JPH048793Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a bean sprout washing machine that cleans bean sprouts before shipping.

(Prior Art) Bean sprouts are produced by soaking the seeds of a leguminous plant (such as Blackberry) in water and germinating them in a dark place, but it is necessary to remove the outer skin of the bean sprouts before shipping.

Conventionally, when removing the outer skin of a bean sprout, the bean sprout with the outer skin is placed in one end of a water tank under running water, and the outer skin is removed by hand washing.
The bean sprouts from which the outer skin has been removed are flushed through the surface water of the tank, and when they reach the other end of the tank, they are taken out for shipping, and the removed outer skin of the bean sprouts settles to the bottom of the tank and is deposited there. was.

(Problem that the invention aims to solve) However, in a bean sprout cleaning machine with this type of structure, in order to remove the outer skin that has accumulated on the bottom of the tank, the operator must enter the tank after draining the water. This has the disadvantage that the skin must be removed directly by hand, and as a result, it takes a lot of effort and time to remove the outer skin.

(Objective of the present invention) In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a bean sprout cleaning machine that can automatically remove the outer skin of bean sprouts accumulated on the bottom of the aquarium to the outside of the aquarium. The purpose is to

(Structure of the invention) Therefore, in the present invention, a groove is provided in the bottom of the water tank, and a helical plate is rotatably disposed within the groove.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

Figure 1 is a partial sectional view of Figure 4, Figure 2 is a plan view of the aquarium, Figure 3 is a perspective view of the helical plate, and Figure 4 is a partial sectional view of Figure 4.
The figure is a perspective view of a bean sprout cleaning machine according to the present invention.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a water tank, 2 is a helical plate, and an inclined surface 1c whose width becomes narrower from approximately the middle of both sides 1a and 1b of the water tank 1 toward the bottom;
1d, and a semicircular groove 1e is provided on the bottom surface. A helical plate 2 wound around the circumference of the shaft rod 3 is disposed within the semicircular groove 1e. One end of the shaft 3 passes through a bearing 4 provided on the end surface 1f of the aquarium 1 and is connected to a drive device 6 provided outside the aquarium 1, and the other end passes through a bearing 4 provided on the end surface 1f of the aquarium 1.
It is pivotally supported by a bearing 5 provided at g. Driven by the drive device 6, the helical plate 2 rotates within the groove 1e, causing a water flow in a certain direction, and moving the outer skin of the bean sprouts stored on the bottom surface of the water tank 1.
In FIG. 4, 7 is a pick-up machine having a rotary claw 7a that automatically picks up the bean sprouts that have flowed from one end 8 of the water tank 1 to the other end 9, and 10 is a pick-up machine that has a rotary claw 7a that automatically picks up the bean sprouts that have been washed from one end 8 of the water tank 1 to the other end 9.
This is a separator that introduces water containing the skin pumped up through a submersible pump 11 installed at the bottom of the other end 9 and separates the water from the skin. Water is introduced from the submersible pump 11 to the separator 10 via a connecting pipe 12, and the water separated from the skin in the separator 10 is configured to be returned to the water tank 1. The outer skin remaining inside the separator 10 is automatically stored in a storage box (not shown) installed on the exit side of the separator 10 (on the back side of the separator 10).

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bean sprouts with the husks still attached are put into one end 8 of the water tank 1 under running water, and the husks are removed from the bean sprouts by hand washing. The bean sprouts from which the outer skin has been removed are flowed to the other end 9 side of the water tank 1, and are picked up by the above-mentioned pick-up machine 7 for shipping.

The outer skin removed from the bean sprout near one end 8 of the aquarium 1 settles to the bottom of the aquarium 1, and here, due to the rotation of the helical plate 2 described above, it is deposited near the bottom layer of the aquarium 1 in the direction from one end 8 of the aquarium 1 to the other end 9. A water flow occurs and the outer skin moves towards the other end 9. The outer skin gathered near the other end 9 of the water tank 1 is pumped up together with water by a submersible pump 11 and introduced into the aforementioned separator 10 via a connecting pipe 12, where it is separated from the water and then placed in a storage box (not shown). ).

(Effects of the invention) Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has an excellent effect in that the bean sprout husk accumulated on the bottom of the water tank of the bean sprout washing machine can be automatically removed to the outside of the water tank.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a partial sectional view of Figure 4, Figure 2 is a plan view of the aquarium, Figure 3 is a perspective view of the helical plate, and Figure 4 is a partial sectional view of Figure 4.
The figure is a perspective view of a bean sprout cleaning machine according to the present invention. 1...water tank, 1e...groove, 2...spiral plate,
6... Drive device, 8... One end of the water tank, 9... The other end of the water tank.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a bean sprout washing machine that has a structure in which a water tank is brought into a running state, the outer skin of the bean sprout is removed at one end of the water tank, and the bean sprout from which the outer skin has been removed is picked up at the other end, a groove is provided at the bottom of the water tank, and a groove is provided in the groove. A bean sprout cleaning machine characterized by a spiral plate arranged in a rotatable manner.