JPH0994083A - Apparatus for cutting leaf part of root vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for cutting leaf parts of root vegetables by supplying harvested root vegetables such as carrot, Japanese radish, burdock, etc., one by one, positioning the root vegetables, fixing and cutting off leaf parts from a fixed position of their root parts. SOLUTION: This apparatus for cutting leaf parts of root vegetables comprises root vegetable placing trays 10 which are attached to the outer peripheral face of an endless belt endlessly wound on a machine frame 1 and loads root vegetables one by one in the traverse direction with laying leaf parts forward, root vegetable moving holes bored through the bottoms of the root vegetable placing trays 10, root vegetable moving rolls 13 which are attached to the bottom sides, of the root vegetable moving placing trays 10, faced to the root vegetable moving holes, rotated in one direction and brought into contact wit the root vegetables loaded on the root vegetable placing trays 10 to move the root vegetables to their leaf part sides, stoppers 14 which are fixed to the end part of the root vegetable leaf part sides of the root vegetable placing trays 10, brought into contact with the neck parts of the moving root vegetables to stop the movement and to position the root vegetables, a pressing roller 15 which is installed above the root vegetable placing trays 10, presses and fixes the located root vegetables and a cutting blade 17 for cutting the leaf parts from the root parts of the root vegetables fixed by the pressing roller 15 at fixed positions.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a harvested carrot,
The present invention relates to a leaf cutting device for root vegetables, in which root vegetables such as radish and burdock are supplied one by one, positioned and fixed, and the leaves are cut from a predetermined position of the root.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a root-cutting device for root vegetables, which is adapted to supply root vegetables such as carrots and radishes harvested from a field one by one and position them, and then cut the leaves from a predetermined position on the root. However, it is well known, for example, from Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-136017 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-161.

[0003] Further, the root portion is clamped by the foliage clamping belt of root vegetables vegetated in the field, and the root portion is extracted as the machine body moves
A root vegetable harvesting machine is also known in which the root portion is positioned while being conveyed by a sandwiching belt, and the root portion is cut from the foliage portion.

[0004] On the other hand, it is also known that carrots with dead leaves in the winter season are excavated and harvested by a potato harvester, the leaves are cut off from the roots manually, and the leaves are boxed and shipped.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the above-mentioned prior art root vegetable leaf cutting device and root vegetable harvesting machine, the positioning of the root is not sufficient, and the root is fixed when the root is cut from the foliage. Is not sufficient and cutting accuracy is reduced. In addition, there is a problem that the work of excavating and harvesting with a potato harvester and excising the leaves from the root portion by manpower requires much labor and time. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a leaf portion continuously attached to the outer peripheral surface of an endless belt which is endlessly wound around a machine frame and rotates in one direction. In front of the root vegetable placement tray for placing the root vegetables one by one in the lateral direction, the root vegetable movement hole punched in the bottom surface of this root vegetable placement tray, and the root vegetable placement tray A root-moving roll that is provided on the lower side, rotates toward one side facing the root-vegetation moving hole, and moves the root vegetables to the leaf side in contact with the root portion of the root vegetables placed on the root- vegetables placing tray. And a stopper provided at the end of the root vegetable loading side of the root vegetable loading tray, which comes into contact with the neck of the moving root vegetable to prevent the positioning of the root vegetable by the root vegetable transfer roll and to position it. A pressing roller which is provided above the placing tray and presses and fixes the positioned root vegetables, and the pressing roller. It is characterized in that it consists of a root portion of the fixed root crops and the cutting blade for cutting the leaves from the predetermined position by chromatography la.

[0007]

With the above structure, the leaf cutting device for root vegetables according to the present invention has a root vegetable transfer hole for moving root vegetables to the root vegetables on the root vegetable loading tray which moves the root vegetables. A feeding action is given by the moving roll, the neck of the root vegetables comes into contact with the stopper to prevent the root vegetables from moving and is positioned, and the positioned root vegetables are pressed and fixed by the pressing roller from above and fixed. A highly accurate cutting operation is performed by cutting a leaf part from a predetermined position with a cutting blade from the root part of root vegetables. If this device is mounted on a potato harvester and the operations from the field digging to the cutting of the roots of root vegetables are carried out continuously, accurate harvesting and preparation work can be performed efficiently.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a ginseng leaf cutting device will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3, reference numeral 1 is a machine frame which is long in the vertical direction, and an engine 2 is mounted above one end of the machine frame 1 in the length direction. The rotating shafts 3, 3 are rotatably supported at both ends of the machine frame 1 in the length direction, and endlessly wide chains (endless belts) 5, 5 are attached to the sprocket wheels 4 fixed to both ends of the rotating shafts 3, 3, respectively. Is wound. The power transmitted from the engine 2 to the transmission 6 and transmitted to the transmission 6 is transmitted to the rear side of the rotary shafts 3 and 3 to rotate in the clockwise direction in FIG. It is designed to rotate.

As shown in FIG. 4, carrots (roots) 7, which are root vegetables, are placed laterally one by one on the outer peripheral surfaces of the chains 5 and 5 with their leaves 8 in front. Storage tray 1
0s are installed consecutively. The root vegetable placing tray 10 has a concave portion 1 that is substantially matched to the shape of the carrot (root portion) 7.
1 is formed, and a root vegetable moving hole 12 is formed in the bottom surface of the recess 11.

Corresponding to the above-mentioned root vegetable moving hole 12, the root vegetable placing tray 10 is placed at a lower position, facing the root vegetable moving hole 12, and rotated to one side to be placed on the root vegetable placing tray 10. A roll 13 for moving root vegetables which comes into contact with the placed carrot (root) 7 and moves it to the leaf 9 side is provided. This root vegetable moving roll 13 receives power from the front side of the rotating shafts 3, 3 and rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. In addition, the roll 13 for moving root vegetables is carrot (root) 7
It is desirable that it is formed of a sponge-like material because it rotates in contact with.

A stopper 14 for contacting the neck portion 9 of the carrot 7 which is moved by the root vegetable transfer roll 13 to prevent the movement and to position the carrot 7 on the leaf 8 side end of the root vegetable placing tray 10 is provided. It is provided.

In addition, above the root vegetable loading tray 10 behind the root vegetable moving roll 13, the carrot 7 positioned by the root vegetable moving roll 13 and the stopper 14 is placed.
A pressing roller 15 that presses the upper positions of the root vegetable moving hole 12 and the root vegetable moving roll 13 to fix the carrot 7 to the root vegetable placing tray 10 is rotatable via a support arm 16. And, it is rotatably supported vertically. A disk-shaped cutting blade 17 is provided at a position slightly rearward of the pressing roller 15 for cutting the leaf portion 8 from the carrot (root) 7 fixed by the pressing roller 15 from a predetermined position.

It is desirable that the pressing roller 15 is formed in a sponge shape so as to press the carrot (root portion) 7. The pressing roller 15 presses the carrot (root portion) 7 by its own weight as in the above embodiment, and the supporting arm. A spring may be interposed between 16 and the machine frame 1, and the pressing roller 15 may be forcibly rotated by power at a peripheral speed equal to the moving speed of the root vegetable placing tray 10. It is a thing.

The cutting blade 17 is adapted to be rotated in a predetermined direction by transmitting the power changed by the speed change device 6. Further, the cutting blade 17 may be configured to be movable and adjustable in the left-right direction so that the cutting position of the leaf portion 8 can be adjusted.

The carrot leaf cutting device constructed as described above may be mounted on a known potato harvester for use, or the machine frame 1 may be provided with support legs 1a. It may be used as an independent device.

Next, the operation of the carrot leaf cutting device according to the present invention will be described. The carrots (roots) 7 dug out of the field are placed laterally one by one in front of the leaves 8 in the recesses 11 of the root vegetable placing tray 10 that moves in the length direction of the machine casing 1. Put Then, when the root vegetables placing tray 10 is moved, the carrots (roots) 7 of the root vegetables placing tray 10 are moved.
Against this, the root vegetable transfer roll 1 from the root vegetable transfer hole 12
The feeding action is given by 3, and the neck 9 of the carrot (root) 7
Comes into contact with the stopper 14 to prevent the carrot (root) 7 from moving and to be positioned. This positioned carrot (root)
7 is pressed by a pressing roller 15 from above and fixed, and the leaf 8 is cut from a fixed position by the cutting blade 17 from the fixed carrot (root) 7.

In this way, the carrot (root) 7 positioned by the root vegetable transfer roll 13 and the stopper 14 is pressed by the pressing roller 15 from above and fixed, and cut from the carrot (root) 7 in the fixed state. Leaf part 8 by blade 17
Since it is cut, it is possible to perform cutting work with extremely high accuracy. If this device is mounted on a potato harvester and the carrot digging from the field to the leaf cutting work are carried out continuously, accurate harvesting and preparing work can be carried out efficiently.

The leaf cutting device for root vegetables of the present invention is
Not only carrots, but also root vegetables such as radish and burdock can be widely applied.

[0020]

As described above, according to the leaf cutting device of the root vegetables of the present invention, the root vegetables 7 are placed on the root vegetables 7 on the tray 10 on which the root vegetables 7 are moved. A feeding action is given from the root vegetable moving hole 12 by the root vegetable moving roll 13, the neck portion 9 of the root vegetable 7 contacts the stopper 14 and the movement of the root vegetable 7 is blocked, and the positioning is performed. 7 is pressed and fixed by a pressing roller 15 from above, and the cutting blade 17 is cut from the root portion 9 of the fixed root vegetables 7.
Thus, the leaf portion 8 is cut from the predetermined position, so that highly accurate leaf portion cutting work can be performed. In addition, if this device is mounted on a potato harvester and the operations from the digging from the field to the cutting of the leaves 8 of the root vegetables 7 are performed continuously, accurate harvesting / preparation work can be carried out efficiently. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a leaf cutting device for root vegetables (carrot) according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an operation of the main part, FIG.
Is a front view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Machine Frame 1a Supporting Leg 2 Engine 3 Rotating Shaft 4 Sprocket Wheel 5 Chain (Endless Belt) 6 Gearbox 7 Carrot (Root) 8 Leaf 9 Neck 10 Root Placement Tray 11 Recess 12 Root Transfer Hole 13 Root Vegetable Moving roll 14 Stopper 15 Presser roller 16 Support arm 17 Cutting blade

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An endless belt wound continuously around a machine frame and attached continuously to an outer peripheral surface of an endless belt that rotates in one direction, and root vegetables are placed laterally one by one with the leaves in front. A root vegetable placing tray, a root vegetable moving hole formed on the bottom of this root vegetable placing tray, and a root vegetable placing tray provided below the root vegetable placing tray, facing the root vegetable moving hole on one side. A root vegetable transfer roll that rotates and moves the root vegetables to the leaf side in contact with the root of the root vegetables placed on the root vegetable placing tray, and the root vegetable leaf side end of the root vegetable placing tray The stopper that is provided on the stopper that blocks the movement of the root vegetables by the root vegetable transfer roll in contact with the neck of the moving root vegetables and that is positioned above the root vegetable placing tray and presses the positioned root vegetables. And a pressing roller that is fixed by the pressing roller, and a leaf portion from the root of the root vegetable fixed by the pressing roller to a predetermined position. A leaf cutting device for root vegetables, which comprises a cutting blade for cutting from the root.