JPH08205841A - Device for washing japanese radish with water and also for removing thin root - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a method for improving a commercial value of Japanese radish by washing Japanese radish with water and simultaneously removing thin roots. CONSTITUTION: Plural revolving rollers 2 wound with ropes in a spiral state are arranged in a row at intervals so as to make the tips of the rollers low. Thin root cutting rollers 4 having a thread groove on the surface are installed between the rollers 2 so as to rotate the thin root cutting rollers 4 in the direction opposite to the that of the rollers 2. A sprinkling pipe 5 and washing brushes 6 having large and small diameters perpendicularly intersecting the rollers 2 are laid above the plural rollers 2. Thin roots are plucked off and removed by sliding and drawing action between the spirally wound ropes of the rollers 2 and the thread grooves of the thin root cutting rollers 4 while a Japanese radish being rotated and transported downward between the rollers 2 is washed by the washing brushes 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing whiskers at the same time as washing radish with water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Radish, a typical root vegetable, has recently been washed mostly with water and shipped with its beard root removed from the viewpoint of commercial value. Although it is automatically performed by passing between the cleaning brushes, the whiskers cannot be removed with the cleaning brush. If the beards are forcibly removed with the cleaning brush, the cleaning brush damages the surface of the radish and rejects the commercial value. At present, it is unavoidable to remove by hand after cleaning.

[0003]

As described above, even though the radish can be automatically cleaned, it is labor-intensive under the present circumstances where the removal of the beard root is done manually, and it is still extremely difficult to save labor. Not enough. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of these circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a radish rinsing and whisker removing device which automatically and simultaneously performs rinsing of radishes and removal of whiskers to save labor.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a roller having a plurality of ropes spirally wound on a surface thereof so as to be rotatable in the same direction and transported with the radish directed toward the tip. At a predetermined interval, a beard cutting roller provided with a screw on a surface having a smaller diameter than the roller and rotating in the opposite direction is provided between the rollers so as to be slidably contacted with each other so that the leading end is lowered, A cleaning brush that rotates in a direction perpendicular to the water sprinkling pipe and the rollers is provided above the plurality of rollers.

The plurality of rollers arranged side by side have a guide rod made of a vinyl chloride pipe or other synthetic resin on the upper side of each roller in the axial direction to prevent the radish from moving laterally between the rollers. It is preferable that the rotating cleaning brush provided above the plurality of rollers in a direction orthogonal thereto is provided with a large-diameter cleaning brush and a small-diameter cleaning brush adjacent to each other, and the large-diameter cleaning brush is opposed to the traveling direction of the radish. By forming the small-diameter cleaning brush so as to rotate in the direction in which the radish is conveyed, the cleaning operation and the removal of the whiskers can be performed more reliably.

[0006]

The radish supplied to the starting end between the plurality of rollers is transferred downward by the inclination between the rollers and the transfer action of the rope wound in a spiral by the rotation of the rollers, and is washed with a washing brush while being rotated. At the same time as being washed, the whiskers are removed after being stripped off by the sliding action of the spiral winding rope of the roller and the thread portion of the whiskers, and the guide rod at the top of the roller is taken out of the radish during transfer. Is to prevent the lateral movement.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.
A plurality of rollers 2, 2 ... Which rotate in the same direction by an appropriate mechanism are juxtaposed and supported at the front end portion of the transfer conveyor 1 provided with the segmented ridges 1 so that the front ends thereof are lowered.
・ Synthetic resin rope 2 'with a diameter of about 10mm on the surface of 2 ...
Is closely wound in a spiral shape, and the radish supplied between the transfer conveyor 1 and between the rollers 2 and 2 can be transferred while slowly rotating toward the front end by the rotating action of the roller and its inclination. A guide rod 3 made of a vinyl chloride pipe is provided along the axial direction on the upper part of each roller 2 via a fitting 3'to prevent the transferred radish A from laterally moving laterally.

A whisker rotating between the plurality of rollers 2 and 2 in a direction opposite to the rotating direction of the rollers and having a diameter smaller than that of the roller 2 made of rubber or synthetic resin having a screw thread on its surface and rotating at a high speed. The root cutting roller 4 is provided so as to rotate circumferentially at substantially the same circumferential speed, and the whisker root of the radish is peeled off by the pulling action by the sliding contact between the thread groove of the whisker root cutting roller 4 and the winding rope of the roller 2. Has been formed.

Above the rollers 2, a plurality of sprinkling pipes 5, a large-diameter cleaning brush 6 orthogonal to the roller 2, and a small-diameter cleaning brush 6 'rotating adjacent to the small-diameter cleaning brush 6 are provided. The large-diameter cleaning brush 6 is provided so as to rotate in a direction opposite to the transfer direction of the radish A, and is formed so as to wash the water while softly pressing the transferred radish A and at the same time to be suitable for the action of removing the whiskers. Have been. In the figure, 7 is a radish receiving tank, and 8 is a drain tank.

[0010] Since the embodiment of the present invention is constructed as described above, the radish A supplied from the transfer conveyor 1 to the starting end of the rollers 2.2 with the leaves behind is separated from the rollers 2.2.
.. Are rotated slowly in the direction opposite to the roller 2 by rotating in the direction of the arrow in FIGS.
Is moved downward while preventing lateral movement, and is washed by the spouting water from the sprinkling pipe 5 and the large-diameter cleaning brush 6 and the small-diameter cleaning brush 6 '. After being stripped off by a sliding contact pulling action of a spiral wound rope of the groove and the roller 2, it is sent out to the radish receiving water tank 7.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a radish is rotatably transported between rollers having a spirally wound rope, and the circumference thereof is uniformly washed with a cleaning brush while being washed with water. The radish is removed by sliding contact with the thread of the mustache root cutting roller, so that radish washing and removal of the whiskers can be performed automatically at the same time, and radish of commercial value can be removed without labor. It can be shipped efficiently.

Further, according to the present invention, a guide rod is provided along a plurality of rolls in the axial direction, so that the radish conveyed by rotating between the rolls is prevented from moving laterally, so that the radish is prevented from moving laterally. Thus, the washing of the radish and the removal of the whiskers can be carried out smoothly, promptly, sequentially and efficiently.

Further, in the present invention, a cleaning brush having a cleaning action provided orthogonally to a plurality of rollers is arranged such that a radish is pressed against a beard root cutting roller so as to approach a sliding portion between a roller wound with a rope and a beard root cutting roller. The radish rinsing operation and the whisker removal operation can be performed more efficiently, reliably, and easily by more reliably performing the action of pulling and removing the whiskers.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same section.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main part.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Transfer Conveyor 2 Roller 2'Rope 3 Guide Rod 4 Whisker Root Cutting Roller 5 Sprinkling Pipe 6 Large Diameter Cleaning Brush 6'Small Diameter Cleaning Brush

Claims (3)

[Claims] A plurality of rollers, each of which is wound in a spiral shape on a surface thereof so as to be rotatable in the same direction and can be transported with the radish directed toward the tip, are arranged side by side at a predetermined interval so that the tip is lowered. A whisker cutting roller provided with a screw is provided so as to slidably contact a surface having a smaller diameter than the roller and rotating in the opposite direction between the rollers, and a direction perpendicular to the watering pipe and the roller is provided above the plurality of rollers. A radish washing and whisker removing device, wherein a rotating cleaning brush is provided. 2. The radish washing and beard root removing device according to claim 1, wherein a guide rod is provided along the upper portion of the plurality of rollers. 3. A cleaning brush having a small diameter which is formed so as to oppose the rotation direction of the cleaning brush against the transfer direction of the radish and has a small-diameter cleaning brush adjacent to the cleaning brush and rotating in the opposite direction. A radish washing and whisker root removing device.