JPH07135946A - Device for treating harvested vegetable - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically and uniformly treat a large amount of vegetables at a low cost by orderly controlling the direction of the vegetables on a carrying means, carrying the vegetables, and simultaneously cutting the stems of the vegetables in a surely stem-nipping state. CONSTITUTION:A harvested vegetable-treating device is provided with the first carrying means 9 for receiving and carrying the bulb part A1 of a vegetable A, the second carrying means 14 for nipping and carrying the stem part A2 of the vegetable in cooperation with the first carrying means 9, and a cutter means 16 for cutting the stem part A2 on the carriage. A pair of right and left rotators 18R, 18L contacting with the bulb part A1/the stem part A2 on the carrying means 9 to rotate on a lateral shaft in the mutually reverse directions are further disposed on the upstream side reaching the cutter means 16. Or the pair of the right and left rotators 18R, 18L contacting with the bulb part A1/the stem part A2 on the first carrying means 9 to rotate on the lateral shaft is disposed on the upstream side reaching the cutter means 16, and furthermore an elastic deformable resistor 40 for imparting resistance to the bulb part A1/the stem part A2 on the first carrying means 9 is disposed between the rotators 18R, 18L.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a harvested vegetable processing apparatus and is used for cutting the stems (stems and leaves) of headed vegetables such as onions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heading vegetables such as onions, turnips, and sea urchins have their stems (stems and leaves), roots, etc. cut off or have their lengths adjusted immediately after harvest or at the time of shipment after being stored once. It is necessary to process and prepare for various finishings, and those cutting operations are done with a sickle by hand, one vegetable at a time.
It was an artificial work of cutting with a knife and scissors.

[0003]

Since the above-mentioned conventional processing work is performed artificially, the cutting positions are not uniform, large-scale processing is difficult, work efficiency is poor, and fatigue is large.
Personnel expenses are also increasing and costs are rising. Therefore, the present invention, by conveying the vegetables while controlling the direction of the vegetables on the conveying means, and cutting the vegetables while ensuring that the stalks are clamped, the vegetable treatment is automated and uniformized, and a large amount of vegetables can be produced at low cost. The purpose is to be able to process.

[0004]

The present invention cooperates with a first conveying means 9 which receives and conveys a bulb portion A1 of vegetables A, and a first conveying means 9 which sandwiches a stem portion A2 of vegetables. It is a harvested vegetable processing apparatus provided with the 2nd conveyance means 14 which works and conveys, and the cutter means 16 which cut | disconnects the stem part A2 in conveyance, Comprising: In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, the following technique is achieved. Are taking appropriate measures.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the pair of left and right rotating bodies 18 which come into contact with the head portion A1 / stem portion A2 on the first conveying means 9 and rotate about the horizontal axis in mutually opposite directions.
R and 18L are provided on the upstream side to the cutter means 16. In addition, claim 2
The present invention according to relates to the ball head portion A1 / on the first transfer means 9.
A pair of left and right rotating bodies 18R, 18L that come into contact with the stalk portion A2 and rotate about the horizontal axis are provided on the upstream side to the cutter means 16, and are provided between the rotating bodies 18R, 18L on the first conveying means 9. The present invention is characterized by including an elastically deformable resistor 40 that imparts resistance to the bulb portion A1 / stem A2.

[0006]

The pair of left and right rotating bodies 18R, 18L which rotate around the horizontal axis are placed on the first conveying means 9 while the vegetables A are placed on the first conveying means 9 to receive the head portion A1 and the head portion A1 is stalked. By contacting the portion A2, the stalk portion A2 of the vegetables A on the first transporting means 9 is arranged along the transporting direction, so that the sandwiching to the second transporting means 14 is ensured.

In this case, a pair of left and right rotating bodies 18R, 18
By making the rotation directions of L opposite to each other, the first
Even if the vegetables A are randomly placed on the conveying means 9, the direction of the vegetables A is controlled so that the stalk portion A2 is surely drooped to secure the sandwiching to the second conveying means 14. Further, the elastically deformable resistor 40 provided between the pair of left and right rotating bodies 18R and 18L is brought into contact with the ball head portion A1 to promote the hanging down of the stem portion A2 during the conveyance, and the second conveying means 1
Make sure to pinch to 4.

The stalk portion A2 is cut by the cutter means 16 while being conveyed while the first conveying means 9 receives the bulb portion A1 and the second conveying means 14 securely holds the stalk portion A2.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1 showing the concept of the overall configuration in an elevational view and FIG. 2 showing it in a plan view, the harvested vegetable processing apparatus 1 uses a vegetable A
The pretreatment unit 2 for cutting the stem A2 and the posttreatment unit 3 for cutting the root A3 are provided, and the pretreatment unit 2 includes the input hopper 4 and the posttreatment unit 3 includes the shooter 5. The input hopper 4 can receive the vegetables A through an elevator (not shown) or the vegetables stored in the container through an artificial reversing operation of the container, and the shooter 5 includes a shipping container or a sorting conveyor. And so on.

A machine frame 6 extending over the pre-processing section 2 and the post-processing section 3
A pair of left and right chains 8R and 8L are endlessly wound around a sprocket wheel 7 which is arranged and supported in the front, rear, upper and lower sides of the first conveying means 9 to constitute a first conveying means 9. It is freely circulated and circulated through the speed reducer 11, the winding transmission body 12, and the like. Left and right chain 8
R and 8L are provided with supports 13R and 13L arranged in a row in the longitudinal direction thereof, and the supports 13R and 13L have an arc surface support 13A so as to extend along the bulb connection A1 as shown in FIG. 1B. Are arranged in a row with a gap on the left and right, and the gap is a hanging space of the stem portion A2.

When the motor 10 is activated, the first conveying means 9 receives the head portion A1 on the support surface 13A of the support 13 and can convey the vegetables A in the hopper 4 in a horizontal direction by a rhythmic motion. . In the lower part of the first conveying means 9 in the pretreatment section 2, a front second conveying means 14 that cooperates with the first conveying means 9 to sandwich and convey the stalk A2 of the vegetable A is provided, Further, below the first carrying means 9 in the post-processing section 3, there is provided a second carrying means 15 at the rear part, which cooperates with the first carrying means 9 to sandwich and carry the root portion A3 of the vegetable A. There is.

Further, the first cutter means 1 for cutting the stem A2 of the vegetable A being conveyed is provided on the conveying end side of the pretreatment section 2.
6 is provided between the first transporting means 9 and the second transporting means 14 at the front part, and the second end for cutting the root portion A3 of the vegetables A being transported is provided on the transporting end side of the post-processing section 2. Cutter means 17
Is provided between the first transfer means 9 and the second transfer means 15 at the rear part.

In the pretreatment section (stem treatment section) 2 above the first conveying means 9 and upstream of the first cutter means 16, the vegetables are received and conveyed by the supports 13R and 13L. The vegetable A by contacting the bulb portion A1 / stem portion A2 of A
A pair of left and right rotating bodies 18R, 1 for controlling and controlling the direction of
8L is provided rotatably around the horizontal axis. Further, the support 1 is provided above the first conveying means 9 in the post-processing section (root processing section) 3 and on the upstream side to the second cutter means 17.
There is provided a reversing means 19 which comes into contact with the bulb portion A1 / root portion A3 of the vegetable A which is received and conveyed by the No. 3 and causes the root portion A3 of the vegetable A to face downward.

The front and rear second conveying means 14 and 15 and the first and second cutter means 16 and 17 are driven by the activation of the motor 10 for the first conveying means 9, respectively. The relay winding transmission body 20 is connected to the above, a transmission shaft 21 which is long in the front-back direction is installed on a horizontal plane, and the winding transmission bodies 22 and 23 are connected and arranged in front of and behind the transmission shaft 21, respectively. , 15 and drive the bevel gear means 24, 2 in the front and rear direction in the middle of the transmission shaft 21.
5, the first and second cutter means 16 and 17 are driven.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 8, the front second conveying means 14 has a pair of left and right feed shafts 26R, below the gap between the left and right supports 13R, 13L of the first conveying means 9. 26L are installed in parallel along the conveying direction, and the feed shafts are driven by the winding transmission body 22 inwardly in the directions of the arrows shown in FIG. The pair of left and right feed shafts 26R and 26L have screw portions 27R and 27R,
In the illustrated embodiment, thin rods 28R and 28L are connected to the screw shaft on the front side, and brush fibers 29R and 29L having elasticity of resin, metal or the like are radially planted in the thin rod as shown in FIG. And, the rods are arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the rod, and thus the stem A2 hanging from the gap between the left and right supports 13R and 13L is clamped while being stretched downward and clamped by the screw portions 27R and 27L. It is designed to be transported.

In this case, the brush bristles 29R and 29L are shown in FIG.
It is preferable that the stems A2 are alternately arranged left and right by arranging the stems A1 and B2 by shifting the phases as shown in FIG.
Further, by arranging the brush bristles 29R, 29L in a spiral shape over the entire length of the thin rods 28R, 28L, the screw parts 27R, 27L can be eliminated, and the screw parts 27R, 27L can be replaced by the total length of the pretreatment part 2. By forming the bristles 29R and 29L, it is possible to eliminate them.

However, preferably, the brush bristles 29R, 29
It is advantageous to provide L on the front part of the pretreatment section 2 to promote the drooping of the stem A2. 3 to 6, details of the pair of left and right rotating bodies 18R and 18L are shown. The rotating bodies 18R, 18L are a pair of left and right brackets 30R, 3L.
0L is provided upright near the hopper 4 in the machine frame 6,
Bearings 31R and 31L are provided between the brackets 30R and 30L.
The horizontal shaft 32 is rotatably supported around the shaft center via the, and the horizontal shaft 32 is orthogonal to the transport direction.

Rotating bodies 18R and 18L are formed by radially arranging elastic brush bristles made of resin, metal or the like on the horizontal axis 32. The rotating bodies are a pair of left and right support bodies 13R and 13R. 13L respectively correspond to and are close to the supporting surfaces 13A, and the direction of the vegetables A is contacted by the ball portions A1, stems A2, etc. of the vegetables A received between the supporting surfaces 13A and the resistance thereof. The direction is controlled so that the stem A2 easily hangs down.

The pair of left and right rotating bodies 18R and 18L are rotationally driven in the opposite directions to each other, and in the same direction as the rotational directions of the first conveying means 9 and the opposite directions. The former case is shown in FIG. 5, and the latter case is shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, drive sprockets 33R and 33L that mesh with the left and right chains 8R and 8L, respectively, are provided below the brackets 30R and 30L via bearings 34R and 34L, and transmission sprockets 36R and 36L are attached to the sprocket shafts 35R and 35L. The chains 38R and 38L are stretched over the sprocket and the driven sprockets 37R and 37L arranged on the upper portions of the brackets 30R and 30L, and on the other hand, in the figure, a reversing means 39 is provided on the driven sprocket 37R side.

6 is different from FIG. 5 in that the reversing means 39 is not provided, and other parts are common, and therefore common parts are indicated by common symbols. The rotating body 18
The drive of R and 18L may be belt drive, gear drive, or drive in which a motor is directly connected in addition to the illustrated chain drive. The chain transmission used is more advantageous in terms of cost and reliability of transmission.

Further, a pair of left and right rotating bodies 18R, 18L
3 partially enters an opening 4A formed in the hopper 4 as shown in FIG. 3, and a base portion of an elastically deformable resistor 40 is detachably fixed to a front wall of the hopper 4, and the resistor 40 Is interposed between the pair of left and right rotating bodies 18R and 18L, is supported by being laid on the horizontal shaft 32, and is extended downward, so that the pair of left and right supporting bodies 13R and 13L, that is, the vegetable A on the first transporting means 9. Head part A1, stem part A
The direction of the vegetable A is controlled by contacting 2 and applying resistance.

The resistor 40 is made of rubber, resinous plate material or bar material, strip material, etc., and has an arcuate roller 40A as shown in FIG. 3 on the inner side, that is, on the side facing the vegetable A.
Is being created. Further, a second bracket 41 is provided in a gate shape on the lower side close to the brackets 30R and 30L, and a second resistor 42 is detachably fixed to the bracket 41.

The second resistor 42 is wider than the resistor 40, is made of an elastic material such as rubber or resin, and is composed of a group of plates, strips and rods, and contacts the ball portion A1 and the like. The direction of the vegetables is controlled by applying resistance to the vegetables.
The rotating body and the two resistance bodies are both within the range of the brush bristles 29R and 29L of the second transporting means 14, and promote the hanging down of the stem A2.

The screw portion 27R of the second conveying means 14,
27L is substantially a sandwiching and conveying section for the stalk A2, and the brush bristles 29R and 29L are sandwiching preparation sections. Therefore, the axial length of the latter is longer than that of the former so that the stalk A2 can be reliably sandwiched and conveyed. It has become. A guide means 43 for setting a cutting position is arranged in front of the first cutter means 16 between the screw portions 27R and 27L and the first conveying means 9.

The guide means 43 is provided with a pair of left and right guide plates 43R and 43L as shown in FIG. 8, and prevents the ball head portion A1 from excessively falling into the gap between the support bodies 13R and 13L, and the first cutter. The cutting position in the means 16 is set, and the guide plates 43R and 43L are set.
As shown in FIG. 2, the width is tapered from the upstream side to the downstream side in the conveying direction, and the overlapping portion with the cutter means 15 is a narrow parallel portion. Together with 13R and 13L, the ball head portion A1 is guided to the first cutter means 15.

The guide plates 43R, 43L may have narrow parallel portions formed over the entire length thereof, but as shown in the drawing, by tapering the width from the upstream side to the downstream side, the sphere portion A1 is formed. Even if there are large, medium, and small sizes, it is possible to reliably guide, which is advantageous. The first cutter means 16 is
As is clear with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 8, a pair of left and right cutter shafts 116R and 116L are formed by stacking disc cutters 216R and 216L so that their blade surfaces overlap each other. Support 13R,
13L or guide plate 43R, 43L to connect the ball A1
The screw portions 27R, 27 that support the
The stem A2 is cut in a state where the stem A2 is stretched downward at L.

The first cutter means 16 may be a disc saw tooth type or a reciprocating type. 9 and 10
2, the details of the post-processing unit 3 including the reversing unit 19 are illustrated. The reversing unit 19 removes the bulb portion A1 of the vegetable A obtained by cutting the stem A2 from the root A3 on the supports 13R and 13L. It is turned upside down during transportation so that it faces the direction.

In FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, a pair of left and right brackets 44R and 44L are erected on the machine frame 6 between the first cutter means 16 and the entrance side of the rear second conveying means 15, and between the brackets. Horizontal shaft 45 has bearings 46R, 46L
It is rotatably supported via. Radially and elastically deformable brush bristles 47 such as resin and metal are planted on the horizontal axis 45, and the brush bristles 47 are received on the pair of left and right supports 13R and 13L. The vegetable A is stretched so that it can come into contact with the middle of the head portion A1 of the vegetable A.

A driven sprocket 48 is provided on the horizontal shaft 45, and a drive sprocket 5 is mounted on a drive shaft 50 supported by a bearing 49 at the bottom of one bracket 44L.
1 is provided, and a chain 52 is wound around both sprockets 48 and 51. A disk-shaped drive body 53 is attached to the drive shaft 50, and the drive body 53 has tooth-shaped protrusions on the outer periphery thereof, and these protrusions form the first conveying means 9.
9 is intermittently engaged with and disengaged from the chain 8L, and the horizontal axis 45 is rotationally driven in the direction of arrow P in FIG. As a result, the brush bristles 47 allow the root portion A3 to face downward on the bulb portion A1 on the supports 13R and 13L.

Below the pair of left and right supports 13R, 13L, and in the vicinity of the first cutter means 16, a raising body 54 is arranged. The raising body 54 cooperates with raising contact of the brush bristles 47 to form a ball. It encourages reversal of part A1. In the illustrated embodiment, a pair of left and right bearings 55R, 55 as shown in FIG.
A horizontal shaft 56 is rotatably supported by L, and a cylindrical body 56A having projections 56B protruding radially in an outer periphery is fitted onto the horizontal shaft 56, and the cylindrical body 56A has a pair of left and right support bodies 13R, It is possible to impart resistance to the stalk portion A2 that is cut at the approximate center of the 13 L gap.

The tubular body 56A is made of an elastic material such as resin or rubber, and is elastically clamped to the horizontal shaft 56,
In addition, it is insertable and removable in the axial direction, and the elasticity including the protrusion 56B suppresses the occurrence of contact scratches when imparting resistance to the stem portion A2. A chain 59 is wound around a drive sprocket 57 on the drive shaft 50 and a driven sprocket 58 on the horizontal shaft 56, and the raising body 54 is rotated in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the brush bristles 47 as the brush bristles 47 rotate. By being rotationally driven in the direction P1, the bulb portion A1 is supposed to be inverted on the support bodies 13R and 13L so that the root portion A3 surely faces downward.

The rotation of the brush bristles 47 and the lifting body 54
The rotation of can be a belt as well as a chain.
It may be a gear transmission, and may be individually driven by a motor as long as the gears are rotated in synchronization, but it is preferable that the chain drive is performed by the chain 8L as in the embodiment. The second conveying means 15 at the rear part sandwiches the root portion A3 which is turned downward by the reversing means 19 and conveys it to the second cutter means 17 in cooperation with the first conveying means 9. The thin bristles 60R and 60L are provided with brush bristles 61R and 61L made of an elastic material such as resin or metal, and screw-shaped screws 62R and 62L having a spiral shape. It has the same structure as the two-transport means 14.

Therefore, a pair of left and right brush bristles 61R, 61L
Scrape the root part A3 downward with the screw parts 62R, 6
It is designed to securely clamp with 2L. As apparent from FIG. 11, the post-processing section 3 is provided with the guide means 63 on the upstream side of the second cutter means 17. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the bracket 44R of the reversing means 19,
44L is provided with a pair of left and right strip-shaped or rod-shaped resistors 64 made of an elastic material such as metal or resin, which are inclined rearward downward, and the ball-joint portion A on the inverted supports 13R, 13L.
1 is pressed from above.

The guide means 63 is provided with a pair of left and right guide plates 63R and 63L, and the second cutter means 17 wraps the disk cutters 217R and 217L on the upper portions of the left and right cutter shafts 117R and 117L. And a pair of left and right supports 13R,
13L or guide plate 63R, 63L to connect the ball A1
Is supported, and the root portion A3 is cut in a state where the root portion A3 is stretched downward by the screw portions 62R and 62L. This configuration is the same as the guide means and the cutter means of the pretreatment unit 2 described above. is there.

Therefore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the stem portion A2 is conveyed by the pretreatment portion 2 and cut at a predetermined position, and then the bulb portion A1 is inverted by the reversing means 19, and the root portion is formed by the posttreatment portion 3. A3 is conveyed and cut at a predetermined position, and is discharged to a container (not shown), a sorting conveyor, etc. through a chute 5.

[0036]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the randomly supplied vegetables are conveyed while the direction of the vegetables is properly controlled on the conveying means and the stalks are securely held. By cutting, automate and homogenize vegetable processing,
A large amount of vegetables can be processed at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an elevational view and an enlarged view of a part of the overall configuration showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the overall configuration showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front sectional view of a main part showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front sectional view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a holding mode of the pretreatment unit showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a cutting mode of the pretreatment unit showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an elevation view of an inversion section showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front sectional view of an inversion section showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a cutting aspect of the post-processing section showing the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 9 1st conveyance means 14 2nd conveyance means 16 Cutter means 18R Rotating body 18L Rotating body 40 Resistor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A first carrying means (9) for receiving and carrying a head portion (A1) of a vegetable (A) and a first carrying means (9) for sandwiching a vegetable stem (A2). A harvested vegetable processing apparatus comprising: a second transporting means (14) for transporting in cooperation with the above, and a cutter means (16) for cutting a stalk (A2) being transported. Head part (A1) / stem part (A) on the means (9)
2) A pair of left and right rotating bodies (18R) (18L) that come into contact with 2) and rotate about the horizontal axis in opposite directions are provided upstream of the cutter means (16). Processing equipment. 2. A first transporting means (9) for receiving and transporting a bulb portion (A1) of a vegetable (A) and a first transporting means (9) for sandwiching a vegetable stem (A2). A harvested vegetable processing apparatus comprising: a second transporting means (14) for transporting in cooperation with the above, and a cutter means (16) for cutting a stalk (A2) being transported. Head part (A1) / stem part (A) on the means (9)
2) A pair of left and right rotating bodies (18R) (18L) that come into contact with 2) and rotate about the horizontal axis are provided on the upstream side to the cutter means (16), and between the rotating bodies (18R) (18L), Head portion (A1) / stem portion (A) on the first conveying means (9)
An elastically deformable resistor (4) that gives resistance to (2)
0) The harvested vegetable processing apparatus characterized by comprising: