JPH08308547A - Device for separating fruit bunch into fruit and stem - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To save labor and increase efficiency by using a mechanical device instead of conventional handwork operation. CONSTITUTION: This mechanical device has a zone where bunches of fruits are fed, a zone where the each lunch is separated into the stems and fruits and a zone where the separated fruits are graded and the separation zone comprises two or more brush rolls 6, 7, 8, 9 and a conveyer belt 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for a farmer cultivating Japanese pepper, etc., and a Tsukudani pickle picker to separate tufted fruits, such as raw or salted Japanese pepper, from stems and fruits.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is not mechanized because the business scale may be small by hand.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Conventionally, the fruits of tufted fruits such as Japanese pepper are separated from the stem by hand.
It has a capacity of about 40 kg per person per day, and requires a lot of personnel and space. This device is indispensable for improving the productivity of such a domestic industrial process. Since this process is soft in nature, it may take some human power to separate it without damaging it, but the purpose of this device is to improve productivity without damaging it.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, an actual peeling mechanism composed of several rotary brushes and a conveyor is provided, and a speed difference is provided between the rotary brushes and between the conveyors so that the stem and the fruit are Cut at the speed difference of the contacting parts.

In the rotary brush, soft bristles are planted on a rotary shaft so as not to damage the rotary brush, and a plurality of them are arranged on a conveyor and driven by a geared motor. The brush may be a stainless wire, but a plastic bristle is preferable.

The conveyor may be a wire net, a rubber belt, or a plastic net.

[0007]

Function: A speed difference is provided between the rotating brushes and between the conveyors, and cutting is performed at the speed difference between the portions where the stem and the fruit come into contact with each other.

[0008]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, a drive motor 1 is attached to a frame 11, rollers 2 and 4 are fixed to the frame 11, a net conveyor 5 is attached and rotated. The motor 3 is fixed to the frame 11 and the brushes 6, 7, 8, 9 are attached to the bracket 10
Receive at and rotate. The raw materials are sent from the right side of the figure, discharged from the left side and separated by a sieve.

[0009]

[Effects of the Invention] Conventionally, it took 8 hours for 10 people to manually separate 40 kg of fruit of tufted fruits such as Japanese pepper, but if the device of the present invention is used, 40 kg can be separated by 1 machine per hour. It is possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a tufted fruit separating device.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a brush for separating tufted fruits.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-motor 2-roller 3-motor 4-roller 5-conveyor 6-brush roll 7-brush roll 8-brush roll 9-brush roll 10-bracket 11-frame

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A fruit separating device comprising a rotating brush and a net conveyor and utilizing velocity shearing between each other. 2. A device comprising a rotating brush and a fixed bed or a moving bed, which feeds tufted fruits and separates them into stalks by velocity shear between the brushes / brush and the floor.