JPH1156070A - Apparatus for plucking off green soybean - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for plucking off green soybeans capable of continuously and smoothly plucking off green soybeans from stems of a green soybean plant. SOLUTION: This apparatus for plucking off green soybeans (a) is obtained by arranging a rotator 3 for plucking off the green soybeans (a) protrusively provided with helical teeth 2 for plucking off the green soybeans (a) in the longitudinal direction of the outer peripheries of shaft units 1, a rotator 4 for plucking off the green soybeans (a) with a spacing suitable for plucking off the green soybeans (a) kept therebetween and is capable of nipping the root of the stems (b) of the green soybeans (a) with the opposite rotator 3 for plucking the green soybeans and the rotator 4 for plucking off the green soybeans (a) and moving the stems (b) of a green soybean plant relatively to the shaft units 1 so as to thereby carry out the plucking off of the green soybeans (a).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing green soybeans used in a green soybean remover.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The applicant is a manufacturer of green soybean peeling machines and has applied for a number of patents relating to green soybean peeling machines and their sorting apparatuses, and always efficiently removes green soybeans without damaging them. We are studying methods to accurately select immature beans and single beans.

According to the present invention, a soybean stripping rotary body having spiral soybean stripping teeth projecting in the length direction of the outer periphery of a shaft body and a soybean stripping rotary body are arranged side by side to continuously and smoothly without damaging green soybeans. An apparatus for removing green soybeans that can be removed is provided.

[0004]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0005] A green soybean stripping rotary body 3 protruding a spiral shaped green soybean stripping tooth 2 in the length direction of the outer circumference of the shaft body 1 and a green soybean stripping rotation with a gap suitable for stripping green soybeans on the green soybean stripping rotary body 3 The body 4 is juxtaposed with the rotating green soybean stripping rotator 3 and the rotating green soybean stripping rotary body 4 so that the root of the green soybean stalk b is sandwiched and the green soybean stalk b is moved with respect to the rod 1. The present invention relates to a green soybean stripping apparatus characterized in that it is provided to perform stripping.

The edamame stripping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the edamame stripping rotator 4 and the edamame stripping teeth 2 having the same spiral shape as the edamame stripping rotator 3 are provided.

Further, at least the tooth ends of the green soybean stripping teeth 2 are formed of a soft material, and a gap allowing the green soybean a to be stripped is provided in the parallel gap between the two green soybean stripping rotary members 3 and 4 arranged side by side. The green soybean peeling device according to claims 1 and 2 is characterized in that:

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, which are examples of embodiments, showing the functions and effects.

An embodiment according to claim 1 will be described.

The root of the stem b of green soybeans is inserted between the green soybean stripping rotary body 3 and the green soybean stripping rotary body 4 having the green soybean stripping teeth 2 protruding from the outer periphery of the machine body 1 by an appropriate method, for example, by hand. Green soybean stripping rotator 3 and green soybean stripping rotator 4
Sandwich the root of edamame stem b between
, The green soybean wiping rotary body 4 and the green soybean wiping rotary body 3 are rotated with a gap suitable for removing green soybeans. The outer periphery and the outer periphery of the green soybean stripping rotating body 4 rotate while playing the role of supporting the stem b and the leaf portion of green soybeans, and the green soybean stripping teeth 2 project in a spiral shape in the outer circumferential length direction of the rod 1. As a result, the gap suitable for removing green soybean a continuously moves from the root side to the tip side of the green soybean stem b, and the green soybean tooth removal tooth 2 operates so that green soybean a is lifted from green soybean stem b to remove green soybean a. Since the green soybeans are stripped off, the green soybeans a are always reliably and smoothly stripped off, so that the green soybean stripping device with less vibration is obtained.

A pair of green soybean stripping rotators 3 and 4 are slanted in the horizontal direction, and the slanted state is viewed from above, with the introduction side of the green soybean stalk b facing forward and the lead-out side facing forward. The soybean stalk b is held in an appropriate manner, the edamame stalk b is removed from the soybean, and the edamame stalk b is inserted into the rotating bodies 3.4 to move the edamame stalk b to the right or left, Further, when the pair of stripping rotary members 3 and 4 are sloping in the vertical direction, and the skewed state is viewed from the horizontal direction, the stalk b of edamame is sloping so that the introduction side is upward and the outlet side is downward. By holding the root of the green soybean stalk b by an appropriate method, inserting the green soybean stalk b into the rotating bodies 3 and 4 and moving vertically so that the green soybean stalk b is lowered directly, the green soybean stalk b The same stripping operation as described above can be performed without pulling b forward.

A second embodiment will be described.

Since the spiral green soybean stripping teeth 2 similar to those of the green soybean stripping rotary body 3 are provided on the green soybean stripping rotary body 4 as well, the green soybean stripping operation is performed from both sides of the green soybean stem b. A green soybean peeling device with no work efficiency and improved work efficiency.

A third embodiment will be described.

Since at least the tooth ends of the green soybean stripping teeth 2 are formed of a soft material, the stripping operation can be reliably performed without damaging the green soybeans in the same manner as when the green soybeans a is stripped by hand.

[0016]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view of FIG. 2, FIG. 3 is a first embodiment of claim 2 and claim 3, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are second embodiment of claim 2 and claim 3; For example, FIG. 5 illustrates a third embodiment.

A green soybean stripping rotary body 3 having a spiral shaped green soybean stripping tooth 2 protruding in the length direction of the outer circumference of the shaft body 1 and a greenish green soybean stripping rotary with a suitable space for stripping green soybeans on the green soybean stripping rotary body 3. The body 4 is juxtaposed with the rotating green soybean stripping rotator 3 and the rotating green soybean stripping rotary body 4 so that the root of the green soybean stalk b is sandwiched and the green soybean stalk b is moved with respect to the rod 1. It is provided so that it can be removed.

Further, a spiral green soybean stripping tooth 2 similar to the green soybean stripping rotary body 4 and the green soybean stripping rotary body 3 is provided.

Further, at least the tooth ends of the green soybean stripping teeth 2 are formed of a flexible material, and a gap allowing the green soybean a to be stripped is provided in the parallel gap between the two side-by-side green soybean stripping rotary members 3 and 4. .

The first embodiment will be described.

The first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 illustrates an apparatus for removing green soybeans which is suitable for removing green soybeans a from stems of green soybeans b using the present apparatus.

The L-shaped machine frames 7, 8 are erected on the left and right sides of the machine base 6 so as to be opposed to each other, and the other ends of the laid plates are raised upward in a curved state to insert the green soybean stem b. Insertion slot 9
Are formed, and upper bearings 10 and 10 are provided on the upper surface substantially at the center of the left and right lateral plates, and lower bearings 11 and 11 are provided on the lower surface of the machine base 6 corresponding to the upper bearings 10 and 10, The shaft rods 12 and 13 are erected on the upper and lower and left and right bearings 10 and 11, respectively. The peripheral surface of the left shaft rod 12 is surrounded by a cylindrical surrounding body to form a shaft 1, and a spiral green soybean stripping tooth 2 is protruded in the length direction of the circumferential surface of the shaft 1 to form a green soybean. The rotator 3 is formed, and the peripheral surface of the right shaft 13 is surrounded by a cylindrical surrounding body to form the rotator 4 for removing green soybeans. The green soybean stripping rotator 4 having the obtained configuration is employed. For example, FIG. 1 is an explanatory cross-sectional view showing one example. The green soybean rotator 3 and the green soybean rotator 4 are opposed to each other with a gap suitable for removing green soybean a.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, two green soybean stripping teeth 2 are wound in a left-handed spiral shape in the length direction of the outer periphery of the shaft 1 at 180 ° intervals on the outer periphery of the shaft 1. The two green soybean stripping teeth 2 are wound in a right-handed spiral shape in the outer peripheral length direction of the surrounding body so as to face the green soybean stripping rotary body 4 and the left side green soybean stripping rotary body 3 as well. Form the body 4 and remove the left and right green soybeans
2 illustrates a case where the gaps 2 are juxtaposed so as to be suitable for removing green soybeans.

A pair of gears 14 and 15 of the same shape meshing with each other are fixed to the lower ends of the respective shaft rods 12 and 13, and the left L-shaped machine frame 7 is fixed.
A motor 16 is provided on the side surface of the motor 16 and a drive pulley 17 is fixed to an output shaft of the motor 16, and a V-belt 19 is provided between the drive pulley 17 and a driven pulley 18 fixed to an extended lower end of the left shaft 12. The right and left green soybean stripping rotator 3 and the green soybean stripping rotary body 4 are matched in phase with each other, and the gap between the tooth tip surfaces of each tooth is suitable for stripping green soybean a. Is set in such a manner that the left and right green soybean stripping rotators 3 and 4 are synchronously rotated in opposite directions.

In the embodiment, the peripheral surfaces of the shaft rods 12 and 13 are surrounded by a flexible body so as not to be damaged when the green soybeans a are supported. However, at least the tooth ends of the cutting teeth 2 are formed of a flexible material. Green soybeans are provided so that they will not be hurt during the green soybean removal operation.

Since the embodiment of the present invention is constructed as described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the root of the green soybean stalk b is held by hand and inserted from the insertion opening 9 to remove the green soybean rotator 3 and the green soybean. When the stem b of green soybeans is sandwiched between the rotating body 4 and the green soybean stalk b, it is moved toward the rod 1 of the green soybeans b and pulled out to the foreground. Are rotated in opposite directions while supporting the stem b, twigs and leaves of green soybeans, and the green soybean cutting teeth 2 project in a spiral shape in the outer circumferential length direction of the rod 1 so that green soybeans a The gap suitable for stripping the green soybeans continuously moves from the root side to the tip side of the green soybean stem b, and the green soybean stripping teeth 2 operate so as to squeeze green soybeans a from the green soybean stem b to continuously strip green soybeans a. . At this time, since green soybean a is hanging on green soybean stem b, the green soybean cutting tooth 2 raises green soybean a to the ear side and pushes and bends it to the ear side, so that the green soybean is squeezed up against the normal state. Therefore, the green soybean a can be peeled off very easily without damaging the green soybean a.

Further, since the stripping teeth 2 are formed in a helical shape, a stripping rotary body can be formed even when the stripping teeth are protruded in a plate shape on the rotary body of the stripping rotary body, or a plurality of rotary teeth can be formed on the rotary shaft. Even if the rod-shaped stripping teeth of the conventional example are protruded in the circumferential direction, the stripping teeth of the conventional example which formed the stripping rotary member performed intermittent stripping operation, so that an intermittent load was applied to the soybean stripping device. Vibrates or soybeans a
The soybeans also have excellent drawbacks, and are free from the drawbacks such as broken and broken branches entangled in the device and unnecessarily consuming power.

Although the drawing shows a case in which a pair of green soybean rotators 3 and 4 are vertically arranged, the same effect can be obtained by horizontally arranging them. Further, in the invention of claim 2, the right-handed spiral green soybean stripping teeth 2 are provided in opposition to the green soybean stripping teeth 2 of the green soybean stripping rotary body 4 and the green soybean stripping rotary body 3, and the left and right green soybean stripping teeth 2. Match the phase of 2 and remove each green soybean tooth 2.2
The tooth apex surface of the soybean is provided with a gap suitable for stripping green soybeans so as to be synchronized with each other and rotated in opposite directions by the gears 14 and 15, so that the green soybean stripping operation is performed from both sides of the green soybean stem b, and the efficiency is improved. The apparatus for removing green soybeans, which does not damage the green soybeans a and improves the working efficiency.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since at least the tooth ends of the green soybean stripping teeth 2 are formed of a soft material, the green soybeans a can be reliably removed without damaging the green soybeans a in the same manner as when the green soybeans a is stripped by hand. .

Next, a second embodiment will be described.

The second embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 has an automatic feed mechanism.
The green soybean a is automatically stripped from the green soybean stalk b using the main green soybean stripping device while the base of the green soybean stalk b is held and automatically fed by 21, and the stripped green soybean a, leaves and twigs are conveyed by the conveyor 22. The drawing shows an automatic green soybean stripper that harvests green soybeans that are not mixed with foreign substances by forcibly discharging leaves and twigs out of the machine by providing a blowing means 23 on the outlet side thereof.

The illustrated automatic feed mechanism 21 comprises an upper conveyor section 26 having an upper holding endless belt 25 stretched between upper pulleys 24, 24, which are pivotally mounted on the right and left ends near the upper portion of the machine body. At the left and right ends of the lower fuselage 26, lower pulleys 27 are pivotally mounted in parallel with the upper conveyor section 26, and a lower clamping endless belt 28 is stretched between the lower pulleys 27 so as to face each other. To form a lower conveyor portion 29, and to allow a gap between the lower belt lower surface of the upper endless endless belt 25 and the upper surface of the upper belt of the lower endless endless belt 28 to be conveyed by nipping the root of the soybean stem b. The upper endless belt 25 and the lower endless belt 28 are configured to be rotatable in opposite directions synchronously by a drive mechanism (not shown) to form an automatic feed mechanism 21.

The green soybean stripping rotary members 3 and 4 of the green soybean stripping device of the present invention are vertically inclined in a horizontal direction with respect to the automatic feeding mechanism 21 on the machine body, and the inclined state is changed to a pair of upper and lower green soybean stripping rotary members. 3 and 4 are viewed from above, the distance between them is close to each other on the introduction side and separated from each other on the discharge side, and the green soybean a of the green soybean stem b is held from right to left in the plan view of FIG. Remove the upper and lower edamame rotator 3
4 is set so that the iron can be gradually lifted from the root toward the tip.

When the operator grasps the stem b of green soybeans, inserts the stem b of green soybean between the upper and lower endless endless belts 25 and 28 with the roots directed forward and the stems, branches and leaves in the forward direction, and the automatic The root of the stem b of green soybeans is moved up and down by the feed mechanism 21 and the endless belt 25 is held between
・ It is pinched by 28 and transported to the green soybean stripper.

Green soybean stem b transferred to the green soybean removing device b
Is subjected to the continuous automatic stripping operation as described above from the root toward the tip of the tip, and the removed soybeans a, leaves and twigs are conveyed by the conveyor 22, and the leaves and twigs derived from the conveyor 22. And the like are discharged to the outside of the machine by the wind of the blowing means 23, so that green soybeans a containing no foreign matter can be harvested.

A third embodiment will be described.

The third embodiment shown in FIG. 6 shows a case in which a self-propelled green soybean harvesting machine for directly removing green soybeans from green soybeans planted in a field employs a main green soybean stripping device.

In front of a self-propelled soybean harvester (or a soybean harvesting device as shown in the figure may be provided in front of a self-propelled vehicle such as a tractor), a ski-shaped left and right grounding plate 32. 32 are arranged side by side with a stalk-introducing gap through which stalks b of green soybeans planted in the field can pass, and the grounding plates 32, 32 are used to cover or contact the soil on both sides of the roots of green soybeans. Main plate
Either a clamping mechanism such as a clamping plate is provided inside 32.32 so as to clamp the green soybean stem b, or both, so that the green soybean a can be directly removed from the green soybean stem b. An enabling green soybean support 33 is provided. Above the green soybean support 33, the green soybean stripping rotary bodies 3 and 4 of the green soybean stripping device of the present invention are tilted so that the rear side is higher in the forward direction, and the green soybeans a of the green soybean stem b which is clamped are squeezed upward. Obliquely installed. In the figure, reference numeral 34 denotes a conveying belt on which a conveying plate 35 is erected, and 36 denotes a rear conveying belt.

Green soybean rotator 3 and 4 of main green soybean harvester
When the aircraft is advanced while rotating, the green soybean support
The ground plate 32 of the 33 presses against the field surface, or the holding plate of the green soybean support 33 holds the green soybean stem b, and the green soybean stem b is pulled upward by the stripping operation of the green soybean stripping device. So that the green soybean removing rotators 3.4 rotate in opposite directions so as to push upward the green soybeans a, so that even if the pair of green soybean removing rotary bodies 3.4 are moved forward, the stripping position of the green soybean stalk b is increased. And gradually move to a higher position, so that the green soybeans a can be removed smoothly. The removed green soybeans a, leaves and twigs are transported by the transport belt 34 and the rear transport belt 36, and collected by appropriate means.

Further, if one of the green soybean stripping rotary members 4 is inclined at a position slightly higher than the other green soybean stripping rotary member 3, there is no support on the opposite side of the other small soybean stripping rotary member 4. If the green soybeans a, leaves and twigs are blown off to the side of the green soybean rotator 3 and the green soybean rotator 3 is disposed, for example, a conveyor is disposed on the green soybean rotator 3 side. Collection of green soybeans and leaves is facilitated, and harvesting and sorting are facilitated.

[0041]

According to the present invention, the roots of the inserted green soybean stalks are clamped by a pair of rotating green soybeans, and the stems and leaves of the green soybeans are removed. While being supported by the outer periphery of the rod and the outer periphery of the other green soybean rotator, the spirally formed green soybean wiping teeth make it possible to continuously remove green soybeans from the root side to the tip side smoothly and smoothly. As it is possible, the load is intermittently applied by intermittent stripping operation like the conventional stripping rotating body with plate-shaped or rod-shaped striped soybean teeth, and the body vibrates or damages the soybeans and breaks. In addition, the apparatus for removing green soybeans, which has excellent operability and eliminates the drawback that broken branches are entangled with the apparatus, is excellent in workability.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the green soybean stripping operation is performed from both sides of the stem of the green soybean, and the green soybean is more efficiently stripped. .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since at least the tooth ends of the green soybean stripping teeth are formed of a soft material, it is possible to remove the green soybeans without damaging the green soybeans in the same manner as when the green soybeans are stripped by hand. It is a device that removes green soybeans that has an effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a pair of green soybean stripping rotary members according to claims 1 and 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view in which a part of a pair of green soybean stripping rotary bodies according to claims 2 and 3 of the present invention is cut away.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a first embodiment according to claims 2 and 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory sectional view of a second embodiment of the present invention in which a part of the second embodiment is cut away.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory plan view partially cut away.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory side view with a part cut away of a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 shaft body 2 green soybean stripping teeth 3 green soybean stripping rotary body 4 green soybean stripping rotary body a green soybean b green soybean stem

Claims (3)

[Claims] An edamame stripping rotator having helical soybean stripping teeth protruding in a length direction of an outer circumference of a shaft, and an edamame stripping rotator provided with a gap suitable for stripping edamame on the edamame stripping rotator. The edamame stripping rotator and the rotating edamame stripping rotator are arranged side by side, so that the root of the edamame stem is sandwiched and the edamame stem is moved with respect to the rod to remove the edamame. A green soybean removing device characterized by the following. 2. The green soybean stripping device according to claim 1, wherein the green soybean stripping rotary body and the spiral green soybean stripping teeth similar to the green soybean stripping rotary body are provided. 3. The green soybean stripping tooth has at least a tooth end portion formed of a soft material, and a gap that allows stripping of green soybeans is interposed in a parallel gap between two side-by-side green soybean stripping rotary members. An apparatus for removing green soybeans according to claim 1 or 2.