JPS62255097A - Sizing cutter for long-sized vegetables - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting long-stemmed vegetables such as green onions and asparagus into predetermined lengths.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, producers have manually cut products to size according to shipping standards and packaged them for shipment, and the advent of a size-cutting device has been awaited to save labor and streamline the shipping and packaging process.

Furthermore, in the market and on the consumer side, there is a desire for long vegetables with neatly cut edges to be cut to size, which will increase the value of the product and increase the value of the product.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention provides an apparatus that can save labor in the shipping and packaging process for producers, and perform cutting to size with clean cuts and good freshness, as desired by the market and consumers.

C) Structure of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cutting conveyor having a tray of a size suitable for placing long vegetables harvested by each producer, and a narrow conveyor for receiving the cut portions. are arranged side by side with a slight cutting gap between them, and a cutting device with a cutter is provided in the cutting gap, so that the structure is as follows.

The cutting conveyor and the narrow belt conveyor are set in parallel with each other with the start end side serving as the supply section, and the supply space of the length required for the feeding operation and the exit of the cutting section are translated, and the narrow belt conveyor passes the cutting section. The cutting conveyor is extended to a predetermined position and conveys the long vegetables and sends them to the destination. A reference surface is provided on one end, and the other side (cutting side) is open so that vegetables that are too long can protrude.

The tray of the narrow conveyor has the same shape as the tray of the cutting conveyor and has both ends open, and receives the cut portion of the long vegetable that protrudes from the open side of the tray of the cutting conveyor, and moves in synchronization with the cutting conveyor to pass the cutting device. Cut off at the end and let the debris fall and be discharged.

Further, the length of the cutting conveyor can be determined arbitrarily, but it is provided at least long enough to allow a space for the cut off scraps to fall and be discharged before the next process.

Furthermore, when a sorting conveyor is installed in the next process, the cutting conveyor and the sorting conveyor are configured to be synchronized and interlocked to automatically supply the material to the sorting conveyor.

The cutting device is installed at the end of the supply space of the length required for the supply operation from the starting end side of the cutting conveyor and narrow width conveyor, and uses a pressing roller to prevent the long vegetables fed onto the tray from moving or shifting laterally when cutting. It is constructed so that it can be elastically pressed following the cross-sectional shape of the saucer without cutting, and cut with a disc-shaped cutting cutter facing the gap between the width conveyor and the width conveyor to obtain a sharp cut surface.

In other words, the cross-sectional shape of the saucer is shaped to receive the long vegetables at approximately right angles to the direction in which the cutting force is applied during cutting, and a flexible, flexible presser is placed close to the cutting area. A roller holds and holds the long vegetables on the saucer to cut them to a fixed size, and the cut portion is received by a narrow conveyor with the same shape as the cutting conveyor, so the cut-off pieces are cut off by the cutting force of the cuffer. It is characterized by its ability to cut reliably without causing problems such as breakage and scattering.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be explained based on drawings (FIGS. 1 to 5).

Reference numeral 1 denotes a fixed size cutting device of the present invention, which is constructed by combining a cutting conveyor 2, a narrow width conveyor 3, and a cutting device 4, and providing a slightly longer supply section 5.

The supply unit 5 is a receiver IIIL 22 of the cutting conveyor 2.
This is a work space for supplying long vegetables to the cutting conveyor in accordance with the reference plane 23, and is provided with a length determined based on the number of workers required for the processing capacity of the cutting conveyor.

The cutting conveyor 2 runs from a starting end 24 to a terminal end 25.
Attach the saucers 22 to the conveyor chain 21 at predetermined intervals until
The terminal end 25 is used for the next process, for example, the driven part 61 of the sorting conveyor 6.
and configure it so that they work synchronously.

In the next step, the sorting conveyor 6 was used in the embodiment, but it is also possible to connect a belt conveyor or the like to pack the long vegetables cut to size.

In this case, synchronization is not necessary, and a drive device is provided to drive it.

As shown in Fig. 4, the cross-sectional shape of the saucer 22 is formed into a special V-groove shape, with the front side 22a in the direction of travel being formed at a shallow angle and the rear side 22b being formed at a deep angle. Crab beetles, long vegetables that fit well while cutting,
When transferring to the next process at the terminal end 25, the surface 223 provided at a shallow angle acts as a chute, allowing smooth transfer without getting caught. Furthermore, saucer 2
2 has a reference surface 23 at one end and is open on the other side (the narrow conveyor side).

The narrow width conveyor 3 has a starting end 33 coaxial with the cuffing conveyor 2, and a terminal end 34 immediately after passing the cutting device 4.
Receptacles 32 with the same cross-sectional shape as the receptacle 22 of the cufting conveyor 2 and open at both ends are provided on the compare chain 31 at predetermined intervals, and cutting gaps are provided between the cutting conveyor 2 and the narrow width conveyor 3 so that the cutting conveyor 2 and the narrow width conveyor 3 run in parallel and synchronously. It works together as it does.

Further, the length of the cutting conveyor 2 is set so that it extends from the cutting device 4 first so that the cut off pieces do not transfer to the next process.

The cutter 41 of the cutting bag W4 is a disc-shaped cutter for cutting long vegetables into regular sizes, and is connected to the cutting conveyor 2 and the width conveyor 3.
Face the cutting gap.

Reference numeral 42 denotes a presser roller, which is arranged on the side surface of the cutter 41 and rotatably supported with its outer periphery in contact with the saucer 22.32.
The long vegetables conveyed by the trays 22 and 32 are held on the upper surface of the tray and pressed so as not to shift or move when cutting, so as to obtain a right-angled cut surface. The pressing roller 42 is made of a soft material such as sponge, and is configured so as not to damage the long vegetables.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The fixed size cutting lFr device of the present invention automatically cuts long vegetables to a certain length from the root or the tip and automatically supplies them to the next process, so producers can bring in the harvested long vegetables in irregular shapes. This has the effect of saving the labor of cutting and shipping, and allocating the labor savings to expanding the production scale.

Furthermore, when cutting long vegetables, they are held in place on the trays of the cufting conveyor and the narrow conveyor using soft pressure rollers and then cut with a cutter, so that the cut surfaces are neatly cut at right angles to the stems and bundled into bundles. The above effect is remarkable because the cross-sectional shape of the saucer is formed into a special V-groove shape, which can be shipped as a product with a good appearance.Especially, the cutter's cutting force does not cause the long vegetables to burn.

Furthermore, by making the cutting conveyor longer in front of the cutting device, the cut off scraps are discharged downward without being transferred to the next process, so there is no need to separate long vegetables that have been cut to size and scraps, resulting in labor-saving packing work. There is.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings are all explanatory diagrams showing embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall plan view of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main parts of the cutting device, FIG. 4 is a side view of the main parts of the cutting device, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of the cutting device. 1. Sizing cutting device 2.. Cutting conveyor 21.. Conveyor chain 22.. Receiving tray 23.. Reference surface 24.. Starting end 25.. Terminating end 3.. Width conveyor 31.. Conveyor chain 32. Saucer 33...Starting end 34...
Termination part 4... Cutting device 41... Cutter 42...
Holding roller 5...supply section

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A cutting conveyor equipped with a saucer that is suitable for cutting long vegetables to the same length and has a reference surface at one end and is open at the other end, and a small cutting conveyor that has the same shape as the saucer mentioned above but is open at both ends. A narrow conveyor with a wide catch tray and a short length to the end is installed parallel to the above-mentioned cutting conveyor, and a cutting device with a cutter facing between the catch trays of the two conveyors is combined to shorten the length to the end. This sizing device for long vegetables is characterized in that it is configured to cut irregularly shaped long vegetables to a certain length, discharge the cut waste downward, and send the cut long vegetables to the next process. (2) The cross-sectional shape of the saucer is formed into a V-shape or a L-shape with loose side surfaces in the direction of travel and an acute angle at the rear surface. .