JPH09248029A - Fibrous root removing device for tuberous root vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device automatically and efficiently remove the fibrous roots of the rhizome of herbs such as turmeric, zedoary and other tuberous root vegetables. SOLUTION: The tuberous root vegetables M with fibrous roots (n) is thrown in from the one tip side of a processing path to be removed of the fibrous roots (n) while being carried on the path and taken out from the other tip side. At the bottom part of the processing path, a fixed blade tool 2 with a straight blade 2a along the direction of the path and a rotation driving shaft provided with a spiral groove 30 at its outer peripheral are provided in parallel to form a spiral blade 4 where the side edge of one side of the spiral groove 30 cuts the fibrous roots by rubbing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically removing beard roots of lump root vegetables with beard roots such as rhizomes of herbs such as turmeric and zedoary.

[0002]

[Prior art and its problems] Turmeric (Ugane) and gautu produced in the Nansei Islands (Yakushima, Tanegashima, Tokunoshima, Okinawa, etc.)
It has been known for a long time as a medicinal herb with various medicinal properties such as gastrointestinal medicine, tonic medicine, wound medicine, and diabetes medicine, and its massive rhizome is sliced into thin pieces and dried. However, since long rhizomes are densely packed in the rhizome, it is necessary to remove this beard root before slicing.

However, the conventional removal process of the above-mentioned beard roots relies on manual work such as shaving off with a kitchen knife, but since the bevel root is hard, it is very labor intensive and inefficient, and per person Since the average weight of rhizomes can be treated at about 30 kg per day, and at most about 40 kg, it is a major obstacle in coping with the recent increase in demand for crude drugs.

In view of the above situation, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device for automatically and efficiently removing the beard roots of lumpy root vegetables with beard roots such as rhizomes of herbs such as turmeric and zedoary.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the apparatus for removing the roots of lumpy root vegetables according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a Root root n-shaped lump root vegetables, if indicated by reference numerals in the drawings. The class M is introduced from one end side of the processing passage 10 and the passage 10
In which the bevel root n is removed while being taken out from the other end side, a fixed blade body tool 2 having a straight blade 2a along the passage direction is provided at the bottom of the processing passage 10, and a spiral groove is provided on the peripheral surface. The rotary drive shaft 3 provided with 30 is arranged in parallel, and one side edge of the spiral groove 30 is a straight blade 2 of the fixed blade member 2.
The spiral blade 4 is configured to be slidably cut with a. According to this apparatus, the massive root vegetables M with beard roots n that have been thrown into the processing passage 10 move while rolling toward the take-out side by the spiral guidance accompanying the rotation of the rotary drive shaft 3, and in the course of this movement, the spiral groove. Since the bevel root n that has entered 30 is cut by cutting with the straight blade 2a of the fixed blade body 2, it is finally taken out in a state without a bevel.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the beard root removing device of the first aspect, the passage 1 is provided on one side of the processing passage 10.
Since the brush roll 5 is arranged to bring the rotating brush peripheral surface into contact with the block root vegetables M in 0 on the descending side, the soil attached to the block root vegetables M is contacted with the brush. In addition to being efficiently dropped, the dropped soil either falls directly downward or enters the spiral groove 30 of the rotary drive shaft 3 and is discharged.
Also, abrasion of the spiral blade 4 is suppressed. In addition, since one side of the passage 10 is a brush surface that can be elastically deformed, the width of the passage 10 can be widened, so that the size, shape, state of the beard root, etc. of the massive root vegetables M ... And passage 10
Even though the orientation and overlapping state in the interior changes constantly,
It is easy to move and there is no risk of clogging, and since the massive root vegetables M ... come into contact with the descending side of the rotating brush surface,
The contact drive portion is rolled so that it is always brought to the bottom side of the passage 10, and the rotation drive shaft 3 is coupled with the rolling in the feeding direction.
The contact area with the peripheral surface of the rooted roots is constantly and constantly updated, and all the whiskers n ... of the rooted vegetables M ... enter the spiral groove 30 uniformly and are efficiently removed, and the passages of the rooted vegetables M ... Jumping out of 10 is also prevented.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the bevel root removing device according to the second aspect, the brush roll 5 swings in a direction in which the width of the processing passage 10 is changed with rotation.
By widening or narrowing the width of the passage 10 during the movement process of the massive root vegetables M ..., the motility of the massive root vegetables M ... in the passage 10 is enhanced, and it becomes easy to roll in various directions. Even if they overlap each other, they immediately come apart, so that the feeding in the passage direction is promoted.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the bevel root removing device according to any of the first to third aspects, the spiral groove 30 of the rotary drive shaft 3 has an acute angle in a radial cross section of the spiral blade 4 forming one side edge. Since it has a flank 30a that is formed in a groove shape and gradually reduces the angle with the tangent line at the side edge from the groove bottom toward the other side edge, the spiral blade 4 and Good cutting performance by meshing with the straight blade 2a,
The lumped root vegetables M ... easily roll without being caught in the spiral groove 30, and the efficiency of discharging the cut beard roots n ... From the spiral groove 30 is improved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the beard removing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, one side of the processing passage 10 is provided with a guide side wall 60 which is concavely curved on the passage 10 side. Therefore, the rolling of the massive root vegetables M ... becomes more likely to occur during the process of moving through the passage 10.

According to the invention of claim 6, in the apparatus for removing beard roots according to any one of claims 1 to 5, since the massive root vegetables M with beard roots n are rhizomes of medicinal plants such as turmeric and zedoary. Despite being very hard and difficult to remove with a kitchen knife, etc., it can be removed extremely efficiently, and thus the production efficiency when powdered for medicinal purposes can be greatly increased.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A beard root removing device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, in this bevel root removing device, a rotary drive shaft 3 on the bottom, brush rolls 5 and guide frames 6 on both sides are horizontally arranged between the left and right box portions 1a and 1b accommodating the drive mechanism of the main body 1. Groove-shaped processing passages 10 are arranged in parallel and open upward between them, and while rotating the rotary drive shaft 3 and the brush roll 5, a block-shaped processing passage 10 with a bevel root n from the left end side of the passages 10 in the figure. Root vegetables M ... (Turmeric shown in the figure) are sequentially and continuously introduced, the bean root n is removed while moving in the passage 10, and the guide side wall 6 on the right end side is taken out from the outlet 7 at the position where it is interrupted. Has become. Between the left and right box portions 1a and 1b, a U-shaped guard frame 11 made of an angle material located near the rear part and a guard bar 12 made of a pipe material located at the upper front end are installed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a spiral groove 30 is formed on the peripheral surface of the rotary drive shaft 3, and one side edge of the spiral groove 30 has a sharp edge in a radial cross section. 4 and a gentle flank 30 that gradually decreases the angle from the groove bottom to the other side edge and forms a tangent to the side edge.
a. The rotary drive shaft 3 has shaft end portions 3a and 3b on both sides, and left and right vertical side plates 13a and 13b.
13b are rotatably supported by bearings 8a, respectively, and as shown in FIG. 5, a pulley 31 fixed to the right shaft end 3a and a pulley 9a of a drive motor 9 installed below the main body 1. It is configured to be rotationally driven by the operation of the drive motor 9 via the V belt 90 wound between the and.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the guide frame 6
Is a metal plate bent so that its vertical cross section has a substantially downward open C-shape, and the guide side wall 6 facing the processing passage 10 is formed.
0 is curved with the passage 10 side as a concave as a whole, and the upper portion thereof slightly overhangs to the passage side 10 side, and the lower portion 60b is gently inclined to the passage 10 side low. Directly below the guide side wall 60, the straight blade 2 along the passage direction is provided.
In the state where the strip-shaped fixed blade member 2 provided with a is superposed on the lower side 60b of the guide side wall 60 on the cutting edge side and is gently inclined toward the passage 10 side, the straight blade 2a is the peripheral surface of the rotary drive shaft 3. It is arranged so as to be substantially in contact with the upper side, and is slid and cut between the linear blade 2a and the rotating drive shaft 3 that rotates.

At the outlet 7, as shown in FIG.
By the vertical side plate 13a on the right side of the main body 1, the inclined plate 7a having one side end welded and fixed thereto, and the side plate 7b welded and fixed to the other side end of the inclined plate, the massive root vegetables M after removal of beard roots ... It constitutes the chute to be discharged. Then, this side plate 7
b and a vertical side plate 13b on the left side of the main body 1 with a bracket 14
a and 14b are integrally formed, and both brackets 14
The fixed blade body 2 is screwed at a plurality of points to a mounting bar 15 (see FIG. 2) installed between a and 14b, and
The guide frame 6 is screwed and fixed to the lower portion of the rear wall 61 via both brackets 14a and 14b and brackets 14c provided on the lower surface side of the intermediate portion of the mounting bar 15 (see FIG. 2).

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, between the left and right vertical side plates 13a and 13b of the main body 1, a rotation transmission shaft 16 positioned lower than the rotation drive shaft 3 is interposed bearings 8b and 8b. A bevel root discharge plate 17, which is rotatably installed and is positioned lower than the rotation transmission shaft 16 and is inclined forwardly lower, is fixed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, both vertical side plates 13a, 13b are formed with guide grooves 18 cut in a substantially V shape from the upper edge, and are bent in a substantially V shape on each outer surface side. Plate-shaped swing arm 2
0 has its lower end pivotally attached to a pin 19 and is rotatably mounted in a vertical plane.

Therefore, the brush roll 5 has the shaft main body 50.
The vertical side plate 1 is made up of densely planted bristles 51 made of synthetic resin filament, metal wire, animal hair, etc. on the peripheral surface of the vertical side plate 1.
Left and right shaft ends 5a and 5b inserted into the guide grooves 18 of 3a and 13b are rotatably supported by the free ends (upper ends) of the swing arms 20 via bearings 8c. On the other hand, a fitting hole 20a is provided in the middle of each swing arm 20, and the eccentric cam ring 21 fixed to the left and right shaft ends 16a and 16b of the rotation transmission shaft 16 is fitted into the fitting hole 20a. ing. The brush roll 5 and the rotation transmission shaft 16 are, as shown in FIGS.
The sprocket wheels 22 and 23 fixed to b and 16b are interlocked and rotated in the same direction via a chain 24 wound around them.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a small diameter pulley 25 pivotally attached to the outer surface side of the left side vertical side plate 13a of the main body 1 through a pin 25a and a right shaft end portion 3 of the rotary drive shaft 3.
a small diameter pulley 32 fixed to a and the rotation transmission shaft 16
Large-diameter pulley 26 fixed to the shaft end 16a on the right side of the
A V-belt 91 is wrapped around. For this reason,
When the drive motor 9 operates, the rotation drive shaft 3 rotates, and this rotation is caused by the V belt 91.
6 and the brush roll 5 also interlocks with the chain 24 to rotate, but the eccentric cam wheels 2 on both sides of the rotation transmission shaft 16
The swing arms 20, 20 swing to the left and right as shown by phantom lines in FIG. Therefore, the brush roll 5 swings in the perspective direction relative to the guide frame 6 at a rate of one reciprocation per rotation while rotating, and the width of the processing passage 10 changes accordingly.

The rotation speed of the rotary drive shaft 3 is usually 50.
Although it is set to about 0 rpm, the brush roll 5 is decelerated to about 1/3 by the diameter difference between the pulleys 32 and 26 and rotates. The rotation direction of the brush roll 5 is the same as that of the rotation drive shaft 3, and the brush roll 5 descends on the side facing the processing passage 10.

In the bevel root removing device having the above construction, the beard root n
When the attached blocky root vegetables M ... Are put into the processing passage 10 from one end side (the right end side in FIG. 1), these blocky root vegetables M ... Are taken by spiral induction of the spiral groove 30 as the rotary drive shaft 3 rotates. It moves while rolling toward the outlet 7 side, and as shown in FIG. 2, the beard root n that has entered the spiral groove 30 in this movement process ...
Is sandwiched between the straight blade 2a of the fixed blade body 2 and the spiral blade 4 and cut by sliding, and the attached soil is also efficiently removed by contact with the brush of the brush roll 5, and the rotary drive shaft 3 of the cut beard roots n ... which are discharged are spiral grooves 3
From 0, it drops downward, and the dropped soil also falls directly or after entering the spiral groove 30 and slides down on the beak root discharge plate 17 and is discharged forward. Then, the lump root vegetables M ... Having reached the take-out port 7 are in a state in which the beard roots n ... are neatly removed and there is almost no adhesion of soil, and the required boxes or the like prepared by rolling the inclined plate 7a are prepared. It is stored in a container or transferred to a conveyor such as a belt conveyor.

However, the massive root vegetables M to be treated ...
Is different in size, shape, beard root condition, etc.
Although the charging interval and the charging amount into the processing passage 10 vary, and the direction and the overlapping state when moving in the passage 10 are not constant, the one side of the passage 10 can be elastically deformed because it is a brush surface. In addition to the guide side wall 60 on the opposite side,
It is curved in a concave shape toward the 0 side to promote rolling, and further, as the width of the passage 10 is widened or narrowed by the swing of the brush roll 5, the mobility in the passage 10 is enhanced. Further, since it is also subjected to a rotating action such that it comes into contact with the descending side of the rotating brush surface so that the contact portion is always brought to the bottom side of the passage 10, it rolls vigorously in various directions during movement, and thus the rotary drive shaft. The contact portion with the peripheral surface of 3 is frequently renewed constantly, and the entire hair root n ... Enters the spiral groove 30 evenly by the time it reaches the outlet 7, and is efficiently removed. Further, even if an overlap occurs in the passage 10, the brush roll 5 swings to immediately disperse the passage.
There is no clogging within 0, smooth feeding is possible, and
Due to the rotating direction of the brush roll 5 and the curved shape of the guide side wall 60, jumping out of the passage 10 is also prevented.

Further, the soil attached to the massive root vegetables M ... falls directly from the space between the brush rolls 5 or enters the spiral groove 30 of the rotary drive shaft 3 and is discharged. The wear of the blade 2a and the spiral blade 4 is suppressed, the fixed blade body 2 and the rotary drive shaft 3 have a long life, and the maintenance cost of the apparatus is reduced.

The bulk root vegetables M with beard roots n applied to the removal of beard roots by the device of the present invention are not limited to the rhizomes of medicinal plants such as turmeric and zedoary, but various various bean roots such as taro are densely populated. All lumpy root vegetables are targeted. However, the rhizome of the above medicinal herb has a particularly hard bevel root and is difficult to remove with a kitchen knife or the like, and thus the application effect of the device of the present invention is particularly great. Incidentally, in the removal of the beard roots for these rhizomes of herbs, in the past, it was possible to process only about 30 to 40 kg per day as the average weight of the rhizome per person, whereas according to the device of the present invention, one unit per hour 200
Processing of around kg is possible. Depending on the type of the massive root vegetables M ..., part of the skin may be scraped off along with the beard root n ... during processing, but in most cases even if the skin is partially peeled in this way. There is no problem, and especially the rhizome of the herb that is finally powdered such as turmeric and zedoary does not cause any trouble.

In the bevel root removing device of the present invention, the rotary drive shaft 3 and the brush roll 5 are driven to rotate or transmit a rotational force, the brush roll 5 is oscillated, the fixed blade 2 is disposed at an angle, and the rotary drive shaft 3 is used. Position, the engraving interval and depth of the spiral blade 4 of the rotary drive shaft 3, the sectional shape and mounting structure of the fixed blade body 2 and the guide frame 6, the curved shape of the guide side wall 6a, and the axial support of each shaft portion. The detailed construction such as the structure can be modified in various ways other than the embodiment. Therefore, claim 1 and claim 4
The inventions of to 6 include a constitution in which a fixed side wall is provided in place of the brush roll 5, and in the invention of claim 2, the brush roll 5 is included.
It includes a configuration in which the is attached without swinging.

[0024]

According to the beard root removing device of the first aspect of the present invention, the lump root vegetables with beard roots are simply charged into the treatment passage, and the lump root vegetables are rotated along with the rotation of the rotary drive shaft having the spiral groove. While moving, the bevel root can be reliably removed by the cutting action of the spiral blade of the rotary drive shaft and the straight blade of the fixed blade body,
The removal process of the beard root, which conventionally relies on a labor-intensive manual work such as a knife, can be performed automatically and reliably with high efficiency.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the above beard root removing device, the soil attached to the massive root vegetables can be efficiently removed by a brush roll as well as the removal of the beard root.
Since the abrasion of the straight blade and the spiral blade due to the trapping of soil is suppressed, the fixed blade body and the rotary drive shaft have a long life, and the maintenance cost of the device can be reduced, and moreover, the massive root vegetables easily roll in the processing passage, The contact area with the peripheral surface of the rotary drive shaft is constantly and constantly updated, and the entire whisker root enters the spiral groove evenly and is efficiently removed.At the same time, the block root vegetables are easily moved and do not become clogged. Further, there is an advantage that it is prevented from jumping out from the processing passages.

According to the invention of claim 3, in the beard root removing device having the brush roll, the width of the treatment passage is periodically changed by the swing of the brush roll. It has the advantages that it rolls more easily in various directions, the efficiency of removal of beard roots is further improved, the feeding in the passage direction is further promoted, and higher processing efficiency is obtained.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned beard root removing device, the cutting performance is excellent due to the engagement of the spiral blade and the straight blade, and even a hard beard root can be cut sharply with little resistance and the main body of the block root vegetable. Has a merit that it easily rolls because it does not get caught in the spiral groove, and the efficiency of discharging the cut beard root from the spiral groove is high, so that the removal efficiency of the bevel root is further improved.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned bevel root removing device, since one side of the processing passage has a guide side wall which is concavely curved on the side of the passage, it is possible to remove the blocky root vegetables in the process of moving the passage. Rolling is more likely to occur, and there is an advantage that the removal efficiency of beard roots is further improved.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned beard root removing device, especially for the rhizomes of medicinal plants such as turmeric and zedoary with hard beard roots, these beard roots can be removed extremely efficiently and powdered for medicinal purposes. There is an advantage that the production efficiency can be greatly increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a beard root removing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of a main part of the beard root removing device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which a guide frame, a fixed blade body, and a cover of a drive mechanism section of the beard root removing device are removed.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the same beak root removing device with a cover of a drive mechanism section removed.

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the same beak root removing device with the cover of the drive mechanism section removed.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of a drive mechanism section on the right side in the beard root removing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Body 2 Fixed Blade 2a Straight Blade 3 Rotation Drive Shaft 30 Spiral Groove 30a Flank Surface 4 Spiral Blade 5 Brush Roll 6 Guide Frame 60 Guide Side Wall 7 Outlet 10 Processing Passage 20 Swing Arm 21 Eccentric Cam Ring M Massive Vegetables n Beard

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A device in which a blocky root vegetable with beard roots is introduced from one end side of a treatment passage, and while the passage is sent, the beard roots are removed and the other end side is taken out, the bottom portion of the treatment passage being provided with: A fixed blade body having a straight blade along the passage direction, and a rotary drive shaft having a spiral groove provided on the peripheral surface are arranged in parallel, and one side edge of the spiral groove is a straight blade of the fixed blade body. It forms a spiral blade that cuts between the two, and the massive root vegetables with beard roots that are put into the processing passage move to the take-out side by the spiral guidance accompanying the rotation of the rotation drive shaft, and in the course of this movement, the spiral A device for removing beard roots of lumpy root vegetables, which is configured so as to cut the beard roots that have entered the groove. 2. A lump root vegetable according to claim 1, wherein one side of the treatment passage is provided with a brush roll for contacting a rotating brush peripheral surface with the lump root vegetable in the passage on the descending side. Bee root removal device. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the brush roll swings in a direction in which the width of the processing passage is changed with rotation. 4. The spiral groove of the rotary drive shaft has a spiral blade forming one side edge formed in an acute angle in a radial cross section, and a tangent line to the side edge from the groove bottom toward the other side edge. 4. A flank that gradually reduces the angle of.
2. A device for removing beard roots of lumpy root vegetables according to any one of 1. 5. The apparatus for removing beard roots of lumpy root vegetables according to claim 1, wherein one side of the processing passage has a guide side wall which is concave on the passage side. 6. The apparatus for removing crushed root vegetables of lump roots according to claim 1, wherein the lumped root vegetables with beard roots are rhizomes of medicinal plants such as turmeric and zedoary.