JPS6014396Y2 - peeling device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a peeling device for peeling off the outer skin covering the white root part of green onions, for example.

An example of this type of peeling device is one in which a green onion is held between a pair of rotating peeling rollers, and the outer skin of the green onion is peeled off.

By the way, the above-mentioned peeling device has a structure in which the outer skin is peeled off by pulling the stalk of the green onion held between the rollers toward the front side, and it is difficult to remove the skin from a large number of green onions one by one. Not only does this require a great deal of labor, but it also reduces work efficiency.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to improve work efficiency by providing a new peeling device that can easily perform the peeling action.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a movable table attached to a guide groove formed in the center of the base, and this movable table is rotated via a link mechanism. The pedal is connected to a pedal that is operated by the user, and can be slid freely along a guide groove on the base by rotating the pedal. Air piston
A pair of peeling rotary rollers connected to a cylinder or an electromagnetic franchisor and moved close to each other in opposite directions by the air piston/cylinder or electromagnetic franchisor are disposed orthogonally to the moving direction of the moving table. A peeling device characterized in that the outer skin of the peeled object is removed by sandwiching the peeled object between rotating rollers and moving the movable table in the length direction of the peeled object. .

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a peeling device according to the present invention.

This peeling device 1 has four legs 2.2.2 provided at the four corners.
．． It has a base 3 supported horizontally by 2.

A rectangular box-shaped moving table 100 is placed on the base 3.

On the front side of the moving table 100, a pair of peeling rotary rollers 4 and 5 are arranged at a predetermined distance apart.

The rotating shafts 6, 7 of the rollers 4, 5 are connected to the table 1.
These rollers 4, 9 are fitted and supported in arc-shaped shaft insertion holes 8, 9 (see Fig. 2) formed through the rollers 00,
5 can move toward and away from each other.

Each of the rollers 4.5 is formed into a cylindrical shape, and a brush 10 made of, for example, nylon is attached to the entire outer circumference of the roller.

Note that instead of the brush 10, a sponge or the like may be attached to the outer periphery of each of the rollers 4 and 5, and various modifications are possible.

The rollers 4 and 5 are rotationally driven by a roller drive mechanism 11 disposed within the table 100, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4.

The roller drive mechanism 11 uses an electric motor 13 suspended from the ceiling surface 100A of the table 100 via a support 12 as a drive source.

The rotational driving force of the motor 13 is transmitted between the pinion gear 14 inserted into the drive shaft 13a of the motor 13, the ceiling surface 100A of the table 100, and the top plate 15 disposed above the motor 13. Transmitted to each of the rollers 4 and 5 through a pair of reduction gears 16 and 17 that are rotatably supported and fixed gears 18 and 19 that are inserted into the rotation shafts 6 and 7 of each of the rollers 4 and 5. be done.

The reduction gears 16 and 17 are in mesh with each other.

The pinion gear 14 is rotationally driven in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3, and the rotation of the gear 14 causes the one reduction gear 16 to rotate clockwise in the figure, and the other reduction gear 17 to rotate in the same direction. Each rotates in the direction of arrow C in the figure.

The rotational force of each of the reduction gears 16.17 is transmitted to each of the fixed gears 18.19, and one of the fixed gears 1B
rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in the figure, and the other fixed gear 19 rotates clockwise in the figure.

The rotation of these fixed gears 18, 19 also causes the rollers 4, 5 to rotate in the same direction as the fixed gears 18, 19, respectively.

Further, in the table 100, each of the rollers 4 and 5 is provided.
A first roller moving mechanism 20 is provided to move the rollers closer to each other in directions facing each other.

This roller movement i structure 20 includes an air piston cylinder 2
1 as a driving source.

As shown in FIG. 4, the air piston/cylinder 21 is attached to the bottom of the top plate 15 so that the piston rod 22 can reciprocate in parallel to the table 100.
The letter-shaped attachment is supported via the plate 15A.

One end 23a of the slide shaft 23 is assembled and fixed to the tip 22a of the piston rod 22 via a cylindrical joint 24 so that the slide shaft 23 is coaxial with the rod 22.

A slide block 25 is slidably inserted into the other end 23b of the slide shaft 23.

A compression coil spring 26, which is a spring member, is interposed between the joint 24 and the slide block 25, and the block 25 is always connected to the other end of the shaft 23.
It is elastically pressed in the direction 3b.

A flange 27 is attached to the other end 23b of the shaft 23 to prevent the block 25 from jumping out of the shaft 23 due to the elastic force of the spring 26.

The block 25 is connected to the rotation of each of the reduction gears 16 and 17 via a single-shaped connecting plate 28 fixed to the block 25 and a pair of connecting links 29 and 30 rotatably attached to the connecting plate 28. Shaft 31, 32 and each said roller 4
.

That is, when the piston rod 22 moves forward in the left direction in FIG.
One movable plate 33 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 5, and the other movable plate 34 rotates clockwise in the same figure, centering on the rotation axes 31 and 32 of FIG.

At this time, the rotating shafts 6.7 of the rollers 4, 5 move along the shaft insertion holes 8, 9 from one end 8a, 9a of the insertion hole 8.9 to the other end 8b, 9b.

In this way, by moving the rotating shafts 6 and 7 in opposite directions, the rollers 4.5 move closer to each other.

On the other hand, on the table 100, each of the rollers 4
, 5 (on the left side in FIG. 2), a sensor 35 constituting an activation switch for the roller drive mechanism 11 and the first roller moving mechanism 2◎ is arranged.

This sensor 35 has a structure that detects the presence or absence of an object located in front of the sensor 35, and is made of, for example, a light reflection type sensor.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, a green onion A to be peeled is passed through the front of the sensor 35 and transferred to each of the rollers 4,
When the green onion A is inserted between the rollers 4 and 5, the sensor 35 receives the reflected light from the green onion A and detects that the green onion A is inserted between the rollers 4 and 5.

The detection signal of this sensor 35 is transmitted to the motor 1.
3 is turned ON, and the motor 13 is driven.

Further, the detection signal from the sensor 35 also serves as an ON operation signal for a compressor (not shown) that supplies compressed air to the air piston/cylinder 21.

Therefore, when the green onion A is inserted between the rollers 4 and 5, the rollers 4 and 5 are rotated and moved toward each other.

When the green onion A is removed from between the rollers 4 and 5, the sensor 35 sends an OFF signal to the motor 13 and the compressor, and the motor 13 and the compressor are stopped.

And green onion A inserted between each of the rollers 4 and 5 above.
is elastically clamped by the close movement of the rollers 4 and 5.

Further, on the table 100, the sensor 3
5, a pair of nozzles 36 and 37 that inject compressed air as the roller moving mechanism 20 operates.
is located.

The ejection direction of each nozzle 36 and 37 is determined by
．． It is set to face the area between 5 and 5.

The compressed air injected from each of these nozzles 36 and 37 is
It is mainly used to feed the dust of the outer skin C peeled off by the rollers 4 and 5 to the dust box 38 disposed on the front side of the base 3, and a small air pressure is sufficient.

Therefore, a small compressor with a small capacity is sufficient as the compressor that serves as the source of the compressed air.

Note that instead of the compressed air, water is supplied to the nozzle 36.3.
If the water is sprayed from 7, it is possible to remove the debris from the outer skin C of the green onion A and to wash the green onion A at the same time.

Furthermore, if an air motor is used instead of the electric motor 13, the compressor can be the only driving source for the device 1.

Furthermore, an electromagnetic plunger may be used instead of the air piston/cylinder 21.

Moreover, if the outermost periphery of each of the rollers 4 and 5 including the brush 10 is formed into a single-lobed hyperboloid, a more stable state of holding the green onion A can be obtained.

In addition, by changing the type of each of the rollers 4 and 5 (the peeling member (brush, etc.) attached to the outer periphery of the rollers 4 and 5), it is possible to remove the knees of radish, etc., and it can be used for various purposes. can.

Each of the rollers 4, 5. The table 100 on which the nozzles 36, 37, the sensor 35, etc. are arranged,
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a table moving mechanism 40 serving as a second roller moving mechanism provided on the back side of the base 3 moves the green onion A in the longitudinal direction (of the base 3). It can be moved freely to the front and to the front.

The table moving mechanism 40 is constituted by a link mechanism.

A long first support link 4 is provided on the back surface of the base 3.
1 is fixed hanging down.

A midway portion 42a of the first actuation link 42 is rotatably supported at the distal end portion 41a of the support link 41.

One end 42b of the operating link 42 is placed in a protruding state toward the front side of the base 3, and a pedal 43 is provided on the upper surface of the end 42b.

On the other hand, the other end 42c of the operating link 42 has a second
One end 44a of the operating link 44 is rotatably connected.

The first actuating link 42 is always operated as shown in FIG. The center is biased counterclockwise.

Further, one end portion 44a of the second operating link 44 is
The first actuating link 42 is reciprocally movable in the longitudinal direction within the lengthwise width of the elongated hole 141 formed in the other end 42c of the first actuating link 42.

Further, the other end portion 44b of the second operating link 44 is
One end 45a is fixed to the table 100, and the other end 45b is rotatably connected to the other end 45b of the moving link 45 that projects downward from the back surface of the base 100.

In addition, in the middle part 44c of the second operating link 44, there is a short second support link whose one end 46a is suspended and fixed to the back surface of the base 3 on the front side of the first support link 41. The other end 46b of the third operating link 46 is rotatably connected to the tip 47a of the third actuating link 47.

On the other hand, a rail body 48 is provided protruding from the center portion of the bottom plate 100B of the table 100.

This rail body 48 is the bottom plate 100B of the table 100.
It extends from the near side edge 101 to the front side edge 102.

The rail body 48 is assembled into a concave guide groove 49 formed at the center of the base 3.

The guide groove 49 extends from near the front edge 3a of the base 3 to near the front edge 3b.

The left and right sides 48A and 48B of the rail body 48 are provided with left and right side surfaces 49A of the guide groove 49.

A pair of auxiliary guide grooves 50 and 51 formed in 49B
A locking rail portion 52,53 that fits into the locking rail portion is provided in a protruding manner.

The table 100 is held in place by the engagement of the guide grooves 50 and 51 with the rail portions 52 and 53 so that it does not rise above the base 3.

One end portion 45a of the moving link 45 is attached to the side surface of one rail portion 52 of each of the locking rail portions 52 and 53.
is fixed.

The moving link 45 is formed in an L-shape, and extends along the L-shaped guide groove 54 formed in the base 3 in parallel with the guide groove 49 on the near side of the base 3 and It can be moved freely to the front.

That is, when the pedal 43 is pushed downward in FIG. 7, the first operating link 42 rotates clockwise in the figure.

As the link 42 rotates, the other end 42c of the link 42 is lifted upward in the figure, and the one end 44a of the second operating link 44 is also lifted upward in the figure.

Then, the one end 44a of the second operating link 44 moves to the one end 141a of the elongated hole 141, and
Its movement is stopped at 41a.

At this time, the other end 44b of the second operating link 44
moves forward (to the left in FIG. 7), and the table 100
is sent forward via the moving link 45.

Then, when the depressing operation of the pedal 43 is released,
The table 100 returns to the front side of the base 3 as the first operating link 42 returns to its original position (the position shown in FIG. 7) by the elastic force of the spring 1400.

When peeling the outer skin C of the white root part B of the green onion A using the skin peeling device 1 having the above-mentioned configuration, the stem part of the green onion A is positioned in front of the sensor 35 as shown in FIG. The white root part B of the green onion A is inserted between the rollers 4 and 5.

Then, each of the rollers 4 and 5 rotates while rotating the green onion A.
The white root part B is held elastically.

Then, while holding the stem of the green onion A, press the pedal 43.

Then, each of the rollers 4 and 5 moves to the front side of the base 3 and peels off the outer skin C of the white root portion B.

At this time, each of the nozzles 36 and 37 is connected to each of the rollers 4 and 5.
Since the scraps of the outer skin C are not scattered on the base 3, they can be fed into the dust box 38 in the order in which they are to be peeled off.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is no need to pull the peeled objects one by one to the front side, and it is only necessary to simply hold the peeled objects so that they do not move, making the work easier and improving work efficiency. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of the peeling device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of its main parts, Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the roller drive mechanism and roller moving mechanism, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of each of these parts. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side view of the mechanism, Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view showing the state of each of these mechanisms after operation, Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan view showing the state in which the outer skin of the green onion is being peeled off, and Fig. 7 is FIG. 8 is an enlarged side view showing a portion of the table moving mechanism, FIG. 8 is a front view of the main part thereof, and FIG. 9 is an external perspective view showing a state of peeling work. 1... peeling device, 3... base, 4,5
...Rotating roller for peeling, 20...1st
40...table moving mechanism, A...covered material, C...outer skin.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The base has a moving table attached to a guide groove formed in the center of the base, and this moving table is connected to a pedal that is rotatably operated via a link mechanism, and the moving table is It can be slid freely along the guide groove on the base by rotation operation, and is connected to a roller movement operation means via a link mechanism attached to this moving table, and the roller movement operation means allows the rollers to face each other. A pair of rotary peeling rollers that are moved close to each other in the direction are disposed perpendicular to the moving direction of the movable table, and the article to be peeled is held between the rotary peeling rollers, and the movable table is moved to remove the peeling material. By moving the peeled material in the length direction,
A peeling device characterized by being adapted to peel off the outer skin of a peeled object.