JPH11206312A - Device for stripping shellfish - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for stripping a shellfish, capable of extremely quickly and surely stripping the shellfish without causing the deterioration in the freshness of the shellfish such as scallop due to its leaving for a day after caught. SOLUTION: This device for stripping a shellfish comprises an intermittently rotated rotary drum having a vacuum-sucking pad 3 comprising upper and lower sucking pads 3a and 3b in which rotation members are disposed and in which the tips of pipes are projected, respectively, a press bar 8 for feeding a shellfish 6 into the vacuum- sucking pad 3, a press bar 8i having a roller at the tip and having a projected member 81 for pressing the sucking pad in order to allow the upper and lower sucking pads 3a, 3b of the vacuum-sucking pad 3 to suck the shellfish 6, an insertion bar 9 having a roller at the tip for opening the upper and lower shells inserted and tightly sucked between upper and lower guides connected to the upper and lower sucking pads 3a and 3b of the vacuum-sucking pad 3, the first cutting blade 11 for cutting off the adductor muscle, internal organs, etc., of the opened shellfish 6, a scraping bar 16a having a spatula at the tip 10 to scrape out the cut and separated internal organs, and the second cutting blade 11a for cutting off the adductor muscle of the shellfish 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shellfish peeling apparatus for separating shellfish from shells.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a scallop is opened and a body such as a scallop is taken out from the shell, the upper shell and the lower shell are strongly closed when a scallop is fresh, and a knife is inserted into the inner surface of the shell. The workability of the peel was extremely poor because the peeling work for separating the shell and the body was extremely difficult.

[0003] Therefore, freshness is lowered by leaving the scallop unfed for one day after landing, so that the upper and lower shells of the scallop are opened, or the upper and lower shells of the scallop are easily opened. , All of the work is done by hand.

[0004]

However, the freshness of the scallop is lowered by leaving the scallop unloaded and left for one day, leaving the upper and lower shells of the scallop open, or the upper and lower shells of the scallop. Performing all the peeling work manually after the state in which the shells are easy to open has a problem that the freshness of shellfish such as scallops is intentionally reduced.

[0005] In addition, for those who perform barking work for a long time, twisting the wrist or elbow when opening and opening the upper shell and the lower shell or cutting the scallop may cause tendonitis, etc. There is a point.

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is possible to surely perform shelling of shellfish in an extremely short time without lowering freshness by leaving the scallop unloaded and leaving it for one day. It is an object of the present invention to provide a shellfish peeling device that can be used.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a rotary drum having a vacuum suction pad comprising an upper and lower suction pad provided with a rotating member therein and projecting from the end of a conduit, and intermittently rotating; An extruding rod for feeding shellfish to the shell, a pressing rod having a roller attached to a tip thereof and a projection provided for pressing the suction pad for adsorbing the shellfish to the upper and lower suction pads of the vacuum suction pad, An insertion rod having a roller at a tip thereof for opening upper and lower shells which are inserted between the upper and lower guides connected to the upper and lower suction pads of the vacuum suction pad, and a shell of the opened shell; A first cutting blade for cutting and separating objects and the like, a scraping rod having a spatula attached to a tip for scraping the cut and separated internal components, and a cutting blade for cutting and separating the scallop of the shellfish; Second It has a structure of a shelled apparatus shellfish comprising a cross blade.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a shellfish peeling apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall view of a shellfish peeling device according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a shellfish peeling apparatus 1 according to the present invention.
As shown in the figure, a plurality of vacuum suction pads 3, 3, 3, 3,
Rotating drum 1a with intermittently rotating 3,3,3,3
, An extruding rod attached to an air cylinder 8 for feeding the shells 6, 6, 6, 6, 6,... Into the vacuum suction pad 3, and a roller 8k attached to the tip and a suction pad 3a. A push rod 8j attached to an air cylinder 8i provided with a projection 8l for pushing the shell, and an air cylinder 10 for opening the shell 6 sandwiched between the vacuum suction pads 3 are attached to the tip. Attached to an insertion rod 9 having a screw 9a and an air cylinder 12 for separating and cutting off a portion of a shell, a built-in material, etc. adhered to an inner wall surface of a shell which is sucked and fixed in the vacuum suction pad 3. The first cutting blade 11 and the spatula 16 attached to the air cylinder 14 for scraping out the built-in shellfish at the tip.
And a second cutting blade 11a attached to an air cylinder 12a for cutting and separating the scallop 13 of the shell 6 from which the built-in material has been scraped.

As shown in FIG. 1, a third cutting blade 11b attached to an air cylinder 12b for re-cutting a scallop of a shell 6 sucked and fixed in the vacuum suction pad 3 is provided. Is also good.

According to the shellfish peeling device 1 of the present invention,
The steps from setting the shellfish 6 on the shellfish peeling apparatus 1 to the end of the peeling processing will be described in order. FIG.
In the first step, the shell 6 is set on the lower suction pad 3b of the vacuum suction pad 3 by being pushed out by the air cylinder 8 in the direction of the vacuum suction pad 3 provided on the rotary drum 1a.

In the second step, the surface of the upper suction pad 3a of the vacuum suction pad 3 is driven by the air cylinder 8i to push out the pressing rod 8j, and the roller 8 at the tip of the pushing rod 8j is pressed.
While pressing the upper suction pad 3a with k, the shellfish 6 is sucked between the upper suction pad 3a and the lower suction pad 3b of the vacuum suction pad 3 to be sucked and fixed in the vacuum suction pad 3.

In a third step, an air cylinder 10 is opened to open the shell 6 sandwiched between the vacuum suction pads 3.
To open the shell 6 by forcibly expanding the upper shell 6a and the lower shell 6b of the shell 6 while inserting the roller 9a.

In a fourth step, the first cutting blade 11 is inserted into the inner wall surface of the upper shell 6a of the opened shell 6 by driving the air cylinder 12 into the opened shell 6, and is inserted into the inner wall surface of the upper shell 6a. Cut off attached scallops, internal components, etc.
a Separate from the inner wall surface.

In the fifth step, the internal components separated from the inner wall surface of the upper shell 6a of the shell 6 are driven by the air cylinders 14 and 15 to cause the spatula 16 to penetrate into the shell 6 to be scraped out, and only the scallop 13 is shelled. Leave in 6.

In the sixth step, the air cylinder 12a is driven to insert the second cutting blade 11a into the shell 6 to separate the shell 13 remaining in the shell 6 from the inner wall surface of the shell 6. Disconnect.

In the seventh step, if the shell 13 is cut off from the inner wall surfaces of the upper and lower shells 6a and 6b in the sixth step and cannot be separated, the air cylinder 12b is driven again to turn the third cutting blade 11b And cut the scallop 13 that could not be cut and completely separated. This second cutting blade 11b
May not be provided, and may be provided as necessary.

FIG. 1a is a simplified view of a mechanism for rotating a rotary drum of a shellfish peeling device according to the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 1a, the rotating drum 1 includes:
The vacuum suction pads 3, 3, 3, 3 are arranged at equal intervals of four in one row in the horizontal direction, and are arranged in a plurality of rows in the rotation direction.

The rotary drum 1 on which a large number of the vacuum suction pads 3, 3, 3, 3 are arranged in the horizontal and rotational directions,
This is a structure in which the servo motor 2 is intermittently rotated in a direction indicated by an arrow in FIG.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a large number of vacuum suction pads arranged on the rotating drum. The vacuum suction pad 3 attached to the rotating drum 1a is composed of an upper suction pad 3a and a lower suction pad 3b. The upper suction pad 3a and the lower suction pad 3b are connected and can be opened and closed by an opening / closing mechanism 4. It has a structure.

After the body, scallop and the like are stripped inside the upper suction pad 3a and the lower suction pad 3a,
In order to make it easy for the empty shell to be detached, the turning members 5, 5 are attached so as to be rotatable around the fulcrum 5f in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. The springs 5a and 5a are attached to the back of the turning members 5 and 5 to return the turning members 5 and 5 to their original positions.

In the upper suction pad 3a and the lower suction pad 3b constituting the vacuum suction pad 3, a conduit 1 is provided respectively.
9 and 19a are attached, and the upper and lower suction pads 3
a, 3b can be evacuated. Said conduit 19,
19a is connected to a rotary switching valve 17 to which a vacuum device 18 such as a vacuum pump is attached.

As described above, the projecting ends 19b and 19c of the conduits 19a and 19b protrude from the upper and lower suction pads 3a and 3b because of the rotating members 5 provided in the upper and lower suction pads 3a and 3b.
5 on the upper and lower surfaces of the rear ends 5d, 5e.
9b and 19c are for close contact.

FIGS. 3 to 8 are views showing in detail a stripping step of taking out a scallop and a built-in substance from the inside of a shell by using the shelling apparatus of the present invention. As shown in FIG.
Is placed on the table 7 such that the rounded upper shell 6a is on the upper side and the rounded lower shell 6b is on the lower side,
The shell 6 is placed on the table 7 so that the hinge 6c faces the vacuum suction pad 3.

The shell 6 placed on the table 7 is attached to the air cylinder 8 by driving the air cylinder 8, and is moved in the direction of the vacuum suction pad 3 by the push rod 8a having the upper presser 8c and the lower presser 8d. And put on the lower suction pad 3b of the vacuum suction pad 3 installed on the rotary drum 1.

FIG. 3A is a plan view of a portion where the shellfish is pushed out to the vacuum suction pad. As shown in FIG.
A horizontal bar 8b is fixed at a right angle to the end of the rod. In the center of the horizontal bar 8b, upper and lower pressers 8c and 8d for pressing the upper and lower shells 6a and 6b are provided to prevent the shell 6 from swinging.

The right and left ends of the horizontal bar 8b are vertical bars 8
e, 8f are attached and the vertical rod 8
The left presser 8g is attached to the tip of e, and the right presser 8h is attached to the tip of the vertical bar 8f. As a whole, it has a U-shape and has a structure surrounding the shell 6.

FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a state viewed from the direction A in FIG. 3A. As shown in FIG.
g and 8h are soft materials, and upper pieces e and h and middle pieces f and i
And lower pieces g and j. In this way, the right and left presser 8g,
8h is composed of the upper pieces e and h, the middle pieces f and i, and the lower pieces g and j, because when the both ends of the shell 6 move while contacting the middle pieces f and i, the upper piece This is because e and h can be pushed and moved in a stable state while the upper surface of the upper shell 6a and the lower pieces g and j are supported by the lower surface of the lower shell 6b.

Next, as shown in FIG.
In the state where the shell 6 is placed on the a, the air cylinder 8i is driven to push out the pressing rod 8j attached to the air cylinder 8i, and the roller at the tip of the pressing rod 8j having the roller 8k at the tip. 8k, when the surface of the upper suction pad 3a is pressed, the turning members 5, 5 turn, and the conduits 19, 1
9a, the air inside the vacuum suction pad 3 is extracted and brought into a vacuum state, and the upper suction pad 3a
The shellfish 6 is strongly sandwiched between the and the lower suction pad 3b.

That is, the surface of the upper suction pad 3a is pressed by the roller 8k at the tip of the pressing rod 8j, and when the upper suction pad 3a comes into close contact with the upper surface of the upper shell 6a of the shell 6, the inside of the upper suction pad 3a. The tip 5b of the rotating member 5 provided at
The pivot member 5 pivots upward as indicated by an arrow a, and the rear end 5d of the pivot member 5 pivots downward as indicated by an arrow c.

When the rear end 5d pivots downward, the rear end 5d of the pivoting member 5 which is in close contact with the distal end 19b of the conduit 19 connected to and attached to the rotary switching valve 17 and the vacuum device 18 is connected. Since the upper surface is separated from the conduit tip 19b and the opening of the conduit tip 19b is opened, the upper suction pad 3a
Since the air inside is drawn out from the opening of the conduit tip 19b, a vacuum state is created, and the upper suction pad 3a is strongly sucked and fixed to the upper surface of the upper shell 6a.

At the same time, by the roller 8k of the pressing rod 8d,
When the upper surface of the upper suction pad 3a is pressed, the lower shell 6b of the shell 6 is pressed. The upper shell 6b is pressed by the upper end of the lower suction pad 3b, and is pressed by the lower shell 6b to rotate. The tip 5c of the member 5 rotates downward as shown by the arrow b, and the rear end 5e of the rotating member 5 rotates upward as shown by the arrow d.

When the rear end 5e rotates upward, the rotating member 5 which is in close contact with the distal end 19c of the conduit 19a connected and attached to the rotary switching valve 17 and the vacuum device 18 is provided.
The upper surface of the rear end 5e is separated from the conduit tip 19c, and the conduit tip 19c is opened, so that the air in the lower adsorption pad 3b is drawn out from the conduit tip 19c to be in a vacuum state. It is strongly adsorbed and fixed to the lower surface of the lower shell 6b.

FIGS. 5 and 5a are views showing a process of separating the upper shell and the lower shell and opening the shell. As described above, in order to remove the shells and the contents of the scallop, etc., of the shell 6 that has been sucked and fixed in the vacuum suction pad 3, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. A step of opening the shell 6b is required.

In order to separate the upper shell 6a and the lower shell 6b and open the shell 6 smoothly, the upper guide 3c is inclined to the side surface of the upper suction pad 3a and connected so as to interlock with the upper suction pad 3a. In addition, a lower guide 3d is provided on a side surface of the lower suction pad 3b so as to be horizontally interlocked with the lower suction pad 3b.

The shell 6 is separated into an upper shell 6a and a lower shell 6b,
In order to open the extruding rod 9, the air cylinder 10 is driven between the upper guide 3 c connected to the upper suction pad 3 a and the lower guide 3 d connected to the lower suction pad 3 b to push out the extrusion rod 9. The roller 9a at the tip of the rod 9 is forcibly inserted to open slightly. The reason that the upper guide 3c is inclined and connected to the upper suction pad 3a is as follows.
This is because the roller 9a can be easily inserted.

As shown in FIG. 5, first, the air cylinder 10 is driven to move the insertion rod 9 of the air cylinder 10 to a position close to the upper guide 3c and the lower guide 3d connected to the vacuum suction pad 3. The roller 9a at the tip of the insertion rod 9 is brought closer.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5A, the roller 9a is forcibly inserted between the upper guide 3c and the lower guide 3d, and the upper adsorbing pad 3a and the lower shell 6 which are adsorbed on the upper shell 6a.
When the lower suction pad 3b adsorbed on the b is forcibly opened, the upper shell 6a and the lower shell 6b that are in close contact with the upper and lower suction pads 3a, 3b are separated and opened.

After the upper shell 6a and the lower shell 6b of the shell 6 are opened as described above, as shown in FIG. 6, the first cutting blade which is flexible along the inner wall surface of the less rounded upper shell 6a. The air cylinder 12 is driven to advance the air cylinder 12 to cut the portion attached to the inserted shell 13, the built-in material and the inner wall surface of the upper shell 6 a.

After the scallop 13 has been cut, as shown in FIG.
a with a thin film, so that the shell 6
Scrape from inside. The spatula 1 by air cylinder 14
The shell 6 is inserted into the shell 6, lowered by the air cylinder 15, the spatula 16 is retracted to the original position, and the internal organs 13a of the shell 6 are scraped.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the air cylinder 12a is driven along the inner wall surface of the rounded lower shell 6b in which the upper shell 6a and the lower shell 6b are forcibly opened, and the second cutting blade 11a is cut. Is advanced and inserted into the shell 6, and the portion where the scallop 13 is attached to the lower shell 6b is cut.

If the lower shell 6b is too round and cannot be cut and separated at one time, a third cutting blade 11b is provided on the air cylinder 12b as shown in FIG. It may be cut again to separate it from the portion adhering to the surface. Of course, the third cutting blade 11b need not be provided.

After the scallop 13 is separated, as shown in FIG. 9, the conduits 19 projecting into the upper and lower suction pads 3a, 3b,
The vacuum state inside 19a is changed by the vacuum switch 18 to the rotary switching valve 1
7 and the conduits 19 and 19a are opened to the atmosphere, the upper adsorption pad 3a is separated from the surface of the upper shell 6a to which the lower adsorption pad 3b is in close contact, and the lower adsorption pad 3b is separated from the surface of the lower shell 6b to which the lower adsorption pad 3b is in close contact. The empty shell 6 separates and falls.

FIG. 10 is a front view of another embodiment of the upper and lower vacuum suction pads. In the vacuum suction pad 3 of the present example, the structure of the upper and lower suction pads 3a, 3b is the same as that of the hard portions 3e, 3h.
And the soft parts 3f and 3g.

That is, in the upper suction pad 3a, the lower end portion is a soft portion 3f made of a soft material.
Is a hard part 3e made of a hard material. Also,
The lower suction pad 3b is a soft part 3g whose upper end is made of a soft material, and a hard part 3h made of a hard material below the soft part 3g.

As described above, by forming the upper suction pad 3a and the lower suction pad 3b into two layers, the upper and lower shells 6a and 6b can be surely adsorbed on the surface.

In the shellfish peeling device of the present invention, a plurality of shells can be stripped at the same time by arranging a plurality of vacuum suction pads 3 on the rotating drum 1 in the direction.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a state in which the cutting blade is attached at an angle. Air cylinders 12, 12a,
The cutting blades 11, 11a, 11b attached to the 12b may be installed at an angle. This is to ensure that the scallop 13 can be cut along the inner wall surface of the rounded shell.

[0049]

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, freshly caught fresh shellfish can be quickly stripped.

That is, in the apparatus for removing shellfish according to the present invention as compared with the conventional manual operation, in a device in which a plurality of vacuum suction pads are arranged on the rotary drum 1 in the rotating direction and four rows in the horizontal direction, More than 3,600 stripping treatments can be performed in one hour, which is about eight times as large.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a shellfish peeling device according to the present invention.

FIG. 1a is a simplified diagram showing the arrangement of a vacuum suction pad and an intermittent rotation mechanism that constitute a shellfish peeling device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a drawing showing a vacuum suction pad with a vacuum valve that constitutes the shellfish peeling device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a step of supplying shellfish to the shellfish peeling device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3a is a plan view of a portion for pushing a shell to a vacuum suction pad.

FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a state viewed from a direction A in FIG. 3A.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a step of adsorbing a vacuum adsorption pad to the surfaces of an upper shell and a lower shell.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a step of opening an upper shell and a lower shell.

FIG. 5a is a view showing a step of opening an upper shell and a lower shell.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a step of inserting a cutting blade into the inner wall surface of the upper shell to separate the body of the shellfish from the inner wall surface of the upper shell.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a step of scraping out a built-in component.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a step of inserting a cutting blade into the inner wall surface of the lower shell to separate the shellfish from the inner wall surface of the lower shell.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a state in which a stripped shell is detached from the vacuum suction pad and falls.

FIG. 10 is a view showing another embodiment of the upper and lower suction pads.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which the cutting blade is attached at an angle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shellfish peeling apparatus 1a Rotary drum 2 Servo motor 3 Vacuum suction pad 3a Upper suction pad 3b Lower suction pad 3c Upper guide 3d Lower guide 3e, 3h Hard part 3f, 3g Soft part 4 Opening / closing mechanism 5 Rotating member 5a Spring 5b, 5c Tip 5d, 5e Rear end 6 Shell 6a Upper shell 6b Lower shell 6c Hinge 7 Table 8 Air cylinder 8a Extrusion rod 8b Horizontal rod 8c Upper retainer 8d Lower retainer 8e Vertical rod 8f Vertical rod 8g Left retainer 8h Right retainer 8i Air cylinder 8j Extrusion rod 8k Roller 8l Slider 9 Insertion rod 9a Roller 10 Air cylinder 11-11b Cutting blade 12-12b Air cylinder 13 Shell 13a Built-in object 14 Air cylinder 15 Air cylinder 16 Spatula 16a Scavenging rod 17 Switching Valve 18 Vacuum device 19, 19a Conduit 19b, 19c Conduit End

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A rotating drum having a vacuum suction pad comprising an upper and lower suction pad provided with a rotating member therein and having a tip end of a conduit protruding, and an intermittently rotating rotary drum; an extrusion rod for feeding a shell into the vacuum suction pad; A pressing rod having a roller attached to the tip and a projection provided to press the upper suction pad, and a vertical suction of the vacuum suction pad for adsorbing the shellfish on the upper and lower suction pads of the vacuum suction pad. Cut and separate the insertion rod with a roller at the tip to open the upper and lower shells that are inserted between the upper and lower guides connected to the pad, and the shells, built-in components, etc. of the opened shells. Cutting blade, a scraping rod having a spatula attached to the tip to scrape the cut and separated internal components, and a second cutting blade to cut and separate the scallop of the shellfish. Shellfish A living device. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a third cutting blade. 3. The apparatus for removing shellfish according to claim 1, wherein the upper and lower suction pads have a structure comprising a soft portion and a hard portion. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first, second and third cutting blades are mounted at an angle.
And the shellfish peeling device according to 3.