning member 17 which is bent in one direction.

Therefore, when the handles 16 'and 16' are rotated in the forward and reverse directions, the screw rods 16 and 16 penetrating the bearings 14 and 14 are rotated, and the sliding portions 15 'and 15' of the moving pieces 15 and 15 are guided by the guide members. A positioning member 1 which moves back and forth in the groove portions 13 ', 13' of the 13, 13 and is fixed to the moving pieces 15, 15.
7, 7'moves back and forth, so that the long green onion received by the receiving member 12 of the feeding means is fed to the cutting portion while the positioning member 17, 17 'bends 17' to the straight portion 17 '. When moving forward, it will serve to align the roots of the long green onions, that is, the bases of the stalks, and position the cutting site.

Next, the pressing means C for pressing the positioning means B before cutting the long green onion will be described with reference to FIG. 1
Reference numeral 8 denotes a prime mover such as a motor provided on a trapezoidal or box-shaped mounting member 18 ′ that is erected on the base frame, and includes a sprocket 19 provided on the output shaft of the prime mover 18 and a rotary shaft 21 fixed with a nylon brush 20. The chain 23 is hung on the sprocket 22 and the rotational force of the prime mover 18 is applied to the nylon brush 20 via the chain 23. The nylon brush 20 is put into the long onion receiving member 12 to position the long onion fed. In order to press against the member 17, a long onion is made to rotate and the nylon brush 20 is swept and acted on the positioning member. By the pressing action of the nylon brush against the positioning member 17, the root of the long onion surely abuts on the positioning member, and the optimum cutting portion of the long green onion is determined by setting the dimensions of the cutting blade and the positioning member described later. .

The pressing means C is replaced by a nylon brush, and a rotating plate or a rotating roll formed by forming irregularities on the outer circumference of a disk is pressed against the long onion stem by power to position the positioning member 1.
Although the onion may be pressed in the direction of 7, the soft material is selected because the onion is not damaged in any case. The mounting mechanism of the mounting member 18 'and the base frame 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
By inserting the upper end bent portion 24 ′ of the column body 24 on the side of the base frame 1 into the 8 ″ and tightening the screw 26 into the elongated hole 25 of the support cylinder 18 ″ to fix it together with the column body 24, the elongated hole 25 is used. The mounting member 18 'is adjusted in the width direction with respect to the frame 1, and the base frame 1
The column body 24 can be vertically adjusted with respect to the support cylinder 27 by vertically adjusting the lower side of the column body 24 in the elongated hole 28 of the support cylinder 27 installed upright and tightening the screw 29.

Next, the fixing means D for pressing down the onion at the cutting portion of the onion root will be described with reference to FIG.
The fixing means D has one side of the support shaft 30 fixedly mounted on the side wall of the mounting member 18 ', and a bearing 31 or the like is fitted to the other side of the support shaft 30 to form a soft roll 3 made of sponge, rubber, resin or the like.
2 is attached and rotated freely. This soft roll presses down the onion downward so as not to damage the onion on the roll receiving part 12 ', and cuts the onion. Make sure you can do it. The soft roll 32 can also be installed on the column body by arranging the column body on the base frame 1.

Next, an air cylinder is used as another embodiment of the fixing means of the long green onion, and a pressing plate of sponge, rubber, resin or the like is fixed to the lower end of the air cylinder above the cutting portion of the long green onion. However, it is also possible to confirm that the onion has reached the cutting portion with a sensor and use an electric means to operate the air cylinder up and down to press and fix the pressing plate to the onion.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the cutting means E is provided with a prime mover 34 such as a motor provided on a mounting member 33 fixed to the base frame 1, that is, a trapezoidal or box-shaped member, and is rotated on an output shaft 34 'of the prime mover. Attach the saw 35 and start the motor 34 to rotate the saw 3.
Rotate 5 at high speed to cut the roots of long green onion.

The columnar body 3 is provided below the mounting member 33 in case the rotary saw 35 needs to be adjusted up and down for setting.
5'is vertically installed, the column 35 'is inserted into a support cylinder 37 provided on the base frame 1, and a support portion 3 is attached to a support cylinder 38 of the base frame 1.
9 is inserted, and the rotary saw is attached so as to move in the vertical and horizontal directions by screws 39 'and 39' through the long holes.

The cutting blade used as a cutting means is a combination of a knife-shaped upper blade and a lower blade in the shape of scissors or a guillotine, instead of a rotary saw, and the long green onion reaches the cutting portion. This may be confirmed by the sensor, and the electromagnetic valve may be operated by the electric signal sent from the sensor, and the cutting blade may be operated by using the pneumatic force or the electric force to cut the long green onion.
Then, the cut root is discharged from the chute 40 (see FIG. 1) to the outside of the machine.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10, the means E'for cutting off the leaf ends of the long green onion has a support column 42 of a trapezoidal or box-shaped motor mounting member 42 mounted on a support tube 41 standing on the base frame 1. ′ Is installed, and the screw 44 is tightened in the long hole 43 of the support cylinder 41 to adjust the height of the mounting member 42. A prime mover 45 such as a motor is installed on or inside the mounting member 42, and the output of the prime mover 45 is output. A rotary saw 46 is attached to a shaft (not shown) to cut the leaf tips of the onion.

Next, on the side where the leaf tips are cut, a support member 48 in which a rotary saw 46 is provided on a hollow support cylinder 47 formed in the base frame 1
And fixing it to the support cylinder 47 on the base frame 1 side by tightening the screw 49 in the long hole 47 'of the support cylinder 47, and expanding or contracting the support member 48 on the cutting blade side to the outside or the inside through the long hole 47'. Adjust and fix.

Therefore, as is apparent from FIGS. 9 and 10, the distance between the rotary saw 35 for cutting off the root and the rotary saw 46 for cutting off the leaf tips, that is, the cutting dimensions P, P ', of the onion.
P ″ (see FIG. 11) is adjusted by moving the support member 48 on the rotary saw 46 side and tightening the screw 49 with respect to the support cylinder 47 of the rotary saw 46 from which the leaf tips are cut off.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the root and leaf tips of the onion are cut, and the onion N is put into the receiving member 12 of the feeding means A in order to cut and process the onion into a desired length. Then, when the prime mover 7 is started, the receiving member 12 is gradually fed to the cutting position by the drive of the chains 8 and 5, and while being fed,
The root of the onion, that is, the base of the onion is slidably positioned on the positioning means B, and the onion is reliably brought into contact with the positioning means B by the pressing and fixing means C, and the pressing and fixing means D and the receiving member are stopped at the cutting portion. The long onion is fixed to the part, that is, the fixing means 12 ″, and the root is cut off by the cutting means E, that is, the rotary saw in an instant so as not to damage the long onion dough, and the cutting part is positioned. By measuring and setting the size between the positioning member of the means and the rotary blade of the cutting means, it is possible to accurately cut the optimum portion of the base of the long onion, that is, the dense and hard portion of the tissue. During bundling and packaging of long green onions, the leaves can be cut in an instant by a rotating saw without the core protruding to the outside, so long green onions can be cut to the desired length and cut manually. When I was doing Base noticeably save labor, and the productivity and improvement of quality can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of a chain drive unit that is a feeding means.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a long onion receiving member and a chain.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another example of a long onion receiving member.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a positioning means of long onion.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a pressing means and a fixing means for pressing the root against the positioning means of the long onion.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing the relationship between the long green onion fixing means, the cutting means, and the positioning means.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an attachment mechanism of a rotary saw that cuts a stem side.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing an attachment mechanism of a rotary saw that cuts a leaf tip side.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for adjusting the interval between the left and right rotary saws.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing the relationship between the long onion fixing means, the cutting means, and the positioning means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1 '... Base frame 2, 2' ... Bearing 3, 3 '... Rotating shaft 4, 4' ... Sprocket 5 ... Chain 6 ... Sprocket 7 ... Motor 8 ... Chain 9 ... Chain 10 ...... Sprocket 11 ...... Chain 12 ...... Long receiving member 13 ...... Guide member 14 ...... Bearing 15 …… Movement piece 16 …… Screw rod 17 …… Positioning member 18 …… Motor 19 …… Sprocket 20 …… … Nylon brush 21 …… Rotary shaft 22 …… Sprocket 23 …… Chain 24 …… Column 25 …… Long hole 26 …… Screw 27 …… Supporting cylinder 28 …… Long hole 29 …… Screw 30 …… Supporting cylinder 31 …… Bearing 32 …… Soft roll 33 …… Mounting member 34 …… Motor 34 ′ …… Upper column 35 …… Rotating saw 36 …… Long hole 37 …… Lower column 38 …… Screw hole 39 …… Screw 40 ...... chute 41 ...... support cylinder 42 ...... mounting member 43 ...... elongated hole 44 ...... screw 45 ...... prime mover 46 ...... rotary saw 47 ...... support cylinder 48 ...... support member

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A feeding means for feeding the onion to the cutting position, a positioning means for ensuring an accurate cutting location of the green onion at the cutting location, and a fixing means for fixing the onion at the cutting location. An onion processing machine comprising a cutting means for cutting roots and leaf tips. 2. An onion feeding means to which a long-green onion receiving member is attached, a positioning means for determining a cutting portion of the onion to be fed, a pressing means for pressing a root of the green onion against the positioning means, and a cutting portion. It consists of a vertical fixing means that holds down the onion with, a horizontal fixing means that prevents warping of the onion when pressed by the cutting blade at the cutting part, and a cutting means that cuts the root and leaf tips. A long-green onion processing machine. 3. A long-green onion feeding means to which a long-green onion receiving member is attached, a positioning means for deciding a cutting portion of the long-green onion to be fed, a pressing means for pressing a long-green onion root against the positioning means, and a cutting portion position. Longitudinal fixing means for pressing the green onion with, horizontal fixing means for preventing warping of the green onion when pressed by the cutting blade at the cutting portion, cutting means for cutting roots and leaf tips, and long onion A long green onion processing machine comprising: a size adjusting means for adjusting the cutting size of the green onion.