KR20160130582A - Cleaning device of vegetables having the floating foreign material removal function - Google Patents

Cleaning device of vegetables having the floating foreign material removal function Download PDF

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KR20160130582A
KR20160130582A KR1020150062495A KR20150062495A KR20160130582A KR 20160130582 A KR20160130582 A KR 20160130582A KR 1020150062495 A KR1020150062495 A KR 1020150062495A KR 20150062495 A KR20150062495 A KR 20150062495A KR 20160130582 A KR20160130582 A KR 20160130582A
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The present invention relates to an automatic vegetable cleaning device having floating matter removing functions. In a vegetable cleaning device comprising a cleaning water tank storing cleaning water and including an air bubble generator formed at a lower end, a steel net lower conveyer, and a vegetable guiding/supporting unit, the automatic vegetable cleaning device further includes a floating matter releasing unit.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a vegetable washing apparatus having a floating foreign matter removing function,

More particularly, the present invention relates to a vegetable cleaning apparatus, and more particularly, it relates to a vegetable cleaning apparatus for cleaning vegetable products including leafy vegetables with various foreign substances, vegetable including fruit vegetables and root vegetables, and a light suspended particulate matter separated from vegetables, The present invention relates to a vegetable cleaning apparatus having a floating foreign matter removing function that can fundamentally prevent the foreign matter from being attached.

Generally, vegetables (vegetables, vegetables, or vegetables) are a kind of vegetable or herb such as leafy vegetables, fruit vegetables and root vegetables, and are herbaceous cultivated plants used for corrosion or snack in a fresh state. many. There are about 60 varieties of vegetables grown in Korea, and most of them come from foreign countries according to cultural exchanges. Garlic, turnips, radishes, and cabbages came in through China, and celery, oral lettuce, cauliflower and green pepper were introduced by Westerners in the late Joseon Dynasty.

Among such vegetables, the leaf stamens or light leaf vegetables (莖 葉 菜) use leaves such as Chinese cabbage, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, and the like, in which leaf is transformed into a storage organ, such as onion and garlic, And the use of young stems such as asparagus and bamboo shoots. In addition, root vegetables such as root, turnip, carrot, burdock, and the like have roots such as sweet potatoes and horses, and root roots such as root canals, potatoes, and ginger. Underground 莖) belongs to the use of the development. The fruits and vegetables are fruits and vegetables such as cucumbers, pumpkins, melons, legumes and vegetables such as peppers, tomatoes and egg plants, soybeans and vegetables such as peas and kidney beans, These include strawberries and corn.

Vegetables, including leafy vegetables, fruit vegetables and root vegetables, are grown in large quantities according to the recent development of cultivation techniques and have been shipped through certain processes. Especially recently, with the change of consumption pattern, the volume of circulation after the preliminary washing and the small packing is increasing.

However, vegetable products including leaf vegetables, fruit vegetables, and root vegetables were difficult to clean due to the irregular structure of the tissues and the difficulty of washing by the machine. In the case of cleaning such a vegetable, a worker grasps a certain amount of leek and other vegetables in one hand, and then injects compressed air using a nozzle held in the other hand. Accordingly, in order to solve such a problem, a cleaning device using high-pressure water is provided. However, since the nozzle for spraying the cleaning water is fixed, the cleaning is not easy and the configuration is complicated, .

In order to solve such a problem, there is provided a vegetable cleaning system comprising: a first washing machine for washing vegetables while being immersed in washing water in a predetermined direction, And a second washing machine for transferring the vegetables introduced from the sorting conveyor in a predetermined direction and washing the water by spraying the high pressure water passed through the nozzles. " 10-2014-0105890 discloses a vegetable washing system that automatically and continuously cleans vegetables harvested from cultivated land using a bubble generator and a rotary nozzle using high-pressure water.

However, this conventional vegetable washing system is a system in which the process of washing vegetables is divided into a first washing step in which the vegetable is immersed in water and washed with air bubbles, a first washing step in which the vegetables are moved in the air, The cleaning process is performed in two stages. Thus, the cleaning process is long in the longitudinal direction, requiring a large space, and the foreign substances generated in the first cleaning process can not be smoothly discharged There was an issue that asked vegetables again.

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention relates to a cleaning device for a leafy vegetables, which is one of the vegetables, "a flourescent cleaning device for removing foreign substances on the surface of leafy vegetables, A bubble cleaning tank provided with an air bubble generator for generating air bubbles for shaking off the surface of the bubble cleaning tank, and transporting the leaf vegetables to the top surface of the bubble cleaning tank to transport the bubble cleaning tank from one side of the bubble cleaning tank to the other side, A steel mesh conveyor formed in a U-shape, a lignoculum fixing means for preventing the ligneous vegetation from being detached from the steel net conveyor or being disturbed when the ligneous vegetation is immersed in the cleaning liquid, And the vegetable fastening means at the same speed And a motor connected to the drive pulley and the driven pulley, wherein the drive motor is connected to the drive pulley, the driven pulley is disposed at a position opposite to the drive pulley, A cushion sheet bonded to an outer surface of the inner sheet and provided with a cushion for minimizing damage of the vegetable, and a cushion sheet adhered to an outer surface of the cushion sheet, the cushion sheet being adhered and fixed on the steel net conveyor And a belt made of a cotton sheet. Is disclosed in Patent Registration No. 10-0837214. It is possible to improve the cleaning efficiency of the leaf vegetables by fixing the leaf vegetables during the cleaning of the leaf vegetables, which is one kind of the vegetables, and since the leaf vegetables are not tangled after the washing, the cleaning is not necessary.

However, in the conventional flourescent cleaning apparatus of the prior art, the heavy foreign matter on the leafy vegetables is separated from the bottom of the bubble washing tank when the leafy vegetables are washed, but the floating foreign matter suspended in the cleaning liquid is lightened and floated like leafy vegetables, The worker takes a lot of work time in the process of separating the floating matters adhering to the leafy vegetables and the separation work is difficult so that the work efficiency and the productivity are remarkably lowered, resulting in cost and work time problems.

In addition, there is a problem that washing of the leaf vegetables in the bubble washing tank by the bubble deteriorates greatly.

In addition, such a cleaning device is limited to leafy vegetables having buoyancy in water because it is light, and it is a problem that there is a limitation in use that can not be smoothly cleaned by root vegetables such as heavy radish, carrot and sweet potato, .

(1) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0105890 (2) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0837214

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for cleaning vegetables, which include various kinds of foreign substances, vegetables, including vegetables, vegetables and root vegetables, washing vegetables more efficiently, The washing water on the upper end of the washing tub and the floating foreign matter floating by the buoyant force are simultaneously forcedly drained to the outside of the washing tub through the outlet of the other side by the floating foreign matter discharging means provided on one side of the washing tub, And it is an object of the present invention to provide a vegetable cleaning apparatus having a floating foreign matter removing function which can fundamentally prevent floating suspended foreign matter from adhering to vegetables.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vegetable washing device having a high efficiency of washing as a result of completion of washing of vegetables in one washing tank and a smooth washing even in a narrow space, thus providing a space-efficient washing device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a vegetable cleaning device having a function of removing suspended solids from the washing water discharged to the outside together with suspended solids and collecting only the washing water and reusing it as washing water.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a vegetable cleaning apparatus having a function of removing flotation materials, vegetables and fruits including fruit vegetables and root vegetables smoothly, and capable of cleaning and simultaneously sterilizing and rinsing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a washing machine comprising: a washing water tank in which washing water is stored and an air bubble generator for generating air bubbles at an upper portion thereof is formed at the lower end to shake off foreign substances on the surface of vegetables; A driving shaft having a driving sprocket which is in the form of a U-shaped central portion and which is rotated by the lower motor is formed on the front surface so that the vegetables are immersed in the washing water in the washing water tank while being transported from one side of the washing water tank to the other side A steel mesh lower conveyor having a driven shaft having a driven sprocket at a position opposed to the drive shaft and having left and right guide shafts having left and right guide sprockets on the right and left sides of the lower end, respectively, and a steel mesh lower conveyor installed at a position spaced apart from the upper portion of the steel mesh lower conveyor The upper drives formed in the steel mesh and connected to the upper motor An upper drive shaft having a racket is formed, an upper slave shaft having an upper driven sprocket is formed at an opposed position of the upper drive sprocket, and upper left and right guide shafts having upper left and right guide sprockets at lower left and right ends, The vegetable located on the top side of the steel net on the upper side of the steel net conveyor is immersed in the washing water of the washing water tank, A vegetable washing apparatus comprising a vegetable cleaning device attached to a bottom surface of a lower side steel net in the water before being floated and guided to move to an outlet side,

The washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the washing water tank is located at a position below the washing water surface on the inner side of the washing water tank and is positioned in the other direction crossing the traveling direction of the vegetables through the horizontal spraying nozzle, And a floating foreign matter discharging means for discharging the floating foreign matter separated from the vegetable with the washing water by discharging the washing water horizontally by the pressure to the discharge port together with the washing water to remove the floating foreign matter.

A plurality of lower injection nozzles are disposed in an upper portion close to the lower side steel net of the vegetable guide guiding and supporting means so as to spray wash water under a certain pressure directly under the lower portion of the steel mesh lower conveyor, A plurality of lower injection nozzles are distributed and arranged at a lower portion close to the side steel net, so that the upper side steel net of the steel net lower conveyor and the lower side steel net And a vegetable upper washing means for shaking the vegetable, which is moved to the outlet side by the guide bar of the vegetable guiding support means in the narrow space of the vegetable guiding support means, in a vertical direction to remove foreign substances on the surface of the vegetable.

In the outer surface of the lower side steel net of the vegetable guide supporting means or the outer side surface of the upper side steel net of the steel net lower conveyor in the cross section of the shape of "" "or" "" And a guide bar for guiding and moving the vegetables positioned between the bottom surface of the lower side steel net of the vegetable guide guiding means and the upper side of the steel net of the upper side of the steel net conveyor to the outlet side, have.

The washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the washing machine comprises: a cleaning water tank And water circulation means for continuously supplying only the washing water from which floating matters are removed to the inside of the water circulation water tank in the lower side and storing the stored washing water continuously to the vegetable upper washing means and the floating foreign matter discharging means.

Wherein the wash water is a hypo-hypochlorous acid water having a pH of 5 to 6.5;

A water tank which is located below the end portion of the steel net bottom conveyor and is filled with general water, and the vegetable cleaned at the end portion of the steel net bottom conveyor is automatically dropped while being washed, As shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to clean vegetables more efficiently when cleaning vegetables with various foreign substances, and to prevent floating suspended foreign substances separated from vegetables from being attached to vegetables, , The floating water in the upper part of the washing tank and the floating foreign matter floating by the buoyant force are simultaneously forcedly discharged to the outside of the washing water tank through the outlet of the other side to thereby fundamentally prevent floating matters floating on the upper part of the washing water tank from adhering to the vegetables have.

In addition, as the cleaning of vegetables in one washing tank is completed, the washing efficiency is greatly increased, and the washing is performed smoothly even in a narrow space, which is effective in space utilization.

In addition, there is an effect that only the washing water from which the floating foreign matter is removed from the washing water discharged to the outside together with the floating foreign matter is collected and reused as the washing water again.

In addition, it is possible to smoothly wash both leafy vegetables, vegetables including vegetables, and root vegetables, and to wash, sterilize and rinse.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims and their equivalents. Of course, such modifications are within the scope of the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state of a vegetable cleaning device having a floating foreign matter removal function according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a vegetable washing apparatus having a floating foreign matter removing function according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a right side view showing a state of a vegetable washing apparatus having a floating foreign matter removing function according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing an air bubble generator, a vegetable upper washing means, and a floating foreign matter discharging means in a washing water tank of a vegetable washing apparatus having a floating foreign matter removing function according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing how wash water is recycled as a means for cleaning the upper part of the vegetable and a means for discharging floating foreign matter.
FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a state in which vegetables are introduced into washing water in a vegetable washing apparatus having a floating foreign matter removing function according to an embodiment of the present invention, a state in which the vegetable is washed by the upper portion washing means in the washing water, Degree.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the user, the intention or custom of the operator, and the like.

Therefore, it goes without saying that the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

A vegetable washing apparatus (1) having a floating foreign matter removing function according to the present invention comprises a washing water tank (10) in which washing water (11) is stored, a vegetable washing machine comprising a steel net And a steel net lower conveyor 20 for placing the vegetables 12 into the washing water 11 in the washing water tank 10 and discharging the vegetables 12 again. Guiding means 30 for guiding the vegetable 12 floated by buoyancy in the water of the washing water 11 of the washing water tank 10 to the outlet side while supporting the vegetables 12 in the water, The washing water 11 is sprayed from the upper side of the steel net 21 on the upper side and the lower side steel net 31 of the vegetable guide supporting means 30 toward the vegetable 12 to be guided to the outlet side, 12) in the upper and lower directions, A vegetable upper washing means 40 for removing foreign matter and a floating foreign matter 13 from the vegetables 12 and a floating foreign matter 13 floating in the washing water 11 in the light washing water tank 10 are removed and removed The suspended foreign matter discharging means 50 and the washing water 11 discharged to the outside from the washing water tank 10 are stored and then the stored washing water 11 is returned to the floating foreign matter discharging means 50 and the vegetable upper washing means 40 A water circulation means 60 for supplying water again and a washing tank 70 for washing the washed vegetable 12 with ordinary water 71 once again.

The washing water tank 10 has a pH of 5 to 5, which is free from odor and irritation, does not affect taste, is easily decomposed into sunlight and air, has no toxicity to human body, and has strong sterilization and disinfection by contained hypochlorous acid (HOCL) And an air bubble generator 11 for generating air bubbles on the upper surface of the vegetable 12 in order to shake the foreign substances 13 on the surface of the vegetable 12, (14) is formed at the lower end and a drainage port (16) for discharging the foreign substance sinking to the floor by being heavy at one side lower end is formed and the height of the upper surface of the washing water tank (10) The discharge port 15 for discharging the washing water 11 and the floating foreign matter 13 to the outside at the same time is formed.

The steel net lower conveyor 20 is made up of a steel net 21 and is provided with vegetables 12 containing leaf vegetables, fruit vegetables and root vegetables on its upper surface and being transported from one side to the other side of the washing water tank 10, A driving shaft 22 having a driving sprocket 22a which is turned by the lower motor 26 is formed on the front surface of the washing water 11 in the washing water 11 so that the vegetable 12 is submerged in a U- Left and right guide shafts 24 and 25 having left and right guide sprockets 24a and 25a are formed on the right and left sides of the lower end portion respectively at opposite positions of the drive shaft 22, The washing machine 21 is rotated so that the vegetables 12 washed by the washing water 11 are discharged to the outside of the washing water 11 and the washing water 11 which is not the acidic hypochlorous acid water, (12) is put into the rinse portion of the vegetable (12) .

The vegetable guide support means 30 includes an upper drive sprocket 33a formed of a steel net 31 installed at a position spaced apart from the upper portion of the steel mesh lower conveyor 20 and connected to the upper motor 32, An upper drive shaft 33 having an upper driven sprocket 34a is formed at an opposite position of the upper drive sprocket 33a and an upper left and right guide sprockets 35 and 36 are provided at lower left and right ends, The upper left and right guide shafts 35 and 36 having the upper and lower guide shafts 35 and 36 having the upper and lower guide shafts 35 and 36 having the upper and lower guide shafts 35 and 36 are rotated at different speeds or at the same speed as the speeds of the steel mesh bottom conveyor 20, The vegetable 12 positioned on the upper surface of the upper side steel net 21 of the steel net lower conveyor 20 is immersed in the washing water 11 of the washing water tank 10 and water The lower surface of the lower side steel net 31 And a plurality of guide bars 31a having a cross section of "" "or" "shape and being fixed at predetermined intervals while transversely crossing the outer side of the steel netting 31, .

The vegetable upper washing means 40 is located inside the washing water 11 of the washing water tank 10 and is connected to the lower side spray nozzle A plurality of lower injection nozzles 41 are dispersed and arranged at a lower portion close to the upper side steel net 21 of the steel mesh bottom conveyor 20, The upper side steel net 21 of the steel net lower conveyor 20 and the lower side steel net 31 of the vegetable guide supporting means 30 are moved in a narrow space The vegetable 12 which is moved toward the outlet side by the guide bar 31 of the vegetable guide support means 30 is shaken up and down to remove the foreign matter 13 which is buried on the surface of the vegetable 12.

The floating foreign matter discharging means 50 is fixedly installed so as to be located below the water surface of the washing water 11 from the inner side of one side of the washing water tank 10 and guides the proceeding direction of the vegetables 12 through the horizontal spraying nozzle 51 The washing water 11 is separated from the vegetables 12 together with the washing water 11 by horizontally spraying the washing water 11 at an arbitrary pressure in the direction of the discharge port 15 which is located in the other direction of the washing water tank 10, And discharges the floating foreign substance 13 together with the washing water 11 to the discharge port 15 to remove it.

The water circulation means 60 is disposed on the outer surface of the discharge port 15 of the washing water tank 10 and is discharged to the discharge port 15 by the horizontal spray nozzle 51 of the suspended particulate matter discharge means 50, The foreign matter 13 floating on the upper surface by the washing water 11 containing the foreign matter 13 is hanged from the upper part and only the washing water 11 from which the floating foreign matter 13 is removed is moved downward And the stored washing water 11 is continuously supplied to the floating foreign matter discharging means 50 and the vegetable upper washing means 40 to be recycled.

The rowgas 70 is a water tank filled with a generic water 71 inside and is located below the end of the steel mesh bottom conveyor 20 so that the washed vegetables 12 are automatically dropped, The washing by the water 71 and the rinsing of the washing water 11 are performed once again.

When the operator places the vegetables 12 including leaf vegetables, fruit vegetables and root vegetables with various foreign substances on the upper side of the feeding side steel net 21 of the steel net bottom conveyor 20, The washing water 12 is introduced into the washing water 11 of the washing water tank 10 while being moved along the steel net 21 rotating in the clockwise direction by the lower motor 26.

At this time, light leafy vegetables and fruit vegetables among vegetable (12) including leaf vegetables with various foreign substances, fruit vegetables and root vegetables float toward the top of washing water (11) by buoyancy, and root vegetables such as heavy radish fall down The vegetable 12 including leaf vegetables and fruit vegetables bearing various foreign substances having buoyancy is rotated by the upper motor 32 in a counterclockwise direction in a state of being spaced apart from the steel net bottom conveyor 20 by a predetermined distance, The heavy root is attached to the upper side of the steel net 21 of the steel net lower conveyor 20 and is moved to the lower side of the steel net 31, and is moved to the discharge side.

In this way, between the upper side steel net 21 of the steel net bottom conveyor 20 and the lower side steel net 31 of the vegetable guide supporting means 30 from the inside of the washing water 11 of the washing water tank 10, A plurality of air bubbles continuously generated in the air bubble generator 14 at the lower end of the washing water tank 10 while being moved by the guide bars 31a of the washing water tank 10, The vegetable 12 including leafy vegetables, fruit vegetables, and root vegetables is washed by the washing water 11 continuously sprayed directly under the lower spray nozzles 41 of the plurality of the vegetable upper washing means 40 on the washing water tank 10 Various foreign substances on the upper surface of the steel mesh bottom conveyor 20 are washed and separated from each other between the steel mesh 21 on the upper side and the steel mesh 31 on the lower side of the vegetable guide support means 30.

At this time, the heavy foreign matter separated from the vegetables 12 including leaf vegetables, fruit vegetables and root vegetables passes through the steel net 21 of the steel net bottom conveyor 20 and sinks to the bottom of the washing water tank 10, The foreign substance 13 which is discharged through the drain port 16 and is light in weight is further buoyant by air bubbles of the air bubble generator 14 and passes through the steel net 31 of the vegetable guiding support means 30 The washing water 11 is discharged by the pressure continuously injected from the plurality of horizontal injection nozzles 51 of the floating substance discharge means 50 to the discharge port 15 before floating at the upper end of the washing water 11 of the washing water tank 10 And is discharged to the discharge port 15.

The floating foreign matter 13 discharged to the discharge port 15 leads to the screen 62 of the water circulation means 60 together with the washing water 11 so that the floating foreign matter 13, which is light in weight, And the washing water 11 passes through the washing water tank 62 and is contained in the water circulating water tank 61. The wash water 11 stored in the water circulation water tank 61 is continuously supplied again to the vegetable upper wash means 40 and the floating foreign matter discharge means 50 to be recycled.

In this way, the light floating foreign matter 13 and the heavy foreign matter are removed by the continuously operated air bubble generator 14, the vegetable upper washing means 40 and the floating foreign matter discharging means 50, The vegetables 12 including the leaf vegetables, fruit vegetables and root vegetables that are guided by the guide bars 31a of the guide supporting means 30 are removed from the washing water 11 of the washing water tank 10, The cleaned vegetables 12 located at the discharge side end of the steel mesh bottom conveyor 20 are moved into the inside of the rowgas 70 Cleaning and rinsing are performed by the general water 71, and the vegetables 12 that have been rinsed are collected by an operator and packed in a packing box in an aligned state, and then sent to the place of purchase.

The vegetable 12 including the cleaned leafy vegetables, fruit vegetables and root vegetables is automatically sterilized and disinfected by the washing water 11 and rinsed by the general water 71. The vegetable upper washing means 40 And the air bubble generator 14 sweeps between the upper side steel net 21 of the steel net lower conveyor 20 and the lower side steel net 31 of the vegetable guide supporting means 30 to more effectively clean the foreign matter And the light floating foreign matter 13 generated in the cleaning process is also discharged to the outside of the washing water tank 10 automatically by the floating foreign matter discharging means 50 so that there is no fear of being adhered to the vegetables 12, The washing water 11 discharged from the washing water tank 10 together with the foreign matter 13 is also returned to the vegetable upper washing means 40 and the floating foreign matter discharging means 40 in a state in which the floating foreign matter 13 is removed by the water circulating means 60, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 50 & It is.

In one embodiment of the present invention, washing and sterilization are performed in one washing water tank 10 and washing and rinsing are performed in one washing water tank 70. However, Two or three washing water tanks 10 are connected to each other in succession to clean and sterilize the vegetables 12 including leaf vegetables, fruit vegetables, root vegetables and the like in two or three places, Washing and rinsing may be performed.

In addition, when the vegetable 12 such as a root vegetable that sinks below the washing water tank 10 is washed, as required, particularly in the vicinity of the upper side steel net 21 of the steel net lower conveyor 20, A plurality of lower spray nozzles 41 of the vegetable upper washing means 40 are dispersed and disposed on the upper side of the steel net lower conveyor 20 in accordance with a predetermined pressure, And the vegetable 12 which is moved to the outlet side by the guide bar 31 of the vegetable guiding support means 30 is shaken up and down in a narrow space between the lower side steel net 31 of the guiding means 30, The air bubble generator 14 can be separated from the surface of the vegetable 12 and separated from the air bubble generator 14. The air bubble generator 14 is installed downward from above the washing water tank 10 to float the floating foreign matter 13, The washing of the vegetables 12 is carried out The lock also preferred.

1: Vegetable cleaning device
10: washing water tank 11: washing water
12: Vegetables 13: Suspended foreign matter
14: air bubble generator 15: outlet
16: Sewer
20: Steel mesh bottom conveyor 21: Steel mesh
22: drive shaft 22a: drive sprocket
23: a follower shaft 23a: a driven sprocket
24, 25: left and right guide shafts 24a, 25a: left and right guide sprockets
26: Lower motor
30: Vegetable guide support means 31: Steel mesh
31a: guide bar 32: upper motor
33: upper drive shaft 33a: upper drive sprocket
34: upper driven shaft 34a: upper driven sprocket
35, 36: upper left and right guide shafts 35a, 36a: upper left and right guide sprockets
40: Vegetable top cleaning means 41: Lower side injection nozzle
50: Suspended foreign matter discharge means 51: Horizontal spray nozzle
60: Water circulation means 61: Water circulation water tank
62: Color screen
70: Going trough 71: Normal number

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A washing water tank 10 in which a washing water 11 is stored and an air bubble generator 14 for generating an air bubble at an upper portion to shake a foreign substance 13 on the surface of the vegetable 12 is formed at a lower end, The vegetable 12 is positioned on the upper surface of the washing water tank 10 so that the vegetables 12 are immersed in the washing water 11 in the washing water tank 10 while being transported from one side of the washing water tank 10 to the other side. A driving shaft 22 having a driving sprocket 22a which is rotated by the lower motor 26 is formed and a driven shaft 23 having a driven sprocket 23a at a position opposite to the driving shaft 22, A steel net lower conveyor 20 in which right and left guide shafts 24 and 25 having right and left guide sprockets 24a and 25a are formed on left and right sides of a lower end, A steel net 31 provided at a spaced apart position, An upper drive shaft 33 having an upper drive sprocket 33a connected to the drive sprocket 32 is formed and an upper drive shaft 34 having an upper driven sprocket 34a is formed at an opposed position of the upper drive sprocket 33a And upper left and right guide shafts 35 and 36 having upper left and right guide sprockets 35 and 36 are formed at the lower left and right ends of the steel mesh bottom conveyor 20, The vegetable 12 positioned on the upper side of the upper side steel net 21 of the steel net lower conveyor 20 is immersed in the washing water 11 of the washing water tank 10 A vegetable washing apparatus comprising a vegetable cleaning device (30) attached to a bottom surface of a lower side steel net (31) in water and guided to an outlet side in water before being floated by the buoyancy of the washing water (11)
The washing water tank 10 is fixedly installed on the inner surface of the washing water tank 10 so as to be located below the water surface of the washing water 11 and positioned in the other direction crossing the traveling direction of the vegetables 12 through the horizontal spray nozzle 51, The washing water 11 is horizontally sprayed at an arbitrary pressure in the direction of the discharge port 15 formed to lower the height of the top surface of the washing water 11. The washing water 11 and the light foreign matter 13 floating in the vegetable 12, Further comprising a floating foreign matter discharge means (50) for discharging the foreign matter to the discharge port (15) together with the discharge port (11).
The method according to claim 1,
A plurality of lower spray nozzles 41 are dispersed and arranged on an upper portion of the vegetable guide support means 30 adjacent to the lower side steel net 31 while being positioned inside the washing water 11 of the washing water tank 10, Or a plurality of lower injection nozzles 41 are dispersedly arranged in a lower portion close to the upper side steel net 21 of the steel net lower conveyor 20 so that the washing water can be sprayed directly above The guide of the vegetable guiding support means 30 in the narrow space between the upper side steel net 21 of the steel net lower conveyor 20 and the lower side steel net 31 of the vegetable guide support means 30, And a vegetable top cleaning means 40 for shaking off the foreign substances 13 on the surface of the vegetable 12 by shaking the vegetable 12 moving toward the outlet side by the bar 31. [ With floating foreign matter removal function Vegetables cleaning device.
The method according to claim 1,
The outer surface of the lower side steel net 31 of the vegetable guide supporting means 30 or the outer surface of the upper side steel net 21 of the steel net lower conveyor 20 A plurality of steel pipes 31 are fixedly installed at predetermined intervals on the outer surface of the at least one of the steel nets 21 and 31 so that the bottom surface of the lower steel wire net 31 and the bottom surface of the steel net bottom conveyor 31 Further comprising a guide bar (31a) for guiding the vegetable (12) positioned between the upper side of the upper side steel net (21) of the upper body (20) to the outlet side.
The method according to claim 1,
And a floating foreign matter 13 disposed on the outer surface of the discharge port 15 of the washing water tank 10 and discharged to the discharge port 15 by the horizontal spray nozzle 51 of the floating foreign matter discharging means 50, The foreign matter 13 floated by the screen device 11 received on the upper surface is caught in the upper part and only the washing water 11 from which the floating foreign matter 13 is removed flows into the lower water circulating water tank 61 Further comprising a water circulation means (60) for continuously supplying the stored washing water (11) to the vegetable upper washing means (40) and the floating foreign matter discharge means (50) .
The method according to claim 1,
The washing water (11) is a hypochlorous acid aqueous solution having a pH of from 5 to 6.5;
The vegetable 12 washed at the end of the steel net lower conveyor 20 is automatically dropped by the water tank located below the end portion of the steel net lower conveyor 20 and filled with the plain water 71 Further comprising a washing tank (70) for washing the washing water and rinsing the washing water (11) by the general water (71).
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