KR20200129001A - Apparatus for removing seed of fruit - Google Patents

Abstract

A fruit seed removing device is disclosed. The fruit seed removing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a support frame having an upper plate having a flesh discharge hole; a rotation drive shaft assembly including a core member rotating on the upper plate and a drive motor for rotating the core member; a plurality of rotating pieces that are hinged to the core member in a radial direction, and rotate and fall around a hinge coupling point in a section where the flesh discharge hole is formed; a blade assembly that is combined with the support frame and strikes fruits seated on a fruit holder to remove seeds; and a heart cam assembly that rotates by being connected to the drive shaft of the rotation drive shaft assembly and pushes up the rotating pieces that have rotated and fallen under the flesh discharge hole to the height of the upper plate.

Description

Apparatus for removing seed of fruit

The present invention relates to a fruit seed removal device, and more particularly, to a fruit seed removal device that facilitates the collection of the fruit from which the seeds are removed.

In general, the flesh of fruit has the effect of relieving fatigue, improving constitution, improving liver function, relieving indigestion and relieving constipation, so it is used not only as herbal medicine, but also as fruit wine, fruit drink, and fruit pickles.

In order to consume fruits in various forms such as fruit drinks, pickled fruits, and semi-dried, it is necessary to separate the seeds from the fruits. Conventionally, it is made by a method in which a person cuts the pulp of the fruit one by one and removes the seeds. However, the separation of the fruit pulp takes a very long time and requires a lot of labor.

In Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0817895, a number of fruit holders are inserted on the concentric circle of a dry-hitting rotary table that rotates intermittently by a certain angle by a driving device, and the fruit seed removal port is lifted and operated to remove fruit seeds, and the fruit is fleshed using a blower. There is disclosed an apparatus for discharging.

This prior art has the advantage of being able to automatically separate the seeds of the fruit by placing a plurality of fruits on the rotating table, but the sticky fruit juice generated in the process of removing the fruit seeds and cutting the flesh causes the air to blow to the pulp through the air outlet. Even if sprayed, there is a problem that part of the flesh does not stick to the fruit holder or the seating end. In this case, the work is delayed because the operator must remove the flesh attached to the fruit holder before inserting the new fruit into the fruit holder. In addition, there is a problem that a lot of noise is generated during work due to the use of a blower.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0817895 Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1658045

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a fruit seed removal device in which the pulp of a fruit from which seeds have been removed can be discharged without remaining in the fruit holder.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a support frame having an upper plate in which a pulp discharge hole is formed; A rotation driving shaft assembly including a core member rotating on the upper plate and a driving motor rotating the core member; A plurality of rotating pieces that are hinged to the core member in a radial manner and rotated and dropped around the hinge coupling point in a section in which the pulp discharge hole is formed; A blade assembly coupled to the support frame and for removing seeds by hitting the fruit seated on the fruit holder; And a heart cam assembly connected to the drive shaft of the rotation drive shaft assembly and rotating, and pushing up the rotating piece that has rotated and dropped to the bottom of the pulp discharge hole to the height of the upper plate. It may be provided.

It is connected to the drive shaft of the rotary drive shaft assembly and rotates, it may further include an expanding cam assembly for raising and lowering the blade assembly.

In addition, the expansion cam assembly may include an expansion cam that is connected to the drive shaft and rotates, an elevation shaft that rises or descends in conjunction with rotation of the expansion cam, and a blade coupling plate coupled to the elevation shaft.

In addition, the rotational drive shaft assembly includes a vertical shaft connected by a driving shaft of the driving motor and a bevel gear, a core shaft connected to the center of the core member, and the rotational force of the vertical shaft being interposed between the vertical shaft and the core shaft. It may include a Geneva gear intermittently transmitting to the core shaft.

In addition, the rotating piece may be provided with at least one fruit holder, and the fruit holder may be formed of a silicone material having elasticity.

In addition, the heart cam assembly may include a heart cam that rotates while being connected to the drive shaft, and a pusher member that interlocks in contact with the heart cam and pushes up the rotating piece that has rotated and dropped below the flesh discharge hole.

Embodiments of the present invention can prevent a delay in work caused by the pulp remaining in the fruit holder by cutting the pulp of a fruit at the same time as the seeds are removed and discharging them all to the bottom.

In addition, since a blower is not used to discharge pulp, a separate power for the blower operation is not required, and noise generated during wind injection is not generated.

1 is a perspective view of a fruit seed removal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a front view of the fruit seed removal device of FIG. 1.
3 is an internal perspective view showing the operation structure of the fruit seed removal device of FIG.
4 is a perspective view showing a gear connection structure.
5 is a front view of the fruit seed removal device of FIG. 1.
6 is a perspective view showing an operating state of the blade assembly for removing seeds of fruit seated in the fruit holder.
7 is a perspective view showing an operating state of the expansion cam assembly for lifting the blade assembly.
Figure 8 is a state diagram of the operation of the heart cam assembly retreating the pushing member so that the rotating piece can fall.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this process, the size or shape of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description. In addition, terms specifically defined in consideration of the configuration and operation of the present invention may vary according to the intention or custom of users or operators. Definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the present specification. And the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the presented embodiments, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention will be able to easily implement other embodiments within the scope of the same idea, but this also falls within the scope of the present invention. Of course.

1 is a perspective view of a fruit seed removing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the fruit seed removing apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an internal perspective view showing the operation structure of the fruit seed removing apparatus of FIG. , FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a gear connection structure, FIG. 5 is a front view of the fruit seed removal device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an operating state of a blade assembly for removing seeds of fruit seated in the fruit holder. 7 is a perspective view showing the operating state of the expansion cam assembly for raising and lowering the blade assembly, and FIG. 8 is an operating state diagram of the heart cam assembly retreating the push rod member so that the rotating piece can be rotated and dropped.

Referring to these drawings, the fruit seed removal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the support frame 10, the rotation drive shaft assembly 20 coupled to the support frame 10, and rotation on the support frame 10 A plurality of rotating pieces 30, a blade assembly 40 for removing the seeds of fruit placed on the rotating pieces 30, an expansion cam assembly 50 for raising and lowering the blade assembly 40, and a rotational drop It includes a heart cam assembly 60 to push up the piece 30.

The support frame 10 is provided with a lower plate 11 and an upper plate 12, and the upper plate 12 is formed with a pulp discharge hole 13 for discharging the pulp from which seeds have been removed. The pulp discharge hole 13 is provided in a size capable of rotating and falling through the rotating piece 30. A seed discharging plate 14 from which seeds removed from fruits are discharged and a pulp discharging plate 15 from which seeds have been removed are fixed to the lower plate 11.

3 and 4 together, the rotary drive shaft assembly 20 includes a drive motor 21, a drive shaft of the drive motor 21 and a main shaft 23 connected by a worm gear box 22, and a main shaft ( 23) and the vertical shaft 25 connected by the bevel gear 24, the core shaft 26 forming a parallel axis with the vertical shaft 25, and Geneva interposed between the vertical shaft 25 and the core shaft 26 Includes a gear (geneve drive, 27).

The rotational force of the driving motor 21 is decelerated by the worm gear box 22 and transmitted to the main shaft 23 which is a shaft perpendicular to the driving shaft of the driving motor 21. The rotational force of the main shaft 23 is transmitted to the vertical shaft 25, which is an orthogonal axis, by the bevel gear 24, and then transmitted to the core shaft 26 by the Geneva gear 27.

The Geneva gear 27 is also referred to as an intermittent gear, and a stop pin 2711 and a rotation pin 2712 are provided in the driving vehicle 271, and a round groove 2721 and a long groove 2722 are provided in the driven vehicle 272. do. While the stop pin (2711) of the motor vehicle (271) is engaged with the round groove (2721) of the driven vehicle (272), it only performs a sliding motion, and the rotational force is not transmitted, and the rotation pin (2712) fits into the long groove (2722). The rotational force is transmitted only during the bite. In this embodiment, a total of eight long grooves 2722 and round grooves 2721 are formed in the driven vehicle 272, so that the driven vehicle 272 rotates for a total of 8 times 45° and stops during one rotation. The section is repeated alternately.

The core member 261 is coupled to the upper portion of the core shaft 26. The core member 261 is hinged with a plurality of rotating pieces 30 radially by a coupling pin 31 (see FIG. 5). In this embodiment, the eight rotating pieces 30 are equally divided and coupled to the core member 261. The rotating piece 30 is supported by a sliding support member (not shown) attached to the upper part of the upper plate 12, and in the section where the pulp discharge hole 13 is formed while rotating, it moves downward by gravity around the hinge coupling point. It rotates and falls.

Referring mainly to FIGS. 4 and 5, two holder coupling holes 33 for inserting the fruit holder 32 are perforated in the rotating piece 30. The fruit holder 32 is made of elastic silicone material, the upper part is divided into several pieces so that it can be opened elastically according to the size of the fruit, and the lower part is shaped into the holder coupling hole 33 and can be fitted. It is arranged in a cylindrical shape. In the center of the fruit holder 32, a seed discharge hole is perforated.

A positioning hole 34 is formed in the outer center of the rotating piece 30. The positioning hole 34 serves to adjust the position of the rotating piece 30 so that the blade assembly 40 is accurately positioned at the center of the fruit holder 32.

6, the blade assembly 40 removes the seeds of the fruit and at the same time divides and cuts the flesh. For this purpose, a seed discharging knife 41 is coupled to the center of the blade assembly 40. The seed dispensing knife 41 penetrates the fruit placed on the fruit stand and removes the seed. The seed discharging knife 41 extends to the lower portion of the blade assembly 40 so that when the knife blade assembly 40 descends to the point where the flesh is completely cut, the seed discharging knife 41 reaches the lower portion of the fruit holder 32. It descends and discharges the seeds.

The blade assembly 40 may be raised or lowered by driving a separate hydraulic cylinder or an air cylinder, but in this embodiment, it rises or descends by the expanding cam assembly 50 and strikes the fruit placed on the fruit holder 32. .

Referring to FIG. 7, the expansion cam assembly 50 of the present embodiment is connected to the main shaft 23 and rotates with a positive motion cam 51 and an increase in connection with the rotation of the expansion cam 51. It includes a descending lifting shaft 52, and a blade coupling plate 53 coupled to the lifting shaft 52. The expanding cam 51 is a type of cam in which the movement of the driven member is ensured by means of a groove so that the driven member is not lifted when the cam is rotated quickly. When the expansion cam 51 rotates with the rotation of the main shaft 23, the lifting roller 521 coupled to the lower part of the lifting shaft 52 moves along the groove of the expansion cam 51, and the lifting shaft 52 Rise or fall. Accordingly, the blade coupling plate 53 rises or falls so that the blade coupling body 40 rises after hitting the fruit.

Two blade assembly 40 is coupled to the blade coupling plate 53 according to the number of fruit holders 32, and a positioning pin 531 is coupled to adjust the rotating piece 30 to be in the correct position. When the position adjusting pin is inserted into the position adjusting hole 33, the blade assembly 40 is accurately located in the center of the fruit holder 32.

The heart cam assembly 60 is connected to the main shaft 23 and rotates with a heart cam 61 and a rotating piece 30 which is connected to and interlocked with the heart cam 61 and rotates down to the bottom of the flesh discharge hole 13 It includes a push member 62 for pushing up and a spring 63 for maintaining the push rod member 62 in an advanced state. The push rod member 62 maintains a state of supporting the rotating piece 30 by the elastic force of the spring 63, but the heart cam 61 rotates to push the lower roller 621 of the push rod member 62 to the maximum. Upon reaching the point, the push rod member 62 rotates around the hinge coupling point to overcome the elastic force of the spring 63 and the upper roller 622 retreats. At this moment, the rotating piece 30 rotates and falls by gravity and an impact is applied. The pulp in the fruit holder 32 of the rotating piece 30 is discharged through the pulp discharge plate 15 by the rotational drop and impact of the rotating piece 30.

The operation process of the fruit seed removal device of the present invention described above will be described in detail as follows.

First, when the main shaft 23 rotates by the rotation of the driving motor 21, the vertical shaft 25 connected by the bevel gear 24 rotates in conjunction. While the driving vehicle 271 of the Geneva gear 27 connected to the vertical shaft 25 rotates and the stop pin 2711 is engaged with the round groove 2721 of the driven vehicle 272, it rotates with the core shaft 26 The piece 30 does not rotate.

During the period in which the core shaft 26 is stopped, the lifting shaft 52 descends with the rotation of the expansion cam 51, and the blade assembly 40 strikes the fruit, thereby removing seeds and cutting the flesh. When the rotating piece 30 is stopped, a new fruit can be inserted into the fruit holder 32 of the rotating piece 30 from which the pulp is discharged through the pulp discharge hole 13.

When the vertical shaft 25 continues to rotate and the rotation pin 2712 is engaged with the long groove 2722 of the driven vehicle 272, the driven vehicle 272 is rotated 45° and then separated from the long groove 2722. With the rotation of the driven vehicle 272, the core shaft 26 and the core member 261 rotate, and the rotating piece 30 rotates 45°. Along with rotation, the rotating piece 30 positioned in the pulp discharge hole 13 rotates and falls around the hinge coupling point. The cut pulp remaining with seeds removed from the fruit holder 32 due to rotational fall is separated from the fruit holder 32 and is discharged through the pulp discharge plate 13. At this time, since the impact is applied when the rotating piece 30 rotates and falls, the fruit holder 32 does not retain or adhere to the pulp and is discharged cleanly.

The moment the rotating piece 30 rotates and is positioned in the pulp discharge hole 13, the heart cam 61 pushes the lower roller 621 of the pushing member 62 so that the upper roller 622 retreats. Therefore, it is not interfered when the rotating piece 30 rotates and falls. Thereafter, the heart cam 61 continues to rotate so that the lower roller 621 of the push rod member 62 retreats, and the upper roller 622 rotates and drops the rotating piece 30 by the elastic force of the spring 63 to the upper plate. (12) Push it upward. At this point, the rotation pin 2712 of the Geneva gear 27 is inserted into the next long groove 2722 of the driven vehicle 272, and the rotation piece 30 rotates again 45°, and the next rotation piece 30 is pulp. It is located in the discharge hole (13).

With such a configuration, the seeds are removed and the cut pulp can be completely discharged so that it does not remain in the fruit holder 32, so that the pulp is recut or the inconvenience that the operator must manually remove the pulp can be solved.

In addition, since the operator only needs to insert fruit into the fruit holder 32 from the opposite side of the blade assembly 40, it is possible to prevent the risk of a safety accident as in the prior art.

It is apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, and that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, it should be said that such modifications or variations belong to the claims of the present invention.

10: support frame 20: rotary drive shaft assembly
21: drive motor 23: main shaft
24: bevel gear 27: Geneva gear
30: rotating piece 32: fruit holder
40: blade assembly 50: expansion cam assembly
52: lifting shaft 60: heart cam assembly
61: heart cam 62: absence of a push rod

Claims (6)

A support frame having an upper plate in which a pulp discharge hole is formed;
A rotation driving shaft assembly including a core member rotating on the upper plate and a driving motor rotating the core member;
A plurality of rotating pieces that are hinged to the core member in a radial manner and rotated and dropped around the hinge coupling point in a section in which the pulp discharge hole is formed;
A blade assembly that is coupled to the support frame and strikes the fruit seated on the fruit holder to remove seeds; And
A fruit seed removal device comprising: a heart cam assembly which is connected to the drive shaft of the rotation drive shaft assembly and rotates, and pushes up the rotating piece that has fallen in rotation to the bottom of the pulp discharge hole to the height of the upper plate. The method of claim 1,
The fruit seed removal device further comprises an expanding cam assembly connected to the drive shaft of the rotary drive shaft assembly to rotate, and elevating the blade assembly. The method of claim 2,
The expanding cam assembly includes an expanding cam that is connected to the drive shaft and rotates, an elevating shaft that rises or descends in conjunction with the rotation of the expanding cam, and a blade coupling plate coupled to the elevating shaft. The method of claim 1,
The rotation drive shaft assembly,
A vertical shaft connected by a drive shaft of the driving motor and a bevel gear, a core shaft connected to the center of the core member, and intermittently intermittently apply the rotational force of the vertical shaft to the core shaft by being interposed between the vertical shaft and the core shaft. A fruit seed removal device comprising a Geneva gear that transmits. The method of claim 1,
The rotating piece is provided with at least one fruit holder, and the fruit holder is a fruit seed removal device provided with an elastic silicone material. The method of claim 1,
The heart cam assembly includes a heart cam that rotates while being connected to the drive shaft, and a pusher member that interlocks by contacting with the heart cam and pushes up the rotating piece that has been rotated down to the bottom of the pulp discharge hole.

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