JPH1175794A - Machine for washing japanese radish - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Japanese radish-washing machine capable of continuously washing the root portion, root tip portion and leaf portion of a Japanese radish and drain the washed Japanese radish. SOLUTION: This machine for washing Japanese radish is provided with a root tip portion-washing means for washing the root tip portion of the Japanese radish with rotary brushes 2, 3 to which washing water is supplied, a root portion-washing means for feeding the Japanese radish between plural brush rolls 24 and a fixed brush 31 which is disposed above the brush rolls 24 and to which washing water is supplied and a water-absorbing sponge rubber block 32, rotating and carrying the supplied Japanese radish by the rotation of the brush rolls and simultaneously washing the root portion of the Japanese radish, a leaf portion-washing means for jetting the washing water from the axial direction of the root portion to wash the leaf portion, and a means for carrying the Japanese radish washed with the root potion-washing means and the leaf portion-washing means and simultaneously draining the Japanese radish with sponge rolls 27, 28. The plural brush rolls are partially immersed in the washing water, arranged in parallel to each other, and rotated at different rotation rates, respectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a radish cleaning machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 5 and 6 show a schematic structure of a conventional radish cleaning machine. FIG. 5 is a plan view, and FIG. 6 is a side view.

In this washing machine, a radish 64 is fed between a brush roll 62 rotating in washing water of a washing tank 61 and a brush or a sponge block 63 fixed thereon, and is conveyed while rotating. Cleaning method. The washing water is sprinkled on the radish in a shower form from a sprinkling pipe 67 installed above the supply port 65 and the carry-out port 66 of the radish 64.

[0004]

However, in the conventional washing machine, the radish 64 is simply washed while rotating the radish 64 between the brush roll 62 and the sponge block 63 at a constant speed. Is possible, but cleaning of the tip of the root portion 64a and the leaf portion 64b becomes insufficient.

[0005] For this reason, radish 64 coming out of the washing machine is used.
Is used for washing the tip of the root portion 64a and the leaf portion 64b by hand in a water tank, stacking it on a truck, and leaving it for half a day or overnight to drain the water.

[0006] As described above, the work of performing the final cleaning one by one by hand and stacking them on the carriage is a simple work, but the simple work is repeated as many times as the number of radish, resulting in heavy labor. In addition, it takes at least half a day and takes time to drain radish by stacking it on a trolley.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a radish washing machine capable of washing a tip of a root and a leaf portion and draining radish after washing consistently.

[0008]

A radish cleaning machine provided by the present invention includes a root tip cleaning means for cleaning a root tip of a radish with a rotating brush roll supplied with cleaning water;
A plurality of brush rolls having different rotation speeds arranged in parallel by partially immersing the washing water in a washing water and a fixed brush and / or a water-absorbing sponge rubber block to which the washing water is supplied are arranged thereon. Root cleaning means for cleaning the roots of radish by transporting the radish by rotating the brush rolls, and washing the radish leaves conveyed by the root cleaning means with washing water from the axial direction of the roots. And a root portion between the water-repellent sponge rubber roll and / or the water-repellent sponge rubber block disposed next to the brush roll and the water-repellent sponge rubber roll disposed next to the brush roll. Feeding radish washed by the washing means and the leaf washing means,
The water repellent sponge rubber roll and / or the water absorbing means is provided with a draining means for draining the radish by rotating and conveying the sponge rubber roll while rotating.

The above-mentioned rotating brush roll can be composed of, for example, a pair of truncated conical brush rolls that revolve while rotating.

[0010]

According to the radish washing machine of the present invention, the tip of the root of the radish, the root and the leaves can be washed and the radish after the washing can be drained consistently.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a left side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a right side view of FIG. .

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a first cleaning tank mounted on a frame F, reference numerals 2 and 3 denote a pair of left and right frustoconical brush rolls, and rotating shafts 4 and 5 thereof are mounted on first bearings 6 and 7, respectively. . The two bearings 6 and 7 are connected to the second cleaning tank 1
It is symmetrically attached to a rotating shaft 9 supported by a bearing 8 via an arm 10.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a large gear fixed to the second bearing 8;
Reference numerals 2 and 13 denote small gears that mesh with the large gear 11 and are fixed to the rotating shafts 4 and 5, respectively. Reference numeral 14 denotes a sprocket coaxially fixed to the rotating shaft 9 and a geared motor 4 described later.
1 driven by a chain 46.

When the rotating shaft 9 is rotated by the rotation of the sprocket 14 and the first bearings 6 and 7 are rotated, the brush rolls 2 and 3 revolve around the rotating shaft 9 at the same time.
Due to the rolling of the small gears 12 and 13 on the large gear 11 due to this revolution, they rotate on their own. When the brush rolls 2 and 3 revolve while rotating, a conical convex portion 16 is formed by both rolls. The tip of the root of the radish 17 is inserted into the convex portion 16 at the time of cleaning.

Numerals 18 and 19 denote nozzles for injecting washing water supplied to a header pipe (not shown) onto the brush rolls 2 and 3. Installed. 20 is radish 1
7 is a guide plate when the tip of the root portion is inserted into the convex portion 16 for cleaning, and a guide plate for transferring the radish 17 whose tip has been cleaned onto the next brush roll 24 for root cleaning. .

Reference numeral 21 denotes a second cleaning tank (coarse cleaning tank), reference numeral 22 denotes a third cleaning tank (finishing cleaning tank), and reference numeral 23 denotes a draining tank, all of which are mounted on the frame F. Second and third washing tank 2
1 and 22 are filled to such an extent that the washing water is almost full.

Reference numeral 24 denotes brush rolls arranged in parallel by partially immersing a part in the washing water of the second and third washing tanks 21 and 22. The first to third brush rolls 24 counted from the guide plate 20 side are immersed in the second cleaning tank 21, and the fourth to seventh brush rolls 24 are immersed in the second cleaning tank 21.
Is immersed in the third cleaning tank 22.

The rotating shaft 25 of each brush roll 24 is mounted on bearings 26 provided in the second and third washing tanks 21 and 22. The spacing between each roll 24 is about 2 cm.

Reference numeral 27 denotes a water-repellent sponge rubber roll, and reference numeral 28 denotes a water-absorbing (having open-celled) sponge rubber roll, which is arranged next to the brush roll 24. Each roll 2
The distance between 4, 27 and 28 is about 2 cm. Both rolls 27,
Numerals 28 are arranged in the drain tank 23, and their rotating shafts 29 are attached to bearings 30 provided in the drain tank 23.

Reference numeral 31 denotes the first and second brush rolls 24.
Fixed brushes 32 arranged at regular intervals on the brush, 32 is a water-absorbent (having open cells) arranged at regular intervals on five brush rolls 24 from the third to the seventh. It is a sponge rubber block.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a water-repellent (having closed cells) sponge rubber block disposed on the water-repellent sponge rubber roll 27 and the water-absorbent sponge rubber roll 28 at a predetermined interval.

The fixed brush 31, the water-absorbent sponge rubber block 32, and the water-repellent sponge rubber block 33 are attached to the frame F by a free arm 34. The vertical movement of each of the members 31, 32, 33 causes the brush roll 24 and the water-repellent and water-absorbing sponge rubber roll 2 to move.
6 and 27, the radish 17 is formed by these members 31 to 33, 24, 26 and 27.
Can be adjusted.

When the radish 17 is clamped between the members 31 to 33, 24, 26, and 27, effective cleaning can be performed by the elastic clamping force at that time, and the radish 17 can be fixed. Is small enough not to be damaged. Usually, about 1/4 to 1/5 of the thickness of the radish 17 is a practical range.

Reference numeral 35 denotes the brush roll 24 and the fixed brush 3
This is a header pipe for injecting washing water to the radish 17 fed during the period 1, and is attached to the frame F by a free arm 36 so as to be adjustable in position.

37 is a water absorbing sponge rubber block 32
This is a header pipe that supplies washing water to the frame F, and is attached to the frame F.

Reference numeral 39 denotes a sprocket attached to the rotating shaft 25 of the brush roll 24 and the rotating shaft 29 of the water-repellent and water-absorbing sponge rubber rolls 27 and 28.
2 is stretched. The diameter of the sprocket 39 of the third brush roll 24 is larger than those of the other sprockets 39. This is because the rotation speed of the third brush roll 24 is reduced.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a relay sprocket for transmitting the driving force of the geared motor 41 from the chain 42 to the chain 46 and relaying the same to the sprocket 14, and is mounted on the frame F by a bearing 43.

Reference numeral 42 denotes the above-described chain, which is stretched around the gear 44 of the geared motor 41, the sprocket 39, and the relay sprocket 40. Reference numeral 45 denotes a tight toner.

Reference numeral 46 denotes the above-mentioned chain, which is stretched between the relay sprocket 40 and the sprocket 14. 4
Reference numeral 7 denotes a chain retainer for preventing the chain 42 from coming off the small-diameter sprocket 39 located before and after the large-diameter sprocket 39.

Reference numeral 48 denotes a water squeezing roll for squeezing out the washing water absorbed by the water-absorbing sponge rubber roll 28.
The throttle pressure can be adjusted by the throttle pressure adjusting mechanism 49.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a nozzle for spraying cleaning water from the root of the radish 17 which is conveyed while being subjected to rough cleaning and finish cleaning, and is provided on the header pipe 51. The radish 17 leaves the nozzle 50
The radish 17 is cleaned in the course of rough cleaning and finish cleaning by the cleaning water sprayed from the radish.

Reference numeral 52 denotes a water storage tank for collecting and storing the surplus cleaning water in the second and third cleaning tanks 21 and 22, and 53 denotes a circulation pump for reusing the stored cleaning water.

The washing water supplied to the nozzles 18, 19 and the header pipes 35, 37, 50 is tap water.
The supply or stop is possible by opening and closing a valve (not shown).

In the above configuration, when the gear 44 of the geared motor 41 rotates in the direction of the arrow, the chain 42
Moves in the direction of the arrow, and the brush roll 24 rotates in the direction of the arrow.

In this state, when the radish 17 is fed between the brush roll 24 and the fixed brush 31 while the washing water is supplied from the header pipes 35 and 37, the radish 17
Are both rotated by the rotation of the brush roll 24,
Roughly cleaned between the brush rolls 24 and the next water-absorbent sponge rubber block 32 while being subjected to finish cleaning.

At this time, since the rotation speed of the third brush roll 24 is lower than that of the other brush rolls 24, the radish 17 fed between the three brush rolls 24 and the fixed brush 31 slowly moves at this portion. It is sufficiently washed while rotating.

The radish 17 is drained between the water-repellent sponge rubber blocks 33 and the water-repellent and water-absorbent sponge rubber rolls 27 and 28.

That is, the radish 17 that has been cleaned of the root, its tip, and the leaves is replaced with the water-repellent sponge rubber block 3.
3 and the water-repellent sponge rubber roll 27, where the washing water attached to the radish 17 is blown off. Then, the next block 33 and the water-absorbing sponge rubber roll 2
The washing water remaining in the radish 17 between 8 is sucked.
The washing water sucked by the roll 28 is supplied to the water squeezing roll 4.
Squeezed out at 8.

Reference numeral 54 denotes a guide plate for guiding the radish 17 to be carried out after draining to a container (not shown).

Since the radish cleaning machine of the embodiment has the above-described configuration, the radish can be washed and drained consistently in the following manner.

(1) Adjust the spacing between the brush roll 24 and the fixed brush 31 and the water-absorbent sponge rubber block 32.

(2) The geared motor 41 is started to drive the brush rolls 2, 3, 24 and the water-repellent and water-absorbing sponge rolls 27, 28.

(3) Supply of tap water to the nozzles 18, 19 and the header pipes 35, 37, 50 is started.

(4) Holding the radish 17 in hand, insert the tip of the root into the convex portion 16 formed by the rotation and revolving of the brush rolls 2 and 3 for cleaning.

(5) Japanese radish 17 whose tip has been cleaned
Is fed between the brush roll 24 and the fixed brush 31 while sliding on the guide plate 20.

At this time, the fed radish 17 rolls between the two 24 and 31, and then rolls between the brush roll 24 and the water-absorbing sponge rubber block 32.
During this time, the radish 17 is roughly cleaned and finished, and at the same time, the leaves are cleaned. The washed radish 17 is used for the next water-repellent and water-absorbent sponge rubber roll 2.
Rolls are made between 7, 28 and the water-repellent sponge rubber block 33 to drain the water.

(6) The radish 17 that has been drained and carried out onto the guide plate 54 is stored in a container (not shown).

In the above embodiment, the brush roll 24
Of these, the rotation speed of only the third brush roll 24 is reduced, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the rotation speed of the even-numbered brush rolls may be reduced, or all the brush rolls 24 may have different rotation speeds.

The rolls 27 and 28 used for draining the radish 17 may be replaced by water-repellent sponge rubber rolls or water-absorbent sponge rubber rolls. Also, the number may be three or more.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the above-described configuration is employed, the tip of the root of the radish, the root and the leaves are washed, and the washed radish is drained consistently. be able to.

This eliminates the need for manual cleaning of the root tip and leaves, which has been conventionally performed, and eliminates the necessity of leaving it for a long period of time to drain the water. It can be done in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a radish cleaning machine of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the radish cleaning machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the radish cleaning machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the radish cleaning machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a conventional radish cleaning machine.

FIG. 6 is a front view of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st washing tank 2,3,24 Brush roll 14,39,40 Sprocket 17 Radish 18,19,50 Nozzle 21 2nd washing tank 22 3rd washing tank 23 Drain tank 27 Water-repellent sponge rubber roll 28 Water-absorbent sponge rubber roll 31 Fixed brush 32 Water-absorbent sponge rubber block 33 Water-repellent sponge rubber block 35, 37, 51 Header pipe

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Tetsuo Sasaki 1-1-1 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Inside Yokohama High-Tech Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A root tip cleaning means for cleaning the root tip of a radish with a rotating brush roll supplied with cleaning water;
A plurality of brush rolls having different rotation speeds arranged in parallel by partially immersing the washing water in a washing water and a fixed brush and / or a water-absorbing sponge rubber block to which the washing water is supplied are arranged thereon. Root cleaning means for cleaning the roots of radish by transporting the radish by rotating the brush rolls, and washing the radish leaves conveyed by the root cleaning means with washing water from the axial direction of the roots. And a root portion between the water-repellent sponge rubber roll and / or the water-repellent sponge rubber block disposed next to the brush roll and the water-repellent sponge rubber roll disposed next to the brush roll. Feeding radish washed by the washing means and the leaf washing means,
A radish washing machine comprising a draining means for draining radish by transporting the radish by rotating the water-repellent sponge rubber roll and / or the water-absorbing sponge rubber roll. 2. The rotating brush roll is a pair of truncated conical brush rolls that revolve while rotating.
The radish cleaning machine described.