JPH09308473A - Fruit peeling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fruit peeling device capable of peeling the fruit while holding under rotating the fruit without damaging a sarcocarp and not using a vacuum, and solving hygienic issues and troubles of frequent cleaning. SOLUTION: This fruit peeling device has a receiving member 12 for receiving a calyx part of a fruit, a fruit restraining part 15 for restraining the fruit received by the receiving member 12 from the opposite side of the receiving part 12, a rotary driving part 2 for driving to rotate the fruit together with the receiving member 12 in a state of nipping the fruit between the receiving member 12 and the fruit restraining part 15, and a peeling blade 11 peeling the fruit by transferring along the circumference of the fruit under rotating. To the position opposing to the receiving member 12, the fruit restraining part 15 and a head part cutting blade 23 are able to advance, and the head part cutting blade 23 contacts to the head part of the fruit received by the receiving member 12 and peels the skin remaining at the head part of the fruit at the position opposing to the receiving member 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fruit peeling apparatus suitable for efficiently peeling a large amount of persimmons in a dried persimmon producing farm or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a large amount of persimmons are peeled by a dried persimmon producing farmer, it is inefficient to peel a large amount of fruit manually, which causes the worker pain. Various devices have been proposed for efficiently removing skin and reducing labor.

As one of the conventional fruit peeling apparatuses, a fork is manually or automatically pierced with a fruit, the fruit is rotationally driven together with the fork, and a knife is pressed against the outer periphery of the fruit in synchronization with this. There is one that moves along the outer circumference of the fruit to peel the fruit.

As another method, first, the sagging portion of the fruit is removed by a chiseling unit leaving the vine portion at the center, and then this cut end is sucked with a vacuum to remove the fruit. Hold and rotate the fruit while holding,
There is also one in which the fruit is peeled by moving along the outer periphery of the fruit while pressing the blade against the outer periphery of the fruit in synchronization with this.

[0005]

According to the method of piercing a fork with a fruit and peeling it while rotating it,
Since the fork pierces the flesh deeply and damages the flesh, mold and rot easily occur from the part where the fork pierces,
There was a hygiene problem.

[0006] According to the method of peeling the fruit while sucking the fruit with a vacuum and rotating it, the pulp portion appearing by removing the scraps is directly sucked with the vacuum, so that juice and astringent However, there is a problem in that the device is often sucked and adheres to the surroundings, and the device must be cleaned frequently.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. The present invention holds fruits without damaging the flesh and rotationally drives them, and holds fruits without using vacuum. It is an object of the present invention to provide a fruit peeling device that can eliminate hygiene problems and frequent cleaning problems by enabling peeling while rotating and driving.

[0008]

A fruit peeling device according to claim 1 is provided with a receiving member for receiving a depressed portion of the fruit, and a fruit retainer for pressing the fruit received by the receiving member from the side opposite to the receiving member. , A rotation driving unit that drives the fruit to rotate together with the receiving member while sandwiching the fruit between the receiving member and the fruit holder, and a skin that peels the fruit by moving it along the peripheral surface of the fruit that is rotationally driven. It has a stripping blade.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the fruit peeling apparatus according to the first aspect, a fruit retainer and a head cutting blade can be advanced to a position facing the receiving member, and the head cutting blade is In a position facing the receiving member, the head of the fruit received by the receiving member is brought into contact with and the skin remaining on the head of the fruit is peeled off.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the fruit peeling apparatus according to the second aspect, a chuck for gripping the fruit from the outer periphery is provided on the outer peripheral side of the head cutting blade, and the head cutting blade with respect to the chuck. It is rotatable, and the head cutting blade is rotationally driven while the chuck holds the fruit, so that the skin remaining on the head of the fruit is peeled off.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a fruit peeling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show the entire embodiment of a fruit peeling apparatus according to the present invention, in which a peeling unit 1, a rotary drive unit 2, a head unit 3, which are assembled on a base 110, It comprises an upper and lower unit 4, a separate flattening unit 5, and the like. The rotation drive unit 2 rotates the fruit while the bent portion of the fruit is placed on the receiving member 12, and the peeling unit 1 is a peripheral surface of the fruit that is rotationally driven by the rotation drive unit 2. The fruit is peeled by moving the peeling blade along. The head unit 3 includes a fruit retainer 15 that presses the fruit placed on the receiving member 12 onto the receiving member 12 from above, or a chucking lever 16 that grasps the fruit placed on the receiving member 12 from the outer periphery. The head cutting blade 23 is moved up and down, and the vertical unit 4 is manually operated to move the head unit 3 up and down.

The rotary drive unit 2 not only drives the fruit to rotate, but also serves as a scraping unit for pressing the scraping blade 14 against the scraped portion of the fruit that is being rotated to remove the scrap. ing. In addition, the above-described separate flattening unit 5 presses the flattened portion of the fruit against the flattening head 28 before the fruit is placed on the receiving member 12 to remove the outer peripheral portion of the flattened portion. However, when the rotary drive unit 2 also serves as the flattening unit as described above, it is not necessary to purposely provide the separate flattening unit 5.

Next, the configuration of each part will be specifically described. First, the internal structure of the peeling unit 1 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. In FIG. 3, a motor 34 is fixed to a vertical substrate 111 with its output shaft facing downward, and a rotary solenoid 35 is attached below the motor 34.
The motor 34 is a reversible motor and its output shaft has a dog plate 47.
And the bevel gear 50 are fixed. The sensor 4 for detecting two rotational positions is provided with a predetermined center angle with respect to the dog plate 47.
9, 48 are arranged to face each other. The dog plate 47 has a protrusion or a notch on the outer peripheral portion, and when the sensors 49 and 48 detect the protrusion or the notch, the motor 3
The rotation direction of 4 is reversed.

The motor 34 and the rotary solenoid 3
5, a horizontal tube axis 43 is provided between the pair of bearings 45,
It is rotatably supported by 45. A bevel gear 51 is fixed to an intermediate portion of the tube shaft 43 in the length direction, and the bevel gear 50 and the bevel gear 51 mesh with each other. A rod 42 is fitted in the tube shaft 43 so as to be slidable in the axial direction of the tube shaft 43. The rotary solenoid 35 has a rotary plate that rotates when excited, and a drive pin 36 is fixed to the rotary plate. On the rotation path of the drive pin 36, a protrusion 38 of a rotary plate 37 that is rotatable about a shaft 39 in a vertical plane is advanced. The rotary plate 37 integrally has a lever 40, and a pin 41 provided at the tip of the lever 40 is in contact with the left end of the rod 42 in FIG. The rod 42 is biased to the left in FIG. 3 by the spring 46. Due to the excitation of the rotary solenoid 35, the drive pin 36 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 3 to push the protrusion 38 and rotate the lever 40 clockwise.
The pin 41 pushes the left end of the rod 42 to move the rod 42 rightward in FIG. 3 against the biasing force. A sleeve 44 is substantially integrally fitted to the right end portion of the tube shaft 43 in FIG.

FIG. 4 shows a drive mechanism for the peeling blade 11 following the peeling unit 1 shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the rotary head 13 is attached to the sleeve 44 substantially integrated with the tube shaft 43.
Are fitted and fixed. A push plate 52 is fitted and fixed to the right end of the rod 42. Rotating head 13
Has a pair of stays 53, 53 extending from the upper end thereof. A shaft 54 is attached between the stays 53, 53, and an arm 55 is rotatably supported by the shaft 54.
The arm 55 has two forked ends 57, 57,
The peeling blade 11 is supported on the tip portions 57, 57.
The arm 55 is urged to rotate in the clockwise direction in FIG. 4 by the pressing spring 58, and the rear end (the left end in FIG. 4) of the arm 55 comes into contact with the pressing plate 52 to restrict the rotation by the urging force. ing.

The peeling unit 1 and the peeling blade 11
The drive mechanism of operates as follows. Except during the peeling operation, the rotary solenoid 35 is excited and the drive pin 36 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 3, and the drive pin 36 pushes the protrusion 38 of the rotary plate 37 to rotate the lever 40 clockwise. The pin 41 of the lever 40 pushes one end of the rod 42 to push the rod 42 rightward. The pushing plate 52 shown in FIG. 4 also moves to the right along with the rod 42, one end of the arm 55 is pushed by the pushing plate 52, and the arm 55 rotates counterclockwise against the biasing force, and the peeling blade 11 Are separated from the fruit 100 placed on the receiving member 12 (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

The rotary solenoid 35 becomes non-excited by a predetermined signal, and the rod 42 moves leftward while rotating the lever 40 counterclockwise in FIG. 3 by its urging force. As a result, the pressing plate 52 shown in FIG. 4 also moves to the left, the arm 55 rotates clockwise by the urging force of the pressing spring 58, and the peeling blade 11 is pressed against the surface of the fruit 100. The fruit 100 has been previously driven to rotate together with the receiving member 12, and the peeling blade 11 starts to peel the fruit 100.

The motor 34 starts to rotate in a fixed direction almost in synchronization with the non-excitation of the rotary solenoid 35. The rotational force of the motor 34 is transmitted to the tube shaft 43 via the bevel gears 50 and 51, and rotates the tube shaft 43, the sleeve 44, and the rotary head 13 around the rod 42. The peeling blade 11 also rotates around the rod 42 as the rotary head 13 rotates. At this time, the peeling blade 11 contacts the surface of the fruit 100 by the urging force of the spring 58, and rotates while following the surface shape of the fruit. And peel the fruit 100. When the rotary head 13 rotates by a predetermined angle, one of the rotary position sensors 47 and 48 detects the protrusion or the notch of the dog plate 47. This detection signal excites the rotary solenoid 35 and causes the motor 34 to rotate in the reverse direction. Excitation of the rotary solenoid 35 causes the peeling blade 11 to separate from the fruit 100 as described above. Motor 3
By the reverse rotation of 4, the rotary head 13 reverses toward the original position. When the rotary head 13 returns to the original position, the dog plate 47
The other of the rotational position sensors 47 and 48 detects the protrusion or notch, and the motor 34 stops, and the rotary head 13 stops at the original position.

Next, the rotary drive unit 2 of the fork 12 and the flattening mechanism attached to the rotary drive unit 2 will be described. In FIGS. 5 and 6, bearings 61 and 62 are vertically fixed to the vertical substrate 112, and the fork rotation shaft 59 is rotatably and vertically supported by the bearings 61 and 62. The lower bearing 62 also serves as a thrust receiver.
The disc-shaped receiving member 1 is provided on the upper end of the fork rotating shaft 59.
2 is fixed, and an appropriate number of forks 60 project upward from the upper surface of the receiving member 12. The fork 60 is stabbed with a portion 101 of the fruit 100. The protruding length of the fork 60 is 1
The fork 60 is short enough not to reach the pulp when the 01 portion is pierced.

The fork rotary shaft 59 can be rotated only in a predetermined direction by a one-way clutch 65.
A worm 63 and a gear 64 are fixed to the fork rotating shaft 59. The gear 64 meshes with a gear 67 fixed to the output shaft of a motor 66 for rotating the fork, and the worm 63 meshes with a worm wheel 68. The worm wheel 68 integrally includes a cam 69 having a cam surface whose radius gradually increases in the rotation direction. The cam follower 7 mounted on the vertical moving plate 71 is attached to the cam surface.
0 is abutting from above. The flat blade 14 is attached to the upper end of the vertical moving plate 71. By moving the vertical moving plate 71 upward, the blade portion at the tip of the scraping blade 14 comes into contact with the portion of the shaft 101 of the fruit 100 which is rotationally driven in advance, and the shaft 101 is received by the receiving member 12. It is designed to be removed, leaving the part that is left. The maximum diameter portion and the minimum diameter portion of the cam 69 are connected by a step portion in the radial direction, and the cam follower 70 falls down the step portion, whereby the vertical moving plate 71 descends, and the sensor 107 detects this descending operation. Has become. The up-and-down moving plate 71 can also be moved up and down by the manual operation lever 72 to remove the flat 101.

Next, the specific structure of the head unit 3 will be described. In FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the guide rail 22 is fixed to the base 114 in the vertical direction.
A slider 95 that can move up and down along the line 2 is provided. The horizontal piece of the angle member 84 is fixed to the upper end of the slider 95, and the motor 21 is fixed to the vertical piece of the angle member 84. A rotary shaft 73 is rotatably supported by the slider 95 by vertically penetrating the central portion of the slider 95 in the vertical direction. The rotary shaft 73 has a gear 98 at an intermediate portion in the length direction, and the gear 98 is the motor 2
It meshes with a gear 97 that is integral with the first output shaft. A flange 74 is integrally provided on the right end of the rotary shaft 73 in FIG. 7, and a head plate 75 is fixed to the flange 74.

The head plate 75 is rotatable in a vertical plane together with the rotating shaft 75, and a motor 20 which is driven when removing the skin remaining on the head of the fruit is fixed to the upper part of the head plate 75. ing. The hollow shaft 19 is fixed downward to the lower part of the head plate 75. A rotary shaft 80 is inserted in the hollow shaft 19, and the upper end of the rotary shaft 80 is connected to the output shaft of the motor 20 by a coupling 81. A head cutting blade 23 is fixed to the lower end of the rotary shaft 80 protruding from the lower end of the hollow shaft 19. The head-cutting blade 23 is used to remove the skin remaining on the head of the fruit. When the head-cutting blade 23 comes into contact with the head of the fruit while being rotated by the motor 20, the skin remaining on the head of the fruit is removed. To remove. Therefore, the shape of the head cutting blade 23 is adapted to the shape of the head of the fruit.

The sleeve 1 is provided on the outer peripheral side of the lower end of the hollow shaft 19.
05 is stuck. An appropriate number (4 in the illustrated example) of chucking levers 1 are provided on the lower peripheral portion of the sleeve 105.
6 is rotatably supported about a shaft 79. Each chucking lever 16 is rotationally biased by a compression spring 78 in a direction in which the lower ends thereof are narrowed, and is rotated by the biasing force at a position where the chucking levers 16 are substantially parallel to each other, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. Is regulated. A roof-shaped projection 83 is fixed to the inner surface side of the lower end of each chucking lever 16 with the roof-shaped surface facing upward and downward. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, when the hollow shaft 19 is lowered together with the slider 95 in a state where the hollow shaft 19 is in a vertical position, the roof-shaped roof-shaped outer periphery of the fruit placed on the receiving member 12 is provided. The lower sloping surface of the projection 83 hits, and the chucking levers 16 are spread apart against the biasing force while following the outer peripheral surface of the fruit. When each of the protrusions 83 passes through the maximum diameter portion of the fruit, the chucking lever 16 is rotated by its urging force and holds the fruit.

As described above, the motor 20 is rotationally driven while the chucking lever 16 holds the fruit.
The head cutting blade 23 is rotationally driven, and the head cutting blade 23 removes the skin remaining on the head of the fruit. The motor 20
After being driven for a certain period of time, the rotary shaft 73 is rotationally driven with the hollow shaft 19 rising together with the slider 95,
Each chucking lever 16 rotates together with the hollow shaft 19 as shown in FIG. Due to this rotation, one upper end of the chucking lever 16 comes into contact with the chuck opening roller 18 provided in the fixed portion, and the chucking lever 1
One of the members 6 rotates against the biasing force and opens with respect to the other chucking lever 16. As a result, the fruit held by each chucking lever 16 is released, and the fruit is stored in the predetermined storage portion through the discharge gutter 30 shown in FIG.

From the lower part of the head plate 75, the rod 1 for pressing fruit is formed at a predetermined angle with respect to the hollow shaft 19.
7 extends downward. The hollow shaft 19 and the rod 17 are in the same plane as the plane of rotation of the hollow shaft 19 by the rotation of the head plate 75 about the rotary shaft 73. The rod 17 is hollow, and a slide shaft 76 projects from the lower end of the rod 17, and a flat cup-shaped fruit holder 15 is attached to the lower end of the slide shaft 76. The slide shaft 76 is rotatable within the rod 17 around the central axis of the rod 17, and
The spring 77 biases the rod 17 in a direction projecting from the lower end thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, when the rod 17 is in a vertical position and the fruit holder 15 faces the receiving member 12 and the rod 17 descends together with the slider 95, the head of the fruit placed on the receiving member 12 is lowered. The fruit retainer 15 hits the portion, and the slide shaft 76 cannot be further lowered, but the rod 17 is further lowered together with the slider 95, and the slide shaft 76 is urged by the spring 77 to move upward with respect to the rod 17. Will result in relative movement to. When the slide shaft 76 relatively slides by a certain amount, this is detected by the sensor 106 shown in FIG. 8, and this detection signal activates the motor 34 for rotating the rotary head 13 and the motor 66 for rotating the fork, and the rotary solenoid. 35 is de-energized.

In this way, as described above, the fruit holder 15 presses the head of the fruit by the urging force of the spring 77, and the fruit is driven to rotate together with the receiving member 12, and the peeling unit 1 operates to operate the fruit peeler. The skin is peeled off. At this time, the slide shaft 76 rotates without resistance together with the fruit and the fruit retainer 15.

Next, the specific structure of the upper and lower units 4 will be described. In FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, a bearing block 99 is fitted in the longitudinal intermediate portion of the rotary shaft 73, and the rotary shaft 73 is rotatable with respect to the bearing block 99. A pair of strip-shaped springs 32 are provided on the top of the bearing block 99.
One end of 32 is connected. The other ends of the strip springs 32, 32 are connected to the winding cores of the drums 33, 33, respectively. The belt-shaped springs 32, 32 are respectively drums 33, 3
It is urged in the direction to get caught in 3. Therefore, the bearing block 99, the rotary shaft 73 supported by the bearing block 99, and the slider 85 through which the rotary shaft 73 penetrates are urged upward, and further, the fruit retainer supported via the head plate 75. 15, the chucking levers 16 and the like are also biased upward.

In FIG. 10, a coupling 85 is attached to the left end of the rotary shaft 73, and the upper end of the round rack 26 is connected to the coupling 85.
Extends vertically downward. The round rack 26 is the base 1
It is supported by a pair of guide metals 92, 92 attached to 15 so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction but not rotatable. Rack teeth 86 are formed on one side of the round rack 26, and an umbrella-shaped dog 9 is provided at a position near the upper end.
3 are integrally provided. When the round rack 26 reaches a predetermined raised position, the dog 93 is moved to the limit switch 9
The limit switch 94 is actuated by pressing the operation portion of No. 4.

A lever 24 is rotatably supported on the base 115 with a shaft rotatably supported by a bearing as a fulcrum 25. The lever 24 has an elongated hole 88 that is long in the longitudinal direction at the middle portion in the longitudinal direction. In the elongated hole 88, a pinion shaft 87 is fitted so as to be movable within the range of the elongated hole 88. A pinion 89 is attached to the pinion shaft 87. The pinion 89 is rotatable around a pinion shaft 87. The base 115 has a pinion shaft 87.
A groove-shaped pinion guide 91 is formed to guide the vertical direction. The base 115 also includes the round rack 2 described above.
A fixed rack 90 is fixed in the vertical direction so that the pinion 89 is sandwiched between the fixed rack 90 and the fixed rack 90. The pinion 89 includes the rack 86 of the round rack 26 and the fixed rack 9
It meshes with both racks of 0.

The state shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is a state in which the rotating shaft 73, the slider 95, and the like are raised by the urging force of the belt-shaped springs 32, 32, and the round rack 26 is also raised in connection therewith. The lever 24 is in a state of being directed obliquely upward. In this state, when the lever 24 is manually operated and pushed down while rotating around the fulcrum 25, the pinion 89 descends along the pinion guide 91 while rolling clockwise along the fixed rack 90 in FIG. The circular rack 26 also descends due to the engagement of 89 with the rack 86 of the circular rack 26. Here, not only the descending distance of the round rack 26 but also the clockwise rotation of the pinion 89 is added to double the descending distance of the round rack 26. As the round rack 26 descends in this manner, the rotary shaft 73 descends via the coupling 85 against the biasing force of the strip springs 32, 32, and the slider 85 and the head plate 7
5, the fruit holder 15, each chucking lever 16 and the like are lowered.

Next, the specific construction of the separately attached flattening unit 5 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 11, the separate flattening unit 5 has a rotary shaft 102 that is driven to rotate by a motor (not shown), and a disk 103 is provided at the tip of the rotary shaft 102, and an appropriate number of columns are used. A flat blade 104 is attached. The flattening blade 104 has a substantially donut shape, and is partially cut in the radial direction, and one of the cutting edges is raised to form a tooth portion. The disk 103 and the scraping blade 104 constitute the scraping head 28. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the flattening head 28 is covered with a cover for ensuring safety, and a fruit 100 such as a persimmon is inserted from the flattened 101 side through a central hole formed in the cover. Then, the scraper blade 104 that is rotationally driven by the motor makes the scraper 1
01 is to be removed leaving its center.

The embodiments of the fruit peeling apparatus according to the present invention have been described above for each unit. Next, a series of operations will be described together with a method of using the peeling device. First, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, with the fruit retainer 15 facing the receiving member 12 and the fruit retainer 15 being raised, the fruit 100 such as a persimmon is turned downward with its spatula 101 facing down. And is placed on the receiving member 12. At this time, FIG.
Alternatively, the portion of the flat 101 may be lightly pierced into the fork 60 as shown in FIG.

Next, the lever 24 is manually pushed down,
As described above, the upper and lower units 4 are connected to the strip springs 32,
The fruit presser 15 is brought into contact with the head of the fruit 100 on the receiving member 12 by lowering it against the biasing force of 32. When the vertical unit 4 is further lowered, as described above, the rod 1
7 is further lowered, while fruit retainer 15 is fruit 10.
Since the downward movement is blocked by 0, the slide shaft 76 relatively moves with respect to the rod 17, which causes the sensor 10 shown in FIG.
6 detects. On the other hand, the relative movement of the slide shaft 76 urges the spring 77, and the urging force causes the fruit 100 to be sandwiched between the receiving member 12 and the fruit retainer 15.

The detection signal of the sensor 106 drives the fork rotation motor 66 shown in FIG.
The fork rotating shaft 59 and the receiving member 12 are rotationally driven via 64, and the fruit 100 is rotationally driven as described above. At this time, the slide shaft 76 also rotates together with the fruit and the fruit retainer 15. Further, the rotary solenoid 35 of the peeling unit 1 shown in FIG. 3 is de-energized by the detection signal of the sensor 106, and the motor 34 is also driven in one direction. When the rotary solenoid 35 is de-energized, the rod 42 is moved to the left in FIG. 3 by the urging force, and the push plate 52 shown in FIG.
By escaping from the rear end portion 56 and rotating the arm 55 by the urging force of the repulsion spring 58, the peeling blade 11 separated from the fruit 100 as shown in FIG.
Touch the surface of. The motor 34 shown in FIG. 3 is also driven in a certain range in one direction by the detection signal of the sensor 106. By driving the motor 34, as described above, the tube shaft 43
And the rotary head 13 substantially integrated with this is rotationally driven within a certain angle range, and the peeling blade 11 rotates within a certain angle range while following the surface of the fruit 100 to peel the fruit 100.

Further, the worm 63 rotates with the rotation of the fork rotating shaft 59, the rotational force is transmitted to the worm wheel 68, and the worm wheel 68 and the cam 69 integral with the worm wheel 68 rotate clockwise in FIG. Then, the vertical moving plate 71 rises via the cam follower 70,
1 is the above-mentioned fruit 100.
The contact 101 is removed, and the contact 101 is removed while leaving the portion received by the receiving member 12.

As described above, when the peeling blade 11 is rotated near the fruit holder 15, one of the sensors 48 and 49 detects the protrusion or notch of the dog plate 47 shown in FIG. The detection signal causes the motor 34 to rotate in the reverse direction and the rotary solenoid 35 to be excited. Excitation of the rotary solenoid 35 causes the peeling blade 11 to escape from the fruit 100 as described above. Further, by the reverse rotation of the motor 34, the rotary head 13 and the peeling blade 11 reversely rotate toward the original position. When the rotary head 13 and the peeling blade 11 return to their original positions, the sensor board 4 detects the protrusion or notch of the dog plate 47.
The other one of 8 and 49 is detected, and the motor 34 is stopped by this detection signal. Further, at this time, the cam follower 70 falls down the stepped portion of the cam 69, the vertical moving plate 71 descends, and the sensor 107 detects this descending motion to stop the motor 66 and stop the rotation of the fruit 100 together with the receiving member 12. To do.

After the peeling and the scraping of the fruit 100 are completed as described above, the lever 24 is then operated to raise the fulcrum 25 as a center. By this operation, the vertical unit 4 operates as described above, and the slider 95 and the head unit 3 attached to the slider 95 rise. When the head unit 3 rises to the upper limit,
This is detected by the limit switch 94 shown in FIG. 9, the motor 21 is activated by this detection signal, and the head plate 75 is moved to the position shown in FIG.
At a predetermined angle, the head cutting blade 23 replaces the fruit pressing member 15 and the fruit 10 on the receiving member 12 is rotated.
Stop at a position just above 0. The motor 20 is started by detecting this stop position with a predetermined sensor, and the head cutting blade 23 is rotationally driven.

In this state, the lever 24 is again operated to move it downward, and the head unit 3 is lowered together with the vertical unit 4. When the head unit 3 descends, the receiving member 1
2 chucking levers 16 on the outer peripheral surface of the fruit 100 on
The roof-shaped protrusion 83 on the inner surface of the lower end of the
The chucking levers 16 rotate outward along the outer peripheral surface of the chucking lever 16 against the biasing force, and the chucking levers 16 hold the fruit 100. When the head unit 3 is further lowered, the head cutting blade 23 comes into contact with the head of the fruit 100, and the skin left on the head of the fruit 100 is held while the fruit 100 is held by the chucking levers 16. Remove.

Next, when the lever 24 is operated and moved upward, the fruit 100 is moved by each chucking lever 16.
Head unit 3 rises while holding. When the upper limit position of the head unit 3 is detected by the limit switch 94, the head rotating motor 21 is started in the reverse direction, the head plate 75 shown in FIG. 8 rotates counterclockwise, and the head plate 75 shown in FIG. As described above, the fruit retainer 15 is stopped in a state in which it is located right above the receiving member 12. As described above, the head plate 75
When is rotated counterclockwise, as shown in FIG. 2, one upper end of the chucking lever 16 causes the chuck opening roller 1 to move.
8, the chucking lever 16 is rotated in the direction of opening the chuck against the urging force to release the fruit 100 held by each chucking lever 16 after the completion of peeling. The released fruit 100 is the drain gutter 30
It is discharged to the upper side and is housed in a predetermined housing via the drain gutter 30.

According to the embodiment described above, the fruit 1
The receiving member 12 that receives the concave portion 101 of 00 and the fruit retainer 15 that presses the fruit 100 received by the receiving member 12 from the side opposite to the receiving member 12 are provided.
The peeling blade 11 while rotating the fruit together with the receiving member 12 with the fruit sandwiched between the
Since it was moved to peel the fruit, it is possible to stably hold the fruit and use it for peeling without having to pierce the fruit fork deeply as in the conventional case.
It is possible to provide a fruit peeling device that is unlikely to cause mold and decay without damaging the pulp.

Further, the fruit pressing member 15 and the head cutting blade 23 are provided so as to be capable of advancing at a position facing the receiving member 12, and the head cutting blade 23 is received by the receiving member 12 at a position facing the receiving member 12. It touches the head of the fruit
Since the skin remaining on the head of the fruit is peeled off, even when the skin is peeled off with the fruit sandwiched between the receiving member 12 and the fruit retainer 15 as described above,
It can be peeled off without leaving any skin.

Further, a chuck is provided on the outer peripheral side of the head cutting blade 23 for gripping fruit from the outer periphery, the head cutting blade 23 is rotatable with respect to the chuck, and the head cutting blade 23 holds the fruit while the chuck grips the fruit. Since the peeling remaining on the head of the fruit is peeled off by rotating, the peeling is performed with the fruit sandwiched between the receiving member 12 and the fruit retainer 15 as described above. Peeling can be achieved without leaving skin.

In addition, when the body of the fruit is removed in advance using the separate body removing unit 5 and the body is used for peeling, it is not necessary to provide the body removing blade 14 and its drive mechanism. Both may be provided as in the illustrated embodiment. A motor may be used instead of the rotary solenoid 35 shown in FIG. Further, the motors, rotary solenoids, etc. of the respective parts may be any drive sources, and any drive source can be selected and employed. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is suitable as a peeling device for persimmons, but can be applied as a peeling device for general fruits other than persimmons.

[0044]

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1, the receiving member has a receiving member for receiving the depression of the fruit and a fruit retainer for pressing the fruit received by the receiving member from the side opposite to the receiving member. While the fruit is sandwiched between the fruit holder and the fruit holder, the fruit is peeled by moving the peeling blade while rotating the fruit together with the receiving member. Even if you do not pierce, you can hold the fruit stably and use it for peeling,
Without damaging the flesh, it is possible to prevent the development of mold and decay, and because it does not hold the fruit using vacuum, neither juice nor astringent will adhere to the surroundings,
It is possible to provide a fruit peeling device that does not require frequent cleaning.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the fruit pressing member and the head cutting blade are provided so as to be capable of advancing at the position facing the receiving member, and the head cutting blade is provided at the position facing the receiving member. Since it was made to contact the head of the fruit being received by and peel off the skin remaining on the head of the fruit, peel the skin with the fruit sandwiched between the receiving member and the fruit holder as described above. Even those that have been removed can be peeled off without leaving any skin.

According to the third aspect of the invention, a chuck is provided on the outer peripheral side of the head cutting blade for gripping the fruit from the outer periphery, the head cutting blade is rotatable with respect to the chuck, and the chuck grips the fruit. By rotating the head cutting blade to peel off the skin remaining on the head of the fruit, the skin was peeled with the fruit sandwiched between the receiving member and the fruit holder as described above. It is possible to achieve stripping on the object without leaving a skin.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire embodiment of a fruit peeling device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a portion of the peeling unit in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a mechanism portion of a peeling blade following the epithelial peeling unit.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a rotation drive unit in the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the above rotary drive unit.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a portion of the head unit in the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a right side view of a portion of the upper head unit.

FIG. 9 is a left side view showing a portion of the upper and lower units in the above embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a portion of the upper and lower units of the same.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of a caterpillar unit that can be attached to the fruit peeling device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 rotation drive part 11 peeling blade 12 receiving member 15 fruit holder 16 chucking lever 23 head cutting blade 100 fruit 101

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A receiving member for receiving a depression of a fruit, a fruit retainer for pressing the fruit received by the receiving member from a side opposite to the receiving member, and a state in which the fruit is sandwiched between the receiving member and the fruit retainer. A fruit peeling device comprising: a rotation driving unit that rotates a fruit together with a receiving member; and a peeling blade that peels the fruit by moving it along the peripheral surface of the fruit that is driven to rotate. 2. A fruit pressing member and a head cutting blade can be advanced to a position facing the receiving member, and the head cutting blade is
The fruit peeling device according to claim 1, which is in contact with the head of the fruit received by the receiving member at a position facing the receiving member and removes the skin remaining on the head of the fruit. 3. The head cutting blade has a chuck on the outer peripheral side for gripping fruits from the outer circumference, the head cutting blade is rotatable with respect to the chuck, and the head cutting blade holds the fruit while the chuck grips the fruits. The fruit peeling device according to claim 2, wherein the peeling device remaining on the head of the fruit is peeled by being driven to rotate.