JPS596720Y2 - root vegetable washing machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a washing machine used for washing root vegetables such as radishes, potatoes, and carrots.

Generally, in this type of washing machine, it is important to be able to thoroughly wash every corner of the washing machine while reliably transporting the objects to be washed.

Therefore, the present proposal aims to provide a root vegetable washing machine that combines a long-haired large-diameter roll brush and a small-diameter roll brush to improve the cleaning power with the large-diameter roll brush without impairing transferability. It is.

In this specification, long hair and large diameter when referring to a long hair large diameter roll brush refer to the hair length and outer diameter in comparison with a small diameter roll brush.

The present invention will be explained below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

1 is a small-diameter roll brush that is pivotally supported on the machine frame 2 perpendicular to the direction of transport of the object to be washed (direction of arrow a), and has a diameter of about 60 mm.
A hair body 1b having a hair length of about 3Qmm is planted on a support body 1a of about 100cm, so that the overall outer diameter is about 100 to 14Qmm.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a long-hair, large-diameter roll brush, in which bristles 3b with a hair length of about 7 Qmm are planted on a support body 3a with a diameter of about 90 mm, and the overall outer diameter is about 220 to 250 mm.

Therefore, the cleaning power of the large-diameter roll brush 3 is improved by the longer bristles than the small-diameter roll brush 1, but on the other hand, the bristles 3b
My back is getting weaker.

The small-diameter roll brush 1 and the large-diameter roll brush 3 are successively combined in parallel in the transport direction,
As shown in FIG. 1, the combination is such that a large-diameter roll brush 3 is connected as a single piece behind a plurality of small-diameter roll brushes 1, and a single small-diameter roll brush 3 is placed behind the large-diameter roll brush 3. A series of brushes 1, a large-diameter roll brush 3 behind the single small-diameter roll brush 1 in Fig. 3.
A single continuous roller brush, a plurality of small-diameter roll brushes 1 are continuous behind it, and a large-diameter roll brush 3 is continuous after that, and others are continuous as shown in Fig. 4. Various combinations are possible.

In this case, as shown in each figure, the small-diameter roll brush 1 may be a single piece or a plurality of pieces connected in series, but the large-diameter roll brush 3 is a single piece that is connected to the small-diameter roll brush 1 without making a plurality of pieces consecutive. It is.

This is because when large-diameter roll brushes 3 are used in succession, the stiffness of the bristles 3b becomes weaker, so the material to be cleaned accumulates between the brushes 3 and 3, and in extreme cases, it falls out from between the brushes 3 and 3. This is because there is a risk.

Then, as described above, the small-diameter roll brush 1 and the large-diameter roll brush 3 are arbitrarily combined in succession, and the plate brush 4 is opposed along the upper side of each of the continuous roll brushes 1 and 3. The structure of the washing section is such that the washing section serves as a transfer path A for objects to be washed.

In this case, a long-haired flat plate brush 4a is opposed to the upper side of the continuous small-diameter roll brush 1, and an upwardly arcuate short-haired plate brush 4b is opposed to the upper side of the large-diameter roll brush 3.

This plate brush 4 mainly serves as a holding brush when transporting the object to be washed, and is elastically supported by the machine frame 2 for the purpose of making the pressing force uniform.

6 in the figure is a water tank, 7 is a spring that elastically supports the plate brush 4, 8 is a water pipe, 9 is a gutter for feeding the material to be washed,
10 is the same discharge gutter, and 11 is a leaf conveyor for washing radish.

The structure of the cleaning section shown in Fig. 5 is a long-haired large-diameter roll brush 3.
The arc-shaped plate brush 12 facing the lower side of the brush is continuous to the rear of the washing section structure of the present invention, and the large-diameter roll brush 3' at the rear end is mainly used for finishing washing.

Therefore, when washing objects such as radish in the washing section of the present invention, when the objects are fed from the input gutter 9, the objects are moved along the transfer path A by the rotation of the roll brushes 1 and 3. It will be washed.

In this case, the object to be washed is washed by being scraped by the roll brushes 1 and 3 on the lower side while the upper side of the object is pressed by the plate brush 4. Since the bristles 1b are strong, it is possible to scrape off stuck mud, but because the bristles are short, it is not possible to wash every corner, leaving dirt behind.On the other hand, the large diameter roll brush In case of method 3, since the length of the bristles is long, it is possible to wash every corner, and furthermore, the cleaning power can be further improved due to the high circumferential speed, so the object to be washed finally discharged from the discharge gutter 10 has a small diameter. The roll brush 1 and the large-diameter roll brush 3 provide a completely washed state.

Moreover, the object to be washed that is transferred while rolling on the transfer path A moves above each roll brush 1, 3, and its weight is supported by each roll brush 1, 3, so that it is not rolled as the brushes rotate. It is possible to migrate while moving.

As mentioned above, according to the present invention, mud stuck to the object to be washed is scraped off by a small-diameter roll brush, and large-diameter rolls with long bristles are used to clean the tapered and neck parts of the object, where small-diameter roll brushes cannot wash the object sufficiently. Since it is washed with a brush, it is possible to thoroughly wash the entire surface, and there is also the advantage that there is no risk of impairing transferability even though a long-haired, large-diameter roll brush is used.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing a root vegetable washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line I-I in Fig. 1, Figs. 3, 4, and 5.
The figures are sectional views showing other examples of the proposed structure. 1: Small diameter roll brush, 3: Large diameter roll brush, 4: Plate brush, A: Transfer path.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a root vegetable washing machine that uses a combination of a small-diameter roll brush 1 and a long-haired large-diameter roll brush 3 supported perpendicularly to the direction of transport of the material to be washed, the small-diameter roll brush 1 can be used alone or in parallel in the transport direction. On the other hand, the large diameter roll brush 3 is used as a single small diameter roll brush 1.
By arranging the small-diameter roll brush 1 and the large-diameter roll brush 3 in parallel in the transport direction, the small-diameter roll brush 1 and the large-diameter roll brush 3 are arranged in parallel in the transport direction. This root vegetable washing machine has brushes 4 facing each other and the opposing part serving as a transfer path A for the material to be washed.