JPS63164873A - Preparing apparatus of scallion or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the spherical part of a scallion in good yield and efficiency, by providing a large number of moving units in rotating peripheral part of endless conveyer belt vertically rotating, feeding scallions on moving nits, exactly holding the spherical part of the scallion and cutting off the stem and root parts. CONSTITUTION:An endless conveyor belt 3 rotating in one direction along vertical face and having horizontally moving part of prescribed length is provided and a large number of moving units 6 are provided at the outer circumference. Each scallion is fed from a hopper to a moving unit 6 in a feed region A and an attitude of the scallion is vertically controlled by a spiral roll 19 in an attitude controlling region B. Then the spherical part of the scallion is stably held by holding leaves 14 and 17 in the holding part C and the stem and root parts are cut by a cutting knife 20 in a cutting region D. Then the treated scallion is discharged. The holding of spherical part of the scallion is released and the spherical part is housed in a vessel in a housing region E.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention is directed to the use of bulbs such as rakkyo, garlic, and
Regarding the device made by A, in particular, it relates to the device made by M, in which the stem and root portions of the bulbs are removed and the bulbs are housed by simply feeding one bulb of rakkyo etc. dug up from 1Iljs.

[Conventional technology]

The rakkyo etc. dug up from the field are fed in a predetermined direction in a horizontal position, the bulbs of the rakkyo etc. are clamped and fixed, the presence or absence of the bulbs is detected and while the bulbs are being moved, the roots and The one in which the stem was cut and removed, and the bulb was released from the clamping fixation to house it was made in 1978.
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[Problem to be Solved by the Invention 1] In the prior art described above, the work is cumbersome because the ball of the larvae, etc., excavated from the 1ifil field must be placed on the mounting table in a horizontal position. Moreover, the gripping mechanism for the ball part provided on the mounting table has a problem in that when multiple pieces of lily pads are connected together, the gripping state becomes unstable, making it difficult to properly cut the stems and roots. was there. (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention was conceived in view of the above circumstances, and includes an endless conveyor belt that rotates in one direction along a vertical plane and has a horizontally moving portion of a predetermined length. A hopper is provided on the rotating outer circumferential side of this conveyor belt, and a hopper is used to feed the rakkyo etc. dug up from the field in a predetermined direction, and a spherical part of the rakkyo etc. that has passed through the hopper is held and moved, and the spherical part is moved at a predetermined position. A moving unit is constructed by attaching a clamping portion having a function of releasing the clamp, and a large number of the moving units are provided continuously over the entire circumference of the conveying belt, and a horizontally moving part of the conveying belt is provided with A pair of spiral rolls that hold the roots of rakkyo etc. in their mouths and transport them while regulating their position; a cutting section that cuts the stems and roots of rakkyo etc. whose bulbs are held by the clamping section and moves; and the stems and roots. After the bulb is cut, the bulb is released from the pinching portion, and a housing portion is provided to accommodate the bulb. By reliably holding the rakkyo, etc. one ball at a time in a nearly constant position and cutting the stem and root in that state, work accuracy is improved and the yield of the bulbs is improved.In addition, the rakkyo etc. dug from the +ii are placed in the hopper. When feeding the plants, they can be randomly placed into the hopper with the roots facing down, making the work easy and requiring no skill.

【Example】

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In Fig. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a support stand made of WA-made equipment such as Rakkyo.A conveyance belt 3 consisting of an endless chain is attached to this support stand 1 via three sprockets 2 in one direction along a vertical plane. It is constructed in an inverted triangular shape so that it can rotate. Further, a motor 4 is installed at the bottom of the support base 1, and power is transmitted from the motor 4 to one support shaft of the sprocket 2 via a reduction gear and a chino transmission system 5, and the conveyor belt 3 is It is designed to rotate in the direction of the arrow. Furthermore, a horizontally moving portion 2a of a predetermined length is formed in the conveyance belt 3. As shown in FIG. 2, on the rotational outer peripheral side of the conveyance belt 3,
A large number of moving units 6, 6, . . . are provided continuously over the entire circumference of the conveyor belt 3. This mobile unit 6 has a hopper 1 (see Figs. 3 to 5), which has a square cross section, and a hopper 7 to which the rakkyo excavated from the ff1il field is fed one by one with the roots facing down. A guide cylinder 8 that is connected to the lower end and has a cross section similar to that of a rakkyo, and a clamping part 9 that is provided on the lower side of the inner cylinder 8.
It is composed of. The hopper 7 and the guide cylinder 8 are supported by a supporting mechanism 11 to be movable up and down on a support stand 10 fixed to the conveyance belt 3. A guide (not shown) is provided to lower the moving section to the position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. As shown in FIG.
A frame 12 is fixed to the frame 12, and one clamping piece 14 is supported on one end side of the frame 12 via an elastic support mechanism 13.
On the other m side, the other clamping piece 17 is supported via a guide roller 15 and a resilient mechanism 16. In the clamping portion 9, the clamping pieces 14.17 approach and clamp the rakkyo R only when the guide roller 15 is in rolling contact with the guide plate 18, and at other times, the clamping pieces 14.1 are held by the elastic holding mechanism 16.
7 are spaced apart to prevent Rakkyo R from being pinched. Further, the guide tube 8 is configured to be able to move up and down between the clamping pieces 14 and 17 in a state where they are separated. In the horizontally moving portion 2a, as shown in FIG. 1, a supply area A, a posture control area B1 a clamping area C1 a cutting area D1 and an ejection/accommodation area E are defined. In the supply area Δ, the rakkyo harvested from the field is separated into pieces and fed into the hopper 7 with the roots facing down. In the posture control area B, a pair of spiral rolls 19 are provided to rotate facing each other, and the roots of the rakkyo are held in their mouths and pulled downward while controlling the posture. is descending as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 2, and the attitude of the Rakkyo R is controlled in a substantially constant direction along the shape of the guide tube 8, and it is supported almost vertically. In the clamping area C, the hopper 7 and the guide cylinder 8 return to the upper position, and the guide roller 15 of the clamping part 9 is pushed by the guide plate 18 supported by the support body 18a, and the rack R is moved between the clamping pieces 14 and 17. be securely held. A pair of upper and lower cutting blades 20 are provided in the cutting area to simultaneously cut the stem and root of the moving Rakkyo R, which is supported by the support body 20a and held by the clamping pieces 14 and 17. The stem and root of Rakkyo R cut by the cutting blade 20 are discharged downward. Accommodation area E
Then, the holding part 9 releases the holding part of the spherical part of the rakkyo R, and it falls, is guided to a tray (not shown), and is housed in a container. In the apparatus for preparing rakkyo with such a configuration, the rakkyo R supplied one by one to the hopper 7 in the supply area A is
In this case, while the root passing through the guide tube 8 moves while being pulled downward by the spiral roll 19 in the posture control area B, its posture is controlled in the same direction (vertical direction) as the cross-sectional shape of the guide tube 8, and in the clamping area C. The bulb of Rakkyo R is stably held, the stem and root are cut without waste in the cutting area, and the stem and root are released. Thereafter, the rakkyo sphere is released from the grip in the discharge/accommodation area and is housed in the container. In the above embodiments, the present invention was applied to rakkyo, but the same can be applied to bulbs such as garlic and onions. [Effect of the invention 1] As explained above, according to the apparatus for preparing rakkyo etc. of the present invention, the posture of the rakkyo etc. can be controlled by simply feeding the rakkyo etc. dug up from the field into the hopper one by one with the roots facing down. The bulb can be accurately held while moving, the stem and root can be reliably excised from the bulb at a fixed position, and the preparation work can be efficiently carried out with good accuracy and a good yield of the bulb. Furthermore, since the operator only needs to feed the rakkyo one ball at a time to the hopper, no skill is required, and anyone can perform the work with high precision.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a front view of the entire preparation device, Figure 2 is a side view of the moving unit, Figure 3 is a side view of the hopper and guide cylinder, and Figure 4 is a side view of the hopper and guide tube.
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line rv-iv in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line v--V in FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a plan view of the holding portion. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Support stand, 2... Sprocket, 2a... Horizontal moving part, 3... Conveyance belt, 4... Motor, 5...
・Chen transmission system, 6... Mobile unit, 7... Hopper, 8... Guide tube, 9... Clamping part, 10... Support stand, 1? , 13.16... Resilient mechanism, 12... Frame, 14.17... Clamping piece, 15... Guide roller, 18... Guide plate, 19... Spiral roll, 20...・Cutting blade, R... Rakkyo, A...
Supply area, B... attitude control area, C... clamping area,
D... Cutting area, E... Ejection/accommodation area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An endless conveyor belt that rotates in one direction along a vertical plane and has a horizontally movable portion of a predetermined length is provided, and on the outer circumferential side of the rotation of this conveyor belt, a piece of rakkyo excavated from a field is placed. A moving unit is constructed by attaching a hopper that supplies rakkyo, etc. in a predetermined direction, and a clamping part that has the function of clamping and moving the ball of the rakkyo, etc. that has passed through the hopper, and releasing the grip of the ball at a predetermined position. , a large number of the moving units are provided continuously over the entire circumference of the conveying belt, and the moving units are conveyed while controlling the position by gripping the roots of the rakkyo etc. supplied to the hopper in the horizontally moving portion of the conveying belt. A pair of spiral rolls, a cutting section that cuts the stem and root of the rakkyo, etc., which moves with the bulb held by the pinching section, and after the stem and root are cut, the bulb is released from the holding section. 1. An apparatus for preparing rakkyo, etc., comprising: a storage section for storing a floor section;