JPH0735588Y2 - Root vegetable cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cleaning device for root vegetables (potato, carrot, radish, etc.).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An apparatus for cleaning root vegetables as shown in FIG. 12 is known, and its details are as follows. That is, 1 is a water tank, in which a partition plate 2 is provided at a fixed inner position, and two water storage compartments 3 and 4 are formed with the partition board 2 as a boundary, and the water surface WL of each compartment 3 and 4 is formed. A water outlet (not shown) is formed at an appropriate position on the peripheral wall surface so that the water outlet does not exceed a certain height. Inside the water tank 1, a plurality of brush rollers 5 ... In which brush hairs 5a are planted on the peripheral surface are arranged side by side in a certain direction and are driven in the same direction by a motor (not shown) or the like. There is. Then, on the upper side of these rollers 5, ..., a flat brush 6 for covering the brush hairs 5a is formed.
.. are arranged, but as one member therefor, the supporting members 7a and 7b forming a part of the main body frame are arranged to face each other. 8 ... is a brush roller 5 ...
-Hook members 8 for connecting these at both ends with horizontal support rods arranged in parallel in a direction orthogonal to the plane of the drawing.
a and 8b are fixed, and the hook members 8a and 8b are guided by guide rods 9a and 9b provided upright on the support members 7a and 7b so as to be only vertically movable.
It is held in a state of being placed on a and 7b. Reference numeral 10 is a single brush in which brush hairs 10b having a constant length are planted on the plate material 10a, and the plate materials 10a are joined in a row via hinges 11 to form a single brush row 6a. The single brush row 6a is provided in the same number as the support rods 8 to form the flat brush 6 described above. The front end of each single brush row 6a is attached to the tip of the support rod 8 via a support piece 12, and the middle portion thereof is held by the support rod 8 so as to be slidable up and down, and the lower end thereof is a plate member 10a.
It is supported via a movable support member such as a guide rod 14 fixed to a support piece 13 fixed to, and a pressing spring 15 externally inserted to the guide rod 14 and located on the lower surface side of the support rod 8. Single brush at the front of each single brush row 1
0'is arranged in a slanted shape and has a required shape so as to facilitate the attraction of the object to be processed. 16 is a supply guide stand, 17 is a discharge guide stand, 18a is a supply side shower, and 18b is a discharge side shower.

When the above apparatus is used, the brush rollers 5 ...
The water is made to flow down from 8b so that the water is stored in each of the compartments 3 and 4 in the water tank 1. After that, the object to be treated w such as potato, carrot or radish is supplied from the top of the supply guide 16 to the brush roller. 5 ... and the flat brush 6 are fed into a conveyance path formed between them. As a result, the object to be processed w
Are sequentially moved to the discharge side by the rotational force of the brush rollers 5 ... Object w to be moved
Is relatively large, the flat brush 6 has a spring 15
.. is moved upward while being guided by the guide rods 14 against the pressing force of .. On the contrary, when the object w to be processed is relatively small, the weight of the flat brush 6 or the like and the spring 15 ...
.. is moved downward while being guided by the guide rods 14 by the pressing force of, and the flat brush 6 is always pressed by the appropriate pressure on the surface of the workpiece w regardless of the size of the workpiece w. Thus, the object w to be processed which is moving is washed with water. In this case, from the first brush roller 5 to the fourth brush roller counting from the upstream side of the conveyance path, preliminary cleaning, which is about the removal of soil, is performed, and the fifth brush roller 5
From the 8th to the 8th, the finishing washing which is the soil removal as a finishing is performed. When the finish cleaning is completed, the object w to be processed is discharged to a fixed position through the discharge guide 17.

[0004]

In the conventional cleaning device described above, the single brush 10 ... Is the hinge 11 ...
., And since downward pressing force is applied by the springs 15 ... At appropriate intervals in the longitudinal direction, the flat brushes between the springs 15 ... 6 bends freely at the hinges 11 ... (While this is useful for contacting the workpiece and the flat brush), the pressing force downward by these flat brushes 6 is insufficient. Is a tendency,
Further, the flat brush 6 in which the single brushes 10 ... Are joined by the hinges 11 ... Generally requires a lot of time and effort to manufacture, resulting in high manufacturing cost, and there is a problem that assembly of the apparatus becomes difficult. It is an object of the present invention to provide a root vegetable cleaning device that solves such problems.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a plurality of brush rollers arranged in parallel so as to form a horizontal conveying path are planted on the upper surface side of a brush bristle plate. By arranging the single brushes as a plurality of rows in the width direction of the brush roller in the transport path direction and fixing the plate material upper surface of each row of the single brushes through a thin elastic strip made of stainless spring steel or the like. A plurality of independent single brush rows, and each of these single brush rows is movable such as a spring or the like that is arranged to be compressed upwards on a horizontal support rod that is vertically movably locked to the body frame. It is characterized in that it is hung so as to be able to independently retract and move upward through a support member. According to the present invention, even if the single brush row is pressed by the springs provided at appropriate intervals, the thin elastic strip plate imparts the integrity to the single brush row by its appropriate elasticity, and Even if the workpiece is located between the springs during cleaning, the single brush abutting against the upper surface of the workpiece presses the workpiece downward with an appropriate elastic force. Therefore, the conventional problem that the pressing force due to the single brush between the springs tends to be insufficient can be solved. In addition, the thin elastic strip reduces the manufacturing cost of the flat brush because it eliminates the need for a hinge when connecting a single brush and reduces the labor required for the hinge. Further, the thin elastic strip prevents the flat brush from bending unnecessarily, and facilitates the assembly of the device.

In order to improve the cleaning action in the practice of the present invention, a brush roller is provided in parallel in the water tank, and a partition plate is provided in the water tank to form three compartments surrounding the lower portion of the brush roller. The compartments are formed as a pre-cleaning water storage chamber, a draining drainage chamber, and a finishing cleaning water storage chamber in this order from the upstream side of the transport path. In this way, the drainage chamber for draining removes the dirty water in the water chamber for pre-cleaning carried by the rotation of the brush roller to the outside of the water tank. Prevents intrusion and enables excellent finishing cleaning.

Further, each unit brush does not have brush hair planted such that the brush hair tips form an inclined surface, and its direction is set so that the planted side of long brush hair faces the upstream side of the transport path. By doing so, each unit brush tries to receive the object to be processed by the side surface of the brush hair and direct its longitudinal direction to the width direction of the brush roller when the object to be processed moves in the transport path. It becomes. As a result, even if the object to be processed is fed from the supply guide in any direction, the longitudinal direction of the object to be processed is completely changed to the width direction of the brush roller. The contact results in effective cleaning.

Further, in order to facilitate the cleaning of the inside of the water tank, the same number of through holes as the brush rollers are provided on each of the opposing wall surfaces of the water tank, and a locking portion is provided at the tip from each through hole on one side toward the inside of the tank. The drive shaft is projected so that one end of the rotation center shaft of each brush roller is formed with a fitting hole into which the tip end of the drive shaft is fitted, and the other end of the rotation center shaft is fitted into the fitting hole. When the tip of the drive shaft is fitted in the dowel, it is not inserted into each of the through holes on the other side of the water tank wall surface, and is inserted into each of the through holes on the other side to the outside of the water tank wall surface. A strip plate member having a plurality of holes for inserting this portion is fitted to the other end of the protruding rotation center shaft through the hole, and the strip plate member and the abutting member A cover member with a hook-shaped cross section is fitted on the wall surface of the aquarium to hold them together. In addition the cover member is formed so as to removably fixed by thumbscrews. According to this, when trying to replace the brush roller with other conditions such as when changing the object to be processed, after removing the knob screw, cover member, strip member, push and pull the whole in the direction of the rotation center axis. You can easily remove it from the tank and replace it.

[0009]

EXAMPLES Specific examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
1 will be described in more detail. In the figure, the substantially same parts as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In addition to the partition plate 2, another partition plate 19 is provided in the water tank 1, and these partition plates 2 and 19 are provided.
The inside of the water tank 1 is divided into three compartments via the above, and a pre-cleaning water storage chamber 20, a drainage drainage chamber 21, and a finishing cleaning water storage chamber 22 are formed in this order from the upstream side of the transport path. Each of these compartments encloses the lower part of the brush roller 5, and a water outlet (not shown) is provided in the pre-cleaning water storage chamber 20 and the finishing cleaning water storage chamber 22 for keeping the water surface WL therein at a constant height. Is provided in the same manner as the conventional one, and a drain port 23 for draining water is formed in the drainage drain chamber 21. In this example, the pre-cleaning water storage chamber 20 is assumed not to surround the first brush roller 5 to the fourth lower part thereof counting from the upstream side of the transport path, and the drainage drain chamber 21 is the fifth brush roller. The lower part of the roller 5 alone is not surrounded, and the water storage chamber 22 for finish cleaning is formed to surround the lower parts of the sixth brush roller 5 to the eighth brush roller 5.

Each of the single brushes 10 is a plate material 10a.
It is assumed that the brush hairs 10b are planted on the lower surface so that the hair tips are inclined. The plurality of single brushes 10 ... Formed in this way are arranged in the conveyance path direction as a plurality of rows in the width direction of the brush roller 5, and the single brushes 10 ... The thin elastic strips 24 made of stainless spring steel or the like are joined to each other by fixing them through the fixing bolts 25 to form independent single brush rows 26 ...
At this time, the orientation of each single brush 10 is set so that the planted side of the long brush hair 10b faces the upstream side of the transport path. The frontmost unit brush 10 'of each single brush row 26 is for attracting the object to be processed and is different from the other units in the same manner as in the conventional case.

Each single brush row 2 formed as described above.
Although 6 is supported by each horizontal support bar 8 in a suspended manner via a movable support body composed of a guide bar 14 and a spring 15, in this example, the thin elastic strip 24 and the support bar 8 are supported in this example. The supporting pieces 27a and 27b are fixed to the respective supporting pieces 27a and 27b, and a bar member 28 bent in a frame shape is obliquely provided between the supporting pieces 27a and 27b to form another operation supporting body. The brush row 26 is in a state in which vertical displacement is allowed so as not to be moved more than necessary in the transport path direction.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a brush roller 5 ... Is provided on each of the facing wall surfaces 1a and 1b of the water tank 1.
, 30 ... For mounting the drive shaft 31 and projecting the drive shaft 31 having the engaging portion 31a at the tip from each of the through holes 29 on one side toward the inside of the tank. There is. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, at one end of the rotation center shaft 32 of each brush roller 5, there is formed a fitting hole portion 33 into which the tip end portion of the drive shaft 31 is fitted together with the locking portion 31a. A pusher 35, which is slidably displaced within a certain range in the direction of the rotation center axis 32, is inserted and disposed in the central portion,
The other end of the rotation center shaft 32 is a protrusion 32b which is inserted into the through hole 30 on the other side of the water tank wall surface 1b when the tip of the drive shaft 31 is fitted into the fitting hole 33. Yes. And the through hole 30 on the other side of the water tank wall surface 1b
・ The protrusion 3 that is inserted into and protrudes outward of the same wall surface 1b
As shown in FIG. 7, a strip plate member 36 ... Having a plurality of holes 36a ... For inserting the strip 2b ... Is fitted through the holes 36a. Plate member 36
.. and a wall member 1b which is in contact therewith are fitted with a cover member 37 having a hook-shaped cross section for tying them together as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, and the cover member 37 is provided with a knob screw 38. It is designed to be detachably fixed by.

In the figure, 39 is an auxiliary supply roller for the object to be treated, 40 is a drain pipe, 41 is a rubber plug of a cleaning hole, and F is a top frame of the main body frame.

When using the apparatus of the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the shower 18a on the supply side and the shower 18 on the discharge side are shown.
Water is supplied from b to the pre-cleaning water storage chamber 20 in the water tank 1.
And the water surface WL in the final cleaning water storage chamber 22 is kept at a constant height, and each brush roller 5 ...
After making the state of rotation, the object w to be processed such as radish is supplied from the supply guide 16 into the conveyance path. As a result, the object w to be processed is moved to the downstream side in the transport path. However, when the shape of the object w to be processed is relatively large in the moving process, the flat brush 6 is not moved to the object w to be processed.
While being guided by the guide rods 14 ... due to a strong pressing force, it is moved upward against the elasticity of the pulling 15 ...
On the contrary, when it is relatively small, flat brush 6
Is lowered by the elastic force of the spring force 15 ..., The processed product w can be smoothly conveyed regardless of its size, and each single brush 10 of the single brush row 26 is.
Since the thin elastic strips 24 at the positions between them are easily elastically bent, the thin elastic strips 24 are appropriately inclined in accordance with the surface of the object w to be processed, which enables rational cleaning. Further, even when the object to be processed w is positioned between the existing positions of the springs 15 ..., the single brush 10 on the object to be processed w has an appropriate rigidity due to the appropriate rigidity of the thin elastic strip 24.
The pressing force is effectively transmitted to press the object w to be processed appropriately, and effective cleaning is performed.

In the course of its movement, the object w to be processed is received on the side of the brush hair 10b of each single brush 10 excluding the foremost single brush 10 'of the single brush row 26, and goes downstream. However, even if the object w to be processed is supplied in an arbitrary direction by such an action, the longitudinal direction of the brush roller 5 of the brush roller 5 is changed as shown in FIG. The width of the brush roller 5 is gradually changed in the width direction, and is completely in the width direction of the brush roller 5 on the way of the conveying path. As a result, the object to be processed w is transferred to the lash roller 5
... and brush hairs 5a, 10 of both flat brushes 6
The b is effectively brought into contact with the surface thereof and is effectively cleaned.

Further, when the object w to be processed moves along the transport path, the pre-cleaning water storage chamber 20 is provided between the first brush roller 5 and the fourth brush roller 5 counting from the upstream side of the transport path.
Most of the water is washed in the water inside, but at this time, a lot of soil and the like is mixed in the pre-cleaning water storage chamber 20, and the dirt becomes much worse than the water in the finish cleaning water storage chamber 22. . The water in the pre-cleaning water storage chamber 20 is carried by the rotation of the fourth brush roller 5 into the drainage chamber 21 for draining water as shown in FIG.
However, the fifth brush roller 5 is drained in the drainage drainage chamber 21, and the water flowing into the drainage drainage chamber 21 is immediately drained to the drainage port 23.
Be excluded from. On the other hand, the clean water in the final cleaning water storage chamber 22 is also scattered on the fifth brush roller 5 by the rotation of the sixth brush roller 5, and this water acts as a water for washing the fifth brush roller 5. However, after that, it is removed from the drain port 23. For this reason,
The situation in which the dirty water in the pre-cleaning water storage chamber 20 directly mixes with the clean water in the finishing cleaning water storage chamber 22 is effectively prevented, and thus the sixth brush roller 5
During the period from the 8th to the 8th, the clean water in the final cleaning water storage chamber 22 ensures reliable final cleaning.

In the above-mentioned cleaning process, a large amount of soil or the like remains in the water tank 1, so the brush roller 5
・ ・ It is necessary to remove and clean the inside of the aquarium 1. In addition, it is necessary to adopt a brush roller which is changed to other conditions in response to the change of the object to be processed. In this case, the cover member 37 is removed by removing the knob screws 38 ... Then, the strip plate members 36 ... Attached to the projection 32b of the rotation center shaft 32 of the brush roller 5 ... Are removed. After that, the brush roller 5 is pressed toward the drive shaft 31 to pull out the protrusion 32b from the through hole of the water tank wall surface 1b, and subsequently, the fitting hole portion 33 on the drive shaft 31 side is connected to the drive shaft 31.
Try to pull it out from the tip. By this operation, all the brush rollers 5 ... Can be easily attached and detached.

[0019]

According to the present invention described above, even if the springs for pressing the single brush row are provided in a spaced state, the appropriate rigidity of the thin elastic strip is maintained between the spring locations. Since the pressing force of the spring is effectively transmitted to the single brush at the bottom, the brush hairs of the entire flat brush can be brought into proper contact with the object to be treated, and the single brush row is a single brush. Since they are joined by a thin elastic strip rather than by a hinge, the parts cost is low and the assembly work can be reduced. Since it does not bend unnecessarily due to its existence, it is easy to assemble it to the device, and the manufacturing cost is reduced as a whole.

Further, since it becomes difficult for the dirty water in the pre-cleaning water storage chamber to directly enter the finishing cleaning water storage chamber, the water in the final cleaning water storage chamber can be kept clean and good finish cleaning can be performed. .

Further, since the resistance action of the single brush changes the longitudinal direction of the object to be processed in the width direction of the brush roller, the brush hair of the brush roller or the flat brush is preferably brought into contact with the object to be effectively cleaned. Will be done.

According to the second aspect, it is possible to easily attach and detach the brush roller as needed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a cleaning device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a single brush row of the device.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a part of the inside of the water tank of the device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a part of a brush roller of the apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a part of a water tank of the apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a part of a water tank of the apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view of the wall surface of the water tank of the device.

FIG. 10 is a side view operation explanatory diagram of the same apparatus.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of the operation in the water tank of the device.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional side view of a conventional cleaning device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Brush roller 10a Brush hair 10a Plate material 1 Water tank 1a and 1b Wall surface 2 and 19 Partition plate 8 Horizontal support bar 10 Single brush 15 Spring 20 Pre-cleaning water storage chamber 21 Drainage drainage room 22 Finish cleaning water storage room 24 Thin elastic band Plates 29 and 30 Through hole 31 Drive shaft 31a Locking part 32 Rotation center shaft 33 Fitting hole part 35 Pusher 36 Strip plate member 36a Hole 37 Cover member

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. Brush hairs having a short length on the upper surface side of a plurality of brush rollers arranged in parallel so that a horizontal conveyance path is formed, and long brush hairs are on the upstream side of the conveyance path. The single brushes that were planted at an angle were arranged in multiple rows in the width direction of the brush roller, and the upper surface of the single brush in each row was fixed by a thin elastic strip made of stainless spring steel to make multiple independent brushes. No single brush row, and each of these single brush rows is independent via a movable support member consisting of a spring that is arranged so as to be upwardly compressible on a horizontal support rod that is vertically movably locked to the body frame. On the other hand, two partition plates are erected in the water tank in which brush rollers are installed side by side so that they can be moved upwards. No water chamber, no water chamber for finishing cleaning,
A drainage chamber for draining water is provided with a drainage pipe, which is a cleaning device for root vegetables. 2. The same number of through holes as that of the brush roller are provided on each of the opposing wall surfaces of the water tank, and the drive shaft having the locking portion at the tip thereof is projected from each through hole on one side toward the inside of the tank. None, on the other hand, one end of the rotation center shaft of each brush roller is formed with a fitting hole portion into which the drive shaft tip portion is fitted, and the other end of the rotation center shaft has a drive shaft tip portion in the fitting hole portion. It is not inserted into each of the through holes on the other side of the wall surface of the water tank when it is fitted inside, and the other of the rotation axis that is inserted into each of the through holes on the other side and projects to the outside of the wall surface of the water tank. A strip plate member having a plurality of holes for inserting this portion is fitted at the end through the holes, and the strip plate member and the aquarium wall surface portion with which the strip plate member is abutted together. In addition to fitting a cover member with a saw-shaped cross section for The root vegetable cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the root vegetable cleaning apparatus is detachably fixed.