KR20160126198A

KR20160126198A - Agricultural products washing apparatus

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Publication number: KR20160126198A
Application number: KR1020150056966A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이홍수
Original assignee: 주식회사 세진플렌트
Priority date: 2015-04-23
Filing date: 2015-04-23
Publication date: 2016-11-02

Abstract

The present invention relates to an agricultural product washing apparatus for washing various agricultural products such as the root crops including ginseng and balloon flowers. The agricultural product washing apparatus according to the present invention is capable of minimizing the waste of water used for agricultural product washing. The agricultural product washing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a dumping portion (110) into which an agricultural product is put; a primary washing unit (120) where the agricultural product put into the dumping portion (110) is primarily washed with air bubbles in a water tank (122); a secondary washing unit (130) where the agricultural product washed by the primary washing unit (120) is put, tumbled, and secondarily washed by means of washing water injection by a nozzle (132); a sedimentation tank (140) where the washing water used in the secondary washing unit (130) is collected and foreign matter sedimentation is performed; and a circulation pump (150) circulating the water in the sedimentation tank (140) back to the primary washing unit (120).

Description

Agricultural products washing apparatus "

The present invention relates to an agricultural product washing machine for washing various agricultural products including root crops such as ginseng and bellflower. More particularly, the present invention relates to a agricultural product washing machine which can achieve an excellent cleaning effect such as water washing even by automatic washing, So that the water used for washing can be settled down through the settling tank so that the water can be minimized, and then the supernatant can be circulated for reuse.

Generally, root crops such as ginseng and bellflower should be cleaned to remove soil, foreign matter or pesticide residues attached to agricultural products before they are sold to consumers or processed for secondary processing after harvest. Examples of the apparatuses include those disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3, mainly by cleaning by spraying high-pressure water by spraying agricultural products directly with a nozzle or by vortexing by spraying water at high pressure to form vortex in a water tank Cleaning by washing with water such as washing, or ultrasonic cleaning in which the brush is used to remove foreign matter forcibly by using the brush, or by cleaning the crop by vibration of water using an air bubble type or an ultrasonic vibrator Apparatus and the like are used.

On the other hand, in the agricultural product washing machine according to the prior art, the water used for washing agricultural products can not be recycled, which causes wasted water resources and increases the cost of washing. It is necessary to input a large number of manpower even though it is an automated facility, and there is a disadvantage that the cleaning effect is also required And the washing efficiency is deteriorated due to the necessity of washing with water or re-feeding the washing water through a visual inspection after completion of washing.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2014-0086573 (published on July 20, 2014) Title of invention: Cleaning and sterilizing of agricultural products using microbubbles Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2014-0141010 (Dec. 10, 2014) Title of invention: Agricultural and marine products cleaning system Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1158766 (Registered on June 15, 2012) Name of invention: agricultural product cleaning device

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a washing machine and a washing machine which can minimize the labor and water waste And to provide an improved structure of agricultural dishwasher.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a dumping unit into which agricultural products are input. A primary washing unit in which the agricultural products input from the dumping unit are firstly washed by an air bubble in the water tank; A second washing unit which is tumbled with the agricultural products washed in the first washing unit and is secondarily washed by spraying the washing water by the nozzle; A sedimentation tank for collecting washing water used in the secondary washing unit to precipitate foreign substances; And a circulation pump circulating the water in the settling tank to the primary washing unit.

In a preferred embodiment, the primary washing unit comprises a water tank in the form of a bowl, an air bubble spray tube installed inside the water tank, and a blower for feeding air to the air bubble spray tube, The air is fed through the U-shaped air conveying apparatus to eject the air bubbles into the water tank, and the upper end of the air intake pipe is positioned higher than the water level of the water tank so that water in the water tank does not flow back to the air blower through the air supply pipe .

In a preferred embodiment, the settling tank is composed of a multi-stage settling tank for collecting the washing water used in the secondary washing unit, and the multi-stage settling tank gradually lowers the water level so that only the supernatant So that it can be introduced into the settling tank of the next step.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the agricultural products contained in the container box can be put into the first washing section without any difficulty by the dumping section, thereby reducing labor of the operator. In the first washing section, The washing water is cleaned by the spraying of the washing water and then discharged. The washing water used in the second washing unit is recovered in the settling tank, and after the foreign matter is settled, the washing water is supplied again to the first washing unit, And has a useful effect of minimizing consumption.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entire configuration of an agricultural product washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the agricultural washer shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a side view of the agricultural washer shown in FIG. 1;
4 is a front view showing the dumping state of the dumping part.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 4 show a structure of an agricultural product washing machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The agricultural product washing machine of the present embodiment includes a dumping unit 110 into which agricultural products are input; A primary washing unit 120 in which the agricultural products input from the dumping unit 110 are firstly cleaned by air bubbles in the water tank 122; A secondary washing unit 130 which is tumbled with the agricultural products washed in the primary washing unit 120 and is secondarily washed by spraying the washing water with the nozzle 132; A settling tank 140 for collecting the washing water used in the secondary washing unit 130 to deposit foreign substances; And a circulation pump 150 for circulating the water in the settling tank 140 back to the primary washing unit 120.

Reference numeral 160 denotes an operation panel which automatically or manually controls driving of the dumping unit 110, the first and second washing units 120 and 130, and the circulation pump 150 in the operation panel 160.

The dumping unit 110 includes an L-shaped box receiver 112 hinged to one side of the cleaner frame 102, a hydraulic cylinder 114 and a hydraulic pump 116 for dumping the box receiver 112, The hydraulic cylinder 114 is driven in a state where the container box containing the agricultural products is placed on the box receiver 112 or the agricultural product is poured onto the box receiver 112 and loaded in the state shown in FIG. 4, the agricultural products are poured into the primary washing unit 120 located inside the washing machine frame 102, so that a large amount of agricultural products can be fed into the washing machine 120 at once There is an advantage that it can be made more powerful.

The primary cleaning unit 120 includes a bowl-shaped water tank 122 having a low central portion so that the precipitate can be naturally collected at the central portion, an air bubble spraying pipe 124 installed inside the water tank 122, And an air blower 126 for feeding air to the air bubble spraying pipe 124.

1, a drain pipe 123 is connected to the center of the water tank 122 downwardly. A valve 123a is attached to the drain pipe 123, so that the valve (not shown) 123a are opened to allow the sediment that has settled in the water tank 122 to be discharged to the outside.

2, a plurality of air bubble spray tubes 124 are arranged parallel to the lower side of the water tank 112 at regular intervals, and one air blower (not shown) 127, so that the air bubbles are blown out to the upper side of the inside of the water tank 112.

The upper end of the air supply pipe 127 is positioned higher than the water supply pipe of the water tub 112 so that the water in the water tub 112 flows through the air supply pipe 127, So that the phenomenon of reverse flow to the second flow path 126 does not occur.

The second washing unit 130 includes a cylindrical drum 134 and a guide 135 attached to the inside of the cylindrical drum 134. When the first washed laundry is introduced into the inlet chute 131, And the nozzle 132 is attached to the inner middle portion of the drum 134 irrespective of the drum 134 so that the drum 132 is rotated in the direction of the tumbler The secondary washing is performed by injecting the high pressure water into the agricultural product which repeats the operation of tumbling at the drum 134, that is, lifting to the upper part and then dropping to the lower part.

Reference numeral 137 denotes a roller on which the drum 134 is placed and 134a denotes a drum rail mounted on the outer periphery of the drum 134. The drum rail 134a on which the roller 137 is mounted on the drum 134 The portion where the drum rail 134a is placed is coated with a urethane material to increase the frictional force to increase the transfer efficiency of the driving force and to prevent the drum 134 from rotating during the rotation of the drum 134 Noise can be reduced.

Reference numeral 138 denotes a driving motor for driving the roller 137. The driving motor 138 controls the operation panel 160 to control the speed of the roller 137a so that the roller shaft 137a is rotated, (134).

Reference numeral 139 denotes a pressurizing pump for supplying high-pressure water to the nozzle 132.

The settling tank 140 collects the washing water used in the second washing unit 130 so as to deposit the foreign substances and receives the washing water dropped from the water receiving unit 144 installed in the lower part of the second washing unit 130, ).

In the present embodiment, the settling tank 140 is composed of three stages of a first settling tank 141, a second settling tank 142 and a third settling tank 143. The first, second and third settling tank 141, 142, The water level is gradually lowered so that only foreign matter such as soil can be settled, and only the high grade water can flow into the settling tank through the overflow ware.

On the other hand, drain valves 141a, 142a, and 143a are provided on the bottoms of the respective settling tanks 141, 142, and 143 so that the settled foreign substances can be discharged to the outside.

A circulation pipe 152 for circulating the water having precipitated foreign matter to the primary washing section 120 is installed at a predetermined height in the third settling tank 143. The circulation pipe 152 is circulated And the water sucked by the circulation pump 150 is discharged through the circulation faucet 154 installed on the upper side of the water tank 122. [

Reference numeral 156 denotes a replenishing water faucet juxtaposed with the circulation faucet 154. When the water inside the water tub 122 is reduced, the replenishing water faucet 156 is opened to open tap water or ground water to the water tank 122 And the like.

In the agricultural product washing machine of this embodiment configured as described above, since the agricultural products requiring cleaning are simply supplied by the hydraulic cylinder 114 in the dumping unit 110, not only the labor force of the worker can be reduced, but also the aged worker is burdened After the predetermined time has elapsed in the first cleaning section 120, the operator can perform the cleaning operation using the air cleaner 120 by using the air cleaner 120, The drum 134 of the secondary washing unit 130 is rotated so that the agricultural product is repeatedly tumbled and discharged to the outlet 133 of the secondary washing unit 130 gradually At this time, the high-pressure washing water is sprayed from the nozzle 132, so that soil and foreign substances attached to corners of agricultural products can be effectively washed.

In the agricultural product washing machine according to the present embodiment, the washing water used in the secondary washing unit 130 is collected in the multi-stage settling tank 140 to precipitate and remove the foreign substances, 122), it is possible to reduce the amount of tap water or ground water required for cleaning the agricultural products, and thus it is possible to effectively reduce water resources that are becoming insufficient.

100: Agricultural Product Washer 102: Frame
110: Dumping unit 112: container box receiver
114: Hydraulic cylinder 116: Hydraulic pump
120: primary washing section 122: water tank
123: drain pipe 123a: valve
124: Air bubble jetting tube 126: Blower
127: transfer organ 130: secondary washing section
131: inlet chute 132: nozzle
133: outlet 134: drum
134a: drum rail 135: guide
136: jetting tube 137: roller
137a: roller shaft 138: drive motor
139: pressurizing pump 140: settling tank
141: Primary settling tank 142: Second settling tank
143: third settling tank 141a, 142a, 143a: drain valve
144: water receiver 150: circulation pump
152: Circulating piping 154: Circulating faucet
156: Replacement water tap 160: Operation panel

Claims

A dumping unit 110 into which agricultural products are introduced; A primary washing unit 120 in which the agricultural products input from the dumping unit 110 are firstly cleaned by air bubbles in the water tank 122; A secondary washing unit 130 which is tumbled with the agricultural products washed in the primary washing unit 120 and is secondarily washed by spraying the washing water with the nozzle 132; A settling tank 140 for collecting the washing water used in the secondary washing unit 130 to deposit foreign substances; And a circulation pump (150) circulating the water in the settling tank (140) back to the primary washing unit (120).

The method according to claim 1,
The primary cleaning unit 120 includes a water tank 122 in the form of a bowl and an air bubble spraying pipe 124 and an air bubble spraying pipe 124 installed inside the water tank 122, Air blown from the air blower 126 to the upper side of the water tub 112 so that the air bubbles are ejected from the air blower 126 to the upper side of the water tub 112, 127 is positioned higher than the full water level of the water tank 112 so that water in the water tank 112 does not flow back to the blower 126 through the air supply pipe 127. [

The method according to claim 1,
The secondary washing unit 130 includes a cylindrical drum 134 having a drum rail 134a mounted on the outer periphery thereof and a spiral guide 135 mounted on the inner side thereof, A surface of the drum 134 on which the drum rail 137a of the drum 134 is placed is coated with a urethane-coated roller 137 and a roller 137 And a motor (138).

The method according to claim 1,
The sedimentation tank 140 is composed of a plurality of sedimentation tanks 141, 142 and 143 for collecting the washing water used in the secondary cleaning unit 130 so as to precipitate foreign substances. The height of the sedimentation tanks 141, 142 and 143 gradually decreases, Wherein only the supernatant is allowed to flow into the settling tank at the next stage through the overflow ware after the settling.