JPS5941983Y2 - Pineapple juice collection device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a pineapple fruit juice collection device, and more specifically, to a device for collecting fruit juice from the skin portion remaining after the pulp of a pineapple is rubbed out.

Conventionally, when pineapple fruit is industrially processed into food, it is common practice to cut off both the upper and lower ends of the pineapple fruit, cut out the inner pulp into a cylindrical shape, and use this as a raw material for processing.

By the way, since the fruit of pineapple has a swollen body, so to speak, it has an oval spherical shape, so some pulp remains in the skin, which is the residue after the pulp is cut out.
Generally, the content of fruit juice is higher in the periphery than in the center of the fruit.

However, the skin of pineapple is strongly bound to the pulp by fibers that are intricately intertwined, and each fruit has a variety of sizes and shapes, so the large amount of peel that is excreted must be reprocessed industrially to remove the residue. It is technically very difficult to cut only the pulp from the skin and make it available for use, and there is a problem that it is extremely uneconomical as it has to be discarded in the end.

In view of the above, this idea was created in an attempt to reprocess the skin of pineapple, which had traditionally been discarded.As a result of intensive research, we focused on the fact that the skin of pineapple contains a large amount of fruit juice. This drum was designed for the purpose of collecting fruit juice from such skins, and a drum shaped like a drum and having a large number of axial protrusions formed on the outer surface is rotatably supported. A pineapple skin supply guide plate is disposed along the outer surface of the drum to gradually reduce the distance from the outer surface of the drum, and a pineapple skin supply guide plate is disposed along the outer surface of the drum, and a pineapple skin supply guide plate is arranged at an outlet portion of the smallest gap between the supply guide plate and the drum that allows only pineapple skin to pass through. The device is characterized in that a discharge guide plate made of pineapple peel is arranged in a housing, and a juice collecting board is provided on the lower surface of the whole device.

This invention will be explained below using examples.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of this invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line ■--■ in FIG.

The pineapple vermilion juice collecting JIRA of this invention has a drum body 1A shape with a curvature that is approximately the same as the body of the pineapple fruit, and a drum 1 having a large number of axial protrusions 2...2 formed on the outer surface. is rotatably supported by a motor (not shown), and a pineapple skin supply guide plate 3 is disposed on the outer surface of the drum 1 so as to gradually sandwich the facing distance S along the outer surface of the drum 1. Minimum gap Sm between the supply guide plate 3 and the drum 1 that allows only pineapple skin to pass through
A discharge guide plate 5 is disposed at the outlet portion 4 of 1n with its end 5A5 facing, and the entire body A' is supported by a juice collection board 6.

In addition, 6' in the figure is a peripheral wall provided around the fruit juice collecting plate 6.
A is an opening formed in the peripheral wall.

In the embodiment described above, the supply guide plate 3 may be constantly urged toward the drum 1 by a spring T as shown in the figure.

In the figure, 1' is a spring adjustment screw.

Furthermore, due to food hygiene requirements, all of the above structural members are made of stainless steel.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of this invention will be explained.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the pineapple skin P, which has a hollowed-out cylindrical shape, is cut open, the pulp part P' faces the drum 1, and the pineapple skin P is placed on the supply guide plate 3 through the opening 6A. Then, the pineapple skins P are sequentially pushed through the opening 6A so as to come into contact with the drum 1 which is rotated at high speed by a motor (not shown).

At this time, the outer surface of the drum 1 has a large number of axial protrusions 2...
2 is formed, the pulp portion P' remaining on the inner surface of the pineapple skin P is subjected to force in the direction of being rubbed by the protrusions 2...2, and at this time, the fruit juice contained inside is The squeezed and scattered fruit juice is received by the peripheral wall 6',
It flows downward and is collected on the fruit juice collecting board 6.

On the other hand, since the spacing S between the pineapple skin supply guide plate 3 and the drum 1 gradually becomes narrower, the pineapple skin fed in as the drum 1 rotates in the forward direction is gradually hollowed out deeper. At the point when the fruit passes through the minimum gap min, only the fibrous body within the pulp and the substantial skin part remain,
The rotational force of the drum 10 causes it to be discharged from the outlet section 4 between the drum 1 and the supply guide plate 3, and thereafter it is discharged to the outside by the discharge guide plate 5.

In the above, since both the supply guide plate 3 and the discharge guide plate 5 have smooth surfaces, the pineapple skin P can easily slide and will not stagnate during supply or discharge.

When the supply guide plate 3 is elastically biased by the spring T as shown in the figure, the pineapple skin P is pushed by the guide plate 3 and pressed against the drum 1, which improves the sampling time and efficiency. is good.

This idea is structured as described above.

The pineapple juice can be efficiently stripped mechanically from the pineapple skin after the pulp has been removed, and the pulp attached to the pineapple skin contains 40 to 40% of the total amount.
Because it contains 50 pieces of fruit juice, it is very easy to collect at the end of the year, and it has various practical effects such as making it possible to effectively use pineapple skin, which was previously discarded. have

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the embodiment, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line m-[[ of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of pineapple skin. . A... Pineapple juice collecting device, 1...
・・Drum, 1A・・Taiko body, 2・・・・
Axial protrusion, 3...pineapple skin supply guide plate, 4...exit portion, 5...discharge guide plate,
6... Soup collection board, T... Spring,
S: Opposing distance, P: Pineapple skin.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A pineapple skin supply guide plate in which a drum shaped like a drum body and having a large number of axial protrusions formed on the outer surface is rotatably supported, and the distance between the drum and the outer surface of the drum is gradually narrowed along the outer surface of the drum. A pineapple peel discharge guide plate is disposed in a housing at the exit portion of the minimum gap between the supply guide plate and the drum surface that allows only the pineapple peel to pass through, and the whole is received by the juice collection board. A pineapple juice collecting device characterized by comprising: