JPH09313151A - Deveice for cutting welsh onion - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for cutting a Welsh onion capable of simply taking in the Welsh onion onto a conveyor, regulating the Welsh onion to a posture intersecting a cutter at right angles therewith in the course of conveyance, nipping and conveying the Welsh onion and accurately cutting unnecessary parts, etc., of the Welsh onion. SOLUTION: This device for cutting a Welsh onion A is obtained by providing a conveyor 6 having many protrusively installed supporting units 12 for the Welsh onion A capable of supporting the Welsh onion A at an interval, arranging a dashing unit 16 fixed so as to face on one lateral edge in the width direction of the conveyor 6 and dashing root groups of the Welsh onion A on the conveyor 6 thereon, installing a posture regulating unit 25 for the Welsh onion A capable of regulating the posture of the Welsh onion A on the conveyor 6 and pushed up with the Welsh onion A, providing a movable supporting unit 20 for the Welsh onion A capable of supporting the Welsh onion A on the conveyor 6 passing through the posture regulating unit 25 from the upper side and further a cutter 30 capable of cutting unnecessary parts of the Welsh onion A on the conveyor 6 supported on the supporting unit 20 for the Welsh onion A on the same side as that of the dashing unit 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a long-green onion cutting device, for example, a device for cutting root-unnecessary portions between long-green onion leaf-sheath portions and root groups, such as root deep-green onions for finishing the leaf sheath portion white. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a dug out root deep-root is cut as a root-unnecessary portion as a preparatory work before stripping off the leaf-sheath of the root deep-root, but as a cutting device for cutting the root-unnecessary portion, For example, a bucket conveyor for mounting and transporting root deep-root is provided, and a positioning body for positioning the cutting position of the root deep-root that has been loaded onto this bucket conveyor is provided, and the root of the root deep-root is not required at the carry-out end of the bucket conveyor. There is a configuration in which a cutter that cuts a part is rotatably provided.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional cutting device, the bucket of the bucket conveyor is formed to have a relatively narrow width so that movement of root deep-root carried on the bucket is reduced. Therefore, root deep green onions cannot be easily loaded onto this bucket.Also, root deep green onions can be loaded easily with the relatively wide width of this bucket, but the root deep green onions can be moved on this bucket. There is a problem in that it is difficult to cut the root-unnecessary portion accurately, for example, when the root-unnecessary portion of the root deep-root is cut, the root-releasing part moves and the root-unnecessary portion is cut obliquely.

The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and the long green onion can be easily carried in on the conveyor, and the long green onion is adjusted to a posture orthogonal to the cutter while being conveyed and is also clamped. It is an object of the present invention to provide a long-green onion cutting device that can be conveyed and then accurately cut the root-unnecessary portion of the long-green onion.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a long-green onion cutting device having a conveyor having a plurality of long-green onions supporting the long-green onions at intervals, and one side in the width direction of the conveyor. An abutting body that faces the edge and abuts the root group of the long green onion carried on this conveyor, and a vertical position with respect to this conveyor located midway above in the conveying direction of the conveyor A position adjustment body of a long green onion that can be installed to adjust the position of the green onion on the conveyor and is pushed up and rotated by the green onion, and a long green onion on the conveyor that has passed through the position adjustment body are supported from above. A movable onion support and a root of the onion on the conveyor, which is rotatably provided on the same side as the butting body in the conveyance direction of the onion and supported by the onion support. And a cutter for cutting unnecessary portions.

[0006] Then, the onion is transported in a state of being laterally fed between the onion supports on the rotating conveyor, and the onion is pushed to position the root group by abutting the abutting body.
By releasing the green onion, the green onion is conveyed by the conveyor. Then, the onion comes into contact with the posture adjusting body to temporarily prevent the conveyance, and the onion is pushed by the onion supporting body moving toward the onion, and the onion is moved. The posture is adjusted to be orthogonal to the conveyor.

[0007] Further, when the long onion support body that has pushed the long onion further moves to push the long green onion, the posture adjusting body is pushed up and rotated by the long green onion, and the long green onion is also conveyed. Is passed through the posture adjusting body in a state orthogonal to. The onion is supported by the onion support from above, the leaf sheath of the onion is positioned and sandwiched between the onion support and the conveyor, and the onion is supported by the conveyor and the onion support. While being conveyed in a state orthogonal to the conveyor, the onion support is interlocked with this onion and moved in the onion conveying direction.

Further, when the long onion is conveyed to the position of the cutter, the unnecessary root portion of the long onion is cut by this cutter.
At this time, since the onions are conveyed to the cutter in a posture in which they are perpendicular to each other and the onions are positioned, the root-unnecessary part of the onion is not cut diagonally and the root-unnecessary part is cut orderly. It Then, the long green onion, whose root unnecessary portion is cut, is carried out from the carry-out end portion of the conveyor.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a long onion cutting device according to the first aspect.
In the onion cutting device described above, the posture adjusting body has a guide roller that is rotatably supported at the side edge portion on which the long onion comes into contact, which is urged and supported toward the conveyor around the rotation fulcrum.

Then, the attitude adjusting body is pushed up and rotated against the urging force in the long onion, and the long onion passes through the attitude adjusting body pushed and opened by being guided by the guide roller. At this time, the long green onion is guided by the guide roller and passes without sliding on the side edge portion of the posture adjusting body, so that the long green onion is prevented from being damaged. Further, when the onion passes through the posture adjusting body, the posture adjusting body is rotated and returned by the urging force to prepare for the next adjustment of the onion.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a long onion cutting device according to the first aspect.
In the described onion cutting device, the onion support comprises an endless traveling body having a large number of supporting recesses for supporting the long onion from above in the outer peripheral portion, and the endless traveling body is pushed by the onion supporting body. It is carried around in a moving green onion.

The long green onion that has passed through the posture adjusting body is supported from above by the support concave portion of the endless traveling body in a state in which the posture is adjusted in preparation for cutting of the root unnecessary portion. The leaf sheath of long green onion is sandwiched between them. And then
The endless traveling body is pushed by the long onion conveyed by the conveyor and the long onion supporting body and is rotated in the conveying direction of the long onion.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a long-green onion cutting device.
In the above-mentioned long-green onion cutting device, the cutter is fixed to a rotary shaft having a leaf-cutting cutter for cutting the leaf blade portion of the long-green onion. Then, at the same time that the root unnecessary portion of the long green onion is cut by the cutter, the leaf blade portion of the long green onion is cut from a predetermined position by the leaf cutting cutter.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a long onion cutting device according to the fourth aspect.
In the onion cutting device described, the leaf cutting cutter is fixed to the rotary shaft so as to be axially positionally adjustable. Then, by adjusting the mounting position of the leaf cutting cutter, the leaf blade portion of the green onion can be reliably cut from the predetermined position by this leaf cutting cutter.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Reference numeral 1 is a main body of the cutting device.
Has a movable base 2, a machine frame 3 fixed to the upper part of the base 2, a substantially horizontal table 4 fixed to one end of the machine frame 3, and a cover body 5. .

Further, the machine frame 3 is provided with a conveyor 6 for carrying the long onion A. The conveyor 6 includes a left-right rotation shaft 7 rotatably mounted on one end of the machine frame 3, a driven roller 8 fixed to the rotation shaft 7, and another end of the machine frame 3. A horizontal drive shaft 9 rotatably supported, a drive roller 10 fixed to the drive shaft 9, and an endless shape rotatably suspended between the driven roller 8 and the drive roller 10. And a conveyor belt (11).

Further, the conveyor belt 11 supports a pair of long onions A on both sides in the width direction thereof at a predetermined interval and at a predetermined interval in the traveling direction of the conveyor belt 11. The long onion support bodies 12 that are conveyed by being integrally projected are integrally provided. Each of the onion supports 12 is the conveyor belt.
Vertical pushing surface 13 for pushing the above-mentioned leek A in the traveling direction 11
And has a substantially U-shaped cross section. Then, the pushing surfaces 13 of the long onion supports 12 on both sides in the width direction of the conveyor belt 11
Are formed on the same plane orthogonal to the conveyor belt 11.

The drive shaft 9 is interlockingly connected to a first motor 14 fixed to the machine casing 3 via an interlocking medium 15. Then, the interlocking medium 15 is generated by the first motor 14.
The drive shaft 9 is rotationally driven via the drive shaft 9, and the conveyor belt 11 is rotated by the drive roller 10 of the drive shaft 9 in the clockwise direction in FIG.

Next, the root of the long onion A, which is located near the table 4 and faces one side edge in the width direction of the conveyor belt 11 and is carried into the machine frame 3 on the conveyor belt 11. A plate-shaped abutting body 16 for abutting the group B is provided. The abutment body 16 extends vertically along the traveling direction of the conveyor belt 11.

Next, the upper traveling portion of the conveyor belt 11
A pair of support frames 17 in the front-rear direction, which are located above 11a and are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval from the approximately middle portion in the front-rear direction of the traveling upper part 11a to the carry-out end portion, are provided on the machine frame 3 in the left-right direction. It is fixed in parallel and horizontally. The supporting frame 17 on the one side is fixed along the upper part of the one side edge of the traveling upper part 11a on the abutting body 16 side, and the supporting frame 17 on the other side is the traveling upper part 11a.
It is fixed along the upper part of the substantially middle part of 11a in the width direction.

Front rollers 18 are rotatably mounted on the front ends of the pair of support frames 17, and rear rollers 19 are rotatably mounted on the rear ends of the pair of support frames 17. It is hung. In addition, between the front roller 18 and the rear roller 19 of the pair of support frames 17, a movable onion support body 20 for supporting the onion A from above is rotatably suspended.

The pair of long onion supports 20 are elastically deformable endless traveling bodies 21, and a large number of support recesses 22 for supporting the long onion A from above are formed on the outer peripheral portion thereof. The plurality of support concave portions 22 and the plurality of support convex portions 23 are alternately and repeatedly formed so as to be formed in a generally saw-tooth shape. The endless traveling body 21 has a support recess 22 that supports the onion A from above by the onion A pushed by the pushing surface 13 of the onion support 12.
It is designed to be rotated through.

Further, left and right support shafts 24 serving as rotation fulcrums are attached to the upper front ends of the pair of support frames 17, and the traveling upper parts 11a of the conveyor belt 11 are mounted on the support shafts 24 on both sides. Onion A adjusts the posture of the above onion A
The posture adjusting bodies 25 are pivotally supported in the vertical direction with respect to the traveling upper part 11a.

The posture adjusting body 25 has a rotating frame body 26 formed in a substantially triangular shape, and the rotating frame body 26 is conveyed by the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11 to the long onion. A plurality of guide rollers 27 are mounted side by side on the front edge with which A is in contact with each other so as to be vertically rotatable.

Coil springs 28 are wound around the support shafts 24 on both sides, respectively.
One end of the coil spring 28 is engaged with each supporting frame 17, and the other end of the coil spring 28 is engaged with each rotating frame 26.

The posture adjusting body 25 is urged and supported by the coil springs 28 in a direction in which the posture adjusting body 25 descends toward the upper traveling portion 11a of the conveyor belt 11 about the respective support shafts 24, and the posture adjusting body is normally adjusted. The body 25 is supported so that its lower end is inclined downward toward the rear and its lower end is close to the traveling upper part 11a, and the body 25 is pushed by the onion A. As a center, it is pushed up and rotated against the coil spring 28.

Next, the upper traveling portion of the conveyor belt 11
It is located above 11a and in the vicinity of the unloading part of this traveling upper part 11a, and the machine frame 3 has a cylindrical bearing body in the left-right direction.
29a is fixed horizontally, and the rotating shaft 2
9 is rotatably inserted, and at one end of the rotary shaft 29, that is, one end on the same side as the abutting body 16, the root of the long onion A which is conveyed by the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11. A disk-shaped cutter 30 for cutting the unnecessary portion C is detachably fixed.

On the other end of the rotary shaft 29, a disc-shaped leaf cutting cutter 31 for cutting the leaf blade portion D of the onion A is fixed in an axially positionally removable manner. That is, the other end of the rotary shaft 29 has a plurality of mounting holes 32 that are spaced in the axial direction and penetrate in the direction orthogonal to the rotary shaft 29, and the leaf cutter 31 has the rotary shaft 29 at the center. It has a bearing boss 33 slidably fitted in.

Then, the bearing boss 33 of the leaf cutter 31 is fitted on the rotary shaft 29 to adjust the position in the axial direction, and at the set position, the bearing boss 33 selects a mounting hole for the rotary shaft 29.
A bolt (34) is inserted through the bolt (32), and a nut (not shown) is screwed onto the bolt (34) so that the leaf cutter (31) is detachably fixed to the other end of the rotary shaft (29).

The rotary shaft 29 is interlockingly connected to a second motor 36 fixed to the machine casing 3 via an interlocking medium 37. Then, the interlocking medium 37 is generated by the second motor 36.
The rotary shaft 29 is rotationally driven through the rotary shaft 29, and the cutter 30 and the leaf cutter 31 for cutting the root unnecessary portions C at both ends of the rotary shaft 29 are rotated counterclockwise in FIG. ing.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

A bearing boss 33 having a leaf cutting cutter 31 along the rotary shaft 29 according to the position where the leaf blade portion D of the long onion A is cut.
By slidingly adjusting the bearing boss 33 and fixing the bearing boss 33 with a bolt 34 and a nut at a set position with respect to the rotary shaft 29, the leaf cutting cutter 31 is attached to the other end of the rotary shaft 29 so that the leaf blade portion of the green onion A is attached. It is fixed in place to cut D.

Further, the conveyor belt 11 of the conveyor 6 is rotated clockwise by the output from the first motor 14, and the root unnecessary portion C is cut by the output from the second motor 36. Cutter 30 and leaf cutter
31 is rotated counterclockwise as shown in FIG.

Next, from the table 4 on the conveyor belt
When the onion A was transported in a state of being laterally fed between the onion supports 12 of the upper part 11a of the circulation 11 and the root group B of the onion A was conveyed to a position facing the butting body 16, When the onion A is pushed to position the root group B against the abutment body 16 and the hand is released from the onion A, the onion A is conveyed by the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11. .

In this case, since the pair of long onion supports 12 in the width direction of the conveyor belt 11 are provided so as to be relatively spaced apart from each other in the moving direction of the traveling upper part 11a, the pair of long onion supports are provided. You can easily carry in the onion A between the bodies 12 in the state of being fed sideways,
Moreover, since the attitude of the onion A is adjusted later by the attitude adjusting body 25, the onion A is carried in a state perpendicular to the traveling upper part 11a at the time of carrying in the onion A. Easy to carry in without the need to worry.

From the beginning, the long onion A is placed on the traveling upper portion 11a of the conveyor belt 11 at a position facing the abutting body 16 from the beginning and pushed toward the abutting body 16, and the root group B is pushed to the abutting body.
The onion A may be positioned by being abutted against the onion 16, and the onion A may be released from the hand. In this case as well, the onion A is loaded in a state perpendicular to the traveling upper part 11a especially when the onion A is loaded. Easy to carry in without the need for concern.

The onion A is a posture adjusting body on both sides.
The conveyance is temporarily stopped by abutting against the guide roller 27 at the front edge of 25, and at the pushing surface 13 of the long onion supports 12 on both sides moving toward the long onion A, the long onion A Is pushed,
The posture of the onion A is adjusted to be orthogonal to the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11.

[0039] Further, the onion stubs on both sides of which the onion A is pushed
By further moving 12 and pushing the onion A on the pushing surface 13, the attitude adjusting bodies 25 on both sides are pushed up by the onion A around the support shaft 24 against the coil spring 28. At the same time as being rotated, the onion A passes through the posture adjusting bodies 25 on both sides which are pushed open in a state orthogonal to the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11.

At this time, since the posture adjusting bodies 25 on both sides have a plurality of guide rollers 27 rotatably mounted side by side on the front side edge portions, the onion A is a front side edge portion of the posture adjusting bodies 25 on both side portions. Since the long onions A are prevented from being damaged because they are guided and passed by the respective guide rollers 27 without sliding, the long onions A are smoothly passed from the attitude adjusting bodies 25 on both sides.

When the long green onions A pass through the attitude adjusting bodies 25 on both sides, the attitude adjusting bodies 25 on both sides pivot and return downward about the support shaft 24 due to the restoring force of the coil spring 28. The attitude adjusting bodies 25 on both sides are prepared for adjusting the attitude of the long green onion A to be carried in next.

When the onion A passes through the posture adjusting bodies 25 on both sides, both sides of the onion A are supported from above by the onion supports 20 on both sides, and the onion supports on both sides are supported. The leaf sheath portion E of the long onion A is positioned and sandwiched between the body 20 and the traveling upper portion 11a of the conveyor belt 11, and the pushing surface 13 of the traveling upper portion 11a of the conveyor belt 11 and the long onion supports 12 on both sides. The long green onion A is conveyed in a state of being orthogonal to the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11, and at the long green onion A, the long green onion supports 20 on both sides are provided.
Are interlocked with each other and are moved in the conveying direction of the onion A.

That is, the long green onion A that has passed through the posture adjusting bodies 25 on both sides is adjusted in its posture in preparation for cutting of the root unnecessary portion C, and the leaf sheaths in the support recesses 22 of the endless traveling body 21 on both sides. The part E is supported from above, and the leaf sheath part E of the long green onion A is provided between the supporting recesses 22 on both sides and the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11.
Both sides of are clamped. Then, the onion A conveyed by the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11 and the onion supports 12 on both sides.
The endless traveling bodies 21 on both sides are pushed and interlocked at
Is rotated in the conveying direction.

Further, when the long onion A is conveyed to the positions of the cutter 30 and the leaf cutting cutter 31 for cutting the root unnecessary portion C,
The cutter 30 cuts the root unnecessary portion C of the long onion A, and at the same time, the leaf cutting part 31 cuts the leaf blade portion D of the long onion A.

At this time, the cutter 30 and the leaf cutter 31
Since the long onion A is conveyed in a posture in which the long onion A is orthogonal and the long onion A is positioned, the root unnecessary portion C is not cut obliquely and the root unnecessary portion C is cut orderly. Then, the leaf blade portion D of the long onion A is also cut in an orderly manner.

Then, the root unnecessary portion C and the long green onion A whose leaf blade portion D is cut from a predetermined position are carried out from the carry-out end portion of the traveling upper portion 11a of the conveyor belt 11.

Thus, the conveyor belt of the conveyor 6
A cutter 30 and a leaf-cutting cutter that continuously rotate 11 and cut unnecessary portions C at both ends of the rotary shaft 29.
By sequentially carrying the onion A into the carry-in section of the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11 while continuously rotating 31, the respective onion A are sequentially adjusted and conveyed. , The conveyor belt 11 is conveyed while being sandwiched in a state in which the posture is adjusted to be orthogonal to the traveling upper portion 11a, and the root unnecessary portion C and the leaf blade portion D of each of the onions A are cut in order. It Therefore, the root unnecessary portion C and the leaf blade portion D of each onion A are continuously cut.

Next, in the above-described embodiment, the long onion cutting device is continuously operated, and a large number of long green onions A are successively and continuously supplied to the long onion cutting device, so that the root unnecessary portion C and the leaf blade D of each long onion A are continuously supplied. The case where the cutting process is continuously performed has been described, but not limited to this,
The long onion cutting device is operated intermittently, and a large number of long onions A are intermittently supplied to the long onion cutting device, and the root unnecessary portion C and the leaf blade portion D of each long onion A are supplied.
May be intermittently cut.

In this embodiment, the first onion A which is located in front of the butting body 16 and which is carried into the carry-in section of the traveling upper part 11a of the conveyor belt 11 in the machine frame 3 is detected.
Is provided with a sensor 38, and the first sensor 38 is connected to a control means (not shown), and the first means 38 is connected to the first means.
Motor 14 and second motor 36 are connected.

Then, at the first sensor 38, the traveling upper part 11
By detecting the onion A carried into the carry-in section of a,
This detection signal is output to the control means, the control means that receives the detection signal is activated, and the signals from the control means drive the first motor 14 and the second motor 36, respectively. Conveyor belt 11 with motor 14
And a leaf cutting cutter 31 that cuts the root unnecessary portion C by the second motor 36 while being driven.
Are rotated respectively.

The cutter 30 and leaf cutter
The pair of support frames 17 in front of the rotary shaft 29 having 31
Located between the intermediate portions of the conveyor belt 11 and conveyed to the machine frame 3 at the upper traveling portion 11a of the conveyor belt 11 after adjusting the posture.
A second sensor 39 for detecting is provided, and the second sensor 39 is connected to a control means (not shown).

When the second sensor 39 detects the onion A after the posture adjustment, this detection signal is output to the control means, and the control means that has received this detection signal operates and the control is performed. The drive of the first motor 14 and the second motor 36 is stopped by the signal from the means, and the rotation of the conveyor belt 11 and the rotation of the cutter 30 and the leaf cutter 31 for cutting the root unnecessary portion C are stopped. It is supposed to be done.

With this structure, when the root group B of the onion A is butted against the butting body 16 as in the case of the above-described embodiment, the first sensor 38 can carry in the onion A. The detection signal is detected, and the detection signal is output to the control means. The control means that receives the detection signal operates, and the signals from the control means drive the first motor 14 and the second motor 36, respectively.

Then, the conveyor belt 11 is driven and rotated by the output from the first motor 14, and the cutter 30 and the leaf cutting cutter 31 for cutting the root unnecessary portion C by the output from the second motor 36 are provided. Each is rotated.

In addition, the posture adjusting bodies 25 on both sides are used to rotate the upper part.
The onion A, whose posture is adjusted to be orthogonal to 11a, passes through the posture adjusting bodies 25 on both sides and is supported from above by the supporting recesses 22 of the endless traveling body 21, and the traveling upper portion 11a. And, it is conveyed toward the cutting portion by the long onion supports 12 on both sides.

Then, the second sensor 39 detects the onion A after the posture adjustment, this detection signal is output to the control means, and the control means that has input this detection signal operates, and the control means operates. The drive of the first motor 14 and the second motor 36 is stopped by this signal, and the rotation of the conveyor belt 11 and the rotation of the cutter 30 and the leaf cutter 31 for cutting the root unnecessary portion C are stopped. That is, the long onion A is stopped from being conveyed immediately before being conveyed to the cutting portion.

Next, when the root group B of the second onion A is abutted against the abutment body 16, the first sensor 38 detects the loading of the second onion A, which is the same as the above case. The first motor 14 and the second motor 36 are respectively driven to convey the second long green onion A to adjust the posture, and the first long green onion is stopped immediately before the cutting portion. A is conveyed, and the root unnecessary portion C and the leaf blade portion D of the first onion A are cut by the cutter 30 and the leaf cutting cutter 31.

The second onion A is the first onion A.
When the second long onion A is detected by the second sensor 39 when the paper is conveyed to the stopped position, the first motor 14 and the second motor 36 are detected in the same manner as in the case of the first long onion A. Is stopped, and the long onion A is stopped immediately before being conveyed to the cutting section.

As described above, the first sensor 38 for operating the first motor 14 and the second motor 36 and the second sensor 38 for stopping the operation of the first motor 14 and the second motor 36.
By using 39 and by intermittently operating these, the operator can select the work interval for carrying the green onion A into the conveyor 6, and the care at the time of carrying the long green A into the conveyor 6 Relief is reduced.

Next, in the above embodiment, the table 4
The case where the conveyor 6 is set to be substantially horizontal, and the posture adjusting body 25 and the pair of long onion supports 20 are set to be substantially horizontal while following the table 4 and the conveyor 6 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. , As shown in FIG.
Also, the conveyor 6 is set to a state in which the abutting body 16 side is inclined low, and the posture adjusting body 25 and the pair of long onion supports 20 are inclined inclining the abutting body 16 side low along the table 4 and the conveyor 6. You may make it set to a state.

With this structure, the abutting body
It is easy to abut the root group B of the onion A to the 16 and the onion A whose posture is adjusted by the posture adjusting body 25 to be orthogonal to the conveying direction of the conveyor 6 supports the pair of onion. Since the long onion A is not slipped off because it is nipped by the body 20 and the conveyor belt 11, the root unnecessary portion C and the leaf blade portion D of the long onion A are surely cut at the positioned cutting position.

[0062]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the long onion supports for supporting and conveying the long green onions are provided at intervals on the conveyor, the long green onions can be easily carried on the conveyor. In addition, an attitude adjusting body that is located midway above the conveyor in the conveying direction and that adjusts the attitude of the onion on the conveyor and is pushed up and rotated by the onion is provided so as to be vertically rotatable with respect to the conveyor. Therefore, this attitude adjuster allows you to easily adjust the onion orientation to be orthogonal to the conveyor's transport direction, and ensure that the onion is transported to the cutter in an oblique state. Can be prevented.

Further, since the movable onion support for supporting the green onion that has passed through the posture adjusting body is provided from above, the state is orthogonal to the conveying direction of the conveyor immediately after passing through the posture adjusting body. The onion can be reliably supported by the onion support, and the onion can be pinched and conveyed toward the cutter.

Therefore, it is possible to accurately cut the root-unnecessary portion with the cutter, and it is possible to reliably prevent the root-unnecessary portion from being obliquely cut.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the posture adjusting body has the guide roller rotatable at the side edge portion which is urged and supported toward the conveyor around the rotation fulcrum and abuts the onion. The onion can be smoothly passed from the attitude adjusting body by the guide roller, and the onion can be prevented from being damaged when the attitude adjusting body is pushed up and rotated to pass.

According to the invention of claim 3, the long green onion support is
Since it is composed of an endless traveling body having a large number of supporting recesses for supporting the onion from above on the outer periphery, the onion immediately after passing the posture adjusting body is pressed from above by the support recesses of this endless traveling body. Therefore, it is possible to reliably support and prevent the onion posture from being inclined during transport. Further, since the endless traveling body is circulated by the long onion pushed by the long onion support body, the structure is simple without the need for a traveling means for adjusting the endless traveling body to the traveling speed of the conveyor. Is.

According to the invention of claim 4, since the cutter is fixed to the rotary shaft having the leaf cutting cutter for cutting the leaf blade of the long onion, the coaxial onion and the leaf cutting cutter are used for the onion. The root-unnecessary part and the leaf blade part can be cut at the same time, and the work efficiency can be improved.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the leaf cutting cutter is fixed to the rotating shaft so that the position of the leaf cutting cutter can be adjusted in the axial direction. Therefore, the leaf cutting cutter can be used for the growth state of the long green onion and the leaf blade of the long green onion. It can be easily adjusted according to the cutting position, and the blade of the onion can be cut from the proper position.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a main part of an onion cutting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same onion cutting device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an onion cutting device according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Conveyor 12 Long onion support 16 Abutment body 20 Long onion support 21 Endless traveling body 22 Support recess 24 Rotation fulcrum 25 Posture adjustment body 27 Guide roller 29 Rotating shaft 30 Cutter 31 Leaf cutting cutter A Long onion B Root group C Root unnecessary part D Leaf blade part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A conveyor having a large number of onion supports for supporting and transporting the onions at intervals, and a conveyor provided so as to face one side edge in the width direction of the conveyor and loaded onto the conveyor. An abutment body for abutting the root group of the long onion, and a midway upper position in the conveying direction of the conveyor, which is rotatably provided in the vertical direction with respect to the conveyor and adjusts the posture of the onion on the conveyor. An onion posture adjusting body that is pushed up and rotated by the onion, a movable onion support body that supports the onion on the conveyor that has passed through the posture adjusting body from above, and the abutment body. A cutter for cutting a root unnecessary portion of the onion on the conveyor, which is rotatably provided on the same side and is rotatably provided in the conveying direction of the onion. Long onion cutting device. 2. The posture adjusting body has a rotatable guide roller at a side edge portion which is urged and supported toward the conveyor around a rotation fulcrum and which abuts the onion. Long onion cutting device. 3. The onion carrier comprises an endless traveling body having a large number of supporting recesses for supporting the onion from above in the outer peripheral portion,
2. The onion cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the endless rotating body is rotated by the long onion pushed by the long onion supporting body. 4. The onion cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the cutter is fixed to a rotary shaft having a leaf cutting cutter for cutting a leaf blade portion of the long onion. 5. The leaf cutter is fixed to a rotary shaft so as to be positionally adjustable in the axial direction.
The listed onion cutting device.