TWM467320U - Device for washing fruit - Google Patents

Description

Fruit cleaning device

The present invention relates to a cleaning device, and more particularly to a fruit cleaning device for cleaning small fruits.

At present, most of the commercially available fruits are sprayed with pesticides during planting and growing, so that the fruit skin is prone to pesticide residues. In addition, the fruit will also be contaminated with dust during transportation or storage, so the fruit will be washed before consumption to ensure safe food. However, small fruits such as small tomatoes and grapes are difficult to clean if they are washed one by one.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a fruit washing device which is easy to clean small fruits.

Therefore, the novel fruit cleaning device comprises a casing, an upper positioning unit and a lower positioning unit spaced apart from the outer casing, a plurality of cleaning units disposed between the upper and lower positioning units, and a driving unit to rotate the cleaning unit. Power source.

The upper positioning unit includes an upper positioning piece that is annularly located on the outer casing, an upper through hole surrounded by the upper positioning piece, and a plurality of slots extending through the upper positioning piece and communicating the upper through hole. The lower positioning unit includes a lower positioning piece that is located on the outer casing and has an annular shape, and a lower positioning piece A lower through hole surrounded by a bit piece. The cleaning unit is longitudinally disposed between the upper and lower positioning pieces, and defines an inner passage connecting the upper and lower through holes for the passage of fruits.

The utility model has the advantages that: the cleaning unit rotates the fruit from top to bottom during the process of cleaning the fruit, thereby improving the degree of cleanness, and the cutting groove of the upper positioning piece can allow the slightly different size of the fruit to pass, thereby improving Its application value.

1‧‧‧ fruit cleaning device

2‧‧‧ Shell

3‧‧‧Upper positioning unit

31‧‧‧Upper positioning piece

311‧‧‧Outer Rings

312‧‧ Inner Department

313‧‧‧Second water inlet

32‧‧‧Upper through hole

33‧‧‧Upper positioning slot

331‧‧‧First Carding Department

34‧‧‧ slotting

4‧‧‧ positioning unit

41‧‧‧Lower positioning piece

42‧‧‧Under hole

43‧‧‧Lower positioning slot

431‧‧‧Second Carding Department

5‧‧‧cleaning unit

51‧‧‧ rod body

52‧‧‧ support

53‧‧‧ bristles

54‧‧‧Internal passage

6‧‧‧Power source

7‧‧‧Function unit

71‧‧‧Satch

72‧‧‧filter holes

8‧‧‧Inlet unit

81‧‧‧ cover

811‧‧‧ top wall

812‧‧‧ side wall

813‧‧‧ bottom wall

814‧‧‧Water Filling Space

815‧‧‧First water inlet

82‧‧‧Outer channel

83‧‧‧ Inlet

9‧‧Ozone generating unit

100‧‧‧ fruit

101‧‧‧ drain basket

102‧‧‧ water pipes

103‧‧‧Water source

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state of use of a plurality of slots in the first preferred embodiment; FIG. 4 is a side view showing the first preferred embodiment, The cleaning unit can adjust the position of the position; FIG. 5 is a second preferred embodiment of the novel fruit cleaning device; and FIG. 6 is a third preferred embodiment of the novel fruit cleaning device.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , a first preferred embodiment of the present invention is a first embodiment of the present invention, comprising a housing 2 disposed on the housing 2 . An upper positioning unit 3 and a lower positioning unit 4, a plurality of cleaning units 5 disposed between the upper and lower positioning units 3, 4, and a power source 6 for driving the cleaning unit 5 to rotate. In the embodiment, the outer casing 2 is illustrated as a cylindrical shape, but is not limited thereto.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the upper positioning unit 3 includes an upper positioning piece 31 which is located on the outer casing 2 and has an annular shape. An upper through hole 32 surrounded by the upper positioning piece 31 and a plurality of upper positioning pieces extend through the upper positioning piece. And a slit 34 that communicates with the upper through hole 32, and an upper positioning groove 33 that is spaced apart from the upper through hole 32 and penetrates the upper positioning piece 31 and is radially arranged. The upper positioning piece 31 has an outer ring portion 311 located on the outer casing 2, and an inner ring portion 312 connected to the outer ring portion 311 and extending downwardly in the direction of the upper through hole 32. The upper positioning groove 33 is formed in the outer ring portion 311. The slit 34 is formed in the inner ring portion 312, and each upper positioning groove 33 has a plurality of first locking portions 331 spaced apart from each other.

The lower positioning unit 4 includes a lower positioning piece 41 which is located on the outer casing 2 and has an annular shape, a lower through hole 42 surrounded by the lower positioning piece 41, and a plurality of spaces surrounding the lower through hole 42 and extending therethrough. The lower positioning piece 41 is arranged in a radially arranged lower positioning groove 43, and each lower positioning groove 43 has a plurality of second locking portions 431 spaced apart from each other.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the cleaning unit 5 is longitudinally disposed between the upper and lower positioning pieces 31, 41, and defines an inner portion connecting the upper and lower through holes 32, 42 for the passage of fruits. Channel 54. Each of the cleaning units 5 includes a rod body 51, two support seats 52 disposed on the upper and lower sides of the rod body 51 and respectively clamped on the corresponding upper and lower positioning grooves 33, 43, and most of the The rod 51 has radially outwardly extending bristles 53. In this embodiment, the arrangement of the bristles 53 is illustrated by a horizontal type, but the arrangement may be spiral or inclined, and is not limited thereto. The support base 52 of the cleaning unit 5 is positioned in the corresponding first and second locking portions 331, 431, and can be laterally moved in the upper and lower positioning grooves 33, 43 to adjust the cleaning unit 5 The distance between the support base 52 of each cleaning unit 5 is designed with a bearing (not shown) for rotating the correspondingly coupled rod body 51 relative to the upper and lower positioning pieces 31, 41. The power source 6 is used to drive the rod body 51 to rotate at the same or different rotational speeds. The method for driving the rod body 51 by the power source 6 is understood by those skilled in the art and will not be described again.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the fruit washing device 1 is used, the outer casing 2 can be placed under a water source 103 when the user can hold the hand, and the fruit 100 and the liquid water pass through the upper through hole 32 of the upper positioning unit 3. By entering the inner passage 54, the cleaning unit 5 is rotated at different rotation speeds, so that the fruit 100 entering the inner passage 54 can be rotated from top to bottom, and the bristles 53 are also opposite to the fruit 100. The brushing is performed, and then the fruit 100 is separated by the lower through hole 42 of the lower positioning unit 4, that is, the cleaning of the fruit 100 is completed. The user can place a drain basket 101 below to hold the cleaned fruit 100. In addition, if the cleaning unit 5 is rotated at the same rotational speed, the spiral or inclined bristles 53 can be used to move the fruit 100 downward along the bristles 53 during the brushing process.

It should be noted that since the inner ring portion 312 of the upper positioning piece 31 is inclined downwardly in the direction of the upper through hole 32, the fruit can be guided. The 100 rolls in the direction of the upper through hole 32 and enters the upper through hole 32 and the inner passage 54 for cleaning.

Furthermore, referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, since the size of the fruit 100 is not uniform, and through the slit 34 formed in the upper positioning piece 31 and communicating with the upper through hole 32, when the volume of the fruit 100 is slightly larger, the user only needs The fruit 100 is slightly biased so that the inner ring portion 312 of the upper positioning piece 31 is disengaged adjacent to the upper through hole 32 to allow the fruit 100 to pass.

Referring to Figures 1 and 4, if it is necessary to further adjust the diameter of the inner passage 54, the first and second clamping of the support base 52 of each cleaning unit 5 in the corresponding upper and lower positioning grooves 33, 43 can be made. The portions 331, 431 move laterally, and the diameter of the inner passage 54 can be increased or decreased to adjust the volume of the different types of fruit 100 (see Fig. 3).

The cleaning unit 5 rotates the fruit 100 from top to bottom during the cleaning of the fruit 100 to improve the degree of cleaning, and the slit 34 of the upper positioning piece 31 can allow the fruit 100 having a slightly different size to pass. The diameter of the inner passage 54 can also be adjusted according to the volume of different types of fruit 100, thereby improving its application value.

Referring to FIG. 5, a second preferred embodiment of the present invention is substantially the same as the first preferred embodiment. The difference is that the fruit cleaning device 1 further includes a connection to the outer casing 2 and A receiving unit 7 located below the lower positioning unit 4, and a water inlet unit 8 connected to the outer casing 2 and located above the upper positioning unit 3.

The splicing unit 7 includes a receiving member 71, and a plurality of filter holes 72 formed on the receiving member 71. The water inlet unit 8 includes a hollow ring. The cover 81 is defined by the cover 81 to define a passage 82 communicating with the inner passage 54 and a water inlet 83 disposed on the cover 81. The cover body 81 includes a top wall 811, a side wall 812 extending downward from the periphery of the top wall 811, and a bottom wall 813 connecting the side wall 812 and corresponding to the top wall 811, and a bottom wall 813 The top wall 811, the side wall 812, and the bottom wall 813 collectively surround the defined water filling space 814. The bottom wall 813 is formed with a plurality of first water inlet holes 815, and the upper positioning piece 31 of the upper positioning unit 3 is also formed in a plurality. The second water inlet hole 313 on the outer ring portion 311.

Before the embodiment is used, the receiving member 71 and the cover 81 are combined on the outer casing 2, and the water source 103 and the water inlet 83 are connected by a water pipe 102. When the water source 103 supplies water, the water liquid enters the water filling space 814 of the cover body 81 through the water pipe 102 and the water inlet 83, and flows into the inner passage 54 via the outer passage 82 while passing through the first water inlet hole. The 815 flows to the upper position of the upper positioning piece 31, and then flows to the position of the bristles 53 via the second water inlet hole 313.

With the above design, in addition to being able to pass through the inner passage 54, the water liquid can also flow to the bristles 53, so that when the bristles 53 scrub the fruit 100 in a rotating manner, the liquid can be poured onto the fruit 100. Further providing a rinsing effect. In addition, the receiving member 71 can directly receive the cleaned fruit 100 and perform water filtering through the filter hole 72. Therefore, when the fruit 100 is cleaned, the receiving member 71 can be directly detached from the outer casing 2, and As a container for fruit 100. Through the above design, the user does not need to hold the outer casing by hand all the time, and can improve the washing degree of the fruit 100.

Referring to Figure 6, the third comparison of the novel fruit cleaning device 1 The preferred embodiment is substantially the same as the first preferred embodiment except that the fruit washing device 1 further includes an ozone generating unit 9 connected to the outer casing 2. With this design, in addition to the same effect as the first preferred embodiment, the fruit 100 is sterilized by the ozone generated by the ozone generating unit 9 during the cleaning process to ensure food safety.

In summary, the fruit cleaning device 1 of the present invention rotates the fruit 100 from top to bottom during the process of cleaning the fruit 100 by the cleaning unit 5 to improve the degree of cleaning, and the grooving of the upper positioning piece 31 34, the fruit 100 having a slightly different size can be allowed to pass, and the design of the locking portion of the upper positioning groove 33 can adjust the diameter of the inner channel 54 according to the volume of different types of fruits 100, thereby improving the application value thereof. Therefore, the purpose of this new type can be achieved.

However, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the present patent application and the contents of the patent specification, All remain within the scope of this new patent.

1‧‧‧ fruit cleaning device

2‧‧‧ Shell

3‧‧‧Upper positioning unit

31‧‧‧Upper positioning piece

311‧‧‧Outer Rings

312‧‧ Inner Department

32‧‧‧Upper through hole

33‧‧‧Upper positioning slot

331‧‧‧First Carding Department

34‧‧‧ slotting

4‧‧‧ positioning unit

41‧‧‧Lower positioning piece

42‧‧‧Under hole

43‧‧‧Lower positioning slot

431‧‧‧Second Carding Department

5‧‧‧cleaning unit

51‧‧‧ rod body

52‧‧‧ support

53‧‧‧ bristles

54‧‧‧Internal passage

Claims (9)

A fruit cleaning device comprising: an outer casing; an upper positioning unit disposed on the outer casing and including an upper positioning piece which is annularly located on the outer casing and an upper through hole surrounded by the upper positioning piece, And a plurality of slots extending through the upper positioning piece and communicating with the upper through hole; the lower positioning unit is disposed on the outer casing and spaced below the upper positioning unit, and the lower positioning unit is disposed on the outer casing and is annular a lower positioning piece, and a lower through hole surrounded by the lower positioning piece; a plurality of cleaning units are longitudinally disposed between the upper and lower positioning pieces, and the cleaning unit surrounds the upper and lower sides a through hole and an inner passage through which the fruit passes; and a power source to drive the cleaning unit to rotate. The fruit cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the upper positioning unit further comprises an upper positioning groove that is spaced apart from the upper through hole and radially arranged through the upper positioning piece, and the lower positioning unit further includes a majority interval. a lower positioning groove surrounding the lower through hole and penetrating through the lower positioning piece and radially arranged, the two ends of each cleaning unit are respectively disposed in the corresponding upper and lower positioning grooves, and can be above and below Adjust the distance from other cleaning units by moving laterally in the positioning groove. The fruit washing device of claim 2, wherein each upper positioning groove of the upper positioning unit has a plurality of first locking portions spaced apart from each other, the lower portion Each lower positioning slot of the positioning unit has a plurality of second locking portions spaced apart from each other, each cleaning unit includes a rod body, two are disposed on the upper and lower sides of the rod body, and are respectively clamped on the corresponding upper and lower positioning slots. a support base, and a plurality of bristles extending radially outward from the rod body, the support base is positioned in the corresponding first and second clamping portions, and the support seat of each cleaning unit is used for corresponding combination The rod body is rotatable relative to the upper and lower positioning pieces. The fruit cleaning device of claim 3, wherein the upper positioning piece has an outer ring portion located on the outer casing, and an inner portion connected to the outer ring portion and extending obliquely downward toward the upper through hole. In the ring portion, the upper positioning groove is formed in the outer ring portion, and the slit is formed in the inner ring portion. The fruit washing device of claim 4, further comprising a receiving unit connected to the outer casing and located under the lower positioning unit, the receiving unit comprising a receiving member, and most of the receiving member is formed on the receiving member Filter hole. The fruit washing device of claim 5, further comprising a water inlet unit connected to the outer casing and located above the upper positioning unit, the water inlet unit comprising a hollow annular cover body and a cover body Defining a passage that communicates with the inner passage, and a water inlet disposed on the cover, wherein the cover includes a top wall, a side wall bent downwardly from the periphery of the top wall, and a connection The side wall is spaced apart from the top wall, and a top wall, a side wall, and a bottom wall collectively surround the defined water filling space, and the bottom wall is formed with a plurality of first water inlet holes. The fruit washing device of claim 6, wherein the upper positioning piece further has a plurality of second water inlet holes formed in the outer ring portion. The fruit washing device of claim 4, further comprising a communication device Shell ozone generating unit. The fruit cleaning device according to claim 3, wherein the bristles of each cleaning unit are arranged in a spiral type, a horizontal type, and a tilt type.